121 Glowing Cube (2/2)

It was where he saw the glowing cube was placed. Max tried opening it with his Purple Lightning, but it was too secured only damaging the surface of it.

Max could have opened it if he had more time, but it would take him more than a few minutes to do so and even if he used his remaining Time Stop, thirty seconds wouldn't be enough to break through it.

Now with his remaining seconds, Max used Reverse Time to restore the entire puppet back together.

Since he wasn't able to store it in his Inventory, he would rather not expose himself to the puppet, removing any trace of damage he did to it.

His Time Stop didn't get wasted since he learned quite a few things while destroying it.

Firstly, he might not pierce through it with sharp objects, but he could melt it with a hot weapon which was what his Purple Lightning was good at.

And secondly, it can't be stored in the Inventory so there should be something magical affecting it that Max couldn't understand or something about the skill he knows nothing about.

Finishing the restoration of it and getting it back to its previous position, Max went back to the shadow where he was hiding.

When the time resumed, the puppet stayed motionless until it spoke again, showing no signs of suspicion.

”So this is where I should go next?”

”My next destination is quite far. I suppose I would have to prepare for it first.”

In the next instant, the puppet disappeared like it was never there in the first place, confusing Max that after waiting for a few minutes, he threw a stone to the area where it was standing.

After multiple stones being thrown, Max confirmed that it wasn't just invisible, it was gone, long gone.

...

Max was now on his way back, going down the building as he thought of what just occurred back there.

The puppet disappeared. Max guessed that it was recalled by the owner, instantly moving to its owner's location.

That was arguably the best way to escape a dangerous situation and also the worst opponent to have since he would have no way to defeat it if it disappeared.

”The only way to win against it is to destroy it? No, even if it's destroyed, the owner might still be able to recall it.”

”So the only way is to find the one controlling it, huh?”

”What a weird skill.”

Before going away from the area, Max collected the body of the skill user in his Inventory since he might have a use for it someday and the space inside it was infinite.

This time, the body smoothly went in, causing Max to think about the reason why the puppet didn't go in his Inventory.

While Max was making his way back, walking on the desolate road, he suddenly heard the sounds of cars behind him.

When he looked back, two suspicious people got out of the cars and slowly walked towards him.

Max knew he was currently wearing black clothes and a mask on his face. There was no way two people would approach him just like that.

He backed off the same time they walked forward, not waiting for them to speak, Max used another Time Stop and ran as far away as possible.

Thirty seconds was a lot of time, enough for Max to run back to an area where a lot of people were more concentrated.