"If you..."
A melodious song echoed through the curtain of rain, its winding, lingering melody piercing the patter of rainfall and spreading across all of Times Square.
The song carried a majestic, sweeping grandeur, as though thousands of troops were marching through the clouds, or an ancient horn was echoing between mountains.
Along with the singing, an enormous golden radiance rose from the skyline on the eastern side of the city.
Within that golden light, raindrops turned into golden threads, and every droplet suspended in the air refracted dazzling brilliance.
The massive advertising screens in Times Square were swallowed by the golden light, their colorful commercial displays all dyed the same uniform gold.
Everyone was drawn to the sudden radiance and stopped what they were doing without prior agreement.
Fans lowered the phones held over their heads, running pedestrians stopped in their tracks, and even those reveling in the rain fell silent.
Thousands of eyes turned in unison toward the east, where the light had risen, as if something there were calling to them.
"What's with this light?"
Even Xia Yuan and Rain God, who had been confronting each other, stopped moving at the same time.
A trace of surprise flashed through Xia Yuan's dead-fish eyes. He raised his head, and his bald scalp reflected a sacred halo in the golden light.
His earth-yellow cloak hung behind him, its edges gilded by the radiance.
Rain God floated in midair, her long dark-blue hair dancing in the golden wind.
She bit her lip and muttered under her breath, "Annoying. He's here again..."
The surrounding UR Contract Spirits all reacted differently.
Undying Hero held his head, wearing an expression as though he had eaten something filthy.
M Superman narrowed his azure eyes slightly, his more-than-two-meter-tall body standing ramrod straight.
Owlman's dark-gray cape