Kidnap Xiao Wu, Villain Aura

"Bedding?"

Ye Hua froze for a moment and looked down at his empty hands.

His bedding had long since been stored in the Azure Jade Bracelet. Standing empty-handed at the entrance to the Seventh Dormitory, where was he supposed to get bedding?

Xiao Wu jumped down from her bed, planted her hands on her hips, and stood prettily before Ye Hua.

Her large, sparkling eyes sized him up and down, looking exactly like a bandit chief inspecting a passing merchant caravan.

"Ahem, my name is Xiao Wu—Wu as in dancing. What's your name?"

"My name is Ye Hua—Ye as in long night, Hua as in China."

"Don't copy the way I talk," Xiao Wu snapped, puffing out her cheeks. "New student Ye Hua, do you know the rules?"

"What rules?" Ye Hua knowingly asked.

Xiao Wu held out a finger and waved it before his eyes. "The rules of the Seventh Dormitory are simple. Beat me, and you're the boss!"

"If you can't beat me, obediently hand over your bedding and let me use it as a mattress!"

Ye Hua: ???

That rule about what happened if he lost was something she had made up herself, wasn't it?

Suddenly, suppressed and gloating laughter came from behind Xiao Wu.

Ye Hua glanced over and saw seven or eight work-study students crouching in the corner, their faces bruised and swollen.

The leader was a tall boy, clearly half a head taller than the others. He was obviously Wang Sheng, the former boss.

At that moment, he covered his blackened eye and shook his head at Ye Hua with a look of utter despair.

Clearly, these unlucky fellows had already been beaten up by Xiao Wu!

[ Ding— ]

[Detected that the savable target "Xiao Wu" is in an unbonded state. Main quest triggered.]

[Quest Name: Kidnap Xiao Wu]

[Quest Content: Make Xiao Wu willingly call you "big brother" once, completing the initial bond.]

[Quest Reward: Villain Aura]

[Aura Effect: Once equipped, while the host is present, Tang San will lose all fortune-based blessings and will be unable to make others lose their intelligence. Furthermore, all of the host's actions will be subconsciously deemed reasonable.]

[Quest Description: Why does he get to be the protagonist? I! Will! Turn! Evil!]

The corners of Ye Hua's mouth rose.

He had just been worrying about what to do if Tang San activated his halo and forcibly made everyone stupid!

After all, before Holy Soul Village, Tang San's halo had already shown its power!

Villain Aura...

The effect of this reward was practically a tailor-made weapon for countering Tang San!

The most troublesome thing about Tang San was not his talent, but that strange aura that made those around him trust, forgive, and help him without limits!

A person whose soul was nearly forty years old pretended to be a child, and no one found it strange?

He stole someone else's spot and was even praised for being broad-minded?

Even when he made empty promises, people praised him for repaying kindness?

Wasn't that the Protagonist Halo?

And now, the system was giving him a Villain Aura designed specifically to counter the Protagonist Halo!

With it, Tang San would never again be able to rely on his mind-dulling aura to whitewash himself!

And Ye Hua would no longer have to worry about Tang San activating his Protagonist Halo and having goddesses throw themselves into his arms, making him miserable!

"Well? Do you dare?" Xiao Wu tilted her head, her ponytail swaying behind her as her long legs settled into a fighting stance.

Clearly, whether Ye Hua agreed or not, she intended to make a move.

Ye Hua looked into her confidence-filled eyes and suddenly smiled.

"Fighting is fine, but let's change the stakes."

"Oh?" Xiao Wu became interested. "What do you want to bet?"

Imitating her, Ye Hua held out a finger and waved it before her eyes. "If I lose, I'll give you a brand-new set of bedding, plus ten Gold Soul Coins!"

Gasps rang out from the corner.

Ten Gold Soul Coins!

For work-study students, that was unquestionably a huge sum!

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, but she quickly became wary again.

"Then what if you win?"

"If I win," Ye Hua pursed his lips, pretending not to care, "I won't ask you to serve me like an ox or a horse, nor will I demand money."

"You only need to call me big brother once!"

The Seventh Dormitory instantly fell so silent that a needle dropping could be heard.

Then deafening cheers erupted.

"Damn! This kid's got guts!"

"He wants to be Sister Xiao Wu's big brother? Has he never been beaten up before?"

"The last person who asked Sister Xiao Wu to call him big brother is still lying on the ground!"

Wang Sheng, having been called out, twitched violently at the corner of his mouth. He shot a fierce glare at the person who had said that, making him bow his head awkwardly.

Only after seeing him back down did Wang Sheng rise while covering his eye. In the earnest tone of someone speaking from experience, he said, "Brother, listen to Brother Wang Sheng's advice and change the stakes."

"Sister Xiao Wu may look thin, but when she fights, she's fiercer than a Soul Beast!"

"I, the former boss of the Seventh Dormitory, couldn't even last three moves..."

Xiao Wu turned and gave him a murderous glare. Wang Sheng immediately shut up and shrank back into the corner.

"Interesting." Xiao Wu turned back around and looked Ye Hua up and down. "Fine, Sister Xiao Wu accepts!"

"But don't regret it. I hit hard!"

Ye Hua took off his jacket, draped it over the bedframe, and loosened his wrists. "Come on!"

Xiao Wu did not waste words. She pushed off hard with her heels, turning into an agile rabbit as she lunged straight at him.

She was incredibly fast. Her right leg swept through the air in an arc, leaving only an afterimage as it lashed toward Ye Hua's waist with a sharp gust of wind.

The Soft-Bone Rabbit martial soul was a natural close-combat fighter!

The speed and angle of that kick were flawless!

If it had been an ordinary child, they likely would not even have had time to react before being swept to the ground!

But Ye Hua was no ordinary child.

He was a cheat user.

A cheat user with soul power at level fifteen.

Although he had yet to obtain a Soul Ring, and the boost from his soul power could not yet be turned into soul skills.

Level fifteen soul power still meant that his physical abilities had been strengthened far beyond those of children his age!

Strength, speed, reflexes, endurance...

He crushed them in every aspect!

Ye Hua merely turned sideways, and Xiao Wu's leg swept past the edge of his clothes.

At the same time, Ye Hua reached out and accurately grabbed Xiao Wu by the ankle.

Xiao Wu's pupils contracted slightly.

What fast reflexes!

But she was, after all, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in human form. Her battle instincts were carved into her bones.

The instant her ankle was caught, she did not panic. Instead, she used the momentum to twist her waist in midair.

Her other leg became a whip, lashing toward Ye Hua's forehead!

That move, borrowing force to counter force, was executed beautifully. Wang Sheng, watching from the corner, stared in shock.

Just now, he had been kicked flying by that very move!

But Ye Hua did not dodge.

He raised his other hand and steadily caught Xiao Wu's whipping kick.

Then he pressed downward.

"Ah—"

Xiao Wu let out a short cry as she lost her balance and was pressed directly onto the floor by Ye Hua.

Her legs were held separately in Ye Hua's hands, leaving her body pinned to the ground in an extremely awkward position, completely unable to move below the waist.

Ye Hua pressed one knee against the bend of her legs and leaned down.

Their faces were less than three inches apart.

Xiao Wu's face instantly flushed bright red.

"You—"

"Let me go!"

Ye Hua did not move. A faint smile rested on his lips. "Do you admit defeat?"

"I don't!" Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and struggled desperately.

But Ye Hua had her legs firmly under control, and with her waist pinned down, she could not exert any strength at all.

A hundred-thousand-year Soft-Bone Rabbit in human form was now pinned to the ground, unable to move, by a seemingly ordinary child her age.

If word got out, where would Sister Xiao Wu's dignity go?

She struggled a few more times and discovered that the more she struggled, the closer they pressed together. The blush on her face spread from her cheeks to the tips of her ears.

Seeing Ye Hua press his entire body down to restrain her struggles, using his knee to pin her thigh while both hands held her wrists...

If they had not yet kissed and their clothes were still on, Xiao Wu might even have thought they were a couple entwined together!

This position was simply... simply too embarrassing!!!

The scent of the boy's body drifted over, and Xiao Wu finally could not endure it any longer!