Chapter 48.84: Yu Hui and Backstabbing
“Xiao Bai, don’t you find that person familiar?”
“Hmm? Are you talking about Lady Ziai?”
“Why do you call her Lady?”
“Hmm? ….”
Caught off guard by the question, I fell silent, unsure how to respond.
“Ah, why is that?”
I couldn’t come up with a reason, but the title just slipped out.
“I see.
It’s quite normal for me to have an impression, though. It’s probably residual memories from the past three worlds.
I must know that woman named Ziai, and not just be acquainted.
“…Good with Brother-…”
At that moment, Keling, who had been in low spirits since earlier, spoke up.
Her words made Xinran and I exchange glances, a sudden realization dawning on us. We also discovered the reason.
That’s right, she looks so much like Lord Juncheng.
It wasn’t just her appearance; her aura and other aspects all had Lord Juncheng’s presence.
Yes, if I had to put it, she was like a gender-bent Lord Juncheng.
It’s precisely because she resembles Lord Juncheng so much that I probably called her Lady Ziai?
“Hey, Xinran… What’s going on here? When can we go home?”
“This… I didn’t have time to explain it to you earlier, but a very troublesome situation has occurred, and it involves Brother too.”
“It’s not that I’m excluding you, but it’s too dangerous here. You’ve seen it too.”
Xinran pointed to the sky above. I understood her meaning and followed her gaze upward.
An incomprehensible scene was unfolding in the sky. It felt like a Hollywood special effects movie couldn’t achieve that level of complex combat.
The sheer scale of the battle was beyond comprehension just by looking.
“This is too dangerous a place for me. I can’t protect you, Keling…”
Yes, this place was too dangerous.
For both Xinran and I, this was an overwhelmingly dangerous place.
The rampaging Kaoru Tsukiyose and the all-out Amaterasu, their power levels were already crushing us.
Not to mention the battle happening overhead—that was several dimensions above us.
To me, Xinran’s explanation was perfectly reasonable. The situation here was indeed too special. For Keling, an Ordinary person, it was much safer to stay at home.
However, Keling didn’t listen.
She screamed hysterically, interrupting Xinran.
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“That’s not important!!!”
She sounded like an unreasonable child, but her words struck deep.
“If you do that, won’t you be like Brother before?!”
Xinran shuddered. Keling’s words had touched her.
She understood that feeling. Lord Juncheng had always protected his younger sisters by not telling them anything that was happening, shielding them from abnormal disturbances.
But those being protected often couldn’t grasp the protector’s intentions. Or rather, they didn’t want to stand behind Lord Juncheng’s back, but rather stand by his side, holding his hand, and facing everything together.
Keling tightly grasped Xinran’s hand, her eyes tearing up.
“You… you’re going to leave me behind again…”
Xinran hugged Keling tightly and comforted her.
“No, I’ll never leave you behind again.”
“….”
It was truly moving. Is this what sisters are like…?
“Oh no! I was wrong!”
A sudden cry came from Senior Lanhua’s side, or rather, from Lady Ziai.
Then Senior Lanhua started a conversation with her, and we could clearly hear their dialogue.
But after listening, I felt the same as Senior Lanhua.
I had no idea what she was talking about.
“You say everything you do has a purpose… Isn’t that obvious? we do everything with a purpose. We don’t act without thinking, right?
Wouldn’t that make us mindless zombies?
Then she said she was being used and realized she had a problem.
This was what I couldn’t understand the most. Who did she realize she was being used by?
Her voice suddenly stopped.
“Ziai?”
Her expression was a little off.
Senior Lanhua approached worriedly. A sense of foreboding suddenly washed over me.
This premonition made me move involuntarily, running towards Senior Lanhua and the others.
I didn’t notice anything unusual, but I definitely felt a sense of dissonance, like a fishbone stuck in my throat.
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Could it be that Lady Ziai…
“…Never mind.”
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However, by the time I reached them, Lady Ziai had already recovered.
“No use dwelling on it now. Let’s think about what to do next.”
“Right, this is the Ziai I know~ Hoho, no matter how bad things get, you always desperately search for a solution, don’t you? That’s your and Juncheng’s way, isn’t it?”
“Ah, you’re right. Regretting it now is useless. In any case, Demon Lily is currently holding back the Great Demon King, buying us precious time. We can’t waste it.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to find Li Nai now. You said Li Nai is also a source of madness… called Crimson Moon, right?” He looked disheveled and pathetic… Since I didn’t know his name, calling him a loser like Lady Ziai felt a bit strange, so I’ll call him a virgin instead.
The virgin nodded and said.
“Yes, the sources of madness, called Crimson Moon, are three in total. I can set up at most three. Although only Ji seems to be affected, and neither Juncheng An nor Li Nai seem to react at all, I guarantee that the source is those three.”
“Earlier, I took advantage of the uneven information and pretended to be Li Nai’s colleague to approach Juncheng An and Li Nai. That’s when I chose them as Crimson Moons.”
So this guy was the Culprit behind everyone’s emotional instability. If it weren’t for him, everyone wouldn’t be so emotional, and…
Recalling the inappropriate things I did while holding Lord Juncheng’s hand, a great sense of guilt welled up, along with a slight…
Just a tiny bit… an unbearable itch to do it a few more times…
It’s all your fault.
You damned bastard, I hope you die a virgin, you virgin.
“Will relieving one Crimson Moon have an effect? So, I must find Li Nai. As you can see from the sky, it’s already urgent. At times like this, if madness takes over their reason, they might lose control of the scene. Even the Head Maid.”
“You’re right. Let’s douse the hot-headed ones with cold water.”
“So, find Li Nai first, and then—”
“Do you need my help?”
Senior Lanhua asked.
“No, Lanhua, you stay here. You still need to transfer Destiny Power to Demon Lily, you can’t be too far from her.”
“Then, this matter will be handled by me, the loser… and Yu Hui. The three of us will do it.”
“Xinran needs to stay and look after Keling. You look at me and ask.”
At this point, Lady Ziai turned her head and answered in a certain tone.
I reflexively responded with utmost respect.
“Yes! No problem!” And the virgin to find Li Nai.
And so, it was decided that I, Lady Ziai, and the virgin would go find Li Nai. This city doesn’t have many people left, so I used my divine sense to search for the remaining people.
Of course, I can’t search aimlessly…
I will find Li Nai no matter where in the city he is.
I searched for these people one by one, but I felt a fluctuation of Destiny Power from you. What’s going on?”
“…It should be because you’re not a Witch. Ordinary people can’t understand.”
“You call me a virgin too, even though I’ve lived this long!”
“Huh? Wait! Why are you a virgin?”
“Is there a problem? You pervert! My name is Yang Shifan!”
“That’s even worse! I have a name!”
I don’t want to bother with you. The locations have been confirmed.’
“Lady Ziai, the locations of the remaining people…”
Lady Ziai nodded, hugged her arms, and started searching one by one.
“Good job. Then let’s start with the most…”
“Okay.” Seemingly everything was going smoothly…
We were proceeding step-by-step as planned.
But accidents often happen at such times. We had barely taken a few steps when I heard a sound.
I was in the front, leading the way, but only…
*Puchi.* Two of Yang Shifan’s hands…. one emerged from his chest.
When I looked back, I saw three hands. One emerged from Yang’s back, piercing through his chest.
A hand blade… pierced Yang Shifan’s…
…Eh.
I was completely stunned. My mind couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
Yang Shifan himself was the same. He seemed to be in disbelief, his body, which had received a fatal wound, immediately reacted.
He himself seemed not to understand what had happened, his face blank, but his fatally wounded body immediately reacted. A large amount of blood flowed from his mouth.
300k.SFA I rushed forward and shouted.
At this moment, I had come to my senses and immediately S
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“Lady Ziai! What are you doing?! Yang Shifan!”
Ziai… Why did you kill… Lady Ziai said… she’s being controlled!
I suddenly remembered that just now, Lady Ziai… there wasn’t a single flaw, just like the real person!
To act so perfectly, you shouldn’t die!
My first thought was, this isn’t enough to eliminate the source of madness!
If he dies, no one can save Yang Shifan.
So I decided to save him, a fatal mistake.
But at this moment, my judgment was wrong. I should have killed him on the spot. That way, I could have made it in time.
What I should have done was not save Yang Shifan. He wouldn’t have died completely even if he was killed, and he could have escaped from Lady Ziai…
Because this world doesn’t allow death, he didn’t immediately revive because Lady Ziai’s insertion cleverly avoided the heart.
Yang Shifan didn’t die immediately because she only damaged his lungs, not his heart.
She did it intentionally. [Crimson Moon Frenzy], designate Crimson Moon as Yuhui Bai.
“[Destiny Power Forced Activation],” the expressionless Lady Ziai opened her mouth trembling, unable to form complete sentences, only uttering fragmented words…
Yang Shifan looked back at the face desperately…
“…Why…” As she said this, Lady Ziai…
“It’s not time to stop yet… Yes.”
At Lady Ziai’s feet, that was…
That wasn’t a shadow… it was just a shadow!
That was… it just looked like…
Why didn’t I think of it sooner… My emotions were escalating, close to losing control.
My consciousness became blurry, my emotions… I didn’t want to think about anything anymore. My mind was blank, I didn’t care about anything…
Whatever…
I want… Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! I want you!
Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng! Lord Juncheng!
