Chapter 150 Undercurrent "Didn't he tell you his true identity...
Squalo himself didn't know that his tail was poisonous.
Under most circumstances, he was a sharp swordsman who could easily detect any unusual reaction from his "enemy" - but at this moment, his attention was completely focused on how to protect his tail, holding it carefully, trying to protect it from the hands of a hateful woman.
They said things like, "It'll be fine soon," "It won't hurt you"... but it was all lies. That guy's hands were way too dishonest. When she wasn't watching, he started touching her everywhere, along the scales, against the scales, and then restlessly moving upwards...
"Didn't you say you were supposed to brush your tail? What the hell are you touching... Hey!"
The sensitivity of the mermaid's tail made Squalo himself feel a little at a loss. When she moved it down through the gaps in the scales, he instinctively flicked his tail again - the scales at the end of an ordinary fish tail would be fine, he was almost used to it by now, but this thing inexplicably moved up naturally... Tsk!
A mermaid, after all, is only half a mermaid. He could tolerate her non-human parts being treated as "pets" and her random movements, but her sudden, inappropriate behavior was the root of the problem.
The scales at the tail were relatively hard, but as they reached the waist, they became softer and more resilient. The short-haired girl's hand naturally reached the seam, flipping the scales aside and carefully brushing them, as if to scrape out all the mucus.
The subtle touch gave Squalo goosebumps, and a blush crept across his cold, pale skin. He slapped her hand away, gritting his teeth. "Listen, kid! Wait, why is your temperature so high?"
What he didn't expect was that Chaomu's reaction was even more intense than his.
"It's not my fault... your tail moved first!" Her hand remained frozen in mid-air, her skin flushed, and her tone was unusually aggrieved. "I must have been poisoned, which is why I couldn't control my hand... What kind of poison is this? Are you still a mermaid with a poisonous tail?"
Squalo: "...Huh? How would I know such a thing..."
His first reaction was "that brat is talking nonsense again to try to trick him", but when he looked closely, he realized that it wasn't just her hands, the short-haired girl's face was indeed flushed with a sickly color, and her golden eyes were wet, which looked uncomfortable.
...Come to think of it, I did feel her body temperature rising unnaturally just now... Could the so-called poisoning be real?
But what kind of poison is this, and why does it work on her? Even his "colleague" Moroboshi is immune to his attacks, so how could he possibly harm Asami?
After all, Squalo was a mermaid who had only recently transformed. Chaomu fed him the apples himself. The latter, holding his wrist with one hand, paused for a moment. Wisely, he didn't question Squalo further. Instead, he opened the customer service complaint panel: "Bug! This is definitely a bug!"
"Let's not even talk about why a pet would poison its owner...isn't the Small Animal Tea Party a children's buff? Why do mermaids have this function?"
After all, Chaomu was not a very slow-witted fool. She had experienced similar feelings when she kissed Mimi Moroboshi in the game. She naturally knew how bad her current state of being hot and a little restless would be. Her hands were shaking when she typed.
...Isn't this the same kind of poison! It forces people to do this, that, and that... She felt her fingers itching to pull the mermaid out of the bathtub, peel off that crucial scale, and then... No, she couldn't think about it anymore!
The customer service response was as fast as ever.
Dear player, hello. Regarding your inquiry, the "Critter Tea Party" effect has disappeared from NPC Squaro. He is currently in a healthy mermaid form and can switch back to human form at any time. In this game, some NPC pets have special luring effects. What you are experiencing now is part of the normal gameplay experience.
[Pets cannot cause substantial harm to players, but content related to "close contact" will not be blocked. Mermaid secretions will not reduce your health points, but will only enhance your gaming experience. If you cannot accept such content, please click Settings to enable Green Mode, and the system will automatically block any content that makes you uncomfortable.]
...It's not a bug. It's normal for some pets to have special effects...
Chaomu fell into a brief moment of contemplation.
So, is Squalo a succubus-type mermaid? Can she lure humans into lust or something?
She carefully examined the merman in front of her, whose face was full of confusion, and looked him up and down: his face was indeed handsome, and the long silver hair wetly draped over his shoulders and the silver-gray fins on his cheeks made his appearance seem a little dreamy - but the fierce look on his face dispelled a lot of the dreaminess. Compared to the mermaid prince, he looked more like a shark that would eat people and butts people.
"What's with that look in your eyes... Is this kind of inexplicable, strange skill what I want? Huh?" The shark, under her gaze, jumped up in disgust, almost eager to try to switch back to human form. "But the effect of that tea party is over, why haven't I turned back into a human yet... How exactly do I do it?"
Perhaps because the slime only touched the palm of the hand by brushing the tail, the buff of "Shark Poison" quickly disappeared from the player.
The player who had returned to normal had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard his question, his expression became strange again.
"You may not believe this," she replied seriously and solemnly, "but a kiss is all it takes to switch a pet from beast form to human form."
"Let me kiss you or you kiss me, and you can change back."
...She was obviously very happy when she was kissing the black cat's breasts, but facing the half-human mermaid, Chaomu always felt that her words seemed a little perverted.
But this feeling only lasted a moment, as players' sense of shame always fluctuated greatly. She locked eyes with the mermaid in the bathtub, and as he looked at her with a mixture of "are you trying to fool me?" and "you're a pervert," she began to wonder if she would cry if she forcefully kissed him at this moment.
I'm sorry, Mr. Squalo, for the sake of the pearl...
At this time, Squalo's instinct to avoid danger still played its due role - at the same time, the advice of his "new colleague" also echoed in his mind.
"If you don't want things to get more complicated, you'd better obey her."
Almost immediately and decisively, he clamped the girl's jaw in front of him and quickly covered her. Although the girl had a strange strength, her chin was quite pointed, so he could hold her face and kiss her - and then leave as quickly as a dragonfly skimming the water.
"Don't keep thinking about weird things—I won't let you succeed so easily." After achieving his goal, the silver-haired mermaid sneered with a hint of complacency, "I can tell from your expression that you're going to do something bad. Now... close your eyes, immediately."
Good news, Chaomu didn't lie to him, a kiss can indeed turn him back into human form...
Being able to transform back into a human should have been a great thing for him, but when he realized his current state, for a moment, Squalo's face turned pale: he had no clothes on when he was a mermaid, and transforming back was even more...
He almost immediately covered the girl's eyes and pushed her out. Chaomu had seen this kind of scene before and was much calmer than him: "It's a little late, but I still saw it... But if you need me to, I can pretend not to see it. Do you want to borrow some clothes from Mimi?"
The veins on Squalo's forehead were throbbing. He used one hand to pry her head aside, and with the other hand he frantically reached for the towel: "Shut up first—"
After being a merman for a day, he was still a little uncomfortable when he stood up. He tripped over his left foot and stumbled with his right foot, almost falling face down on the ground.
Fortunately, the player had strong core strength and good physique, otherwise he would have almost pulled her down and pinned her down. In the sudden change, she steadily reached out and grabbed Squalo's arm, helping him to stand, and mentally praised her dodging skills and helpfulness.
...That's not right. She should let him fall. Who knows, maybe he'll cry in pain? Then she can pick up a few more pearls...
But since I'd already helped her, pushing her down would only lower her intimacy, right? It was all Squalo's fault. With a master who cared so much about him, why wouldn't he shed a bathtub of tears of gratitude?
But Squalo's eyes were gray, almost silver in the light.
Ungrateful bastard... After White-eyed Samesuquaro stood firm, he shook off her hand, gritted his teeth, wrapped himself in a bath towel, and went out to borrow clothes from Dai Moroboshi.
After changing his clothes, he could hardly wait to return to Italy, as if a ghost were chasing him.
"...He ran so fast," Chaomu gathered the few pearls scattered in the bathroom and muttered unhappily, "Mimi, you shouldn't have given him clothes just now."
Although Mr. Mermaid didn't cry, he still shed a few tears when he yawned or felt pain. If he hadn't been given clothes, Squalo might have cried a few more tears out of shame.
"Considering your future plans," the black-haired man said in a pertinent yet tactful tone as he mopped up the water stains on the floor, "this operation is not conducive to long-term development."
If he really doesn't give him clothes, although Squalo won't be able to harm Chaomu, he will most likely tear down the house - Moroboshi Daicai spent an entire night restoring the damaged bathroom, and he really doesn't want to do it again.
Furthermore, he knew the general pattern of how his "master" and pet cultivated their bond through daily tasks. If he really played it that way, Squalo's intimacy would likely plummet to negative, ultimately forcing her to spend even more time with him... Chaomu himself was probably well aware of this.
"... Never mind. There's still plenty of time later."
As expected, Chaomu's depression only lasted a few minutes. She soon became happy again, pounced on the black-haired man and grabbed his neck: "Mimi is still the best, always cooperating with mom's tasks! Good cat, good cat, give me a kiss!"
Zhu Xingdai himself had some objections to the fact that he had "always cooperated", but he didn't know what to say for the time being: ...after all, his "master" was obviously in a stage where he still felt a little bit guilty about him and wanted to make it up to him. Whether from an intellectual or selfish point of view, he didn't want to interrupt.
Therefore, he simply caught her flying leap skillfully, letting her hang on him like a koala, and walked steadily to the balcony to put the mop away: "As long as you want, I will do my best to cooperate."
This is the best moment to express his feelings - just now when he was smoking on the balcony, Zhu Xingda had already made a rough plan.
"For example... didn't you suddenly ask about Scotland earlier?" He said calmly, carrying her back to the living room. "Although he and I were in the same organization before, I hadn't actually seen him that often. After you asked, I went to investigate..."
He lowered his eyes to look at her, his thick eyelashes casting a light shadow on his green eyes. "If you are interested in him, you can actually ask him directly."
"After all, you seem to be quite familiar with him and even called him... 'godfather'? Didn't he tell you his true identity?"
Chaomu herself is an unstable factor. She possesses extremely special abilities and is still very young. Because of her childhood experiences, she has been wavering between the black and white paths. Any bad guidance may lead her to the darkness.
He needed to completely eliminate the "black snake" around her - the best, simplest and clearest way was to let her discover their concealment and deception herself.
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The author has something to say: I'm in a terrible state. I don't know what I ate, but my stomach is completely broken. I didn't sleep much all night and during the day... I took some medicine but I'm still groggy. I'm going to rest...
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