"Glug glug!"

Amidst the towering buildings, a massive wave of tentacles surged like a tidal wave, with a clear purpose, targeting the three people running ahead: Ye Shiyu, Spencer, and Sakuragi Hitomi.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

Spencer was running desperately with Sakuragi Hitomi on his back, but she herself wasn't out of breath yet. Instead, Sakuragi Hitomi, who was barely holding onto Spencer's shoulders, was panting as her arms grew sore.

This isn't working—their pace is no match for the tentacles...

Sakuragi Hitomi glanced back at the approaching wave of tentacles and then at the towering buildings beside her, hurriedly shouting,

"Ye Shiyu! Spencer! Run inside!!"

"Awoo!"

Up front, Spencer, having received the message, reacted first.

However, as Ye Shiyu, who was originally in the lead, heard this and wanted to turn around, a mass of tentacles already swooped down from the front, encircling her.

"Gulp!"

A sudden grasp pulled Ye Shiyu, who couldn't react in time, fiercely downward.

"!!"

Feeling a tingling sensation where she was touched, Ye Shiyu's eyes narrowed, and her pupils turned a ghostly purple.

In the next instant, the passive ability of her index finger activated, instantly biting through the tentacles entangled on her body.

But even as Ye Shiyu's index finger feasted, more and larger tentacles surged forward, relentlessly keeping their grasp on her.

One tentacle was cut only to be replaced by another, one section was bitten off only for more to follow...

"Mph!!"

As more and more tentacles wrapped around her, Ye Shiyu bit her lip, her face inevitably turning flushed.

It's the superconductor mode...

As the tentacles increased, the superconductor further weakened Ye Shiyu's will to resist, and the action of her index finger biting through the tentacles became slower and slower.

Until Ye Shiyu's body went limp, her head drooped, completely engulfed by the tentacles, vanishing without a trace.

"Ye Shiyu!!"

On Spencer's back, Sakuragi Hitomi watched as Ye Shiyu disappeared into the tentacles, involuntarily crying out in shock.

Hearing her voice, Spencer hesitated instinctively, wanting to turn and look back.

In that moment of hesitation, a tentacle slipped from a particularly insidious spot and wrapped around her ankle.

"Ah!!"

Spencer stumbled, falling to the ground, and with her, Sakuragi Hitomi was thrown off, rolling on the ground several times.

"Ugh... Sp... Spencer..."

Sakuragi Hitomi, being frail, was in too much pain to get up for quite a while.

But when she looked up, the sight before her made her even more terrified.

The tentacle wave, like a tidal surge, had already entwined Spencer's limbs, rendering her incapable of breaking free despite her powerful struggles, merely dragging her relentlessly backwards...

Spencer gritted her teeth, her small face scrunched, clearly tormented by the superconductor effect.

She should have had a hundred percent resistance, but now she was retreating step by step under the merciless pleasure manipulation, only managing to barely open her sky-blue eyes to look at Sakuragi Hitomi,

"Run... quickly!"

"..."

Sakuragi Hitomi widened her eyes, her heart nearly stopping.

When she saw Spencer being dragged away, the first thought that arose in Sakuragi Hitomi's mind was:

Spencer was caught because she was carrying her, so she had to save Spencer.

But...

At this moment, fear seemed to have crushed her internally.

Not just from the tentacles ahead, but also from recalling the near-tearing pain she experienced last time when she used a barrier in the open air.

That kind of pain, she didn't want to experience a second time.

Moreover, her body couldn't afford any further choices.

"..."

Thus, Sakuragi Hitomi just sat there on the ground, dully watching as Spencer was dragged further and further away.

In the next moment, she gathered her last bit of strength, without looking back, and turned to run towards the indoor mall.

Sakuragi Hitomi fled.

Like a fragile mouse, she forced herself to endure her body's weakness and fear, running into the mall.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

"Glug glug!!"

But behind her, the "malodorous wind" that swept Spencer away was still relentless, closely following.

It seemed about to catch up to the incredibly slow-running Sakuragi Hitomi...

"Rumble!"

But in the next second, lightning thundered from the sky.

Inside the Skytree, high up, An Le was momentarily blinded by the close flash of lightning, forcing her to shut her eyes.

In the instant that An Le closed her eyes, losing her sight, the tentacles behind Sakuragi Hitomi also halted in their tracks.

Taking advantage of the lightning's flash and the tentacle's lapse, Sakuragi Hitomi finally rushed into the indoor mall.

She was frantically searching for a more sealed-off room to release a barrier, but upon scanning the area, she found it surrounded by semi-open shops—where could she find an enclosed room?

Just as Sakuragi Hitomi was biting her lip, her entire being on the verge of panic, her eyes were drawn to a row of lockers placed at the entrance of the mall.

"Glug glug!"

She almost without hesitation dashed towards those lockers.

"Click!"

The lockers were originally intended for travelers to temporarily store large items like suitcases, so they were very cramped for holding a person.

Even someone as small as Sakuragi Hitomi could only curl up tightly, hugging her knees to squeeze inside.

Standing before the narrow locker, Sakuragi Hitomi bent down and squeezed in, then looked out.

"Glug glug!!"

The tidal wave of tentacles approached like a tsunami, making Sakuragi Hitomi grit her teeth, shut her eyes, and forcefully shut the locker door.

At the same time, she activated the barrier.

"Crack crack crack!!"

Around her, the already dark and cramped space grew even darker.

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