Chapter 108: All Villains
Atop the tower.
Only three figures remained there.
The Uncrowned Wanderer and the unfamiliar Star Eclipses, leaving only Night Star alone.
Night Star faced these two individuals alone, feeling quite a bit of pressure.
She had already been thinking about making a run for it.
Her personality was naturally timid, and she wished with all her heart that any slight disturbance would allow her to use her lightning-fast ability B to escape immediately.
If not for having theater troupe members around her, she probably wouldn’t have enough courage to even watch the commotion.
But now, all of the theater troupe members were nowhere to be seen, seemingly teleported away by the Uncrowned Wanderer’s “flash.”
Now, let a little loli face off against two Supernovas, how could she possibly pull that off?
But at this point, she could only put on a brave face.
“You… you guys better not mess around; I’m very strong, and my theater troupe also has two Supernovas! When they come back, you’re gonna be in big trouble!”
The Uncrowned Wanderer chuckled lightly.
“Feel free to relax; they won’t be coming back anytime soon.”
Night Star still kept up her act of bravery.
“Hmph, you definitely don’t know, our Sunrise Theater Troupe members all have this ability—they can open doors to the theater at any moment and return through those same doors. So, they’ll be back very soon!”
The Uncrowned Wanderer chuckled again.
“And guess what distance they’ve been sent? Think they can manage it? Do you know what abilities my companions have? At least until we’re done here, they won’t be coming back.”
“Huh?”
Hearing this, Night Star was slightly taken aback and felt a surge of unease.
She then glanced over at the brown-haired woman beside the Uncrowned Wanderer, full of confusion.
“What’s her Star Eclipses effect?”
“Want me to introduce myself?”
Seeing Night Star looking, the brown-haired woman satisfied her curiosity.
“I’ll introduce myself; you can call me Oya. I can partly see and control probabilities. Without my consent, no one you rely on will come back.”
“Why?”
“There’s always a probability of anything happening—like, if you have a 100% chance of success for doing something, I can reduce that probability to zero. No matter the process, it will inevitably fail. Get it?”
After hearing Oya’s explanation, Night Star seemed to get it.
Basically, it’s a kind of probability interference—causality-level stuff at best.
Like the probability of opening a door being 100%, but once Oya interferes, it becomes so low or even zero, making the attempt impossible. Maybe the door gets stuck or breaks; any unknown reasons for the probabilistic interference.
Similarly, natural disasters might occur more often because of her influence.
Likewise.
If the theater troupe members have a high probability of returning, Oya can also interfere with that, reducing it to zero, which means it’s impossible.
So maybe some unknown cause could prevent their return.
Is that right?
Realizing this, Night Star backed up a few steps, leaning against the wall.
“Uh…”
She wanted to open the Theater Door as a way to flee and return to the theater to escape from these First Generation Star Eclipses.
No matter how hard she tried, the Theater Door simply couldn’t be opened at all.
Seeing the amused half-smile on Oya, she knew the truth.
Oya had reduced the probability of Night Star opening the door to its minimum, turning her usual effortless attempts into failures due to some cause.
This was too outlandish!
“That’s cheating… How is this even possible?”
Night Star looked crestfallen, genuinely scared.
Or perhaps—
She had never been a very brave individual.
Typically, she relied on the theater troupe members as her shield, calling on them no matter what danger arose.
To make things worse, she usually used Lightning B to escape via the Theater Door.
But now, since she couldn’t open the Theater Door, where else could she go using Lightning B?
Not to mention, these were Supernovas; they would surely find her wherever she ran.
In other words, a dead-end situation.
Wait, she could still wish!
No matter what, the Wish Machine was her strongest support!
Even if she couldn’t defeat the First Generation Star Eclipses, she could wish to run away!
Just as Night Star was about to open her mouth to seek help from the Wish Machine, sudden physical discomfort made her cough fiercely.
“Cough! Cough… Ah?”
Night Star was puzzled.
Oya’s voice came again.
“I interfered with your probability of making a wish successfully; it’s close to zero. Feel free to try again, see if you can do it.”
Hearing this, Night Star’s eyes became watery with frustration and despair.
“Why push this far…?”
The Uncrowned Wanderer walked up to her and looked down at her.
“Don’t you remember? I just need your star.”
“Mmph, you won’t get it…”
“No, I will.”
Suddenly, a new figure appeared on the scene.
Night Star couldn’t help but look over, but it wasn’t anyone from the theater troupe—it was another First Generation Star Eclipse, Hilo.
Though she didn’t understand why he was here now, she was certain he wouldn’t help her.
“I’m here to negotiate.”
Night Star reluctantly gathered enough courage to turn her head stubbornly.
“If I don’t agree, you’ll never get it.”
“True, but you’ll accept.”
That delicate voice of the Uncrowned Wanderer echoed again.
Then, Night Star perceived a familiar aura emanating from Hilo.
Night Star looked closer and noticed that Hilo held several dark, glowing orbs that emitted a familiar scent to Night Star.
Gentleman, Fraudster, Makeup Artist…
all scents familiar to Night Star.
“What is that…?”
Hilo spoke indifferently, “It’s the essence of the people around you.”
The Uncrowned Wanderer added, “If a Star Eclipse loses their essence, they can easily perish. They’ll forget why they exist, abandon their obsessions, and vanish entirely. It’s just a matter of time.”
Clearly, Hilo obtained the essence of the theater troupe members forcibly through his Star Eclipse effect.
Under the Supernova standards, they seemed unable to resist.
Night Star realized the gravity of the situation when she heard it could harm the members.
Hilo spoke again, “Are these stakes sufficient? If you agree, you trade your body’s star.”
Night Star stayed silent, almost ignoring Hilo’s words.
Seeing this, Hilo reached out a hand to her.
[Taking it to the extreme] triggered yet again.
One by one, light globes emerged from Night Star’s torso, emitting an equally familiar scent to her.
These were the prices of the wishes made by Lianhua and others.
One-third Existence Interference, most of the use rights for Doll City, mother White Fish’s Life Blessing…
all forces Night Star relied on daily.
Proof of their bond.
“No…!”
Although Hilo couldn’t forcibly exchange the Wish Machine itself, those external powers could apparently be traded.
Night Star watched helplessly as these powers were stolen, followed by a few coins landing at her feet with a clinking sound.
Ding-dong~
Seemingly mocking her, these three coins said—
Her bond with the others was worth only this much.
