Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Just now, Jiang Ran actually had two choices. One was to follow Emilia and Heloise out of the town, and the other was to stay and face Misasa and Weiler.

If it were Jiang Ran who had not yet seen this "future of death", he would most likely choose to escape, but Jiang Ran is different now. He knows that escape will not solve this death crisis at all. Only by taking the initiative to attack "at the stage where he can still defeat them one by one" can he seize the opportunity to change the future.

(Okay, now there are only Mishasha and Wei'er left in the town. From now on, even if it means risking blood... I have to give it a try.)

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Jiang Ran hesitated at this time because he still had a universal raw stone on hand that he could use.

If he wanted to be on the safe side, he should use up the universal stone and then use his ability to predict future death to make sure there was no danger before fighting Endless Abyss Mishasha and the others.

However, Jiang Ran finally decided to keep the universal raw stone for future use.

To put it in a positive light, this was a reasonable arrangement made after extensive calculations. He eliminated waste and sought to maximize the benefits of using scarce resources.

To put it bluntly, it's actually just one word: greed.

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Jiang Ran did not deny that he was greedy, but greed is not necessarily a bad thing. The key is whether he can succeed in being greedy.

Considering that he would have to "meet his parents" in Yanji City next, and there was also a difficult task waiting for him, "Assassinating the Dark Rabbit Queen", Jiang Ran thought it would be better for him to retain at least some "Energy Points for Predicting Future Death".

In addition, Jiang Ran was actually gambling this time on whether his "understanding" of the Endless Abyss Mishasha was sufficient.

Jiang Ran believed that since Mishasha was a "fun person in Shura Field", she should prioritize fun and would not kill herself before enjoying the fun of Shura Field.

Therefore, even if Jiang Ran was discovered by Endless Abyss Mishasha when he took action against Wei'er, it was highly likely that no one would be killed - Jiang Ran judged so.

(As long as 'Endless Abyss Mishasha' and 'Stone Face' aren't in the same group, I still have a chance. If they are... then I can create some space to pull them apart and use my 'Predict the Future of Death' ability.)

After several rounds of deliberation, Jiang Ran finally decided on an action plan.

Next, it’s time to take action...!

9.67 - Every Step Counts

Although Jiang Ran's next action strategy is full of dangers, it is very simple to summarize.

To sum it up in one sentence: "Keep testing until you get enough intelligence."

Specifically, Jiang Ran will start from the safest distance, and then continue to shorten the distance between him and Endless Abyss Mishasha and the others. The rest depends on whether Jiang Ran gets the information he wants first, or he is discovered by Mishasha first.

For the sake of safety and efficiency, Jiang Ran immediately used the "cheat-level" method of "Shadow Master": he found a lively lark nearby in the woods, and then sneaked into the lark's shadow.

So, what happens next?

Yes, that’s right, Jiang Ran will “fly” with the lark.

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Strictly speaking, Jiang Ran's real body was not flying, because he was actually in the lark's shadow, and the lark's shadow was on the ground most of the time, so Jiang Ran was actually just moving quickly on the ground.

However, although he cannot fly, Jiang Ran has not missed any of the advantages of flying, such as crossing terrain at will, moving fast, etc.

Soon, with the hard work of the lark, Jiang Ran returned to the town, and found Wei'er and Endless Abyss Mishasha eating breakfast from afar in the air.

Jiang Ran didn't dare to fly too close rashly, because the lark could only fly less than 20 meters high, and a distance of 20 meters against a monster like Endless Abyss Mishasha was too dangerous.

Under Jiang Ran's control, the lark just circled around Endless Abyss Mishasha and the others from a distance, always keeping the straight-line distance within two hundred meters.

After Jiang Ran was sure that Mishasha didn't notice anything unusual about the lark, he moved to the shadow of a nearby sparrow and shortened the tracking distance to 190 meters.

In this way, Jiang Ran was extremely patient and slowly shortened the distance between him and Misasa and the others. He was extremely cautious every time he shortened the distance. Until finally, he successfully identified Wei'er's information at a distance of fifty meters and obtained the "key intelligence" for the next step of action.

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Through identification ability, Jiang Ran saw that Wei'er had advanced to become a third-level priest of light.

After having a good master, her gold really began to shine, and her growth rate was absolutely rapid.

However, the master was unable to enter the trial space with her after all. He only played a guiding role. The real decisive factor was Wei'er's own "unique advantage", that is, her second personality "Aier".

Jiang Ran guessed that Wei'er and Ai'er's personality switching should also be universal in the trial space. Therefore, compared to ordinary people, Wei'er is equivalent to being able to team up with two people to challenge the trial, which is a huge advantage like cheating.

It is no exaggeration to say that with a "setting" like that of Wei'er, she has the potential to become the protagonist in any story.

Now, since Wei'er is the one who controls the body, Jiang Ran cannot identify Ai'er's information. However, since Wei'er has already advanced to the third level, based on Jiang Ran's understanding of the two of them, Ai'er will at least be at the third level.

The third-level strength is already a very good level in the rear country, the Kingdom of West, but it is still far from enough to fight Jiang Ran, let alone kill Jiang Ran.

So, what methods did "Stone Mask" use to make Wei'er's fighting ability soar?

Jiang Ran couldn't find any clues in the identification information yet, but he easily found Wei'er's motive for killing him:

In Wei'er's identification information, Jiang Ran clearly saw the abnormal state called "hatred amplification".

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As a young man well versed in psychology, Jiang Ran knew that Wei'er's feelings towards him were somewhat filled with hatred even without using mind reading skills. As for the "murderer Ai'er", she would think about how to kill Jiang Ran every morning, noon and night.

Under such a psychological state, Jiang Ran could easily guess what the consequences would be if Wei'er was given the abnormal state of "hatred amplification".

Even if he couldn't identify the specific content of the abnormal state "Hate Increase", Jiang Ran could guess it roughly just by looking at the name.

So, how did Wei'er get into this abnormal state?

Unlike Emilia's previous abnormal state of "emotion reversal", Wei'er's abnormal state of "hatred increase" will automatically disappear in eight or nine hours, and will not last until the time of killing Jiang Ran on "September 9th".

In other words, before September 9, someone will definitely continue to add this abnormal state to Wei'er, and what Jiang Ran has to do is to prevent this from happening.

After thinking this through, Jiang Ran broke away from the shadow of the little sparrow, sneaked all the way to the garbage dump, found a fly, and then... he, as you all guessed, Jiang Ran sneaked into the shadow of the fly.

Yes, that's right. Jiang Ran can sneak into even the shadow of a fly. This is undoubtedly another outrageous use of the skill "Shadow Master" after flying creatures.

The reason why Jiang Ran specifically found a fly to sneak in was to continue to shorten the distance between him and Wei'er and Mishasha, and to see if he could read their inner thoughts in this form with extremely weak presence.

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At 8:50 in the morning, in a small town, on a busy street, Jiang Ran, transformed into a fly, was constantly moving from one dark corner to another.

During the process of moving his ears, Jiang Ran's eyes were always fixed on the little loli in the distance, that is, Endless Abyss Mishasha.

As long as this guy makes any unnatural movements, Jiang Ran will run away immediately.

Fortunately, when Jiang Ran shortened the distance to thirty meters, Endless Abyss Mishasha still did not react. She was still looking for horses to rent or buy with Wei'er to replace the carriage to go to Yanji City.

At this distance, Jiang Ran could already use mind reading to understand the inner thoughts of Endless Abyss Mishasha.

(Um?)

(strangeness?)

(Why can't I see it?)

The development of the matter was beyond Jiang Ran's expectations. Mishasha, who could clearly read his mind before, now had no mental activities. After Jiang Ran observed her for ten minutes, there was no inner activity at all.

(Could it be that Mishasha's level has exceeded 200 recently?)

Jiang Ran hurriedly used his identification ability to confirm Mishasha's information. He found that not only had Mishasha's level increased from 190 to 203, but her combat professional class had also increased from level five to level six.

Could it be that in the process of training Wei'er Ai'er, she also challenged the advanced trial herself?

(Something’s wrong, I feel like something’s wrong… Why does this Endless Abyss, Mishasha, always give me this unreal feeling…?)

Jiang Ran had doubts in his heart, but now was not the time to think about it.

Mishasha, who was already dangerous, now faced the double risk of not being able to have her mind read and her attack intentions read, so Jiang Ran didn't dare to stay in such close range any longer.

What he had to do next was to figure out how Wei'er became in such an abnormal state, and see if there was any chance to separate Wei'er and Mishasha and deal with them separately.

9.68 - Secret Competition

Not long after, Jiang Ran's opportunity came.

Endless Abyss Mishasha and Wei'er received two pieces of news about horses at the same time, which made them decide to split up and confirm them separately.

After the two were far enough apart, the fly controlled by Jiang Ran immediately chased in the direction where Wei'er had left, and then rushed to the merchant who was selling horses, and directly controlled the merchant with "Fraudster·Word Spirit" and "Shadow Master".

When Wei'er and Ai'er came to the merchant, Jiang Ran's pre-arrangements had been completed, so Wei'er and Ai'er were completely unaware of the merchant's abnormality.

The merchant discussed the purchase of horses with Wei'er very naturally. When the time was right, he brought out a tea that had been added with "high-level purification potion" and invited Wei'er to drink a cup together.

Wei'er, who came from Ella Village, was completely unprepared for this kind of routine and drank half a cup without any precautions. However, this was also related to the fact that their strength had increased too quickly recently. When people become stronger, they are often more likely to neglect some small fatal threats.

Another point is that when the businessmen under Jiang Ran's control did these things, they had no hostility towards Wei'er Ai'er. It could even be said that they had good intentions, so Wei'er Ai'er did not notice it at all.

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After drinking half a cup of tea, the effect of the advanced purification potion quickly became apparent.

Jiang Ran watched with his own eyes as Wei'er's abnormal status "Hate Increase" disappeared from the identification information, and he breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

As long as the purification potion is effective, he will have a way to deal with the next things. If the purification potion is ineffective, he will need to spend extra time looking for a way to break the abnormal state.

Next, Jiang Ran just needed to find the source of Wei'er and Ai'er's abnormal state. However, he now had a bad feeling...

Jiang Ran vaguely felt that the one who had imposed the abnormal state on Wei'er Ai'er was most likely Mishasha from the Endless Abyss.

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Jiang Ran had previously deduced that there was likely a close connection between "Stone Ghost Mask" and the Snake Shadow Society, and in the identification information of Endless Abyss Mishasha, there was a title such as "Second in Command of the Snake Shadow Society".

Therefore, if Jiang Ran later discovered that Wei'er was not only in an abnormal state caused by Mishasha, but was also taken to Yanji City by Mishasha, he would definitely not be surprised.

For example, in the future death scene, Jiang Ran was killed by the girls. Isn’t that the Shura Field ending that Endless Abyss Mishasha likes to see?

If the truth is really like this, Jiang Ran will be in trouble.

It's okay to separate Wei'er and Mishasha for a short period of time, but if they have to be separated for a long time, there is really no particularly good way for Jiang Ran now.

Then what should be done?

With this question in mind, Jiang Ran sneaked into the shadow of a nearby butterfly, and then followed Wei'er, who had already bought a horse, back to the central square of the town and "reunited" with Endless Abyss Mishasha.

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As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours; when the ship is late, it encounters headwinds.

Not only Wei'er bought a horse, but even Endless Abyss Mishasha successfully obtained a mount.

In this way, the journey of this duo leaving the town for Yanji City was like an arrow on a bowstring, ready to be launched at any time, which compressed the time and space for Jiang Ran to do something to a very tight level in an instant.

(This is troublesome. If I leave the town, I won’t have the noisy and chaotic city environment to protect me...!)

A strong wind blew by, blowing the paper-thin butterfly almost into the wall, and Jiang Ran, who was lurking in the butterfly's shadow, naturally suffered as well.

Under normal circumstances, such wind would have no effect on Jiang Ran at all, but now, it made Jiang Ran feel a powerful force that was as irresistible as fate.

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Even with the extra 30,000 magic points provided by the imitation ancient snake blood, Jiang Ran could not use the "Shadow Master" for a long time, let alone follow Wei'er and Ai'er and the others all the way to Yanji City.

The difficulty of Wei'er's problem was not only extremely difficult from the beginning, but also continued to increase with time, leaving Jiang Ran at a loss.

Just when Jiang Ran was about to run out of ideas, he discovered that Endless Abyss Mishasha was looking at Wei'er with a "strange" look.

That look gave Jiang Ran the feeling that Misasa seemed to have discovered that the abnormal condition in Wei'er'er had been purified.

(This guy has this ability...?)

Jiang Ran hurriedly asked the butterfly to fly closer, fearing that he would miss any key information.

He saw that Mishasha's brows were slightly furrowed, and her suspicious look was gradually becoming more intense. However, from her reaction, it could be seen that she was not like Jiang Ran who could directly "identify" Wei'er's abnormal condition. She might have just discovered something wrong through experience and observation.

"Weier, you have been saying that you feel chest tightness and shortness of breath these days. Are you feeling better today?" Endless Abyss Mishasha asked Weier.

"Eh? Yes, that's right. How did you know that, Miss Misasa?"

Wei'er was surprised. She didn't expect that Teacher Mishasha would see it.

"Hahahaha, you look so refreshed, I only need one look to understand."

Mishasha continued to talk to Wei'er in a very relaxed manner, but at this moment, in her heart, there was an undercurrent that was about to form a whirlpool.

Because the one who caused Wei'er to feel "chest tightness and shortness of breath" was not someone else, but Mishasha herself.

The "Ermati Flower Potion" that she had been secretly letting Wei'er take these days, in addition to the abnormal state of "hatred increase", also had the side effect of chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Now, the effect of the "Ermoti Flower Potion" was gone, and of course she could see it.