Angel planned to wait here for a while. If Mist Shadow really came back, he could give it a surprise. If it did not return, that was fine too—Reynolds's body had already been recovered.
Having made up his mind, he raised a finger and pointed at the energy-laced poisonous fog not far away.
An illusion of "Reynolds" materialized out of thin air, face down and sprawled there.
Angel himself leaned back slightly, his entire body seeming to enter spatial ripples and blend into the surrounding environment.
After taking concealment measures, Angel turned his gaze back to the bottle in his hand.
Quietly watching the purple-black crystal glimmering with Gloomlight in the cold liquid, Angel pondered for a moment before taking the Geometric Lock from his bracelet.
He controlled the Geometric Lock until it was roughly the size of a palm-sized box, then carefully placed the bottle inside.
Breathless Confinement had been inscribed within the Geometric Lock, capable of concealing the leakage of aura to a certain extent.
The reason he placed the bottle in the Geometric Lock was not to guard against Mist Shadow, but to avoid an even greater risk.
He could not determine what the purple-black crystal in the bottle was. If there was even a tiny chance that it was an organ from a Shiz larva, and if Gruzdaiwald had truly flown into a rage because of No. 01's actions, then this bottle might implicate him.
So, just in case, he would place the bottle in the Geometric Lock first.
Later, depending on the situation, he could decide whether to keep or discard the bottle.
After finishing all this, Angel prepared to put away the Geometric Lock. He first activated the bracelet space, but after a strange two-second pause, he sealed it shut again. In the end,