The Villain Is Too Popular

Out of trust in Caroline, and a clear self-awareness of his own combat ineptitude, Chenkong obediently retreated to a relatively safe distance. However, his "obedient" behavior left the audience outside the dimensional screen completely speechless.

No way, dude, hiding again?

I said it all out, I said it all out, can't you, bro, show some of that final assessment swagger, act like a human being!

Bro might have some strength, but it's also unlikely that bro has some strength.

About how I clearly got stronger, but still remained a coward.

Just as the dimensional audience was frantically complaining about the naturally cowardly Chenkong, Caroline, sensing movement within the mist, surprisingly adopted a rare combat stance.

She clenched her hands, and two data knives glowing with a faint blue light slid from her sleeves, landing precisely in her grasp. Caroline tightened her grip on the data knives, her green cat eyes fixed on the mist before her, clearly waiting for something.

Although the special mist interfered, Caroline couldn't directly see the true situation within the mist. But through the unnatural flow of the outer mist and the subtle footsteps constantly emanating from within, Caroline was still able to simulate a rough image of what was inside the mist in her mind.

After an unknown amount of time, Caroline suddenly spoke to the mist in front of her. "Be glad Tendo isn't here, otherwise trash like you... wouldn't even be qualified to stand before me."

As her words fell, a burly crab beast with purple coral on its head suddenly rushed out of the mist, directly pouncing towards Caroline not far away.

However, before it could get close, a data knife, crackling with distorted electricity, pierced through the air and accurately struck the purple coral cluster on the crab beast's head. This single strike instantly caused the crab beast to begin convulsing violently. After a few steps, it tumbled to the ground, completely motionless.

Caroline paid no mind to the fallen crab beast. She turned to another direction in the mist, silently raising her other data knife. In that direction, two more crab beasts emerged from the mist, looking at her and Chenkong with menacing eyes.

They didn't know who Tendo was, nor did they care. For them, who only retained basic biological instincts, there was only one thought: to kill every living thing they saw!

Roar—!

The two crab beasts roared, then charged at Caroline simultaneously. However, similar to the previous crab beast, one of them couldn't even run a few steps before the data knife Caroline threw precisely hit the purple coral cluster on its head.

Although it had raised its large pincers to swat it away when Caroline's data knife approached a certain distance, Caroline's data knife seemed to have "GPS" navigation. It not only accurately dodged its large pincers but also precisely hit it.

Having dealt with one crab beast, Caroline immediately turned her gaze to the last remaining one. Taking advantage of the precious opportunity created by its companion's sacrifice, the last crab beast stepped over its companion's corpse and quickly reached Caroline.

Facing this frail First-Tier Star Emissary, the crab beast raised its large pincers, intending to smash her to death. However, Caroline remained unmoving in the face of its attack, and a hint of mockery even appeared on her cold, delicate face.

Whoosh—

Accompanied by a whooshing sound, a data knife suddenly appeared from behind it, quickly piercing into the purple coral cluster on the crab beast's head. And this data knife was precisely the one Caroline had thrown earlier. That's right, Caroline's data knives... could be freely controlled by her, unless the knife exceeded her fifteen-meter radius.

Boom!

Without the control of the purple coral cluster, this last crab beast immediately fell to the ground, deader than dead.

Seeing that all enemies had been dealt with, Caroline turned and walked towards Chenkong without looking back. However, before she could take a few steps, the corpse of the crab beast behind her subtly made a sound.

"Watch out!"

Chenkong, terrified, rushed towards Caroline while anxiously preparing to activate his Star Source: Idealist. But just as Chenkong had only run a few steps, a hidden data knife appeared again.

Thwack!

The suddenly appearing data knife accurately pierced the small crab's brain core, pinning it dead onto the large crab's corpse. Seeing this scene, Chenkong froze.

"It's a mother-child crab. I noticed it from the very beginning."

Caroline walked over to Chenkong and calmly said, "Save your precious Star Source ability. Because besides Tendo, I don't need anyone's protection."

As her words fell, Caroline raised her hand. The next second, her two special data knives flew back to her side like controlled drones. After wiping away the lingering green blood on the data knives with a handkerchief, Caroline carefully inspected them, making sure they were undamaged, then put them back into the special slots within her sleeves.

After doing all this, Caroline expressionlessly looked at Chenkong and said, "Let's go. Your Mark of Emptiness can temporarily dispel the surrounding mist for me. With you here, I think we'll find Tendo soon."

Caroline's tone was calm but also very firm, not allowing Chenkong any refusal. She clearly didn't care about Chenkong's thoughts at all. It was as if, in her eyes, the thoughts of anyone else in this world besides Tendo simply didn't matter.

And facing Caroline's 'command,' Chenkong, who was already indecisive, naturally chose to comply. He walked in front of Caroline, perfectly acting as a mist-dispelling tool-man using his 'Mark of Emptiness.'

Watching the two walk into the mist, one after the other, the audience outside the dimensional screen began discussing something else entirely.

Main heroine, this must be the main heroine!

Official pairing, undoubtedly! Tendo-Caroline stock limit up!

Stars version of My Robot Girlfriend, locked in!

Sigh, capital... it seems we Tendo-Xing shippers will never have our day.

...

Relying on Chenkong's 'Mark of Emptiness,' the two soon found Chenxing in the parking lot, who had already dealt with the crab beasts. After Chenxing joined the group, the trio quickly exited the mist and arrived at the periphery of the parking lot. However, when they saw the situation there, all three of their expressions drastically changed. Time... seemed to stand still.

Chenkong's face was filled with horror; he clearly couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes. Chenxing's face was grim, and the demonic blade Bloodflame in her hand immediately became covered in terrifying karma fire, clearly indicating immense psychological pressure. As for Caroline... Known for her calmness and rationality, she was now the only one among the three whose head was completely clouded by anger.

"Ten...do?"

Caroline's voice trembled for the first time, and her body began to shake uncontrollably. It's said that whitewashing weakens threefold, while blackening strengthens threefold.

Looking at Tendo, lying in a "pool of blood," his life unknown, Caroline completely shed her usual disguise. Her hair fluttered without wind, and her skin began to show numerous special patterns resembling electrical circuits. Soon, a furious, visibly white current... coursed through Caroline's entire body!

[Star Energy Technique - Overload!]

"Die!"

Without any hesitation, the enraged Caroline transformed into a silver lightning bolt. Her usual precise calculations were completely thrown to the back of her mind. The data knife she threw sliced a trajectory of death through the air, heading straight for the Coral Knight's vitals. At this moment, there was no trace of Caroline's usual calmness and rationality; only endless madness and... rage!

Seeing Caroline's sudden outburst, a peculiar look flashed in the Coral Knight's eyes. Because, according to Yunmeng, Chenxing, with the demonic blade and long brown hair, should have been the number one among the Stars Children after Tendo. But now, this information... seemed to be inaccurate. Because the feeling Caroline gave him at this moment was far more dangerous than Chenxing.

Was she hiding her strength, or was her potential being unleashed?

Looking at the completely irrational Caroline, the Coral Knight thought to himself while casually raising his hand. The data knife, crackling with electricity and capable of easily killing crab beasts, was now easily blocked by the Coral Knight.

And unlike his serious, all-out fighting against Tendo, when facing the exploding, blackened Caroline, the Coral Knight consistently maintained a defensive stance. Every movement he made exuded composure and ease. Clearly, there was a vast difference in strength between him and Caroline.

Fortunately, Caroline wasn't fighting alone. Facing the powerful Coral Knight, Chenxing quickly joined the battle. Now facing two 'Dual Stars' ranked in the top five, the Coral Knight could no longer maintain his previous relaxed demeanor and became slightly more serious.

After all, Yunmeng and Tendo had specifically instructed him that in this so-called artificial despair, he could only win, not lose. Because if he went easy, the so-called 'despair' would not only fail to put pressure on Caroline and the others but also fail to stimulate the potential within their bodies.

However, contrary to Yunmeng and Tendo's expectations, they seemed to have underestimated the powerful psychological impact this artificial despair had on Caroline. Given Caroline's current madness, how on earth were they going to resolve this later?!

By the abandoned car at the edge of the parking lot.

Tendo, secretly observing Caroline's reaction through the dimensional screen, was already sweating profusely, his heart pounding. No choice, who made Caroline act so crazy right now! So crazy that Tendo had no doubt she would definitely beat him up once she found out the truth. Although Caroline couldn't beat him, he couldn't fight back when he was in the wrong, could he?

Thinking this, Tendo's brain began to work rapidly, contemplating how to clean up his mess later. After all, if he couldn't give Caroline a satisfactory explanation, he... wouldn't have an easy time for a while!

And it was unclear whether the production team heard Tendo's inner thoughts, or if they simply found Tendo's current micro-expressions interesting. So much so that amidst the magnificent and intense battle between the Coral Knight, Caroline, and Chenxing, they actually managed to spare precious anime screen time to briefly focus on Tendo.

On screen, although Tendo's eyes were closed, his lips were trembling non-stop, and a large amount of cold sweat beaded on his forehead. He was clearly aware that he had gone too far and that it would be difficult to resolve later, thus his extreme "fear." This amusing "cowardice" formed a stark contrast with Tendo's usual "arrogance" and "haughtiness." So much so that when the audience outside the dimensional screen saw it, they all gloated.

Hahaha, he's scared, Tendo's scared!

About the director writing himself into a desperate situation while writing despair.

Tendo: I said create despair for Caroline and them, not for me!

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