Miles stepped out of the Negative Zone rift.
"Mr. Miles, you're back?"
Hisako Ichiki looked at Miles. "You were gone for two minutes. Uh, what's that you're holding?"
She was looking at the Uodo core in his hand.
"Something troublesome."
Miles had no intention of explaining further. He put the Uodo core away, then frowned and opened his hand.
The rusty marks left by Feirotus had appeared on his palm again.
In a world governed by the Feirotus Rules, the corrosion slows down. But outside their influence, it speeds up instead?
Maybe there's some kind of balancing mechanism at work...
Maybe I can use that...
With that thought, Miles closed his hand and tapped his temple.
His psychic power spread silently, quickly locking onto Quentin and Rogue a thousand meters away. The underground passages were a maze, but although the two had been chasing Storm for some time, they were not far away in a straight line.
There also seemed to be many other minds near their current position.
"Found them."
Miles opened his eyes.
Then he raised a hand and swept it forward.
Hum—!
A dark blue portal formed out of thin air.
"Is... is that another one of your abilities?"
Hisako Ichiki could not help asking again.
"More or less."
Miles stepped through. After a brief hesitation, Hisako Ichiki followed him.
Tap, tap, tap...
Elsewhere, Quentin and Rogue raced through a maze of metal corridors. At last, they slammed through a heavy blast door and burst into a vast underground warehouse.
Hiss!
The next instant, a scarlet beam shot toward them!
"Get down!"
Rogue lunged at Quentin, grabbed him around the waist, and knocked them both to the floor!
Boom—!
The scarlet beam swept over Quentin's head by a hair, punched through a thick steel plate behind