Lynn was instantly dumbfounded.
No way. This had to be a joke. Had Brain developed some peculiar desires too, and secretly, alone in her room, as a girl...
With a strange look in his eyes, Lynn leaned toward her ear and asked at exactly the wrong moment:
"Brain, you weren't doing it yourself..."
Boom-
That tiny, seemingly powerless fist landed beside Lynn's ear. The roaring shock wave nearly deafened him. As he stood frozen with his eyes wide, the Colossus's surging blood energy blasted a massive hole through the thick earth a dozen meters behind him, punching straight through hundreds of meters.
Lynn said blankly, "Uh..."
The Colossus Brain kept her head lowered and her fist clenched.
"Say one more word, and the next punch will land between your eyes."
Lynn's eyes widened, his heart pounding. "Good thing there were six dots after 'uh,' then. That was more than one word."
"..."
"..."
But that terrifying punch still astonished everyone nearby, especially the Titan Head. As the most powerful Origin present, and someone who had fought the Colossus on numerous occasions, he noticed something unusual about her punch almost immediately.
He looked at the Colossus Brain in surprise and said hesitantly:
"Your curse's suppression of your power-doesn't seem as severe as before-that punch-was a little beyond your usual level-"
At those words, Sir Awen and the others all instinctively turned toward her in surprise.
Even Lynn looked stunned.
They all knew very well that, for Origins held under such tight restrictions, unless they used special methods such as Sir Awen's ascension, the Titan Head's fury, or the Mother Tree's devouring, the only way to raise their rank and power in their normal state was to weaken their curses.
Weakening their curses meant restoring part of their strength.
And the Titan