Chapter 93: Game 7: Did you have a private deal with [Rules]?
The clay pot was so shocked that it rolled in the air and yelled, "Xiao-Xiao Tang!!! I used to respect you as a great [Magician], but why are you turning your back on me now?!?"
"You should respect me, so why should I be nice to you?"
He Yuezhe covered his forehead and suddenly crouched down!
"Bang!"
"Ouch! Xiao Tang, please be gentle! I won't talk about her anymore, no no no, I won't talk about you anymore!!!"
...Sure enough, Tang Xiqin kicked the earthen jar again.
Fortunately, He Yuezhe squatted down in time, otherwise she would have happily taken off with the clay pot.
"Xiao Tang..." the earthenware pot's voice came melodiously, "I will definitely come back to find you..."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!"
"Alright, get up now," a hand was extended in front of He Yuezhe. "Let me be clear, I kicked it away because I couldn't stand its behavior. I wasn't trying to protect you."
"Um?"
“???”
“????”
"Okay, okay, thank you, Captain!" He Yuezhe took the girl's calloused hand and stood up easily.
"I already told you I'm not defending you!!"
He Yuezhe nodded and said righteously, "Well, if the captain hadn't warned me in advance, I would have been kicked out too."
"You!!! I didn't warn you..."
Tang Xiqin's face turned red for a second, and then gradually faded as her voice became softer.
"...But, forget it. Think whatever you want. I can't control you guys anyway."
"The captain is the best!"
"Hey hey hey hey!!! Why are you touching my legs???!"
"What? Captain, I only have two hands, and they're all here. How can there be anything else—"
He Yuezhe showed her hands aggrievedly, but her eyes caught a glimpse of the inexplicable energy fluctuations lingering on Tang Xiqin's legs.
"Oh, Captain, it seems like something that shouldn't be there has crawled onto your legs." She kicked the energy into the air and then caught it.
"This feels... [Deformed]?" Tang Xiqin frowned, "How could it be—"
"Back off and close your eyes!"
“Sizzle, sizzle…”
The sound of flames burning something suddenly appeared less than 10 centimeters away from He Yuezhe!
She watched the two flaming daggers stop in front of her, then closed her eyes and decisively took a few steps back to avoid their attack!
"Host! This is one of the rules of the city, please be careful!"
[Rules within the city]?
...Yeah, it seems I can only take it one step at a time.
He Yuezhe closed his eyes and turned off the energy visualization at the same time.
She guessed that it was because of the energy visualization that she saw the [Deformed Species], and that was why the [Rules] took action against her.
So [Rules] is taking action now just to take away his eyes?
But why does this [Rule] only affect me? Isn't there someone else next to me?!
"Captain, get out of the way!" He Yuezhe already had a solution in mind, so he shouted.
She took several steps back, while the dagger kept approaching!
He Yuezhe raised her hand and placed the [Deformed Species] in front of her eyes. Soon, the [Deformed Species] "obediently" climbed onto her face, and a thin membrane was pulled out from the sticky gaps between the blood vessels.
"Minglin!" Tang Xiqin's voice was anxious. "[Deformed Species] can suck blood, be careful!"
Does it suck blood?
...But my health points haven't decreased.
“Pah.”
“Sizzle…!”
The film shattered and the sound of the burning flame gradually subsided.
He Yuezhe felt that the thing on her face seemed to have lost its suction and was falling down her face bit by bit.
After confirming that it was safe, He Yuezhe opened his eyes.
Outside the filter that was blood-red due to blood splattering on her eyeballs, Tang Xiqin was holding the two daggers with a strange look in her eyes.
"What, what's the matter, Captain?" He Yuezhe's body trembled. She had to take off the [Deformed Species] before asking timidly.
"Hey, let me be clear, I'm not concerned about you, I just came to see this [Deformed Species]."
"besides--"
"You're being weird," Tang Xiqin said. "Magicians like us aren't actually punished by the rules for discovering a deformed species."
She crossed her arms and questioned, "But it let you go. Tell me, did you have a private deal with the [Rules]?!"
"Besides, you don't know the [city rules] yet, and you're completely unfamiliar with the [deformed species]!"
"This is so weird... Why would the Academy recruit a weirdo like you?" Tang Xiqin paced around a few times, muttering as she walked, "This is so weird, so weird..."
"Um, Captain," He Yuezhe called her and asked with surprise, "Can I use this dagger in your hand...?"
It seems that my bet was right. The rules in the city do protect the deformed species to a certain extent!
[Rules] You cannot take the initiative to attack [Deformed Species] in [the city]!
Once you are induced to take action, the [rules] will conflict with each other, causing the [props] to become ineffective in a short period of time!
In that case, I have to make good use of the [rules] and [tools] that I have barely managed to control by risking my life, right?
"Dagger? What the hell is this?!" The girl turned her head, confused, but when her eyes fell on her hands, she screamed, "Why is it still stuck to my hands?!!"
"Captain, I'm here to help!"
“Crack!”
"Damn it! Minglin, you can help me if you want to, but what do you mean by cutting my hand off?!"
"But Captain, your hands are stuck, so they're useless, aren't they?" He Yuezhe quickly explained, "Then I'll help you remove the useless stuff. This is obviously more effective than all other methods!"
"You—Okay! Then tell me, how am I supposed to draw the bow if I don't have any hands?!"
"Wouldn't it be nice if you could grow some more hands?"
"Damn you Minglin!!!"
"Captain, don't be angry, I have a way!"
He Yuezhe smiled and comforted the angry Minglin, while carrying her on his back, he picked up the [Deformed Body] that had rotted into a puddle on the ground and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Host, if I remember correctly...?"
"You'd better!" Tang Xiqin glared at her and walked out of the market, "Otherwise I'll chop off all your limbs!"
"Um!"
^
“Pah.”
“Sizzle…”
“Pah.”
“Sizzle…”
“Pah.”
“Sizzle…”
“Pah.”
"Minglin!" Tang Xiqin turned around, "How long are you going to keep playing with this [Deformed Species]?! You're so noisy!!"
"Oh, Captain, I want to [tame] it, but it doesn't seem to be very obedient." He Yuezhe pinched the [Deformed Species] lying listlessly on her shoulder and answered with some regret.
The two daggers were following closely behind her less than 3 meters away, and would rush forward immediately as soon as the [Deformed Species] appeared in her field of vision.
"Hmph, be careful or it might kill you." Tang Xiqin turned her head indifferently and reminded.
He Yuezhe nodded and replied, "I know my limits!"
“…I didn’t notice.”
"Hehe." Tang Xiqin said a sentence, paused for a few seconds and then added another sentence.
"Host, I strongly suspect the target of the mission is mocking you!"
"Shut up!"
“Pah.”
"Okay, I'll be more careful." He Yuezhe promised, "I won't let it die, at least not now."
“Sizzle…”
"I don't think it can survive being stabbed with this knife a few more times."
"Captain, I really like it and I won't let it die anytime soon!"
"Host, host??"
"You're crazy." After Minglin asked four question marks, she uttered a sentence for the first time.
"Whatever, I don't care about you," Tang Xiqin said, "but you must hide it when you look at the [rules] later. If it is seen, it will kill many people."
"I know! It's very well behaved, right?"
^
A middle-aged man and woman walked towards the alley arm in arm, looking very close.
"Sister, why did you suddenly want to look at the [Rules] today? Is there something that's hard to resolve? Tell me, and I'll make the decision for you!"
"No, our family is so rich, what could possibly happen?"
"I'm just worried about you. You've grown up now. We haven't seen each other for so long, and the first thing you did when you dragged me here was to read the Rules. I was worried that you might be..."
"No, no, you're always imagining those things. Really, I'm not the kind of person who likes to daydream. You're always talking nonsense."
"Oh, you're not that kind of person. Brother knows."
So the two people wearing floral coats looked up at the same time, looking at the piece of brown paper stuck on the wall in the alley.
Rules in the City
[Rule 1: All Magicians in the City are required to wear their Licenses at all times. If you find anyone not wearing one, subdue them immediately and report them to the relevant authorities!]
[Article 2: All [Magic] can be used within the [City]. If you discover someone using it, please encourage them immediately and report it to the relevant authorities!]
[Article 3: All humans within the city are protected by the rules. If you find anyone not protected by the rules, please read these rules 99 times in person.]
[Article 4: There are no [Deformed Species] in the [City]. If you find a [Deformed Species], please gouge out their eyes immediately and seek treatment from the relevant authorities!]
[Article 5: The Sun must exist within the city. If you cannot see the Sun, please gouge out your eyes immediately and seek treatment from the relevant authorities!]
[Article 6: There will be no incidents of [humans killing magicians] within the city. If you discover such a situation, please commit suicide immediately! !]
[Article 7: A [magician killing humans] incident has occurred within the city. If you are unfortunate enough to be involved, please commit suicide immediately! !]
[Article 8: Residents of the city must fully believe in the rules. If you do not believe, please ████ immediately!!!]
[Article 9: [Inside the city] ███████████████. If ████████████, please ████████!!!]
[Additional Rules]:
1. [Magicians] must be stronger than [Humans]!
2. [Magician] must be [female]!
3. [Magicians] are definitely not protected by [Rules]!
4. [Magician] must ███ [Magician]!
5. [Magician] must █████ [Deformed Species]!]
"The [high-level] are adding more and more additional [rules] to the [rules]. Are we ordinary people still going to have a chance to survive?"
"That's right! These are completely unfair terms. You can't do this or that. There's really no point in living anymore!"
"Also, have you noticed that there are fewer and fewer rich people in the city now? I guess they are all those who can't stand the rules and have fled to the outside of the city."
"[Outside the city]? Hey, my friend, it seems you know a lot about this! Can you tell us more?"
"Why? These are all confidential. Can I tell you whether I am still alive or not?"
"Let me tell you in secret, we actually have some assets too!"
"Um?--"
"Uh-huh--!"
"Is this true? I've been lied to a lot before, and I get nothing for it... Oh, tsk tsk, I don't want to do this again!"
"What do you mean? Don't quit, we really have money, we're not kidding you!"
"Hey, stop talking. It's obvious that this person doesn't trust us. What else can we say? Let's go!"
"But, but I—"
"etc!"
"I'm really rich!" "What? Are you trying to extort money?!"
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