Chapter 2873: Void Silk To The Rescue
Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Headquarters
"Poker face, Corey."
"You can do this."
Corey stood before the massive fifth tower, drawing in a deep breath as she prepared herself for what lay ahead.
Before heading in, she paused and slipped into her humanoid summon fusion with Lilâ Baem. White scale armor formed over her body, its surface gleaming faintly, while golden void silk coiled along her shoulders like living threads. The weight of it settled her nerves, lending her a quiet, hard-earned confidence. Only then did she step inside.
When she reached the penthouse officeâs imposing doors, she didnât wait for the secretary to announce her. Instead, she kicked them open like it was some wild west saloon and strode in with a deliberate swagger.
Inside, she found her target standing before the vast glass window, gazing down at the campus below. The room was steeped in an eerie, almost suffocating silence.
"Anna, why werenât you in the assembly?"
The latter didnât turn around. She only glanced at Coreyâs reflection in the glass.
"Lilâ Corey Bright. Youâve grown into quite a beauty. Your parents must be proud... I heard what my mother did. Iâm sorry."
"You have nothing to apologize for." Corey shook her head slowly, then added, "But I take it youâve already established the royal family faction with the Field Marshal, Luna, and the rest. Wyatt wonât be happy to hear that."
"What about you?" Anna didnât deny it. Instead, she asked, "I heard you, along with all the original members of Wyattâs organization, have gathered behind Susan. Does Wyatt have no problem with that?"
"CoughâI donât know what youâre talking about. Iâm Wyattâs enforcer," Corey said at once, feigning ignorance.
"Is that so? Then you wouldnât mind supporting me. After all, Iâm your godmother."
"Sorry. As Wyattâs enforcer, I canât support any one group." Corey shook her head, putting on a self-righteous front, but faltered as Anna cut in.
"But itâs fine for you to support Susan and her faction?"
"Thatâs slander. I did no such thing." Corey snapped back, "Stop it. Iâm not the one on trial, you are. Why didnât you attend the assembly?"
She looked ahead to find Anna gone. She spun around searching, but the woman was nowhere to be found, until she heard her say, "This is fine silk, gift it to your godmother."
Anna had appeared right behind her, the Void Silk already in her hands, turning it over with quiet appreciation. She was impressed to find that it was a true relic.
"Thatâs mine, give it back."
Anna frowned. The Void Silk in her hand had a will of its own, and it clearly preferred Corey. It was actively trying to wriggle free, straining back toward its owner. Not wanting to damage it, she stored it in her dimension card.
It escaped anyway, slipping straight out of the card and back into the void. Though when it didnât return to Corey immediately, she couldnât help but wonder, had it gotten lost in the Void?
"Anna, give it back!" Corey shrieked, because without the Void Silk her ultimate moves were incomplete â a double-edged sword at best.
Seeing no sign of Anna backing down, Corey walked over and grabbed her, intent on taking it back by force.
"Let go, Corey."
"Give back my Void Silk first."
"Iâm warning you."
"You â you know what, now I understand why Wyatt only went to check on Big Sis Su himself and sent me to check on you and Jillâ"
"He did what?" Anna snapped, the full weight of Coreyâs words landing all at once â Wyatt had not only gone to Susan first, he hadnât even come himself.
"You heard me! Now give back my Void Silk!"
"Get off me!"
In her rage, Anna punched her. As an extreme practitioner, every attack she threw was extreme by nature â restraint was a conscious choice, and in that moment of anger she made none. Corey went straight through the penthouse wall.
...
"But I did nothing wrong!
"Sheâs the one who stole my Void Silk and isnât returning it. Why should I apologize?
"...And how is everyone still stronger than me?"
Today just wasnât Coreyâs day. Regret clung to her like a second skin. Every choice she made seemed to snap back at her. If sheâd just stayed with Susan, none of this would have happenedâher Void Silk wouldnât be gone, and she wouldnât be kicked around the sky like a human football.
I watched Anna kick Corey around the airspace above headquarters and knew full well her anger wasnât really aimed at Corey. It was aimed at me. But she couldnât confront me directly â she didnât want to let on that it bothered her when I pulled stunts like this.
Well, there was a reason I did what I didâand it wasnât to please Susan. I wanted the three of them to stop pretending everything was fine, to face the issue instead of letting it fester into something ugly over time. They needed to talk, to clear the air and come to an understandingâjust like they did in my case.
For that reason, I had to play the scumbagâgive them a push, a reason to seek each other out and finally start the conversation. It had to be Susan. I knew she wouldnât confront Anna or Jill right away the way they would her.
Though she had the authority, she was still easing into it, not yet comfortable wielding itâunlike Jill and Anna, who had carried immense authority since birth. Now that Iâve lit the spark under their asses, theyâll be the ones to seek Susan out. And Susan, as sheâs already proven to me, wonât take shit from anyoneânot even me.
"Wyatt, you asshole, stop watching the show and handle your woman!"
The longer Anna kept her eyes on me, the harder she drove her kicks into Corey, each strike sharper than the last.
Fortunately for Corey, someone finally came to her rescue. The Void Silkâseemingly out of nowhereâcoiled around her, wrapping tight before dragging her into the Void. I took that as my cue to leave.
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