[Mutation Curse] and [Doll Curse]

Seeing the scene below where everything was wiped out with a single strike, Bai Zhi and Fireworks of Romance, who were still upstairs, couldn't help but swallow hard.

At this moment, the two of them were still at the top of the stairs on the Second Floor. In this area, due to the few pink balls that Fireworks of Romance had thrown earlier, the thick pink fog still showed no signs of dissipating.

In her own Fireworks of Romance, this was a high-end item she used to save her life; the effect caused by those few pink balls could not be dispelled by external force and could only slowly disappear over time.

Less than half an hour has passed since then, and this pink fog will likely last for at least another half hour.

Bai Zhi possessed the Illusion-Dispelling Power inherent on [Pluto], while Fireworks of Romance naturally had her own methods. Therefore, this foggy area was the perfect hiding place. They originally intended to use this place to rescue Steel Bones... but they didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to appear out of nowhere and kill their opponent in one move.

"Seriously? You dare to dump such a fierce girlfriend?"

With a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth, Fireworks of Romance turned to look at Bai Zhi.

Why do you assume I'm the one who abandoned others, instead of the one who was abandoned?

Looking at the scene below, Bai Zhi felt even heavier. Listening to the conversation about Fireworks of Romance coming from around him, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The Otherworld Player seemed to be shocked by ATM Machine Number One's power, or perhaps the other party had already achieved its goal, as the silence-restricting area had now disappeared.

"It's simple, aren't all handsome guys scumbags?"

With a slight pursed lip, seemingly relieved that the crisis had passed, Fireworks of Romance began to speak on her own.

"A handsome guy isn't necessarily a jerk, but jerks are often very handsome. And when you mentioned your ex-girlfriend, I noticed there was absolutely no nostalgia in your words. Combining these two factors, the probability of him being a jerk is definitely high."

"Yeah, thanks for telling me I'm handsome, although I personally think I'm pretty handsome too."

With his eyes half-closed, Bai Zhi got up and walked towards the stairs.

Now that things have settled down, there's no need for him to continue setting up plans above.

While intelligence is generally more important than strength, when strength far exceeds a certain limit, you can simply use brute force to overcome skill... Oh, right, he was referring to a certain bald guy.

"Tch, being handsome doesn't put food on the table... Hey, tell me the truth, did you start something and then abandon it?"

Following behind Bai Zhi, Fireworks of Romance looked very interested.

"You saw it yourself, your ex-girlfriend is so powerful. If you really did start something and then abandon her, then I think the fact that she didn't kill you is already a testament to how deeply she loved you."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm a jerk. Who told me to date seven girlfriends in just three months?"

While focusing his attention on his surroundings from God's Perspective, Bai Zhi gave a rather perfunctory answer.

"Also, my name isn't 'Hey,' it's Chu Yuxun."

"Wait, three months... seven!?"

Automatically ignoring someone's nonsense, Fireworks of Romance was completely shocked after hearing Bai Zhi's words.

"Well, not only that, my third ex-girlfriend is now living with me at my place. Satisfied now?"

Bai Zhi answered in a completely monotone, unresponsive tone.

"At the same time, not long ago, I also spent a whole day at an amusement park with a High School Girl was about to take the College Entrance Exam."

"No way... you're even going so far as to prey on High School Student!?"

Hearing these words spoken directly from someone's mouth, Fireworks of Romance's gaze towards the other person already carried a hint of looking at a pervert.

"Sigh, what can I do? I'm just too handsome."

Bai Zhi reached up and brushed a strand of hair from his forehead, letting out a sigh.

"Someone as outstanding as me, no matter where I hide, will shine like the moon in the Hei Ye; my handsome appearance will betray me completely..."

"... So you're not afraid that your ex-girlfriend will take revenge and chop you up with one stroke?"

While being shocked by the other party's shamelessness, Fireworks of Romance's gaze became increasingly strange.

"It's alright, I have a flashlight."

"... Let me give you a piece of advice."

"Huh? What did you say?"

"Miss Wen's Marriage."

"Miss Wen's Marriage? What does this mean?"

"666!!"

"Hmm...?? Hmm???"

"Steel Bones has turned into Doll."

As Bai Zhi and Fireworks of Romance descended the stairs together, the Young Girl's gaze flickered slightly before returning to its usual calm.

"The invasion of the Mutation Curse led to the premature outbreak of the Doll Curse... Fortunately, the Doll is still intact. If my speculation is correct, Steel Bones can actually still come back to life."

After inspecting the Steel Bones Doll, Bai Zhi sighed slightly and put it into his Pinky Ring Doll.

"This isn't the right place to talk. Let's go somewhere else, and I'll share all the information I've gathered with you."

"... Mutation Curse?"

Dead Zero frowned slightly as his gaze swept over the body broken into several pieces on the ground and over the guards whose heads had been separated from their bodies.

"That's right, they all possess a certain degree of immortality. Unless the source of the Mutation Curse can be completely destroyed, they are invincible."

Bai Zhi casually kicked the head of a guard to the side, and his expression turned slightly unpleasant as he watched the Flesh Bud slowly wriggling and connecting between the head and neck.

"Also, those two that you just chopped into pieces with one strike and those that were turned to dust with another were two bosses in this castle. One of them has the ability to seal other people's Skill, while the other can use those sealed Skill... I was going to warn you earlier, but that Otherworld Player stopped me."

"No... they're not dead?"

Fireworks of Romance then spoke up and asked.

"If you can't die even after being beaten like this, then what is it possible to...?"

"Our previously sealed Skill remain sealed."

Interrupting their conversation about Fireworks of Romance, Bai Zhi looked up at the Young Girl in front of him.

"So, have the Skill you used before been sealed away?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, the Dead Zero, nodded.

"So, once they respawn, if they use the Skill you just used against us, what do you think will happen to us?"

As Bai Zhi asked this question, the Dead Zero's expression finally changed slightly.

"So, our situation has gotten worse..."