The Third Time-This Is the Current [Scholar] Advancement Task (Continued)

Just then.

Stussy suddenly smiled and asked in a gentle voice.

"Welcome to the Fantasy Gallery. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Adrian gave her a surprised look.

What else could he say? She really was the queen of the Pleasure District.

Even now, she hadn't forgotten to drum up business!

"Queen of the Pleasure District Stussy, and Mr. Shu-Kit."

Adrian looked at them both and smiled calmly.

"You're both members of CP0. At this point, there's no need to keep up the act in front of me."

"Stussy, when you called me here, you didn't say I'd be facing someone this terrifying!"

Shu-Kit kept his eyes fixed on Adrian, every muscle taut. He tried to sound casual, but his voice was strained.

"Attack!"

With a sharp cry, Stussy struck first.

The delicate-looking queen of the Pleasure District raised her fair hand as quick as lightning and extended one slender finger.

The motion looked almost effortless, but a faint tremor ran through the air. A nearly invisible bullet of compressed air shot from her fingertip at a terrifying speed, straight toward Adrian.

As a member of CP0, she naturally knew the Six Powers.

Adrian's keen eyes recognized the move at once. It was Flying Finger Pistol, an ability gained only after mastering Finger Pistol!

In the original story, Stussy had used it to take down Du Feld, the King of Loan Sharks, with a single shot!

At the same moment Stussy fired,

Shu-Kit, standing beside her, quietly activated his own power.

The clothes on Mr. Furry's body rippled like flowing water. Masses of short, stiff black fibers sprang from his crisp white outfit, turning him into a bristling figure almost instantly.

A moment later, those black fibers burst outward. They flew toward Adrian alongside Stussy's Flying Finger Pistol,