CHAPTER 540: CHAPTER 333: THE BELL, BLACK COCOON, AND THE SURPRISE ATTACK

Among the rushing tide sounds, waves surged toward the beach, soaking the sand beneath her feet.

"What’s going on... this is..."

Urushibara Ryuri snapped back to her senses, raised an eyebrow, and abruptly looked down, only to find that her limbs were tightly bound by the pitch-black restraint belt, layer after layer, leaving no space for escape.

She hesitated slightly, but even stranger things were yet to come.

Urushibara Ryuri looked ahead and saw drones shattered on the ground, with electric arcs sparking from their gears. Yet clearly, just half a second ago, those drones were intact, hovering above her head.

"How did he do it?" Instantly, this question arose in Urushibara Ryuri’s mind.

Her dark eyes flickered with an undeniable surprise and astonishment, and in less than 0.1 seconds, almost without a pause, the person appeared beside her, tying her up and taking down all the drones above her head.

At the same time, it meant that if this uninvited guest wanted to kill her, he could have done so in that instant just now.

"No way, even Gu Qiye, the fastest in Rainbow Wings, doesn’t have such speed." At this thought, cold sweat dripped from Urushibara Ryuri’s forehead, and a chilling notion crossed her mind once more, "Could it be... time series abilities?"

She then had another thought, "The last confirmed time series power user was Ghost Bell, but he should have been taken down by the Three-No girl, right? Could there be another hidden time series superpower user in the world? But then how do I explain that bell sound just now?"

With these thoughts, she gasped, glimpsing a shadow behind her with the corner of her eye. There was no time to see the person’s face clearly.

In such a situation, even hesitating for a second could mean being strangled by the opponent.

Urushibara Ryuri mentally concluded that this was undoubtedly an opponent not to be underestimated.

So, she instinctively unleashed her superpower, intending to bring Oda Ehgo and Alexandra to the beach to deal with the intruder, while also trying to transport herself into an independent space to escape danger.

Regardless of who this attacker was, he should regret not eliminating me immediately. Urushibara Ryuri thought.

But strangely, the next second, she found out in shock that no matter how she tried to activate her superpower, her body remained motionless. Looking down, she saw the pitch-black restraint belt suddenly emit a faint glow, suppressing her restless superpower genes.

Everything slowly calmed down.

Even though deafening roars erupted from all directions on the island, Urushibara Ryuri’s mind was blank.

The breath of death approached, urging her brain to churn, gradually forming a conclusion:

"No way... did he suppress my superpower?"

Urushibara Ryuri’s pupils slightly contracted, and the composed smile on her lips completely vanished, at this moment, the black belt slipped past her ears, tearing off the headphones she was wearing, and crushing them.

She didn’t even have the chance to call for help through the headphones.

And after this, suddenly a deep and teasing voice came from behind her:

"You were definitely thinking just a second ago, ’What exactly can approach me so quickly and also manage to destroy the drones above my head,’ and the next second you were definitely thinking, ’Why can’t I use my superpower, could he have some special ability against superpower users,’ am I right?"

Urushibara Ryuri was stunned.

She had heard this voice before, in one of the past recordings she had seen.

And it was at this moment that she realized the black belt binding her seemed familiar.

Therefore, she slowly spoke out the name:

"Black... Cocoon?"

And the response from the other side was enthusiastic: "Surprise! You definitely didn’t expect that, Miss Ryuri, who is skilled at disguises, in just 0.00001 second, a mysterious person would flash behind you and tie you up so tightly, hmm... it’s a bit R18."

"You stole Ghost Bell’s superpower?" Recalling the bell sound just now, Urushibara Ryuri’s thought process became entirely clear.

"Yes." Black Cocoon nodded, "Besides him, who else could have such an ability?"

Earlier, he had actively jumped off Yaguba’s back, during which he wrapped himself with the restraint belt, entered camouflage mode, and transformed into a transparent insect cocoon, landing precisely on a rocky mountain near the beach.

Black Cocoon had been observing Urushibara Ryuri for a long time, they were approximately two hundred meters apart.

He then used the "Ghost Bell" superpower stored in the restraint belt to silently erect a giant clock tower behind the rocky mountain and set the clock hands to 12 o’clock.

The moment the bell rang, he activated the "time pause" ability.

1.5 seconds, that’s the maximum time the deteriorated version of the clock tower can pause time.

And within this mere 1.5 seconds, he plummeted rapidly from the rocky mountain, using astonishing superpower control, simultaneously binding Urushibara Ryuri with the restraint belt and, during the fall, tying up all the drones with the restraint belt, smashing them downwards.

And the reason Yaguba passed the island’s edge without being detected by Urushibara Ryuri of Rainbow Wings, was because Cezar was standing on Yaguba’s body, holding that reddish-brown large umbrella.

That’s right, it was the colloquial-level anecdote from the Anecdote Envoy, the "Divine Concealment Umbrella." Cezar used the umbrella with great proficiency, as once opened, nothing under the umbrella could be seen.

Under the shelter of the Divine Concealment Umbrella, Yaguba silently approached the deserted island carrying Black Cocoon, Ghost Bell, Su Wei, Mu Long, and Cezar.

And the Rainbow Wings personnel were completely oblivious to this.

At this moment, Black Cocoon covered Urushibara Ryuri’s mouth with the restraint belt, leaning close to her ear.

"Behave yourself, Miss Urushibara Ryuri," he said, "I’m very gentlemanly towards ladies. I just need you to stay here obediently for a while... Rest assured, I won’t kill you for now. Instead, I will take you off the island because I have so many, many things to ask you, so many that it’s giving me a headache. I can’t organize all these questions in my mind at once."

He paused: "For example... regarding the Salvation Society; or, for instance, your dear brother, the head of the White Crow Travel Brigade - ’Urushibara Osamu’."

The moment Black Cocoon mentioned the name "Urushibara Osamu," Urushibara Ryuri’s body slightly quivered.

A moment later, she lowered her head, with a subtle light flowing in her dark eyes.