Chapter 169 Victory World Line Little Black Face, speak up!
"Are you going to force a kiss on me? That would be scary."
As he uttered these words, the short-haired girl, always sporting a mocking expression, was being held in the arms of Rei Furuya. She had just casually exposed his and his companions' undercover identities, and the atmosphere was tense. He and his companions had teamed up to subdue her, and they had reached an agreement to take her down and take her back to the safe house for temporary house arrest.
Asami's willingness to resist was quite obvious, so Morobushi Kagemitsu, in the rear, prepared a potion to prevent further complications. Meanwhile, Furuya Rei, in the front, was in charge of talking to attract her attention. Everything was ready...
...At least that was their original plan...but when facing that girl, the plans always seemed to be thrown into chaos.
The short-haired girl who had just been obviously unhappy, picking on the two undercover agents and looking like she wanted to fight them to the death (especially with Rei Furuya) suddenly softened her attitude. Not only did her eyes change, but even the words she said made people... shudder unexpectedly.
…At least Furuya Rei shuddered genuinely: What did it mean to want to force a kiss on her? How could he possibly—who would even think of that… Just thinking about it…
But when Chaomu said this, it was obvious that he was sincere.
Her eyes sparkled. In the past, the way she looked at him was always full of thorns, as if she wanted to stab him at any time and anywhere. But now, those thorns seemed to have been softened, and she looked quite tolerant.
It was too sudden...but it didn't seem to be without a trace.
Furiguchi Rei held her wrist, feeling his brain burning into a paste.
It seemed as if nothing special had happened just now, and he and she were still in a stalemate, but just before those words fell... or at a more vague moment, he vaguely felt that something seemed to have changed.
His chest seemed to be filled with too much intense and sudden love and hate in an instant, as if he had experienced something with her before... something unreal that he no longer had the memory of, so that it didn't seem out of place for her to ask that question, as if he had really kissed her before... under similar circumstances.
The moment this thought occurred to him, a sense of absurdity gripped Rei Furuya like a vine: Why would he want to kiss her in this situation? It made no sense, no logic. He wasn't crazy...
But Chaomu was very sure of what he said.
"I didn't notice before... you seemed to be staring at my lips." She leaned back a little, moving her head to Zhu Fu Jingguang's chest behind her to make herself more comfortable, and said thoughtfully, "Even now, when you're holding me like this, isn't your heartbeat a little too fast?"
Jianggu Ling: "…………?"
Her tone was so firm that he began to wonder if he had revealed something sinister in his expression, which made her think he was a gangster... No, how could it be possible? He had definitely been led astray by this woman...!
Yet, a certain touch seemed particularly memorable. His eyes couldn't help but fall on her plump lips, and his mind conjured up a corresponding scene: the soft bed, the girl with a startled expression, the large chocolate-colored hand grasping her fair, pointed chin. At that moment, he seemed completely absorbed... lost in the soft touch, his heart beating like a drum, boom, boom, boom, boom.
"...Ahem...Bourbon?"
Perhaps because his absent-mindedness was a little too obvious, Zhu Fujingguang, who had been cooperating with him, showed a look of disapproval and confusion. The latter even reached out and led Chaomu a little closer to him, gently reminding him, "Maybe it's because of the distance...?"
This isn't the time to be distracted, Zero... The atmosphere is already not good. If Chaomu's impression of them gets even worse, the subsequent negotiations...
Jianggu Ling: "…………!"
He suddenly came back to his senses, his eyes moved away from Chaomu's lips, and met You Xunran's cat-like eyes full of worry, and his cheeks became hot uncontrollably.
"Sorry..." He coughed twice, but the strength in his hands unconsciously loosened a little, suppressing his twitching eyebrows. "I didn't mean that. You misunderstood..."
The momentum he had originally brought up to use torture to extract a confession suddenly plummeted, and he always felt that he was suddenly a head shorter than her.
Chaomu took the opportunity to shrink back into Zhu Fujingguang's arms, like a cat climbing up a cat tree to avoid being caught, but he did not forget to glance down at him condescendingly, with an undisguised understanding in his eyes, as if saying "See, I was right".
What the hell is going on?
Fūya Rei clenched his fists expressionlessly.
He didn't have that kind of thought... No, that wasn't the point at all. Proving himself would only be a waste of time. He couldn't let her lead him astray any longer. It was time to take action...
He exchanged a glance with Koujinran, who pursed her lips slightly and pulled a potion from her sleeve. The blond youth, who had captured all of Asami's attention, flashed a dangerous smile, continuing to hold her attention. "...I hope you don't treat other people's work as a game. Otherwise, even if you're the eldest daughter of a Vongola family, you'll encounter some... 'dangerous situations.'"
The cooperation between the two should have been perfect - at least in the "first time", Chaomu was indeed knocked down without any preparation.
But if it happened again, she would not sit still and wait for death because she had been prepared for it: she had already seen the defeat in the side quests, so if she played the main quest, of course she had to win!
Before the young man behind her could make a move, she had already thrown herself back, delivering a powerful headbutt. This time, it was Zhufu Jingguang who was caught off guard—he had been wary of her counterattack, but had underestimated her flexibility and strength at that moment.
Thanks to his superior physique and strength, the headbutt was as graceful as a hammerhead shark leaping from the sea. Even Zhu Fujingguang was thrown back by the dull crash, his jaw cracking and his head buzzing. Although he hadn't dropped the potion, he had lost his ability to strike again.
In this split second, Chaomu twisted his waist suddenly like a small insect breaking free from a spider web, and took advantage of the momentary hesitation of Fūya Zero caused by his companion's injury to slip out of the two men's grip.
Since it was a one-on-two fight, she naturally didn't intend to follow martial ethics too much when it came to Bourbon, who was not the target of the mission. She pulled out the Raccoon Vacuum Cleaner and fired at him first, intending to deal with him first and then concentrate on using physical skills to complete the mission of the duel with Scotland.
Rei Furuya seemed to have seen that toilet plunger... no, vacuum cleaner. He often carried it with him when he went to work at Chaomu, and today he saw its other uses.
An explosion ripped through the air, and faint arcs of blue-white electricity crackled and danced on the suction port of the "toilet plunger." His pupils constricted, and he rolled sideways almost instinctively. He could feel the explosion brush past his ear, the scorching heat numbing his earlobes. He had barely steadied himself when his lower back collided with the protective padding at the edge of the fighting arena, the rebound force causing him to stumble half a step.
After missing his first strike, Chaomu showed no sign of lingering. He spun on his toes like a cheetah poised for a pounce, pouncing on Zhufu Jingguang, who hadn't quite regained his balance. His golden eyes shone startlingly bright as he moved, locking onto his target like a wild animal.
Zhu Fujingguang also managed to steady himself from the sudden attack and met her fist.
…………
Chaomu ended up reloading the game three more times.
Good news: Her physical skills have indeed improved, and she can fight two people at the same time. However, the little black face is a bit too annoying. If she doesn't use props to fight back, he will keep interrupting the progress of the main battlefield.
The bad news: despite her progress, she still couldn't achieve a crushing victory in a one-on-one fight using only physical skills. Scotland didn't kill her, and she was a little reluctant to fight him like she did Gin or the old man with a hundred demons...
Of course, the most important point was that Bourbon was incredibly annoying. Even a one-on-one fight was a bit of a stretch for her, and then there were the distractions. Players using dangerous items like vacuum cleaners or the Sky and Tyrant Experience Card could easily kill them, making the fight very difficult.
Reborn had given her a generous reward for the trial mission, but he hadn't intended for her to get it easily. Chaomu estimated his current level of taijutsu and realized he could only defeat the weak Akai Mi.
...Now that I think about it, Akai Shuichi was completely letting himself go during the sparring session that day...Mimi is probably better at reading people's expressions.
When loading the game for the fourth time, Chaomu temporarily gave up the restriction of "pure physical skills".
Motorcycles, vacuum cleaners, boxes, whatever skills she had were used. After abandoning those rules and regulations, she finally succeeded in suppressing them this time.
[Congratulations to the player for winning the battle, experience +++]
The sweat-drenched girl held the cat-eyed young man down, her knee pressed against his neck. The blond young man to the side was numb from the swiftly falling rain. It wasn't the young girl that was pinned down, but... the motorcycle that was lying sideways. The motorcycle was ridiculously heavy, pinning him down, unable to move. He could only stare with a twitching brow at the pinned young man beside him—and the culprit who was showing off his power.
"I win this time," Chaomu announced cheerfully. "Although using the box is a foul... you guys threw caution to the wind and attacked me two against one. I was acting in self-defense."
Swallow Kojiro was a huge help in this fight, and his deceleration assist was a dimensionality-reducing attack. She saw Scotland's forehead damp with sweat, his breathing seemingly choking under her pressure, so she loosened her grip a little and patted his cheek. "Are you alright, Green... Scotland? Do you need CPR?"
Wet hair stuck to Zhu Fujingguang's sweaty forehead. He turned his head away to avoid her touch, his Adam's apple rolling under his taut skin. "...No, thank you."
After being drenched by the blue rain, his body felt like it was rusted. He moved his fingertips and looked up at the girl on his body.
Even though she had already held his vitals, there was no murderous intent on her face, as if they were just playing around... not fighting for their lives.
——She had no killing intention towards him.
He didn't know why, but this realization seemed to have replayed itself in his mind countless times. He seemed to have verified her thoughts numerous times...in life-or-death situations. But this was definitely the first time they'd fought, and the outcome was decided.
A strange sense of familiarity made Morobushi Jingguang only briefly reply to her before falling silent again. His nervousness seemed to gradually dissipate during the exchange, transforming into an intuition that "she didn't want to hurt them so much that she was restrained."
He seemed to have turned into the dumb kitten he was at the beginning, and Chaomu just thought that he had become autistic after being defeated.
Poor guy, she'll go back and try to comfort him. Only after she's comforted him can she arrange for him to lose to her in a fixed match... Her mission isn't complete yet.
She climbed up from him, wiped the sweat off her face, turned around and looked at Furuya Rei who was pinned down by the motorcycle, and put her hands on her hips: "Hey, little black face, have you admitted defeat? The two of you combined can't beat me alone. Who's in danger? Speak."
It’s better to beat him up... It feels so good!
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The author has something to say: I feel like I caught a cold and was dizzy all day with back pain... That's terrible. Is it a cold in this season? What kind of crispy shark am I...
Were everyone's guesses at the end of the last chapter all rather ambiguous? I thought everyone still remembered the timeline.) Kogure was taken away on November 7th. The next day, Rei and Jing received the news of Hagi's death, and so... well... (eyes shifted)
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