Shen Yin's Past

Bang!!!

Shen Yin moved without warning.

The floor beneath her feet exploded. She became a streak of pale cyan light, crossed more than ten meters in an instant, and drove a straight punch at Scholar's chest. The blow cracked the sound barrier, its shockwave sending both the handkerchief and Chen Si's corpse flying.

But she felt no impact.

Her fist should have hit Scholar. For some reason, though, it felt as if she had struck something soft.

"Ever heard of the Achilles and the Tortoise Paradox? Honestly, I learned this trick from my teacher... Put simply, your fist is getting closer to me every moment, but it can never actually hit me."

"Fascinating, isn't it?"

Before Shen Yin could react, an immense force sent her flying.

Over the next ten minutes, the top floor of the clock tower was reduced to rubble.

Shen Yin had spent years honing her martial arts. Judged on technique alone, without regard for raw power, even an ordinary combat-type Magical Girl might not have matched her.

But none of it mattered.

Shen Yin's attacks could never truly touch Scholar.

No matter the angle she struck from, her speed, the number of mental shocks she layered onto her attacks, or even how she used the clock tower to attack indirectly, she could not hurt Scholar in the slightest.

While Shen Yin fought with everything she had, Scholar looked almost leisurely.

As though she were playing with a child.

"Look at you... If that hadn't happened after your awakening, you might have made an excellent combat-type Magical Girl yourself."

Scholar gazed at Shen Yin and sighed.

At her words, every hair on Shen Yin's body stood on end.

"That? How do you know about..."

Another heavy blow was deflected. Shen Yin leaped back and landed, her chest