Chapter 178: The Flower of Evil (4)
Thud.
I picked up the chess-piece-sized Vira, followed by the five nameless civilians, carefully tucking them into the four-dimensional pocket inside my coat. Snapping my fingers, I looked at the still-dazed Snowah.
"Snowah, let’s move."
"Uh, uh... Professor, just now, that was..."
"There’s no time to explain. I’ve stopped them for now, but it won’t last forever."
With that, I started walking, and Snowah followed close behind. As she trailed after me, she recalled the scene she had just witnessed.
A woman and five civilians had appeared out of the darkness, their bodies slowly vanishing as if prompting her to choose between them. Just as Snowah was about to select the civilians, Eight had acted first, leaving her in shock.
Eight didn’t choose one side over the other. He chose both. Somehow, he had stopped their vanishing, shrunk them down to chess-piece size, and stored them away.
What on earth...
Even for someone like Snowah, the sight had been incomprehensible. It wasn’t just that she didn’t understand what Eight had done—she couldn’t even perceive it properly. It was as if time itself had been cut away, freezing everything in place.
Yes, it was as though time had stopped entirely.
No way, it couldn’t be...