“How come she can’t come?”
“This is where Mimi is…”
“She doesn’t even know what you look like, what’s there to be afraid of?” Luo Shuangyue replied helplessly.
Could Xiao Mimi recognize Jiu Ye? No way!
Last time Xiao Mimi beat up Jiu Ye, she did it with such gusto!
That sentence suddenly snapped Jiu Ye awake. Right, Mimi had no idea that I’m Jiuyou, so I really don’t need to be afraid.
“Okay, okay, I’ll bring her over right away!”
“All right, I’ll treat you to some midnight snacks later.” Putting her phone back in her pocket, Luo Shuangyue called out toward the kitchen, “Add two more servings, we have two more guests coming!”
After Luo Shuangyue’s shout, there was still no movement in the kitchen. Luo Shuangxing beside her made a confused sound.
“Huh?”
“I have a friend who found a homeless kid. I told her to bring the kid here to have a look.” While speaking, Luo Shuangyue showed Luo Shuangxing the photo Jiu Ye had sent.
She obviously knew the person in the photo was Xiao Yi, but since Dark Moth’s identity had never seen Xiao Yi before, she couldn’t directly reveal her identity.
She had to show the photo to Luo Shuangxing and let her say Xiao Yi’s name.
“Xiao Yi?! How did she end up like this?” A second later, Luo Shuangxing exclaimed.
See? That way, Luo Shuangyue could naturally start a conversation about Xiao Yi.
But honestly, this topic couldn’t really progress until Jiu Ye actually brought the person here.
What’s the point of guessing why Xiao Yi ended up like this? Better wait for her to arrive before discussing.
More than ten minutes later, Jiu Ye, cloaked in a black hooded cape, carefully carried Xiao Yi into Mi Mi Café.
“Lord Dark Moth, I’ve placed her here.”
Jiu Ye set Xiao Yi down and tried to leave, but Luo Shuangyue wasn’t about to let her go.
“Have a cup of coffee before you leave. If she’s confirmed to be fine, you’ll still have to take her back.” Luo Shuangyue motioned for Jiu Ye to sit and not rush off.
After confirming Xiao Yi had no problems, Jiu Ye would still have to bring her back—no way was she making an extra trip to Eternal Night Headquarters.
Jiu Ye glanced nervously at the girls behind the counter.
For some reason, she felt a chill down her neck, as if those girls were something terrifying.
Setting the dazed Xiao Yi on a nearby chair, Jiu Ye awkwardly took a steaming cup of coffee from Xiao Mimi’s hands and whispered a thank you.
Xiao Mimi returned a gentle smile but her eyes kept lingering on the cat ears atop Jiu Ye’s head.
I really want to touch them. No, no, can’t be rude, plus this person is a modified operative from Eternal Night, an enemy—Xiao Mimi quickly suppressed the thought.
Of course, she recognized Jiu Ye—they had fought before.
But between them, there wasn’t that “enemy’s meeting” tension. After all, Jiu Ye didn’t know Xiao Mimi was Siam, the one who had beaten her. And Xiao Mimi was the victor, so she held no grudge.
And Jiu Ye’s appearance definitely earned Xiao Mimi’s favor—after all, she loved cats.
A catgirl like Jiu Ye was a real treasure. If she weren’t an enemy, Xiao Mimi would definitely try to take her home.
While Xiao Mimi wrestled with her thoughts, the three others started tending to Xiao Yi.
“Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi!” Luo Shuangxing shouted twice into Xiao Yi’s ear, but Xiao Yi still showed no response to outside stimuli.
She kept murmuring, “She came for me… Sister, I’m sorry…”
What terrifying thing must she have experienced to become like this?
Luo Shuangyue’s gaze moved away from Xiao Yi’s fear-stricken face, lowering to her neck.
A pendant came into view.
She remembered Luo Shuangxing saying before that Xiao Yi once handed this pendant to her, apparently trying to use it to ensnare Luo Shuangxing.
Reaching out to take the pendant off Xiao Yi’s neck, Luo Shuangyue’s attention was caught by the ears hidden beneath Xiao Yi’s hair.
Pointed?
She immediately brushed back the hair near Xiao Yi’s ear and confirmed her suspicion—it wasn’t an accessory, but real ears.
“Both of you come take a look, there’s something off about her ears.” Luo Shuangyue hurriedly called Summer Mo and Luo Shuangxing over.
The three of them circled around Xiao Yi’s ears and began a heated debate on whether the ears were natural or artificially modified.
Even Xiao Mimi and Jiu Ye came over to join the discussion.
As a modified operative, Jiu Ye seriously stated these ears were definitely not artificial modifications.
She couldn’t detect any traces of modification on Xiao Yi.
While saying this, she revealed her own human ears. Even she, who looked barely human, retained normal ears.
“So, they’re natural then?” Luo Shuangyue murmured.
Meanwhile, she busily removed the pendant from Xiao Yi’s neck.
That was her main target—the ears were just an accidental discovery.
The pendant resembled a transparent amber, within which was sealed a beautiful spiral of starlight, seemingly able to captivate anyone’s gaze.
Luo Shuangyue tried to sense it carefully and indeed felt a faint spiritual wave emanating from the pendant.
This might be Xiao Yi’s method of cognition modification.
After removing the pendant, Xiao Yi’s emotions seemed to improve somewhat.
Her unfocused pupils gradually regained clarity, but the moment she saw Luo Shuangxing, her mouth slightly opened and she looked as if she’d seen something terrifying, scrambling to flee.
Luo Shuangxing didn’t give her the chance to escape.
The instant Xiao Yi tried to run, she pressed a hand on Xiao Yi’s shoulder, holding her firmly in place with undeniable strength.
“Don’t try to run! Explain why you tried to hypnotize me with a spirit hypnosis spell!”
Xiao Yi looked at the pendant Luo Shuangyue was playing with, then at the girls surrounding her.
The light in her eyes slowly faded.
“And what’s up with your ears?” Luo Shuangxing lifted Xiao Yi’s hair to point at the sharp ears.
Clearly, Xiao Yi wasn’t cooperating.
She tightly sealed her lips, with an expression that said even if they killed her, she wouldn’t say a word.
“Let me go, let her kill me. I deserve this…” she muttered softly.
“I think I get it,” Luo Shuangyue, who had been observing the pendant, suddenly spoke, “It seems something is hunting her, which terrified her into this state.”
“Moreover, this pendant seems to be worsening her condition, making her see and hear things.”
Recalling her previous encounters with Xiao Yi, Luo Shuangyue felt this girl was sensitive and timid.
She had the power to hypnotize others but hadn’t used it for anything excessively bad.
According to Luo Shuangxing’s description, Xiao Yi probably just wanted to find someone who could give her a sense of security.
Of course, using hypnosis to achieve that was wrong, but compared to what those villains might do with such power, Xiao Yi’s actions weren’t so extreme.
Luo Shuangyue even felt this girl was kind-hearted.
“Mimi, do you have a thermometer? I keep feeling like her temperature is really high. Let’s measure it.” “I do! I’ll go get it now!” Xiao Mimi nodded quickly and rushed upstairs.
She didn’t notice that when Luo Shuangyue called her “Mimi,” the black catgirl beside her’s pupils instantly narrowed into slits.
Half a minute later, Xiao Mimi returned with an infrared thermometer.
Measuring Xiao Yi’s forehead, her temperature was an alarming 44°C.
That’s a deadly fever in humans, almost enough to send someone to the afterlife, yet Xiao Yi acted like nothing was wrong—speaking, walking, though slightly dazed.
And the daze wasn’t even due to the fever.
“Hiss… I think we may have found something unusual.” Luo Shuangyue stuffed the pendant into her pocket, her face serious. “I don’t think she’s human.”
Yes, literally—not human.
Xiao Yi was definitely not human. She had pointed ears no human had, and a dangerously high body temperature.
Luo Shuangyue immediately thought to bring her to Eternal Night for Monice to run a proper examination.
Is it possible she’s an alien?
“Not human? Hmm, could be. Then we should take her to the Magic Department…” Summer Mo found Luo Shuangyue’s reasoning somewhat convincing.
Luo Shuangyue naturally refused the idea of handing Xiao Yi over to the Magic Department.
Such a precious research subject couldn’t be casually handed over.
Of course, Eternal Night would study her first before handing her over!
“This girl was found by Eternal Night, so she belongs to us!” Luo Shuangyue declared firmly, asserting Eternal Night’s claim over Xiao Yi.
“You Magic Department people step back for now. We’ll study her first.”
As she spoke, Luo Shuangyue hooked Xiao Yi’s arm and started heading for the door.
“Jiu Ye, let’s go!”
Jiu Ye, who had been scrutinizing Xiao Mimi with a complicated look, suddenly snapped back to reality with an “Ah!” She quickly finished her coffee, returned the cup to Xiao Mimi with a whispered thanks, and hurriedly followed Luo Shuangyue.
“Everyone gets a share!” Summer Mo immediately rushed forward and grabbed Xiao Yi’s hand, not letting Luo Shuangyue take her back to Eternal Night alone.
“You still want a share? Just wait for Eternal Night to finish studying her. If you’re afraid we’ll cut her to pieces, come watch for yourself.”
“Okay, fine!”
Summer Mo didn’t hesitate long before agreeing to Luo Shuangyue’s proposal.
She wasn’t really afraid of being harmed at Eternal Night.
After all, Dark Moth was Luo Shuangyue. With her there, Summer Mo’s safety was guaranteed.
Seeing Summer Mo’s agreement, Luo Shuangyue pulled out her phone and sent Monice a message.
“Monice, I found an alien!”
Seconds later, Monice replied with a question mark.
What? Alien?
“Pointed ears, 44 degrees, can’t be human, right?” A few seconds later, Monice sent back a brief message.
“Bring her here.”
“Rosemary is with me. She says everyone gets a share.”
“Disassemble her and then bring her.”
Seeing such a decisive order, Luo Shuangyue was truly impressed by Monice.
No wonder she was the leader of a villainous organization—the ability to flip and abandon people was unmatched even after eight lifetimes.
Just a few days ago they were happily cooperating, and now, facing conflict, Monice immediately wanted Summer Mo dismantled.
“She said handing her over to us is fine, but she wants to come to Eternal Night to supervise, so we don’t accidentally cut the alien to pieces.”
Minutes later, Monice replied, “Okay, but blindfold her on the way here and don’t let her transform.”
“Understood.”
Ending the conversation with Monice, Luo Shuangyue relayed her demands to Summer Mo.
Summer Mo didn’t think twice and agreed.
With consensus reached, the next steps were simple.
Luo Shuangyue immediately went into her Transformed State, lifting Summer Mo with one arm and Xiao Yi with the other, then shot up into the sky with a grin.
Blindfolding was easy—Luo Shuangyue’s magic was a swirling black-purple.
She just covered Summer Mo’s eyes with it.
After blindfolding Summer Mo, Luo Shuangyue also placed a magical eye mask on Xiao Yi, plunging the girl back into a trembling state.
No, actually, once Luo Shuangyue transformed, Xiao Yi seemed to see something terrifying, sweating profusely and shaking violently.
As if Luo Shuangyue herself was some dreadful monster.
Two and a half minutes later, Luo Shuangyue landed inside Eternal Night Headquarters and removed their eye coverings.
Inside the base, Luo Shuangyue immediately ran into a group of lab-coated scientists pushing stretchers. At the front was an excited Monice.
Without saying a word, Monice grabbed Xiao Yi from Luo Shuangyue’s hands, pinned her on the stretcher, and dashed off like a gale.
Judging by their direction, it looked like the medical examination area.
“So this is what Eternal Night is like? Doesn’t feel like an evil organization, more like a research institute.” Summer Mo quietly marveled at the environment.
She had expected Eternal Night to be dark and villainous, but it turned out to be quite ordinary.
She almost thought she had returned to the Magic Department’s Research Institute.
“That’s because Eternal Night’s main business is research. Everything else serves research.” Luo Shuangyue shrugged.
Eternal Night cooperated with other villainous organizations, trading for things unavailable on the regular market—all to support Monice’s research.
Other villain groups had their own goals: world domination or money.
Eternal Night’s ambitions were a bit grander—to bring the power of magic to everyone.
The funds earned through daily activities, after necessary operational costs, all poured into Monice’s endless research pit—decades of investment.
Thankfully, Monice was the boss herself. Otherwise, with that return on investment, the project would’ve been scrapped long ago.
“Let’s go. You were worried they’d cut that kid to pieces, right? Come see for yourself.” Luo Shuangyue nudged Summer Mo with her shoulder.
“Actually, don’t worry too much. Monice isn’t short-sighted enough to do something like that.”
Keeping this alien alive for research is definitely better than chopping her up.