Chapter 53: …….

“You… are you back to find us?” Xie Ying stared at Yue Yiyue and suddenly blurted.

“Do you want to fulfill a wish too?”

“What is your wish?”

“Cake——”

“Why don’t you smell like cake? Why no cake scent?” Xie Ying leaned closer and sniffed Yue Yiyue, a strange look on her face.

She was dazed for a moment before she began to question loudly: “You’re not a believer?”

“Why! Why no cake scent on you?”

With Xie Ying’s repeated questions, more and more eyes gathered around Yue Yiyue.

They stared fixedly at Yue Yiyue, words floating continuously in the whites of their eyes: “Judgment”

“Judgment”

“Judgment”

“Wish”

“Wish”

“Wish”

Pairs of hands emerged from their pupils, like blooming poppy flowers.

Behind Them stood He Wu.

He stood at the highest point, looking down at Yue Yiyue as if she were a tiny ant.

“You, are you here for Gu Nanqiu?”

“She and her lover will be very happy.”

“And you, poor little bug, you’re not needed.”

Yue Yiyue’s hand trembled, and a sharp dagger appeared in her grasp.

She looked at He Wu expressionlessly: “Where is she?”

“Can’t you understand?” He Wu glared at her, eyes full of mockery. “You’re too incompetent, so she chose someone who needs her more.”

With a swift strike, the hand reaching for the corner of Yue Yiyue’s clothing fell to the ground, rolled through the dust, and was kicked aside by Yue Yiyue. “Where is she?”

She leaped, crushed a nearby eyeball with a kick, and drew her hand back.

After taking out the three nearest eyeballs, Yue Yiyue stepped onto a desk, nimbly leaped over the tables, and instantly arrived beside He Wu.

With a back throw, she slammed He Wu to the ground and swiftly severed the tendons in his hands.

“Where is she?” Yue Yiyue’s pitch-black eyes held no emotion beyond cold resolve, veins bulging on her hand as she grabbed He Wu by the collar.

The intense pain drained the color from He Wu’s face in an instant, and he screamed curses: “You lunatic, how did you suddenly——?”

He struggled to flip Yue Yiyue over but took several elbows from her, and his nose bled immediately.

“Last chance, where is she?”

Such a Yue Yiyue exceeded He Wu’s expectations. He stared at her face, and after a moment, he suddenly laughed coldly.

“So concerned about her? Too bad, the Wish God has already taken her away…… If you want to find her, you’ll have to make a wish first……” He wiped the blood from his mouth and looked at Yue Yiyue provocatively: “Your moves are ruthless; you weren’t clean in the past either, right?”

“How can someone like you stand beside Gu Nanqiu?”

“Do you dare tell Gu Nanqiu about your past?”

Another punch landed solidly on He Wu’s face.

Having gotten the answer she wanted, He Wu was now useless to her. Yue Yiyue stood up, surveyed the surroundings, and walked to Xie Ying: “Classmate Xie Ying, do you know where the cake is?”

Xie Ying still had that dazed look, like a soulless puppet, but her pupils trembled violently, as if struggling against something.

Yue Yiyue took a deep breath and casually crushed an eyeball nearby.

What should she do?

What could she do?

She subconsciously bit her finger, her mind racing.

Who from the original work could she use?

Who could she find to help?

As she thought, a layer of black mist surged from the ground, quickly enveloping the entire building.

The lights buzzed and flickered on and off.

The classroom doors on the fourth floor simultaneously made crackling sounds of opening and closing, like naughty children fiddling with them at random.

She turned around and saw He Wu tremblingly climbing up from the ground, his head twisted at a strange angle.

Then Yue Yiyue watched wide-eyed as He Wu detached his own head and placed it on the desk nearby.

He produced a paper box from somewhere.

“Yue Yiyue……why didn’t you just kill me outright?” His tone was unusually puzzled.

“That look in your eyes just now clearly wanted to tear me——apart——”

He coughed dryly a few times, his voice distorting and changing. The surrounding classmates began to tremble too, blood tears flowing from their eyes, while the red glow on their chests grew brighter and brighter.

“Tch…” He Wu muttered. If Yue Yiyue had killed him just now, she could have been directly convicted.

Well, whatever. Killing for him was just a formality anyway.

“I actually quite like you.” He Wu—no, the Box Monster. He exaggeratedly opened the lid on his head and tossed out a few hearts: “Back then, when I seized this body, it was to get close to you, and then——”

“Play you to——death——Pfft——”

Before the Box-Head Monster finished speaking, Yue Yiyue stabbed straight through it, clean in and bloody out.

Yue Yiyue gauged the blood flowing along her blade’s groove and stabbed again.

This one went straight into the heart.

Unfortunately, this body showed no reaction, while a body behind It instantly collapsed.

It turned to ashes.

Yue Yiyue looked down at the mocking smile formed by the thick black lines on the paper box.

Mocking Yue Yiyue for overestimating her strength.

Monsters were different from humans; Yue Yiyue knew she couldn’t completely kill this thing.

She had no fire starter, and burning down the School wasn’t feasible.

The Box Head was just an affiliate of that Neurotic Wish God.

Yue Yiyue had no intention of lingering in battle. She stood up and ran straight outside.

“Too late.” The Box-Head Monster tilted its head, and those stiff, puppet-like people suddenly came alive, charging at Yue Yiyue with red eyes.

Yue Yiyue nimbly weaved through the crowd and soon broke free, heading downstairs.

She also checked for any remaining classmates.

The wind whistled past her ears; the monster behind was catching up fast.

Yue Yiyue sprinted, pushed off with her hand, and leaped gracefully from the second floor.

“Wow, so cool.” Gu Ye’s admiring voice came from beside her. Yue Yiyue turned to see the light green electric scooter and Gu Ye holding a helmet.

She took the helmet, swung her long leg over: “Let’s go.”

“Got it——”

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Back home, before Gu Ye could speak, Yue Yiyue rushed straight into the bathroom.

She adjusted the water temperature and plunged in. Moments later, steam filled the bathroom.

Yue Yiyue repeatedly scrubbed her hands, washing off the bloodstains, and tossed her clothes into the trash.

Ten minutes later, wrapped in a bath towel, she emerged drying her hair.

“Gu Ye, do you have any channels to find info on He Wu?”

The Box Head said it had possessed him; Yue Yiyue didn’t believe it.

But the Box Head hadn’t had those eye-and-hand things before.

Something must have made him stronger.

Gu Ye looked at Yue Yiyue fresh from the bath, fidgeted shyly, pushed her into the room, and closed the door: “I’ll ask at my part-time job; someone there should know.”

“I saw how late it was, realized you two hadn’t come back, and messages weren’t being answered. After hesitating, I decided to check.”

“Then I saw you drop from the sky. What was behind you scared me to death—even worse than the thing chasing me that day.”

“Oh, Yiyue, is your foot okay?”

“It’s fine.”

Through the door, Yue Yiyue’s voice sounded muffled, her tone flat.

She didn’t seem worried at all about Gu Nanqiu’s departure.

Gu Ye was a bit concerned. Had she believed those people’s words, thinking Gu Nanqiu went to find her happiness?

No!

But if Gu Nanqiu didn’t come back, then by the order……eh, it wouldn’t be her anyway.

Oh……then it’d be better if she came back, at least this one could hold Yiyue.

She squatted at the door, worried on one hand and conflicted on the other.

As she pondered how to ask about Gu Nanqiu, the door opened again.

Yue Yiyue looked down at Gu Ye sitting at the door: “You……what are you doing here?”

Gu Ye looked up, blinking at Yue Yiyue: “Gu Nanqiu hasn’t come back; I’m a bit worried about you.”

“You two usually get along so well.”

Gu Ye was a little nervous: “You get what I mean, right? The way you just asked me to check info didn’t seem like searching for someone.”

“More like seeking revenge?”

“No no no, not revenge exactly, hard to say.”

Yue Yiyue thought for a moment: “Anyway, I just want that monster dead.”

“Gu Ye, will you help me?”

Yue Yiyue placed part of her hope on that unblockable number.

She also picked up her phone to search for nearby cake shops.

She marked the twenty-three closest ones, handed the keys to Gu Ye, told her to guard the house—order food if hungry, sleep if tired—then hurried out.

From start to finish, she never mentioned Gu Nanqiu.

Gu Ye couldn’t quite gauge Yue Yiyue’s attitude.

She wasn’t great at reading people, and asking rashly wasn’t wise.

After hesitating, she went into the kitchen. At this point, she’d make three dishes and a soup for Yiyue—something warm for her stomach when she got back from whatever kept her busy.

After finishing the meal, she dialed a number.

Amid cold mockery, Gu Ye looked at the vibrant flowers on the balcony: “But after this, Yiyue will go to City A, eh? Then this number can be passed to the others~”

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Following her planned optimal route, Yue Yiyue checked cake shop after cake shop.

Unfortunately, no information.

She sent the Coroner info on Gu Nanqiu’s disappearance and hoped they could help search for the cake.

The Coroner said they’d add manpower right away and asked Yue Yiyue for a map of nearby cake shops.

After the ding-a-ling of the door closing, Yue Yiyue walked out of the shop woodenly—another cake shop with nothing.

The street bustled with people; Yue Yiyue rubbed her head wearily.

“Yue Yiyue?”

An unfamiliar voice intruded into Yue Yiyue’s ears.

She turned and saw the disheveled Wu Zhen.

Her clothes had several claw marks, as if hooked by something.

With one glance, Yue Yiyue knew those were the eye-hand things from He Wu’s side.

Wu Zhen stood in place, looking at Yue Yiyue, wanting to approach but hesitating.

After a moment of silence, tears streamed down Wu Zhen’s face before she spoke.

“I’m sorry……it’s all my cousin’s fault. Without my knowledge……I couldn’t control him……”

“I’m trying hard now to find a way to make amends. Yiyue, I’m sorry. Can you give me a chance to atone? I just beg you to spare He Wu’s life.”