Although Mei's lightning only left her paralyzed for a little over a minute, that bastard Dong Moxuan had actually closed the door behind him when he left!
As a result, she spent over half an hour waiting on the rooftop. Only after the side effects of Mei's attack had completely faded did she break out.
Who knew what had been going through her mind while she stood on the rooftop, being blasted by the cold wind for over half an hour?
If she hadn't been so powerful herself, she probably would have frozen to death on that rooftop!
Fortunately, Kiana hadn't been blinded by rage. She took a deep breath and asked the two people before her, "Back on the rooftop, what exactly were you..."
Kiana couldn't finish speaking, because she finally noticed Dong Moxuan's scarlet eyes and the powerful Honkai Energy surrounding him.
In an instant, Kiana's pupils contracted sharply. She stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.
"Y-You..."
Apparently having misunderstood something, Kiana looked toward Mei, killing intent brewing in her deep-blue eyes.
She felt as if something had been torn out of her heart. She had never been this angry, not even that time before.
"You bastard..."
Before Kiana could finish, she drew her pistol and hurled it straight at Mei.
However, her attack was stopped halfway.
"Um, Kiana..."
Dong Moxuan held Kiana's wrist, an awkward expression on his face.
"I'm glad you're this angry because of me, but you seem to have misunderstood something..."
Kiana: "..."
Hearing the familiar voice of the youth, Kiana's expression froze.
She stared at Dong Moxuan in disbelief.
"Y-You... how could you..."
As far as she was concerned, Dong Moxuan had been infected and turned into a zombie by some sinister method used by Mei.
Yet this zombie was speaking to her like a normal person, leaving her momentarily dumbfounded.
"This is exactly what you see."
Dong Moxuan looked at the girl before him, his expression slightly awkward.
"I'm not human. I'm a 'zombie.'"
"I'm sorry for deceiving you before."
"H-How is that possible?!"
The shock in Kiana's eyes was impossible to hide.
"How could a zombie have its own will?"
"And you were clearly human before..."
Kiana recalled how she had met the youth before her, feeling as if her memories had somehow become jumbled.
"This is my special ability, just like my intelligence."
Dong Moxuan waved his hand lightly.
"I should be a very special existence even among zombies."
"Is... is that so?"
Kiana adapted quickly, so she soon accepted reality and put away her twin pistols.
"Then, back on the rooftop..."
"Mei and I have known each other for a long time."
Dong Moxuan's answer did not surprise Kiana.
"So, Kiana, did you come looking for Mei and me because..."
"Nothing!"
Kiana looked somewhat dispirited.
She had originally been worried that Dong Moxuan would be in danger staying beside that obviously dangerous girl. In the end, it turned out that she had simply been worrying over nothing.
Now that everything had been cleared up, she had no intention of staying.
She turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait!"
It was Mei who called out to Kiana.
"You..."
Kiana turned to look at Mei and frowned slightly.
"Is there anything else you want to say to me?"
"Miss Kiana... That's how I should address you, correct?"
Mei gently brushed her windblown hair behind her ear. She had already returned to the Yamato Nadeshiko appearance she had possessed when Dong Moxuan first met her.
"You should know about the Honkai, right? Changkong City is very dangerous right now, and you happen to be friends with Jun Xuan."
"Since we've met this time, why don't we..."
"No need!"
Mei hadn't finished speaking before Kiana interrupted her. Looking at the intimate way Mei and Dong Moxuan stood together, Kiana felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
"With this lady's strength, I won't be in any danger."
"I won't disturb the two of you!"
With that, Kiana accelerated away before Mei could stop her.
"Miss Kiana..."
Looking at Kiana's back, concern appeared on Mei's face.
"She'll be alone... She won't run into any trouble, will she?"
"Don't worry, Mei. That White-haired Ball is incredibly strong!"
Dong Moxuan offered that reassurance, then wore a puzzled expression.
"Mei was clearly like that before... Why is she different this time..."
"Jun Xuan!"
Hearing Dong Moxuan's words, Mei looked slightly angry.
"You should know that I was..."
Mei had been affected by Honkai Energy before, which was why she had acted so extremely. Under normal circumstances, she was very gentle.
"Mei... isn't a jealous girl..."
Dong Moxuan: "..."
Dong Moxuan quietly turned his head away, pretending he hadn't heard anything.
"Hey, Jun Xuan."
After hesitating for a while, Mei played with her fingers as she looked at Dong Moxuan expectantly.
"Did you mean what you said before?"
"What did I say?"
Dong Moxuan turned his head back.
"You said... that even if Mei were a monster, you would still stay by her side as a monster and never abandon her."
"Of course I meant it!"
Dong Moxuan's tone was firm.
"You really, really meant it?"
"I..."
"You really, really, really meant it?"
"That's right..."
"You really, really, really, really meant it?"
Dong Moxuan: "..."
Did you come here from somewhere, Yatogami Tohka?
"Then..."
Seeing Dong Moxuan's thoroughly resigned expression, a smile curved faintly at the corners of Mei's lips.
She gently rose onto her tiptoes.
Dong Moxuan: "!!!"
Feeling the soft touch against his lips, Dong Moxuan's entire body instantly stiffened.
"Jun Xuan."
Mei took a small step back and looked at the stunned youth before her, revealing the gentlest smile of her life.
"For the rest of our lives, please guide me!"
"Bang!"
With a violent crash against the doorframe, a petite girl in a Lolita dress with black hair falling to her waist slumped down against the door.
"Huff... huff..."
She gasped for breath.
"That was close... I was almost eaten..."
The girl held an ancient sword of archaic design in her arms, lingering fear still visible on her face.
She looked out the window, a trace of anger in her eyes.
"What on earth is going on? Is this Resident Evil?"
"Never mind..."
The girl sighed softly and slowly stood up.
"I'd better think about how to survive..."
"Why would someone as beautiful as me run into something like this?"
"I wonder if that young lady I met at the arcade earlier is all right..."
The girl turned her gaze toward the kitchen.
"I hope there's still something to eat in there..."
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