"What on earth is this? Lin Xue, that girl, always has a habit of talking in halves."
Muttering to myself, I bent down and picked up a three-headed Q-version Mercury Lamp, turning it over and over in my hands.
The item claimed to be a Kyo Kusanagi Mercury Lamp and was arguably the most normal-looking one among the group of cosplay Mercury Lamps, except for a headband tied to its oversized head and a flame crest on the back of its western-style dress. This Mercury Lamp was basically the same as the regular ones, of course, if we ignored the cartoonish design.
The oversized head, big Q-version eyes, tiny body – there must have been thousands of such Mercury Lamps clustered at our feet, all uniformly looking up at their compatriot held aloft, still chattering ceaselessly. The one I had picked up was being very cooperative with my movements and showed no sign of resistance. In fact, when I lifted her up, she even went so far as to lift her dress...
