After briefly marveling at Wheelchair's extraordinary new form, Qian Haonan spoke with an approving look.
"I never imagined you'd overcome that crucial obstacle and take such a truly brilliant step."
"If you can produce these Time Guards en masse, they'll be the natural enemies of those Nightmare Shades!"
Nine Blades asked, "Nightmare Shades?"
Qian Haonan explained, "Nightmare Shades are warped creations those traitors made by fusing the souls of broken Soulless with nightmare power."
"They can hide in space-time turbulence to conduct surveillance, assassinations, and related interference."
"They aren't particularly strong in a head-on fight, but they're extremely difficult to kill."
"More importantly, while hidden in space-time turbulence, they possess incredibly powerful long-range movement abilities."
"That allows them to appear anywhere and eavesdrop on any area."
Hearing this, Kilman, who had only just learned that such beings existed, spoke with a grave expression.
"Doesn't that mean we haven't had any secrets at all this whole time?!"
Qian Haonan said, "If they wanted to look, you could put it that way."
"However, limitations involving materials and souls mean there aren't that many Nightmare Shades at present."
"They're an extremely precious resource for their creators."
"So they can't monitor every area at all times. It depends on how important you are to them."
Su Yi said, "When I went back this time, I saw three Nightmare Shades secretly lurking around each of my two children, watching them."
Kilman and Nine Blades were immediately startled.
"Six?!"
"We've stationed heavy protection around Sister Winter and Lady Maria."
"Isn't there any way to stop them from spying?"
Su Yi said bluntly, "Stopping them is easy, but now isn't the time to do it."
"We should focus more of our attention on the front lines."
Then Su Yi turned to Wheelchair. "I'm going to find Winter