Star Worm saw that the wasteland-style man was leaving and instinctively tried to call him back.
It was rare to encounter someone he could actually talk to, and he wanted to take this chance to ask the other man about Prada Media Company.
But the man's departure was faster than he could have imagined.
By the time Star Worm called out to stop him, he had already vanished without a trace.
Star Worm muttered, "Did I call too slowly?"
"No, you were already very fast. It was his sense of presence that disappeared," Gleipnir said thoughtfully.
She had watched him briskly walk into a nearby crowd with her own eyes. Then, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared. This did not mean he had turned invisible, because if she counted heads, there was clearly one more person in that crowd.
That meant he had blended into the crowd.
Yet he had diminished his own presence, causing outsiders to automatically overlook their impression of him whenever they counted him.
"Diminished his presence?"
"Yes. It should be some kind of fashion magic," Gleipnir said in a low voice.
After watching for a few moments, Gleipnir withdrew her gaze and did not go after him to trace his whereabouts. She understood why Star Worm had called out to him and said softly, "It's fine. We can ask someone else for directions."
Star Worm could only nod. After all, they had no idea where the man had gone now.
"By the way, what do you think of what he said just now?" Gleipnir looked at Star Worm. "Do you think he was telling the truth?"
Star Worm recalled it for a moment. "I think it was probably the truth. His tone, his eyes when he spoke, and the details of his expression all