“Mmm… is it still not bright out yet?”
Su Xiaocheng groggily opened her eyes, only to find her vision completely blocked by something soft.
Even breathing had become difficult.
She reached up to push the obstruction away, only to sink her hands into warm, yielding softness.
Feeling the pressure against her chest, Lu Yinxi also woke up.
She shifted slightly, finally allowing Su Xiaocheng to breathe fresh air again.
The two girls’ pushing and shoving also woke the person at the very bottom.
“Big Sister… Sister… Xiaowei is about to be crushed to death…”
Su Xiaowei’s weak voice drifted up from below.
“Oh, oh, sorry!”
Su Xiaocheng quickly rolled off to the side and landed on the bed.
The three of them, parched and exhausted, gulped down every last drop of drinking water left in the room before they finally felt a little restored.
The room after their fierce battle was in complete disarray.
Clothes belonging to the girls were scattered across the floor, mixed with crumpled tissues whose purpose was all too obvious.
They silently testified to how intense last night’s fight had been.
Although Su Xiaocheng and Su Xiaowei had thrown the game at light speed and fallen into a disadvantage right from the start, as the battle progressed, even Lu Yinxi began to struggle while fighting two opponents at once.
Her usually tireless fingers gradually sank into the sea of softness.
At the very end of the battle, Su Xiaocheng finally found her chance.
While Lu Yinxi was fiercely attacking Su Xiaowei and pausing to catch her breath after making her climax repeatedly, Su Xiaocheng launched a sudden counterattack and successfully claimed Lu Yinxi’s first kill.
The overwhelming sense of achievement gave Su Xiaocheng endless strength.
For a moment she forgot her own exhaustion and drove Lu Yinxi into full retreat.
Recalling the expression Lu Yinxi had worn last night — one she had never seen before — Su Xiaocheng felt power surging through her fingers once more.
Unfortunately, after just one round, Lu Yinxi recovered and launched a fierce counteroffensive, forcing Su Xiaocheng to beg for mercy again and again.
As for Su Xiaowei at this point, she had long since burned herself out.
She could only babble incoherently on the side and was no longer able to provide any support.
Having endured the full force of Lu Yinxi’s assault, Su Xiaocheng could no longer resist.
Once her stamina was completely drained, she passed out.
Although Lu Yinxi had ultimately won the two-on-one fight, she too was completely spent.
After Su Xiaocheng lost consciousness, she used the last of her strength to cast a small cleaning spell before collapsing as well.
The three of them fell into a deep sleep, stacked one on top of the other, and did not wake until noon the next day.
***
Inside Rain Curtain City’s only private hospital, Cai Hui woke up from unconsciousness.
Staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, it took him quite a while to shake off the drunken haze and piece together the fragmented memories of last night.
He never imagined that as the third-in-command of the Wildfire Organization, while tracking down a missing squad, he would end up suffering such a humiliating defeat here.
The Wildfire Organization was an armed resistance group operating within Security Council territory that opposed the Council’s policies.
Two months ago, they had sent a squad disguised as civilians into Magical Girl Alliance territory to seize a map and key to an ancient ruin.
That squad had apparently been exposed and captured by the Magical Girl Alliance, along with the ruin map and key.
Cai Hui had been ordered to negotiate with the Magical Girl Alliance in an attempt to bail out the detained members and recover the lost clues.
However, the other side had been extremely firm, and he had been sent packing empty-handed.
With the mission failed, he didn’t dare return to the organization empty-handed.
He decided to rest and regroup in Rain Curtain City first.
Last night the rain had finally stopped.
Cai Hui took a few of his underlings to a free-fighting club to have some fun.
One thing led to another, and he drank too much.
His last memory was of being elbowed and sent flying by a beautiful woman.
“Boss, you’re awake? I’ve got good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”
The underling approached the hospital bed cautiously, feet positioned to run at any moment.
“Good news first.”
Cai Hui’s voice was hoarse.
“Good news is, we’ve already identified the person who injured you yesterday. She’s the president of the Desert Fox Mercenary Association.”
Cai Hui’s eyes lit up.
“Oh? That damned woman? Just a small-time mercenary leader, yet she dared to lay hands on me. I didn’t bring enough people yesterday. Next time we meet, I’ll definitely capture her and turn her into Xing Nu Li’s!”
Listening to Cai Hui’s bold declaration, the underling’s heart overflowed with sympathy.
“And the bad news?”
Cai Hui asked casually.
Now that he knew his enemy’s identity, his mood had improved considerably.
He didn’t pay much attention to whatever bad news was coming next.
The underling placed a report containing Desert Fox’s information on the bedside table.
Without making it obvious, he took two small steps backward, increasing the distance between himself and Cai Hui, before carefully choosing his words.
“The bad news… Boss, you probably won’t be needing Xing Nu Li anymore in the future.”
“?”
Cai Hui looked confused.
Then, as if realizing something, his expression changed.
Part of his body still had no sensation at all.
After being kicked so hard yesterday, it should still be hurting today.
Trembling, he reached his hand under the blanket.
The gauze was wrapped tightly, but he could still feel it — flat.
The small protrusion that had always been there was gone.
“Boss, the doctor said the surgery was very successful. Once the anesthesia wears off, you should be able to get out of bed.”
The underling had unconsciously moved a full three meters away from the bed.
It had to be said that modern medicine was truly advanced.
This hospital even possessed cutting-edge technology from the Security Council.
Wounds healed at an astonishing speed after surgery.
That was just the nature of Rain Curtain City.
Chaos had reigned here for a long time, and ruthless people were everywhere.
Any doctor who could survive and practice in this place definitely had real skill.
“Aaaahhhh!!!”
Cai Hui let out the most despairing scream of his entire life.
He had only just managed to accept reality… like hell he had.
This was a reality he would never be able to accept in his lifetime.
But this grudge had to be avenged… even if he was no longer a man, the grudge still had to be settled!
“Go. Find out where that fox is. I’m going to return the pain she gave me a hundredfold!”
Although the underling really wanted to complain that the pain Boss was talking about was probably something that woman could never experience, he didn’t dare say it out loud.
He quickly accepted the order and fled the hospital room.
Cai Hui snatched up the report from the bedside and read through it from beginning to end.
“What the hell is this? ‘Physical constitution seems somewhat different from ordinary people, has record of tearing apart A-rank witches with bare hands’? And this mercenary association — what do you mean they possess crystal energy cannons and have powerful firepower? Crystal energy cannons! Are those things you can even buy?!”
After finishing the report, Cai Hui fell into silence.
Even if he gathered every person he could mobilize, he might not be able to beat Desert Fox.
A mere crystal energy cannon — of course the Wildfire Organization wasn’t afraid of that.
Tearing apart A-rank witches bare-handed?
Their leader was even more exaggerated than that.
But the leader was the leader, and he was just him.
If he actually held real status in the organization, he wouldn’t have been sent to handle something as minor as a captured squad.
“No… this matter needs to be considered carefully.”
For the sake of revenge, Cai Hui began scheming alone.