"You've got guts? Then let me go, and we'll fight fair and square!" Wu Yan said angrily through the pain.
"You'll find out whether I've got guts soon enough, won't you?" Li Xuan smiled wickedly and used Fireproof Tentacles to send Wu Yan into the underground "Magical Girl's Wonder House."
Ahahahahahahahahahaha
Upon arriving at the dim underground warehouse, Wu Yan immediately panicked:
Although no one had brought up what Xu Rou had gone through here, everyone had silently understood it. Yet just from the sticky fluid on her body when she was rescued and her slightly trembling frame, it was not hard to guess what kind of treatment she had suffered.
Though Wu Yan was bold and carefree by nature, she was still a young girl. The thought of being reduced to a complete mess herself soon made her body tremble involuntarily.
"Are you scared?"
"Scared? What a joke. The word 'fear' doesn't exist in my dictionary!" Wu Yan snorted disdainfully, though her voice lacked conviction.
"Then you should get a dictionary without missing pages," Li Xuan teased.
"You think you're funny? You bastard! You piece of trash! If you hadn't used such dirty tricks, I'd have made you vanish from this world in one second!" Wu Yan cursed loudly, seemingly trying to dispel the fear in her heart.
"Your vocabulary when cursing is much richer than Xu Rou's. Hmm... your thighs are much firmer too. You work out often, don't you?" Li Xuan squeezed Wu Yan's thigh hard, deeply satisfied by its taut feel.
Seeing Li Xuan brazenly kneading her thigh, Wu Yan wished she could burn him to death with a single blast. However, magic such as Judgment was the kind that injured both sides. Though immensely powerful, it would also leave her briefly weakened afterward.
In other words, she did not even have the ability to drag him down with her right now. She could only let the monster before her do as he pleased.
"Relax. I won't deal with you the same way I dealt with Xu Rou. After all, I'd get bored if I used the same method every time." As Li Xuan spoke, his fingers moved downward and removed Wu Yan's red dance shoes.
Wu Yan wore no socks after transforming, so once her shoes came off, a pair of pale, tender feet was revealed. Her feet were beautifully shaped, with slender, long soles and sharply defined ankles. Her skin was fair and smooth, her pores delicate, and her ten round toes were carefully painted with red nail polish. They had clearly been well cared for, and she certainly had reason to be proud of them.
"Your feet really are pretty. And they look sensitive too." Li Xuan took out a feather with a wicked grin and lightly brushed it across Wu Yan's sole.
"Mmph!" Wu Yan's foot trembled slightly and reflexively pulled back.
"You're actually really ticklish, aren't you?" Li Xuan leaned closer and gently bit Wu Yan's ear. His warm breath lingered beside her earlobe, making her shiver.
"I'm not! Give me my shoes back!" Wu Yan said, her face flushing red.
"Good. Because the punishment prepared for you today is hell for anyone who's ticklish." More than a dozen thin tentacles extended from behind Li Xuan. Each held a feather, brush, calligraphy brush, or something similar, and they suddenly reached beneath Wu Yan's arms, over her ribs, along her soles, neck, and buttocks—every spot most sensitive to tickling.
"Eh?... Ha... hahaha~ Stop tickling me... it tickles... ahahahaha... stop it~~ quit it... ahahahahahaha~" Wu Yan could not help laughing madly. She twisted her body, trying to avoid them, but the tentacles forcibly held her in place. The inescapable, unbearable itch made her whole body tremble without pause.
Wu Yan had once heard that ancient people used tickling as a way to torture prisoners. This kind of punishment could even kill someone. Was she going to laugh herself to death like this?
"Ahahahaha~~... I can't take it anymore... stop already! Wahahaha~ ha..." The relentless tickling made tears stream from Wu Yan's eyes as her face flushed crimson. Her sweat-dampened chest rose and fell violently, and she panted sharply through her mouth. Laughing consumed far more stamina than she had imagined. Several times, she tried to use magic to perish together with him, but the constant itching from every part of her body made it impossible to focus.
"You seem to be having fun," Li Xuan joked.
"I'm not... hahahaha~ It's just... hahaha... just a physiological reaction! You... hahahaha~" Wu Yan was laughing so hard she could barely breathe, but she still tried to retort.
"You magical girls are all so stubborn."
"Let me go~~ I'm going to lose my breath... I can't... if this keeps going, I'm going to become weird..." Half an hour later, Wu Yan's voice had weakened. It was not because the tickling had lessened, but because she no longer had enough oxygen to sustain such prolonged laughter.
[Defeat CG unlocked: Tickling Play (I)] [CG elements: Tickling & Suffocation] [Experience +3] [Current Experience 3/10]
Seeing that the CG had been unlocked and that Wu Yan might really suffocate to death if this continued, Li Xuan snapped his fingers and had the tentacles release her, adhering to the principle of sustainable development.
The moment the tentacles let her down, Wu Yan collapsed limply onto the floor. She had laughed until she had no strength left anywhere in her body. Though the tentacles had not secreted any mucus, her face was already covered in her own saliva and tears, leaving her in a complete mess.
Li Xuan checked the map on the Hunting Radar. Qi Mo and Xu Rou had already dealt with the Slime and were heading this way. He did not have much time left.
Li Xuan withdrew the tentacles and turned to leave, but a weak voice suddenly came from behind him. "Stop! Where are you going? Our fight isn't over yet!"
Li Xuan turned around and saw that Wu Yan had actually gotten back on her feet. Staggering forward, she slammed a fist into his chest.
However, Wu Yan had already exhausted all her strength. Her little fists were limp and powerless, and she could no longer summon that deadly flame.
Li Xuan grabbed Wu Yan's wrist and pulled her into his arms. "You're already this limp. How are you going to fight me? Or are you reluctant to let me go and want to play with me a little longer?"
"That's not it! Let me go! Ah~" Wu Yan's hands were twisted behind her back by tentacles, and a heavy slap landed on her pert buttocks.
The sensation of being spanked filled Wu Yan with humiliation, and tears instantly streamed down her face. She had boasted before her companions, but when it came to a real fight, not only had she failed to avenge Xu Rou, she had gotten herself captured as well. For someone with such strong pride, that was a difficult reality to accept.
Li Xuan had no idea she was going through such complicated thoughts. He simply found some rope in his toolbox, tied Wu Yan to the floor with her legs spread in an M-shape, sealed her mouth with tape, and left several small tentacles behind to keep counting her ribs.
These tentacles were monsters created by the second batch of Fallen Blood. Though they had no combat ability, once killed, they would release smoke that made people emotionally irritable. As long as cracks formed within the magical girls' group, his plan could proceed perfectly.
"They'll stop once they've counted to ten thousand. Enjoy yourself slowly."
Watching Wu Yan writhe in humiliation, Li Xuan smiled in satisfaction before swaggering out of the warehouse.
By the time Qi Mo and Xu Rou found the warehouse door, Wu Yan was nearly driven mad by the torment.
Xu Rou hurried forward, tore off the tentacles, threw them to the ground, and crushed them beneath her feet. Then she carefully cut through the ropes with her axe blade and freed Wu Yan. The crushed tentacles released a cloud of pink smoke, but Xu Rou, focused solely on rescuing her, seemed not to notice.
Big Brother Really Delivered!
"Are you okay, Flame Dance? Is anything hurting? Has the monster left?" Xu Rou asked worriedly.
"I'm fine. My hands and feet are just numb from being tied up," Wu Yan said, panting heavily.
Seeing the red marks left by the ropes across Wu Yan's skin, Xu Rou supported her into a sitting position and massaged her to restore circulation. Wu Yan's body was still sensitive after the tickling torture, and she occasionally let out alluring gasps.
By now, the pink smoke had spread through the enclosed space. Watching Xu Rou's little hands press and massage Wu Yan's body, Qi Mo grew increasingly irritated. Finally, she could not help saying, "Wu Yan, I told you long ago that we needed to act together. But you went after the monster by yourself again! You let a monster that practically delivered itself to us get away!"
Wu Yan had already been thoroughly tormented by Li Xuan and was in a foul mood. Hearing Qi Mo's reproach, she snapped, "The monster was right in front of me. Was I supposed to stand there and wait to die?"
"Stop twisting my words. I'm talking about how you went off and pursued it on your own! You always get carried away and let your emotions control you. When are you going to fix that habit?" Qi Mo said with a frown.
"Alright, alright, Qi Mo. Wu Yan only did it because she wanted to avenge me. Don't blame her too much," Xu Rou urged.
Seeing Xu Rou speak up for Wu Yan, Qi Mo grew even angrier, and her voice rose. "Why are you defending her too? She's always this reckless. One day, she's going to get us all killed!"
"Don't yell at Xiao Rou! If you've got the ability, go find that monster and kill it! You're always putting on that lecturing face. You're not my mother!" Wu Yan was restless and irritated, so she fired back.
"I should've known better than to save you. I should've let you die at that monster's hands!" Seeing Wu Yan's hand still resting on Xu Rou's shoulder, Qi Mo's voice trembled with rage. She turned and stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
Naturally, Li Xuan saw all of this through the Hunting Radar. Smiling in satisfaction, he switched the view to Qi Mo as she left in anger.
Forum Friends, Judge This for Me! I Got NTR'd!
Still seething with anger, Qi Mo returned home, opened a forum she frequented, and made a post tearfully recounting her miserable experience. Naturally, she did not mention magical girls or monsters, replacing them with a similar scenario instead.
This kind of love-triangle story was very popular with netizens, and a large number of replies quickly appeared. Most were merely spectators enjoying the drama, laughing and patting the original poster's head; occasionally, a few kindhearted people offered comfort. Qi Mo had expected this reaction. She only wanted to vent and receive a few comforting words.
After venting her emotions, Qi Mo could not help recalling Xu Rou massaging Wu Yan with those fair, tender hands. She suddenly felt excited, so she opened a certain unspeakable website and entered "magical girl" as a keyword, hoping to find some material.
However, the recently uploaded videos were all horribly low quality. Some used magical girls as bait, but had nothing to do with them once opened. Greatly disappointed, Qi Mo was about to shut down her computer when a private message arrived in the forum's inbox.
She opened it and saw:
[Your situation isn't called NTR, because the heroine in the story isn't your lover yet—she's only someone you have a crush on—so it doesn't meet the definition of NTR. Also, saying you were 'NTR'd' is incorrect. NTR itself is already a passive construction.]
This was clearly directed at the post she had just made, and Qi Mo immediately got angry. Since she did not need to maintain a ladylike image online, she pounded at the keyboard and replied in a flurry at the speed of seventeen messages every two seconds:
Who are you? I like using it that way. Why do you care?
You think knowing a little makes you so impressive? You read a few posts and now you're acting like grammar police everywhere. What are you showing off for?
What? Not replying because you're scared?
After sending the messages, Qi Mo smugly imagined the other person's furious reaction. However, their next reply was far beyond her expectations:
[Type 1 and get 200GB of high-definition magical girl content.]
1111111 Big Brother Really Delivered!
Soon afterward, a cloud-storage link was sent to Qi Mo's email. Overjoyed, she opened it and downloaded a file package named "Study Materials." Once the download finished, she opened it and found that it really contained numerous magical girl animated clips, all of exceptionally high quality.
Qi Mo eagerly browsed through the clips. As she watched, she suddenly noticed that one of them was live-action. Was it some kind of magical girl cosplay?
Curious, Qi Mo clicked on the video.
The video was very short, only a little over a minute long. Its content was a classic scene involving a magical girl and tentacle monster, something Qi Mo was used to seeing.
However, when she saw the heroine's face clearly, she felt all the blood in her body rush to her head—the magical girl on screen was Xu Rou, the person she had long coveted! Looking at the surroundings, it was clearly the abandoned warehouse where Xu Rou had been rescued that day.
The overly stimulating sight made Qi Mo stop thinking. She replayed the video again and again, put on headphones to listen to Xu Rou's cries, and soon found her own moment of release.
Only after the post-climax haze had passed did Qi Mo realize how strange this was. She hurriedly opened the private messages and asked:
How did you get that live-action video?
The other party quickly replied:
[That isn't important. What matters is that I have the full version of the video. Don't worry. Other than me, you're the only one who has seen it.]
Qi Mo hesitated. Because magical girls' Cognitive Obstruction also worked on recorded footage, she was not too worried that the other party would upload the video online. But the person's identity was far too suspicious. Had they really sent her this video by coincidence?
How much?
Despite all her doubts, Qi Mo ultimately could not resist the temptation and typed her question.
[No money required. You only need to help me test a new product.]
What new product?
[A kind of magic potion. If you give it to the person you like, she'll develop feelings of love for you. Don't worry, it won't cause her any harm.]
You think I'd believe something like that?
[You will.]
The conversation ended there.
The following afternoon, Qi Mo really did receive a bottle of red potion. Though her first thought was to throw it away immediately, she still brought it with her as if possessed.
Because of the monster attacks, school had been suspended, so Qi Mo went directly to Xu Rou's home to see her.
"Let's go have dinner together," Qi Mo invited.
"Shouldn't we invite Wu Yan too? You two just had an argument. It might be a good chance to ease things between you," Xu Rou asked.
"Precisely because we just argued, we should keep our distance and give both sides some time to calm down," Qi Mo replied with the excuse she had prepared long ago.
"You've thought this through more carefully than I did. I overlooked that," Xu Rou said with a smile, taking Qi Mo's hand and heading out with her.
Held by Xu Rou's cool little hand, Qi Mo felt incomparably happy, as though the happiness in her heart was about to overflow.
The two went to a restaurant they often visited and casually had a simple meal. Several times, Qi Mo wanted to take out the potion and have Xu Rou drink it, but each time she felt it would be too abrupt and worried Xu Rou might grow suspicious.
Just then, the aura of a monster suddenly appeared nearby.
"Could it be that guy again?"
Qi Mo and Xu Rou exchanged a glance. Both took out their badges, transformed, and rushed toward the source of the aura.
Deceiving Yourself
After arriving, Qi Mo could not help letting out a sigh of relief.
This time, the monster had four arms and looked like a giant gorilla. Though it was tall and powerfully built, it was not especially difficult to deal with.
Xu Rou immediately swung her Moonblade Axe and charged in, while Qi Mo used various spells from the rear to restrict the monster's movements. With the two working together, Xu Rou soon beheaded the monster.
"Xiao Rou, are you alright?" Qi Mo stepped forward and used magic to heal Xu Rou's wounds.
"I'm fine. I'm just a little low on energy." Xu Rou canceled her transformation and sat down on the ground tiredly.
Ever since she had been captured after that mistake, Xu Rou had been somewhat distracted. She vaguely sensed that beneath her shame and resentment, there seemed to be a faint expectation hidden deep in her heart. If Qi Mo and Wu Yan had not rescued her that day, what shameless methods would that monster have used on her? How long could her noble convictions have truly held out?
No. She could not keep thinking about this. Absolutely not.
Xu Rou tapped her forehead with her fist, strangling those thoughts in the cradle.
"You've been forcing yourself to stay strong lately. I can tell you don't want Wu Yan and me to worry, but that isn't a reason to push yourself so hard. As magical girls, of course we have to be strong. But when you're weak, you can rely on someone too. Do you understand?" Qi Mo said gently.
"I'm sorry. I was being too narrow-minded. This isn't something I should bear alone, yet I kept thinking I had to handle it myself." Xu Rou thought of how Qi Mo was only one year older than her, yet cared for her as meticulously as an older sister. She was deeply moved, completely unaware that the intense friendship had already quietly changed.
"Now that's more like it! Have some water to soothe your throat. Charging in front every battle is exhausting," Qi Mo said with a smile, naturally handing Xu Rou a bottle of drink.
Xu Rou happened to be thirsty, so she unscrewed the cap and gulped it all down.
When Xu Rou picked up the drink, Qi Mo's heart pounded wildly. Only when Xu Rou finished it without the slightest suspicion did Qi Mo finally relax, though she also felt a trace of regret and loss.
"Go home and get some proper sleep. Leave the cleanup to me," Qi Mo said softly.
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