"Mmph, mmph!"
—Mei, Mei!
Through her peripheral vision, the newly awakened girl saw Raiden Mei, and her whole being couldn't help but become excited.
But... why can't I move?
Only at this moment did she realize her own weakness.
And she also understood that she didn't want to continue this shameful posture; she simply couldn't change it.
Although small movements were no problem, she was completely unable to distance herself from the man before her... Why have I become so weak?
Only now did her brain, which had been dormant for who knows how long, truly begin to function slowly.
But for a moment, she still couldn't recall anything. She just instinctively wanted to get away from the man's "demonic mouth" before her, especially in front of Raiden Mei.
Fortunately—
"Sorry..."
Leo, feeling an inexplicable chill, hurriedly got up and pulled away from those soft vermilion lips.
To be fair, he really wasn't that lecherous.
Of course, this didn't mean he had no thoughts about the girl before him, but rather that there was absolutely no need to rush.
To put it bluntly, in this environment, he would have a chance to claim her sooner or later anyway.
And more critically, he could feel that the girl before him was so weak, and he didn't want to take advantage of someone in a precarious position.
The reason he froze just now was entirely because he was too surprised... He hadn't expected this lass to initiate the kiss!
But now, with Raiden Mei's reminder, he naturally got up in a hurry.
"Hmph!"
Hearing Leo's apology, the girl snorted coldly, her mood not improving in the slightest.
Turning her gaze to Raiden Mei, she asked, "Mei, where is this?"
"What is our situation right now?"
She asked very naturally, as if she had shared a friendship with Raiden Mei for many years.
However—
"Sorry..."
Seeing Leo get up, Raiden Mei also calmed down and said to Kiana, "I might not be the Raiden Mei you know, because in my memories, your existence is absent."
"Also, you are Miss Kiana Kaslana, right?"
After speaking, she also noticed the other party's extremely abnormal state of weakness.
"Eh!?"
Hearing Raiden Mei say this, the girl... Kiana couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"Of course I'm Kiana, and you are definitely the Mei I know!"
Saying that, as if realizing something, she turned her head to glare at Leo and said, "Is it you who bewitched Mei?"
"You're wrongly accusing me there."
Looking at Kiana with a helpless expression, Leo couldn't help but say, "I don't have that kind of capability."
After speaking, he vaguely realized that his previous concealment had been in vain.
But that was fine; he could use Kiana to verify his conjectures.
It was just that he somewhat anticipated how dangerous the situation would be afterwards, so he began cutting the bedsheets on the bed into cloth strips.
"What are you doing..."
"That's right, this has nothing to do with him."
Nodding, Raiden Mei interrupted Kiana's questioning of Leo, stepping forward voluntarily to say, "I indeed haven't met you."
"It's just that in a recent dream of mine, I dreamed of experiences together with you."
"So, so..."
Pursing her lips, she placed her hand on her chest and mustered the courage to ask, "You should know why this is, right?"
"..."
Ignoring Leo's actions, Kiana looked silently at Raiden Mei.
A moment later—
"I understand... Mei, you have been completely assimilated by this place."
"However—"
After sensing carefully for a bit, she couldn't help but reveal a slightly helpless smile.
"It seems I'm not much better off. Not only my strength, but my memories are also chaotic."
"But in any case, you don't need to be lost. We definitely come from the same world."
After speaking, she tried hard to move, but couldn't do anything.
Weak as she was, she couldn't even sit up; at most, relying on astonishing perseverance, she could lift her head or slightly raise her hand.
"Stop struggling. I'll take you out of here first."
Having cut the bedsheet into enough cloth strips, Leo said to Raiden Mei, "Mei, don't think so much for now. We'll talk again after we get back."
"Help me tie Kiana to my back."
After speaking, he first hoisted Kiana from the bed onto his back, then asked Raiden Mei to tie the cloth strips tight for him.
The weak Kiana couldn't even actively hug him, so he could only use these strips to firmly secure her to his body.
The only thing he felt fortunate about was that the girl's slender and graceful body wasn't heavy... Of course, this was also related to his enhanced physical constitution.
Otherwise, to be fair, judging from the soft sensation on his back, Kiana was actually quite well-endowed.
"Mn."
Forcibly restraining her chaotic thoughts, Raiden Mei hurriedly sprang into action.
And after she finished—
"Mei, you don't need to let your imagination run wild right now. Just think about one question."
Moving his body slightly and finding no major issues, Leo continued to say to Raiden Mei, "After you entered Chiba Academy, did you really ever see your father again?"
"!"
Hearing Leo's question, Raiden Mei felt as if enlightened; her originally chaotic thoughts finally had a direction for contemplation.
"Prepare for combat. Hurry back into the blade."
After letting Raiden Mei return to the weapon, Leo carried the blade and left the cell with Kiana on his back.
"You saw through it?"
Seeing Leo calm Raiden Mei down so easily, the look Kiana gave Leo couldn't help but be somewhat subtle.
"You already said those kinds of things; how could I not guess?"
Although responding to Kiana's words with his mouth, Leo's focus was already concentrated on the entrance of the Negative First Floor.
There, a considerable commotion had already appeared.
Then, Zombies flooded into this narrow Negative First Floor like a tide.
In other words, if Leo wanted to take Kiana out of here, he had to carve out a bloody path.
Without hesitation, he stomped the ground, wielding his long sword to actively charge towards the Zombies.
Fortunately, neither he nor Kiana behind him feared being infected by the Zombies.
He went without saying; compared to being infected by Zombies, the probability of him being eaten by Zombies first was higher.
As for Kiana, she naturally possessed ultra-high Honkai Resistance.
So let alone these Zombies, even if she were given a piece of Honkai fragment to eat, she would probably chew it with relish.
—This might be worth a try!
Of course, Leo was just thinking about it now; killing their way out was still the most important thing.
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