Chapter 1012
Chapter 1012 - 998: Magical Life Forms
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Many years later, when recalling the first meeting, Lu Ping’an remembered that hint of sweetness...
"Do you eat sugar?"
An unwrapped chocolate suddenly appeared in front of Lu Ping’an’s eyes.
He was jolted awake; a moment before, he hadn’t noticed it at all.
It was only when he opened his eyes that he discovered something...
"Sunlight..."
In Lu Ping’an’s vision, where he could no longer perceive color, the spot where the girl stood was the extreme warmth of gold.
She smiled brightly, her hand offering the candy not retracting,
and it was only after she spoke that the state of "being undetectable" ended completely... What Lu Ping’an "scanned" was a girl with long hair reaching her waist, blond hair flowing down her back.
She appeared to be just over twenty years old, but her carefree behavior and overly bright smile made her seem even younger and more naïve.
What Lu Ping’an first observed was not her appearance, but her character and her aura...
"You don’t like chocolate? I also have fruit candies, with lychee, orange, grape... uh, except for lychee, I can give you the rest."
She was a little puzzled, surprised that the person in front of her didn’t like chocolate, especially since he looked like someone who would love it.
She hesitated, like a slightly stingy child, reluctant to offer candy flavors she truly loved to eat.
But her eyes kept scanning Lu Ping’an up and down... Lu Ping’an felt uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.
"...Chocolate then."
"Hehe, I knew you liked chocolate. Here, take it."
Although he didn’t know why she was so confident, seeing the joyful girl unwrap the chocolate and hand it to him, Lu Ping’an couldn’t help but smile...
"Eh, something’s wrong, why am I..."
Lu Ping’an was not one to be easily swayed emotionally, but at this moment, looking at her beaming smile, he indeed felt an inexplicable joy.
Had he unknowingly fallen for a trick? What kind of mysterious ability is this? Tsk, this woman is so formidable; indeed, boys who go out alone must be particularly careful...
"Big Cat, have I been ensnared? Big Cat? Chris?"
The usually active Big Cat had fallen into a strange calm.
This was abnormal, given that their connection, in theory, could not be isolated.
"...So sweet."
And while Lu Ping’an was in a daze, the girl cheerfully stuffed the chocolate into his mouth.
That was even more incredible.
He hadn’t instinctively fought back?!
He had allowed someone to come so close to him, within negative distance?!
He was actually eating something fed to him by another person?!
Lu Ping’an narrowed his eyes, seriously considering whether he had been affected by some evil curse...
At this moment, he saw the girl who had stuffed a lychee candy into her own mouth, happily chomping away, smiling so sweetly that her eyes were squinted with delight.
For some reason, he felt a bit foolish facing such a creature with the air of a Husky...
"...Alright, I’ve eaten the candy. What do you want?"
"Just now, that, that creature you killed, can you let me see it?! I’m very curious!"
The girl stood with her hands on her hips, looking as if it were the most natural thing, with a bit of smugness.
The logic of "You’ve eaten my candy, so you should show me," though not spoken, seemed to be written all over her face.
For a moment, Lu Ping’an fell silent.
Being able to see the Spirit Ghost he had just summoned was not something an ordinary person could do...
"Show her if you don’t want to be pestered by her all day."
Big Cat finally spoke, but there was an unusual weariness in his voice... and unease?
Lu Ping’an could feel that the soul connected to the other end was showing a rare "wavering," or perhaps, even a hint of... fear?
"Fine, but it’s not very convenient here. My room is pretty big, why don’t we give it a try?"
𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
Lu Ping’an said with a smile, uttering a rather terrible line.
"Sure, sure."
And the little girl opposite him ran ahead as if completely without any guard...
"Big Cat? Do you know her? Hey, hey, hey? Chris, are you there...?"
And the weird thing was, on the other end of the link, Big Cat disconnected again.
"Huh, why is your bed so much smaller than mine!"
Uh? This is already first-class for me; Miss, do you have a royal suite or something?
"What’s this? Oh oh oh, I remember now, Game Chicken! A toy of the New Era, can I play with it... don’t be stingy, let’s play together! I’ll give you some candy."
"Wait, how are you so strong! This is not fair!"
The girl was clearly a novice player. After Lu Ping’an maliciously picked a Fighting Game and soundly beat her in two rounds, she finally got mad.
So, at the start of the next round...
Lu Ping’an dodged an elbow strike that probably could have killed an elephant, bent over to avoid a leg sweep that could have pierced the hull of a ship, and with cold and efficient mastery, he dispatched her with a combination of moves...
"Waaa, can’t you be a little gentlemanly and go easy on me!"
So, the "Little Girl" got angry, baring her teeth as if ready to pounce.
At that moment, Lu Ping’an, looking into those lake-colored eyes turning to gold and recalling a certain image, finally remembered where he had seen her before.
He began to understand why he had been so patient, why he had inexplicably let his guard down.
"Chris, no explanation?"
Still disconnected, but perhaps silence was the most helpless answer.
"... are you talking to someone else?"
The gold in the girl’s eyes across from him grew even sharper.
She sniffed with her pert nose as if smelling something, then bared her two fangs and glowered menacingly...
Their eyes met, and naturally, a standoff occurred, and just when Lu Ping’an was about to do something...
"...that’s too much! I’m playing with you and you’re still chatting with someone else! That’s so disrespectful!"
With one sentence, the girl threw Lu Ping’an into confusion.
Who’s playing with whom here... Wait a minute, this is getting weirder and weirder!
Uh, but at that moment, Lu Ping’an was surprised to find that he had genuinely been playing.
He had been inexplicably, weirdly relaxed while with this girl.
How long had it been since he had sat down to play a game with such carefree abandon...
"I’m done. I’m hungry. I’ll find you tomorrow... er, tonight... Yeah, I’ll look for you later. And remember, don’t overwrite my tape (save file)."
With that, the disheartened Little Girl hopped off the bed and hurriedly escaped.
"...what was she actually here for?" Looking at this "girl" with a clear disparity between soul and body, Lu Ping’an was a bit stunned; he had truly never seen this type.
To observe the strange life forms Lu Ping’an used for killing? Clearly, she had completely forgotten this reason.
And it wasn’t until he was sure the weird little girl had run far away that Lu Ping’an finally asked.
"Big Cat... Chris? Kerdalais? Who is she?"
But the only thing that responded to Lu Ping’an was a prolonged silence.
Just when Lu Ping’an thought he wouldn’t get a reply, he heard a long, emotionally complex sigh.
"She is my... sin."
— End of Chapter 1012 —