Chapter 33: Dream and Reality Exchange Day (2)
“Cough, cough, don’t do this, Xueqing. We were just joking. Don’t be angry.”
But you look like you’re angry, and you keep throwing knives at us. Isn’t this a warning?
Xueqing tilted her head in confusion, then looked at my expression and suddenly understood.
“Oh, I see.”
Then Xueqing straightened her face and said with a poker face.
“Just disarming first.”
With that, she took out another short sword from her waist and threw it onto the floor. Next was Xueqing’s solo performance. The throwing knife bag tied to her thigh, the dagger hidden in her stomach, the saber on her back, and so on.
I watched, my scalp tingling and my teeth gritting, as I complained. Yu Hui and Lily had similar expressions.
“How many weapons did you hide on yourself?”
“Backup only.”
“You don’t need this many for backup, do you?”
“Knives get dull easily.”
“Ah, I see…”
I, who was about to ask more questions, suddenly hit my hand as if I had a revelation, and cupped my chin, thinking about why Xueqing carried so many knives.
It was because they were weapons for hunting killer demons.
Ordinary weapons were simply useless against demon-possessed humans who had superior physical abilities to ordinary people, making their skin and muscles much tougher.
Moreover, as soon as a knife cut into flesh, the blade would touch grease and become dull. Even the best knife would likely be unable to kill demons multiple times.
That’s why Xueqing carried so many weapons. It was to guard against potential ambushes, and if the necessary weapons were used up, she would be like a tiger with its fangs removed, posing no threat.
“Actually, Xueqing, you don’t need to carry so many weapons anymore, right? You can now cut through anything at will, equivalent to possessing the ultimate blade that can slay all things in the world.”
Jiang Xueqing’s ability after awakening as a Witch of Calamity allows her to designate a target for a specific kill, and then completely ‘kill’ the designated target. This target can be a person or an object. When the target is a person, all it takes is a touch of the blade’s tip to make the other person die immediately. When the target is an object, the object will instantly disintegrate.
A fatal blade that kills on contact, like poison with no antidote, is a terrifying ability.
Xueqing told me all this herself. She hadn’t truly used this ability since she gained it.
She only used air blades that didn’t require contact to cut. After awakening and undergoing Oniification, Xueqing could even sever an entire building, or everything within a radius of several hundred meters.
In other words, Xueqing was currently the strongest in terms of combat power. If she wanted to, she could press the tip of her blade to our backs and threaten us to immediately stop our foolish actions. The fact that she was only expressing her emotions by throwing knives was already very considerate.
It was like someone who needed to keep a gun under their pillow just to fall asleep.
I didn’t intend to continue this farce either; I just wanted to ease the tense atmosphere.
Since Xueqing seemed angry because we were goofing off, it was better to get back to the main topic immediately.
“Cough, cough, alright, no more messing around. Hurry and take off your clothes. Let’s check if there are any important clue items hidden inside.”
“You’ve already stripped our clothes! Hurry up and change back to your original form! We’re only resisting because you transformed into Juncheng!”
That’s true.
I closed the magic circle and returned to my original form. Looking at Xueqing and Lily, whose clothes I had removed to the point of being nearly nude, I also took off my own maid outfit.
Xueqing, on the other hand, had already completely undressed. After removing all her weapons, she was incredibly fast at taking off her clothes. It seemed Xueqing had already finished undressing before I even dispelled the magic circle.
She showed no signs of shyness, remained unaffected even when seeing me transform into Juncheng, and naturally raised her hands to cooperate with the search.
Was it because Xueqing never showed her emotional fluctuations on her face, or was she simply used to such scenes?
Juncheng, did you really do anything to Xueqing?
“Alright, hurry up, what are you waiting for?”
“You were just looking so ashamed, and now you’re suddenly so righteous. It seems I should transform into Juncheng when searching you.”
“Huh?! No!”
Of course, I was just trying to scare Lily. If we messed around again, Xueqing would really get angry.
First, I used the thread to test the clothes of the four of us. The thread had no reaction, which meant the clue was not on us.
Besides me, the thread reacted to Xueqing and the other two, indicating that all three of them had clues.
Although I was happy to find clues on people nearby, the fact that it didn’t directly point out what the clue was was quite annoying. Who knows what it could be?
The thread wasn’t showing any intention of tangling around them either. Hmm?
Just as I thought that, the thread, like ‘last time,’ wrapped around Lily, and the skein of thread shrunk. Lily herself was a clue!
“Important item three, a Pure-hearted Succubus! Get! Doze.”
“Don’t say it like you’ve caught a Pokémon!”
“But look, the thread even shows that it’s tangled around you, Lily. Speaking of which, succubi shouldn’t be called Pokémon, they should be called ‘girl monsters,’ and their chest sizes also fit.”
If only these threads could become ropes.
Oh, they actually turned into ropes. As expected, Ariadne’s Thread is very understanding.
Then, using these ropes for some special binding methods that could protrude and rub certain areas would be perfect.
This is also what the masochistic Lily wants the most, but it’s a shame her own Master can’t tie her up personally, otherwise Lily would be even happier and more excited. ‘Huh? It turned into a rope? Why are you tying me up?! This way of tying is too much! Wait, why did you tie a knot there?! Aaahhh!’
“Of course, it’s so you can be packed and taken away. What, do you have any complaints? How dare a mere succubus question me? There’s no need for so many ‘why’s.”
“Why is it always me who suffers? I thought Zi’ai, you were reflecting on yourself.”
“Your head is still too sweet.”
“Mew, let me go!”
After packing Lily, I directed the thread towards Yu Hui. Yu Hui defensively took a stance, fearing that she would be the next girl monster to be tied up by the rope. 22nd dimension.
However, this time the thread did not entangle Yu Hui, but instead kept pointing towards Yu Hui’s head. Did this mean the clue was in Yu Hui’s head? Or her memories?
But how could I know which part of her memory the thread was pointing to?
So, I’ll skip this for now.
Next, I should check what the clue on Xueqing is.
But at this moment, Xueqing actually escaped!
Without even wearing her clothes, she ran out of the room without looking back. I immediately realized something was wrong. Could it be that Xueqing knew what the clue on her body was beforehand, and she didn’t want us to get it, which is why she ran away!
No, I have to chase after her immediately!
I didn’t have time to put on clothes either and chased after her. Yu Hui, reacting second, also rushed out with me.
Lily, however, was unable to move because her body was bound. Seeing us about to run out of the room, she yelled at us.
“Untie me first!”
“I don’t have time for that now!”
With Xueqing’s speed, if I didn’t chase after her immediately, I was afraid I would lose sight of her in a few seconds.
Why are you running, Xueqing!
Is that clue item so important that it outweighs even the matter of resurrecting Juncheng!
I didn’t hear footsteps on the stairs. Did she jump out the window directly?
But the corridor windows were closed. Not to mention opening them, even the curtains hadn’t been pulled open.
Is she still in the house?
Perhaps in another room on the second floor. But with Xueqing’s skills, walking without making a sound isn’t difficult.
“Yu Hui, search the first floor. I’ll look for Xueqing on the second floor.”
“Understood.”
The situation was urgent, so there was no time to put on clothes. Yu Hui hurried downstairs, while I took out my phone and used its flashlight to illuminate the dark corridor on the second floor, slowly exploring forward.
I felt a chill, and my feet felt like they were stepping on snow, incredibly cold. Where was this cold air coming from?
Creak–
At this moment, a door on my right opened a crack automatically. I reflexively shone my light towards it, only catching a few wisps of white mist.
Is this a cold storage room?
Bag SF Light Novel.
Many people had warned me, and Xueqing herself had told me not to go in there without permission.
I heard it was used to store the hands, fingers, and eyeballs of killer demons, to restrain the demons possessing these killer demons. But no matter how you put it, storing these terrifying severed limbs would make anyone reluctant to go inside.
Now, the cold storage door suddenly opened, wasn’t that an invitation for me to go in?
Did Xueqing want me to go in and investigate?
Although I really wanted to go back and put on clothes before entering this cold storage room, from which I could feel the cold just standing outside the door, I was afraid this might be Xueqing’s trap. When I went back to put on my clothes, she might slip away.
After some thought, I decided to go in and see.
First, I illuminated the inside of the cold storage room with my phone. Without anyone else, I half-crouched, pushed the slightly ajar door gently, and slowly walked into the cold storage room.
At this moment!
I felt killing intent from above. I immediately rolled forward, and a thud came from behind. As expected, Xueqing had jumped down from above.
Falling down, Xueqing closed the door behind her with her backhand. At the last moment, I saw Yu Hui rushing towards us, and then the surroundings plunged into darkness.
Click. Xueqing turned on the cold storage light. She wasn’t actually holding a weapon in her hand; she was just pretending to stab me. The purpose was only to make me dodge forward and close the door.
It was to trap me in here.
Okay.
“Xueqing. Do you know what the clue is?”
Xueqing nodded and said calmly.
“Juncheng’s finger.”
That finger that Juncheng himself cut off and gave to Xueqing. So that was the clue!
By the way, you were all naked just now. Where did you hide Juncheng’s finger?
“I’ll give it to you if you find it.”
“What if I don’t find it?”
The emotionless loli in the bone-chilling cold storage room spoke to me with the coldest, most emotionless words.
“Then… die.”
