Chapter 221: Shui, You’ve Changed! |
Bai Kai has always felt that he is quite good at dealing with women, and he is definitely what some may call a womaniser.
But when the target was Lu Yibei, he realised how different his mentality was when facing women.
For a time, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he finally made the choice to leave the scene first.
Just before she fully woke up, he unleashed his power, morphed into a silver light, and rushed out of the room at a blinding speed.
The door opened and closed in a flash, and when he steadied himself in the corridor, his heart still wildly beat as if it were infected.
No matter what, if somebody tries to hide an urban legend inside headquarters, it is equivalent to sneaking somebody into a palace to beat up an emperor.
It’s a big exaggeration, but chaos will ensue.
With her dangerous psychic fluctuations, it could attract other psychics to her location to encircle and suppress them.
He patted his chest and forced himself to calm down.
Of course, there were other things that were done with Lu Yibei and her father.
Damn it, Lu Ming, I really am part of your family now.
After his emotions calmed down a little, he cursed viciously in his heart, and soon, a proud and intoxicating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In the end, I have a better relationship with Yibei. Take that, Lu Ming! Hah! If only you were here to see this, loser!
He boasted in his heart, but a sense of sadness rose. His eyes became moist with tears as he sighed.
He slapped himself hard.
No! Now is not the time to be sad!
He hurriedly gathered his thoughts and started moving according to his plan. He formed seals with his hands and quickly transformed the marks, reciting spells silently in his heart and completing all movements in one swift motion.
“Towers of jade and gold with walls of iron; the dragons and lions roar, with fences ten feet high… a forbidden country, bound by beasts of the wild!”
As he silently recited the last spell, there was a low hum in the air, and lights of gold, silver, and copper, wrapped in silver light, shot towards the iron door in front of him, and they slowly submerged into it before disappearing.
The moment the light of the sealing spell disappeared, he quickly raised his hand, bit the tip of his left thumb, and wrote his name in blood.
After adding a layer of blood to the sealing spell, his forehead was already covered with tiny beads of sweat.
Casting a spell on short notice with a blood mark would ensure that others in the Night Division would not notice the waves of psychic energy pulsing through the building.
This is more tiring than a night with five Internet celebrities.
“Everything’s going right… Now, back to Fu Er’s store to buy some things.”
He put his hands on the wall and looked around to make sure that no one had noticed the strange phenomenon. He muttered to himself for a few moments, then walked towards the entrance of the Night Division.
He needed to help Yibei; in order for her to safely leave the Night Division, he would have to buy a high-quality doll to create the illusion that she was still in the room so as to buy enough time.
Now, he must find out if she can return to her original appearance before making any hasty plans.
If yes, use this time to help her turn back into a boy and hide her psychic powers, as well as make long-term plans.
If not, run. Run as far away as possible and arrange a place of refuge.
…
After a while.
Bai Kai walked down the corridor, feeling a twinge of emptiness in his heart when he remembered the cost of helping Yibei escape.
Don’t even think about going out to pick up girls for at least half a year. Or I could call Aunt Zhang—no! No! Absolutely not!
A chill rose in his spine as he thought about Aunt Zhang, and he shook his head hard upon remembering her.
Along the way, when he reached the rusty sign that read [Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration], he met the person he wanted to meet the least—Jiangli.
He calmed down and walked forward. Hiding would only arouse unnecessary suspicion.
Don’t talk to me. Don’t talk to me.
“Bai Kai? Wait a minute!”
You fucking talk too much! He cursed. However, he turned around with a smile on his face.
“What’s up?”
Jiangli raised her head and glanced at the sun, then averted her gaze, saying, “Where are you going? Have Lu Yibei’s runes been drawn? Where are the others?”
“Ah,” his face became serious as he frowned. “The runes have been drawn, but there is something wrong with him. Shouldn’t we rush to buy materials to help him out?”
There was indeed something wrong with him or her—that is true. He wasn’t lying, and Jiangli would have no reason to suspect him.
“Is that so?” She tilted her head and glanced away with disdain. “I told you a long time ago that he should be given the most basic runes. Excessive help will only put unnecessary stress on him.”
“And now, I’m seeing that you’re right,” Bai Kai flattered. “I’m trying to find a way to remedy it.”
“I see,” she nodded, stepping out of the way. “Go quickly. If you need any help, contact me immediately.”
After all, he is my subordinate, she added in her heart.
The situation was urgent. Bai Kai wordlessly ran out of the Night Division when he saw a very stylish car in the distance. The hum of the engine quickly came to a stop at the entrance of the alley in front of the gate.
Li Xuan, wearing a dark purple, custom-made suit and with a smile on his face, walked out of the car. He saw Bai Kai running from a distance and waved at him.
“Hey, where are you going in such a hurry? Aren’t you supposed to be drawing Yibei’s runes today? Nothing went wrong, right?”
“Get away from me!”
Bai Kai let out a low growl, ferociously sweeping his eyes over Li Xuan.
At that very moment, Li Xuan could understand that his tyres would be slashed if he were to say a single word.
“You…” Li Xuan opened his mouth, but Bai Kai slammed his hands on the hood of his car, and with a gritty sound, he left deep scratches on all the tyres of the car.
“What the fuck? You’ll pay for this sooner or later!”
Li Xuan cursed and walked forward. When he passed by Jiang Li, he paused for a moment, cleared his throat, and said, “Ahem, you saw what happened. He acted first, so you can stop saying I’m targeting Yibei in the future.”
“Oh.”
Jiangli glanced at Li Xuan and responded lightly, then limped out with a cane.
Li Xuan rolled his eyes, straightened his clothes, and walked inside the Night Division.
However, before he could pass through the garden, he heard a strange noise coming from behind him.
Puff!
This all-too-familiar sound made him stiffen, and he turned his head sharply, only to see Jiangli squatting next to his car, holding her car, which shifted into a triangular thorn that poked into the tyres of his car.
As if sensing his gaze, Jiangli turned to look at him with a strange smile.
She wanted to smile to display her friendliness, but she hadn’t smiled for a long time, and the smile she squeezed out was horrific and dark.
Li Xuan’s mouth twitched, and his face spasmed.
“Fuck, what the fuck? The Night Division has fucking gone insane! I’ll write a letter of transfer tomorrow, fuck!”
Li Xuan couldn’t help but burst out, shouting at the top of his lungs. He waved his arms vigorously and strode inside.
Jiangli squatted on the ground and looked into the deep recesses of the Night Division.
Lu Yibei… should be fine, right?
…
Big problem. Big mistake. Big issue.
There is no hope left for me. I should just wait and die.
In the room filled with billowing wisps of smoke, Lu Yibei lay on the bed, her long dark hair and slender limbs drooping at her sides as she stared at the lights above her.
I transformed into the Night Division.
Can I save my life by selling my body?
What should my final meal be?
What posture is most flattering when dying?
…
No matter what, she still retained that talkative self of hers.
Hello. My name is Lu Yibei, and I work in the Night Division. Something went wrong while I was drawing my runes.
After a short recollection, she suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her brain.
A short scene was presented in her brain, and she remembered using a powerful spell to kill Ifrit in that dreamscape of hers.
But what then?
She rubbed her sore eyebrows.
I remembered seeing Du Sixian, and I remembered some other things, but what else?
And where is Shui?
Sitting up, she felt something sway on her chest, leaping from it and then bouncing back.
Subconsciously, she looked down, and in horror, she hurriedly caught the cloth that bounced off her breasts before it could reveal too much.
Covering her chest with both hands, she sat on the hospital bed with her knees on one side before putting on her clothes.
She is close to 1.8 metres tall and has shrunk by almost ten centimetres. However, the clothes barely fit her, and the hem of her clothes barely covers her sensitive areas. At the same time, it makes her legs look even more beautiful and slender.
After wearing her clothes, she immediately noticed a feeling of discomfort. She opened her collar and looked down at her breasts.
“What the hell?”
She has seen her own body countless times, so she isn’t embarrassed about it. What shocked her was that there was a broken-off spear covered with patterns of red light that was stuck in her chest.
Being drugged and waking up with a spear stuck in their chest—who in the right mind would accept this?
The slender blade of the spear penetrated her body two inches below the collarbone, but it didn’t pierce through her back.
The only remaining hilt of the spear loomed between the ravines on her chest, which would remind people of some not-so-desirable scenes.
What the hell happened to me?
Just as she was in a state of confusion, there was a sudden itching in her chest. Her blood seemed to squirm in her chest, and the spear continued to integrate into her body.
Her body seemed to absorb the spear into her body, and when it absorbed the end of the hilt, the spear completely disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, the hideous scar was completely healed, and only smooth, white skin was left.
The last step of drawing runes has been completed.
After the spear integrated into her body, there was an indescribable feeling brewing within her. She felt that in the deepest parts of her body, it was ignited, and scorching energy exploded from the inside out, spreading throughout her body.
It was like she was tipsy, and a hint of pink dusted on her fair skin.
As the scorching energy in her body gradually cooled down, a little water slowly seeped out from under her skin and dripped onto the floor, followed by her vision blurring.
Immediately afterwards, she heard an ancient murmur that seemed to come from ancient times, resounding from the depths of her consciousness, and a hint of red quietly rose from the tips of her hair.
“Climb up the mountains and look to the south; you will see a graceful river.”
The ancient murmur had not yet finished reciting, and then another voice sounded, covering it up, and the red colour on her hair also dimmed.
“Like fog and like stars, it is her child; it is also her lips that blow out the light in the darkness.”
The sound seemed ethereal and clear, like a silver bell, which reminded her of a delicate girl.
The two sounds intertwined and collided in her mind. In the end, there were only bursts of harsh, high-frequency noise in her ears.
The next moment, her vision blurred into a dreamscape.
She saw towering blue mountains, eerie castles, ancient black-stone monuments, and more. She saw images that could not be described and could not be explained by typical logic.
Those images disintegrated into a blur before her eyes, and the complex and intertwined information merged into her mind.
Just when she felt that her head was about to explode due to the overwhelming amount of information, everything dissipated before her eyes like a bubble.
She sat quietly on the edge of the hospital bed for a moment, savouring the fragments of memories from the complicated information. She could clearly feel the special abilities that the runes gave her, and she couldn’t wait to try them out.
But not now.
After coming down from her high, she realised how precarious her current situation was.
I am a Witch in the middle of the Night Division!
Although she had “violated the law” the past few months by being a traitor, it was done in secret, but now…
She patted her face with both hands, forcing herself to calm down. She then tiptoed towards the door, and as soon as she reached the door, a dazzling light formed on the door.
In an instant, images of dragons and lions morphed on the door, and bright lights of gold, silver, and copper lashed towards her.
She instinctively stepped back from the door, and the light dimmed slightly the more she walked away.
This room is sealed by some kind of spell. She cursed. Then she remembered the spear that pierced into her chest, and her face turned pale at a disturbing thought.
Something must have gone wrong when Shui was drawing the runes for me, and he decided to do an honour killing for me, suppressing the grief in his heart and stabbing me.
Then, he sealed the room and informed the others to handle funeral arrangements.
Considering the potentially homosexual relationship between Shui and her father, he guesses that Shui at least formed some attachment to her. It wouldn’t be shocking that he would stab her to death.
No, no, no! Shui couldn’t be that cruel. At most, the worst thing he has done to women is… wait! That’s worse!
She patted her cheeks and forced herself to interrupt her thinking.
Laying back on the bed, she silently waited to die, but her mind couldn’t stay silent.
Click.
As she wandered through her thoughts, the lock to the room clicked open, and somebody entered.
Her eyes felt hot for a moment, and she immediately sat up, feeling something approaching her. Looking at the corner of the room, she could see an image being formed.
Something’s coming!
A flash of silver light burst into the room, revealing Bai Kai’s figure.
Only then did she realise that her body was giving her a brief glance into the future—a premonition.
Before she could recover, Bai Kai threw something at her.
“Put it on!”
Taking off the clothes, she realised that it was an outrageously short, floral, one-piece hip-hugging dress.
?
Is this a joke? You may be my godfather, but where are your morals?
“Shui, I really misjudged you. I always thought you were a coward with women and held true love for men. I didn’t expect…”
“What are you talking about? I got these from the women at the club!” he exclaimed, throwing a few more things over.
Looking at the other items that fell into her lap, she saw eyeshadow, an eyebrow pencil, lipstick, and a pair of red, high-heeled shoes with long and thin heels.
“…”
“Come on, hurry up… Do you want to leave the Night Division alive?”
“Well…”
Lu Yibei bit her red lips and responded weakly.
“Then, wear it!
“Okay! I’ll wear it!”
