Probably no one besides Jiu Ming knew just how many of those lava monsters there were in the Blazing Flame Zone.
While things were at a standstill here, the confrontation on the other side was no less intense. Two girls with remarkably similar faces gazed at each other "affectionately," though what bloomed in their eyes was anything but sparks of excitement.
"At last, we meet, Sister." Black Pupil wore a somewhat gloomy smile, as though she were merely offering the greeting one normally would upon meeting.
"It's been a long time, Black Pupil." Akame nodded. The atmosphere between them was exceedingly grave, yet even so, neither showed any intention of drawing a blade. Here, even if they did draw their swords, they likely could not fight. And since they could not fight, there was much to discuss.
For instance, Akame had heard Mine mention certain things about Black Pupil's condition. Beneath her forcefulness lay a weakness that could not be concealed no matter how hard she tried, as though she were constantly overdrawing her own Life Force. That state would make her strength increase at an astonishing rate, even rendering her life extraordinarily tenacious—but it was unavoidable that she would burn through her Life Force faster than ordinary people.
Jiu Ming had only casually mentioned it to Mine once when he had nothing better to do. He had happened to be sorting through some things at the time, after all.
There were no new Sealed Cards. He had already gone through all of those, but the things he had collected had yet to be properly organized. Among them were Dr. Stylish's leftovers. Most of that man's things were traps meant to harm people, so naturally, all of them had been confiscated!
As for destroying them... that would be a bit