Tsk, Tsk, Another [Invention]?

Chrollo was quite surprised by Pakunoda's appearance.

"I heard from Father Zhol that you often came here to watch videotapes and study, Little Chrollo..."

Pakunoda, whose nose had not yet grown into the prominent aquiline shape it would later have, said with a smile.

"Is that so? I thought none of you would notice!"

Chrollo spoke and straightforwardly walked inside.

"The other children all hate Father Zhol's sermons. No one else would come here at all."

Pakunoda spread her hands, clearly knowing Chrollo very well.

"You're the only one, Chrollo."

"I see. Paku really knows us inside out. Nothing can be hidden from you."

"That's not true at all."

"But there is one thing you got wrong, Paku."

"Huh?"

"Besides me, someone else has come to the Church too."

Chrollo pointed toward the window of the room beside the wall.

Pakunoda subconsciously looked in that direction. Through the window, she could see a small grove below.

"Huh? Uvogin, and Machi?"

Pakunoda could not help letting out a soft cry.

Uvogin was a well-known figure in Meteor City. There was no child who did not know him.

As a result, quite a few people knew his companion Machi as well.

But~~~

"Why would Uvogin and the others come here? And is that person beside them a new companion who joined them?"

Pakunoda asked curiously.

"So even you don't know, Paku~~~"

Chrollo sighed in feigned disappointment. "I thought you knew everything."

"Maybe we'll find out in a little while."

Pakunoda pursed her lips.

Uvogin, Machi, and that suspected new companion had unusually come near the Church today. Clearly, they were planning to do something.

At once, Pakunoda and Chrollo no longer intended to watch the educational videotapes.

They moved closer to the window, intending to see exactly what the three of them wanted to do.

And Chrollo and Pakunoda were not the only pair.

Near the Church, another pair had also happened to arrive.

"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts!!"

In a corner outside the Church, Phinks grimaced as he repeatedly sucked in cold air.

He hoped it would somewhat ease the pain from the swollen, bruised patches of flesh on his face.

"That bastard Uvogin really went for the kill! Hiss!!"

Every time Phinks spoke now, it easily pulled at his facial muscles and triggered intense pain.

Yet the resentment in his heart toward Uvogin still made him unable to stop cursing.

As a result, every curse was followed by a sharp intake of breath.

"Keep it down~~~"

Feitan cast him a sideways glance with his fox-like eyes. "If you get any louder, people inside the Church will hear you."

"Then forget sneaking in. We'll probably be discovered the next second."

"...I know."

Phinks could only shut his mouth bitterly. "Once my motorcycle is fixed, I'm going to settle the score with Uvogin!!"

He lowered his voice, but he could not suppress the anger in his words at all.

During their earlier fight, Uvogin had damaged his beloved motorcycle.

Simple repair materials could be found in the ruins and garbage heaps of Meteor City.

But scarce materials like an engine could only be found in a luxurious place like this Church.

Although the Church had the Meteor City Elder Council behind it, so people generally did not dare cause trouble here~~~

Phinks and Feitan were obviously not ordinary people.

They were both lawless types who did not care about any of that.

"After all, we're thieves!!"

This pair, thieves to the bone, was also preparing to make a big score at the Church.

Then, once the motorcycle was fixed, they would go properly get revenge on Uvogin and the others!!

And Uvogin, whom Phinks had been thinking about nonstop, happened to be in the nearby woods.

Only, he was also close to losing his patience.

Tsk Tsk, Another [Invention]?

"How much longer until we can finally get food in our mouths?!"

In the woods near the Church, the starving Uvogin could not help voicing his deepest longing for food.

Machi said nothing and continued quietly watching Mog, who had walked up to a large tree.

"We'll be able to eat soon."

Mog touched a fairly lush tree in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

"This one is just right."

"What's just right?"

Uvogin was so hungry that his head was nearly drooping.

But the next second, he immediately raised his head and sat up straight.

"This is..."

Before his eyes, that familiar scene appeared again.

Bright light began radiating from Mog's hands.

Then, a strange item suddenly appeared before him.

"What is that?!!"

Inside the Church's screening room, Chrollo's eyes suddenly widened as he watched through the window.

His pupils sharply contracted.

Pakunoda beside him was equally shocked, her mouth hanging open in astonishment.

"Did that item just appear out of thin air?"

Chrollo stared intently at the scene below and muttered to himself.

At that moment, his mind raced as he tried to find a reasonable explanation for the incredible sight before him.

Yet no matter how he searched through everything he knew and had learned, he could not find any words to describe or explain it.

It was as though this was simply something utterly unbelievable.

As for Pakunoda, after hearing Chrollo's question, she was equally unable to offer any response.

She herself could not understand what was happening at all!!

Just as Pakunoda and Chrollo were shocked by the sight before them~

"Tsk tsk, another [invention]?"

Uvogin, who had already seen Mog display this extraordinary scene before, found it much easier to accept.

He even clicked his tongue in wonder, as if he were watching something amusing.

People like Chrollo and Pakunoda, who had their own thoughts and intelligence and knew how to learn, naturally suffered a great shock upon seeing Mog's ability for the first time.

But for someone like Uvogin, who simply emptied his mind and did not think about anything he could not understand~~~

It was like a magic trick. He only found it fun and did not bother looking too deeply into it.

In a way, that saved Uvogin a great deal of trouble~~~

"Even seeing it again, it still feels amazing."

Fun was fun, but Uvogin's heartfelt amazement was genuine.

Not to mention Machi, who had been staring fixedly at Mog ever since light began shining from his hands.

Compared to Uvogin, Machi was clearly thinking more deeply and was still far more shaken by it.

"So if you want to become stronger, you can always come beg me~~~"

Mog brought up their previous topic again at just the right moment.

"We'll talk about that later~"

Uvogin smacked his lips, then looked at the strange [invention] that had appeared in Mog's hand.

"We wanted meat and fried rice..."

Uvogin looked at the syringe-like object, raised an eyebrow, and asked suspiciously,

"What are these things?"