The moment Rita stepped through the fog at the end of the bridge and her vision cleared, she discovered a pair of black iron handcuffs around her wrists.
The chain connecting them was at least half a meter long. It didn't interfere much with movement.
What troubled her was the lock.
Embedded between the cuffs was a tiny crimson five-layer Rubik's Cube.
She could feel it immediately.
This was the source of the suppression affecting her abilities.
The Vine around her body and the lightning sword at her waist were noticeably less active than before.
The instant Nivalis emerged, she shrank her body and settled onto Rita's shoulder as usual.
Behind them, the fog slowly folded inward like a closing door before finally dissipating.
Rita looked up.
That strange feeling of having returned to Divine Game surfaced once again.
She was standing inside a transparent room with equal length, width, and height.
