The night after the battle seemed especially peaceful, at least to Lü Xiao Dao.
Suddenly, he smelled blood.
Fear sent his hair standing on end, jolting him awake. He saw a basketball-sized Big Black Rat holding a sharp dagger, a girl's face on its belly, eyeing him hungrily.
Wait, didn't I finish the mission? Was this an illusion? Could this rat use illusion techniques too?
Whoosh!
The rat shrieked and thrust its knife toward Lü Xiao Dao's face.
"Fuck, you can't mess with me like this!"
Lü Xiao Dao rolled away, narrowly escaping, but the rat was even faster. Like a sprite in the darkness, it suddenly darted in front of him and kicked him hard in the face.
"I was born human, and here I am getting kicked by a rat."
Bang!
Lü Xiao Dao was kicked into the corner, his face burning with pain.
He could only watch as the rat drew closer and closer.
"Alice, why are you hiding behind me?"
Within the Dreamscape, Xu Ye stood in an obscure corner, concealing himself as he quietly watched it all unfold.
He had originally intended to ask Lü Xiao Dao directly what had happened. With his strength, Lü Xiao Dao couldn't have killed an Aberrant.
But it seemed Lü Xiao Dao himself had forgotten.
Left with no choice, Xu Ye had Alice use Soul-Seizing, hoping to find the scene in his memories.
Alice huddled behind Xu Ye's shoulder, daring to show only her eyes, as though she were watching a horror film.
"R-rat..."
?
Xu Ye looked utterly baffled. "Aren't rats supposed to be afraid of cats? Why are you afraid of rats?"
"I just am! What's wrong with that?" Alice snapped. "I'm the noble Cat God. How could I be the same as an ordinary cat? Disgusting