"Mm, not bad. It uses quite a bit of Observation Haki, but I can keep it up for a few hours."
Maintaining the "Shadowless" state steadily consumed his Observation Haki.
That Haki did not simply vanish. It was used to obscure other people's senses.
It worked rather like a collision: before anyone else's Observation Haki could detect Werther, his own met and snuffed theirs out.
That was why Launi Aileen and the Long-Legged Beauty could not sense him.
The Observation Haki they had used to search for Werther had already been "destroyed" by his.
"What do we do now? He moves like a ghost, and we can't even sense him with Observation Haki. Maybe we should hide in the mirror—"
Launi Aileen cut the Long-Legged Beauty off.
"Absolutely not. There are other people inside. Have you thought about what would happen if that Monster got into the mirror too?"
The Long-Legged Beauty fell silent.
"But if this goes on, we'll be dead soon. Erin, can your eyes keep up with that Monster's speed?"
Launi Aileen was a cat now, and a cat's eyes could track motion dozens of times better than a human's.
"Just barely. Not being able to sense him with Observation Haki is a real pain."
Launi Aileen's eyes widened, and the whiskers on her face twitched.
Werther did not attack them. He stood perfectly still.
"Has he moved? I can't tell. Milky, when he's standing still, you have to keep your eyes on him."
The Long-Legged Beauty was startled. Werther clearly had not moved, yet Launi Aileen said she could not see him clearly.
"In this form, I'm extremely nearsighted. I can only see still objects clearly within about thirty meters. I'm only good at tracking movement."
Cats were not just extremely nearsighted; they were poor at