"Even with time stopped, all you dare do is rub your chest against him. At this point, it's almost pitiful."
"...Huh? What?"
Kafka turned to look at Rita.
"No, nothing. I was talking about doujinshi."
"Go get Firefly and Guinaifen for me."
Liu Bai gave Yukong an order.
At a time like this, his two little girlfriends were still the most dependable.
"Alright."
Yukong agreed immediately—the feeling of being stared at by her boss all the time was not pleasant.
—Even if her boss was very cute right now.
So when Liu Bai gave her an out, Yukong took it at once.
"Then we..."
Yukong glanced at the circle of people around them.
"Can... can all of you together beat Feixiao?"
"We can't."
Yukong answered honestly.
Don't be ridiculous. Even with Yueyu here, the gap in combat ability between the two was far too great. Liu Bei and Lü Bu? No, more like Liu Bei and Xiang Yu.
"But if we take ten thousand steps back, we can beat Kafka and Fu Xuan. And I'm Feixiao's older sister, while Sister Yueyu is practically half her mother. If the two of us lie down on the floor, Feixiao won't dare do anything."
Damn, why did that actually sound pretty reasonable?
"What if Acheron comes to attack?"
"...Please surrender without resistance."
Yukong answered with remarkable calm.
"Or would you feel more at ease if we said we could stop her?"
Of course he wouldn't, because he knew they couldn't.
Liu Bai was persuaded.
"Fine, then you all... hmm, sleep on the floor?"
"Really?"
Everyone's eyes lit up.
They had not held out any hope to begin with—after all, Liu Bai knew their group far too well.
Yet unexpectedly, they still could...
(*The one whimpering in the middle of the night is