Feixiao: To Hell with Cultivating Mind and Body! / Even a Confucian General Has Things They Don't Understand.

Mei was stunned.

"Anyway, my answer is no—was that clear enough?"

"...Understood."

Mei had come full of enthusiasm... but she could not exactly say she was leaving disappointed.

After all, having Acheron as a teammate was far too oppressive.

Compared to that...

(As long as I keep Kiana and the others down until they can't get back up, Liu Bai will be mine alone, right?)

Feixiao: Self-Cultivation, My Ass!

"Acheron—!"

"I agree."

"Eh, eh, eh? I haven't even said what it is yet!"

Guinaifen jumped in surprise.

"Don't underestimate my intelligence network, Little Gui."

Acheron smiled faintly, looking as though she had everything under control.

"..."

(Whoa, where did this feeling of 'my position is unshakable' come from?)

Guinaifen was deeply intimidated, but Acheron truly bore no ill will toward her.

They were genuinely good friends, without any of the extremely complicated feelings Acheron had toward Mei.

"It's the competition Topaz is holding, right?"

"...Ah, yes."

"You're teaming up with Firefly?"

"...Right, that's it."

Did Acheron know a little too much?

Guinaifen felt like the situation was starting to look bad.

But Acheron also looked very friendly.

So... there should not be a problem, right?

"Then come get me when it starts."

"Oh..."

Was this really okay?

Still, she had chosen her own teammate, so there was no way she could refuse—and besides, Guinaifen did not have a teammate either.

Although Sushang, whom she knew from across the universe, had come, she... could no longer play with her virgin friend.

And she did not really want to roll her eyes and cry out wildly in front of her friend.

A thick barrier had already formed between them.

--

"Achoo—!"

"Someone talking about you?"

Feixiao turned to look at Sushang. Right now, Sushang was keeping watch over her.

...Because Yueyu had