"Yeah! I think it's so amazing too!"
"Hey, hey, hey, one, two, three! Hey, hey, hey, one, two, three!"
Mimi put her hands on her hips, squinted, and swayed from side to side, her voice bursting with cheer.
Then, as if she'd discovered something new and exciting, her eyes went round and she exclaimed in a sweet voice:
"Wow, what a cute voice!"
"A purple light just entered my body, and it seems like I gained so many memories. I've grown way faster than expected!"
"But... is my way of speaking really this mature? My first-person pronoun is actually... 'I'?"
Listening to her, Stelle couldn't help covering her mouth and muttering under her breath, "That's so gross."
"It's not like I wanted to be this way! You're not allowed to judge me!"
Mimi instantly bristled, glaring at Stelle with puffed-out cheeks. She looked just like a tiny kitten that had been provoked and was hissing.
But after a few seconds, she shook her little head, her voice turning soft again as she returned to her usual sweet, gentle manner.
"Never mind, never mind. I've always been very forgiving."
"Once I get used to this setting... it actually feels pretty nice?"
"Your Excellency, I'm sorry."
"I shouldn't have suddenly hugged you..."
Stelle smiled and shifted her gaze from Mimi to Castorice, who stood nearby.
Castorice hesitated, then finally pressed her lips together and apologized to Stelle in a soft, gentle voice thick with guilt.
Hearing Castorice apologize, with the faintest traces of a sob in her voice, Stelle understood at once.
She must have been secretly upset about what happened earlier for quite a while.
Stelle felt a little bad too, but she soon sprang three feet into the air, planted her hands on her hips, and exclaimed excitedly:
"Die Treasure is amazing!"
"Hugging Die Treasure makes me fall asleep instantly! Mom never has to worry about my insomnia again!"
"Your Excellency, please don't joke like that."
Castorice knew Stelle's personality too well. Afraid she might really abuse her death ability to fall asleep every day, she immediately refused, her expression serious.
As she spoke, Castorice slowly turned her head to look around.
Every face she saw was unfamiliar, and the energy wafting through the air felt completely alien to her.
Her gaze drifted back to Stelle of its own accord.
Stelle had somehow produced a cute little Trash Cat Cake hair ornament and plopped it onto her head.
Castorice couldn't help covering her mouth with one hand, stifling a quiet laugh.
Stelle loved rummaging through trash cans, and now she had a tiny trash can perched on her head. It suited her to a tee and made her look even cuter.
Castorice had been about to ask Stelle where they were.
She clearly remembered that, to save Amphoreus and stop the Iron Tomb from being born, they had entered As I Have Written together.
So why had they ended up in this completely unfamiliar place?
But seeing how happy Stelle looked right now, Castorice swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue.
She suddenly felt that any place with Stelle in it was already good enough. Stelle would surely explain everything else to her later.
After putting on the Trash Cat Cake hair ornament, Stelle produced a bag of Clockwork Snacks from her coat as if by magic.
Then she fished out an Oak Cake Roll.
And last of all, she even pulled out a yellow-top, purple-pants Savior's Victory Set!
Stelle couldn't hide her delighted grin.
She'd gotten ten Train Tickets, so she'd gone straight for a ten-pull.
Unlike before, this time she hadn't just pulled characters and Light Cones.
She'd gotten quite a few useful things too, like the snacks in her hand and the Oak Cake Roll...
As for why Mimi had suddenly learned to talk, it was because Stelle had pulled Mimi's memories. They'd let Mimi grow all at once, reaching the stage where she could speak!
To Stelle, that was the best news ever!
At this rate, maybe one day she could even evolve Mimi into Cyrene, or even Da Xilian!
The power of the Aeons was incredible!
Stelle couldn't help lifting her head and gazing intently at the ranking in the sky.
She hoped it would update with some new content so she could earn even more rewards!
Sure enough, just as Stelle had expected, the ranking in the sky soon began to change dramatically.
Lines of golden text appeared in bold across the Sky Screen:
[The Top Ten Young Geniuses of Douluo Ranking has been fully revealed!]
[Detected that TOP 3: Tang San is dissatisfied with the results of this ranking!]
[Initiating special PK mode!]
[TOP 1: Stelle VS TOP 3: Tang San!]
[PK content: The Sky Screen has identified a similarity between the two—both have revived others or been revived by others!]
[Tang San: "Come back to life, my love!"]
[Stelle: "I can do anything!"]
[PK rules: The Sky Screen will no longer interfere. All living beings on the Douluo Continent may vote to decide the final result of this PK!]
[The winner of the PK will receive an exceptionally generous bonus reward!]
[The loser of the PK will face severe punishment!]
Stelle tilted her head back to look at the VS poster featuring her and Tang San in the sky. She leisurely stroked her chin, then nodded solemnly.
She smacked her lips in satisfaction, sounding thoroughly pleased with herself. "Tsk, I still look so cool holding a baseball bat!"
Everyone around her froze at her words, their faces full of bewilderment.
Someone had openly challenged her, the number one on the Genius Ranking, and Stelle was still wondering whether she looked cool enough?
Was she missing a few screws, or was she so confident in her strength that she thought nothing of the challenge?
Not far from Stelle, amid the Shrek crowd kneeling and begging for mercy, Tang San kept his head bowed. Cold sweat instantly soaked his back, and his breathing turned ragged.
He truly had been resentful of the Heavenly Ranking, deeply unwilling to accept its results.
Tang San had always believed that if he could craft the Tang Sect's peerless hidden weapons, he could injure even a true god, let alone a demigod!
The Sky Screen must have failed to account for this crucial factor. That was the only reason he had been ranked third.
He'd never imagined that the Sky Screen would pinpoint the thought he'd kept hidden in his heart and announce it to everyone so brazenly.
Even more alarming, Stelle was only a few steps away from him.
If she took offense at what had happened and attacked him directly, how many people present could stop the undisputed number one?
But when Tang San saw how completely Stelle ignored him, his eyes instantly turned bloodshot with rage.
He clenched his fists in fury, his teeth grinding together.
Then Tang San caught a key detail in the Sky Screen's words.
He and Stelle had both revived others or been revived by others.
The claim made Tang San suspicious.
He carefully thought back over his life and was certain he'd never experienced anything like that.
As for being revived by someone else...
When he'd leapt from Ghost Sorrow Cliff in his previous life and ended up transmigrating to this world, did that count as a sort of unconventional resurrection?
As for having revived someone else...
Could the Sky Screen be talking about his future self?
The ability to bring someone back from the dead seemed beyond anyone but a god.
Did that mean he might become a true god in the future?
At the thought, Tang San's eyes suddenly brightened. The blazing ambition in his heart swept away his fear in an instant.
What did he have left to be afraid of?
And if he won this PK, he'd get an enormous number of rewards.
That arrogant little Stelle would be the one to face severe punishment!
Just imagining the scene made Tang San's blood surge with excitement, his heart brimming with anticipation!
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