A Formidable Foe

Fubuki couldn't break through Tatsumaki's barrier to wake her, but then she thought of someone who could.

Baldy happened to be sitting beside her.

So she tugged on Baldy's arm.

Luke was relaxing, immersed in the beautiful singing. When Fubuki tugged at him twice, he turned to look at her.

Fubuki pointed at Tatsumaki, who was fast asleep, and motioned for him to wake her.

Luke reached into Tatsumaki's green barrier and pinched her small, delicate nose.

Suddenly unable to breathe properly, Tatsumaki frowned and flailed for a moment before opening her bleary eyes.

When she saw Baldy reaching past Fubuki to pinch her nose, Tatsumaki slapped his hand away. "What are you doing, you stupid baldy?"

An inexplicable force knocked Luke's hand aside, sending it into a soft, remarkably springy part of Fubuki's body.

Luke quickly pulled his hand back, but that fleeting, wonderful sensation had already sent his heart racing.

Fubuki's face flushed. "What are you doing?"

Faced with both sisters glaring at him, Luke stammered, "No... I mean..."

Fubuki knew he hadn't meant to do it, so she couldn't bring herself to blame him further.

The barrier around Tatsumaki vanished on its own once she was awake. After Luke's stunt, she wasn't sleepy anymore.

Tatsumaki was surprised to find everyone around her floating in midair. "Is this the Scarlet Witch's power?"

Even in the dim light, red, threadlike wisps were clearly visible everywhere in the air.

Though the wisps were plain to see, they had no substance to the touch, as real and unreal as light and shadow.

They were the physical manifestation of the Scarlet Witch's Psychic Powers. By controlling them, she could move objects without touching them as easily as Fubuki and Tatsumaki could.

And judging by her ability to make thousands of people float