"Another outsider?"
Seeing Madeleine appear and effortlessly snatch the Mind Stone from her hand, Zombie Wanda frowned deeply.
She could clearly sense that the red-haired girl before her contained a terrifying power capable of contending with her Chaos Magic.
"Give it to me!" Zombie Wanda extended her right hand, covered by the Infinity Gauntlet, and issued an order.
"...A very remarkable treasure."
Madeleine casually glanced at her, then lowered her head and studied the Mind Stone in her hand with great interest. Golden-red phantom flames flickered within her eyes.
This was a cosmic artifact on the mental plane, and Madeleine herself happened to be a powerful telepath.
"It seems to be able to enhance my power..."
Madeleine murmured to herself, then seemed to notice something interesting. "But if you sense it carefully... you'll discover that the enhanced power is false, just like this world."
"What are you talking about, Madeleine?"
Not far away, Zombie Miles, who had just escaped death, heard those incomprehensible words and instinctively walked over. He looked at Madeleine in confusion. "What is... a 'false world'?"
"...Please don't come any closer for now, sir."
Madeleine raised a hand to stop Miles from approaching and said somewhat unnaturally, "Your mental presence... is too similar to the Miles I know. Being too close to you makes me uncomfortable."
The instant he heard that, Miles abruptly stopped.
"You took over Madeleine's body!"
Having experienced something similar before, Miles realized the truth. His expression darkened as he asked, "Who are you? What did you do to her?!"
"Don't worry, my friend. I'm merely borrowing her body temporarily."
Madeleine replied, "After all, haven't you also had your body borrowed by 'him' before? This sort of thing shouldn't be unfamiliar to you."
"Is that so..." Miles frowned tightly, yet the unease in his