There Must Be Something Wrong With This Game!

The bubbles continued to rise for a long time before they finally stopped.

On the ground, Jinghong stared blankly at the bubbles above her head. Then, she took the Black Cat from her arms and handed it to Duan Fei.

"She seems to like you," Jinghong said calmly.

The little black cat turned her head to look at Jinghong in terror, wanting to say something but not daring to speak.

Duan Fei squinted at her. He felt something was off about Jinghong.

But he’d never had much reason to doubt Jinghong.

After all, if there was only one person in the world who would never harm him, it had to be Jinghong.

So, he reluctantly accepted the explanation and looked at the little Black Cat. "Your pet?" he asked.

"Mhm. A pet I got from a dungeon I cleared earlier. It adds a bonus to acting, as well as some boosts to disguise and deception."

"A support-type pet, and it’s a perfect fit for your Profession. Not bad."

"Um... why are you bubbling too?"

Duan Fei looked up and saw that bubbles were rising from above his own head as well.

Just as he was starting to wonder if he was some kind of perverted furry—the terminal kind that gets shot on sight—he heard Yan Yuan say from the side, "My, what a sleek and fine-looking little she-cat."

Turning to look at Yan Yuan, Duan Fei finally identified the source of the bubbles. He frowned and said, "Look, I’m not against you falling in love, but shouldn’t it be with someone of the same species?"

"Weren’t you the one who told me not to take life and death so seriously? You think a mere species difference is going to stop me?"

"I was just saying. You actually took it seriously?"

"I don’t care!"

"And besides, your standards weren’t like this before, were they?"

"In the face of true love, nothing is a problem."

The female cat, caught in the middle, was on the verge of tears.

’My own master is a scumbag who uses her pet to take the fall. The guy across from her seems okay, but then there’s that ruthless character next to him, ready to shatter the reproductive barrier at all costs.’

’This little kitty has no ill intentions! This little kitty isn’t strong enough to bear all this!’

Just as the Black Cat was about to break down, Jinghong finally took her back. "I have something else to do, so I’ll be going," she said to Duan Fei.

"You’re already here. Why not team up and explore this place with me?"

Such a wonderful suggestion left Jinghong completely torn. After a long moment, she clenched her fists, bit her lip, and said, "No, it’s fine. I really do have something to do."

"Sounds really urgent. Well, I’ll get back to exploring then."

"Go on."

After seeing Duan Fei off, Jinghong immediately rushed into the tower and let out a long sigh of relief.

The effective duration of her Actor’s Professional Skill had just run out, causing the pink bubbles she had been concealing to burst forth and flood the tower’s interior.

Once the tower had finished absorbing the bubbles, Jinghong heard the little cat in her arms say, "It took fifteen minutes to digest all that... Master, if you like him that much, just go confess. There’s no point in always running away like this."

"My feelings are too heavy."

"You’re telling me!"

"Besides, the first to confess loses. I will make him confess first."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You can tell with one look that he’s a total brick wall of a man. Expecting him to make the first move is like trying to find a magic lamp to make a wish."

"But... I get shy."

Seeing Jinghong blush, the Black Cat was immediately struck by her charm, which transcended both gender and species.

If the Black Tower didn’t only absorb Energy between men and women, she felt like she would have started spouting hearts herself.

Letting out a long sigh, the Black Cat said helplessly, "If you showed that expression in front of that guy, I guarantee you’d have him wrapped around your finger in three seconds."

"I tried. It didn’t work."

"...That’s not just a brick wall of a man, that’s a diamond-hard one!"

"..."

"Forget it. Let’s just focus on the mission to take your mind off things. Don’t forget, Master, you only have the right to use me for six days. If you want to own me permanently, you have to complete my mission."

"Right. Confirm whether the Succubus, one of the four Pseudo-man leaders, is here. But why would a Black Cat like you hold such a grudge against a Succubus?"

"Do you really think I’m just a Black Cat?"

The little Black Cat nimbly leaped onto Jinghong’s head, where she lay curled up with an eerie smile.

"I am a Witch, a being different from humans, superior to humans, perhaps even transcendent of this realm. The Black Cat is merely my facade. My true self possesses Power you can’t possibly imagine. And though I call you Master, that is merely a master-servant relationship forced upon us by this wretched game’s mechanics. As for myself..."

"I bought new tuna cans. Blue-quality. The kind even I would drool over."

"...Don’t think..."

"Ten of them, in fact."

"Master, I love you the most~"

Scampering onto Jinghong’s shoulder, the Black Cat affectionately nuzzled her cheek.

Meanwhile, Duan Fei was walking the streets, continuing his observation of Love City.

Because Shadow Energy ran rampant and strange apparitions appeared at night, almost no one moved about the city after dark, except for players like Duan Fei and other Lone Rangers.

Now, as morning arrived, the sky began to simulate a sunrise, casting sunlight over the city.

The demons and ghouls hiding in the shadows began to retreat toward the sewers and other dark places. Some of the smaller monsters picked up speed when the light hit them, but they didn’t seem to take any damage; they simply disliked the sun.

Girls began to yawn as they started their makeup and dressed up, preparing to welcome the visiting Descenders in exchange for their day’s earnings.

Some of the girls didn’t have their own rooms and had to live in dormitories. They complained about the Descenders while borrowing things from each other, all to make themselves look glamorous.

Though exhausted, the moment they stepped out of their rooms, their original identities were cast aside, replaced by preset roles designed to best satisfy the players’ preferences.

The mature beauty, the loli, the alluring wife, the young widow...

Some of the girls immediately tried to approach Duan Fei when they saw him, but he just waved his hand to dismiss them.

Arriving at the café he had visited yesterday, Duan Fei ordered the same combo. Just as he was about to eat, he heard someone say irritably, "Why is it you again?"

Looking up, Duan Fei saw a girl with silver-white highlights in her hair holding a cup of milk tea and sitting down in front of him.

And it was none other than the girl who had served him yesterday—the one who had been driven to tears by the picture of Jinghong.

Unlike yesterday, the girl today looked quite rebellious.

She was dressed in a black punk outfit, with skull-patterned temporary tattoos on her exposed arms and shoulders.

She sat with her legs crossed, her slender and sexy calves wrapped in fishnet stockings. In a place like Love City, she was definitely top-tier.

Duan Fei glanced at the time and asked in confusion, "Strange. Don’t you have work?"

"I got into a conflict with a Descender, so I was fired," the girl said helplessly, chewing a piece of gum.

"Serves you right."

"Don’t you feel guilty at all?!"

"Ah don’t reckon Ah did anythin’ wrong. Why should I feel guilty?"

The girl puffed out her cheeks at Duan Fei, then deflated with a helpless sigh.

Leaning on the table, she spit out her gum, wrapped it in a tissue, and threw it in the trash. Then she popped a coffee-flavored lollipop into her mouth and casually handed one to Duan Fei.

Sucking on the lollipop, she turned her head to look at the distant tower and asked softly, "Descender, do you think I’m pretty useless?"

Before Duan Fei could speak, Yan Yuan piped up from his shoulder, "Master, this is a romance event!"

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