As she withdrew her hand, Hoshino deliberately blinked, wanting to see which character had been lucky enough to get the chance to unlock.
In truth, she had already guessed.
Swallowtail Phantasm was unlocking.
The same symptoms of dissociative identity disorder, two different personalities trapped in a state where they could not understand each other. The weaker one feared the stronger one. The only difference was that Nightmare's eyes did not turn red when her personalities switched. However, her pupils were naturally one gold and one blue, like those of a Persian cat, which fit the theme of dissociation quite well.
Hoshino introduced this Rhodes Island operator to Ch'en.
"This is Gloria, an operator from Rhodes Island's Caster Department. She is gentle and polite in her dealings with others, but she suffers from dissociative identity disorder. In her current state, she should be called Nightmare. In this state, her combat ability becomes extremely tenacious."
"And she becomes violent too, right?"
Ch'en nodded. "I've seen this condition before. Most of the time, it's just a lie trying to tear off its mask. At their core, they're still the same person."
"What did you say?!"
Nightmare clenched her staff, bristling like an enraged hedgehog, not gentle in the slightest.
Ch'en had no interest in arguing with a girl who was not even twenty. Instead, she looked toward Hoshino, who was knocking out the guards at the sewer entrance. Her method was to walk right up to them openly, then strike each of them on the back of the neck. It was incredibly barbaric.
Ch'en frowned.
She was not stupid. Such blatant behavior meant only one thing: Kiana Kaslana was certain she would never appear in Lungmen again.
From now on, she might never get to experience the wondrous sensation of stopped time again.