—"Take."
When that word reached Wilhelmina's ears, the Flame Haze Warrior who habitually wore an icy mask could not help but furrow her brow.
"Improper choice of words."
Tiamat spoke coolly, reproaching Fang Li.
But Fang Li did not care.
"Then let me ask you this." Fang Li smiled nonchalantly. "If I refused your request, wouldn't you just take it by force?"
The question was as direct as it could possibly be, and it rendered Wilhelmina silent.
Clearly, that was exactly what she had intended.
If she could not persuade Fang Li, then she could only take it by force.
Because...
"For you, Reiji Maigo is not merely too dangerous, is it?"
Fang Li exposed what Wilhelmina had kept hidden in her heart.
"Don't think I don't know."
"I know far more than you do about what's inside Reiji Maigo."
Those words changed Wilhelmina's gaze.
It became sharp.
Meeting Wilhelmina's piercing stare, Fang Li slowly raised one hand.
"Clink..."
A device resembling a miniature artificial satellite floated above Fang Li's palm, emitting a gentle glow.
"...!?"
Wilhelmina's breath caught abruptly.
"Reiji Maigo..."
Tiamat's voice also deepened.
The Flame Haze Warrior hailed as the Unrivaled Combat Dancer had her attention completely drawn to the Reiji Maigo floating above Fang Li's palm.
That was not the reaction one would have toward a dangerous object.
Holding up Reiji Maigo just like that, Fang Li suddenly spoke in front of Wilhelmina.
"Johan is inside Reiji Maigo, isn't he?"
The sudden, earth-shattering revelation came brazenly from Fang Li's mouth.
Wilhelmina's hand clenched tightly.
Yet Fang Li smiled dismissively, as though he had not noticed.
"Nothing you said was false, but you concealed an extremely important part."
Too dangerous?
That was not why Wilhelmina wanted to obtain Reiji Maigo at all.
What Wilhelmina truly wanted was