Looking at Mu Yao's nervous yet hopeful expression, Vain instantly found the answer in his heart.
To be honest, just as he had said in the past, this lass was quite interesting. He had thought of approaching her to pass the boring time, but he hadn't expected that the other party would actually...
Vain looked at Mu Yao's fragile, easily broken appearance, shrugged helplessly, his tone carrying a bit of nonchalance while still revealing solid honesty.
"I don't have that much idle time to play pretend with you."
A flash of light appeared in Mu Yao's eyes, but right after that...
"As for the second question, it is indeed a fact."
Snap!!!
Mu Yao's eye sockets instantly turned red, yet she tightly bit her lower lip, not letting her tears fall, striving to maintain the last shred of calmness.
Her voice carried an imperceptible tremor, yet it remained clear. "Did you have an ulterior motive when you approached me?"
"...Uh, thinking you're cute and quite interesting counts?"
"Did you really make a move against the Junior Student, Captain Chen, Sister Yan, and everyone in the Ability Bureau?!" Mu Yao stared blankly at him, her voice carrying an irrepressible tremor, her eye sockets instantly turning red. "Things have come to this, what on earth is your purpose?!"
Mu Yao's incomparably humble gaze made Vain feel uneasy all over for a moment.
However, he still answered truthfully. "I'm not clear about the people from the Ability Bureau, but seeing the Senior's exasperated appearance, he most likely took a hit."
"After all, there are a few interesting fellows in your Ability Bureau who can give him such a headache."
"As for the last question."
Vain suddenly hooked the corner of his mouth, revealing a demonic smile, which made Mu Yao feel increasingly uneasy.
"You guys should have noticed something, right?"
He suddenly stepped forward two steps, his voice unconsciously rising, carrying a frantic enthusiasm bordering on madness.
"The purpose of the Holy God Church this time is to completely subvert the entire Muyun City, and then take this as a starting point to step toward the whole world step by step!"
Mu Yao stood there dumbly, listening to these nightmare-like words, and the last shred of struggling light in her eyes vanished accordingly.
After a long while, a weak trembling sound squeezed out from her throat, as faint as a mosquito's buzz, yet carrying the despairing determination of complete disillusionment.
"Kill me."
"Hey, I managed to save you right in front of the Senior."
"Why did you save me?"
"Saved you just because I wanted to. This doesn't need any special reason."
Immediately afterward, Vain touched his chin again.
"If there has to be a reason, we've been getting along for a few months anyway."
"You are already so miserable now. If I were to just abandon you like this, wouldn't that make me look like a total beast?"
Hearing this, Mu Yao did not reply. She dazedly shifted her gaze, curled her entire body into a corner, and hugged herself tightly with both arms, attempting to find a trace of warmth and a sense of security.
Her eyes were filled with despair and helplessness, like a lost child who did not know where to go.
Today was New Year's Eve.
The two of them had originally been happily strolling and playing on the street together.
But now...
In a short span of time, her sky had completely collapsed.
Everything had changed.
Mu Yao did not know what she should do right now.
Nor could she distinguish what kind of thoughts were currently in her heart.
At this moment, she only felt as if she had been completely abandoned by the world, with no one to rely on and no hope...
'How wonderful it would be if all this were just a dream...'
Mu Yao's voice was as light as a sigh, radiating an aura of pity and helplessness throughout her body.
Right at this moment, a warm, large hand gently pressed down on the top of her head.
Of course she knew who this was, and she clearly knew what the other party had done.
Yet at this moment, she did not struggle, just sitting quietly there, letting the other party do whatever they wanted.
"So warm... so comfortable."
Mu Yao: (￣ _ ￣). z Z
Looking at the lovely figure who had unconsciously fallen asleep due to excessive mental and physical exhaustion, Vain quietly withdrew his hand, his movement as light as a feather.
"Mhm... Was I perhaps too excessive?"
Vain frowned, showing a rare contemplative expression.
His gaze fell on Mu Yao's serene sleeping face. Her long eyelashes cast shallow shadows beneath her eyes, yet her brows were still slightly knitted, as if she could not shake off her troubles even in her dreams.
However, this was quickly cast to the back of his mind.
At present, the two of them were located in a relatively spacious room.
Holding the Black Blood as well, Vain was not worried that any Extraterrestrial Creature would suddenly disturb them.
He carefully placed Mu Yao on a fairly clean floor and adjusted her sleeping posture to ensure she could sleep peacefully.
Afterward, he lit a campfire right on the spot. The flickering flames quickly dispelled the chill in the room, helping the little lass recover her lost body temperature.
Confirming that the campfire was stable enough and wouldn't easily go out, he stopped there.
"Mhm?"
Just at this moment, Vain's hand had just been withdrawn from the little lass's body, and his gaze inadvertently swept across her face, suddenly noticing an extremely subtle anomaly.
Just now, a trace of extremely faint black Qi seemed to emerge between Mu Yao's brows, as fast as an illusion.
"Today, truly, everything is unexpected!"
Vain's eyes narrowed slightly, very certain that his eyes hadn't played tricks on him.
It was just that he was not clear what that black Qi was, nor did he know why it had appeared on Mu Yao's body.
"The body is indeed without abnormalities, and it is not some kind of possession or the like."
Confirming there was no immediate threat, Vain simply stopped lingering on the matter of the black Qi, turning around and walking to the window.
His gaze slowly cast outside the window, watching the drizzling rain hit the glass.
"Being unexpected is much more interesting than being plain and dull."
The corner of Vain's mouth unconsciously hooked into a faint arc, his tone carrying a trace of imperceptible anticipation.
"I truly look forward to what kind of wonderful developments there will be next!"
Earlier, when facing Mu Yao's question, Vain had not lied.
But there was one point among them where he had played a word game and lightly concealed a bit.
The purpose of the Holy God Church was indeed so frantic that it bordered on absurdity. Subverting a city and coveting the entire world was simply idiotic daydreaming.
But Vain's purpose was not the same as theirs.
Swish, swish...
Time slipped away quietly.
The full moon, which had originally been tinged with a faint red, was now intensifying in redness bit by bit, as if someone had dipped it in cinnabar, slowly blooming and spreading across the rice paper of nightfall, becoming increasingly vivid and dazzling.
And the changes in the midst of this were witnessed by everyone in Muyun City.
Only a few sharp-minded individuals faintly felt an uneasiness welling up in the depths of their hearts.
Even the continuous curtain of rain had unconsciously been stained with an extremely faint scarlet.
The fine threads of rain fell on umbrella surfaces, street corners, and window lattices, like someone accidentally overturning a cinnabar inkstone, soaking the entire city in this ambiguous and eerie tone.
...
...
Clang! Clang! Clashing! Clashing!
"Hmph, and here I thought the so-called disciples were supposed to be formidable. They are simply vulnerable to a single blow."
"You brat, what did you say?! I'll kill you!"
On the damp street, two figures passed each other, a string of sparks splashing the instant their swords crossed.
At the same time, right at a street corner not far away.
Stelle | ･ ω ･ ｀ ): "Wow oh, he's anxious, he's anxious!"
Mo Xin | ω ・ )?: "Indeed, but having said that... That person's figure looks so familiar?"