"Yan Huan, I saw An Le heading towards Bai Yi's changing room, ow!"
Myau-chan's ethereal voice drifted into Yan Huan's ears, informing him of what it saw within the fifteen-ter radius isolated from the crowd.
The Courtyard was already packed with people, and the mont rumors spread that soone had seen a snake, it beca instantly congested.
Although a fifteen-ter radius was not very large, it felt incredibly distant to Yan Huan right now.
What was even more unexpected to him was that An Le had actually gone there.
But did An Le hold so sort of grudge against Bai Yi?
Or perhaps her Modifier avatar was bewitching her, manipulating her into fighting the other Modifiers?
Aside from that possibility, Yan Huan could not think of any other reason why An Le would actively strike at Bai Yi.
"Myau-chan, see if you can stop An Le!"
"I can't, ow! That white snake is still chasing
from behind! I am really going to die, co quickly, ow!"
Yan Huan fell speechless, then spoke with a biting, sarcastic tone through gritted teeth.
"That is just great."
"ow?!"
"...Here is the plan. Run straight toward Bai Yi's changing room and check the situation. If Bai Yi has already activated Indifference, then forget it. If she has not, give her a warning!"
"In her eyes, I am just a little cat. How am I supposed to warn her, ow?"
"Figure it out yourself!"
Recalling how even Ye Shiyu could not detect Bai Yi the last ti she activated Indifference, Yan Huan estimated that only Spencer would be able to see her.
Therefore, as long as Bai Yi had activated Indifference, barring any unforeseen circumstances, An Le should not be able to do anything to her.
Speaking of which, Yan Huan guessed that his ability to see the semi-transparent Bai Yi was likely because Myau-chan's Modifier contained a Fragnt of Spencer's Modifier.
What was a true discount-bin Modifier?
This was it!
"Alright, then... then do not let us be separated by more than fifteen ters, ow, or I will be instantly pulled back to your side."
"It is not like I am not coming over, you..."
"Bump!"
As Yan Huan pushed his way through the crowd, a mont of inattention caused him to suddenly bump into a frail person beside him.
The person felt as weightless as a flickering candle fla, stumbling backward the mont Yan Huan made contact.
Reacting quickly, Yan Huan gently supported her back, preventing her from falling to the ground.
"Ha... ha..."
Looking down, Yan Huan realized he had bumped into an old woman wearing a Headscarf.
Due to the collision, the Headscarf on her head shifted slightly, revealing the bluish Scalp underneath, entirely devoid of hair.
She looked emaciated and extrely weak, panting feebly through her mouth.
"Grandma, are you alright?"
"I-I am fine..."
The old woman tightly gripped Yan Huan's hand and did not let go for a long ti.
Yan Huan thought she needed sothing, but when he looked down, he realized she had been trying to let go the entire ti. Her fingers were simply stiff and unresponsive, locked in place around his wrist.
Seeing her condition, Yan Huan had no choice but to pause montarily.
The old woman gave a flushed glance at her own hand and looked at Yan Huan apologetically.
"I just need a mont to recover. I was startled just now."
"It is alright."
Yan Huan glanced at the surroundings and suggested.
"Grandma, there are too many people here. Should I call a Nurse to take you sowhere else?"
"There is no need."
Unexpectedly t with her firm refusal, Yan Huan paused before asking tentatively.
"Can you walk on your own, or would you like
to escort you?"
He watched as she stared at the surging crowd around them for a long ti before she murmured to herself.
"I can walk on my own..."
"Are you sure?"
It was not until Yan Huan asked this that the old woman in front of him snapped back to reality, as if waking from a daze, and nodded.
"I can."
"Then I will..."
"Young Man, which way... is the Elevator? I need to head back."
Yan Huan suddenly felt that the elderly woman had regained a bit of vitality, which put his mind sowhat at ease.
Scanning the area, Yan Huan pointed toward an Elevator that was closer to the direction of the changing room and told her.
"Over there... Let
take you. It is on my way anyway."
"Alright, thank you."
Yan Huan nodded, gently leading the old woman through the flowing crowd toward the Elevator.
While anxiously listening to Myau-chan's telepathic updates on the situation over there, he pressed the button to open the Elevator doors for the elderly woman.
"Grandma, which floor are you going to?"
The old woman, having just let go of Yan Huan's hand, raised her eyes and glanced at the floor directory.
"Floor twenty-seven..."
Yan Huan cast a glance at the number, which was the very top floor, and then turned his head to read the sign posted inside the Elevator.
It was not until he saw "Hospice Ward" written next to the twenty-seventh floor that he felt completely reassured and pressed the button for her.
"Thank you, Young Man."
"You are welco, Grandma."
"Clatter-clatter!"
With that, the Elevator doors slid shut, leaving Yan Huan outside.
"Is she still here?"
Touching the clothing that still retained so residual body heat, An Le narrowed her eyes and asked Little Finger in her mind.
Hearing this, Little Finger surveyed the surroundings, its tone filled with uncertainty.
"I do not know either. But if Bai Yi really does host one of my kind, it can only be the Naless Finger."
"The Naless Finger?"
"Yes. If it were the Middle Finger, both you and I would have instantly realized sothing was wrong the mont we entered this room. You might have even seen multiple copies of Bai Yi running around right in front of you."
Little Finger clicked its tongue, staring at the eerily quiet room as it muttered.
"But if it is the Naless Finger, then we are in for so trouble."
"...Is that the one you ntioned before? The counterpart you have absolutely no information on?"
"Yes."
Little Finger nodded, its expression grim.
Its own Ability was certainly not the strongest among the five fingers, which was why Little Finger constantly emphasized its own intellect.
It was not that it truly believed it was a peerless genius; the most important factor was sothing else entirely:
It possessed detailed intelligence on three of the other fingers and could relay that information to its Host.
But when it ca to this Naless Finger, Little Finger was genuinely completely in the dark.
An Le stroked Myau-chan's head. The cat, held snugly in her arms, focused solely on acting cute, not daring to speak or show anger as it allowed her to pet it as she pleased.
"Could it be so sort of invisibility Superpower?"
"Heh, if my kin were that simple, you would be happily devouring Yan Huan by tomorrow."
Hearing this, An Le's cheeks flushed slightly.
"Maybe, even tonight..."
"Heh."
Little Finger was left speechless and could only make a pale rebuttal to change the subject.
"In short, I will not be of much help when it cos to the Naless Finger. If you feel anything is off, let us run away imdiately. Better safe than sorry."
"Alright."
In truth, An Le had already figured out what kind of bait she needed to fish out a catch like Bai Yi.
Bai Yi did not seem to be the most cunning person; she might even fall for a straight hook.
So, she decided to stick with the old thod...
An Le thought to herself.
"Tick... tock..."
Off to the side, seemingly isolated from the rest of the world, Bai Yi was currently rendered a bit speechless.
Seeing the seemingly harmless An Le walk in, she almost regretted activating Indifference.
Originally, she had felt a sudden palpitation in her chest, as if she could sense sothing terrifying approaching.
But the person who walked in was just her?
If it had been Ye Shiyu or Spencer, she would have understood.
But in terms of personality, family background, or literally anything else, An Le was nothing more than a stray dog on the side of the road...
I am supposed to avoid her edge?
What a joke!
"What a pity, she actually is not here?"
Just as Bai Yi resignedly gripped her Pocket Watch, planning to find a quiet spot to deactivate Indifference, An Le, holding Myau-chan, sat down right in the spot where Bai Yi had just been sitting.
Her spoken words instantly drew the attention of the departing Bai Yi.
That is right, was An Le not supposed to be picking up Yan Huan?
Why did she suddenly co looking for
instead?
With these thoughts in her mind, Bai Yi turned her head in confusion, intending to see what An Le was up to.
Bai Yi watched as An Le lifted Myau-chan up into the air, much like Rafiki holding up Simba in The Lion King.
However, Myau-chan was certainly not the future Lion King. Caught in An Le's grasp, it froze completely, terrified that it would be forced to drop fragnts rcilessly in the next second.
An Le curiously inspected Myau-chan's lower abdon, her deanor entirely inconsistent with her signature shy and bashful expression.
She imdiately started pulling at Myau-chan's hind legs, actually intending to spread them apart to check if it was male or female!
This left Myau-chan completely bewildered and stunned.
Let...
Let go of !
I am the Divine Lord of this world!
You... you cannot do this to , ow!
Even a coward like Myau-chan could not help but struggle against An Le's ruthless iron hand.
"ow!"
But no matter how hard it struggled, it was utterly unable to resist An Le's hands, which felt like a pair of iron pliers.
"Are you a little sister or a little brother? I cannot tell at all. I wonder who is raising you."
It is over, Yan Huan!
This cat is no longer pure!!
Having been thoroughly inspected, Myau-chan, feeling its heart like dead ashes, was set back down by An Le. It looked as fragile and helpless as if it had lost its soul.
"Could it be that one of the singers here brought their pet along?"
"ow..."
"Good thing many Big Shots have co for this Charity Concert. At first, when Xiao Huan invited
to co listen to her performance, I was still a bit hesitant."
An Le rested her cheek in her hand and smiled faintly.
"After all, even for soone like
whose singing sounds awful, Xiao Huan was willing to be my Music Fan. One can only imagine how poor Bai Yi's level is.
"Little cat, I bet if you just ow a few tis, Xiao Huan would beco your Music Fan too~"
As she spoke, An Le even tapped Myau-chan's wet nose.
But behind her, Bai Yi, currently in her Indifference state, flushed crimson with rage.
"Huh?!"
She crossed her arms and quickly marched over to An Le's side, indignantly pointing fingers at her.
"What do you know? You lack any aesthetic sense or art appreciation level! You lie with open eyes all day long! I am able to stand on this Stage purely because of my talent, alright?!"
An Le stroked the cat's head, shaking her own head as she spoke.
"I bet they only signed her to be a Vase just because she is pretty, right?"
"You are the Vase! You are the Vase! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!!"
Bai Yi gritted her teeth in fury. But after a second of anger, she suddenly rembered sothing and began to smile.
She flipped her black hair and looked at An Le with a smirk.
"However, certain people are not as beautiful as
and cannot even manage to be a Vase~" anwhile, An Le finished petting the cat, and out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the clothes Bai Yi had left on the table.
She picked up a piece to examine it, then held it against herself to compare.
Then, she could not help but cover her mouth and chuckle.
"Speaking of which, Bai Yi's figure is incredibly barren. She is only slightly better off than that Vice President Sakuramiya... How pitiful."
Off to the side, Bai Yi's laughing expression froze slightly.
The next second, blue veins suddenly popped out on her forehead.
She was just about to curse her out, but when she took a quick glance and saw An Le's surging assets, the words were instantly choked in her throat.
Several tis she intended to speak, yet several tis she relapsed into helpless silence.
Finally, with a flushed face and clenched fists, she declared.
"Calling Sakuramiya Hitomi barren is one thing, after all, that is well-deserved! But mine... is well-proportioned! It is a very standard figure, alright!!"
At this mont, inside a Distant Western-Style House in Jinghe District, Sakuramiya Hitomi, currently living out her "Solo Leveling" trope, inexplicably let out a sneeze.
However, because she was in the state of Indifference, Bai Yi's pale rebuttal fell completely on deaf ears; An Le could not hear a single thing.
This resulted in a situation where every one of An Le's verbal shots was a critical hit, while Bai Yi's retaliations were like landing punch after punch on soft cotton.
Cold Violence...
This was fucking Cold Violence!
And the worst part was, Bai Yi was the one who had blocked An Le out in the first place!
So, this was practically self-inflicted damage...
Boorang Cold Violence!!
Off to the side, Bai Yi clenched her fists. The center of her forehead practically had "Warning! Warning!" written across it like a high-temperature warning.
Myau-chan, who was too afraid to move while being petted by An Le, could never have guessed that An Le could argue across the void with Bai Yi just by uttering a few sentences into thin air.
Stroking Myau-chan, An Le felt that the ti was right and decided to drop one last bombshell.
Thus, in the very next second, her face reddened once again as she touched her cheek and said.
"However, since I just confird Xiao Huan's good intention towards , and Xiao Huan does not have those kinds of feelings for Bai Yi anyway, I suppose I can reluctantly try to get along with her from now on~"
In truth, if it were perceptive girls like Ye Shiyu and Sakuramiya Hitomi, they would instantly sense that Yan Huan did not have those kinds of feelings for An Le either.
Therefore, An Le would absolutely never say such things in front of them.
But An Le did not expect that Bai Yi would actually manage to accidentally see through her lie by a stroke of luck!
"Tick... tock..."
As the ethereal Clock Sound echoed, Bai Yi paused slightly upon hearing her words. She looked at An Le with a mix of confidence and disdain.
"Heh, impossible. Because Yan Huan is one hundred percent in love with ."
"..."
Consequently, in an unseen twist of fate, the mont this ultimate bombshell was dropped, it ended up providing temperature control for Bai Yi.
Even so, she was still at a dangerous temperature.
"Alright, An Le. You usually seem so honest and dutiful... I never expected you to actually be a Black Lotus."
Bai Yi clutched her Pocket Watch, her expression finally turning grim.
'Do not underestimate !'
'Since you are being heartless, do not bla
for being unrighteous.'
'I have a Superpower after all!'
Bai Yi stared at An Le, whose hands were resting by her sides in apparent relaxation, and was already plotting how to punish this insolent girl.
'Damn it, I forgot to make a recording just now.'
'If I had recorded all that, I am sure your perfect childhood sweetheart appearance in Yan Huan's eyes would completely collapse, right?'
'Well, it does not matter. I can always use Indifference to create another opportunity.'
'Given enough ti, you will inevitably reveal a flaw.'
'As for today, I will just give you a small punishnt.'
"Tick... tock..."
With that thought, Bai Yi sneered. She raised her hand, picked up a nearby tube of Lipstick, twisted it open, and reached out toward An Le's face.
However, she completely failed to realize that Myau-chan, whom she had left on the Dressing Table, was staring wide-eyed at An Le—who had her hands dangling beside the chair and her entire body leaning limply against the chair backrest...
Its expression suddenly morphed into one of pure terror.
It was as if it had witnessed so great abomination.
"ow!"
Frightened into crying out, it instantly grabbed Bai Yi's attention.
This caused Bai Yi's advancing hand to freeze slightly, preventing her from getting too close to An Le's face.
But...
The back of her hand seed to have already brushed against so sort of sticky, clammy, fleshy entity.
"This..."
And the mont Bai Yi's hand made contact with the invisible fleshy substance suspended in midair, the silently head-bowed An Le slowly raised her gaze, looking directly in Bai Yi's direction.
Her left eye had already transford into a phantom snake's pupil. Although Bai Yi could not see it, she could clearly see the apologetic, gentle smile gracing An Le's face.
Then, she heard An Le actually speak directly to her.
"Caught you, classmate Bai~"
"!!"
Hearing this, Bai Yi's Scalp instantly went numb.
She tried to retreat in sheer panic, but a crushing sensation, as heavy as a mountain, suddenly surged from the fleshy substance she had touched and slamd right into her forehead.
"Ugh!"
'Give up...'
'Give up everything...'
'Pursue pleasure, I will give it to you...'
'Extre bliss!'
'As long as you give up everything!'
Bai Yi's face flushed deep red instantly, and her body subconsciously lurched violently backward.
But the fleshy substance had already coiled tightly around her wrist, refusing to let go no matter what.
"Squish-slosh~"
The air was tainted with an unclean pink hue, and a foul, fishy stench rushed straight into her nasal cavity, making Bai Yi choke with nausea.
"Ha... You..."
"Tick... tock..."
The overwhelming sensation forced Bai Yi to stumble back a few steps, clutching her head. Even the familiar ticking sound of the clock beca agonizingly grating.
Watching her suffer, An Le pursed her lips and offered an apology.
"I am sorry, classmate Bai Yi. I was not serious about anything I said earlier...
"I genuinely think you sing very well, you are beautiful, and you and Xiao Huan... are a great match...
"But I have to do this right now. Please bear with it for a mont. Afterward, you will forget all of this."
As it turned out, before An Le dropped that massive bombshell, she had silently summoned her Tentacles, ordering them to form a protective barrier around her.
As long as any other entity ca close, they would inevitably touch the Tentacles.
Generally speaking, when Bai Yi touched an object while in the Indifference state, it was as if she severed the object's Worldline, ensuring it did not disturb the object as seen from a normal person's perspective.
But the nature of the Tentacles was completely different from ordinary objects. There was absolutely no such thing as dividing its Worldline.
Therefore, as long as Bai Yi actively touched the Tentacles, An Le would be able to sense her.
Conversely, if Bai Yi lacked the will to touch the Tentacles, even if An Le whipped them frantically at her surroundings, they would rely pass right through the unconcerned Bai Yi.
So, all in all, her goading tactic had still worked perfectly.
"ow..."
Myau-chan stared in terror as An Le was seemingly propped up and floating midair by so invisible force, realizing that she had successfully caught Bai Yi.
"Yan Huan, quickly co save her! Sothing... sothing terrible is going to happen! Your An Le is going on a killing spree, ow!!"
"Huh? An Le... I just escorted an old lady to the Elevator. I am almost at the door!"
Yan Huan's incredulous voice rang out, igniting a spark of hope in Myau-chan's heart.
However, inside the changing room, just as An Le was about to resort to violence against Bai Yi...
A sudden change occurred!
To everyone's surprise, a green mist suddenly erupted from the body of Bai Yi, who had been subjected to the Modifier's effect...
That was right, Bai Yi's Modifier had a passive ability!
Aside from Spencer, who was immune to all effects, anyone who dared to use a Modifier on her would suffer a fierce counterattack!
"Ribbit~"
The phantom croak of a toad echoed from afar. An Le froze for a brief mont, and in the very next second, her pupils shrank slightly as her entire Tentacles state was forcibly instantly deactivated.
"Ugh..."
An Le collapsed to the floor in discomfort. The mont the transmission of pleasure ceased, Bai Yi finally managed to regain her senses. Completely disregarding her weak and jelly-like body, she bolted away without a shred of dignity.
"Ugh..."
"Crash!"
Flinging the door open, she even knocked over a nearby coat rack in her frantic escape.
Inside the changing room, An Le kneeled on the ground, painfully clutching her face.
On her shoulder, Little Finger cried out in a panicked and helpless voice.
"This is bad, you... you have been cursed!"
"I... I am so sleepy..."
An Le whimpered, covering her mouth as her eyelids grew increasingly heavy. It felt as though she had been injected with a powerful anesthetic, on the verge of losing consciousness in the very next second.
"Let
see, let
see... what kind of curse did you get hit by..."
Little Finger writhed around An Le's shoulder, panicked and helpless, anxiously examining her deeply drowsy face.
In the next second, Little Finger seed to discover sothing and shouted loudly.
"I know what it is! Do you... do you know the story of Sleeping Beauty? I do not know how long this curse will last, it could be a single day or many days. If you want to break the curse early, the only way is to..."
"Click!"
Little Finger's panicked and helpless voice drifted into An Le's increasingly heavy head. Imdiately after, the door swung open, accompanied by Yan Huan's anxious voice.
"...An Le!"
"..."
Everything was beginning to blur, but in the very last mont before losing consciousness completely, An Le, hearing Yan Huan's voice, seed to realize sothing, causing her eyes to widen slightly.
"Yan Huan, you are here, ow!"
Seeing that Yan Huan had finally arrived in a hurry, Myau-chan's face lit up with joy. It quickly pretended to be frightened and bolted toward the outside.
In reality, it instantly turned ethereal and materialized right on Yan Huan's shoulder.
"What exactly happened just now?"
As soon as he stepped inside, Yan Huan saw An Le lying weakly on the ground.
And right now, he was completely unable to make sense of this battle situation.
Fact: The NTR Spencer could effortlessly pin down Sakuramiya and beat up a non-ti-stopping Bai Yi, while Ye Shiyu had to rely on complex maneuvers just to barely contend with her.
Yet, when facing An Le, she had lost.
Fact: The terrifying Hypnosis Master, Ye Shiyu. Aside from Spencer, whom she needed to actively outmaneuver, everyone else either fled or hid from her, not daring to confront her head-on.
Yet, when facing An Le, she had lost.
Alright, so logically speaking, An Le should be considered a top-tier powerhouse right now, correct?
Then why was it that when the top-tier An Le clashed head-on with Bai Yi, it was actually An Le who ended up taking the loss?
Did this make any sense?
Was this a ga of rock-paper-scissors?!
Evil Deity from the Otherworld, is your power scaling completely broken?!
Yan Huan was utterly bewildered, but there was no ti to ponder these trivial matters right now.
Seeing An Le writhing and struggling on the floor, he threw all other thoughts aside and hurried forward, intending to help her up.
"An Le, are you alright? Just no-"
However, right as Yan Huan began to speak.
The An Le in front of him mustered the very last bit of her strength and lunged fiercely at him.
Yan Huan subconsciously wrapped his arms around her to catch her, but completely unexpectedly, in the very next second, he felt a soft, warm sensation crash directly into his lips.
"Smooch~"
His pupils shrank slightly, and before he could even register what was happening, An Le aggressively began to draw out everything from Yan Huan.
Kiss God, activated!
The powerful sensations amplified by Kiss God slamd directly into Yan Huan's brain, causing his body to instantly go soft. Just like that, he was tackled to the floor by An Le and pulled tightly into her arms.
The sound of them hitting the ground echoed clearly through the room.
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