"An immortal body!"
"A mighty power!"
"And an invincible armor!"
Inside the Dewlight Pavilion, Sunday watched Pei Guang's actions, falling into deep thought.
Since Silver Wolf could observe the surveillance here, it was only natural that Sunday could too—and he had his own special monitoring methods.
So, the moment Pei Guang and Firefly arrived, Sunday already knew where they were.
He couldn't figure out why Pei Guang had come to make trouble in front of the Dewlight Pavilion.
Was he here for him? That possibility crossed Sunday's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.
With Pei Guang's strange abilities, his network, and power, if he really wanted to do something to the Family, he wouldn't act this arrogantly, or at least not in such an inefficient way.
Sunday thought it through carefully, and after some time, opened his eyes again.
Blocking the doorway without entering… this proved Pei Guang's target wasn't himself.
Considering Pei Guang had already discovered his surveillance before and even said some deliberately vile things just to disgust him, he should know that the moment he appeared at the Dewlight Pavilion, he would most likely be watched.
And yet, under those circumstances, he openly disguised himself as a Stellaron Hunter, declared war on the Family, and drew all their attention?
Why would he do that?
"For someone like him with such clear motives, it's impossible he's just doing this on a whim… simply blowing things up for fun."
Based on Pei Guang's behavior after entering the dreamscape, Sunday was sure Pei Guang had a very specific goal. It looked chaotic from the outside, but in reality, his true plans were craftier than the ones of Genius Club members.
He had appeared at the scene where Sunday's sister was killed, yet somehow turned it around to benefit himself using his own methods.
Even supposing Pei Guang was acting on impulse and just wanted to blow up all of Penacony—why here, specifically?
Why stop at the entrance of the Dewlight Pavilion?
And Sunday believed Pei Guang's pride wouldn't allow him to disguise himself as someone else to bomb Penacony, either.
So, once that obviously impossible idea was excluded, it could only mean there was a deeper intention behind Pei Guang's actions.
But what is the deeper meaning?
Sunday glanced at a letter on his table—a message from another Family.
The contents were simple: with the Charmony Festival approaching, he was ordered to stop investigating Robin's death and to protect Penacony's interests.
Looking at this letter, Sunday's lips curved into a small smile.
"The Watchmaker…"
From all his deductions, Sunday became certain that Pei Guang must have pinned the identity of his sister's killer onto one of the Families, especially the Bloodhound Family.
Good. Very good.
He hoped Pei Guang kept stirring up trouble like this: because that way, Sunday would have the chance to personally kill the Watchmaker, avenge his sister, and bring the glory of the Lord upon Penacony.
"But still..."
Watching the chaos outside caused by Pei Guang, Sunday decided it wasn't ideal to remain here. He needed to find somewhere to hide for a bit.
Even if Pei Guang's target wasn't him, it didn't look great for a Family head to just stay inside while someone rampaged on his turf.
He needed some excuse to avoid unnecessary risk.
While Sunday excluded one correct answer himself, outside, the Bloodhounds were growing increasingly anxious.
More and more members of the Bloodhound Family gathered, and as the fighting continued, they realized these two Stellaron Hunters were far too strong: so strong that ordinary power alone couldn't defeat them.
Angry Bloodhound: "Boss! I think he's getting stronger!"
Bloodhound senior: "Yes… these two Stellaron Hunters are formidable…"
Nervous Bloodhound: "What did the head say?"
Bloodhound senior: "Just got word—on his way out, the head slipped on a banana peel someone threw and passed out..."
Angry Bloodhound: "It must've been the Masked Fools! Those punks have been causing chaos all over Penacony. Once this is over, I'll string every one of them up!"
Bloodhound senior: "What matters now is dealing with these two enemies before us. They're strong, yes, but now, we too have gained stronger power."
The Families concluded that ordinary Harmony power and dream-based strength alone couldn't beat the two armored figures before them.
If this were two days ago, facing such terrifying foes, the Bloodhounds could only rely on their Family head for any chance of victory.
But just yesterday, after fighting the newly joined Trash Can Family of Penacony, the Bloodhounds had learned a new method of using Harmony energy: one that let them unify their strength.
"Family members of Penacony! Our world is being invaded by cunning villains—we need your power!"
The Bloodhound leader raised his arm high, his body brimming with fierce Harmony. Around him, every Bloodhound stretched their arms forward and lent him their strength.
Not only those present—throughout the entire moment, throughout all of Penacony, every Family member could feel the call of Harmony.
Penacony was under siege by Stellaron Hunters: they're so powerful that the Bloodhounds could not repel them alone.
They needed strength.
As one family, they offered their power to the Bloodhounds.
At that moment, the Bloodhounds at the Dewlight Pavilion's gate received strength from their family. The leading Bloodhound grew in size and might, his body swelling as pure Harmony radiance flared around him.
Yet as that Harmony energy gathered more and more, Pei Guang sensed something unusual: it didn't feel like Harmony.
It felt more like Order.
Having tangled with Order within the dream world before, Pei Guang could tell the difference between Order and Charmony.
Then again, if Order had become a part of Harmony, it wasn't a big deal for Harmony to carry some of it within: either way, he was here to fight.
Whether it was Order or Harmony, it didn't matter.
Whoever showed up today was getting smacked.
Standing atop the cargo astral ship, reveling in his victory, Pei Guang eyed the Bloodhounds as their Harmony energy gathered.
"Heh… I became light, and you lot chose to become Gatanothor, huh?"
Firefly: "What do you mean?"
Pei Guang: "I'll show you a tokusatsu show when this is over: you'll get it once you see it."
Firefly: "Okay~ but… they look much stronger now. Can we even handle them?"
Pei Guang laughed aloud. "Hahaha! Wearing armor means we are destined to defeat these evil foes! Come, Bloodhounds of the Family—let me count your sins one by one!"
All the Family members around: "?????"
Shouldn't those words be said by them? Why is Pei Guang saying this?
They're just protecting the Dewlight Pavilion, protecting Penacony: why is an intruder talking like this?
Firefly felt the emotions of the people around her and prepared to help Pei Guang, but Pei Guang, who was having too much fun, would never let her steal his chance to play.
He raised his hand to stop her: "I'll help out in the next fight too!"
After saying this, Pei Guang shook his wrist, the armor making a crisp sound. He crossed his arms and waited for the Family members to gather their strength.
Enemies gathering strength? Pei Guang could just watch? He was ready to rush in and throw a punch.
But just as he was about to attack, he received a message from Xipe Cake.
"Hmm? You mean you'll help me unlock the full power of this armor? Great!!!"
At that moment, not only were the Family members covered by the power of Harmony, but the armor on Pei Guang and Firefly was also enveloped by Harmony's power.
Under the influence of this power, both of them felt their armor grow stronger.
No, it wasn't that the armor itself grew stronger: it was that Xipe Cake had fused the Heliobi transformation device with its user, making emotional conversion more efficient.
Feeling the armor's power increase, Pei Guang seriously recalled everything he had seen and played about mecha, closing his eyes inside the armor.
Just as Firefly had thought, the Heliobus armor's base stats weren't high, but that was only Firefly's own impression.
In reality, this armor was truly an idealist armor: emotions directly converted into power.
As long as the emotions were strong enough, even destroying the world was possible.
Of course, because there were so few Heliobi, the armor's limits couldn't match those of skilled combatants or masters of battle.
But in Penacony, this level of armor was enough for Pei Guang.
After being enhanced by Xipe's Harmony, unless the Family head or Dream Master appeared personally, or some powerful outsider from another faction came after Pei Guang, he was now invincible!
That's right: Pei Guang felt invincible at this moment.
Though invincibility was a debuff, sometimes Pei Guang really wanted to experience that debuff.
He had already taken off his mask, and originally, considering the public opinion in Penacony, he didn't want to go too far.
But the problem was that March 7th and Stelle were busy raising their popularity, so public opinion in Penacony was useless to him now.
If it was useless…