Only I can make them stronger

"Thank you, Shana. Don't worry. Trust me!" Xia Ye smiled when he heard that. He moved forward and kissed Shana gently. He also took the opportunity to grab her fat buttocks in a dishonest manner.

"You!" Shana was embarrassed and angry by this sudden attack, but Xia Ye had already opened the door and slowly walked towards Leah.

……

"Not enough... Not enough!" After getting closer, Xia Ye realized that every attack of Leah was accompanied by a low murmur, and her tone was full of unwillingness and gnashing of teeth.

"Liya..." He called out softly, but the other party seemed not to hear him and continued to attack the tester in front of him.

"Liya!" Xia Ye had no choice but to shout again.

"Xia Ye!" As if suddenly awakened, Leah's movements suddenly stopped in mid-air, and she looked at Xia Ye with wide eyes.

The latter, when his eyes met the other's, clearly felt the gaze of a wild beast.

He had felt this kind of gaze when he and Leah had first met.

The brown pupils seemed to reflect red light, making Leah's originally cute and innocent face look inexplicably fierce and menacing.

"Liya... it's been a short time since you last broke through to the second level. Do you have enough factor points to break through to the third level?"

After being hit hard by the obvious murderous aura, Xia Ye finally regained his thoughts and asked Leah tentatively.

"That's enough." Leah's condition at this moment seemed a little different from usual, as if she was much calmer than usual.

"Last time, when I was seriously injured by that man named Dillwyn from Shadow Claw, my factor points increased to the point where I was close to a breakthrough."

"What the hell!?" These words shocked Xia Ye deeply.

This situation either means that Leah's talent factor points are increasing at an alarmingly fast speed, or that...she was indeed seriously injured by Dillwin last time, and was even on the verge of death.

Judging from Leah's past experience, it is most likely the latter.

But why didn't I notice this when I was treating her?

Could it be that there are some special qualities in Leah that his system has not shown?

Thinking of this, Xia Ye subconsciously turned on [True Insight] and wanted to check on Leah's physical condition.

But the scene before him was completely incomprehensible to him.

32. Get the fangs back

"What's this?"

Inside Leah's body, a ball of dark brown light was tearing itself apart frantically, constantly trying to split off into another part, but was pulled back together and merged into one, looking like a mad dark slime.

Under the influence of this ball of light, the rational light in her body also seemed restless, flowing back and forth rapidly in her limbs and bones.

"Xia Ye, is Liya useless?" The quiet tone coming out of Liya's mouth made the situation feel even more uncomfortable.

"How...how could this be? Why...did Leah suddenly feel this way?" Xia Ye swallowed and stammered.

At this moment, Leah made him feel inexplicably strange, even a little... dangerous.

"Because Luo Qi said she wanted to go on the mission together, Liya had no reason to refute her, but Liya was not confident that she could protect her."

"It's always like this... Every time we meet a strong enemy, Leah is the one who holds us back."

"Whether it's the little captain of Shadow Claw or the very cold Dillwyn, Leah is always waiting for someone to save her."

"Even though Leah can't do anything except fighting, she's still the worst at fighting."

"Sister Shana is very experienced in both combat and missions. She can make decisions decisively and has a better understanding with Xia Ye;"

"Luoqi is good at communication and can do housework. She is the backbone of everyone;"

"An Ke and Sister Canaanzi are very smart and are great researchers themselves. They can use their brains to get by well even outside the firm;"

"And Euketia, her factor ability is very rare and can play a huge role."

"Only Leah, it seems to be useless..."

Deep down in Liya's heart, she has a problem that she has never been able to eradicate, and Xia Ye didn't have any good solution before. He could only use comfort and encouragement to eliminate this problem in a short period of time.

But after listening to what Leah said just now, he suddenly felt as if he had done something wrong, or... he really didn't have any better way to solve this problem before.

Because it seems that what Leah said is right.

Although it may sound direct and hurtful to say this, it is indeed the truth.

Leah does not have rich life and combat experience like others, nor does she have the mind for self-growth and thinking.

Before coming to Chise Agency, she was just a stray dog, and the only thing she had to consider every day was where to get food and how to survive.

The only thing that could be considered useful was probably her keen sense of smell, or her beast-like intuition.

As companions and family members, perhaps Rokisana and the others would not care about these things, but it is impossible for Leah herself not to take them to heart.

Just like she said, she only knows how to fight, protecting the people and things she wants to protect with her claws and teeth like a real beast.

In this case, her own weakness seems to negate all the value and meaning of her existence.

Xia Ye could continue to comfort her as before, but this was just a sweet lie after all.

He couldn't guarantee that he could be invincible in the world, and he couldn't say that Leah would definitely do what she wanted, because at present even a peak fourth-level warrior could almost kill all the members of their team.

Xia Ye and Luo Qi talked about Leah's abnormal mood, and the information he got was that Leah had never been in such a situation before.

After much thought, Xia Ye could only come up with one possible answer - after establishing various relationships with him, Leah restrained her instincts to a great extent and began to try to think about many things with her brain.

Emotions, preferences, values, fighting methods, etc., these are all things that his existence made Leah start to think about.

But the paradox is that Leah doesn't seem to have the ability to think about these things independently, so she is caught in a dilemma.

On one side is calmness, on the other side is instinct, and both of these modes of thinking and acting make her feel painful.

At this time, perhaps what Xia Ye should do is not to further encourage Leah's thinking or comfort her in a way that is a mixture of rationality and sensibility, but to help her liberate her own nature again in a short period of time.

It's like letting a tamed beast regain its fangs.

As for whether this fang will be dangerous to him, it depends on his own abilities in the future.

But no matter what, after returning from the Livica Mine, he did gain an important ability related to it.

Shana's breakthrough two days ago had confirmed this to him -

The strengthening effect of [Origin] ability does not just stay at the superficial level at the moment, but also has the effect of stimulating the mutant factor itself.

Although this stimulation will not continue after the ability ends, it will definitely help Leah who is in confusion.

Thinking of this, Xia Ye made up his mind and said:

"Liya, that's not the case. You just haven't found a fighting style that really suits you yet."

"Xia Ye, I know you are just comforting Leah, but..." Normally, Leah would subconsciously ask Xia Ye for his opinion, but today she was quite calm and prepared to directly reject such an argument.

Fortunately, Xia Ye didn't plan to say anything more and directly ignited the enhanced white flame at his fingertips.

For a moment, Leah stopped talking.

Deep in the brown eyes, the originally faint red suddenly lit up, flashing a longing scarlet that was contrary to Leah's current state.

"What... is this, Xia Ye! What is this!" Leah asked excitedly with some panic.

"This is an ability that can make you stronger, Leah. I believe in you. Between instinct and rationality, you will find the most comfortable balance for yourself." Xia Ye took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress his wildly beating heart.

Leah's return to being driven by instinct was never a safe thing.

But he was willing to take a gamble for Leah.

"Let it! Come closer to me!" Leah's tone began to become confused and complicated, and she shouted at Xia Ye with some impatient desire.

"Liya, don't be afraid, I'm here with you." Xia Ye tried his best to comfort Leah, who was obviously out of control, and slowly extended his finger over.

He didn't even dare to strengthen Leah by directly igniting her, but tried to do it slowly, wanting to give her some psychological preparation.

The exercise room had become extremely quiet at some point, with only the sound of pounding heartbeats and the sound of blood rushing echoing in my ears.

Even so, everything exploded the moment the flame touched Leah's chest.

The white flames spread to Leah's entire body in an instant. In the blink of an eye, within the field of vision of [True Insight], drastic changes began to take place inside Leah's body.

The ball of light that was originally pulling continuously began to tear apart more violently, and within a few seconds it was about to be completely separated.

But Xia Ye couldn't continue observing, because a huge force suddenly came from the front of him, which instantly cancelled his ability.

"Xia Ye! Stay away from me!"

　 　Leah pushed him hard, and a sharp pain came from his chest. Xia Ye flew out and hit the wall of the training room hard, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

33. 18 hours a day

Xia Ye felt as if several of his ribs were broken. The sharp pain made it difficult for him to breathe, and his vision went dark.

In the blurred vision, Leah was holding her head and roaring in pain. Her voice was completely different from her usual cute and crisp voice. Instead, it sounded like the hoarse and low voice of a large monster.

"No... I have to do something!" Xia Ye was caught off guard by the tortured and crazy look of Leah. He quickly activated the healing fire and pressed his palms against his chest. Harsh crackling sounds kept coming from it, which made his teeth ache.

Leah's full-strength push at close range almost broke him apart. Even the healing fire with its extraordinary healing ability took a while to recover, and his mental strength plummeted by more than thirty points.

Even after he recovered, he still felt phantom pain in his chest.

"Do you want to stop?" Xia Ye leaned against the wall, frowned and looked in the direction of Leah, hesitant for a moment.

Her current state at least proves that her ability is effective, but why would Leah, who originally had the most natural personality, resist her own instincts so much?

"Get out of my body...ah!" At this moment, Leah's roar interrupted his hesitation, and then another strange thing happened.

"These... all belong to Leah! They belong to me! You... monster! Get out!"

Along with the continuous roar, Leah's figure seemed to become erratic.

Although he is clearly standing there, it always makes people feel that he will disappear in the next second, like a holographic projection that is about to dissipate.

A brown-yellow light bloomed from her body surface, and the three emotions of coldness, violence, and pain spread out along with the huge aura, almost shocking Xia Ye's mind for a moment.

After hearing what Leah said, Xia Ye roughly understood.

If Leah's mutant factor is really the three-headed dog of hell as she speculated, then she is probably now fighting against another version of herself with a completely different personality.

This kind of thing is quite easy to understand for Xia Ye, who is a bystander and has countless knowledge from past lives, but for Leah, who does not have a strong thinking ability, it is a living example of schizophrenia.

And this is the root cause of Leah’s internal friction.

She is afraid of herself becoming stronger, and instinctively fears that the other self will take away everything she has worked so hard to obtain; but if she maintains the status quo, she will be blamed for her own weakness.

"Liya, hold on! You are you! No one can take away the things and emotions that belong to you!" In this situation, Xia Ye decided to continue to strengthen the output of the fire.

This inner demon is a threshold that Leah must cross, otherwise she will suffer from this torture forever.

The only thing he could do besides this was to give her as much sense of security as possible.

Xia Ye raised his feet, opened his arms, and slowly approached Leah.

"Xia Ye! Don't come over here! Please! Don't come over here!" Noticing Xia Ye's actions, Liya's little face wrinkled and a hoarse voice squeezed out of her throat.

"Liya! No matter what, I will love you! No one can take that away from me!"

"Don't resist! Accept it! Beat it!"

"No!" Leah shouted, and the air wave created by Li Su spread out wildly in all directions with her as the center, pushing Xia Ye, who had finally gotten half close, away again.

The latter hit the wall again, fell all over, and finally recovered from the dizzy state.

But he suddenly found that everything around him became quiet again.

Xia Ye shook his head and tried to raise his head to look at Leah, but found that his vision was doubled.

The two Leahs were standing in the middle of the training room...

Wait, this doesn't look like ghosting! ?

The same big breasts, the same short vest, the same smooth tan skin, the same plump butt and legs.

Although they look and dress exactly the same, their expressions and movements are completely different, just like two living Leahs! ?

These two... who is the real body?

Or are they both part of the original body?

It turns out that not only is Leah mentally schizophrenic, but her body can also split into two?!

"It's you... I can smell you, you're a fake! You want to steal Leah's things!" It seemed that after the split, Leah was no longer suffering from the mental torture just now. Instead, her emotions turned into anger. She panted and bared her teeth fiercely at the other self.