"Fwoosh—!"
The blast's shockwave swept through the hall, carrying scorching flames with it.
In an instant, everything in the hall shattered and was blown away, producing a flurry of crackling sounds as all manner of wreckage and fragments filled the air.
Shana and Wilhelmina could only raise their arms against the oncoming shockwave, crying out amid the flames.
"That idiot bomb woman!"
"That was far too reckless, de arimasu!"
And it was not just Shana and Wilhelmina.
"Who launches a blasting attack at someone they've only just met...!?"
"Reckless behavior!"
Alastor and Tiamat likewise rebuked her in voices that sounded both angry and helpless.
Even Jeanne seemed to have been caught up in it. Yet she did not take even one step back, merely raising her hand against the sudden Explosive Wind, her eyes and face filled with astonishment.
"How could this be...?"
It seemed that even Jeanne had not expected the carefree Rebecca to suddenly attack.
Only Rebecca herself remained in her outstretched pose.
The explosive shockwave and peach-colored flames seemed to deliberately avoid Rebecca, rushing past either side of her body.
Meanwhile, Rebecca looked at the smoke and dust before her with slight surprise.
"Lately, I really have been running into people who greet me in such unusual ways."
At the center of the explosion, amid the fading flames and smoke, Fang Li was likewise maintaining the pose of shaking Rebecca's hand. His clothes fluttered violently in the blast, yet he had not suffered the slightest injury.
"Was that a test right from the start?" Fang Li watched Rebecca and smirked as though nothing had happened. "Then, does this result satisfy you?"
Only then did Rebecca come back to her senses upon hearing Fang Li's words.
"Hoho..."
The one who made that sound was not Rebecca, but the