Xia Ji also made the suggestion to Sirin with a hint of anticipation.
"What if it's something harmful? Like Pandora's box—once it's opened... you won't be able to put it back."
"Older Sister Sirin is so amazing! Even if it's harmful, it won't be able to stump Older Sister."
"Exactly, exactly!"
"..."
The little girls all had tremendous faith in Sirin's strength!
"You girls... Fine, I'll open it and take a look. Stand behind me."
Sirin shook her head helplessly, but still agreed.
"Older Sister is the best!"
After Xia Ji, Kaede, Liliya, and the others had all moved behind her, Sirin began opening the box.
She used Imaginary Power to form an arm and prepared to open the box directly.
As the box was about to open, Kaede, Liliya, and the others couldn't help stretching their heads forward, widening their eyes to see what was inside.
When the box was fully opened, almost everyone froze on the spot...
It wasn't some imagined treasure, nor was it anything harmful... It was a man's arm. More importantly, the arm was still moving. It was still alive...
Its joints swayed, and its fingers moved as though dancing. If no one here had been unfazed by ghosts, they might have thought the place was haunted at the sight of it.
"An... arm?"
"I thought it would be something impressive. It's just an arm..."
For everyone present, a mere arm—even a living one—was nothing to fear. After all, they had already seen plenty of life and death.
What was a mere arm to them?
"But isn't this some kind of monster? It's still alive..." Kaede looked at the arm before her and guessed.
"Not a monster, but it is indeed something abnormal..."
Xia Ji shook her head with certainty.
"Sister Kikyo, do you