"Let me get ready." As Lin Yi spoke, he reached into his backpack, secretly palmed the Ouroboros Ring from the Stone Box, then picked the book up off the floor.
But a problem suddenly arose: he needed one hand to hold the book and the other to hold the Ouroboros Ring, leaving him no way to hold Li Huiyuan's hand.
Given the Ouroboros Ring's peculiar nature, he worried that merely seeing it would contaminate Li Huiyuan, so he had no intention of wearing it on his finger.
"How about... you hold my wrist?" Lin Yi drew his neck in, looking embarrassed. Even he wanted to crawl into a hole as he said it.
"Lin Yi, you bastard!" Li Huiyuan glared at him angrily, but still took his wrist with considerable understanding. "You owe me one hand-holding! This time only counts as interest!"
"All right... whatever you say." Lin Yi was in the wrong to begin with, so naturally, he agreed.
Then he glanced at his wristwatch.
8:38.
He silently noted the time, took a deep breath, and actively extended his perception toward the copy of "Super Battle! The Magical Girl's Secret Awakening!" in his hand.
The light around him seemed to dim. Soon, he was like someone standing on the surface of a calm, black lake, with pure white ripples spreading outward in time with his perception...
But he soon began adjusting the target of his perception. As though alive, those ripples slowly contracted, then surged into the copy of "Super Battle! The Magical Girl's Secret Awakening!" in his hand...
Bzz...
In the near-endless darkness, the Hentai Manga in his hand actually emitted a soft halo. Then countless lines representing Lin Yi's perception spread out from within it.
A strange sight appeared.
As those lines spread, they did not form