"You're the bastard doing it on purpose!" Mokou shot Jiu Ming a vicious glare, then looked around at the house rapidly restoring itself as though time were flowing backward. The corner of her mouth twitched. "You could've restored it this easily from the start... and you still had to pick a fight with me?"
"Only part of it can be restored." Jiu Ming clicked his tongue and opened a Gap, beginning to haul things out from inside. They were all the items acquired later. Only after putting them back in their proper places did he let out a breath. Good thing he'd acted quickly earlier, or none of them would have been saved. "Come to think of it, what were you charging in here all fired up for just now?"
"Nothing much. I was planning to ambush that woman." As Mokou spoke, her gaze slid toward the World Crossing Gate that still had chains hanging from it. The chains rattled incessantly now. Clearly, someone was inside and couldn't get out.
"You turkey over there, I heard that. To think you were planning to use such a despicable method. I'm going back."
"...What!?" The instant the lock above was removed, Mokou swiftly opened the World Crossing Gate and peered inside. The moment she took a step in, she knew she'd been set up!
Never mind the suddenly immense sense of distance between her and Jiu Ming behind her—no matter whether she moved forward or backward, she couldn't advance or retreat even a single step...
"That woman actually set me up!!!" Knowing Kaguya's abilities, Mokou naturally understood what situation she was in. If she had set up this kind of "mechanism" beforehand and inspected it, it wouldn't have been hard to spot; after all, the discordant sensation of distorted time was easy