"I'm sorry, I can't."
Lei Xier shook her head decisively.
Will was not something she could control.
Strictly speaking, she and Mu Zixi could be considered the same personality.
It was not as though shrinking her body would restore her former personality.
Lei Xier knew what Xu Xiaoshou was thinking.
But the fundamental reason her body had grown and shrunk was that Mu Zixi could not resist her addiction to devouring life force, and had devoured too much.
Under normal circumstances, the size corresponding to this body's age was precisely the size Xu Xiaoshou currently saw.
Xu Xiaoshou sucked his teeth, feeling a toothache coming on.
Mu Zixi could not come back.
And after Aberrant had interrogated Mu Zixi, Mu Zixi herself had vanished—or rather, changed into another appearance.
Who would believe there was no trickery involved? His mind raced.
Since things had already reached this point and forcing the issue was futile, he had to glean some useful information for himself from this.
"If you can't change back, then forget it!"
Xu Xiaoshou looked Lei Xier up and down, then shifted his gaze away. After thinking for a moment, he said, "From Rao Yaoyao's perspective, they won't be able to connect your current appearance to my junior sister either. So just act as a passerby."
Lei Xier was puzzled. "Then... her disappearance is an objective fact, after all. What are you planning to do?"
Xu Xiaoshou sighed. "If you can't do it, then it can only fall to me."
"You?" Lei Xier eyed him suspiciously.
Ancestor Wuji looked over in equal astonishment.
Even Lei Shuangxing had, from the few words exchanged between them, grasped some of the delicate situation. He tilted his head in confusion.
Xu Xiaoshou took out Mimicry.
After Aberrant's death, this treasure had lost its owner's