Chapter 48: You’ll Make Me Cry If You Act Like This
After getting out of the elevator, we found Xue Qing first. Without even a moment to explain, I immediately carried her and ran out. It felt a bit unfair to her, but Xue Qing is an indispensable key combatant. I had to bring her along, no matter what.
After leaving Black Street, we took the subway straight to the Underworld. While on the subway, I explained everything that had happened to Xue Qing and called Lanhua to help me contact the others. The ghouls we were about to face were countless. Yu Hui should be very effective against these creatures with her magic.
As soon as I finished the call, I saw Lanhua cheerfully shaking her phone as she walked over from the carriage behind us. Yu Hui followed, a slightly apologetic expression on her face.
Well, it seems these two girls with yandere tendencies were already following me.
Even if I hadn’t called to inform them, they probably would have ended up together anyway.
While I usually find their presence bothersome and their gazes uncomfortable, in this emergency, it felt reassuring.
Finally, I sent Xinran a text message, telling her I wouldn’t be home tonight. I immediately received a reply: ‘Be careful and remember to use protection!’
Could she have misunderstood and thought I was going to a woman’s house to spend the night?
Your brother is on the last train of his life right now!
The worst-case scenario is I might never come home again. Should I just write a will?
No, no, no, don’t think such unlucky thoughts. I will definitely come back alive!
After thinking about it, I decided not to send another text. Mainly, I couldn’t find a good excuse to tell her what I was doing. If I lied carelessly, Xinran might see through it.
“It’s a surprise. I thought Juncheng, you were the type who would never ask others for help.”
“At this point, what’s the use of saying that?”
If it were before, I would absolutely never do anything to trouble others. Especially in such a dangerous situation, I would never let anyone else get involved. But now, I’ve actively dragged them into this. As a man, this is a failure, but now is not the time to worry about appearances.
“Then tell me, do you have any ideas right now?”
“No!”
“I knew it. Just going there with the two of us would be like sending ourselves to our deaths. In short, let’s gather everyone first and then figure things out, right?”
There’s nothing Li Nai and I can do alone, but with more people, it might be different.
So, the more people we have, the better. We need to gather everyone we can. That way, there might be a breakthrough.
“You’re right. Then I’ll ask for reinforcements too!”
“You? Where are you going to find reinforcements?”
“Juncheng, don’t forget my position in the class. I’m the Class Monitor!”
We have some really strong-looking students in our class. And as Class Monitor, Li Nai has high standing. If we can get some powerful individuals to help, maybe this situation can be resolved easily.
“Watch me round up a large force of fresh troops and drive those ghouls back!”
Li Nai confidently took out her phone and started making calls, asking for help one by one. But as I saw her expression grow more and more disappointed, I knew almost no one was willing to help her.
Finally, Li Nai was on the verge of tears, shaking my arm and blabbering incoherently.
“So, Class Monitor, your popularity isn’t that great either.”
Lanhua said, shrugging with schadenfreude.
“How could they do this… Waaah, I’m about to cry. Why isn’t anyone coming?”
“No, in this situation, anyone who comes is an idiot.”
Yu Hui said that sentence and then looked at me. The idiot she was referring to was naturally me. From her aura, which was several degrees lower than usual, and the downturn of her lips, I knew I had upset her again. It’s no wonder she’s unhappy when I rush into danger without regard for my own safety.
“But Juncheng, you came! And everyone you asked also came!”
“Ah, well…”
Xue Qing sat on my lap, looked up at me, and blinked without speaking. Lanhua didn’t argue and sat beside me, hugging my arm. Yu Hui, with a headache, held her forehead and sighed, then took out yellow paper from her bag to start making talismans.
“Because I’m an idiot like you. Hmm, they are too.”
“We… are not.”
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“Yes, only Juncheng is an idiot~ Little idiot~ Hehehe, but I like it~”
“Ha, Lord Juncheng, you always do the same thing. Are all men blockheads?”
“Don’t say that. At least this time, I’m not foolishly relying on myself alone, am I?”
“Hmm, I’ll complete you, Juncheng.”
Xue Qing turned around, hugged me, and nuzzled her head against my chest.
I smiled wryly and petted Xue Qing’s head. Xue Qing closed her eyes comfortably. Lanhua beside us looked envious and followed suit, nuzzling against my shoulder. Hey! Stop licking! Are you a cat?!
After receiving a glare from Yu Hui, Lanhua grudgingly released me and took out a small laptop to start operating it.
Meanwhile, Li Nai had a look of realization and clapped her hands.
“So that’s the difference between friends and a harem!”
“What difference? Ugh, don’t bother me for now. I need to start thinking of a plan.”
I closed my eyes and activated Thought Acceleration, and began discussing countermeasures with Kuuga.
“Hey, hey, Kuuga, are you there? Come and give me some ideas, Great Kuuga~”
After a few seconds, I heard Kuuga’s somewhat speechless voice.
“You seem to be losing more and more of your integrity?”
“Ahaha, you can say I’m becoming more sophisticated.”
“Hmph, sophisticated? Fine. This time, what is the most troublesome thing? You should know, right?”
“Miss Akiko’s corpse.”
Never mind the ghouls for now. The abilities possessed by Miss Akiko’s corpse are too terrifying.
In the Underworld, where only Undead exist, such abilities are like mind controllers. They can completely paralyze our forces.
“So, the first thing that needs to be dealt with is that corpse. Once that corpse is dealt with, the other problems won’t be major issues.”
“Hmm? Even if we deal with Miss Akiko’s corpse, there are still hordes of ghouls, right? Ghouls are the nemesis of corpses.”
“They are not on the same scale. No matter how many ghouls there are, they won’t exceed a few hundred. But the Undead in that city are tens of thousands.”
Many ants can kill an elephant, and besides, ghouls aren’t so powerful that they can fight one against a hundred. Moreover, the fact that they specifically take away monsters with the ability to ‘control corpses’ indicates that they can’t handle it on their own.
Kuuga, you’re so smart.
I thought of this before. You’re like the Edo Conan behind my back, and I’m the sleeping Kogoro Mouri.
Having you is like having another brain.
“It’s just borrowed wisdom. In any case, you know what needs to be done, right?”
I know, but this is a bit… Breaking through the encirclement of ghouls, reaching the very center, and maybe even defeating their leader to get to Miss Akiko’s corpse.
This is not just difficult, it’s damn difficult!
“Yes, it’s very difficult, so there’s a high chance of failure. Therefore, we need to leave one…”
“Leave what backup?”
“You actually know, don’t you? You should probably abandon the idea of not letting her face danger now.”
I actually knew. I thought of it from the beginning.
Ruansui holds a very special position in the hearts of the Undead. Even that Skeleton King was willing to give her his crown and heart.
So, if anything were to happen, and the other party took the lead, Ruansui might be able to restore those controlled Undead.
“Besides, you don’t have to worry so much. With that Magatama you gave her, ordinary ghouls can’t get close to her.”
“Right, there’s that Magatama.”
If that Magatama has a restraining effect on any ghost, it should also be effective against ghouls.
Also, Ruansui has some connection with the Undead. If she were here, it might boost morale somewhat. At least my morale would rise.
But letting her come to such a dangerous place still makes me uneasy.
“Then you’ll protect her. You did the same thing in the cemetery, didn’t you?”
“Yes, I’ll protect her.”
Ugh, have I fallen into a mental trap again?
It’s not about always keeping her in a safe place and hiding everything from her.
“If you keep hiding more and more things from her, she’ll feel excluded, won’t she? That’s when the thing you’re most worried about will happen: ‘Yandere-ization’.”
“Okay, okay!”
“I get it. I’ll go find her now.”
“Then, that’s all for the discussion. If the situation becomes urgent, I’ll borrow your abilities to assist you from the sidelines.”
“Oh, I’ll ask you to do that.”
Releasing Thought Acceleration and returning to the normal world.
I pulled out my phone and, with trepidation, dialed Ruansui’s number.
The call connected immediately.
“What is it, Jun Jun? Is something wrong?”
Hearing her voice, what I wanted to say vanished instantly. I stammered, “Ah, um, I’m sorry to call you so late. Ah, no, that’s not what I meant, that…”
I suddenly became unable to speak, fumbling with “um” and “ah” without getting to the point.
At this moment, she spoke to comfort me.
“Hehe, don’t hurry, Jun Jun. I’m right here. I’ll listen carefully.”
“Yes, what am I rushing for?”
Looking at the girls around me who, despite knowing the danger, were still following me, I suddenly felt confident. Taking a deep breath, I said:
“Ruansui, can you come help me?”
The answer I received was:
“Gladly.”
Of course, it was a definite yes.
