How It Feels When Your Beloved and Your Romantic Rival Are Alone in a Room, but You Can't Open the Door

Xiao Ai's stepfather—wouldn't that make him Xiao Ai's mother's husband? Luo Ye frowned tightly, but Byakuya Kuchiki had just said that his wife was already dead, hadn't he?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help looking worriedly at the still utterly bewildered Xiao Ai.

He wondered whether she could accept such terrible news.

"Huh?" The apple in Xiao Ai's hand fell to the ground. She understood, but he had just said his wife was dead—did that mean her mother was dead?

No, she didn't believe it! "You're lying! You're not my stepfather!" Her mother had always been so healthy. How could she be dead? Xiao Ai hadn't even found a way to go back yet. How could her mother leave before her?

Unable to accept that her mother was gone, Xiao Ai broke down.

As she collapsed, the space within her manifested uncontrollably, flinging away everyone except Byakuya Kuchiki and Luo Ye. A massive phantom of a house appeared on the spot, blotting out the sky and sun.

Luo Ye stared in shock. When he had left Meteor City before, Xiao Ai hadn't been this strong, had she?

Yet now, even the Phantom Troupe and the assorted examiners were all sent flying together. Had she just gone completely overpowered?

Shalnark, who had suddenly been thrown out, gaped at the enormous building before him, his eyes full of confusion. "Wait, Xiao Ai is that powerful?"

The Phantom Troupe could at least be considered experts, right? Yet they had been tossed aside without even the slightest ability to resist?

Was she even human? That strength was far too absurd!

Chrollo's eyes gleamed repeatedly. He had always known Xiao Ai was powerful, but he had never expected her to be this powerful. Sure enough, it had been the right decision not to openly clash