Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

How exactly did they do that...?

Samael pondered for a while, but due to insufficient information, he ultimately had no clue and could only helplessly rub his slightly sore temples.

However, it's not like we've gained nothing so far.

Based on his experiences over the two nights, one more thing can be confirmed:

At night, not only does the city change, but people, heroic spirits, and monsters also seem to be affected.

For example, Tomoe Gozen, who should have been gentle and quiet, was transformed into a violent and bloodthirsty demon.

Heroic spirits who arbitrarily cross the boundaries and venture out of the city will be hunted down;

Ghosts and monsters roam outside the city, causing chaos at night...

What is going on here?

Where did that dead fox go?

No, there isn't enough information to form a complete puzzle.

If only I could have a normal person to talk to...

Wait, a normal conversation partner?

Suddenly, Samael seemed to remember something. He closed his eyes to sense for a moment, then opened them again and looked at a certain spot in the city, a pleased smile playing on his lips.

Meanwhile, in a simple house with dim yellow light, a muffled gurgling sound echoed inside.

"Annie, I'm so hungry..."

“Mary, me too…”

The twin female pirates, curled up on the mattress, each clutching their rumbling stomachs, looked at each other wistfully, trying to find comfort in one another.

"Annie, I can't sleep..."

"Then, let's count sheep..."

Anne rubbed the lumps of fat in her breasts that seemed to be shrinking recently, and sighed helplessly.

"Fried lamb chops, steamed lamb, roasted lamb skewers, hand-shredded lamb..."

"..."

Annie's face froze for a moment, then she couldn't help but swallow and smack her lips.

"Actually, I prefer beef..."

"Okay, let's change the dishes: grilled ribeye, grilled sirloin, grilled tenderloin..."

Mary, who was skilled with a knife, muttered to herself while gesturing in the distance how to cut up and roast a whole cow.

"You two, shut up!"

At that moment, Jane, the jinx on the other bed, could no longer bear it, threw off the covers, sat up abruptly, and grabbed a pillow, throwing it at the two of them with a dark expression on her face.

At that moment, the twin pirates, who had been hit on the head, turned to look at their other teammate and protested with resentment.

"Isn't it because you let the fat sheep escape?"

"I didn't even get any money, and I wasted my magic power for nothing..."

"A disgrace to the cowboy!"

"Shame on you!"

Upon hearing this, the jinx Jian immediately objected and retorted with a cold snort.

"Hey, I'm a legitimate cowboy! Making a living like this is just a side job! But you guys, you're supposed to be pirates, why are you chickening out? Shouldn't you just go for it in broad daylight?"

“That’s Drake! And there are Dark Knights patrolling nearby. I’m not ready to die yet.”

Anne muttered sullenly, a deep sense of apprehension surfacing in the depths of her eyes.

The petite Mary glanced sideways at the jinx Jane.

“If we get caught, you’ll be the first one they’ll implicate.”

"Great idea! Let's say you were the one who ordered it all, and we were just accomplices!"

Anne added with a grin, her face full of malice.

Upon hearing this, the jinx Jian's lips twitched violently, leaving him speechless and filled with regret.

She finally understood: pirates can only show off their power at sea. Once they're on land, it's better to catch a couple of tempura and team up with them than to tie them up with them!

"Let's break up!"

"Let's break up then!"

Gollum—

Just as the atmosphere at the scene was tense, another series of stomach churning echoed in the room.

The three of them clutched their lower abdomens simultaneously, each leaning against a corner of the wall, too exhausted to argue.

There was no other way; they were all hungry.

As a summoned heroic spirit, it's alright during the day; thanks to the city's magical energy, it can survive without food or water.

But for some reason, the feeling of hunger would come in waves at night.

This is especially noticeable when the heroic spirits do not consume a certain amount of food and water during the day.

Therefore, even heroic spirits need to make a living in this city.

But whether they were cowboys or pirates, their main or side jobs were of little use.

As for working, it's impossible for me to work.

It's impossible in this life.

They're pirates! They're cowboys! When have they ever done any real work?

After a brief silence, Jane, the jinx, licked her lips, her eyes sparkling, and spoke first.

"Although I ran into Drake this time, my feeling is probably right. Judging from his speech and demeanor, that kid is definitely a fat sheep!"

"Then why not..."

"Wait until tomorrow..."

Driven by shared interests, Anne and Mary couldn't help but lick their dry lips.

"Should we distract Drake first, then find an opportunity to rob him?"

"good idea!"

Jane, the jinx, readily agreed, but then her gaze swept over the pirate twins, whose lips were tightly closed, and the smile on her face froze. She stiffly turned her head to look at the door.

Under the thick darkness of night, a certain "fat sheep" who had delivered himself to their door was leaning against the entrance with a bright smile, winking and waving at them.

Chapter 41 Do you want me to be naked?

"Hey, what a fat sheep!"

"It even comes with automatic home delivery."

Upon seeing the figure appear at the door, Annie and Mary, who had been lying face down on the bed, suddenly sat up in shock, their eyes shining.

Under the intense gaze of the pirate twins, he vaguely felt like a freshly roasted duck, just served on the table, exuding an enticing aroma from the inside out.

Samael could even hear the two of them slurping their saliva.

"First come, first served! I want to be the first to touch it!"

"Seeing is believing, same old rules: the upper body is yours, the lower body is mine!"

Meanwhile, the two female pirates couldn't wait to jump off the bed barefoot. While discussing the principles of financial plunder and the distribution of spoils, they skillfully flanked from both sides, clearly intending to break away from their third partner and go it alone.

However, the jinx Jane, who was a beat slow to react, looked at the dark night outside the door and the bright smile on someone's face, and seemed to realize something, her eyelids twitching.

At night, the shogunate's lackeys did indeed allow human activity within the castle.

But how does an ordinary person locate and find them in a completely different city?

Even as an excellent scout, she herself, known as the "Queen of the Plains," could not guarantee that she could easily track down another Heroic Spirit in a city where day and night changed.

and so……

So, taking advantage of the moment when the Gemini female pirates were charging, Jane, the jinx, quietly distanced herself from her two temporary companions, pressed herself against the wall, and made her way to the window.

boom!boom!

However, just as the clever cowgirl turned her head and was about to jump out of the window, a dull thud echoed out, and a tall, voluptuous figure drew a graceful parabola, grazing her scalp, and crashed into the window behind her, completely blocking the way to the outside.

It could fill a window; this size is definitely Anne Bernie's.

However, with her escape route cut off, Jane had no time to investigate further. She stiffly turned around and looked back at the source of another impact sound.

As far as the eye could see, the wooden door creaked and groaned. In the large, broken hole in the center, a head covered in white hair hung down along with the upper body, while the lower body dangled behind the door. The entire body was crammed into the door frame like an ornament, with the waist as the axis.

One round... less than that?

Jane's eyes almost bulged out, and her body froze in place.

"They started it!"

Samael angrily accused, spreading his hands with an innocent look on his face, as if he were still that pitiful little lamb.

Finally, after an unknown period of silence, the jinx Jane's eyes rolled around as if she had come back to life. First, she swallowed hard, moistening her dry and astringent throat, and nodded repeatedly.

“That’s right, you acted in self-defense, and I saw it too…”

The bright smile that spread across her beautiful face was incredibly radiant, almost obsequious.

Immediately, the righteous cowgirl turned to look at the two ornaments on the door and window, and indignantly drew a line between them.

"The pirates have come ashore, and they're still the same old bastards! I knew they were no good!"

Hearing his partner's shameless betrayal, the two hanging parts kicked angrily, but the upper half of his body in the door and window seemed to be restricted by some kind of constraint and could not be pulled out no matter what.

The cowgirl swallowed hard, unconsciously taking a few steps back to move further away from the window, then forced a bright smile onto her face as she looked at the man in the doorway.

"I won't participate in the trial process. I'll leave as long as you're happy. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

As he spoke, the jinx Jane tried to make herself as inconspicuous as possible, crouching close to the wall and tiptoeing towards the door.

However, those two seemingly amused gazes followed her every inch of the way.

Only after the cowgirl had half a foot across the threshold did the man stroke his chin and smile as he spoke to remind her.

"According to normal procedures, witnesses also seem to need to appear in court..."

The calamity star Jian paused, then magic surged from the soles of his feet, his figure transforming into a blur as he instantly accelerated towards the night.

Appearing in court? Take that with a grain of salt; only a fool would believe it!

Almost simultaneously, the cowgirl, who had decisively made her escape, didn't forget to throw two black aces and two spade 8s behind her, sending them flying through the air.

O Polaris, illuminate my enemies! Stars, activate! —The Black Hand that brings death!

Immediately afterward, the jinx Jane drew the pistol from his waist without hesitation, silently chanted, and pulled the trigger without turning his head, firing a specially made lead bullet that pierced through the four playing cards arranged in mid-air.

In an instant, the four playing cards suddenly exploded, scattering cards of different suits that spiraled and flew along different trajectories, forming a dense barrage that blocked the pursuers' path.

Clearly, this alert cowgirl was well-prepared and had used every trick in the book to escape the den of iniquity behind her.

After all, her intuition told her that the guy behind her was extremely dangerous.

Compared to him, the darkness outside that pollutes the spirit core, and the mad dogs released by the Shogunate, are hundreds of times more lovable.

It must be said that Jane the Calamity was very well prepared and had a keen sense of intuition.

But this struggle was clearly in vain.

Before she could even take a step, a fair and beautiful hand landed on her shoulder, and a devilish smile appeared on a handsome face. His soft whisper sounded like a snake flicking its tongue in the dark.

"Didn't you want to see me naked? Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

The jinx Jane threw down her pistol, obediently raised her hands above her head, and assumed the standard surrender posture of a prisoner. Then she slowly turned around, looked at that ambiguous smile, forced a smile, and swallowed hard.

"The Geneva Conventions prohibit the mistreatment of prisoners of war..."