“Don’t worry, I’m a Magical Girl with the [Coordination] attribute. Suppressing the toxin’s spread is still manageable.”
The two Magical Girls were well-trained; one made a call to inform the Association of the situation, while the other checked on Xiaoxi’s condition.
Pale green vines crept up Xiaoxi’s body along the magic staff, but both were so busy that they didn’t notice Ye Xinglan, who had originally been standing behind them, had already vanished.
At this moment, An Wanwan, agilely weaving between buildings, was feeling quite pleased with her quick thinking just now.
As the saying goes, a clever rabbit has three burrows. As a Hunter, she had set three strict rules for herself.
The first unbreakable rule was to always leave herself an escape route — after all, hunting was a high-risk profession.
Fortunately, she had reacted fast enough to bluff those two Magical Girls who had just taken down the Butcher, scaring them off so they didn’t dare to chase her.
Otherwise, she might have ended up just like the Butcher — dead and gone!
But in the next moment, a tentacle suddenly wrapped around An Wanwan’s ankle, throwing off her balance and causing her to fall hard onto the rooftop.
Before she could even figure out what was happening, one after another, tentacles surged from the Black Mud, and in mere seconds, they had wrapped her up tightly like a rice dumpling.
An Wanwan’s eyes widened in terror as a figure full of killing intent slowly emerged from the Black Mud.
No way! An Wanwan had always been confident in her escape skills. How strong were those two Magical Girls that they could chase her this far so precisely?
The cold scythe was pressed against An Wanwan’s neck. Those tentacles, that scythe… hissing… these features looked familiar.
The one who caught up with her didn’t seem to be a Magical Girl at all…
“Speak. What exactly is the poison you used, and is there an antidote? I’ll give you three seconds.”
Ye Xinglan’s crimson eyes leaned close to An Wanwan’s face. Only then did An Wanwan belatedly realize that the Butcher, her ally, might not have been killed by those two Magical Girls after all.
“Don’t, don’t, don’t kill me! I’ll tell you everything! Actually, there’s no special antidote. Even if…”
“You mean the poison you used is incurable? Very well, it seems you’re prepared to die.”
Several tentacles tightened at once. An Wanwan’s eyes went wide in shock as every bone in her body cracked under the pressure.
Ye Xinglan was going to strangle her to death!
“P-please, hear me out! I mean, the poison I used isn’t life-threatening at all! Even if left untreated, there won’t be any problems!”
An Wanwan struggled to speak. Thankfully, she spoke fast enough to buy herself a bit of mercy. The tentacles loosened slightly, but she didn’t have time to catch her breath and hurriedly continued.
“What I used was just a stronger aphrodisiac poison! I—I’m just a little Succubus; what poison else could I possibly use?”
“Even if left alone, the victim will eventually come to their senses. What I said earlier was just scare tactics to keep you from chasing us! I wouldn’t dare use poison to kill someone!”
An Wanwan quickly dropped to her knees. Aside from her first rule, the other two she set for herself were “never do anything irreversible” and “kneel when necessary.”
She was greedy but cautious — although being a Hunter was lucrative, she didn’t want to earn money if she didn’t live to spend it.
It turned out those two rules had saved her life today. Ye Xinglan had truly intended to kill her just now.
If An Wanwan had really dared to harm Xiaoxi, she’d be nothing more than a corpse by now… no, after being devoured and corroded by the Black Mud, not even a corpse would remain.
Ye Xinglan retracted several tentacles, loosening the binds around An Wanwan, but her tone remained full of killing intent: “You have twenty seconds to explain this poison clearly, or you will die anyway.”
“I—it’s literally as the name suggests,” An Wanwan said with a flattering smile.
“This poison’s effect is to increase desire… ahem, you know what I mean. We Succubi are good at studying these things. I promise this aphrodisiac poison has no other harm besides a stronger effect!”
“And the antidote?”
“There’s no antidote… strictly speaking, this aphrodisiac poison is just kindling on dry firewood, not a true poison. If you really want a method… ahem, only someone else can help put out the fire.”
An Wanwan was terrified but dared not lie. Ye Xinglan seemed very concerned about Xiaoxi, and she was genuinely afraid Ye Xinglan would fly into a rage and snap her neck the moment she heard there was no antidote.
But to An Wanwan’s surprise, Ye Xinglan didn’t get angry. Instead, after a brief pause, she asked, “You mean this poison can only be cured through… indoor activities involving two people, right?”
“Exactly…”
“Well done!”
An Wanwan: “???”
Ye Xinglan suddenly clapped her hands, making An Wanwan shudder all over.
She had been bracing herself for Ye Xinglan’s fury, but instead, Ye Xinglan visibly brightened with excitement.
“So your poison has no side effects?”
“There are… a few. The victim’s desire will be stronger than usual for at least a week, since my aphrodisiac is too potent…”
“That’s a good thing?”
An Wanwan thought to herself: this is it, I’m done for.
No antidote and there are side effects—Ye Xinglan is clearly laughing in anger now!
Such mood swings are normal for someone of her status!
The trembling sensations transmitted through the tentacles convinced Ye Xinglan that An Wanwan wasn’t lying.
To that, Ye Xinglan could only say… that damn Succubus was too detestable!
In this situation, as her girlfriend, Ye Xinglan naturally had to step up… not because she had any ulterior motives.
After all, she had said there was only one way to cure it. She was just reluctantly accepting the circumstances!
Ye Xinglan patted An Wanwan on the shoulder: “I’m sparing your life because you’re honest.
There’s no other reason. Mainly because I like people who speak honestly, hmm.”
Watching each tentacle retract one by one, An Wanwan could hardly believe she had just narrowly escaped with her life.
She thought she was going to end up like the Butcher today!
Indeed, the moods of great people are always so unpredictable—Ye Xinglan had been deadly serious just moments ago, but now she had completely changed her expression!
“T-then I… I’ll be going now? Don’t worry, I won’t mention today’s events to anyone!”
An Wanwan was cooperative, but Ye Xinglan stopped her kindly.
“I said I’m sparing your life, not that I’m letting you go just like that… don’t worry, I’m only going to help you forget things you shouldn’t remember. It might cause a little damage to your brain, but you shouldn’t mind, right?”
Thin tentacles slipped into An Wanwan’s ears. Terrified as she was, An Wanwan didn’t dare to protest.
The last person who did was the Butcher—and he was kicked out of the Capital City server already!
Soon, An Wanwan no longer felt “fear.” After a strange “gurgling” sound, she collapsed on the ground, her gaze unfocused, clear liquid dripping from the corners of her mouth. She had entered a babbling state.
Ye Xinglan nodded in satisfaction. Considering An Wanwan’s accidental assistance in stirring things up, she had been careful in her actions just now.
The Black Mud wrapped around Ye Xinglan’s body, and with a breath, she disappeared again.
On the rooftop, only the unconscious An Wanwan remained.