Her voluptuous body leaned forward slightly. "These restraints were specially made from the hardest segments of Elder Centipede's shed shell. They're designed specifically for espers like you..."
Before she could finish, the entire cavern suddenly shook violently! Countless rocks came tumbling down from the ceiling.
Psykos abruptly raised her head, the pupils behind her lenses shrinking. "How is that possible?! Elder Centipede's presence... disappeared?!"
"Heh..." Fubuki suddenly sneered, her restrained body leaning forward slightly. "Psykos, is the monster you're so proud of really that weak?"
Psykos snorted softly. "It doesn't matter. Given enough time, I can make more monsters like that. But you... you're my trump card, you know~"
Fubuki froze for a moment before retorting, "You think capturing me will let you threaten my sister? How laughably naive."
Psykos pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and slowly approached Fubuki, who was hanging in midair. Her slender fingers flirtatiously lifted Fubuki's chin. "Oh? Is that so? Then why are you so nervous? I can feel your heartbeat speeding up~"
"You're talking nonsense!" Fubuki abruptly turned her face away, her chest heaving violently with her hurried breathing. "My sister would never care about someone like me... someone..."
"Someone what?" Psykos suddenly leaned closer, her warm breath brushing against Fubuki's ear. "A useless little sister?"
Fubuki's body visibly stiffened for an instant, but she quickly lifted her head stubbornly. "Say whatever you want! No one cares about me anyway!"
"Is that so?" Psykos gave her a meaningful smile and lightly ran a finger over the red marks left on Fubuki's wrist by the ropes. "Then we'll wait and see..."
"No one cares about me!" Fubuki suddenly shouted, her voice echoing through the empty cavern.
Her eyes were slightly red, but her gaze remained stubborn.
Just then, a man's voice suddenly came from the