Amid Xia City's endless stream of traffic, Bamboo Pole's civilian sedan was utterly inconspicuous. As expected, it ran into a massive weekend traffic jam. Following the Smart Brain's guidance, they switched traffic layers four or five times, yet still crawled forward with agonizing difficulty. They were only a dozen or so kilometers from Linqiang District.
"As usual, in a way, this is a good... aaah thing." Bamboo Pole made small talk and yawned.
"Where did you go partying last night?" Paper Cut glanced at him sidelong.
"Heh heh, selling my life to Boss Ronan."
"Hm? Isn't the foundation not operational yet?"
"You don't really think Boss Ronan needs to rely on the foundation to get things done, do you?" Bamboo Pole shot her a sidelong glance. Paper Cut blinked, then mimed zipping her mouth shut.
After a brief silence in the front seats, the children's laughter from the back became especially clear. The two little ones were securely strapped into child seats—just removed from Paper Cut's car before they came—but that did nothing to stop them from playing.
Seven or eight lively little paper figures, each with its own distinctive traits, moved with remarkable spirit. Better still, they could receive simple commands and obey their "director," enough to put on an animated show.
Among Xia City's Ability Users, when it came to entertaining children, Paper Cut claimed second place, and no one dared claim first. Aside from the paper figures' overly simple structure and the relatively high baseline requirements for issuing commands, the "Soul Power Activation" technique had no other weaknesses in the toy field.
And precisely because of those "baseline requirements," it was easy to see the difference in the two children's current Soul Power from how well they received and processed the paper figures' commands.
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