After hearing Blanche's account, Angel looked astonished.
She solved it that way?
Whenever he spoke of resolving Dream Bubbles, he always talked about "guiding" Dream Guests out. Blanche had done the exact opposite. Rather than guide the Dream Guest, she had simply "scared" him out.
With unknown footsteps ahead and a headless white figure behind him, the Dream Guest had nowhere to go. He could only grit his teeth and run through the exit.
That was... a path all her own.
No wonder Blanche resolved the Dream Bubble so quickly.
Could anyone else learn this method?
Angel thought it over. He could probably learn it, but most others could not.
The reason was simple: Blanche had forced the Dream Guest toward the exit by closing in from both sides. If she had pressured him with footsteps alone, he would only have fled blindly, never obediently headed for the second-floor exit.
That "headless white figure" had been the crucial surprise move.
Barring anything unexpected, the white figure had to be—
"Lianlian," Blanche said. "I pulled a white cloak out of the Snowy Owl Wardrobe, then had Lianlian wear it and wait on the first floor. As soon as the Dream Guest came downstairs, she flew up and frightened him."
That was why the white figure had neither head nor feet: there had been a woodpecker inside.
Only with Lianlian and the cloak working together could Blanche hem him in from both sides and set a trap that drove him out. Others had neither similar items nor a partner to help them, so reproducing it would be difficult.
Angel, however, could accomplish the same thing with illusions.
"Ah—" Angel sighed.
Blanche asked what was wrong.
Angel explained, "I was wondering whether we could teach your method to the others, but after thinking