Sparkle strolled leisurely around a street corner in Golden Hour.
The crowds around her thinned. After walking a little farther, Sparkle stopped. Without turning around or looking in any particular direction, she spoke out of the blue:
"Hey, let me ask you something... Is brazenly following a girl your way of getting her attention? It's been almost half a System Hour."
Sparkle turned with a scoff. Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, Aventurine emerged from the shadows.
The playboy raised an eyebrow. "Forty-five minutes, to be precise. Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?"
Aventurine approached Sparkle and looked down at the Fool before him. "Besides, why would I possibly want your attention?"
"Heh... Relax, Little Peacock. Fools aren't that easily deceived." Sparkle's words carried a pointed meaning. "You, though... My, what a beautiful pair of eyes. From Tsygonia, are you?"
At Sparkle's words, Aventurine narrowed his eyes.
A Fool...
He knew in an instant whom Sparkle meant by that.
He did indeed intend to drag the Fools into this, such as the one before him. But was Little Fish a Fool too?
He had left earlier partly because he really did have things to take care of, but also because he had noticed someone sneaking around. So he had deliberately hidden himself to observe, though everything had ultimately pointed toward Sparkle...
In that brief moment, Aventurine recalled his impression of Jiang Yu. Calling that child a Fool... He really couldn't see it.
Still, he couldn't rule out the possibility.
The Elation God could do anything, and that child did indeed have quite a few connections backing him.
From what he currently knew, Jiang Yu had the Xianzhou Alliance and the Astral Express behind him. Perhaps the Genius Society counted among them too. The Corporation, of course, also favored