Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain

Elsewhere, Anna faced the endless residents of Infinite City.

The residents seemed to have undying bodies. Every time she sent them flying, they sprang back to their feet a moment later, full of life, and attacked her again.

As she fought, she looked up at the twisted summit of Infinite City. There sat a tiny world like a glass sphere, with False Hawkins and Ai Miye inside.

"Damn it. I have to get Ai Miye out quickly, or that bastard will drain every last bit of her mental power."

Anna gritted her teeth and merged with Red-clad Anna. A mass of red energy formed two enormous arms that swept wildly through the charging residents.

Once she had knocked most of them aside, she leaped and began climbing upward. But the residents immediately formed a human wall and came down like an avalanche, blocking her again.

To be honest, fighting in this place put her at too great a disadvantage.

Here, False Hawkins was like a god. Neither she nor Ai Miye could match him.

Wait!

Her eyes narrowed as another idea came to her.

The main reason Ai Miye could not defeat False Hawkins was that she could not control her subconscious. As a result, False Hawkins had been created entirely from the Hawkins in Ai Miye's subconscious, with that image as his Meme.

But that also offered an advantage: Ai Miye's Id would always follow the actions of her conscious self. If Anna reached the clouds and opened the door to the palace, the giant Ai Miye could come through it.

"That's not a good idea."

Hawkins's voice rang out. Anna's expression changed, and she whipped around to attack. A huge claw struck toward the source of the voice.

Hawkins was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a blue butterfly