Morning dew dripped onto her nose, cool against her skin.
Jiang Nannan woke groggily and instinctively tried to rub her eyes, only to discover that what she raised was not a hand, but a fluffy, pink-and-white... paw?
"Hmm?"
She abruptly sat up and found that her viewpoint had become very low. The surrounding grass looked like a dense forest to her. Looking down, she saw snow-white fur and long ears that twitched with her emotions.
[System Identity Confirmed: Soft Bone Rabbit (Transforming)] [Identity: Xiao Wu's Younger Sister] [Mission: Locate and confirm the whereabouts of the missing hundred-thousand-year soul beast, "Xiao Wu".]
"I turned into a... rabbit?"
Jiang Nannan froze. Though she was an agility-attack-type Soul Master and her martial soul was also the Soft Bone Rabbit, actually becoming a rabbit was a first for her.
"Xiao Wu..."
Thinking of her idol, who shared both her martial soul and now her identity, warmth welled up in Jiang Nannan's heart. In the original story, Xiao Wu had no younger sister, but in this game, the system had given her a chance to make up for that.
"I have to find her! She shouldn't have sacrificed herself yet. She should still be alive!"
With a thought, Soul Power began to circulate within Jiang Nannan.
A flash of pink light passed, and the adorable rabbit vanished. In its place stood a little girl of around six, with long golden hair, a rough pink-and-white dress, and a pair of fluffy rabbit ears still atop her head.
"Whew, I'm more used to human form."
Jiang Nannan patted down her skirt and was just about to head out of the forest.
Suddenly, a gust of wind rushed at her.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Three perfectly synchronized barks rang out.
A massive crimson