Once the affection level is maxed out, the rivalry begins!

As for why the cute junior sister fell to such a state, Bai Ze also bears some responsibility.

After the Yin Chen incident was successfully resolved, he told the other party the truth.

In other words, Lu Xingyao foresaw Yin Chen's future spiraling out of control and took action to establish the Eternal Serpent with him, searching for usable anomalies to enhance combat power. Despite being advised against it, she was full of enthusiasm and wanted to go to the scene to monitor it.

Ironically, the presence of the two witches caused Yin Chen to go berserk, thus fulfilling her own prophecy.

Then she shut herself in the door and wouldn't come out.

Perhaps he felt that everything was his fault, and it may have even triggered PTSD from his childhood caused by his prophetic abilities.

Bai Ze tried to persuade her to go out a couple of days ago, but unfortunately he couldn't even get into her room.

Today, however, we absolutely cannot stand by and watch her continue to withdraw into herself!

First, clean up the trash scattered all over the floor that would trigger his obsessive-compulsive disorder; then, temporarily leave a few pieces of underwear that are not convenient for the opposite sex to touch on the sofa.

The house quickly returned to a slightly messy state, but what followed was the real horror.

He looked at the heavily sealed sliding door to the kitchen with a sense of formidable danger, as if he could glimpse something indescribable through the frosted glass.

I don't have enough courage right now to open it!

Bai Ze immediately decided to go and call Lu Xingyao out of her room.

He walked to the other person's bedroom and knocked on the door.

"...Oh, it's you, senior. Just leave today's food at the door."

A dark, fungal voice came from inside, and it was typical of a shut-in!

"You should be coming out soon enough."

Bai Ze might have given up before, but today he is prepared to persevere to the end.

"No! It's all because of me that Yin Chen's disaster happened... and she actually thinks she's some kind of unsung hero saving everything in the darkness! I'm so ashamed I can't face anyone!"

You used to imagine yourself as a dark hero? That's really embarrassing.

However, Bai Ze, understanding and considerate, held back his complaints.

"Reya said that after this direct attack on the Artemisia capillaris, there will be no need to hold the annual ceremony to prevent it from reviving."

He pressed against the door, trying to persuade him, "So, in the end, didn't your prediction have a positive effect?"

"That nightmare from the Bureau of Spirit Disasters... yeah... so she can also provide knowledge related to anomalies... senior, why don't you form a new partnership with her?"

However, the resentment in the girl's voice grew even stronger, like overflowing tap water.

"They don't need me anymore! I'm completely worthless! This is the tragedy of duplicated roles!"

She kept making a fuss.

"Actually, I'm here today because I need your help with an important matter related to something unusual. Besides, don't you have a unique characteristic? How could you possibly overlap with someone else's persona?"

Although Bai Ze thought that normal people wouldn't project the perspective of fictional works onto reality, he was now communicating with a girl suffering from chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

"...What are its characteristics?"

Lu Xingyao indeed quieted down and asked expectantly.

Bai Ze grinned: "You have a talking doll-like beauty by your side!"

"Joy: This machine thinks you're very good at talking and can't stand this farce anymore."

"Hey! Stop!"

Two different conversations came from inside the room, and then the door was opened from the inside.

Miss Core swayed precariously as she hung on the doorknob and greeted him.

"Hi."

The next second, Lu Xingyao, who jumped out of bed, grabbed her silver hair and flung it into the pile of clothes in the corner.

Therefore, the latter could not avoid meeting Bai Ze.

The girl was wearing loose white pajamas, with her hands hidden in the sleeves. The hem barely covered the short pajama bottoms that looked like a sports bra, revealing her long, full, and fair legs.

She maintained her stiff posture, her long hair, usually styled in a side ponytail, now draped messily down her back.

When Bai Ze stepped into the room, which was also filled with household garbage and clothes, Lu Xingyao shrank back onto the bed, half-sitting up and covering herself completely with the blanket.

It looks like a turtle hiding in its shell.

"I've made up my mind, I'm going to drag you out of the room no matter what."

Seeing the other side put on a show of what it meant to put up a stubborn resistance, Bai Ze couldn't help but laugh in anger.

So he looked around and found the weapon he needed.

Bai Ze picked up a Sakaban turtle plush toy that had been carelessly tossed on the floor, like a knight raising his sword.

Then he poked the dough on the bed hard with the tip of the doll, and the bedding trembled slightly.

Hmm, that's probably the side waist area.

With his now-superhuman senses, he could tell where his junior's sensitive spot was even through the blanket!

"Since I'm going to pretend I don't exist, then it doesn't matter what I do in an empty bed, right?"

With his sadistic tendencies ignited, Bai Ze pressed the fish sword back into place and moved it gently through the blankets.

"Ugh—"

The trembling intensified, and from within came gasps that sounded like a mix of laughter and sobbing.

Even witches get ticklish!

The tickling torture lasted for about three minutes, until the victim curled up, revealing a gap in the perfectly intact blanket barrier.

Bai Ze quickly grabbed the corner of the garment that was peeking out from the gap.

"No! Wait! I just touched a sensitive area, if I use my hand now it will—"

The girl's sweet yet timid protest was as faint as a wisp of smoke.

By the way, the sensitive area refers to the waist, I hope no one will misunderstand?

Because of her struggle, her pajamas rolled up, revealing her soft, snow-white abdomen. When Bai Ze grabbed the hem of her clothes, his fingers were pressed against her side waist.

The skin that my fingertips touched felt like cream, as if I would sink into it if I applied too much pressure.

The junior student, who had already been thoroughly provoked, finally burst into laughter, arching her back and changing positions like a lobster thrown ashore, her cheeks and even neck turning a cherry color.

"I'm sorry! I'll be going out! Please let me go!"

Unable to bear the pleasure and pain any longer, the girl finally cried out, her heavy breathing convulsing like a spring.

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this sooner?"

Bai Ze withdrew his hand and waited for her to climb out on her own.

The core member, peeking out from the pile of clothes, covered her eyes with her hands and excitedly peeked through the gaps between her fingers.

So he threw the Sakaban turtle doll at her, hitting the doll girl squarely on the head. She fell backward as if hit by a baseball.

A few minutes later, Lu Xingyao, who had finally calmed down, sat on the computer chair covered with her underwear and turned around to face Bai Ze.

"So, what is it that you need my help with, senior?"

"Could you tell us who sent this premonition letter?"

Bai Ze handed her a postcard from the phantom thief, relaying his conversation with Rhea, "Also, it shouldn't have been you who did it, right?"

"A phantom thief's heist announcement... and he even claims he'll steal the witch's power?!"

Lu Xingyao glanced at the contents, shook her head, and said, "I would never do such a thing in the name of the Eternal Serpent."

Do you mean you'll use a private name?

Then someone is indeed impersonating the Serpent of Eternity.

What is the intention?