I Share Five Senses with World's Top Daughters Across the Multiverse

Herta raised a hand and gestured at the Light Screen. The ring lit up with a pale blue glow.

"Step inside."

The moment Kiana stepped into the ring, the pale blue lights all flickered upward at once, like ripples splashed across the water surface by a pebble.

She turned around, presenting her back to everyone.

The hem of her beige casual top was carefully pulled up a little.

Mei stepped forward to help, her movements neither hurried nor slow.

As the fabric rolled up, it revealed the girl's slender back. Between her shoulder blades—

The dark orange pulsation was still there.

It was weaker than it had been at the clothing store during the day, but that flickering like a poorly connected night-light remained. Its rhythm was uneven and irregular; sometimes it would suddenly flare up before dimming 30, and when it lit up, extremely fine golden threads could vaguely be seen flashing beneath her skin.

"Alright, try easing the suppression a little." Herta gestured for Jiang Lianqiu to act.

Jiang Lianqiu snapped his fingers.

"Can you hear anything?" Herta crouched at the edge of the ring, her fingertips hovering above the Stigmata. She neither touched it nor drew back. Half of her focused profile was visible beneath her Witch's Pointed Hat.

"What sound?" Kiana turned her head.

"A Stigmata makes a sound when it resonates. A Stigmata of your level should theoretically let you hear echoes at a certain frequency—not physical vibrations, but transmissions through the Imaginary domain. Describe it yourself."

Kiana fell silent.

The flow of air throughout the laboratory seemed to slow.

Firefly stood two meters outside the ring, her pale golden eyes fixed unblinking on Kiana's back.

Seele instinctively grabbed the corner of Mei's clothes.

Mei did not move.

"...I can't really describe it." Kiana finally