DDT - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Zombie King × Little White Flower (4)
When Chi Junluo saw the restless stirring beneath the bath towel wrapped around the waist of the man collapsed on the floor, her face instantly darkened.
She wasn't some clueless little girl who knew nothing. Her twenty-plus years of life hadn't been for naught; she naturally knew what that movement signified.
Chi Junluo felt a wave of nausea. No matter how good this man's physique was, no matter how strong he appeared, she only found him utterly disgusting. After perceiving his thoughts, she felt even more strongly that this scumbag deserved to die!
In a brief moment, a series of dark-toned images flashed before Chi Junluo's eyes like a movie. A helpless girl, who had only been in the workforce for two years, was trapped in a huge house, terrified. Several men with twisted faces and large builds played a game of cat and mouse inside. The men's ugly, naked bodies... followed by the glint of a knife, blood, and screams. Then, the scene was stained a dark crimson by splattered blood.
Chi Junluo was plunged into the terrifying memory, and her body began to tremble. Her frenzied mental power raged around her, whipping up a powerful gust of wind.
The wind was so strong that Yi Shuhan could barely open her eyes. She simply rolled over twice on the bed, wrapping herself in the quilt. Huddled inside the blanket roll, she secretly peeked at the beautiful, strange woman outside the window.
Chi Junluo's expression was pained. Her blue eyes seemed to emit a blue light, as if blue flames were dancing within them.
She pressed her left hand to her forehead, as if enduring some great torment.
The Boss, who had already gotten to his feet, had a lustful glint in his eyes. Seizing the moment of Chi Junluo's confusion, he condensed a huge ice net in his right hand, attempting to capture the floating Chi Junluo in one fell swoop.
In the Boss's eyes, Chi Junluo, as a high-level ability user, was far more attractive than the ordinary, innocent-looking girl on the bed. Now that this powerful ability user was in some kind of distress and looked to be in agony, it was the perfect time to strike. If he could trap her, she might be even wilder than the little beauty on the bed!
The Boss's mouth twisted into a delighted grin. The ice net, thick with a frosty aura, shot rapidly toward Chi Junluo.
Yi Shuhan, the little white flower who had been secretly watching the battle unfold, noticed something was wrong the moment the Boss raised his hand to form the ice. She quickly shouted, "Watch out!"
Immersed in her own world, Chi Junluo was still frozen in that crimson room when she suddenly heard a pleasant voice from the outside world, instantly shattering the "room's" confinement.
The "room" shattered like broken glass, scattering and disappearing before her eyes. Chi Junluo could finally see the real scene in front of her, only to find a giant ice net bearing down on her head.
Chi Junluo: ...
How could such a paltry trick possibly trouble me, the great and powerful Zombie King?
You think I'm a Hello Kitty just because I haven't shown my power?
Chi Junluo snorted coldly. She lowered the left hand that was on her forehead and crossed her arms over her chest. Without any perceptible movement, the ice net that had already enveloped her entire body instantly shattered into pieces, scattering and falling to the floor below.
The Boss's face turned pale, drained of all color. That ice net had consumed nearly all of his ability. He had been certain of its success, because this was no ordinary ice net. It was flexible and imbued with his mental power and a massive amount of his ability. Even another level 5 ability user would have trouble escaping its grasp!
Yet this monstrously strong woman before him had shattered his meticulously prepared ice net into dust using nothing but pure mental power! This wasn't scientific! It defied all common sense!
But then again, in the apocalypse, what science and common sense were there to speak of? The world had long since fallen apart. The Boss had thought his level 5 ability was already a rarity, but he never expected there to be mountains beyond mountains, people beyond people. He immediately understood that this time, he had picked a fight with the wrong person!
The Boss's expression was grim. He reached out to steady himself against a nearby wall. Looking as if he'd just eaten shit, his face contorted in a constipated grimace, he said in a hoarse voice, "My lady, please take your person and go. It was I who failed to recognize a master. Please forgive me!" The Boss felt helpless, but he knew that a wise man knows when to yield. If he could escape with his life today, he would have plenty of time in the future. He could slaughter zombies, consume their crystal cores to level up quickly, and then find this woman to avenge his humiliation!
It could be said that this Boss possessed all the traits of a protagonist in a power-leveling novel: powerful, opportunistic, able to bend when necessary, and possessing leadership skills. He was perfect in every way, with the sole flaw of being a womanizer. If, in this world, he didn't have this messy hobby and Chi Junluo hadn't appeared, he could have continued to level up, live freely, reach the pinnacle of his life, and become an apocalyptic overlord!
Unfortunately, there were no "ifs." He had toyed with countless women and coveted a girl he shouldn't have. Most importantly, he had encountered the Zombie King, Chi Junluo, far earlier than he ever should have.
He should not have provoked her.
Perhaps it was all fated. From the moment he decided to prey on women, it was destined that he would later meet the invincible Zombie King.
The Boss had yielded, and his plans for the future were grand, but Chi Junluo had no intention of letting him go.
"No one can continue to act so brazenly after offending you!" A voice suddenly emerged in Chi Junluo's mind, a voice full of temptation. "Kill him, and no one will dare to offend you again!"
The voice was so familiar. That night, in that dark, dark house, it was the same voice that had suddenly echoed in her mind. And then...
Chi Junluo shook her head slightly, casting the voice aside. She looked down from on high at the scum groveling on the floor and suddenly let out a soft laugh, as if she had thought of something interesting.
Huddled in her quilt, Yi Shuhan watched as the heroic woman in mid-air curled her lips into a smirk. Then, she lightly lifted her leg and kicked forward. Yi Shuhan turned her head just in time to see the Boss, who had been prostrate on the floor, fly backward and land flat on his back in the hallway outside the presidential suite. Immediately after, a condensed, almost solid, translucent body of mental power viciously stomped on the area between the Boss's legs.
Yi Shuhan: ... (⊙o⊙) ... So brutal!
The Boss lay there stunned for two seconds. Only when the pain signals finally reached his numb brain did he let out a blood-curdling scream, "Ahhhhhhh!"
Yi Shuhan frowned from inside her quilt, annoyed by the Boss's racket. She felt like her ears were about to go deaf.
A gush of blood flowed out from between his legs. The pain was so intense that the Boss fainted on the spot, perhaps unwilling to accept the fact that he had been neutered.
"Hmph." ╯^╰
Chi Junluo snorted in disdain. As if trash like him was worthy of coveting her?
"Clap, clap, clap!" In her sea of consciousness, the Heavenly Dao took the initiative to applaud Chi Junluo's cool move. "Chi Chi, you're amazing! You looked so cool protecting the heroine!"
The Heavenly Dao chattered on, "So hurry up and untie the heroine! It pains This Deity to see her like this!"
Chi Junluo: ...?? What the hell is "Chi Chi"?
Listening to the Heavenly Dao's flattery, Chi Junluo magnanimously refrained from retorting in her sea of consciousness. She floated into the drafty presidential suite, her feet touching the ground, and walked over to the large bed.
Yi Shuhan: Why do I get the feeling this beauty is walking with an air of tsundere pride???
Chi 'Currently Being Tsundere' Junluo looked at the heroine rolled up like a burrito on the bed, and the corner of her eye couldn't help but twitch.
As if understanding Chi Junluo's speechless expression, Yi Shuhan spoke up with some embarrassment, "Thank you... for saving me, big sister! Um, the wind was really strong just now, and it was a little cold, so I wrapped myself up..." After speaking, Yi Shuhan even blushed shyly. Fortunately, her face was already flushed, so Chi Junluo didn't notice the second wave of redness.
Chi Junluo reached out and yanked the quilt away. Yi Shuhan tumbled across the bed a couple of times before falling out of the blanket.
She saw that the petite and adorable girl's hands and feet were tightly bound with cloth strips. The skin where the bindings met was chafed raw, and a trickle of blood was even flowing down her hand.
Chi Junluo felt an inexplicable pang of sympathy for this unlucky girl. She reached out and carefully began to untie the strips. As her fingers touched Yi Shuhan's wrists, the skin of both of them grew slightly warm. Chi Junluo was focused on untying the knots and didn't notice the shyness in Yi Shuhan's eyes. Finally, the strips came off, and her hands and feet were free.
Watching the heroine relax and rub her sore wrists and ankles, Chi Junluo let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.
"Beep, beep, beep. This Deity has detected that the Power of the Heavenly Dao is on the heroine's left hand! Go for it, Chi Chi! Don't hesitate!" The Heavenly Dao bounced around in her sea of consciousness, reminding Chi Junluo of the vital information about the Power of the Heavenly Dao.
"Heavenly Dao, how am I supposed to collect the Power of the Heavenly Dao?" Chi Junluo asked mentally.
"It's simple. You just need to make contact with the part of the heroine that carries the Power of the Heavenly Dao. The power will be collected automatically during contact! You'll feel some warmth when it's being collected. That's normal," the Heavenly Dao explained.
Collect the Power of the Heavenly Dao just by touching the part that carries it?
Chi Junluo thought to herself, then reached out and took Yi Shuhan's left hand.
A warm sensation spread from where their palms met. Using her mental power, Chi Junluo detected a sliver of gold transferring from Yi Shuhan's left hand into her own body.
Chi: For some reason, this feels a little lewd??
"Are you okay?" Chi Junluo figured she couldn't just awkwardly hold the heroine's hand in silence, so she started a conversation.
Yi Shuhan was still marveling at how the seemingly cold and aloof beautiful woman had suddenly taken her hand. Then she heard the woman's concerned question and felt a warmth spreading from her palm. The tips of her ears immediately turned red, but luckily, the pretty big sister in front of her didn't notice.
"I'm fine," Yi Shuhan answered shyly.
For a moment, neither of them could find anything else to say.
The atmosphere became incredibly awkward.
Until Chi Junluo broke the silence, "Have I seen you somewhere before?"
Yi: ??? Why is this big sister using such an old-fashioned pickup line? (⊙o⊙)
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