Tailor-Made for Her

Squid Ball set down her chopsticks. "I'll give it a try. Divination works best when the person is present. It can still be done if they aren't, but the accuracy may drop."

She took out a deck of Tarot Cards, spread them across the table, and deftly shuffled, cut, and flipped them over.

"Well?" Huang Xiaowen asked.

Squid Ball looked conflicted.

The three cards she had drawn were [The Tower] upright, [Wheel of Fortune] reversed, and [The Hermit] upright.

"[The Tower] appearing upright represents a sudden change, not something that happened gradually. Captain didn't enter the Public Challenge by her own choice. Someone gave her a push."

Squid Ball raised her eyes and glanced at the others. "[Wheel of Fortune] reversed means the course of events is no longer under her control. The wheel is spinning backward. Someone interfered with the path that should have been hers and shifted her trajectory in another direction."

She looked at the final card. "[The Hermit] upright means she's currently isolated and without support. There's no one around her she can trust, nor any resources she can use. But its upright position also means she's acting on her own experience and judgment. She isn't panicking, and she hasn't been crushed by her circumstances."

You Jiali frowned deeply.

What Squid Ball's divination meant was that Ling Chu's entry into the Public Challenge had not been accidental. It had been deliberately interfered with and arranged.

Who would do such a thing?

And who could control a Public Challenge?

Suddenly, a name surfaced in her mind.

"The Circus."

"What?"

You Jiali explained, "The Circus has a core member called Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows. He was featured in Shark Daily. I read his interview—he has a skill that can manipulate fate."

"So Captain was sent into the