Sushang might even become a future Cloud Knight general.
I had been worried that something might happen to the girl, but now it seemed I had merely been worrying for nothing. It was just that score...
"Hey, even my highest score in a dream was only 99. Can't you aim a little higher?"
"General, you're slacking off again!!!"
"Fu Qing, hear me out. I'm just keeping an eye on the future of the Xianzhou."
"You scared me to death! I thought I was going to die!"
"Um, Sushang, aren't you making too big a deal out of this? Actually, breaking a huge stone with your chest..."
Guinaifen paid no attention to whether anyone was nearby or what the livestream audience was discussing.
But to calm her good friend down, Little Gui still took on Mr. Xuehong's duties.
Clearly, though, all the forces Guinaifen explained caused the light to leave Sushang's eyes.
"The mass of the stone we're using is very large, so its inertia is also very large. Therefore, when the sledgehammer strikes it quickly, the stone's acceleration is very small because of its inertia, so it won't exert tremendous pressure on the person. The physics formula is F=ma. When the force is fixed, the greater the mass, the smaller the acceleration, and thus the person won't be injured."
Middle-school physics. I had this question back then, though I didn't know whether it still existed now.
"Wait, Sushang, are you listening?"
"Teacher! I'm listening! I wasn't asleep!"
Clearly, Sushang had already returned to her schoolroom state. The principles Guinaifen explained went in one ear and out the other.
She had even briefly entered dreamland.
Guinaifen continued earnestly tutoring her good friend. For some reason, the original acrobatics performance had turned into an on-site lesson.
Sushang's nightmare ended soon enough, however, because a squad of Cloud Knights came over and interrupted Guinaifen's lesson.
"Someone just reported that a person here was assaulting and killing people in the street. Could you tell me where the culprit fled?"
The Cloud Knight at the head looked at everyone, then at Sushang, who was standing completely unharmed beside Guinaifen. The soldiers fell silent.
After some simple criticism and education, Guinaifen avoided a prison sentence.
"Wah, this is all your fault!"
"Ah, sorry. I got a little scared when I saw you swinging that hammer at me."
Only then did Guinaifen remember that she had left both the livestream audience and the on-site spectators hanging for half a day. They had merely watched the two of them make fools of themselves.
Even the two of them couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
To shift everyone's attention, Guinaifen decided to perform herself and put on a genuine chest-smashing act.
"Um, Sushang, forget it..."
She had intended to call Sushang over to help, but considering Sushang's condition, she felt that if Sushang swung the hammer, she would probably really die here.
So she decided to choose a luckier-looking, more normal audience member to help her complete the performance.
"Hey, little girl, would you like to perform with Big Sis? The payment for the performance can be your reward."
"And after the performance, we'll take you out for a meal."
Fortunately, the Cloud Knights had left. Guinaifen was also a beautiful woman, and Sushang, a new Cloud Knight, was beside her.
Otherwise, that one sentence from Guinaifen would have been enough to send her to prison.
Chapter 67: March 7th Takes Out a Pink Sack
Kiana hadn't expected that she would have the honor of becoming Little Gui's acrobatics assistant.
As for the promised meal and payment, Kiana didn't really care about them.
Kiana had just been about to agree when she suddenly noticed something near her feet.
Looking down, she found a cute little dog?
No, it should have been a cute little lion dancer?
"Diting, don't run so fast! We won't be able to catch up!"
Following the voice, she saw that the person chasing Diting was March 7th. Following behind March 7th were Tingyun and Stelle, whom she hadn't seen in a long time—or rather, whom she had seen just last night.
So...
Where had they left Ouyang?
"Sorry, sorry, little girl. Did we disturb you?"
Seeing Diting clinging tightly to Kiana, March 7th realized that its appearance seemed to have disturbed the little girl and the two older sisters beside her.
She hurriedly apologized to Kiana.
Stelle and Tingyun stood behind March 7th. Watching Diting cling to Kiana, Stelle couldn't help complaining to Tingyun.
"Isn't this the tracking automaton developed by the Craftsmanship Department using the Fox Clan's five senses? That's it?"
"Don't tell me the little girl in front of us is Kiana. Shrinking isn't supposed to work like this."
Tingyun was momentarily at a loss as well.
Seeing that Diting continued clinging to Kiana, Tingyun began to wonder whether the Craftsmanship Department had been slacking off lately. Otherwise, how could Diting have stopped working?
Kiana looked at March 7th, who was apologizing to her, and Stelle, who was complaining to Tingyun behind her.
She really wanted to say, "I'm Kiana. Diting's right."
But somehow, that felt too boring.
Kiana also wanted to know whether March 7th and Stelle could recognize her as Kiana, and what expressions they would make after she revealed herself.
At that thought, the corners of Kiana's lips rose involuntarily.
"Big Sis, it's okay. My name is Durandal. What are your names?"
"Little Durandal, I'm March 7th. The two behind me are Tingyun and..."
"Galaxy Baseballer!"
Not far away, Silver Wolf, who was hiding nearby and watching the show, glanced at Kafka beside her.
"Is Stelle's brain a little messed up after being stuffed with a Stellaron? Also, did these people really not recognize that little white-haired ball of fluff as Kiana? Her appearance hasn't changed that much."
"Perhaps this is human nature. If they fail to recognize someone at first glance, then even if they later find clues proving that person's identity, they'll rationalize everything and use it to support their initial conclusion."
"Kafka, that's quite a thing to say. But are we really just going to let that woman go back?"
"Let her go. Elio said so as well. We don't need to concern ourselves with her anymore."
"But who is Durandal?"
Kafka didn't answer. She simply left without looking back.
Seeing that Kafka had no interest in continuing their idle conversation, Silver Wolf put her things away and followed Kafka out of the area.
"So you were talking about performing chest-smashing?"
Seeing Kiana walk over to the hammer, Guinaifen finally realized that she might have lost her mind. Even if this little girl was a Pathstrider, how could she possibly lift such a huge hammer?
She had just been about to stop her and have March 7th's group replace Kiana as the assistants when she saw Kiana lift the enormous hammer and walk step by step toward where she was lying.
"Wait."
Stelle's voice interrupted everyone's movements and thoughts. Stelle drew out the symbol of her identity—the baseball bat that seemed to be a Curio—and held it out to Kiana.
"I don't know why, but I feel like you're also a natural Galaxy Baseballer. This bat is much easier to use than an iron hammer. Use this to smash it."
Kiana didn't put on airs. She thanked Stelle and accepted the baseball bat.
The moment the bat entered her hand, a feeling of perfect understanding surged straight to the crown of her head. Even her entire aura changed.
"Good! The Galaxy Baseballers have gained another member. May everyone worship the bat!"
March 7th shot Stelle an exasperated look.
She felt that Stelle was becoming stranger and stranger. There were clearly other weapons to use, yet she had fixated on baseball bats.
There were clearly plenty of plush toys on the train, yet Stelle preferred trash cans.
And this little girl in front of her felt strangely familiar. She even had an inexplicable urge to hug her and run away with her.
That feeling made her strongly condemn Stelle's attempt to corrupt the little one.
Kiana raised the bat and looked at Guinaifen, who was lying on the street pavement.
Perhaps to accommodate her height, Guinaifen hadn't lain on the bed made by joining wooden chairs together like Sushang had. Instead, she had chosen to lie directly on the ground.
"Are you ready?"
Guinaifen didn't answer Kiana's question. She merely extended her left hand while using her right to support the stone slab over her chest.
Her outstretched left hand pointed into the air, forming a V.
Then, in the blink of an eye—
The image in everyone's eyes was still frozen on Guinaifen's V sign when the bat in Kiana's hand had already slammed down, smashing the stone slab on Guinaifen's chest into pieces.
While everyone's attention was focused on Guinaifen, someone else focused on Kiana.
They watched the white strands of hair rise with the swing of the bat.
They watched Kiana brush up her hair and tuck it behind her ear after everything was over.
For some reason, the sight stirred their hearts.
March 7th, who was closest and had enjoyed the view directly, felt as though her heart had been struck.
A criminal thought surfaced in her mind.
"Benefactor, why did you take out a sack? And where did you get that sack?"
"A sack? What sack? Oh, you mean this pink capture device? It's part of my collection."
"Wait, even if it's pink, it's still a sack. Benefactor, you aren't planning to commit a crime, are you? Stay calm!"
By then, Guinaifen's performance had ended. After cleaning up the broken stone around her, she shut down the livestream.
When she turned around, she saw that March 7th was already holding a pink sack and standing behind Kiana.
"Look out!"
Kiana heard the shout and turned around.
She saw March 7th's flushed face and the lecherous smile on her face, like a lovestruck pervert, as she stood behind Kiana with the pink sack.
"Pervert!"
"Per... pervert!"
Kiana used a verbal attack.
Kiana's verbal attack scored a critical hit.
March 7th was attacked.
March 7th was defeated.
March 7th entered grayscale mode.
Looking at March 7th, who remained frozen in an orz pose, then at the pink sack beside her—
This was bad. March 7th had been possessed by that pink lesbian from next door!
Kiana didn't accept Guinaifen's payment or go eat with the two of them. Instead, she chose to leave alone.
As for explaining her identity to March 7th—
If this had happened earlier, Kiana might have considered revealing herself just to see what kind of expression March 7th would make.
But now that she had turned into this, combined with March 7th's actions just now, Kiana was a little worried. If her identity were really exposed, would March 7th treat her like a kitten and devour her completely in her current form?
"I'm number one. Just wait until I turn back!"
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