Timing
Hugo had been testing Bai Kou with his words, but her expression didn't change. She merely said nonchalantly, "If you can make it out alive, you can turn District 011 into a plague zone for all I care."
As she finished speaking, she snapped her fingers. The metal that had been clinging to the hospital walls rapidly contracted and gathered into long strips, then shot toward Whale and Hugo from every direction!
"Ha!" Whale shouted. He seized the locomotive beside him with one hand and swung it with all his might, batting away every metal strip. But the metal wasn't solid. The moment it was hit, it turned into liquid and splashed across the locomotive, then began to envelop the two men at its center, gradually forming a gigantic sphere.
"Get out!" Hugo warned Whale. The latter kept swinging the locomotive, now changing color, and smashed it against the curved metal. He only managed to leave a dent, so he changed direction, held the locomotive upright, and broke out just before the metal sphere closed.
But Bai Kou was already waiting above them. She reached out, and the Ring on her index finger flashed. Its light enveloped the two men, and the locomotive in Whale's hands instantly became a heavy, lifeless object, slamming down on his head.
With his neck bent, Whale propped the locomotive on his shoulder and finally escaped the sphere. But he and the locomotive were both pinned under Bai Kou's foot.
Hugo looked up and brushed his blackened arm against the locomotive. Black bacteria immediately surged upward.
Whale wore special protective clothing and gloves, so he was immune to the bacteria. Bai Kou, standing on top of them in her formal gown, looked like an easy target.
Unfortunately, before the bacteria could even reach the