F-kid tilted his head and studied the seemingly harmless "Herrscher Core," the corners of his expressionless mouth seeming to lift in an almost imperceptible curve.
Then he raised a hand and flicked it with a finger.
Clang-
"Ow!"
The faintly glowing, topaz-like Herrscher Core shook violently under F-kid's flick, and a clear, ethereal female cry rang out from within.
Immediately afterward, a ring of pale yellow Honkai Energy surged out, rippling in every direction.
The sea fell still for a moment wherever the ripple passed. Even the towering waves of the energy sea briefly subsided.
As Josen's Character Card, any intelligence or malice born within it was inherently subject to F-kid's control.
Under the effects of his Stand Ability, Herrscher Kiana likewise gained a manifested consciousness capable of walking in reality, and F-kid flicked her out of the Herrscher Core and in front of Josen.
The former white-haired queen stumbled, as though she had lost all her strength, and nearly landed on her backside the instant she entered reality.
"You've already taken all my Herrscher Authority. What did you drag me out here for?"
The Herrscher of the Void folded her arms across her chest and glared indignantly at Josen, sounding thoroughly aggrieved.
Josen: "..."
What was with that pitiful, bullied look?
Looks really did shape one's judgment. Seeing Herrscher Kiana looking like a girl who had been wronged by a scumbag boyfriend even made Josen begin to doubt himself.
-What the heck? Had I become the scumbag???
...Nonsense!!
As expected of the Will of Honkai, who sought to destroy human civilization, she had nearly succeeded in inflicting a logic-confusion debuff on him!
Of course Josen could not let that slide. Once he caught on, he raised his hand and delivered a "normal forehead flick," dispensing some physical education at