Chapter 316
"What's wrong?"
"Ah." Luo Mio turned her gaze after hearing Saitama's question and shook her head. "It's nothing, I just felt like someone was watching me."
"Huh?"
Saitama looked out the window and said, "But I didn't notice anyone around."
Luo Mio shook her head and explained to Saitama.
"They weren't observing us from the sidelines."
"Huh?"
"Instead, someone is observing me through pictures and videos."
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Saitama exclaimed in surprise, "Are there really people like this?"
"Never mind, they didn't mean any harm."
Luo Mio continued to hold her rice bowl and eat the seafood hot pot on the small table.
"This seafood hot pot is so delicious!"
"... Should we add a little more?"
"Huh? Can you finish it?"
"I don't have any problem, in fact, Teacher Saitama ate most of it."
"Um... then let's add some more."
Chapter Nine: A Strange Day of Hellish Blizzard
In the afternoon, Luo Mio walked on the streets of City E, watching the passersby around her.
After lunch, Saitama bid farewell to Luo Mio, saying he was going to buy shower gel, soap, and the like.
Luo Mio also came out for a stroll because she was bored.
At this moment, Luo Mio, who was walking on the street, suddenly stopped and looked into the alley to the side with a look of surprise in her blue eyes.
Because deep in the alley, Luo Mio sensed the aura of "Feather of the Dust".
However, it was different from the aura emanating from his hands.
'This is... Xiao Shi's feather scent?'
However, in addition to the scent of feathers, Luo Mio also sensed an aura similar to that of telekinesis.
Luo Mio frowned slightly and walked into the alley with doubt in her eyes.
——
In the alley
"Hahaha, I finally got my chance, 'Hellish Blizzard'!"
A strange, dark green humanoid figure with snake-like tongues stared at the tall, slender woman in front of him with an excited look in its snake-like eyes.
A woman in her early twenties with short black hair was panting heavily. Her once sharp emerald green eyes were now empty and lifeless as she stared blankly at the strange man in front of her.
On her beautiful face, a trickle of blood slowly flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Her alluring figure was clad in a deep green long dress. Her originally mature and elegant demeanor was now replaced by a pitiful and vulnerable appearance, making her seem to need love and pity.
At her feet lay one after another men in black suits lying dead.
Because of the inexplicable global earthquake a few days ago, the news and newspapers have been full of reports about it, and there's no news at all about her "Blizzard Group" taking down the monster.
Enraged, she led the "Blizzard Group" in a chase through an alley and caught a "Tiger" level monster. Just as she was about to take him down, a humanoid snake-like monster suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
When Fubuki saw the strange man, she was shocked because it was one of the strange men she had dealt with before who should have died. Later, Fubuki realized that the man had successfully escaped by using the characteristic of snakes shedding their skin.
But then, just as Fubuki was about to finish off her opponent, he suddenly produced a very strange black feather that emitted a faint dark red light.
In an instant, all the other members of the "Blizzard Group," all of her subordinates, inexplicably fainted.
For a moment, she felt as if her soul had been hypnotized, and her consciousness strangely began to faint. Helpless, she could only bite her lip to force herself to wake up.
But even so, it was no use, and his consciousness gradually became hazy, and his vision gradually became blurred and unclear.
Snakes are inherently lustful, inheriting some characteristics of snakes. The strange man's vertical eyes greedily stared at Fubuki's delectable figure, and his forked tongue excitedly flicked out from his head.
"I don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment. Thanks to this black feather, I'm finally able to avenge what happened a year ago."
As he spoke, his gaze fell on the black feather on his right hand.
Hearing the strange man's voice, Fubuki could no longer see anything clearly and could only barely hear the strange man's words.
The image of that eerie black feather kept replaying in his mind.
'What... is that...?'
The strange man walked step by step toward Fubuki.
"Don't worry, I will love you dearly!"
As he spoke, the strange man's vertical eyes revealed an even stronger lustful glint.
Clearly, Fubuki also understood the strange man's lewd words.
'I need to... think of a way...'
But in her current condition, she was unable to take any action and could only listen in despair as the strange man walked towards her.
As the strange man approached, Fubuki's heart grew increasingly anxious and desperate.
"As the owner of the 'feather,' you're really bothering me."
Just then, a voice rang out from around the corner of the alley.
The strange man who heard the sound was also startled.
"How is this possible?! I clearly used feathers to shield myself from the surroundings, who... who are you?!"
As she spoke, her gaze turned to the corner, where Luo Mio's azure eyes shone like clear, cool water gems in the dark alley.
"Haa..."
Luo Mio emerged from the alley, her blue eyes fixed on the strange man, and said, "Someone like you, a little monster, have your ears grown onto your lower body?"
"I already said..."
Luo Mio raised her hand and then snapped her fingers softly.
"Smack!"
"I am the owner of the feather in your hand."
With a crisp snap of her fingers, Fubuki instantly regained consciousness, and the groggy discomfort in her head disappeared.
Shaking her head, Fubuki leaned against the wall and looked up in Luo Mio's direction.
Her hair was pure white and flawless, and her profile looked like that of a girl from a distance, with deep blue eyes like the ocean.
'So beautiful...'
'And... she just said she's the owner of that black feather?'
As Fubuki looked at Luo Mio reached out and gently beckoned to the strange man.
"Ahhh! It's so hot!"
Suddenly, the black feather in the strange man's hand burst into a crimson flame.
The scorched monster instantly released the black feather.
The burning feathers did not fall to the ground, but floated in mid-air and then slowly drifted towards Luo Mio.
And on its way to Luo Mio, the burning red flames gradually disappeared, eventually turning into a warm and beautiful Red and White Feather.
Watching the feather gently fall into her palm, Luo Mio raised her azure eyes and looked at the strange man.
The strange man, sensing something was wrong, was about to turn and run away.
"!"
What happened...?!
The strange man's figure seemed to freeze, standing there staring blankly.
'I can't move!'
After glancing at the strange man, Luo Mio turned and left, saying as she did so.
"As for it, I'll leave it to you, 'Big Sister'."
Watching Luo Mio's departing figure, Fubuki was slightly stunned, then as if she had thought of something, she quickly spoke to Luo Mio, who was about to turn the corner.
"Them..."
Before she could finish speaking, Luo Mio spoke first to her.
"Don't worry, they'll wake up soon."
After saying that, he waved to Fubuki and turned to leave.
Fubuki stared blankly at Luo Mio's departing figure.
Fubuki, who had been stunned for a moment, also turned around, her emerald green eyes glaring sharply at the strange man.
"This time, you won't escape again!"
——
Luo Mio, who had returned to the main street, also let out a soft sigh.
'Honestly, how can you just throw away something as important as feathers?'
Luo Mio then used "Feather of the Dust" in her consciousness to call out to Xiao Shi, who was currently traveling around the world.
'Crooked?'
Upon hearing Xiao Shi's voice, Luo Mio got straight to the point.
'Teacher Xiaoshi, how could you throw feathers around like that!'
'Huh...?'
Hearing Xiao Shi's question, Luo Mio explained everything that had just happened to her.
After Xiaoshi learned everything, he also said...
"That feather... I heard there was an urban legend about it somewhere in City Z, but when I got there, there wasn't a single feather. So, since I was bored, I thought I'd create an urban legend."
That's why I put the feathers there...
Luo Mio closed her eyes, her head aching.
After calming down for a while, Luo Mio asked Xiao Shi.
Where are you now?
'Me? I'm currently beneath a glacier.'
'Glacier?'
"Well, because of the global earthquake caused by your collision with Saitama a few days ago, I accidentally woke up this little guy in front of me."
Luo Mio asked, also puzzled.
'Little guy?'
'Ah, a fat dragon that claims to be an ancient king.'
'I'm going to teach this little guy a lesson now, I'll contact you later.'
After saying that, Xiao Shi severed the connection of the feather.
Luo Mio looked up in a direction in the sky with a face full of shame.
'...'
'Don't destroy the entire glacier...'