At last! I was wondering when I would get more Story and Screen time…!
Yes, indeed, Great Grandmaster reader of this novel, You got it absolutely right again as usual ! 🤭✨🔥
The masked, Dark and Mysterious figure was, of course, Darken Mysterius, who had arrived at the EVP Blueprint Showdown after wrapping up his multi-layered objectives, alongside supporting Jemima and Fergus at the South-West Point of the ⭐️ Star-Shaped Secret Island Complex!!!
Although Bob wasn't fully OP himself, he fortunately wasn't *only* himself.
That's right. His [True Multiple Projections] which definitely gave him certain Advantages, as mentioned in Chapter 39, were also keen to help out.
As things presently stood, Bob was currently caught up with looking after Tristen and Rowena, Sally was in the… 'cooldown' phase following her Amazing Absolute Zero, and Itvasme was temporarily safe, but still in imminent danger.
Sally's Intervention was already Divine, and the difficulty of using her [Absolute Zero] in such a precise way was a testament to just how OP Sally was!
Even so, she was still human, and Sally's Supernatural Spell would not, and could not, last forever.
This was of course due to the Classical Laws of Thermodynamics - Sally's Absolute Zero and absolute Anti-Rizz Index had selectively frozen structures on a subatomic level, but inevitably, the System would inevitably seek equilibrium and eventually, once the Anti-Rizz ceased to be Applied, heat would naturally re-enter, bringing the Frozen world crashing back into molecular motion.
Sally was in a state of supreme concentration, but at the same time, Itvasme seemed to be in a state of shock and was just sitting down, amidst the surreal stop-motion, whilst muttering and saying some seemingly silly stuffs like: "H-Have I been isekai-ed?!?!"
And then! This was when the masked, dark and mysterious figure appeared.
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Darken Mysterius had arrived, as a literally, natural extension of Bob's main overall plan, and now, before the currently 'paused' Pillar made Impact… it was the Time for him to Act!
In a flash, the stealthy figure sweeps in, leaving aesthetic After-Images as he phases into the pristine still-scene, lifts up the stunned and shocked Itvasme, and retreats swiftly back into the shadows!!!!!!!