[Galaxy City.]
Mirabella and Carl had barely taken a few steps back into the bustling safety of Galaxy City when they were intercepted. Ethan, Miranda, Alice, and Angela materialized directly in their path, their faces contorted with rage and self-pity.
"You bitch!! You led us into a trap!" Miranda shrieked, charging forward with reckless abandon. Her hand shot out, aiming for Mirabella's face.
Mirabella watched the attack unfold in agonizingly slow motion. Her perception, now hyper-tuned by the Sun family's power and her agility stat, made the human movement seem glacial:
'If I make a move, I will kill her.'
Her enhanced physical attack—now 8,000 base damage, multiplied by 100—was overkill. She wasn't ready to execute these foolish players, not when she could use their incompetence to further her own standing.
While she calculated the minimal necessary defense, Carl moved.
