"At the very least, Stelle's experience proved that Miss Firefly and Miss Huang Quan couldn't see Clockie!"
After a pause, Himeko added, "When we were at the Dreamreef, did you notice—everyone outside The Crew... subtly never had any conversations with him?"
"A meme life-form visible only to certain people... It's practically like... a secret letter someone left for the Nameless."
March 7th frowned. "But... couldn't Little Misha see Clockie too? They were even childhood friends who grew up together, but Misha had never set foot upon the path of Trailblaze..."
Himeko said, "That's the key to the mystery, Little March~"
"Now, try to think back—"
"Just like Clockie, have you ever seen anyone outside The Crew interact with Misha?"
March 7th: "..."
Star Girl: "..."
The players: "!!!"
At that moment, countless people shuddered all over.
It clearly wasn't scary, yet it somehow sent chills down their spines and made their scalps tingle.
At that moment, countless players recalled a few little details from before.
For example, the scene where Star Girl first met Clockie—
Back then, Clockie had asked Star Girl to help Misha.
But when she arrived, Star Girl discovered that Huang Quan was there in addition to Misha.
The two had been surrounded by a group of men in black, and Star Girl had used Clock Trick to get Huang Quan out of trouble.
At the time, the players' attention had been completely drawn to the hilarious Clock Trick. They had never noticed that Huang Quan had ignored Misha from beginning to end.
Later on, with so many characters involved, Misha had even been pushed somewhat to the sidelines.
Only now that Himeko mentioned it did the players suddenly understand!
That foreshadowing... hadn't been buried deeply at all, yet not a single player had noticed such an