"I guess? Negi-negi Ghost."
Perona had just lifted her head and gotten to her feet, but a second later she was on her knees again.
"I really am an idiot. I got burned once and still didn't learn my lesson. I'm the world's biggest fool."
Mercer sighed. His Conqueror's Haki receded, and the black-and-red arcs of electricity vanished.
Karasu cackled on Mercer's shoulder. The moment he let out a laugh, he suddenly flapped his wings and took off into the sky.
A few seconds later,
Perona puffed out her cheeks and turned her face away, sitting on Mercer's shoulder and sulking.
Let's briefly go over what had just happened.
"Did you learn how to do it?"
Perona asked curiously. With her palm facing up, a string of transparent white ghost dolls appeared and vanished in her hand.
"This power to create ghost dolls?"
Mercer calmly shook his head.
"It's not that simple. Even if I learn how someday, it won't look the same as your ghost dolls.
At most, the core of the ability will be the same. The way it manifests should be different."
"Mercer, do you think I could combine my emotion ghosts? Use them two at a time, or even all three together?"
"How would I know? But I've heard a saying." Mercer looked at her mysteriously. Perona pursed her lips and asked, displeased, "Please, just tell me already?"
Mercer smiled.
"All things in the world are born of desire."
"I came across those exact words in a book once. I don't know if they're right, but I'm giving them to you now."
Perona pouted, looking unhappy. "What? You don't even know if it's true, but you still had to say it all mysteriously?"
Mercer's expression turned serene. "Believe in yourself.
At first, didn't you only have