"M-Mr. Zhang Xiu?!"
Firefly's face turned completely scarlet, and steam even rose from the top of her head.
The sadness she had felt over her own condition was swept away entirely, replaced by a young girl's anticipation and bashfulness.
"Zhang Xiu, what are you doing? You shouldn't tease Firefly like that."
Stelle chastised him aloud, but silently extended her right hand and gave him a thumbs-up.
"All right, all right. Oh dear, I'm getting old. I don't understand young people anymore. Back in the day, if you fancied someone, you just knocked them out with a club and took them home. Why make it so complicated?"
"That was a very long time ago." Sampo's mouth twitched. He understood the joke Zhang Xiu was making.
Zhang Xiu smiled and took Yaoshi's hand. "Come on, honey. Let's head to the next place."
But in truth, when it came to age, he might well have been the youngest person present. Even counting everything, he was only twenty.
Stelle looked very young, but she might actually have been older than Firefly, a veteran of Glamoth. As for Sparkle? She looked young and pretty, but she probably wasn't all that young either.
After leaving, Zhang Xiu opened his phone to find a message from Aventurine.
"My friend, the game has begun. Care to join us?"
Zhang Xiu replied:
"Sorry, Aventurine. Originally, I only joined this game to have some fun."
"But now, there's been a change of plans. Rest assured, though-you and your companions will be fine."
He put his phone away and looked at the three people still chatting behind him. "Everyone!"
As they turned their eyes toward him, Zhang Xiu waved and grinned, exposing the chilling white teeth beneath his lips.
"See you in paradise~"
His words came out of nowhere, but the