Little Boy Mizuki Is Cute Too! / Irene's Grievance

Mr. K frowned, never expecting such a mishap. He hadn't expected his mask to be knocked off. Was it because of a momentary lapse in emotional and personal control? No, this had never happened before when he lost control.

"People from Rhodes Island, no, who exactly are you?"

Red had seen this face during the last Lungmen operation; it was the woman who sold the Oripathy inhibitor to the Reunion, the woman highly respected by Rhodes Island. Her name was indeed...

"Kal'tsit?"

That's definitely her name. Even if you've only met her once, it's rare to see a woman with that kind of aura. After all, Red heard Kal'tsit mention that "Bocskai's Oripathy is quite severe." It's also uncommon for someone to address Patriot by her first name.

Upon hearing this name, a flicker of pain flashed in Mr. K's, or rather Kal'tsit's, eyes. She could clearly feel that without the mask, the voices in her mind were gradually becoming more chaotic. The broadening of her vision seemed to unlock a long-sealed lock, but the most devastating thing was Red's direct call of her name.

She was thankful that it wasn't Amiya or the Doctor standing in front of her, otherwise she would have to die again. But if she died again, her condition would be far from optimistic, as the degree of corruption had already exceeded the threshold.

"No, that's not right..."

Red keenly sensed something amiss; his intuition was constantly warning him to be careful. The flames on his longsword intensified, illuminating the street for several meters around him. His gaze unconsciously drifted to the Black Crown atop Mr. K's head, recalling the ancient Sarkaz legends that some Sarkaz brothers had boasted about after getting drunk and bored.

"Team leader!"

Red's team was a little slower, but they still managed to surround Kal'tsit.

"Be careful, this guy is weird."

The two sides were locked in a stalemate. Kal'tsit took a second to weigh the difference in combat power. Killing Red and his group here was not a problem at all, but the key was that she needed to stabilize her state as soon as possible. If she lost control here, there would really be no chance to make amends.

Besides, it would be troublesome if we provoked Alina; that girl was enhanced by Mizuki and is too powerful.

Having made up her mind, Kal'tsit's right hand instantly transformed into a sharp tendon, charging straight towards Red.

Chapter 175 Little Mizuki is cute too!

Are you sure you're from Rhodes Island?

Alina looked at Red, who was wrapped in bandages, while Mephisto examined his wound. It was a cut that ran from his left shoulder to his chest. Although there was no blood flowing out, it also showed no signs of healing, which was very strange.

To be honest, Red's injuries were quite serious. He was mainly protecting his teammates. According to him, the opponent was extremely dangerous, at least on par with Patriot Talulah. However, the opponent was in such a hurry to leave that she didn't intend to kill them.

The problem is that it would be understandable if it were an Ursus spy or an ancient being from Kazdel, but how could it be someone from Rhodes Island? The cooperative relationship between Rhodes Island and Reunion is beyond doubt. Mizuki trusts Rhodes Island, so Alina and the others naturally trust Rhodes Island as well.

"It's hard to say, but they are at least 90% similar in appearance. However, that person can also turn their hands into something like wrist blades, and they have a Black Crown on their head."

"You mean the Black Crown?" Talulah raised an eyebrow. "Let me ask her."

With that, Talulah closed her eyes, while Mephisto shook his head at Alina after the examination.

"Red's wound is contaminated; the blood is black. The dead brothers also need to be treated. Let Grandpa Patriot handle this."

Pollution is nothing new to Alina and the others. Before they became wealthy, they had dealt with the Ursus Internal Guards and even successfully killed an out-of-control Internal Guards with Mizuki's help. Mizuki had told them how to deal with it at the time.

Red was alright. When he realized something was wrong, he immediately burned his wounds with flames. The flames themselves had no effect on the contamination, but the energy release from the Originium Arts mobilized the Originium within his body, preventing the contamination from corroding his body.

"Next time you should go to Rhodes Island. Your infection was already quite severe, and now it's gotten worse. Let Mizuki treat your Oripathy."

As she spoke, Alina slashed her wrist with Talulah's sword, pouring her blood directly onto Red.

Feeling as if he'd been electrocuted, Red felt a sharp pain in his wound, as if someone had forcibly stitched it up with needles. Alina and the others saw some black energy dissipate from his wound into the air and quickly disappear. The horrific wound healed in the blink of an eye.

"Thank you, Political Commissar."

Although this treatment wasn't extremely taxing on Alina, it would definitely damage her fundamental health. Red's thank you was very sincere.

"We're all comrades, no need to be so formal. Just be more careful next time. It seems we have a troublesome enemy to face."

Alina pursed her lips as she looked at the spot where Red had discovered the enemy. This was the Core City area of Chernobog, but the only important facility nearby was the Energy Central Supply Room. If nothing unexpected happened, this was probably the enemy's destination.

"Report: We've checked it once. The core power supply facilities are undamaged, but it seems the Sarcophagus has been activated."

"It can't be Rhodes Island." After hearing the report, Alina came to her conclusion. "That device was originally taught to us by Mizuki, so it belongs to Rhodes Island. If they want it, they can just ask us. Mizuki knows we won't refuse."

This is a matter of trust. The kindness that Mizuki owes to the Reunion is hard to repay. Although the Sarcophagus is the energy source for the entire city, Chernobog is not without conventional power supply facilities. Right now, they only have one Core City and a few important districts. They don't need the Sarcophagus and they are not short of energy. Returning it to them is not impossible.

"Write to Rhodes Island and get to the bottom of this."

"No." Talulah, who had been keeping her eyes closed for a long time, finally opened them. "I'll go there myself. Red, you come too. We'll identify them then. No matter how many secrets are behind this, this matter needs a result. If Rhodes Island really did it, we need an explanation."

That's what they say, but Talulah also knows that there's a 99% chance it wasn't Rhodes Island who did it.

After everyone had left, Alina couldn't help but poke Talulah's waist.

"You want to see Mizuki?"

"I have some thoughts on that, but I'm mostly curious about that person named Kal'tsit. The Black Snake seems to have heard of her; it said the Black Crown belongs to the Sarkaz Demon King."

"It seems we've at least gotten a glimpse of what's going on."

Now that there was no one else around, Alina and Talulah were less reserved when talking about this. Although they had all been friends with her, there were still some things that couldn't be said casually.

"When Mizuki taught us how to operate the Sarcophagus, I was puzzled. I never expected there would be a Doctor inside Sarcophagus."

"Who can argue with that? That person last night was very likely here because of the Doctor. There was a reason why Mizuki had us take over the energy supply center immediately."

"They just arrived a bit late, and they don't seem to be from Ursus."

Alina still remembers how the Reunion discussed how to use Talulah's identity and Reunion internal strife within Ursus to their advantage. At that time, Mizuki didn't hesitate to suggest that the Reunion set up a trap in Chernobog and told them how to Reunion the Sarcophagus.

Although they knew at the time that Mizuki must have other ideas, the matter was ultimately beneficial to the Reunion. In addition, Mizuki had saved Alina's life and treated others. After weighing the pros and cons and discussing for more than half a month, Talulah and the others finally agreed to this risky plan.

Although they ultimately succeeded, capturing a city and fleeing to Kazdel, it's only now that they truly understand why Mizuki wanted them to take Chernobog —it turns out they were just there to act as bodyguards for that Doctor for a while.

"When I see him again, I'm definitely going to give him a good scolding."

"Don't be like some white rabbit who stays on Rhodes Island and refuses to come back."

Alina jokingly teased Talulah, who scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly, knowing her best friend was just kidding. As the leader of the Reunion, how could she possibly leave without permission? Ursus didn't even know how much money was on her head for Talulah's life.

"I'll go. Rhodes Island is almost as far as Kazimierz, it's too far, and it would take at least half a month to go there and back."

"Okay, it's up to you. These brothers who died this time need an explanation."

If it were an ordinary death in battle, Talulah wouldn't find it troublesome no matter how much she regretted it, but the fact that it was related to Demons made it hard for her to sit still.

Her intuition told her that the guy named Mr. K was definitely not someone to be trifled with, and the Reunion would need to be on high alert in the future.

"I wonder how Mizuki is doing now, and how much of her memory she has recovered."

Both of them sighed helplessly. They had known Mizuki for a long time, but they also knew very well that Mizuki had some secrets that he had never told anyone else, such as that he could indeed read minds.

"No wonder Mizuki can read minds."

In her room in Tide Stone Town, Miss Doctor reached out and poked the exquisite crown on Mizuki's head. She never expected that such a thing could appear on Mizuki.

"Mizuki, tell me honestly, you and Amiya really didn't have anything going on? She's only 14 years old!"

"... I was thinking that Rosemary was also 14 years old, why didn't you help me stop her back then?"

"She doesn't listen to me either, but I really didn't expect that, tsk tsk... Little Mizuki, hehehe, hehehehe."

Holding Mizuki tightly and inhaling deeply, the Doctor's laughter was so loud it made one want to call the police.

Indeed, while Mizuki is less mature than before, the youthful and innocent jellyfish-like boy is still a good target for her. Especially since all of Mizuki's old clothes are now a size too big, hanging loosely on her body. Tsk tsk, the level of exposure is quite high. How come I never noticed before that Mizuki was dressed so provocatively?

"Doctor, what you're doing is illegal."

Mizuki was somewhat annoyed. Not only did she wake up with a strange crown on her head, but she also turned into a 13-year-old, even shorter than Rosemary, only a little over 1.4 meters tall. She was hugged, rubbed, kissed, and cuddled by the Doctor, Exusiai, and others.

Even Irene, upon seeing the Mizuki, instinctively blurted out, "So cute, I want to take it home and keep it as a pet," which shows just how irresistible this little jellyfish is right now.

"It's okay, you take the initiative and I'll be the one to respond, then it won't be illegal."

The Doctor rubbed Mizuki, Exusiai seemed to be in a slump, muttering to herself.

"Oh no, now I'm a criminal. Why did my big boyfriend turn into such a small one? Although the smaller one seems more exciting, this is illegal, isn't it?"

She was torn. She liked both the original large Mizuki and this little jellyfish. After all, the large Mizuki allowed her to lean on it and play around with it freely, while the little one allowed her to hug it and seemed easy to bully.

The question is, is Mizuki currently operating legally?

"I feel like my most important task right now is to arrest you all?"

Irene glanced at the girls around her who were groping Mizuki. Not to mention the most aggressive Specter, even the usually calm and collected Texas couldn't resist and reached out to hug Mizuki and snuggle her against him.

"You're not saying you won't get caught."

Hai Mo muttered something to herself, then reached out and pinched Mizuki's cheek. It was bouncy and soft; it really felt nice.

These words successfully drew the attention of all the girls to Irene, their eyes filled with either helplessness or teasing. In particular, Specter's gaze made Irene feel inexplicably guilty.

For some reason, Irene thought of yesterday's kiss again, and subconsciously glanced at Mizuki's lips, feeling inexplicably thirsty.

"Even if I'm like that, I'll still arrest you first!"

"I am not human; Iberia law has no jurisdiction over me."

Hai Mo readily denied her human identity. Mizuki helplessly removed her hand and jumped out of Texas's arms, but he forgot that his clothes were now much bigger than before. He accidentally stepped on the hem of his coat and fell forward.

"Not good!"

At the crucial moment, it was Irene who proved reliable. She quickly reached out and hugged Mizuki, only to be bumped headfirst into his arms.

In the instant of the collision, Mizuki remembered the argument between Hai Mo and Irene yesterday afternoon and muttered something unconsciously.

"It's not small at all."

No one heard these words except for Irene herself. She was stunned for a moment, then blushed, tossed Mizuki to Skadi, and ran away.

Although they didn't know what Mizuki said, the girls at least saw him bury his face in someone's chest. The Doctor couldn't help but click her tongue, revealing a "it has to be you" expression.

Skadi wasn't jealous at all; all she wanted to do right now was Mizuki. How could she resist having such a small, fragrant, and soft Mizuki in her arms? But she was afraid of being disliked by Mizuki, so she could only indulge in some touching, like touching and pinching here and there.

"Is it big?"

"Similar to Xiao Le now, but definitely not as good as Hai Mo."

Mizuki answered honestly, then tugged at her collar with some distress. Her clothes no longer fit properly after her body shrank, making it somewhat inconvenient to move around.

Given Mizuki's current appearance, such actions were undeniably alluring, but everyone restrained the urge to take advantage of Mizuki on the spot, as their primary concern was Mizuki's condition.

"Is there no way to change back?"

"Hmm... I can sense that it's probably turned into this state because this thing on its head has drained a lot of the body's life force. It can turn back once it's replenished."

Mizuki gently bit his finger. He seemed to recognize the Black Crown on his head, but he couldn't quite place it.

"Speaking of which, I've always been curious, Mizuki. You should be able to freely change your body, right? Can you turn into a girl?"

"That's possible... well, but I was a boy before I became Seaborn, so I've always kept that habit."

With Mizuki's abilities, he can change his body shape, face shape, skin color, hair color, and even gender at will, but since no one has asked, he hasn't said anything.

"!?"

Upon hearing this, Exusiai immediately perked up. She remembered that Mizuki had been frequenting bars and similar places recently, saying she wanted to make more male friends, so she quickly kept an eye on Mizuki.

"You're not allowed to seduce other men!"

Rhodes Island has many beautiful girls, but also quite a few handsome guys, including androgynous ones like Ansel. Exusiai is worried that her boyfriend might develop some strange hobbies.

"I won't!"

Mizuki puffed out her cheeks; perhaps her personality had been somewhat affected by becoming a child, and she seemed more... serious now?

She was still quite adorable, though. The Doctor quietly locked the door from the inside, and the girls stared at Mizuki with clearly ill intentions.

Chapter 176 Irene's Grievance

"Hmm... My beloved Tin Man? Forget it, I can't bring myself to like him, I already have a boyfriend."

Lying lazily on the big bed, savoring the two hours of life she had experienced the previous night, Ho'olheyak even felt a lingering sweetness in her mouth. After clicking her tongue, she realized it was just her imagination, which was a bit of a pity.

"You heartless, stingy wretch, you deserve it! I've found a boyfriend, I'm quitting!"

She wrote this sentence on the report. Ho'olheyak was a little regretful that she hadn't recorded what happened last night as a memento, since it was her first time. Speaking of which, Mizuki's intensity was really high. It seemed that she blacked out after about an hour last night, but the access card records showed that Mizuki left half an hour later.

"Even when they're dizzy, they still won't let them go, really."

Ho'olheyak shook her head, then continued to lie on the bed. She didn't want to get out of bed today, and she didn't feel hungry either, having eaten too much last night.

But this wasn't just about seeking sensory stimulation. Ho'olheyak could clearly feel the immense vitality within her body, replenishing at least ten years' worth of losses. This was far more than what she had slowly absorbed before. Moreover... Ho'olheyak was indeed addicted to that kind of thing, having tasted its sweetness. No wonder Specter always liked to pester Mizuki.

"Finally, I can live a good life again."

She felt so relaxed. Ho'olheyak had never felt so relaxed before. She only had a dozen or so years left to live, and she was also bound by her family's long-standing mission. Now that she finally had someone to rely on, she felt truly wonderful.

She couldn't say she loved Mizuki; it was more of a transaction. But since Mizuki was willing to treat her sincerely, she naturally didn't mind returning the favor. In the end, she couldn't live without that young man.

Ho'olheyak suddenly felt that her lifespan was like a battery—it couldn't be extended, it could only be recharged periodically. Well, as long as it didn't break, that was fine.

"I was a little anxious yesterday, it's still the danger period... I don't know if I've been infected."