Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 440

Chapter 440: Chapter 232 The Sloth Witch Invades the Alliance (2)_2 Chapter 440: Chapter 232 The Sloth Witch Invades the Alliance (2)_2 Meanwhile, she occasionally glanced at Xiaohongmao sitting beside her with the corner of her eye.

She was somewhat worried that Xiaohongmao next to her would start talking. For some reason, every time she wanted to show a bit of dignity in front of the newcomers and act aloof, this Xiaohongmao could precisely strike her with some tricky rhetoric, causing her facade to crumble at the speed of light.

“Hello.” Shi Neian nodded at her, “I’m Shi Neian, and this is my Contracted Beast, Kobe.” Saying this, she lifted her index finger and poked the owl’s cheek.

As a double agent, she was under immense pressure at that moment, especially when thinking about when she could appear before these two people in her witchified form, use her tentacles to tie them up, and then do some unspeakable deeds–her blood pressure steadily rose.

She quickly lowered her head and gently raised her hand to wipe away a nosebleed, maintaining an expressionless face.

To alleviate the pressure, Shi Neian sipped some tea from the thermos she was carrying, the slight bitterness spreading on her tongue–this was what her mother had insisted she take before she left home.

Then she poked the owl’s head, thinking that since her master had greeted them, it would be unbecoming for her dog to not greet them too; a woof to show some politeness was the least it could do, right?

The owl, thus reminded, greeted them quite naturally.

“Hello, Lord Ash.”

“Cough–!”

Shi Neian’s expression faltered, and she almost sprayed the tea she had just sipped.

She covered her mouth with her hand and took out a tissue to wipe away the spill.

She then looked at the owl in her arms, the corners of her eyes twitching slightly, thinking so you call them “Gothic dress freak” behind their backs, but face to face you switch to “Lord Ash”?

“I’ve never seen a Contracted Beast that speaks so clearly before.” Hearing Kobe speak, Ash couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, feeling quite amazed.

“Right?” Xiaohongmao said, “I told you this Contracted Beast is freaky, must be a mutant. The other Contracted Beasts either speak unclearly or are a bit dim-witted.”

“I’m not a mutant, but you’re not wrong about being quick-witted.” The owl hummed in response.

“Are other Contracted Beasts different when they speak?” Shi Neian asked curiously.

“Different.”

“Different.”

Xiaohongmao and Ash both shook their heads in unison.

“Unclear speech…” Shi Neian thought for a moment, then asked languidly, “Damn, don’t tell me the other Contracted Beasts speak with a Ding Zhen accent?”

At those words, Ash looked baffled, while Xiaohongmao puffed her cheeks a little, but soon regained her composure.

She coughed twice, beating Ash to the punch and asked, “May I ask, who is Ding Zhen?”

“A friend from my hometown.” Shi Neian realized her mistake only then and hastily added, “He’s far from here, it’s so boring without him that I spend my days in tears, wishing I could fly to Litang to herd cattle, to reminisce about that pure and romantic childhood like a wild fire.”

“A weird person.” Ash leaned back a little, resting against the back of the chair, and whispered to Xiaohongmao.

“I think so too.” Xiaohongmao responded.

The two exchanged a sideways glance before turning their attention back to Shi Neian.

The Gothic dress girl thought for a moment, hugged her shoulders, raised her finger wrapped in a leather glove, and started to lightly tap her arm, “So you want to join the Alliance, right?”

“Exactly.” Shi Neian nodded, “I want to join the Alliance.”

“What did you say your name was just now?”

“Shi Neian.”

“Shinai An?” Ash was taken aback.

“Shi as in ‘to execute,’ Nai as in ‘helpless,’ An as in ‘safe.’” Shi Neian rubbed her eyes, emphasizing, “I’m always misunderstood when I say my name. My parents hoped I would become a scholar like Shinai An. But if I could actually write something like the Water Margin, I wouldn’t be here trying to become a professional Magic Girl.”

“Where do you live?”

The Gothic dress girl spoke while opening the conference table drawer, pulling out a blank file, attaching gray Magic Power to her fingertips, and tracing the “Name” line, leaving three gray characters “Shi Neian”; then, stopping at the “Address” line, waiting for Shi Neian’s reply.

“Wine Reflecting Coast, the villa next to the resort.” Shi Neian answered.

“Which villa?”

“What do you mean which villa, there’s only one villa, that one and only villa is my home.”

Hearing this, Ash momentarily looked stunned, then raised her finger charging it with Magic Power and traced some text in the file.

“Have you been living here for a long time, or did you recently come to Huanjing?”

“Arrived a few days ago.”

“What’s the reason?”

“There’s no particular reason, we have many houses, and we stay wherever we fancy, so I came to the Wine Reflecting Coast in Huanjing for the summer.” Shi Neian said dejectedly, “if there must be a reason… I’m about to enter ninth grade, and my parents think that living by the sea would be better than staying in the city center, more convenient for studying after school, so we moved here.”

Hearing that, Xiaohongmao abruptly turned her head, staring motionless at Ash’s cheek and said softly, “Senior… perhaps I should step out.”

Ash turned to look at her, asking curiously, “Why?”

Xiaohongmao hung her head, looking crestfallen.

“Us girls who grew up eating garbage can’t bear to hear such words; it’s excruciating. Comparing ourselves to others, we’re courting death. Clearly us garbage-eaters can’t sit and chat with a girl born with a silver spoon in her mouth, maybe after this interview, I’ll just find a building to jump off.”

“If you want to leave, leave, but don’t jump off a building.”