Inside the fitting room, Su Aoxue, having changed his clothes, took out his slightly damaged phone from his pocket and opened the selfie mode.
The next second, a flash of white light occurred.
Su Aoxue transformed into his Witch Form once again.
Snow-white hair draped over his shoulders, his deep blue eyes flashed with a sense of indifference, and his exquisite face revealed a hint of coldness.
She held up the phone and carefully examined her current appearance.
“My appearance is so different from my original look. Is this like a girl version of me with all the beauty filters turned up to the max?”
As Su Aoxue spoke softly, that sense of cold indifference instantly dissipated quite a bit. She reached out to curl the snow-white hair hanging over her chest and said in amazement, “This is too exquisite, too eye-catching!”
“And the chest…”
Su Aoxue looked down and couldn’t see the tips of her toes. She sighed helplessly.
What a heavy burden!
Fortunately, this only appeared when switching to the Witch Form. Was this a good thing? Like hell it was!
Su Aoxue took a deep breath. Feeling the powerful energy contained within her body, she barely managed a smile. “At least I’m probably very strong in this form, right?”
Gradually, Su Aoxue had an idea.
He could perhaps use the Witch Form and register as a Martial Artist at the Guild under the identity of a refugee. That way, he could obtain a pass to the Grey Mist World.
After all, the Base City did not allow ordinary residents to leave the city privately.
Following that, he would not only be able to take on missions to earn money for the household, but he could also try to find Elite-level Grey Fog Creatures along the way. It was a win-win!
“That’s right. I’m stronger now, so maybe I can earn money through the Guild instead of working so hard for that little bit of pocket change. As the saying goes, the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!”
After one last look at his appearance in the Witch Form, Su Aoxue decisively changed back.
After all, suddenly becoming a woman was something he still needed time to accept.
The Witch Form needed getting used to, and the power of the Witch also needed time to adapt.
After confirming that his appearance had not changed significantly after switching back—his hair had returned to its original length and color—Su Aoxue walked out.
However…
“How can changing clothes take this long? Also, is it just my imagination, or do you seem to have some white hair?”
Shen Yan’s gaze couldn’t help but linger on the top of Su Aoxue’s head.
There were several obvious white strands there.
At the same time, Shen Yan recalled how Su Aoxue’s hair had turned completely white when he became increasingly indifferent in the past.
‘So it was already starting at this time? Dammit, if I had discovered my best friend’s abnormality earlier in my previous life, it wouldn’t have ended like that…’ Shen Yan thought to himself.
“Is that so?”
Su Aoxue asked back guiltily, feeling quite surprised inside.
He didn’t expect Shen Yan to notice that he had white hair!
He hadn’t even noticed it himself!
Reminded by Shen Yan, Su Aoxue walked to the mirror in the clothing store and examined his appearance.
Sure enough, he saw several distinct, snow-white strands among his pitch-black hair.
Su Aoxue felt a bad premonition, but he said nonchalantly, “Maybe it’s just a lack of melanin…”
“I have some things to do, so I’m heading home. See you at school on Monday?”
“Sure.”
Shen Yan’s brow furrowed slightly, but he ultimately said nothing.
The current Shen Yan felt he was still too weak to forcibly change anything. He had to become stronger as quickly as possible!
With memories of his previous life, Shen Yan was confident he could grow powerful rapidly.
‘Fortunately, there’s still time for everything. I won’t let the tragedy that happened to you repeat itself!’
Shen Yan silently watched Su Aoxue leave. He needed to go and become stronger too.
……
Meanwhile, Su Aoxue, who was waiting for the bus, was frowning.
‘Strange, why does Old Shen feel a bit weird?’
‘Tsk, whatever, business first.’
Before long, Su Aoxue boarded the bus and got off at another shopping mall.
To avoid Shen Yan noticing anything unusual, he specifically chose a different place to shop alone.
‘Should I buy a cloak too?’
Recalling his exquisite appearance in his Witch Form and thinking of the cloak worn by the Mysterious Witch, Su Aoxue gradually formed a plan.
After all, having an appearance that was too outstanding wasn’t always a good thing.
Once he made up his mind, he actually went and bought a black cloak.
However, this cloak didn’t have the iconic runes of the Witch’s Cloak worn by the Mysterious Witch, nor did it have the ability to blur his face.
But if he wore a mask as well, it would be enough to hide his face and figure.
In the shadows where Su Aoxue couldn’t reach, the Mysterious Witch, who had been peering at him secretly, crossed her arms, her lips curling upward slightly.
“Oh? Buying a cloak?”
“Is he trying to cosplay as a witch? Ah, I almost forgot, you little guy are already a Witch now~”
“Once the assessment period is over, I wouldn’t mind giving you a cloak like mine~”
“I just wonder how far you can go in this assessment.”
“But, after 100 years, the Frost Calamity Witch has appeared again. I wonder how many Catastrophe Witches can emerge in this era?”
An intriguing smile appeared on the Mysterious Witch’s face.
Catastrophe Witches were exactly as the name implied: a group of Witches who had obtained the ability to summon natural disasters and related powers.
They were, themselves, the catastrophes.
……
Back to Su Aoxue.
He had already bought the cloak, but it didn’t seem to be enough. He needed to buy some other things.
Like weapons, for example.
However…
“Tsk, it seems I’m running out of money.”
Su Aoxue swiped through his damaged phone, looking at the balance displayed on the screen, and couldn’t help but sigh.
With his current savings of less than 3,000, wanting to buy a handy weapon?
That was nothing but a fool’s dream.
‘Hopefully, the power of a Witch is strong enough.’
In the end, Su Aoxue only bought the cloak and planned to go home.
His pockets weren’t exactly full.
“Ah, I have to hurry home and make dinner for my little sister.”
Su Aoxue glanced at the time and realized it was almost 7:00 PM.
Because of the influence of the Gray Mist, the daylight hours in this world were not very long, and the sky had long since grown dark.
After getting off the bus, Su Aoxue walked for about 10 minutes before reaching a dilapidated old residential area.
Only a few elderly people could be seen scattered about.
After going up to the third floor, Su Aoxue stood in front of the door and took a deep breath.
‘I can’t let my little sister see anything unusual, but it shouldn’t be that easy…’
Su Aoxue murmured and inserted the key into the lock.
As the door opened, Su Aoxue froze for a moment when he saw a thin figure sitting in a wheelchair by the entrance.
The girl in the wheelchair had a frail build and looked somewhat malnourished, her pale cheeks carrying a trace of worry.
Sensing the worried expression of the frail girl in the wheelchair, Su Aoxue’s expression stiffened, but he quickly returned to normal.
“Muqing, have you been waiting for me all this time?”
“Brother, why did you come back so late today?”
“And, did you… change your clothes?”
Su Muqing, Su Aoxue’s younger sister, looked at Su Aoxue and asked with a tone full of concern.
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