Contemplation

Time flew by. Shiroyasha had already taken Black Rabbit to the Heavenly Army headquarters in Little Garden's upper levels to seek out Shakra.

Yuzhen remained in No Name's base, sitting in his own room and considering how to deal with Queen Halloween going forward.

Both he and Shiroyasha were extremely cautious when it came to that extraordinary three-digit problem child.

Before Shiroyasha took Black Rabbit to the Heavenly Army headquarters, she had discussed a plan with him.

They agreed that it would be best not to resort to theft where the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword was concerned.

And if theft was off the table, then they could only trade something of equal value.

Originally, Shiroyasha had planned to stake half of her Sun Authority and have Queen Halloween use the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword as the prize in a Gift Game against him.

After all, Queen Halloween, the Star Spirit of Gold and Boundaries, had been born within the sun.

Though the sun's concentration within her was not as dense as that of Shiroyasha, the "Star of Origin," meaning she had not possessed sun-related authority like Shiroyasha after her birth.

Still, that did not matter much to Queen Halloween.

During the later turmoil in Little Garden, she seized the opportunity presented by Shiroyasha's three defeats.

She obtained more Sun Authorities than anyone else in all of Little Garden, aside from Shiroyasha herself.

A full six of them!

That alone showed Queen Halloween's obsession with Sun Authority.

Thus, Shiroyasha believed that offering an equivalent amount of Sun Authority in exchange for playing a Gift Game over the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword, which Queen Halloween could not use...

Was feasible!

However, Yuzhen rejected that proposal.

Shiroyasha had already helped him enough. He could not keep fleecing that rich little girl.

Even if they were currently on the same