Acting Is My Specialty

Just as Osakabehime and Mole were preparing to put on a show and test Aoko, Yuan Shikai appeared and interrupted their plans.

Yuan Shikai said, "That conversation sounds interesting. Care to tell me more?"

No sooner had he spoken than a swarm of paper bats flew straight at his face. Osakabehime had summoned them with Chiyogami Manipulation.

At the same time, Mole entered the third stage of her Spirit Origin. Horns sprouted from her head and wings from her back as the Mother of the Abyss possessed her. She drew the longsword at her waist, ready to fight.

"You're one of the other three. I thought you'd been killed, but it looks like you have some skill after all.

"Still, you dared to walk out in the open. I can't decide whether you're arrogant or stupid."

He slipped right up to us without a sound, on our own turf. How humiliating.

Then enormous bumps appeared on both women's heads, and they dropped to their knees with their heads bowed in submission.

Yuan Shikai, meanwhile, sat in the seat of honor as if he owned the place.

Yuan Shikai said, "Back to what we were discussing. What do you mean by Crimson Moon's backup body? And how did you learn about it?"

Osakabehime blamed Mole for meddling and insisting on opening the passage to let them in. But they were at Yuan Shikai's mercy now. Mole didn't dare refuse and answered honestly.

Mole said, "When the evil god called the Mother of the Abyss possessed me, our memories mingled, and I learned many things. When I saw her, the memories in my mind told me what she was."

Then it's probably true. Evil gods live for ages, so it makes sense that one would know such things.

Yuan Shikai asked, "Do