I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 41. As expected of my opponent!
Fortunately, the gentle man who had been trying to persuade her earlier quietly approached the girl. The moment the girl's mother rushed over, he knew something was wrong and pounced on her, pulling the girl down with his arms.

Seeing this, Xia Feng used the Ascension Step, stepping on each foot to ascend into the sky in a somewhat ugly spiral.

Fortunately, no one could see him, otherwise everyone would have seen a black-robed man wearing a strange spade mask slowly rising into the air, stepping on his right foot with his left foot and his left foot with his right foot.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, Xia Feng made up his mind that he would never use such a stupid way of flying again!

Just as he was grumbling to himself, he heard a crisp, angry slap.

"Slap!!" The middle-aged woman slapped the girl across the face, her voice trembling with anger and frustration, "You heartless thing! How could I raise such a wretch after all these years!"

The girl's hair danced in the wind, her head tilted, her dark eyes completely devoid of luster. At this moment, the jeers of the surrounding world fell silent in her dizzying, ringing world. She just watched as the middle-aged woman's mouth opened and closed incessantly, being pulled forward like a puppet by the crowd.

"Alright, alright, calm down." The husband frowned and pulled the agitated middle-aged woman away. "I told you long ago, she didn't intend to jump, otherwise she would have jumped already."

Standing on high, Xia Feng frowned as he watched the oppressive scene that made him want to curse. He keenly sensed that with the mother's slap and the father's cold words, the evil energy in the girl's body was rapidly increasing and spreading!
"Shut up, all of you!" The gentle man suddenly roared, finally unable to bear the couple's words any longer. "I already told you, your daughter may have a mental illness, a kind of mental disorder! What you're doing is only making her condition worse!"

"A cursed disease? Our daughter eats well and dresses well, how could she possibly get a cursed disease?!" The middle-aged woman was furious upon hearing this. She glared at the man and then forcefully pushed her daughter toward the stairs. "I think this girl is just being difficult! Hurry up, or I'll give you a piece of my mind when we get home!"

Xia Feng had heard of the Calamity Syndrome. It was said that some people in a state of extreme emotional repression would develop Calamity Syndrome after coming into contact with Calamity energy.

The symptoms of this disease vary, but most patients have suicidal tendencies.

Furthermore, as the symptoms worsen, the patient may even undergo a mutation, becoming a half-human, half-dead creature known as the "Calamity-Transformer".

Those afflicted by the curse are ostracized and discriminated against in the minds of the Empire's citizens, and consequently, those suffering from the curse are also disliked.

It's the kind of dislike that comes from being secretly talked about, isolated, ridiculed, or even bullied by classmates at school.

"Whizzing--"

Just then, two whooshing sounds came from afar.

"Damn it, stop right there!"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a black-robed man wearing a heart-shaped mask leaping and running between buildings with his body slightly bent, closely followed by a murderous-looking agent from the Holy Ministry.

Upon seeing this scene, no one reacted at all; they simply lowered their heads and went about their business.

Such chase scenes are commonplace in Blood Calamity Street, and black-robed figures are a common sight; there's nothing surprising about them.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed again?!"

A loud, cursing voice boomed out, and Xia Feng turned around at the sound, his heart skipping a beat.

"Bam—"

With her white dress billowing, the girl leaped and disappeared onto the tiled platform, leaving only a soft, ordinary thud as she landed.

The murmurs and laughter that had been emanating from the crowd abruptly ceased, and the scene fell into a deathly silence.

No one saw when the girl ran up again. Some people just couldn't understand why she suddenly jumped.
The middle-aged woman turned pale and stood there stunned. She didn't understand why she had jumped.
She opened her mouth, glanced at the gentle man in disbelief, and stammered, "It was you! It was you who said my daughter was mentally ill that made her jump!"

"Give me back my daughter! You monster, give me back my daughter!!" She collapsed and, in a frenzy, grabbed the gentle man and began to throw a tantrum.

"Damn it! No way—" Xia Feng sighed, rubbing his forehead, "My blood pressure will go up if I keep watching like this."

As he pondered, he closed his eyes to concentrate, then opened them again—

Like a shattered lens, the scene before us slowly faded, revealing its true form. The girl in the white dress, who had just been slapped, stood there with her head tilted to the side, her eyes vacant, while the people around her stood there, equally stunned.

"As expected, I was dragged into an illusion without realizing it." Xia Feng looked around thoughtfully.

He had been searching for the monster hiding in the shadows, and when he ascended to the fourth floor, he suddenly felt a mental fluctuation.

An ordinary first-tier spiritual master might have actually fallen for it, but he was a first-tier spiritual master of the Mu Shen brand, with extremely high spiritual power, and he saw through the little illusion in no time.

However, this also forced him to exit his stealth state, and his black-robed figure appeared on the rooftop.

Salala—

The sound of rustling leaves made Xia Feng turn around, only to find a black-robed figure wearing a red peach mask standing quietly on a large tree not far away, staring at him.

"Hiss—I actually got infected!"

The agent from the Holy Department, who had been chasing after them, also broke free from the illusion. He covered his head and muttered, "This illusion was pretty powerful, it hurts my head so much."

He opened his eyes cursing, then was stunned, because the two black-robed figures, one representing hearts and the other spades, turned to look at him.

What—what's going on? The detective's pupils constricted, his heart filled with alarm. Could this be a trap?

Hearts had accomplices!
Thinking of this, his mood worsened. One heart was already enough to give him a headache, and now there was a spade as well.

Are you kidding me?!

Xia Feng recognized the man; he was the detective who had chased Mu Qingtong into the academy last time.

After thinking for a moment, he was about to speak when he saw the detective's expression change from dark to light before he turned and ran away, disappearing into the sky like a shooting star in the blink of an eye.

"Hearts and Spades! Just you wait, justice will never be absent! I will be back!"

Xia Feng: "."

Mu Qingtong ignored the detective, calmly turned her head, and stared intently at the spade mask.

She naturally recognized that the Spade Man was wearing a 'Bronze Mask'!
The bronze mask was her own creation, and she only ever gave it to Xia Feng.

It's obvious that the mysterious Spade Man in front of her is her cheap fiancé.

What surprised her even more was that Xia Feng had also improved the bronze mask into a D-grade spiritual artifact that could prevent prying eyes.

All I can say is, he truly is worthy of being my opponent, Mu Qingtong!

She was surprised, but also agreed with the assessment that it was indeed true.

"Hmm," Xia Feng coughed, not revealing Mu Qingtong's identity, but instead using a mechanical, dull voice to start the conversation, "Do you know what's going on here?"

The man of hearts glanced at the stunned crowd, and a similarly deep, neutral voice came from behind the mask:

"The Calamity Experiment: Someone is using the Illusionary Calamity to conduct Calamity Experiments, probably trying to turn this girl in the white dress into a Calamity. The soul of a Calamity is a very rare spiritual material with a wide range of uses."

"Clap—clap—clap!" A crisp clapping sound rang out, and at the same time, a man stepped out from behind the girl in the white dress, chuckling softly.

"You guessed correctly. It seems you two are quite knowledgeable about the Evil Transformation Experiment. Could you be kindred spirits?"

I'll have a meal; Chapter Two will be updated at 12 PM.
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