Chapter 144: Visit of You Minglu, Vampire Hunter_2
Bai Qiuwu spoke carelessly, always feeling that the girl in front of her was somewhat bizarre, an unusual sense of dissonance lingering.
She then raised her hand and gently rubbed her eyes.
At the same time, she initiated the Eyes of Golden Flame in a flash, peering through the gaps of her fingers at the girl. The girl's appearance remained unchanged, not a single detail altered. Her body was tightly wrapped, hiding everything else.
When Bai Qiuwu lowered her hand, the fiery golden flames burning in her pupils had already extinguished. A mocking laugh echoed in her mind, fleeting, as if a certain monkey was mocking her again.
Bai Qiuwu slightly curled her lips—it had become routine for her.
Every time she activated the Eyes of Golden Flame, Sun Wukong would laugh at her, saying things like, "This is simply an insult to my great name."
At that moment, You Minglu observed Bai Qiuwu's physical motions, but remained expressionless, shifting his gaze to stare at Bai Zini.
He thought, after transforming, a Magic Girl's body undergoes a physical change based on their original appearance.
And since Xiaohongmao found that the Transformation Card had permanently set her appearance with blonde hair and blue eyes after her last transformation, she didn't worry about her transformed appearance being discovered through the Eyes of Golden Flame because it naturally looked like that;
But Bai Zini was different.
This girl was quite an oddity among the Magic Girls; her appearance before and after transformation was strikingly similar, so she could only rely on that magic mirror to change her looks.
That's exactly why she could be exposed by Bai Qiuwu's Eyes of Golden Flame. If only Bai Zini's appearance changed slightly, like altering her hair color or tweaking some facial details, she wouldn't be so easily recognized.
You Minglu rechecked that his clothes covered every inch of his skin, leaving only his face visible to Bai Qiuwu's Eyes of Golden Flame.
But he was wearing a facial mask, so there was no worry about being exposed.
"Then you guys have fun, I have to go out today, can't stay home with you," Bai Qiuwu said.
"Mmm, bye sister, love you."
Without turning her head, Bai Zini spoke and walked into the duplex apartment building with You Minglu, taking the elevator.
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Three minutes earlier, inside Bai Ke's home.
In the living room, the not-so-spacious sofa was packed with Ke Mingye, Ke Yinzhi, Ke Yongzhu, Ke Xiaomo, and Bai Ziling, each occupied with their own activities, minding their own business.
Ke Mingye fiddled with his phone while eating sunflower seeds, asking casually, "So bro, who were you supposed to meet on a date yesterday?"
"Oh, it didn't work out, I got stood up," Ke Yinzhi answered.
Ke Mingye raised an eyebrow and asked casually, "Wait, someone dared to stand you up? Who, a girlfriend?"
"Song Yawen, that girl from the coffee shop who hit on you last time,"
Ke Yinzhi said softly, eyes downcast as he flipped through a book.
"What?" Ke Mingye's eyes twitched slightly, "No way, you're still in touch with her?"
As he spoke, the sunflower seeds suddenly tasted bland in his mouth, so while talking, he summoned the chat panel, beginning the process of questioning his ancestors.
[Failed Man: Seriously, what are you playing at, seeing my life going so smoothly and trying to pressure me, right?]
[Cai Bing: What did I do now?]
[Failed Man: Dude, it's one thing to fancy my brother, but standing him up after asking him out, what's that about?]
[Cai Bing: It fits my badass sister persona, ever heard of playing hard to get?]
[Failed Man: Fast forward to being dismembered by the Black Judge.]
[Cai Bing: Busy, I'm being a customer service little sister, I'm at Huanjing, Huanjing customer service sis.]
[Failed Man: Scram, and really stop bothering my brother.]
Ke Yinzhi kept reading his book, asking, "Can't I keep in touch? She's quite interesting."
Ke Xiaomo gasped and held his forehead, muttering, "This is crazy, seems like a bad day to go out."
Ke Mingye said, "I think so too, big bro, are you trying to frame that girl with the crime of stealing the panda by getting so close to her?"
Hearing this, Ke Yongzhu's eye twitched slightly, thinking how he got dragged in for no reason again.
He and Bai Ziling were enjoying their game just fine until he heard that, which brought back some not-so-happy memories. He then said "Not playing anymore" and went upstairs to sulk on his own.
Ke Yinzhi smiled: "I have to clarify, that panda has really nothing to do with me."
Bai Ziling saw that Ke Yongzhu had run off, so she tugged on Ke Mingye's sleeve, asking him to join her in playing a video game. However, Ke Mingye declined, saying he wanted to use his phone.
"Oh."
Bai Ziling responded indifferently and then put down the Switch controller, sitting on the sofa and starting to play with her phone.
At this moment, the now available TV was naturally taken over by Ke Xiaomo, who picked up the remote and switched to the news channel.
The news was covering a riot that had recently occurred on Hongge Commercial Street. It was said that a group of people, seemingly brainwashed by a cult, took to the streets with baseball bats, shovels, and other dangerous items, chanting a series of bizarre slogans.
"Those demons who dare not see the sunlight, those slaves driven by the desire for blood, we have come, we have come, we have come, we are the eternal saints, and we are also the unclean hunters..."
Hearing the noise from the TV, Bai Ziling's fingers paused slightly while playing with her phone.
After a while, she slowly lifted her gaze from her snowy white hair, and her crimson eyes looked toward the TV screen, her pupils constricting.
Her shoulders trembled slightly, and the last trace of color faded from her pale face, as thin as a tissue.
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Soon, Bai Ziling silently rose from the sofa and walked toward the second floor.
Ke Yinzhi and Ke Xiaomo were both captivated by the news, whispering something to each other.
Only Ke Mingye noticed Bai Ziling's abnormal behavior, so after hesitating for a moment, he got up and went to the second floor.
On the stairway, he suddenly thought of something, "Wait, Vampire Hunter?"
Thinking this, Ke Mingye opened the mission panel and looked at Bai Ziling's main quest.
[The next target node for this main quest is: "Destroy the Vampire Hunter Organization" Use Bai Ziling as bait to lure the vampire hunters to this city and kill all the vampire hunters.]
Ke Mingye then thought back to the slogans chanted by the marchers, suddenly realizing who had been controlling them.
He gently knocked on Bai Ziling's door and said, "Hey? Weren't we going to play games? I'm free now. Do you want to play and clear 'Breakup Kitchen' together?"
Seeing that Bai Ziling didn't reply, Ke Mingye continued to ask, "Are you okay? Have you fallen asleep already?"
"I'm fine."
Bai Ziling's voice, feigning calmness, came through, "I don't want to play. You find your brother."
Just as Ke Mingye was about to speak, he was interrupted by a sudden voice.
"What's wrong with sister?"
He paused at the words, turned his head, and saw Ke Yongzhu standing against the wall in the shadows, his dark eyes staring this way.
"Uh, your sister is probably fine," Ke Mingye said ambiguously, "It might just be that time of the month, girls are like that. You, a young kid, don't worry about it."
"That's good, I'm going to take a nap,"
Ke Yongzhu said and walked back to his room, closing the door.
As he spoke, the communication icon in the top right corner of Ke Mingye's field of vision suddenly popped up with a bubble. He raised his eyebrow and opened the chat panel using his thoughts.
[Huanjing Local Gamers Discussion Group.]
[A new player has joined this discussion group; the player's ID is "Gastella".]
[Gastella: Hello, I'm Gastella.]
[Unclear Dream: Hey, how come suddenly there's a newcomer? When did you come to this city?]
[Gastella: Just at two in the morning today, following my organization.]
[Unclear Dream: Organization?]
[Gastella: Yes, I was born into a Blood Clan hunter unit, had to blend in with them for survival and do their bidding.]
[Unclear Dream: Damn, Vampire Hunter? There's an organization like that?]
[Gastella: They call themselves "The Hymn of Hell". Have you heard of them?]
[Fan Quan: No.]
[Gastella: By the way, have you found a white-haired vampire in this city? If we capture her, we will leave and won't trouble you, everybody does their own business.]
Ke Mingye was slightly stunned upon reading this, then looked up at Bai Ziling's room door.
There on the door was a chalk-drawn smiley face of a white-haired girl—a mark drawn by their mother to distinguish each child's room.