[After hearing your command, the magnetic needle of the Absolute Compass pointed towards the direction where the Spirit Avatar Master Association’s building was located.]
[Receiving that result, you sighed helplessly, "As expected, Spirit Crystals of gold-grade are only located there. It seems we can’t avoid a direct fight."]
[As much as possible, you wanted to avoid a direct confrontation with the Spirit Avatar Master Association.]
[However, you, Jade, and Scarlet couldn’t do without Spirit Crystals.]
[Spirit crystals were spirit energy condensed into crystals. They might not be exclusive to this station, unlike the Spirit Manifestation Core, but they were highly required if a Spirit Avatar Master wanted to increase the grade of their Spirit Avatar.]
[Currently, the Spirit Avatars of you, Jade, and Scarlet, are at Peak Silver-grade.]
[To unlock the third ability of your Spirit Avatar, reaching Gold-grade was a must.]
[So, that’s where the Spirit Crystals came into play. As long as your Spirit Avatar obtained enough spirit energy from it, it will be promoted to Gold-grade.]
[The spirit crystal needed was either a few gold-grade ones or numerous peak silver-grade ones. Naturally, it was more cost-effective to find one gold-grade spirit crystal and let Jade exchange more of it using her talent.]
[’Actually, it would be safer if I just send an avatar while Jade, Scarlet, and I remain on the train. But in the long run, we’ll lack combat experience, which will be a fatal flaw.’]
[’Additionally, Scarlet needed to experience hunting her enemies in order to semi-awaken her fairy fruit.’]
[You knew it was easier if you just sent in an Avatar to steal a gold-grade spirit crystal from the Spirit Avatar Master Association.]
[But since you wanted Zenith to have more experience fighting as a crew, it was still better to fight head-on, especially when there’s still a second life available.]
[Following the direction pointed by the compass, you, Jade, and Scarlet walked the streets.]
[The three of you had used Presence Concealment and Silent Steps, so you didn’t have any worries of anyone troubling Zenith.]
[While heading to the Spirit Avatar Master Association, Scarlet was constantly using her fairy fruit to look for prey.]
[Scarlet’s hunt fairy fruit allowed her to discern and estimate the danger level of her target.]
[Because of that, even if she didn’t have the Hint Prompt as you did, she could still somewhat guess who among the people walking the streets possessed a Spirit Avatar.]
[Scarlet had heeded your advice of constantly using her fairy fruit to increase the progress of achieving Fairy Fruit Semi-Awakening.]
[With Scarlet remaining vigilant, you and Jade were much more leisurely.]
[Creating an ice cream cone, you added three scoops of strawberry ice cream and gave it to Jade.]
["Thanks, Darling." Receiving the ice cream you handed, Jade thanked you and immediately licked the ice cream joyfully.]
[You smiled back at Jade and created vanilla ice cream for yourself. As for Scarlet, it will ruin her concentration, so you planned to give her one later.]
[After all, unlike Jade and your Spirit Avatars, Scarlet’s Void Claws required her to attack with her hands. Holding an ice cream on the other would inconvenience her.]
[As for Jade, she can easily summon her Golden Time spirit avatar by her side and stop time or foresee the future with just a mental command.]
[The same went for you, as using Order King’s World Order and Exile didn’t require vocal command, as mental command was enough.]
[As the three of you walked the streets for several minutes, it was quite uneventful.]
[At least, it was until you heard loud gunshot sounds which, from your estimation, likely originated near the building of the Spirit Avatar Master Association.]
[Hearing those, you couldn’t help but curse, "Who’s so bold to cause a commotion just outside the Spirit Avatar Master Association?"]
["To think even we took some precautions before deciding to steal spirit crystals. Those people truly have balls of steel."]
[Zenith had some confidence in this heist due to having something akin to a second life. Yet, without a Passenger Safety Mechanism, people started a gunfight just outside the Spirit Avatar Master Association building.]
[You didn’t know if they were gutsy or stupid.]
[Either way, you, Jade, and Scarlet planned to take advantage of them to test the power of the Spirit Avatar Master Association powerhouses.]
[Without even needing to chat, the tacit understanding between you three made you use blood manipulation to create a pair of blood wings.]
[Using them, you, Jade, and Scarlet flew into the sky and headed to the roof of a tall building near the Spirit Avatar Master Association.]
[Standing on that roof, you, Jade, and Scarlet observed the view from above.]
[Looking from above at the people causing trouble, Scarlet commented, "Their danger levels aren’t high. At least, they’re around Silver rank."]
["I feel like a Gold rank Spirit Avatar Master must have used them as bait to lure someone out of the association building."]
[Summoning her Void Claws, Scarlet’s left and right hands had sharp, dark purple spiritual energy claws appearing above the back of her hand.]
[It wasn’t connected to her hand directly but was levitating slightly above it.]
[After summoning her spirit avatar, Scarlet looked at the people who caused the gunshots and stated, "If you want, I can kill them. Since I can see them, then I can directly deal damage to them even from this distance."]
[You shook your head, "Let’s not. It’s best we also make use of these audacious fodders to lure out the Spirit Avatar Master Association powerhouses."]
["That way, when they come out, I can use my hint talent to know everything about them."]
[Jade remained silent, merely listening. However, she wasn’t idle as she had already summoned her spirit avatar.]
[A golden pocket watch appeared beside her, ready to stop time if you and Scarlet ever encountered danger.]
[Seeing them summon their Spirit Avatars, you felt it was quite inappropriate not to do the same. So, you also summoned Order King.]
[As soon as Order King appeared, you decided to make use of it immediately.]
["Order! The Zenith Crew will not be seen and detected by any spirit avatar master!"]