Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

9.125 - Disappointment and Hope

Jiang Ran actually has the ability to read minds, but this ability doesn't work all the time.

For example, now, he looked into Viviana's heart, but still couldn't figure out what kind of thought process this girl had just experienced.

All Jiang Ran could see in Viviana's heart at this moment were some jumping little white rabbits, which he could not understand at all.

(Wait, Viviana just said she fell asleep. Could it be that... these little white rabbits were actually her dream?)

To be honest, if there were no logical connection to reason from beginning to end, Jiang Ran would find it really hard to believe that a girl as majestic as Viviana could have a dream as cute as a child.

But the content of the dream is no longer important now. What is important is why Viviana fell asleep in her bed and what just happened in the room.

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Since Viviana had regained consciousness, Jiang Ran took her back to her room and closed the door to avoid being seen by other guests staying in the hotel.

Late at night, he, a boy with no identity, was with the eldest daughter of the Feiqi family. If this were to get out, it would not be good for Jiang Ran or Viviana.

At this time, a man and a woman were alone in the same room. Other girls might have been a little resistant, or had some "other thoughts", but Viviana didn't care at all. It wasn't because she was pretending to be innocent, but because she really didn't think about it "that way".

Jiang Ran used his mind reading skills to look into Viviana's heart. Now the girl's thoughts were clearly visible. She was thinking about how to sneak into the headquarters of the Snake Shadow Society with Banning.

(So ​​that's how it is. No wonder she fell asleep in my bed...)

Jiang Ran understood the whole cause and effect of the matter, but on the surface, he still had to ask Viviana questions to "go through the process."

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Viviana told Banning that she found an opportunity to sneak out of the manor this evening in order to discuss the infiltration operation with Banning, and if time permits, tonight would be a good opportunity for action.

At that time, Viviana didn't know where Banning was, so she came to the hotel and waited for him at the door.

Unexpectedly, the hotel owner was extremely enthusiastic when he saw Viviana. After learning that she was looking for the guest in Room 3 on the second floor, he took out a spare key to help open the door and asked Viviana to wait in the room.

Seeing that the innkeeper was so kind, Viviana went into Banning's room. However, she stood and waited for a long time but Banning didn't show up. Later, she fell asleep on Banning's bed without realizing it.

Later, Viviana, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a slight noise. In a daze, she saw a black figure and subconsciously started fighting.

If Banning hadn't intervened in the fight and stopped Viviana, she might have continued fighting for a while relying on her subconscious.

After listening to Viviana's story, Banning explained to her why he summoned a shadow clone to sneak into the room and apologized for scaring Viviana.

Viviana said that she was the one who broke into Banning's room first, so she should be the one to apologize to Banning.

When the two of them said this, they bowed to each other at the same time. If this "strange" scene were placed in an ancient Eastern country on Earth, people would probably mistake it for a couple bowing to each other.

Ahem, back to the topic. After the misunderstanding was resolved, Viviana immediately pulled Banning aside to discuss the infiltration operation.

But unlike Viviana who had a positive attitude, Banning smiled bitterly. He told Viviana with regret that he had discovered bad news when he went to investigate the ruins of the Wakno volcano this morning. There was no base of the Snake Shadow Society in the ruins. If Banning wanted to rescue the old rabbit lady, he might have to look for clues again.

"Eh?"

"empty?"

"How can this be?"

Viviana asked three questions in a row, her face full of disbelief.

In her opinion, the Feiqi family's intelligence organization should be of decent level, so how could such a mistake occur?

"Could there be a secret passage or something? Shall I go there with you now?" Viviana suggested anxiously.

Seeing that Viviana was difficult to convince and that he had no evidence, Banning agreed to her suggestion and went with her to the ruins of the Wakeno volcano overnight. Then he returned to Yanji City with the extremely disappointed Viviana.

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"Banning, this matter...we, no, you have to report it to the elders..."

After seeing that the ruins of the Wacono volcano were indeed empty, Viviana was as depressed as a child who dropped her ice cream on the ground, and every step she took was limp.

However, even though she was in a bad mood, she did not forget to hide her relationship with Banning.

To report this matter to the Red and Black Elders, only Banning, who had exchanged information about the Snake Shadow Society with them, would be the most suitable person.

"Okay, no problem. I'll find time to visit them at the manor tomorrow."

Banning readily agreed, and then reminded Viviana that it would be better for them not to act together in Yanji City, after all, there might be spies from the Feiqi family everywhere.

Viviana sighed. She was sad because all her expectations were dashed.

The two-man operation with Banning is gone;

The opportunity to challenge the strong men of the Snake Shadow Society was also gone;

Viviana originally thought that Banning's arrival in Yanji City could bring some relief to her dire situation, but she didn't expect that "having hope first and then enduring disappointment" would be far more painful than "being disappointed directly".

"Don't be sad, Viviana. At least the incidents at the two mines have been resolved. Everything will be fine."

Benning reached out and touched Viviana's head naturally. His rough but broad and warm hand made Viviana's mood calm down incredibly.

——(Yes, Benning is right. I don’t have time to be sad now. I should quickly urge the elders to form a team to rescue my father!)

Viviana immediately cheered up when she thought of her father still suffering in the territory of the werewolf royal family.

She held Banning's big hands with both hands, held them in her arms, and then said "thank you" to Banning from the bottom of her heart.

Afterwards, Viviana said goodbye to Banning and returned to the Feiqi family's manor in Yanji City.

"Banning, I hope to see you at the manor tomorrow."

"Yes, have you forgotten what I just promised you? I'm going to tell the elders that there is no longer any base of the Snake Shadow Society in the ruins of the Wakono volcano."

Hearing Banning say this, Viviana nodded happily, then left reluctantly, looking back every few steps.

Banning stood there and watched Viviana leave until she disappeared from his sight.

(Stupid Loli: Hey~ Hey~ Hey~ Everyone has left, why are you still standing there? Are you trying to smell my breasts?)

(Jiang Ran: I'm not as dirty as you. I'm just checking to see if there are any spies from the Feiqi family around.)

Jiang Ran took one last look around and then headed back to the hotel.

The girl's warmth and fragrance lingering on his hands did not dissipate until a long time later.

9.126 - Letter from an unknown source

In the darkness of night, Jiang Ran returned to the hotel alone.

At this time of night, when everyone is asleep, usually nothing will happen, so Jiang Ran naturally thought that today was almost over and he could sleep to recover his magic power.

But before going upstairs, something happened that surprised Jiang Ran a little.

When he passed by the hotel front desk, the front desk staff called Jiang Ran and handed him a letter, saying that someone had left it for him.

"A letter?...Who left it for me?" Jiang Ran asked.

"I don't know. He was just an ordinary messenger boy. He said it was for the gentleman in room three on the second floor, and then he ran off."

"Well, if you remember any clues, remember to tell me."

Jiang Ran did not ask any further questions, but just slapped a silver coin on the table and told the front desk that if she could provide useful information, she would get two more silver coins.

The receptionist, who had been indifferent at first, suddenly became energetic when she saw the shining silver coins. She immediately stood up to take the silver coins, nodded repeatedly, and promised loudly that she would do it.

Looking at the nonchalant look of the receptionist, Jiang Ran didn't hold out much hope and just treated this silver coin as buying a lottery ticket.

As for the letter, Jiang Ran first used his identification ability to confirm it. After making sure there was no danger, he took the letter and took it all the way back to his room before opening it for inspection.

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Who sent me this letter...? The only people who know I live here should be from the Scarlet Qi family. Why would they send me this letter?

Jiang Ran opened the wax seal while thinking, and after opening the letter and seeing the beginning, he immediately understood.

It turned out that the letter was sent to him by the fortune-telling rabbit spirit Navinaison.

The reason why the Fortune Telling Rabbit Spirit Grandma wrote a letter instead of meeting Banning in person was because she was still controlled by the Endless Abyss Mishasha, and in addition, Wei'er was still acting with her.

The divination rabbit spirit Nevinson wrote in the letter that although she had not been able to divine anything about Banning before, she recently accidentally discovered a different method that allowed her to indirectly divine some clues about Banning.

Using this method, the Fortune Telling Rabbit Grandma calculated that as long as the letter was delivered to Room 3 on the second floor of the hotel tonight, it would be delivered to Banning. Of course, her purpose in doing so was not just to tell this matter. The Fortune Telling Rabbit Grandma had more important information to tell Banning.

In the previous period of time, the fortune-telling rabbit grandma was very nervous because she predicted that Banning and Verelle would kill each other in the future.

Fortunately, this future was reversed by Banning a few days ago, and there will be no such terrible future at least for the next period of time.

Based on the information she observed around "Endless Abyss·Mishasha", the fortune-telling rabbit spirit grandmother deduced that they would stay in the Snake Shadow Society's base near Yanji City for quite a long time. If they were lucky, they might even be able to meet Banning.

However, an unexpected situation changed this possibility. An intelligence organization called "Cicada" temporarily suspended its cooperation with the Snake Shadow Society, which forced "Endless Abyss Mishasha" to go to "somewhere" in person to carry out the "mission".

Originally, this "task" of the "Endless Abyss" could be pushed to "Bloodsucking Serpent·Orosk" to handle, but it is said that this guy is "dormant", so "Endless Abyss·Mishasha" unfortunately became the only candidate.

The divination rabbit spirit grandmother also wrote that she heard the "Endless Abyss" talking about something called the "Mad King Agreement", which had a lot to do with her being forced to carry out the "mission" this time.

Finally, the fortune-telling rabbit spirit told Banning that now was not the time to break into the Snake Shadow Society to rescue them. If Banning forced his way in, it would only lead to a tragic ending with many deaths.

On the contrary, if Wei'er is allowed to grow under the guidance of "Endless Abyss Mishasha" for a period of time, she will reap unexpected "fruits of harvest" in the future.

In addition, in the last paragraph of the letter, the fortune-telling rabbit lady also gave Banning an extremely important "prophecy".

The fortune-telling rabbit spirit grandmother wrote that what Banning is currently looking for is actually not far away. As long as he returns to the "place where snakes are slaughtered and rats are killed" to help the "spirit of fighting snakes and catching rats", the "thing he is looking for" will appear on its own.

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The letter from the fortune-telling rabbit spirit Navinason ended here. Jiang Ran looked at the signature at the end, "Your Grandma Rabbit", and couldn't help but smile.

The fortune-telling Rabbit Spirit Grandma was quite cautious. She was probably afraid that her identity would be exposed, so she did not use her real name either when introducing herself at the beginning of the letter or when signing at the end.

However, the fortune-telling rabbit grandma was quite clever. She used a lot of words and sentences in the entire letter that only she and Benning could understand. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was encrypted.

After reading the contents of the letter, Jiang Ran benefited a lot. The amount of information contained in this short letter is really huge!

(Intelligence organization "Cicada"...)

(The meaning of the "Mad King Agreement" is unclear...)

(The blood-sucking snake is dormant...)

(Valerelle can continue to grow under the control of the Endless Abyss...)

(‘The Place of Killing Snakes and Rats’ and ‘The Spirit of Fighting Snakes and Catching Rats’…)

Jiang Ran read the letter several times over, repeating the key concepts mentioned in the letter over and over again, thinking about how this information would affect his next actions.

Of all the information provided by the fortune-telling rabbit spirit, the most important piece of information is undoubtedly "As long as you return to the 'Land of Slaughtering Snakes and Killing Rats' to help the 'Spirit of Fighting Snakes and Catching Rats', the 'thing you seek' will appear on its own."

Jiang Ran guessed that the fortune-telling rabbit spirit grandmother must have predicted that he would go to her to ask about the "Dark Rabbit Queen Wu Saoqi" and the "Dark Rabbit Clan", so she told him where to look for "what he was looking for".

As for the so-called "place for slaying snakes and killing rats", Jiang Ran had an answer after thinking about it. This place should refer to Sunny Town in the territory of the Green Lizard Family.

When he was still in Sunny Town, Jiang Ran had killed the Snake Demon Spland and the Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Rat King Ge Rui, which just proved the description of "snake slayer and rat killer".

But as for the term "spirit that fights snakes and catches mice"... Jiang Ran has no clue for the time being and can only look for clues after returning to Sunny Town.

As for the other information mentioned by the fortune-telling rabbit spirit grandma, it is not very important to Jiang Ran at the moment.

The most important thing for Jiang Ran at the moment is still to "solve the curse that the werewolf ancestors "planted" on him."

(Sunnytown?… There are only 18 days left before the confession ends. Minus the journey, time is a bit tight…)

Jiang Ran frowned when he thought of the confession death countdown. "Chasing girls without the purpose of falling in love" was really a torture for him.

However, since he couldn't resist the curse for the time being, Jiang Ran could only continue to try to adapt.

In many ways, as long as he doesn't "cause any deaths", Jiang Ran has not yet fallen to the point of no return.

(Anyway… I’ll go find the craftsmen tomorrow to confirm the first piece of ‘system equipment’. I’d love to have a little surprise for them…)

With great anticipation for the new equipment, Jiang Ran, who was extremely tired, fell into a deep sleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

9.127 - Initial Craftsmanship

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October 187, 9

7:12 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 17 days]

"Death Future Remaining: 0 Days"