Chapter 19 "Konmura, I didn't even say anything, who gave you permission to move?"...
[Damn, what a cunning and mischievous little witch!]
[I really thought she was just trying to get information out of the skeleton, I didn't expect her to have this hidden trick up her sleeve!]
[I have to say, this female guest is incredibly skilled at asking questions; every single one of her questions is quite insightful. Is she really just a newcomer? Many veteran guests can't extract information so accurately and effectively!]
[If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten she was a newcomer... Which newcomer could pull off so many outrageous moves?!]
[Why is this skeleton so obediently being toyed with by her?! Can't we hurry up and hunt down this newbie? I've been annoyed by her arrogant attitude for ages!]
The last shred of hope for the White Bone Scholar vanished completely.
Yu Naixin's attitude clearly told him that she had guessed the truth from the beginning.
She did it on purpose.
By bringing this issue into the open, it has been declared that no matter how many schemes and methods the White Bone Scholar employs, they will all be in vain.
The conflict of interest between the two is naked and cruel. No matter how the White Bone Scholar tries to embellish it, his ultimate goal is to kill Yu Naixin.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
The will-o'-the-wisps in the eyes of the White Bone Scholar dimmed.
With Yu Naixin's intelligence and wit, how could she possibly let him have his way after knowing the core truth?
An immense sense of resentment and bitterness spread through his body, and the White Bone Scholar didn't even question how Yu Naixin knew he wanted to escape Cocoon Village.
With his head bowed, the skeleton scholar saw the rough earth beneath his feet.
How many years has he been looking at these houses and grounds... how many years?!
Is he really going to keep watching like this forever?!
Is he destined to be trapped in this tiny cocoon village forever?!
"Don't be so discouraged so soon." Yu Naixin leaned forward and encouraged, "I'm on your turf now. If you want to kill me, it's not that hard. Just kill me and eat my flesh, right?"
【What?! Why is she suddenly giving advice to the skeleton in such a serious tone?! And is her advice still to just kill her already?!】
[What?! When I go crazy, I'll even hurt myself?!]
[What?! Does this newbie completely lose all sense of friend or foe when he goes crazy?!]
The White Bone Scholar, already agitated by the shattering of his years-long obsession, shook his head upon hearing Yu Naixin's words, and, in a fit of despair, revealed even more hidden secrets: "Impossible..."
"Only when certain hunting conditions are met can we, the guests on the show, kill the guests from outside the program..."
"Even in our home territory, it will only make it easier to use various methods, but it cannot shake this rule."
This is consistent with Yu Naixin's previous findings and reasoning.
Yu Naixin pressed her advantage, asking, "Then why was that priest able to attack me?"
"The High Priest is the lord of this territory of Cocoon Village, so naturally he is different." The White Bone Scholar's voice was low and hoarse. "Whether it is us or Miss Yu, in the eyes of the High Priest we are nothing but ants."
“Now that we’ve come this far,” Yu Naixin moved closer to the White Bone Scholar, “why don’t you just tell me your conditions for hunting me down?”
As she spoke, Yu Naixin even stretched out her right hand and put it on the shoulder of the white-boned scholar, acting like they were good buddies: "Maybe I'll have a moment of madness and let you succeed?"
Upon hearing this, the white-boned scholar gave a wry smile and was about to say, "Miss Yu, please don't tease me," when he suddenly realized something.
If anyone else had said this to him, the White Bone Scholar certainly wouldn't have taken it seriously, but when the person who said it was Yu Naixin...
It seems she really is capable of doing it?
Almost instantly, the white-boned scholar raised his head and straightened his back.
Yu Naixin's arm could no longer support her, and it naturally slipped off the White Bone Scholar's shoulder.
[Damn, these two were both sitting on the stool, and the skeleton was hunched over, looking self-conscious. It would have been easy for the newcomer to put his arm around his shoulder, but now the height difference is back. It's so funny, hahaha!]
[Holy crap, I have a feeling this newbie would actually do something like this! She wouldn't actually want to test the hunting conditions for skeletons, would she? Try it and die?!]
What's wrong with her thinking?!
[I really couldn't hold my breath when this newbie's hand fell; their arms are too short, hahaha!]
The White Bone Scholar paid no attention to these details. He stared straight at Yu Naixin, the ghostly blue flames in his eyes burning fiercely as if they were about to burst from their sockets: "Miss Yu! You... are you serious?"
“Didn’t you hear what I said to that male fox spirit?” Yu Naixin withdrew her hand, crossed her arms, and looked leisurely at the white-boned scholar. “As long as you behave, I won’t be stingy with rewards.”
Ultimately, having come this far, it's simply a matter of struggling and fighting back or accepting one's fate. The White Bone Scholar gritted his teeth, then quickly stood up and walked to a corner of the room.
Deep inside the cabinet that Yu Naixin recognized so well, the White Bone Scholar took out the jade pendant that Yu Naixin recognized even more.
The circular, emerald-green jade pendant was held in the palm of the skeleton scholar's hand, its broken tassels covering his already fully exposed skeletal joints, creating a strangely harmonious effect.
These are all old objects that have been weathered by many years, Yu Naixin thought as she looked at the jade pendant.
This time, the White Bone Scholar was very proactive. Seeing that Yu Naixin was interested in the jade pendant, he generously introduced its origin: "This jade pendant was obtained when I transformed into my current skeletal form."
"It contains a certain amount of spiritual power and is one of the few special items in Cocoon Village that possesses spiritual power."
"But I do not know how to use it. In my hands, it is merely a jade pendant that is intricately connected to my soul."
After a pause, the White Bone Scholar continued to tell the truth: "If Miss Yu is willing to accept this jade pendant as a token of love between us, then my... hunting conditions will be met."
After speaking, the White Bone Scholar fixed his gaze on Yu Naixin, his entire being radiating visible tension and trepidation as he awaited her next move.
[Aren't items with spiritual power considered magical artifacts? These are great items that the show's guests can add to their props!]
[As expected of a dungeon that gave birth to a domain lord, it even has spiritual artifacts! If this newcomer can get his hands on this jade pendant, he'll have some means of self-protection later on.]
[I'm a little confused for a moment. Who is the guest who is risking their life to please the other person, and who is the guest who is fearless and can deal with the other person however they want?]
Yu Naixin's demeanor was in stark contrast to that of the White Bone Scholar. She remained nonchalant, nodding perfunctorily as a response to his words.
Then, she reached out and took the jade pendant from the white-boned scholar's palm.
White Bone Scholar: "!!!"
As Yu Naixin's hand drew closer to the jade pendant, the scholar's heart leaped into his throat.
To be honest, he was worried that Yu Naixin would suddenly stop just before touching the jade pendant, then pull her hand back and say to him with a grin, "I don't want it anymore."
After all, Yu Naixin had teased the fox demon priest in the same way at the tailor shop.
However, this time, Yu Naixin still did something that Bai Gu Shusheng did not expect.
She deftly took the jade pendant, placed it in her hand, and examined it carefully.
There were no unexpected incidents throughout the entire process.
However, the comments section was very surprised.
[Holy crap, she actually accepted?!]
[She didn't deliberately tease the skeleton, or was she just playing with it?]
That's a crucial item related to the conditions for hunting skeletons! Is this newbie crazy?!
【No way, don't tell me this female guest caused such a stir and made such a big fuss all the way here, only to get eliminated in this kind of segment???】
The scholar was no less shocked than the viewers in the live stream. It wasn't until Yu Naixin had turned the jade pendant over completely that he finally realized that Yu Naixin had actually accepted his jade pendant!
Immediately, the White Bone Scholar disregarded everything else, and his sinister spiritual power surged up, about to sweep towards Yu Naixin.
Yu Naixin noticed something, raised her head, and saw the familiar, enthusiastic smile blooming on the face of the white-boned scholar.
The White Bone Scholar's mouth was still wide open, still turned up to an angle that no living person could reach, still taking up almost half of his face, still revealing two rows of gleaming white teeth.
Just as the skeleton scholar's entire face was about to disappear, turning into a skull, Yu Naixin showed a rather incredulous expression and asked in bewilderment, "What's your hurry?"
It was at this very moment that the White Bone Scholar suddenly realized that his spreading spiritual power could not reach Yu Naixin's body at all!
Just like before Yu Naixin received the jade pendant, she had a protective layer specially set up by the production team to completely isolate his spiritual power!
White Bone Scholar: "...?!"
The White Bone Scholar's face was still half living flesh and half skeleton, which was quite a terrifying appearance, but when combined with his completely frozen smile, it looked comical no matter how you looked at it.
Yu Naixin looked at him and said in a very soft voice, "I didn't say anything, so who gave you permission to move?"
[…Holy crap! That line really hit me hard! Who called her the new little witch before? It was so fitting, she really does have magic!]
I don't understand! How did she do that?!
[OMG, that skeleton's expression is hilarious! It perfectly captures the meaning of "questioning life," hahaha!]
[I checked the live stream information several times, and she's a newbie! Even if she gets a lot of Sweet Coins as tips, she can only buy spirit weapons and other weapons with spiritual power after the newbie program dungeon ends. Right now, her shop only has submachine guns and machetes, and she hasn't even taken them out to use!]
White Bone Scholar: "..."
For a moment, the White Bone Scholar was completely at a loss as to what to say or do.
He didn't even know what he should be thinking; his mind was simultaneously in a state of blankness and a jumble of thoughts.
"What are you wondering about?" Yu Naixin's expression grew increasingly puzzled. "Didn't you say yourself that I have to willingly accept the jade pendant?"
"I only accepted the jade pendant as a token of our love, but I didn't do it willingly."
【？？？】
【? ? ?What? ? ? 】
[...I'm speechless, I'm absolutely speechless! How could such a simple question have completely fried my brain's CPU?!]
【You, me, him, damn it, all I can say is, as expected of you! As expected of you!】
She didn't say any sarcastic words, but I felt like she was mocking me deeply!
White Bone Scholar: "………………"
The blankness and chaotic thoughts in the White Bone Scholar's mind became even more tangled and confused.
“It’s not like I didn’t give you a chance.” Yu Naixin said calmly, “The moment I accepted the jade pendant, I was truly willing.”
Deliberately mimicking the White Bone Scholar's previous expression, Yu Naixin grinned, her smile like that of a devil: "But you missed out yourself."
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