i stared blankly at everything in this small, narrow space, recalling the scene that had just occurred.
That fellow who called himself a successor of the Ashina Sword Style had put his arm around her neck and asked her to trust him.
She had chosen to believe him, and then she was swallowed by a patch of shadow.
When she ca to her senses, she was here.
"Where on earth is this?"
The girl, who could only see many bottles and jars nearby due to the dim light, stood up and muttered in a low voice.
She had been here for a while now but had no idea where this place was, nor did she know where the exit or anything similar might be.
Without any warning, a ray of light ca from the outside, illuminating the dimness.
This developnt made Miss Raiden i's eyes light up sowhat; if there was light, there should be an exit.
She involuntarily took a step in the direction of the light, and then—
The entire space began to invert.
Plop—
Without any warning, the entire space was spinning. Miss i, who had taken the first step towards the light, slid right out and fell onto the floor.
Feeling the prickly sensation of the carpet pressed against her face, Raiden i was lost in a daze.
After she fell, a hand, belatedly, was offered to her, pulling her up.
i stood up and looked around. It was indeed the motel room they had rented earlier.
The one pulling her up was none other than the fellow who, without a word of agreent, had thrown her into an unknown space—the one who could, for now, be called a "Hero."
"How does it feel, Miss i, to have been unilaterally declared dead by ?" The young man, whose canine teeth were slightly longer than a normal person's and visible when he smiled, gazed at the Herrscher of Rice with his crimson eyes, inquiring about her condition.
That appearance easily brought to mind the vampires of legend.
"I... was declared dead?" The girl, who had been unilaterally declared dead, was stunned. She had just been locked in a little dark room for a while; how had she been declared dead?
"The situation is a bit complicated. You can understand it as, in the eyes of most of Anti-Entropy's opposing faction mbers, you've already GG'd." The young man, who had provided intelligence for free and pretended to kill the "Rice Cooker" to signal that the Gem of Conquest had been acquired by him, all to make Cocolia give up her experint, shrugged and spoke.
The girl, who vaguely rembered sothing flying out and being chewed up after she was swallowed by the shadow, seed to understand sothing.
So, he wanted to make Anti-Entropy's radical faction give up their pursuit by faking my death?
Miss i, who seed to have watched her fair share of TV dramas, quickly connected this to plotlines that often appeared in soap operas.
So, what I need to do next is live under an assud na?
She looked up at the mysterious young man, wanting to ask.
"As for what's next, you don't actually need to hide." The young man, having already received his reward, stated very directly.
"Eh!!" Miss i, feeling that the plot developnt was not quite what she had imagined, was stunned once again.
If there's no need to hide, why declare dead? Brother, your way of thinking is a bit off!
The young man, who had rely used "i's death, Gem recovered" as one of the bargaining chips to make Cocolia abandon her experint, shrugged.
Regardless, Cocolia had indeed been overwheld by those chips for now and had temporarily given up on the artificial Herrscher project. Li Zihan had naturally completed his mission and received the Stigmata. The system wouldn't dock his reward just because Cocolia later discovered she had been tricked and decided to plot sothing else.
Theoretically speaking, whatever happened next had little to do with him.
Honestly, Li Zihan was rather looking forward to Cocolia stirring up trouble. She goes off to do shady things, the system issues a mission, he does the work and gets the reward—wouldn't that be delightful!
System Interface:
"Maliciously farming rewards is prohibited."
The system, which had been largely unnoticeable, suddenly jumped out like a husky whose tail had been stepped on, warning its host.
Tsk— The warned host made a sound of displeasure in his mind.
"Because, it's cooler this way, right?" The young man, having achieved his first objective and no longer needing Raiden i to feign death, smiled and said sothing that made Miss i's eye twitch slightly.
"Before a battle, to expressionlessly cut off one's own 'soft underbelly'—don't you think there's a certain cruel aesthetic to that?" Mister Magus spouted utter nonsense.
...
Miss i fell silent. She felt as if an invisible force in this world was gripping her throat, giving her the illusion of suffocation.
"Um, I want to go ho first." The girl, suddenly rembering there was still a white-haired dango at ho waiting to be fed, had her expression change instantly.
Without , Kiana, that fellow, must be starving.
"But, you can't get a taxi now." Li Zihan looked through the window at the sky, which had completely darkened, and said.
"Then—" Miss i's face showed a hint of worry.
"Let's just make do here for one night. We can talk about whatever it is tomorrow." Saying this, the young man yawned, lay down on the large bed, and then waved at Raiden i.
"Good night."
"Good night." Miss Raiden politely exchanged good nights with the magus.
Kiana isn't a child anymore; she shouldn't starve just because I didn't cook, right?
Miss i, who had been put through the wringer all day, was also sowhat tired and planned to rest early.
However, speaking of which, where was she supposed to sleep?
The girl, vaguely rembering that the driver had only booked two rooms, froze.
She turned her head and saw that the fellow who had already occupied the bed was also looking at her.
Then, the young man opposite her, who had changed into his pajamas at so unknown point, spoke.
"The sofa here is quite soft. Very suitable for sleeping."
After saying this, Li Zihan imdiately rolled himself up in the blanket and fell fast asleep.
Under the light, Miss i, who had never slept on a sofa before, looked utterly dishevelled.
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The city lights at night were ever-changing, colorful, illuminating the world.
Both sides of the road were lined with exquisitely decorated shops of all kinds; just a few steps would take you to fashion boutiques, restaurants, and cafes.
"Daifuku, taiyaki, dango, lon pan, oden, tonkotsu ran..."
On the food street, a whisper like that of a starving ghost echoed through the streets, making passersby's hearts tighten and quicken their pace.
Kiana was hungry.
Not just ordinarily hungry, but extrely hungry.
The last ti she had eaten was at twelve noon; it was now ten at night.
During these ten hours, she had first gone to Senba Academy in the suburbs, greeted her good ji-friend Raiden i, and then returned to the city area to investigate the Honkai source that had appeared out of nowhere.
During this period, her modes of transport were a human-powered bicycle and the "eleven-route bus" (her own two feet).
The Kaslana clan, with their Honkai Beast genes, naturally had a fast tabolism. Coupled with her adolescent growth spurt and running around everywhere, Kiana felt as if her stomach no longer belonged to her.
"Honestly, I investigated all afternoon and found nothing." The girl, who had spent a lot of effort investigating the Honkai source but had co up with no results, clutched her stomach and complained.
"If I'd known it would be like this, I would have just gone ho with i and eaten."
I wonder what i left for tonight?
Miss Kiana, who had asked Raiden i at Senba Academy to help her out with bentos for the next few days, rode her bicycle through the food street, which was filled with delicacies, and thought.
Will it be fish soup, fried chicken, or tempura? They all sound pretty good.
At the thought of the small animals that had already perished in the kitchen and been sent into the pot, sorrowful tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of Kiana's mouth.
(People's tear glands are located at the corners of their mouths (convinced).)
Thinking of those delicious foods, Kiana felt her stomach grow even hungrier.
She took one hand off the handlebars, wiped the corner of her mouth, then took a deep breath and sped up.
i was still waiting for her. If she was too late, it would affect i's rest.
Therefore, she couldn't stop!
And then—
"No... nobody?" Miss Paracium, who had already climbed into the apartnt Raiden i rented, was dumbfounded.
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