"S-Strip Celestial Jade!!!"
The girls cried out in unison, their expressions a mix of astonishment, bewilderment, dull shock, and blushing shame.
"Wh-What is Strip Celestial Jade?"
As March 7th asked, she hugged her chest and shrank back, a bad premonition rising within her.
"It's easy to understand. Just as the name suggests, the loser removes a fixed number of clothing items according to the rules."
Caelus looked solemn, as if explaining the rules of an ancient Roman coliseum.
"Eeep!!!"
"T-Take off clothes!"
"Do we have to play for such high stakes?"
Although even the pure and innocent 'White' Seele could sense something odd just from the name 'Strip Celestial Jade,' once Caelus explained the gameplay and clarified the rules, the girls' expressions all changed to varying degrees.
March 7th's pretty face flushed red in an instant.
'White' Seele blushed like a ripe apple, round and soft. Her eyes darted around evasively like a startled deer, not knowing what to do.
Even the lazy and carefree Qingque's face changed.
Stelle clenched her fair, white hands, her breathing rapid. Unlike the other girls, her face was red from excitement.
Good job! Caelus-cub!
The only one who could remain calm was Little Duck.
Her shame threshold had been gradually raised by Silver Wing and Caelus's operations on the bed; everything that should or shouldn't be done had already been done.
Habit becomes nature; she had long since stopped caring about Caelus seeing her body. Besides, this was Silver Wing's body.
But...
Little Duck's brow twitched twice, her gaze sharpening slightly. This guy Caelus, his target wouldn't be Seele, would it?
"No way! No way, no way! This won't do, change the stakes."
Shaking her pink hair handsomely, March 7th shook her head like a rattle, her face red. She waved her hands in panic, refusing repeatedly until her hands were almost a blur.
"I support it! Let's play Strip Celestial Jade!"
Stelle lay on the large heart-shaped bed, raising her limbs to the sky in approval. She tilted her head to look at March, her voice filled with magnetism and carrying a deep resolve.
"Don't worry, Ah Qi. I will protect you until the very last moment!"
"On behalf of Bronya, I thank you for being such a 'good' teammate."
March 7th instinctively retorted, her arms still crossed in an 'X' shape in front of her chest, signaling rejection.
She was just a newbie. If they played this big, she would definitely lose until not even her panties remained.
Mainly, it was just too shameful!
Is Bronya really not going to manage Caelus?
March 7th turned to look at Caelus's nominal fiancée, only to find Bronya's solemn gaze shifting back and forth between Caelus and Seele, a flash of hesitation even crossing her eyes?
What kind of reaction is that?
"Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form... Benefactor March 7th, you are fixated on appearance."
Caelus sat cross-legged on the chair, palms pressed together in front of his chest. His expression was benevolent, his bearing solemn and majestic.
"Hey, hey, hey, even if you dress up as a monk, I won't play."
March 7th interrupted Caelus, finding it both annoying and funny.
Caelus shook his head kindly. "Let me tell you a story first.
"Long ago, a high monk was preaching in a temple. Faithful men and women sat on the ground, and the monks meditated in silence.
"Just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew, causing the banner hanging at the gate to flutter.
"This scene was witnessed by two monks. One said: 'It is the wind moving the banner; the banner itself is not moving.' The other monk said: 'You are wrong. There is no wind right now; the banner is moving by itself.'
"The two monks argued endlessly about this. Do you know who won and who lost?"
Caelus's vivid storytelling attracted the attention of all the girls.
Even Qingque was stunned, caught off guard. She hadn't expected the topic to shift suddenly from Strip Mahjong to Buddhist Dharma, and it actually sounded somewhat interesting.
"You just said a gust of wind suddenly blew, so it must be the wind moving the banner."
Resting her chin in one hand, March 7th thought for a moment and quickly arrived at the answer.
"I regret to inform you."
Master Caelus smiled with benevolent brows and kind eyes, continuing:
"Hearing the two monks arguing, the preaching Master said to them: 'It is not the wind moving, nor is it the banner moving; it is your minds that are moving.'"
"Oh! I get it!"
March 7th clapped her hands, a gleam of wisdom flashing in her smartly foolish eyes.
"The other monks were all meditating in silence. Only these two monks noticed the banner moving. Therefore, they weren't thinking about the scriptures seriously at all."
"Oh, Ah Qi, I'm looking at you in a new light. You actually comprehended that kind of logic!"
Stelle raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Congratulations on shedding the barrier of mundane knowledge, understanding your mind and seeing your nature, and proving the great way of life."
Caelus made a hand seal and laughed:
"Now, you understand, right? When our attention is entirely on the Celestial Jade, we need not care about these shed mundane items. What is taken off is merely external complexity, while our hearts remain clothed.
"All sentient beings are like bubbles and shadows. Dreams are empty, waking is empty, perceived connections are all empty. Benefactor, please take your seat."
Caelus smiled peacefully, extending a hand to invite March 7th.
"Oh~"
After a moment of deep thought on her small face, March 7th looked suddenly enlightened. She then quietly sat on the octopus chair, waiting for the game to start.
Ah?
Sh-She got bamboozled into sickness just like that?
Little Duck's eyes widened slightly, and Qingque's expression gradually turned odd, her impression of March 7th refreshing in her little brain.
A loading circle appeared over Stelle's head. It took a few seconds for her to react, secretly giving Caelus a thumbs-up, hands on her hips with pride.
As expected of me!
"I think... we can reconsider..."
Qingque coughed twice.
She didn't think too much of it. The first step to being easygoing and enjoying life was to see through oneself and have a clear understanding of every aspect of oneself.
Didn't she know her own conditions clearly enough?
She was just a poor civil servant who had nothing. Fortune turned like the seasons; she had enough for food and clothing but not enough for wealth. Among so many beautiful and cute super-girls around Caelus, which one wasn't better than her?
Qingque didn't feel Caelus was targeting her with Strip Mahjong. It was just that, even she had never played for such thrilling stakes!
"Qingque, are you voluntarily admitting defeat?"
Caelus stood up abruptly, his gaze locking onto the girl in cyan. His powerful aura made Qingque instinctively take a step back.
"Is your resolve for the Celestial Jade tiles only at this level!?"
His voice was solemn and low, like a grandmaster scolding a disciple who failed to meet the requirements of the inheritance.
"Shrinking back from a mere game of Strip Celestial Jade... how can I rest assured in handing the legacy to you? How can we carry the Celestial Jade tiles forward to glory! To promote it throughout the Galaxy!"
Sensing the raging fighting spirit and heat radiating from Caelus, Qingque sighed.
"Old Caelus, goading tactics won't work on me..."
Bamboozling her was even more impossible.
But considering March 7th, who had been bamboozled into taking a seat by Caelus, Qingque couldn't say the second half of her sentence.
"However."
A rare hint of seriousness appeared on her exquisite small face. Qingque's lazy sapphire eyes gradually became sharp as she clenched her small fist towards Caelus.
"But, since you've put it that way, I'll let you witness the bond between me and the Celestial Jade!"
"Good! That is the future President Qing! Please, take your seat!"
Like Huang Sirang welcoming Zhang Mazi, Caelus politely invited Qingque to the other erotic octopus chair.
"Bronya, Seele, you two don't have a problem, right?" Caelus asked, though he already knew the answer.
Just as he was bamboozling March 7th and goading Qingque, the consciousnesses of Silver Wing and Seele had returned from the Honkai World, persuading Little Duck and Seele through indirect means.
"No problem."
Little Duck/'White' Seele: With Silver Wing/Parallel World Me here, the advantage is mine!
The method to drag them into the battle was simple.
As long as Seele expressed her desire to play with Brother Caelus, 'White' Seele, knowing Seele liked Brother Caelus, wouldn't refuse.
On Little Duck's side, Silver Wing only needed to say one sentence to get her to voluntarily sit on the octopus chair: "Do you want to see Seele stripped naked in the end?"
"Before we officially start, do you want to go change your clothes?"
Seeing no one objected to playing Strip Mahjong anymore, Caelus nodded with satisfaction and spoke with a smile.
"Change... clothes?"
March 7th tilted her head, looking in the direction Caelus was pointing.
Hanging on the rack were cat-girl costumes, maid outfits, nurse uniforms, traditional Xianzhou erotic attire, and various colors and styles of silk stockings sponsored out of Caelus's own pocket.
"Special privileges for newbies. Not only are you two groups counted as one person each, but I'm also letting you change into outfits with more pieces. Wearing extra sets of stockings counts too. I'm taking good care of you, right?"
Caelus sat on the only normal chair, looking like a Demon King sitting on an invincible throne, helping the brave heroes grow, waiting for a challenger capable of fighting him and giving him pressure.
"Of course, Qingque, if you lack confidence in your strength, I don't mind if you also go change into an outfit that's more durable for stripping."
"No need. I won't lose at Celestial Jade!"
Qingque nodded vigorously, raising her head proudly.
Hoho, so there was this backup plan? Hachi-Caelus, you guy...
Stelle gazed at Caelus's confidently swelling smile, wild joy in her heart. She immediately stood up and dragged Little Duck to change clothes. Adding two pieces of erotic lingerie was good too!
Seeing Stelle's decisiveness, March 7th also immediately stood up to pick out stockings and outerwear.
Seele took back control of her body, glanced at Bronya, curled the corner of her lips, and walked towards the changing room with a cat-like tread as soft as cotton.
Fifteen minutes later, the four who had finished changing emerged from the changing room.
Stelle changed the most thoroughly. She replaced her original coat and skirt entirely, piecing together an outfit from erotic garments—a loadout purely for combat.
March 7th threw on an extra doctor's white coat, covered her two beautiful legs with white silk stockings embroidered with pink butterflies, and added a layer of safety shorts under her skirt.
"Wu!"
Little Duck spun around. Realizing that while Silver Wing's standard equipment didn't have much fabric, it had many components—more than most erotic costumes—she didn't change.
She just came over to see Seele, hoping she wouldn't put on anything too strange. However, the moment she saw Seele, she covered her face with her hands.
White-to-blue gradient cat ears perked up from her dark blue hair, the fluffy tips trembling with the girl's movements, and there was an additional cat tail behind her.
In her daze, Little Duck seemed to see a newborn blue-and-white kitten acting cute.
"Sister Bronya, how is it?"
Tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear, Seele revealed the soft flesh of her begonia-red ear tip through the gap in her scallion-white fingers, looking at Little Duck with a smile.
"As expected of Seele, so beautiful!"
Little Duck screamed like a marmot in her heart. Cat-ear Seele is just too cute!
She absolutely would not let anyone strip off Seele's clothes!
Even if I have to lose myself... I'm sorry! Silver Wing!
Little Duck made up her mind secretly.
Leaning diagonally against the only normal seat, head tilted to the left, knuckles pressed against his temple, Caelus watched the group approach. He straightened up like a Demon King who had been waiting for a long time, his eyes trailing a path of crimson light as he moved.
"Now, game, hajimeyo!"
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