Jackal: Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?

"Alright, alright, you brat really have a death wish, don't you?!"

In the kitchen, Natasha only returned to normal after getting lovey-dovey with Liu Bai for half an hour.

But...

Some things had already happened.

Now thoroughly embarrassed and angry, Natasha directly pinned Liu Bai to the floor and straddled him.

With Liu Bai's skinny arms and legs, there was no way he could overpower Natasha.

Natasha's face was practically as red as a lobster.

"Honestly, if I really had a death wish, Sister, you'd be completely naked by now."

Liu Bai shot back with a cheerful grin.

Natasha had no response. In that situation just now, if Liu Bai had told her to strip, she definitely would not have refused her "good little brother's" request.

But...

"I don't feel like being reasonable right now."

Natasha threw a punch, leaving a fist-shaped dent in the tile beside Liu Bai's head.

"Come on, my dear little brother. Pick one: should your sister knock you out before deleting it, or will you obediently delete it yourself?"

Well, to be honest, Natasha was actually rather grateful to Liu Bai.

After all, Liu Bai really had not done anything. In that situation, he could have done whatever he wanted—but filming it was a whole different matter!

That kind of dark history absolutely could not be left in this world!

And that bastard Jackal... She definitely knew Natasha was looking after Liu Bai, so she had deliberately set her up.

It was not hard to imagine that whether Natasha lost control and pinned Liu Bai down, or Liu Bai lost control and pinned her down, she would ultimately lose her right to keep watching over Liu Bai.

Making a move on the Highlord's lab rat was obviously a grave taboo.

Fine, fine... So she wanted to play it like this? That filthy dog could just wait to die too.

"I'm telling you, deleting it would be such a waste."

Now that Natasha had returned to normal, Liu Bai was no longer afraid of her.

After all, there was no way a clear-headed Natasha would seriously hurt him.

"Late at night, a sister furiously rides her brother. What exactly is—"

Bang—!

"Are you ever going to stop?"

"Mmph, I'm done—my dear sister, surely you don't want this video to show up in the Highlord's email tomorrow, do you?"

"Guh... What do you want?"

"If I really wanted to do something, I would've done it already." Liu Bai's words left Natasha speechless. "Let me think. Half an hour—that'd be enough to do it once or twice, right?"

Damn it. If that was the case, not only did he have something on her, she also owed him a favor.

"Can you get off me now?"

"..."

Natasha looked unwillingly at the dark history on Liu Bai's wrist, so close at hand.

But she really could not make a move. If they started pulling and fighting, she might accidentally hurt Liu Bai.

Besides, she was the one in the wrong now.

That dead dog... If she did not beat that bastard into an actual dead dog tomorrow, then her name was not Natasha!

Though filled with helplessness and grievance, Natasha still got off Liu Bai and allowed him to stand.

"Let's eat first. We can talk while we eat."

Liu Bai was rather curious about where Natasha had encountered the Elixir of Love.

And judging from its effects, she had clearly taken it willingly.

After all, Natasha was obviously not the sort of person with both low intelligence and weak willpower. Even in a game, the odds of successfully poisoning Natasha would be pitifully low.

The Elixir of Love was not that one from mythology, nor was it some kind of mind-control drug.

One dose added 60 points of effect. Given Natasha's mental fortitude, Liu Bai was starting to wonder how much she had drunk.

Liu Bai served the rice and dishes, then listened as Natasha gritted her teeth and explained the entire sequence of events.

"This is what Jackal gave me." Natasha pulled out a vial of Elixir of Love from her pocket.

"? You're saying Jackal enjoyed drinking this stuff, recommended it to you, and you just took it?"

"...I was very cautious at first."

Natasha felt a little guilty.

She had to admit that getting something for free had gone to her head. She had actually believed Jackal's nonsense.

"That woman probably only said it to set me up."

"Mm... I don't think it's impossible that she really did drink it."

Liu Bai stroked his chin. After all, this was something that only took effect on him.

As long as she could not see him, it was no different from an ordinary stimulant.

"If you think that, you'll really fall into her trap."

Natasha warned him.

"Although she doesn't look like she has much of a brain, she... well, she can still use a few schemes."

"...That's not impossible either."

Liu Bai thought about it and felt that no one would deliberately drink a Failed Potion.

"Leave this to me." Natasha slapped the table. "This time, I'm definitely going to teach that bastard a proper lesson..."

"Good luck with that... By the way, do you want to drink this vial too?"

Liu Bai pointed at the Elixir of Love in Natasha's hand.

"Huh?" Natasha instantly looked at Liu Bai with suspicion.

"...I just want to test it. This stuff doesn't forcibly change your perception, does it?"

Natasha thought for a moment, then nodded.

Though it was a little embarrassing to say, when the medicine had taken effect earlier, the more Natasha looked at Liu Bai, the more pleasing he seemed. It was as if she had been looking at him through a lover's filter.

"So I want to see whether the effect weakens if you're prepared to resist it."

Liu Bai intended to use Natasha as a reference to test this thing's effects on people.

"...Fine."

Natasha nodded reluctantly.

If they could really gain something from it, she would benefit as well.

Since she had decided to test the drug, Natasha directly drank the Elixir of Love.

Natasha Favorability: 30→45 (Elixir of Love)

The 30 was what Natasha's favorability had automatically risen to because Liu Bai had not done anything earlier.

Well, since Natasha had used the Elixir of Love and Liu Bai had not done anything with her, as long as Liu Bai did not mess around, her favorability could not possibly decrease.

"Mm... The vial I drank before took effect more than ten minutes later, when I entered the room..."

Natasha suddenly trailed off.

Liu Bai suddenly became more pleasing to her eyes—just not as pleasing as before.

"..."

Natasha silently walked to the window and looked at the pedestrians on the road.

She felt absolutely nothing.

Then she turned back and looked at Liu Bai.

...My little brother is so handsome.

Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!

Natasha suddenly realized that the drug had not been delayed. Was Liu Bai simply special?

"...What did you do?"

"How would I know?" Liu Bai spread his hands.

"..."

Fine. The potion had been made by Jackal, so she could not blame Liu Bai.

Had that woman stayed up all night just to create a potion specifically targeted at Liu Bai?

Where had she found the materials and data? Targeted drugs could not just appear out of nowhere, could they? Had she stolen them from the Highlord?

"Ahem, forget it. To sum up, if you're prepared, it does seem possible to resist it... but only barely."

Suddenly finding someone pleasing to the eye could change a great many things.

Especially since the dose she had taken was not very high. If it were higher...

Jackal: Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?

"So, Sis, do you think this could be used on the undead?"

Liu Bai coaxed Natasha step by step.

He urgently needed a powerful ally who could help him farm monsters.

"Would it work? Once they're on guard, this stuff doesn't really pose a threat. Besides, the color makes it unsuitable for poisoning."

"But do the undead have real vigilance?"

Liu Bai asked in return.

"I think the undead's hostility comes more from instinctive opposition... Though higher-ranking undead that serve as leaders might have a little intelligence?"

Applying a filter like this tested intelligence and willpower. If their brains did not work properly, they were bound to be done for.

When Guinaifen threw it before, as long as the liquid splashed into an undead's mouth, their favorability would immediately reach the maximum for a short time.

And undead were about the same size as humans, so there was no issue with dosage.

"This..."

Natasha actually began considering it seriously.

World Serpent itself possessed techniques for luring Honkai Beasts and undead, and Natasha was also responsible for catching undead and Honkai Beasts for the two research masters at home. So she was quite familiar with this area.

Following Liu Bai's logic, there really did not seem to be anything wrong with it.

Even higher-ranking undead that acted as leaders could only use the same few tactics over and over. Their intelligence was probably barely comparable to that of an alpha wolf.

It could work. Put that way, it really could work.

As long as they determined the duration, it could be put into practical use... Of course, the drawback was that only Liu Bai could control them.

"...So you want to use this against the undead?"

Natasha was a little curious about how Liu Bai's brain was wired.

"That's right. So I need you to help me get more of it."

"This..."

Natasha fell into a dilemma.

Reason told her that this thing was a little too dangerous in Liu Bai's hands. Never mind anyone else—what if Liu Bai set her up one day...

But emotionally, she told herself that she needed to spoil her little brother... Spoil him, my ass!