It seemed that way!
For a moment, Ess almost seemed persuaded by Fu Qian's words.
As a core member of the Society, she naturally knew the abilities of every piece of equipment inside and out.
Scrooge had not only activated his ability just now, he had done so before throwing his left-handed punch.
The mask's attack was vicious, but it took far longer to prepare than one might expect, and its activation requirements were extremely strict.
Thinking about it now, Scrooge's earlier display of skepticism had indeed seemed a little forced.
So Left Hand had spotted the signs and decisively struck to interrupt him?
The story sounded considerably more plausible now, even courageous, really.
But the problem was that they still hadn't seen any sign of the supposed zombification...
"That's right. I really was going to kill you..."
As Ess puzzled over it, Scrooge finally stood up.
There was still blood on his lips, and his face was a little misshapen. Fu Qian's punch had been pretty vicious.
But it didn't seem to have affected his ability to speak much.
"Why?"
Heh...
At Ess's instinctive question, Scrooge shook his head with a cold laugh and pointed at Fu Qian.
"I may not be able to see what I look like, but I'm absolutely certain this guy is turning into a living corpse—"
The next moment, Scrooge's accusation was cut off by a sky full of shattered golden light.
The Sage had finally made his move.
An invisible current swept across the room, clearing everyone's heads. At the same time, Fu Qian realized the Old Man was looking at him with a deeply meaningful expression.
As expected, it hadn't been that easy to convince him that Fu Qian had really seen Scrooge turn into a living corpse.
But unfortunately, unless someone