Act.21 Right Next Door to Hell

[Part 1: The Terrifying Aspects of Sasaeng Fans]

"H16T hallucinogen"

In the dimly lit, shabby room, a woman lay sprawled on the sofa, her buttocks raised, buried in the pages of The Sun magazine, completely absorbed in the story.

She talked about business and her interests at the same time.

"This miraculous drug comes from the lichen colonies of the underground world. Neurotransmitters have a very mysterious effect on the human body. These toxins, which specifically target the brain, can instantly change a person's personality and determine their emotions—it is a terrifying magic potion."

So it is said--

She handed a business card to the guest beside her.

Her name was written on the business card.

[Puxi - Ferdinand]

She was the daughter of the Treasure Pavilion, the custodian of the Francis, and also one of the Cult Leader's drug dealers.

"Sir, you have a favor to ask of the Little Brotherhood. Could you please tell me why you've come?"

Sitting next to her was a wealthy woman who appeared to be very rich.

--The rich woman was adorned with gold and silver, and had three pieces of pyroxene jewelry on her wrist; she was the wife of a wealthy businessman in Forty-Eight District.

"To be honest, my relationship with my husband has never been good. He often cheats on me, and I've been single for many years, but I've always remained faithful to him."

Hearing these words, the girl from Puxi perked up.

She sat up abruptly from the newspaper, like a child eager for a story, and sat cross-legged facing the client.

"Oh! Are you trying to win back your husband's heart with a love potion?"

The wealthy woman replied, "No, I've never thought that way. A house can be without a male head of the household, but it absolutely cannot be without money."

That's a very realistic statement.

The wealthy woman said, "If he wastes all his time on me, my allowance might decrease."

The girl from Puxi asked in confusion, "So what are you going to do?"

"It's a little embarrassing to talk about." When the topic turned to private matters, the wealthy woman suddenly became shy. This woman, around thirty-five or thirty-six years old, was very well-maintained, had never had children, and possessed radiant, fair skin. "I have many sisters, and their situations are similarly dire. Most have found one or two lovers and have their own private apartments, secret nests for their affairs. But..."

At this point, the wealthy woman's expression changed, becoming aloof and indifferent.

"My pursuits are different from those lustful sluts! I want a more intellectual partner! I want celebrities to sleep with me! I want intellectuals, scholars, and outstanding talents to be infatuated with me!"

The girl from Puxi was stunned for a moment. Her father was an old pervert, and she considered herself a little pervert.

But in front of this guest, she seemed to be nothing at all.

The rich woman's intense desire for something almost made the pyroxene glow, even though she was just an ordinary person without Inspiration. Her desire to control and possess high-quality men was almost palpable.

Puxi asked awkwardly, "So... you want an H16T? To drug some famous person?"

"David Victor," the wealthy woman declared solemnly, "I'm going to win his heart; I'm completely captivated by his stories."

"Wait... wait a minute," the girl from Puxi tried to call out.

The wealthy woman pressed on impatiently, "What are you waiting for? Isn't the money I gave you enough? Or isn't our friendship strong enough? He'll become my gossip fodder while my foolish girlfriends are still infatuated with men."

His handsome face, adorned with expensive foundation, revealed a strange smile.

"I will use David Victor to humiliate them thoroughly—can you understand? It's my vanity; I desperately want to keep this guest, to make him my little darling, to tell stories only to me."

"H16T hallucinogens only produce a strong sense of calm and euphoria!" As a top saleswoman, how could the young woman from Puxi not remember the properties of her own drug? She quickly advised, "You can buy something else."

"No! Ms. Ferdinand Puxi!" the wealthy woman declared resolutely. "I want it! I want it! Because it can turn warriors with Soul Might into docile sheep—I know how magical it is! Only it can do that! David Victor is taking a train from Southsea County back to Nine Realms Station; the next train is at nine o'clock tonight! I must see him! I must have him!"

"If I can't have him, my soul will be impure, and I will be destroyed!"

"If I can't breathe the air around him, and can't see the articles he wrote for me, I feel like I'm withering away!"

The brainwave spectrum of special individuals possessing Soul Might mostly remains in the alpha waveform range.

This hallucinogen can even alter the frequency of brainwaves in the human brain, thereby affecting the effects of Soul Power.

The young woman from Puxi looked at this ordinary man in surprise, never expecting that this woman would have such great ambitions!

She wanted to imprison David Victor! She wanted to send the Ming De translator and the jurors of the Qingjin to her secret prison!

She's incredibly audacious! She actually wants to capture a butterfly as a sex slave!

"You're insane!" The young woman from Puxi couldn't comprehend this madness. "Sir, have you thought this through? You're committing a crime!"

"You drug dealer, how dare you talk to me about crime?!" the rich woman yelled. "Shameless bitch! Just tell me if you're selling your drugs or not! I've lost all my patience! I'd rather go to a casino and pick an opponent for Texas Hold'em than pick a dawdling worm like you!"

These few words of abuse...

--The young woman from Puxi changed her expression from respectful and fearful to ruthless and sinister.

She simply patted the rich woman's shoulder lightly. A solitary noblewoman out buying criminal supplies naturally wouldn't bring her family's bodyguards.

Feeling a weight on her shoulder, the wealthy merchant's woman collapsed to the ground.

The young woman from Puxi emerged from the shadows into the light, revealing her blood-red hair, just like her father's. She then stripped the customer naked and took all the brilliance jewelry.

She pulled a box of Walkmans from under the Sun newspaper.

That was evidence of her being a huge fan of David Victor.

She was very beautiful, with an almond-shaped face and big curly hair. Her almond-shaped eyes were bright and piercing, her nose was delicate and small, like two willow leaves, and her lips were thin and unfeeling.

She exhaled a soft breath, staring excitedly at the customer, and then pulled a cassette tape from her Walkman.

That was her soul power--

--It's called [Right Next Door To Hell].

Then, he suddenly punched the tape into the customer's head like a boxing match!

In that instant, intense electric currents and sound waves echoed throughout the room, as all of this was accomplished.

The young woman from Puxi took the Sun newspaper, looked at David Victor on the page, hugged it tightly, and kissed Mr. Victor's face repeatedly.

"She gave me an idea! Mr. Victor! What a coincidence, why today?"

Immediately afterwards, Puxi glanced sideways at the next room—

--The person who should have come hasn't come yet.

"Is it alright if I leave for a little while?"

"Duran and Flavia will be returning from Hedland, and I have to go and receive them, but what's the point of receiving them when they were born and raised here?"

"Hey! You shameless sow!"

The young woman from Puxi grabbed the wealthy woman by the hair, lifted the customer by the head, and cursed viciously.

"Now you are the little maid hired by Ferdinand Puxi. Later, you will need to put on servant's clothes to greet my good sisters, one named Cici Flavia and the other Claudia Ars Duran —and perhaps two more will come along. They are all honored guests of the Little Brotherhood, so treat them well!"

The young heiress's eyes looked like the bearings of a cassette tape, slowly rotating as if recording Puxi's commands.

Immediately afterwards, the girl from Puxi changed her clothes.

"I'm going to see my lover! Thank you!"

The tape flew out of the rich woman's skull without leaving any wound. This kind of soul-powered attack caused no physical damage, and was like a [Hell Highway], with an extremely strong mental control effect.

[Part 2: Some are happy, some are sad]

On the other side, Ms. Duran opened the main door of room 1185 and returned to White Dragon County in Forty-Eight District.

Flavia followed closely behind. Returning to her hometown felt strange; the girl seemed reluctant to leave the prison, marking the end of her six-month vacation.

Xue Ming tiptoed away from the door at breakneck speed, fearing that the Cult Leader might do something underhanded. She rushed into the door and felt dizzy. The changes in latitude and longitude and the changes in gravitational pressure at different altitudes made her feel extremely nauseous.

When Meteor entered the room, she looked at this temporary settlement with wide-eyed curiosity.

This place looks like a workers' dormitory. Next door is the foreman's room, located on the fifth floor, room 519. Room 520 belongs to Puxi.

As Xue Ming followed Duran into the main corridor, he heard Duran cursing.

"Where did that stinky old woman run off to?! And who are you?"

The young rich woman, controlled by Puxi, had lifeless eyes and was like a puppet, repeating her master's orders.

"Distinguished guests, my hostess is not here. Please wait a moment; she will be back shortly."

Duran's expression turned grim. "This is bad!"

Xue Ming immediately caught up and asked, "What's wrong?"

Duran explained, "We were supposed to be received by the daughter of Francis Ferdinand, Francis warehouse manager—but that woman is nowhere to be found now!"

Xue Ming: "Will it have any impact?"

"Only she can find the Cult Leader and take Cult Leader there." Duran, seething with anger, kicked the tape-controlled puppet away. "Without her, we can't do anything."

Xue Ming: "Can't we go to Clearwater Bay first?"

Duran: "We just escaped from prison. This place is extremely dangerous—without the Little Brotherhood's bodyguards clearing the way, who knows how many War Gang assassins are eyeing my and Flavia's heads!"

For the time being, Xue Ming was not confident that she could protect her three sisters in such a complex urban warfare environment, so she could only wait in the factory room.

At this very moment, at the Blackland Royal Hotel in Eleventh District.

Golden bolts of lightning surged through the electrical system.

Hasben Madison pulled his hat down low, took the elevator back to the church from the eleventh floor, and disabled all the electronic surveillance so that not a single living person noticed him.

He climbed the outer path of the Hanging Gardens, moving with agility and speed, leaping onto the steep flying buttresses, then traversing over four hundred meters of castle walls, returning to the gates of Hedland, where he greeted the guards with practiced ease.

"Hello! This is the centurion of the Guangling Zhixi Rangers." Hasben his badge number. "8810, call the magistrate of Eleventh District. Your police vehicle has been requisitioned."

The young police officer who was called to stop was stunned for a moment, then immediately took out his phone to call the government agency.

After confirming their relationship, Mr. Hasben Madison mounted his motorcycle and sped off into the distance.

"Big Sister! I'm here to save you!"

Far away in Nanhai County, on a train from Clearwater Bay Station to White Dragon County.

David Victor gained a lot from this trip.

--Not only did we witness the unique ecosystem of the underground swamp, but we also saw many wild Wool Sheep, which represent a superior environment.

Returning to the station and reporting this news to the boss should make the Black Cat so happy it'll dance a little.

There was no VIP carriage for Victor on this intercity train. Professor Victor was just like an ordinary person, sitting in the fourth carriage, organizing his notes.

Right now, at this very moment.

A lively girl skipped and hopped up to me.

That was Ferdinand of Puxi.

This terrifying sasaeng fan has just received extraordinary Inspiration from a guest and is going to surprise her idol with H16T hallucinogen!

But when she saw David Victor, she suddenly froze.

For the moment, she wasn't entirely sure that it was the great writer she had been dreaming of.

--His demeanor is completely different from the photos in the newspaper!

Why?

Why is this happening?

Why?

Why does David Victor look so much like a woman now?!

To be honest, this blond, green-eyed writer usually has a captivating, androgynous charm.

However, her excessively long eyelashes and slender figure now give Teacher Victor an asexual quality reminiscent of an angel.

"What are you looking at, ma'am?" Teacher Victor's voice, soft and deep, came from her throat as she spoke, "Are you looking for someone? Looking for me?"

"Mr. Victor?!" Puxi nearly tripped and fell in the break room, barely managing to steady her hat. She staggered up to her idol. "You're a woman?! So you've always been a woman?"

"No." Victor smiled, her demeanor completely different from the intense pressure emanating from her male character account. At this moment, she exuded a gentle warmth. "I had a very skilled doctor use Soul Power to modify my physical body. I want to experience what it's like to be a woman—a year ago, I couldn't write a truly lifelike female character."

Puxi sat down, almost in disbelief.

"Just because of this?! You're going to become a woman?"

Victor nodded. "I'm furious because of this; I can only write stories about women's dismembered bodies—I feel utterly ashamed."

Speaking of this--

Professor Victor was about to go to the dining car to make coffee to entertain his new friends.

"Would you mind telling me your name? It seems you're one of my readers too."

The girl from Puxi immediately gave her name.

"Ferdinand Puxi! I'm a fan of yours!"

Teacher Victor smiled slightly, and as the girl from Puxi blushed and her heart raced, he gently patted Puxi's hat as a sign of politeness, without making any physical contact.

Thank you for liking my book.

After Professor Victor finished making himself his first cup of coffee, he was just about to slip away to make the second one.

Puxi immediately added a hallucinogen to the cup, a substance that could neutralize the spirit's power and cause abnormal brainwaves.

She grinned broadly, dreaming of a wonderful future.

"Thank you for liking me, Professor Victor!"