"Just me?!"
Black Whale was dumbfounded.
Was this right?
This wasn't right, was it?!
This was completely different from what they had agreed on before!
Hadn't they agreed that everyone would form an alliance and hunt down Eternal Night together?
Where was the hunt?
Where was the alliance?
What about the God's Chosen One with at least two Authorities that had been promised?
Why was it that, after coming to Earth, Black Whale had first gotten beaten up, and now he was being ordered around to deal with Star-Picking Tower?
What the fuck did this goddamn Star-Picking Tower have to do with him, Black Whale?!
He had only agreed to form an alliance with Black Star because he didn't want that Eternal Night of unknown origins targeting him alone!
He hadn't volunteered to come work for Earth!
Seeing Black Whale's stunned expression, Black Star feigned surprise. "What's wrong, White Shark? Is there a problem?"
"Yes. A huge one." Black Whale steeled himself, deciding to lay everything out plainly.
But just as he was about to speak, he caught sight of the blond Xiao Erfu nestled in Octopus Lady's arms from the corner of his eye.
An inexplicable surge of irritation immediately rose within him.
It wasn't jealousy, exactly.
It was more like seeing a pet he had raised for years suddenly wagging its tail at a stranger inferior to himself.
Matilda should have been Black Whale's private property!
Struck by that emotion, Black Whale instantly changed his mind.
Rather than questioning them outright, he drew on what Black Star had promised him in the Scorching Domain and subtly steered the subject toward Octopus Lady.
"Didn't you say before that our alliance had at least one God's Chosen One with dual Authorities?"
"But now, it seems there's only one sacred God's