Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

The more the Frost Knight Stan shines, the safer Jiang Ran will be hiding in the shadows.

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(Sigh, I didn't expect the branch chief to have no clues.)

After sorting out his thoughts, Jiang Ran frowned.

The fortune-telling rabbit spirit grandmother had previously written to Jiang Ran and given him a hint: "As long as you return to the 'place of slaughtering snakes and killing rats' to help the 'spirit of fighting snakes and catching rats', the 'thing you are seeking' will appear on its own."

Now, Jiang Ran has returned to "Sunny Town, the place where snakes are slaughtered and rats are killed", but he can't find the "Spirit of Fighting Snakes and Catching Rats" for a while.

(The snake is Snake Demon Splander...)

(The rat is the Corruption-Detoxifying Rat King, Ge Rui...)

(Now that they're both dead, who's left to fight snakes and catch rats...?)

9.149 - Each has its own problems

After much thought, Jiang Ran could only conclude that the "snake" and "rat" in "the place where snakes are slaughtered and rats are killed" and "the spirit of fighting snakes and catching rats" refer to different images.

(Perhaps the snake and rat in "Snake Fighting and Mouse Catching Spirit" refer to ordinary snakes and rats?)

Jiang Ran thought that if that was the case, then it would be easy to deal with.

Cats are the only animals that love to catch mice. If we expand the scope a little bit, cat-people are also people who can be contacted.

Speaking of cat people, Jiang Ran remembered that there was a restaurant called "Cat Girl Restaurant" in Sunny Town, and the owner of the restaurant was a young girl from the cat people.

(Long silver-pink hair...big crimson eyes...I think her name is Rokugeruri?)

[Note: Aside from the prologue, the first mention of "Rokugeruri" is in chapter "4.8 - Invisible Trap"]

(Stupid Loli: Oh huh? After all this time, you still remember the other person's name, Jiang Yan~ If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response~!)

(Jiang Ran: Stop being so sarcastic. It was you who recommended me to pursue her. Have you forgotten?)

(Stupid Loli: Huh? I, I, I, I don’t remember…)

After being confronted by Jiang Ran, the silly loli immediately felt guilty. She tried hard to recall and then remembered that she seemed to have said something similar before.

At that time, Jiang Ran visited Sunny Town for the first time. He was still a rookie and did not have the confidence to conquer a strong woman like Liu Geng Liuli.

But now, Jiang Ran is no longer the Wuxia A'mon he used to be. Stupid Loli thinks that with Jiang Ran's current strength, if he wants to capture Liu Geng Liuli, it will be a piece of cake.

(Stupid Loli: Oh no! I remember now! Isn't this perfect?! I can advance the matter of the Dark Rabbit Queen and get a confession point at the same time. It's like killing two birds with one stone!)

The silly loli couldn't help but get excited, but as usual, Jiang Ran simply ignored her and left her aside to play idle PLAY, which made her hit a snag again.

What was going on in the young man's mind? The super-dimensional divine eye, Prigok Nissen, had no idea.

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Jiang Ran had actually considered the plan that the stupid loli mentioned.

However, there was one problem that Silly Loli had not considered, that is, Jiang Ran's face had appeared in Sunny Town for some time.

Putting aside the consequences of Banning's return to Sunnytown, Jiang Ran's reappearance in Sunnytown as Banning would completely negate the advantage he had gained from using the "Invisibility Ball," and the spies of the Heavenly Demons and Earthly Demons would once again target him.

If Jiang Ran did not show his face and simply tried to capture Liu Geng Liuli as "Frost Knight Stan", the difficulty of the attack would be greatly increased.

Even in the Prison Star World, where the strong are respected, a girl's heart cannot be captured by fighting ability alone. What's more, Liu Geng Liuli is very likely to be an important clue to the "Dark Rabbit Queen Wu Saoqi".

In order to get this clue, Jiang Ran spent a lot of effort to find the divination rabbit spirit Nevinason. Although he achieved his goal in an unintentional way in the end, the importance of the clue is still beyond doubt.

Nowadays, Jiang Ran has no way to contact the divination rabbit spirit, so the clue of the "spirit of fighting snakes and catching mice" cannot be broken at any cost.

(I can’t risk Rokugeruri… Emm, let’s find someone else… We need to take our time with the Cat Girl Restaurant.)

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October 187, 9

〖1:22 pm〗

[Confession death countdown remaining: 10 days]

"Curse of the Ancestral Wolf: 78 Days Remaining"

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Time flies, and with the arrival of September, the Prison Star World has entered autumn.

However, even though it was already autumn, the sky of the Yuyuan Empire was still gray, making people wonder whether the land they lived on was cursed by the gods.

However, the demons living here do not think so. They only believe that the hateful "so-called new gods" have affected the power of the "Seven Old Gods" they believe in.

As long as the Seven Old Gods can regain their power, the sky of the Hell Abyss Empire will surely be illuminated again—this thought is prevalent in the hearts of the demons.

At this moment, beneath this gloomy sky, in a corridor of the towering Pandemonium, the Sky Demon Albi and the Earth Demon Torli, both sworn in loyalty to the Lord of Eternal Winter, walked side by side.

Due to the recent critical situation on the front line between the Hell Abyss Empire and the Human Alliance, the Sky Ghosts and Earth Ghosts inevitably became busy as well.

In addition to monitoring Banning's actions on a daily basis, they also have to complete many tasks sent remotely by the Lord of Eternal Winter.

Fortunately, they still have the Snake Shadow Society to deploy, and by utilizing their subordinates hidden in the Human Alliance, the Sky Ghosts and Earth Ghosts can accomplish many difficult tasks with twice the result with half the effort.

However, in recent days, the Sky Ghost and the Earth Ghost encountered a big trouble: they lost track of that kid Banning.

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Since receiving the task of monitoring Banning, the Sky Ghost and the Earth Ghost have tried to kill Banning many times, but each time they failed.

These failures were certainly painful for the Heavenly Ghosts and Earthly Ghosts, especially in terms of their wallets, but failure was failure and would not lead to worse consequences, because the sniping of Benning was all done spontaneously by them, and was an active action they took to gain additional recognition from the Lord of Eternal Winter.

But the matter of "monitoring Banning" is different. This is a long-term task assigned to them by the Lord of Eternal Winter. If they still cannot find Banning's whereabouts in the next few days, then they can only go to the Lord of Eternal Winter to apologize.

The thought of admitting to the Lord of Eternal Winter that they had failed to perform their duties made the Sky Ghost and the Earth Ghost feel extremely uncomfortable. This was not because they were afraid of being punished, but because they had always regarded "the Lord of Eternal Winter's recognition of them" as the most important thing.

"Heavenly Ghost, can't your birds fly a little faster? As long as we conduct a thorough search centered on the ruins of the Wacono volcano, we'll definitely find that kid Banning!"

"Haha, that's easy for you to say. My bird puppets don't have X-ray vision. There are so many trees and buildings on the ground, it's impossible to survey everything just by looking down. Instead of urging me to work harder, why don't you send a few more snakes to search every nook and cranny thoroughly?"

The two of them were bickering as they walked, unable to keep quiet for a moment. The superficial peace of the past was no longer there.

However, quarreling could not solve the problem after all. After the Heavenly Ghost and the Earthly Ghost were tired of quarreling, they finally stopped talking.

Then, after being silent for a long time, the pair of rivals came up with the same idea.

Earth Ghost: "Sky Ghost, I have a good idea..."

Tiangui: "What a coincidence, I just thought of a good idea."

Earth Ghost: "Ah? You're not going to ask 'Cicada' for help too?"

Sky Ghost: "Tsk, you stinky snake, why do you always steal my ideas!"

9.150 - Brothers in Distress

Sky ghosts and earth ghosts have an advantage when they act, that is, they can directly contact most forces regardless of distance.

For example, now they are communicating with the ten elders of the cat people through bird puppets, hoping to temporarily hire the cat people's strongest secret cat ninja force "Cicada" by paying extra money.

However, what the ghosts and demons did not expect was that the ten cat elders who had always worshipped money actually declined the big order that was delivered to their door this time. They said that "Xian Chan" had been carrying out tasks within the cat tribe recently and was temporarily unable to provide external services.

"Hiss! You mere cat people are so shameless...!"

The Earth Ghost was furious. If he had not been there, he might have already attacked these old cats.

The Sky Ghost's face was also ashen, but he was not as angry as the Earth Ghost. He was more wondering what could have happened within the Cat People that would make them refuse the money that was delivered to their doorstep.

So, at the suggestion of the Sky Ghost, the Earth Ghost temporarily put away his anger and asked what big things the Cat People were busy with recently, perhaps the "Snake Shadow Society" could cooperate with them.

But what the ghosts of heaven and earth did not expect was that the ten elders of the cat people, who had always been servile, were unwilling to even say this. Their tough tone and unwillingness to give in were simply not the same race as the cat people of the past.

"What the hell, did these old undead cat people take the wrong medicine?"

This time, even Tiangui could not control his emotions. He terminated the connection with the bird puppet on the spot and ended the conversation with the ten cat-man elders without even saying goodbye.

The two angry snake demons and falcon demons yelled at the wall in the corridor, turning all their anger into "murals" on the wall.

Of course, this is all the result of them holding back. If they really showed their strength, it would have become a demolition site.

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After venting their anger, the Sky Demon and the Earth Demon calmed down and started to plan again. They needed to quickly find a replacement for the "Secret Cat Ninja Unit - Cicada" in the territories of the Scarlet Qi Family and the Green Lizard Family.

The Sky Ghost had an idea at this time, but this idea required dragging the Earth Ghost into a trap, so the Sky Ghost tentatively asked: "How about we go find 'Zhao Ye Liu Que'?"

"Hiss... Zhaoye Liuque? Those guys are asking for a sky-high price!" The Earth Ghost immediately widened his eyes and looked at the Sky Ghost in disbelief.

The Sky Ghost was not at all surprised by the Earth Ghost's reaction, but this was just the "appetizer". He hadn't even said what he really wanted to do to the Earth Ghost.

In order to calm the frightened heart of the Earth Ghost, the Sky Ghost started to make promises to the Earth Ghost.

"Well... the price is indeed a bit high, but their strength is also much higher than that of the 'Cicada'... Earth Ghost, you should have some vision. Compared to admitting mission failure to the Lord of Eternal Winter, spending a little more money is nothing."

After hearing what Tiangui said, Digui's excitement eased a little. He thought that things were indeed as Tiangui said. As long as he could keep the recognition of the Lord of Eternal Winter, it would be worth spending more money.

"Well, you're right. And if we split the money, it's not an unacceptable amount... Well, let's not delay any further. Do you have any connections to Teruya Ryujaku? Let's contact them right away...!"

But what the Earth Ghost didn't expect was that all the words just now were just the prelude of the Sky Ghost. After the Earth Ghost agreed to ask "Zhao Ye Liu Que" for help, the Sky Ghost immediately showed his true intentions!

"Wait a minute, Earth Ghost, you got one thing wrong~"

The Sky Ghost smiled embarrassedly, then took out a shriveled purse and handed it to the Earth Ghost.

"You forgot, Digui, I'm already broke, hehe, so there's no splitting. If you want to invite 'Zhu Ye Liu Que', you have to pay for it~"

These words were like a bolt from the blue, and almost frightened the Earth Ghost to death.

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Because he has been too busy recently, the Earth Ghost temporarily forgot that the Sky Ghost had basically emptied his fortune.

Now that he thought about this, the Earth Ghost finally understood that the Sky Ghost had been aiming for his wallet from the very beginning.

If he asked the Earth Ghost to pay the full amount for "Zhao Ye Liu Que", it would not be an exaggeration to say that he would go bankrupt or at least lose a lot of money. Therefore, he immediately subconsciously wanted to go back on his word and reject the Sky Ghost.

However, Digui then thought, if he lost the trust of the Lord of Eternal Winter because of his poor performance, what would be the use of having more money left?

On the other hand, as long as I can continue to work under the Lord of Eternal Winter and be his right-hand man, it doesn't matter if I'm a little poor during this period, the money can be earned back soon!

So, after struggling for a while, the Earth Ghost finally glared at the Sky Ghost fiercely with an expression like a mask of pain, and then nodded with great difficulty.

At this point, the earthly ghosts were forced to live a frugal life along with the sky ghosts.

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October 187, 9

〖9:38 pm〗

[Confession death countdown remaining: 10 days]

"Curse of the Ancestral Wolf: 78 Days Remaining"

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Kingdom of West, territory of the Green Lizard Family, Sunny Town.

Oleg, the branch chief of the Task Union, visited the remote tavern after a long absence tonight and chatted with his old friend, the bartender.

Today, Frost Knight Stan had left such a deep shock on Oleg that he had to find someone to talk to, otherwise he might not be able to sleep at night.

The bartender listened silently to Oleg's exaggerated description of what happened during the day. Until Oleg said he was tired and didn't want to talk anymore, he asked Oleg a question lightly.

"Such a powerful lone wolf knight, unheard of before, suddenly appears in a remote country like our Kingdom of West... Oleg, don't you find it strange?"

The bartender's question was to the point and hit the nail on the head. This was actually the question that Oleg had been concerned about.