As patches of Crown of Flowers Murder settled gently onto wineglasses, teacups, fruit, vegetables, and vases, everything on the table began rolling and roaming about at random.
The drinking table, so quiet just moments earlier, instantly became a high-speed racetrack. Some of the wineglasses even flew off the tabletop to claim lanes in the air.
"You drive." Yu Xunge shifted aside, moving away from the Ship's Wheel to hand control over to Tulan. She took the Flag off her back and draped it over herself as a cloak, then detached the Flagpole and held it in her hand.
The boat was too slow. Relying entirely on driving skills to dodge these moving obstacles was unrealistic. Yu Xunge planned to push the obstacles out of the way beforehand with the Flagpole. It was part of the boat, so as long as the Cat's Ideal remained in its Hunting State, the Flagpole would not be detected.
...Though she could not understand how the Hunting Mode, which King had described as so formidable, had been detected so easily by Qihua and Yudun. For now, she could only put it down to [Cat's Ideal] not having reached King Tier yet.
Most of the objects on the table were moving about, some fast and some slow, though others had not moved at all. It seemed this might really be connected to the moods of the glasses' owners, while the decorations that belonged to no one were curious about everything.
Tulan pushed their speed to the limit, maintaining the maximum of one meter per second that King had specified. She tried to dodge the Cup Monsters running around the table and clinking themselves together as early as possible. Those she could not dodge in time were shoved aside by Yu Xunge's Flagpole.
There was no pattern