Mystery: Who has seen my brother?

Chapter 20 Promotion
The red moon hangs high in the sky, and the water-like moonlight flows through the windows into everyone's room, caressing the sleeping faces of those in their dreams.

But some people just refuse the invitation of sweet dreams, tossing and turning in bed alone, and are reluctant to fall asleep.

The quantity is enough, do you want it today?

Eve lay on her back on the bed, reached under her pillow and took out a small mirror, looking at the red moon in the sky in confusion.

If we delay, something bad will happen, the girl said to herself.

The mirror rippled like the surface of water, and the figure of the girl in the mirror gradually disappeared, replaced by a group of extraordinary creatures covered in scars.

This is her prey.

It took her five full months to find them one by one, injure them, gather them here, and raise them.

Eve didn't think she had done anything wrong. Those guys raised humans and killed living creatures, so they deserved to die.

But this kind of captive behavior made Eve extremely disgusted. Some of them looked too much like humans, as if she had become one of those hateful extraordinary creatures.

That's why she locked them all in the mirror world, afraid of being discovered by others.

She didn't know whether she would be greeted with applause or disgust and fear.

Eve's slender fingers slid across the mirror, counting silently in her heart:

One, two, three...

Make sure not one is missing.

This has become Eve's daily task for the past five months, but this daily task is about to end.

The girl on the bed gradually disappeared, and at the same time her figure gradually emerged in the mirror.

Snapped!
The mirror fell on the bed, reflecting the empty room. The wooden door was suddenly opened slightly, and a silver eye looked into the room through the crack.

After a while, the door was gently closed again.

In the mirror world.

Eve often enters the mirror world, either to bring them food or to monitor whether they escape. After five months, those extraordinary creatures have gradually become accustomed to it. Except for the new members, other extraordinary creatures no longer attack Eve.

They have realized that this is useless and will only cause them more harm.

Moreover, many of the old members have almost no strength left to act.

These extraordinary creatures have huge appetites. Eve is not rich, and even if she goes out hunting every day, she cannot fill their stomachs.

Moreover, these extraordinary creatures are consumables for promotion. How could Eve bother to serve them?

Food, as long as you don’t starve to death, that’s enough.

There are no medicines, and you have to rely entirely on your own healing ability. At most, I can keep you alive.

"Tsk," Eve dodged the sneak attack and kicked the new demon towards its predecessors. The girl pursed her lips and said irritably, "The more I think about it, the more I feel like you and I are the same kind of people!"

Eve shook her head, trying to get rid of all thoughts except promotion.

She took a deep breath and broke the seal that bound them.

This ordeal is almost over.

Those extraordinary creatures seemed very shocked. Eve looked at them with disbelief on their faces and hesitated to take the first step.

In the end, the new demon was the first to leave. When the other extraordinary creatures saw that the demon had really left, they all ran out like crazy. Even the old members who had lost their ability to move dragged their bodies and crawled out.

Eve took a deep breath and appeared in front of the demon in a flash. The frost spear condensed and pierced through the demon, nailing it in the middle of the extraordinary creatures.

In an instant, the joy on the faces of all the extraordinary creatures froze.

They realized that Eve had no intention of letting them go.

A demon wolf crouched down in a fighting stance, growling lowly from its throat.

Eve looked at it, not moving.

Gradually, many extraordinary creatures took up fighting stances, ready to fight to the death. However, many chose to give up, hoping to buy a chance to survive. This led to the extraordinary creatures forming two distinct factions.

"I will kill all of you, all of you," Eve said, pointing at the extraordinary creatures who chose to fight, and then moved her finger to the extraordinary creatures who chose to give up, "and you too."

The group of extraordinary creatures let out a long and mournful cry. Some of them staggered to their feet and walked towards the rebels, while others chose to wait for death.

All we have to do next is keep the battle one-sided for a while.

Even though they are in poor condition and seriously injured, they have the advantage of being numerous and having many extraordinary abilities.

If the fight goes on for a long time, Eve will not get any benefits, but she only needs to maintain her absolute advantage for a period of time.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes... ten minutes.

Traitors have appeared in the opposition. They no longer launch attacks and begin to hide in the rear, waiting to die.

The first to flee were the surrenderists who joined the resistance, followed by the real rebels. In the end, only a few new members were still resisting, and Eve nailed them all in front of the group of extraordinary creatures.

This is the end.

All the extraordinary creatures looked at Eve tremblingly, and the atmosphere of despair filled the entire space.

"That's enough," Mikhail's voice appeared in his ear, "Now drink the potion."

"What if they attack us?" Eve asked with a frown.

"They won't," Mikhail said firmly.

The girl nodded, choosing to trust her fellow villager. She took out the extraordinary characteristics, auxiliary materials, and pot from her spatial pocket and began to mix the potion on the spot.

Eve poured the prepared potion into the glass bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

In an instant, Eve felt her stomach was both hot and cold.

The girl's hair fluttered and condensed into strands. The texture of her hair gradually changed and became flesh, and an illusory snake head appeared at the tip.

Madness took over her entire mind, making her lose the ability to even think.

A strong despair swept over her, intensifying her madness while also bringing Eve some peace.

The girl's will clung to that bit of calmness and rationality to fight against the madness.

Gradually, the illusory snake head disappeared, and the hair returned to its original shape, quietly draped behind the girl.

The promotion was successful.

Is that what madness feels like?
Eve turned her head and lowered her eyes to look at her beautiful black hair.

I really don't want to experience it a second time.

The girl turned her head to look at the extraordinary creatures who were quietly waiting to die and asked, "Do you want to kill them?"

"Kill him."

The girl lowered her eyelashes, and ice spikes condensed in the air, piercing through and obliterating life.

After watching all life turn into corpses, Eve left the mirror world.

Back in the room, Eve picked up the mirror on the bed.

The mirror reflected not the girl's figure but an empty room. The door of the room was quietly opened a crack, and a silver eye looked into the room through the crack. After a while, the door was gently closed.

Eve looked at the image in the mirror silently and then turned the mirror upside down next to her pillow.

"You should go to sleep, Ouroboros." The girl appeared beside the bed and said to the boy who was lying on the bed with his eyes open.

"You've been promoted." There was no mirror in Ouroboros's room, so Eve couldn't come in directly. "Have you been busy with promotion recently?"

Eve nodded and said, "Go to sleep quickly. You have to go to choir tomorrow. Don't forget to wake me up."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)