"Kiana, sit down first. What would you like to drink, milk or coffee?"
As she spoke, Asakura Miyuki walked toward the kitchen.
"Mm... Milk is fine."
"No problem."
Asakura Miyuki smiled, then secretly took a packet of powder from her pocket.
Kiana did not notice any of this. She merely covered her stomach with one hand.
Kiana had originally planned to eat dinner at home, but after receiving Asakura Miyuki's call, she had rushed over without stopping, leaving her no time to eat.
"Oh, right. Why does Asakura have my phone number?" Kiana belatedly wondered.
Never mind. I'll ask her later.
Kiana shook her head indifferently, then turned to admire the sunset outside the window.
As she watched, Kiana suddenly noticed what seemed to be a furtive figure not far outside.
Seeing this, Kiana immediately stood up.
"Well, well. I'm right here, and those scumbags still dare to keep causing trouble?"
With that, Kiana opened the door and went outside, ready to teach the other party a lesson.
The figure seemed to have been watching this place the entire time. When Kiana came out, it immediately ducked into a nearby alley.
"Hmph, trying to run?"
As she spoke, Kiana instantly sprang into motion and charged toward the alley at incredible speed.
Upon seeing the back of the man hiding inside, Kiana leaped without a second thought.
"Lightning Cyclone Slash!"
In midair, Kiana twisted her body, using the momentum to raise her firm thigh and bring it crashing down toward the man's head.
However, the figure seemed to have been prepared. As he tilted his head to evade the attack, he caught her ankle with one hand and held her waist with the other, then turned with the momentum.
While dispersing the force, he pulled the whole of Kiana into his arms.
"Let go of me!"
Kiana had not expected him to dare act like a pervert. She struggled with all her might.
Just then, a familiar voice rang out.
"Stupid Kiana, it's me!"
"Mo Qian?"
Kiana froze, and her struggling instinctively stopped.
"What are you doing here? And why were you sneaking around?"
As she spoke, Kiana reached out and tore off his mask, revealing Su Moqian's true face.
At that moment, Kiana, lying in Su Moqian's arms, flushed slightly and could not help thinking:
He looks pretty handsome from this angle...
Then Kiana suddenly remembered that she was still in his arms, so she hurriedly struggled to her feet.
"What do you mean, sneaking around? I was making things more convenient for the rescue operation." Su Moqian curled his lip.
This white-haired ball has no sense of romance at all. Doesn't she know that people from Shenzhou prefer the masked hero archetype?
"Ahem, a rescue operation? Are you here to save Asakura Miyuki too?"
Kiana coughed twice and turned her head away to conceal her flushed face.
"What are you talking about? Asakura Miyuki is the culprit." Su Moqian waved his hand, then stared at Kiana. "Kiana, do you believe me?"
Being stared at so directly by Su Moqian made Kiana fidget uncomfortably. Hesitating, she said:
"I-I guess I believe you."
"Good."
Su Moqian nodded and told Kiana everything he had learned through simulation.
"It's actually like that?" Kiana's eyes widened.
Su Moqian then placed his hands on Kiana's shoulders and explained his plan.
"Asakura Miyuki's target is me. I'll draw her away later. Then find a chance to go to the basement of her house and rescue our classmates. Got it?"
After saying that, Su Moqian was about to explain a few more details.
However, Asakura Miyuki's voice suddenly came from outside the alley.
"Kiana, where did you go? Kiana?"
Night had fallen at some point.
Su Moqian and Kiana very tacitly slowed their breathing and pressed themselves against the wall together, preparing to avoid the danger for the moment.
As the voice outside gradually faded into the distance, Kiana breathed a sigh of relief.
But just then, the girl's voice suddenly appeared right in front of them.
Her face was cold, and her eyes, glowing red, stared fixedly at them.
"Found you~"
Chapter 29: A Pseudo-Herrscher Appears—The Yandere Girl Receives an Epic Upgrade!
Night had fallen, and beneath the dim sky, the red glow flickering in the girl's pupils was strikingly conspicuous.
"So this is what a yandere girl is like?" Su Moqian frowned deeply.
The Asakura Miyuki before him was completely different from the yandere girl he understood. It was not merely a change in temperament.
The overwhelming pressure she gave off seemed to have already surpassed that of a human.
Kiana also felt her heart sink.
"Has she been corrupted by Honkai power? No, I'm afraid it's not that simple."
Kiana clenched her lower lip. After fighting Honkai Beasts for so many years, this was the first time she had felt such immense pressure.
For some reason, she suddenly thought of a term her father had once mentioned.
"Pseudo-Herrscher!"
Looking at the two people who were facing her as if confronting a great enemy, Asakura Miyuki smiled sickly.
"Mo Qian, how naughty of you to leave me out when you two were whispering secrets~"
"It seems both of you need me to discipline you properly~"
At these words, Su Moqian's heart jolted. He hurriedly shouted:
"Kiana, follow the plan!"
Before she could agree, he formed a sword-finger gesture and shouted:
"Wind Pressure Sword!"
As soon as his voice fell, powerful wind instantly gathered into a small vortex, lifting Kiana's entire body into the air.
"Hey, Su Moqian, what are you doing?"
Kiana instinctively tried to struggle, but with no point of leverage, she could not break free no matter how much strength she used.
Immediately afterward, Su Moqian's thoughts shifted, and he used the wind to send Kiana over the other side of the alley wall.
Su Moqian then took a deep breath and looked solemnly at Asakura Miyuki before him.
"Miyuki, I know I'm your target, so..."
"Bang!"
Before Su Moqian could finish speaking, the sound of a wall cracking suddenly rang beside his ear.
At some point, several thorny vines had appeared behind Asakura Miyuki. Just now, one of them had struck the wall beside Su Moqian.
It was difficult to imagine how such a seemingly fragile thorny vine had pierced through a hard concrete wall.
"That destructive power... You've got to be kidding me..." Su Moqian swallowed.
Looking at the thorn embedded several inches into the wall beside him, he turned around without hesitation and ran toward the other end of the alley.
Asakura Miyuki stared blankly at Su Moqian as he ran away from her.
"Mo Qian left me? No, I won't allow something like that!"
Asakura Miyuki murmured, and the expression on her face grew increasingly crazed.
"Mo Qian... wait for me. I'll take you home right away!"
At that moment, the red glow in Asakura Miyuki's eyes intensified. She broke into a sprint and rapidly chased after him.
The night grew deeper. This path, which normally saw little foot traffic, should have been even more silent.
Yet for some reason, the path was unusually lively tonight.
One person ran desperately ahead while another chased relentlessly behind, bringing to mind the youthful days once spent running through the night.
That voice, brimming with youthful vitality, was so melodious as it echoed throughout the path.
"Mo Qian... Mo Qian! Take me with you, take me with you!"
Asakura Miyuki shouted with all her strength as she ran.
The thorny vines behind her also stabbed constantly toward the front. Every cracking sound as they struck the ground resembled the beat of a drum, composing a song of youth.
Hearing the voice behind him, Su Moqian's expression grew worse and worse as he ran for his life.
He raised his arm and glanced at the time, then said helplessly:
"It's only been ten minutes. That's not enough..."
Although ten minutes was not a short time, considering that idiot Kiana was involved,
if she wanted to find the basement and rescue their classmates within ten minutes, then ten minutes would probably not be enough at all.
At that moment, Su Moqian was extremely grateful that years of martial arts training had given him strong endurance.
Otherwise, if an ordinary person ran at full speed for ten minutes, they would probably already be gasping for breath by now.
Just as Su Moqian was thinking, the voice behind him rang out once more.
"Mo Qian, hehe... my Mo Qian!"
At the sound, Su Moqian's pupils contracted. He realized that he had slowed down because he had been distracted.
If this continued, Asakura Miyuki would catch up to him before long!
"No, I have to hold on a little longer!"
Su Moqian gritted his teeth and tried to increase his speed as much as possible.
But just then, he suddenly noticed a girl in a wheelchair ahead on the road, struggling to move toward him.
Seeing this, Su Moqian's expression changed, and he hurriedly looked around.
Unfortunately, there were no other forks here. He could only keep running forward.
Behind him was a yandere girl whose thorny vines attacked indiscriminately.
If he ran past like this, the girl in the wheelchair would definitely be killed!
At that thought, Su Moqian sighed helplessly.
"Tch, I can only take a gamble!"
At that moment, the girl sitting in the wheelchair still had not noticed the two people running toward her from ahead. She remained immersed in her communication.
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