Lan Mu's Day of Death

At this time, CANC was far more moderate than it had been in Themis's era. Lan Mu's brief time with them had not been in vain.

Even Themis in the future did not know who Zero Two really was, much less where Zero Two had gone.

The legendary secret of Zero Two during CANC's founding years was buried along with Zero One's generation after they passed away.

Zero One understood Lan Mu so well. Though they had known each other for only a short time, they had become the only confidants in each other's worlds.

"The flashlight you mentioned before, the one that shrinks objects a hundredfold, is the Shrink Ray. It doesn't turn things into toys as you imagined; it merely reduces their volume and mass proportionally. Still, it's extremely troublesome. Its attack travels at light speed, and there is no way to reverse it. Even top-tier Contained Object holders like Alfred often aren't a match for it."

Upon hearing Lan Mu say they had been surrounded, Adonis calmly identified the Contained Object possessed by the person leading the group.

Alfred, who had just joined CANC, volunteered, "You're talking about Viscount Trier. If it came down to him and me... it would depend on who struck first. If his light hit me, I'd shrink to less than two centimeters tall, and my weight would drop to a few hundred grams. It isn't just a matter of becoming smaller; it also means my immune system would have no resistance whatsoever against the bacteria of the modern world. Oh, and that light can't be reflected by mirrors."

"In fact, Trier is the Queen's most loyal servant and the royal family's chief court spy. That identity isn't public. More than ten thousand miniature humans are imprisoned in Trier's home, where he built