Master! Teach Me How to Defeat Marée Alaira!

"Count yourselves lucky!"

Pop!

A sharp report rang out, and Erika Kujo vanished into a cloud of white smoke.

By the time it cleared, the streetlamp was empty.

"Huh? She ran?"

Bai Xuan froze.

He had never expected the girl to take off without even putting up a fight!

What was going on?

Had she been scared off?

Had she lost her nerve?

"Hey, what was that about? She was so weird!" Marée Alaira looked at Bai Xuan in confusion. She clearly had no idea why the girl had fled, either.

Just then, Seliphina's eyes lit up. She hurried over to Bai Xuan and exclaimed, "I know!"

"She must have sensed how powerful you are, Master, and fled in terror!"

"Master, you're incredible!"

"Hm? Is that it?"

Bai Xuan was still puzzled, though he did remember the girl mentioning combat power.

Could she see exact combat power values?

But then why did she run when she saw me?

His combat power should have been fairly low, at least lower than Xilin's and the others'.

But—

Bai Xuan fell into thought. Suddenly, a bold idea struck him.

If Xilin's combat power and everyone else's was being counted as mine, that would explain everything!

After all, they had all been summoned through the World Book.

And he—

He was the World Book's master!

Of course, that was only a guess.

"Never mind her. Let's head back."

"Yes!"

Erika Kujo was still stewing over it when she returned to the hideout.

She kicked the door open and shouted at the man inside wearing a Spade 9 mask, "Didn't you say they were nothing special? Then why was there someone with 9,999 combat power among them!?"

"9,999 combat power?"

Spade 9 paused mid-bite, a piece of chocolate in his hand.

Then he remembered: Erika