You Were Definitely a Suspect Before

"Get up, you lazy bum!" Kiana dragged Yu Luo out of bed, pulling and hauling. Yu Luo clung tightly to the headboard, resisting Kiana's monstrous strength.

"No way!"

"There's only one bed in this room! Where do you expect me to sleep if you take it?" Kiana's veins bulged on her forehead as she stubbornly refused to back down. Yu Luo, mustering all his strength, didn't budge either. "You can sleep on the chair!"

"Why don't you sleep on the chair? Isn't a teacher supposed to look after their students?!"

"Then why can't you let me sleep on the bed? Aren't students supposed to respect their teachers?!"

They remained locked in a stalemate, neither willing to yield. Finally, Kiana let go of him in frustration. Yu Luo, thinking she had given up her claim to the bed, closed his eyes contentedly.

"Move over a bit!" Yu Luo was suddenly kicked by Kiana. The mattress dipped as she pushed him aside. He reluctantly opened his eyes and, seeing Kiana lying beside him with her back turned, said helplessly, "Fine, fine."

He squeezed himself further into the bed, leaving most of it for Kiana. He couldn't resist adding, "Just so we're clear, I'm not a very still sleeper. If I accidentally touch anything I shouldn't..."

"I'll break that hand!" Kiana's angry voice cut him off. Yu Luo quickly changed his tune, "Am I that kind of beast? I'm a good person!"

Kiana completely ignored him and closed her eyes. All Yu Luo could hear was her steady, rhythmic breathing. In this environment, Yu Luo's eyelids began to droop. He yawned widely, "Haa... Good night, Kiana. You worked hard tonight." With that, he too drifted off to sleep.

After half a day of fleeing and fighting, both of them were utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally. As soon as their minds relaxed, sleep washed over them, making them wish they could sleep until the end of time.

Unfortunately, Yu Luo woke up before he'd had enough sleep. What woke him was a burning sensation in his stomach. Yu Luo suddenly remembered that they hadn't eaten in eight or nine hours. After escaping Senba Academy, they had immediately searched for a place to rest for the night and hadn't eaten anything.

"Grumble..." An uncouth stomach rumble sounded in Yu Luo's ears. Yu Luo felt Kiana, who was pressed against his back, stiffen. He couldn't help but chuckle and ask, "Did hunger wake you up too?"

"I'm going to find something to eat." Yu Luo leaped off the bed and stood by the window, saying to Kiana, who was pretending to be asleep on the bed.

"It's okay, let's wait until morning. It's too dangerous at night," Kiana said, her voice filled with worry, now that Yu Luo knew she was awake and no longer pretending.

"I'm the teacher, I have to look after my student." Yu Luo used the same reason he'd argued with Kiana about the bed earlier, smiling as he added, "Besides, I have the Quantum Transformation Divine Skill, so I'll be fine."

"Be careful."

Yu Luo nodded. He held a silver Heroic Spirit Card between his right index and middle fingers and made a downward slicing motion in front of him. "Henshin!"

A fierce silver light enveloped Yu Luo. Kiana couldn't help but close her eyes. Fortunately, the curtains blocked the window, so the light didn't leak outside. The silver light flashed and disappeared, revealing Yu Luo's figure.

He was dressed in a black cowboy outfit, with short, cheerful blonde hair topped by a black cowboy hat. A revolver was tucked into his belt, and a slight smile played on his lips. The untamed spirit of the Wild West was fully embodied in him.

"Take care of yourself. I'll be back soon." Yu Luo threw those words over his shoulder, pulled open the curtains, pushed open the window, and leaped out from the second floor. His black cowboy outfit blended seamlessly with the night, making him difficult to spot.

As Yu Luo searched for convenience stores and supermarkets in the darkness, he checked Billy the Kid's stats:

Class: Archer

Name: Billy the Kid

Strength: D

Endurance: E

Agility: B

Magic: E

Luck: B

Unique Skills:

Independent Action A

Riding C+

Skills:

Marksmanship A++

Quick Draw A+

Clairvoyance (False) C

Noble Phantasm:

Bad Beat C+++

Anti-Personnel Noble Phantasm

Maximum Capture: 1 Person

Yu Luo glanced over it and was surprised to find that Billy the Kid's Noble Phantasm slot was different from Sasaki Kojiro's; it didn't say "cannot be used."

"Does this mean I can use his Noble Phantasm?" Yu Luo curiously asked the system. "Then why couldn't I use Kojiro's Noble Phantasm?"

The system made a face like it was rolling its eyes and simply stated, "Strength issue."

"Huh? I know there's a difference in their strength in the setting, but can you be more specific? With this kind of after-sales service, I can't see myself spending more money," Yu Luo tapped his remaining Summoning Ticket, signaling the system to pay attention to its attitude towards its patron.

"Haa..." The system yawned widely, but for the sake of Yu Luo's Summoning Ticket, it explained in detail, "Firstly, under the condition of equal Bond levels for the cards, the higher the star rating of the card, the higher the strength after transformation."

"So, even though Kojiro is stronger than Billy the Kid in the setting, because one is a one-star and the other is a three-star, the strength when I transform into Billy the Kid is greater than when I transform into Kojiro, right?" Yu Luo quickly understood.

"It seems you're not entirely stupid," the system praised. "However, it's easier to raise the Bond level for low-star cards than for high-star cards. Once the Bond is maxed out, you can transform without restrictions."

"High-star cards have a higher starting point, but low-star cards improve faster," Yu Luo mused.

"I must say, your luck is indeed quite good. Both Heroic Spirit Cards you've obtained so far are quite suitable for you. Sasaki Kojiro and Billy the Kid have relatively low consumption rates among Heroic Spirits, and their skills are mostly passive," the system praised Yu Luo for the first time in a while. "If it were other Heroic Spirits, the transformation energy from a 0 Bond level would likely be depleted after using just one skill."

"The issue with both of their Noble Phantasms is the same. Sasaki Kojiro's Noble Phantasm is quite powerful, and the 3% transformation energy you currently have is insufficient to support it."

"Billy the Kid's Noble Phantasm leans towards the skillful type, and his inherent skill, Independent Action, reduces energy consumption, which is why you could barely use it."

"Well, I guess it'll drain your transformation energy after one use, and it's a relatively weak Noble Phantasm among Heroic Spirits."

"Hmm..." Yu Luo put on a Quincy face and said unhappily, "You're saying so much, but you're just beating around the bush to say I suck, right?"

"Yes, who told you your transformations are so weak right now?" the system responded instantly. "The way you transform looks like a certain internet celebrity."

"Are you attacking me personally?!" Yu Luo retorted unhappily.

"No, I'm praising your backbone," the system adamantly denied. "That internet celebrity has a lot of backbone when facing major issues!"

Bickering with the system as usual, Yu Luo finally found a supermarket. Why are there no supermarkets near residential areas?! Yu Luo silently complained in his heart. His eyes, however, keenly spotted a somewhat familiar girl lying on her back near the supermarket entrance.

Her dark long hair, tied up with a bow, spread out on the girl's back. The night was too dark to tell if it was black or deep purple. She wore a dress the same color as her hair, and her exposed fair legs made Yu Luo rule out the possibility of her being a Zombie Girl.

Zombie Girls have gray skin; it definitely couldn't be the complexion of a living person like this. "There's actually a living person?!" Yu Luo quickly ran to the girl's side, helped her up, and flipped her over. When he saw the girl's face, Yu Luo felt as if he had seen a ghost. He reflexively let go of his hands as if shocked by electricity, and the girl's head heavily collided with the concrete ground.

"It's her?!" Yu Luo immediately recognized the girl lying on the ground as Mei, who had almost electrocuted him and Kiana into ashes that afternoon.

"Mmm..." Mei's head, having suffered the impact, woke up instead. She covered the spot where she was hit with her right hand, tears welling up in her eyes. Yu Luo, terrified, quickly drew the revolver from his waist, ready to flee at any moment.

To his surprise, Mei didn't look at him after waking up, nor did she show the expected rage. Instead, a sad expression appeared on her face as she looked at the blood on her hands. "I can't even die after jumping from such a tall building?"

Yu Luo was stunned. He had never seen such deep sadness, containing the most profound despair. Moreover, the feeling the girl gave him now was completely different from the afternoon. If the girl he saw in the afternoon was like a queen, then the girl now was like a well-brought-up young lady from a good family.

This different feeling gave Yu Luo the courage to approach and speak to her. "Um..."

Mei then noticed that there was someone else in the shadows not far away. She couldn't see his face clearly, only the outline of his body. She stood up, bending her knees, and patted the dust off her skirt. She then bent over and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'll leave now. Sorry for disturbing you."

"Uh..." Yu Luo was a little dazed by Mei's actions and blurted out, "If you don't have anywhere to go, do you want to come with us?"

As soon as he said it, Yu Luo wanted to slap his own mouth. The image of the thunderclouds appeared in his mind again, and he couldn't help but shiver, wishing he could take back his words.

"Someone dangerous like me will only bring you harm. I'll be fine alone..." Mei refused Yu Luo's offer and turned away alone in the darkness, walking unsteadily into the unknown.

Seeing the dejected Mei, with her words full of despair still echoing in his ears, Yu Luo's blood rushed to his head, and he lost his reason. In two or three steps, he caught up to Mei and forcefully grabbed her right hand in the darkness.

"You..." Mei turned back in panic, only to see a man's palm before her eyes went black, and she lost consciousness.

Yu Luo looked helplessly at Mei, whom he had knocked out cleanly with a palm strike. He covered his face with his left hand and muttered to himself with a hint of breakdown, "I'm such a soft-hearted fool!"

"No, you're a scumbag!" the system chimed in, taking over Yu Luo's words. "Looking at your familiar move, you must be a repeat offender."

"That's not true!"

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