Tentacle Monster Conquest Manual

"Oh, maybe it's just lack of sleep," Tsubakihara Mira didn't pay much attention. She got up and dressed, feeling a little dizzy, but not too badly. She just assumed it was because she was too tired and hadn't had enough sleep.

Otherwise... I wouldn't have had that nightmare last night.

This was something that bothered her greatly, but now, thinking back, what kind of nightmare was it? She couldn't remember it at all. Tsubakihara Mira was still pondering this question as she changed her clothes and went downstairs.

"Woo..."

I don't know if I was too engrossed in thinking or if I wasn't feeling well, but my head spun again as I went down the stairs, and I lost my balance and stumbled.

"Mother?!!"

Nina Tsubakihara, who was following behind, was relieved to see that her mother seemed fine. However, when she saw her mother being so careless, she quickly caught her and helped her up to prevent Ms. Mira from falling.

Despite her seemingly well-behaved student appearance, Tsubakihara Nina is also an all-around athlete.

"Mom, what's wrong?!" Noticing the commotion, Yuna and Yuji Tsubakihara rushed over anxiously.

The Tsubakihara twins supported their mother on either side, and even Tsubakihara Yuji could see that Aunt Mira looked a little unwell.

"I--"

Tsubakihara Mira shook her head and touched her forehead again. "I'm not really sure. My head feels a little uncomfortable. I think it might be due to lack of sleep?"

“This doesn’t seem like sleep deprivation, Mom. Could she be sick? Maybe she’s caught a cold?” Yuna hurriedly placed her hand on her mother’s forehead. “There’s no fever either.”

"Help Mom to sit down on the sofa first."

Helping her mother to sit down on the single sofa, the latter took the hot water her daughter handed her and smiled gently, "I'm fine, just a little headache. It's probably nothing serious, don't worry."

"You should still go to the hospital to get it checked out. Whether it's a minor illness or a serious one, you should go to the hospital eventually."

"Okay."

Tsubakihara Mira naturally wouldn't refuse and nodded in agreement.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, the hospital that the Tsubakihara family went to was actually Nishikino Hospital. Even without investigating, Mira knew that this hospital was owned by the Nishikino family. Oh, of course, it's not anymore; it's now owned by that woman, Nishikino Mizuki.

On the surface, he still looks like Nishikino, but in reality, he's already surnamed Mu, right?

Mira chuckled to herself.

Speaking of Nishikino Mizuki, I just met them yesterday, and I'm feeling unwell today. Could it be that they did it? Tsubakihara Mira was just joking and didn't really think that way.

"Madam, your symptoms are all normal," the doctor in the hospital diagnosed, holding the test results. "There is nothing wrong."

"How could that be?" Yuuji Tsubakihara felt inexplicably anxious and nervous when he saw that Aunt Mira was sick. He was somewhat dissatisfied with the doctor's diagnosis. "Aunt Mira is not feeling well, and her complexion is obviously not right. Can't you see that?"

"That's why I'm so surprised about her. We've tried all the tests at the hospital, and she's perfectly healthy."

The doctors were helpless; the symptoms were just so unbelievable. Tsubakihara Mira gradually felt something was wrong. She was indeed feeling very unwell, but the doctors... no, the instruments couldn't detect any symptoms. This was a bit strange.

Just as the Tsubakihara sisters were arguing with Tsubakihara Yuuji and the doctor and wanted to go to another hospital for a check-up, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a red-haired woman in a white coat gracefully stepped into the room.

"Dean."

"Dean?" The Tsubakihara sisters were surprised. Such a beautiful woman?

"I overheard the argument inside, what a coincidence, running into you again! And what's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Seeing Mira, Nishikino Mizuki was equally surprised; she really hadn't expected to run into her at the hospital. "Wait, your condition—"

She frowned and stared intently at the pale-faced Tsubakihara Mira.

"Dean, this lady's condition is a bit strange; all the hospital's testing methods..."

Nishikino Mizuki raised her hand to interrupt him, "I think I have a clue."

"What's wrong with Mom?" Yuna asked quickly.

"They probably encountered something ominous."

???

The Tsubakihara sisters and Yuuji Tsubakihara both seemed a bit dazed, as if something ominous was about to happen.

Mira, recalling her nightmare from the previous night, exchanged a glance with Rui Fei and said with a faint smile, "I understand, it was you who did it."

Mizubi Nishikino: "???"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten sick today after meeting you yesterday."

Nishikino Ruifei: "..."

She glared at Mrs. Tsubakihara with annoyance, "I don't have time to do such things, and I don't have the means to do them either."

She shook her head regretfully, as if she would have actually done it if she had such a method.

"I can only sense the abnormality in you. If you are really feeling unwell and the hospital can't find anything wrong, then it's very likely that you've encountered that kind of thing. But unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to help you."

At this point, Nishikino Mizuki paused for a moment, then scratched her hair in annoyance. "Ugh—this is so annoying. I really don't want to tell you this, but what can I do? I'm a doctor. If you want treatment, go find Xiaoxiao. Only he can help you."

Are you joking or serious?

Can Mu Jun help me? I was just joking, were you serious? Do ghosts and monsters really exist in this world?

Tsubakihara Mira didn't believe it.

"Anyway, I've already told you how to solve it. As for Xiao Xiao's contact information, I don't want you to go to him. You can contact him yourself. I'm leaving."

Tsubakihara Mira was lost in thought.

As for Yuna Tsubaki and the other two, they were already filled with question marks and doubts.

Xiao Xiao? Who is that? She sounds like someone my mother knows.

Chapter 295 The Madam's Plea for Help

After Nishikino Mizuki left, only the Tsubakihara family remained, looking at each other in bewilderment.

The Tsubakihara sisters and Yuuji Tsubakihara couldn't quite understand what the strange woman was saying. Yuuji asked curiously, "Aunt Mira, is that person... someone we know?"

Mira nodded, then shook her head. Her ambiguous attitude left her daughter and adopted son completely confused. In fact, she did not know Nishikino Mizuki, but she was aware of her existence. They had only met once yesterday and were not particularly close.

However, what the other party said made Mrs. Tsubakihara Mira hesitate.

"Mom, who is this 'Xiaoxiao'? Is she a very skilled doctor?"

“Xiaoxiao…” Mrs. Mira shook her head and forced a smile. “Let’s not talk about that for now. That lady was the director and a doctor at this hospital. I’m not quite sure what she meant, but if there’s a problem, I’ll contact Mu Jun.”

The leader of the Queen's Cult, the boy whose good friend Risa had changed, seemed shrouded in a mist, a mysterious mist. Perhaps he really did have a way. "Before that, let's go to other hospitals to take a look."

Tsubakihara Mira still felt that she was just sick. As for Nishikino Mizuki's words? They were too mysterious and sounded a bit like those of a charlatan. Of course, Mrs. Mira would not believe her so easily.

However, after visiting multiple hospitals throughout the day, and even with Ms. Tsubakihara Mira hiring the most professional foreign doctors, they still couldn't find anything wrong, even though all her physical indicators were perfectly normal and she was very healthy.

But Mira's headache persisted, and it even worsened.

Returning home to find her mother lying weakly in bed, Yuna Tsubaki was on the verge of tears. She felt utterly helpless, unable to do anything about it. "Mom—"

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Tsubakihara Mira lay in the thick quilt, a smile on her face.

As the only male in the Tsubakihara family, Tsubakihara Yuuji felt he should stand up and support the family. However, like the Tsubakihara sisters, he was also at a loss as to what to do about Aunt Mira's situation.

Even the doctors can't do anything, so what can he do?

"Aunt Mila, is there anything else that's bothering you? If it's really not getting better, why don't you go abroad for treatment and find some more renowned doctors..."

“No, I shouldn’t be sick,” Tsubakihara Mira said, her mind growing increasingly foggy, the nightmare from last night still swirling in her head. She finally sensed something was off, or rather, she began to believe Nishikino Mizuki’s explanation.

Besides, even if you don't believe, there's nothing you can do. Go abroad? You might as well just go to a shrine and pray. As for Xiao Xiao, he's very mysterious, maybe he can help you.

Thinking of this, she turned to her daughters, "Renna, get my phone for me... Don't worry, Mom is fine, just a little dizzy, no other symptoms. Call Mu Jun, he should be able to help me."

In the end, Tsubakihara Mira did just as Nishikino Mizuki had told her, and contacted Mu Xiaoxiao.

“Mom, you rest well. I’ll make the call,” Tsubakihara Nina said, taking her mother’s phone from the table.

"Okay—find the one I saved as 'Mu Xiaoxiao,' that's the person."

Mu Xiaoxiao?

Yuna Tsubaki wiped her eyes, a glimmer of hope flashing in her sad eyes. This person was the one they had mentioned before... could he cure her mother? Yuuji Tsubaki's ears twitched, and he also looked towards Nina, curious about the person Aunt Mira had mentioned.

The room fell silent, save for the sound of Tsubakihara Nina dialing a number. Everyone tensed up, and then, with a click, the call connected.

"Hey?"

The voice coming from the other end sounded young, even a little immature, like someone around their age. Rina, who had put the phone to her mother's ear, was a little surprised, but she didn't say anything and just did her job.

“Miss Mira? It’s quite a surprise that you would call me,” Mu Xiaoxiao said with a hint of teasing. This tone made Tsubakihara Nina frown, a little displeased, but she knew what was more important at the moment, so she remained silent.

"What, can't I call you? We're friends, aren't we? Mu Jun is so cold," Mira teased back.

Hearing their mother say "friend," Yuna and the others exchanged puzzled glances. If they were friends, why did they sound so young? Or was it just that their voices sounded young, and they were actually their mother's peers?

However, Aunt Mira actually has male friends? I've never heard of that before. Yuji Tsubakihara pondered for a moment, then saw that even when Tsubakihara Mira was sick, she still chatted with that strange man named Mu Xiaoxiao in such a playful tone.

Yuji Tsubaki felt an uncontrollable surge of displeasure.

"I call this indifference? Miss Mira, you're going too far—by the way, why does your voice sound off? You sound very weak?"

"You noticed that? I am indeed feeling a bit unwell right now. I don't know why, but after meeting you yesterday, I started feeling strange today. Sigh... Speaking of which, I just met with Ms. Nishikino this morning, and she didn't even tell you about this. That's really something she would do."

Yesterday? So Mom met with Mu Xiaoxiao yesterday? The two girls were shocked.

As for Yuuji Tsubakihara, his dissatisfaction and jealousy grew stronger.

"Don't make it sound like I did something to you... You saw Ruifei? It seems you've already been to the hospital for a checkup," Mu Xiaoxiao said, not commenting on Ruifei Nishikino and Mila Tsubakihara's sullenness. "I understand, Miss Mila. Give me your address, I'll go there now."

Seeing Mu Xiaoxiao's decisiveness, Tsubakihara Mira blinked in surprise. Her physical discomfort and inner fear dissipated considerably. Despite Tsubakihara Mira's calm demeanor, it was only in front of the children that she did not want to show her vulnerable side.

She was also very afraid of this strange physical abnormality.

However, upon hearing Mu Jun's words, Mira felt a strange sense of security. Her anxious heartbeat gradually calmed down, and the feeling of being enveloped in security and warmth, along with the aura that seemed to be able to handle anything, moved this beautiful and strong woman deeply.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mu Jun~"

Mila Tsubaki's voice lost some of its teasing tone and gained more genuine emotion; it became incredibly gentle. As soon as the call ended, Yuuji Tsubaki couldn't hold back any longer, "Aunt Mila, that person just now—"

"Well, since Mu-kun said so, there shouldn't be any problem. Yu-ji, is there a problem?"

Yuji Tsubakihara opened his mouth several times, but finally shook his head hesitantly. "It's nothing."

As if sensing the children's confusion and curiosity, Tsubakihara Mira chuckled, "Mu-kun is about the same age as you, he's a high school student."

"what?!"

Yuji Tsubakihara's expression became even more conflicted. "I thought he sounded very young just from his voice, and it turns out he really is... Aunt Mira, someone who's the same age as us, can she really help?"