Human Plant (9)
Why was it so noisy...
In that instant, instinctive confusion inevitably arose alongside her instinctive alertness. There was even a whole slew of questions—
Why did it smell so hot...
Why did it look so sweet...
The sudden burst of light was like a bomb dropped into her five senses, tearing everything into a chaotic mess.
A sense of extreme danger washed over Aiko. She knew she had fallen victim to some kind of intense mental interference.
The anomaly she had been searching for but never found had appeared so suddenly.
But this was still far from enough to deal with a demigod.
Her flesh, which had lost all its color, surged once more in that instant, no longer even blocking out the light.
In the blink of an eye, her body transformed into a ghostly form radiating a chilling aura.
With that change, the aftershocks of the sensory bomb seemed to lose their medium and dissipated rapidly.
At this point, she was no longer relying on her senses in the conventional sense.
"Thunder!"
But just then, she sensed a burst of information from somewhere not far behind her.
The deafening roar had naturally come from Fu Qian.
As a member of the team, he hadn't charged quite as far ahead, but he had undoubtedly taken in the suddenly bright light with his eyes, nose, and throat. The sensory shockwave had been no less intense for him.
But compared with the demigod Aiko, although his rank within the mission had been forcibly suppressed, his wealth of life experience still let him handle things more calmly.
To be precise, he had encountered a similar tactic before, back when the Sea of Ashes had engaged in a friendly exchange with Senior Goto Hi.
So after confirming what