Transformed into a pink fairy, I will make all the players cry with my sword

Those sweet words were like a curse from the abyss, instantly shattering the air that had just solidified in the supermarket into countless cold, sharp blades.

The expressions on Sister Ling's and Aque's faces froze completely.

Ling Jie, who was pleading desperately just a moment ago, now seemed to have her throat choked and couldn't utter a single word.

And for the first time, Ah Que, who had always been arrogant and domineering, lost his arrogance and was replaced by a pure, bone-deep fear.

Kill each other?

One survives?

What kind of opportunity is this?

This is clearly a curse even more vicious than simply killing them!

Fei Ying looked at Tao Yao's profile and was completely stunned.

She never expected that Tao Yao would make such a... devilish suggestion.

Is this really Tao Yao, who blushes at a single word from him, gently strokes the fur of a little fox, and whine to him about being cold?

She found it hard to connect the smiling woman in front of her, who was uttering the cruelest words, with the warm, soft body in her arms.

Although she was incredibly shocked, Hiyori admitted that she had actually felt a little curious.

She wanted to see it too.

These two wicked individuals, who were threatening to rob and assault you one second and then suddenly become sisterly (at least one of them acted that way), will ultimately face a choice between life and death.

It's about betraying each other, using each other's blood to buy a chance for one's own survival.

still is……

Is there even a slight possibility that they would choose to die together?

Having struggled to survive in the wasteland for so long, Sakura had witnessed far too much of the ugliness of human nature, where people would abandon everything to stay alive. She could almost foresee the bloody scene that was about to unfold.

A deathly silence fell over the supermarket.

Ling Jie and A Que were tied to the ground, looking at each other with shock and hesitation on their faces, neither of them speaking first.

The air seemed to have turned into a viscous swamp, trapping them inside and making it incredibly difficult to breathe.

Tao Yao looked at them with her smile unchanged. She slowly stood up and patted off non-existent dust from her skirt.

"Survival is not an easy thing."

Her voice was as soft as a whisper in your ear, yet it carried an undeniable power.

"You have to go through some hardships and trials to appreciate the preciousness of life, don't you?"

After saying that, she ignored the two stunned people and turned to wink at Fei Ying.

Fei Ying understood, stepped forward, and lifted Ling Jie and A Que off the ground like chicks, one in each hand, and dragged them toward the abandoned storage room at the back of the supermarket.

The storage room was small and filled with various discarded boxes. There was only a tiny ventilation opening, sealed off by iron bars, which let in no light at all.

Scarlet Sakura threw the two of them to the ground.

Tao Yao followed her in. She squatted down and used Fei Ying's dagger to cleanly and neatly cut the ropes binding the two people's hands and feet.

"Alright, you're free now."

She casually tossed the gleaming dagger onto the floor between the two of them.

"It's about risking everything to kill the other person and give yourself a chance to live."

"Whether you choose to let the other go or die here together, the choice is yours."

After Tao Yao finished speaking, she stood up, her face still bearing that gentle and warm smile.

She pulled Fei Ying, who was still somewhat lost in thought, out of the storage room.

"Click."

With a soft click, the door to the storage room slowly closed.

Outside the door, the warm yellow light from the emergency lights cast long shadows of the two people.

Silence returned to the surroundings, except for the tightly closed door, which stood like a silent beast, ready to devour everything inside.

Finally, Hiiro couldn't hold back any longer, turned her head to the side, and lowered her voice.

"Tao Yao, human nature cannot withstand the test."

Her voice carried a complex and unfathomable emotion.

"Giving them a knife and locking them up together is no different from sentencing them to death. To survive, they will surely kill each other."

This was the first and most profound lesson she learned in the wasteland.

However, after listening, Tao Yao simply turned her head away, her clear eyes gleaming with an unusual light under the lamp.

"Really? I don't know about that."

She shook her head gently, her voice carrying a hint of nonchalant laziness.

"Perhaps human nature is indeed as you say, too fragile to withstand any test."

“But…” she drawled, then changed the subject, “What if? What if they can withstand the test? Those kinds of souls deserve a better future, don’t they?”

Upon hearing this, Hiyori was suddenly taken aback.

Looking at Tao Yao's smiling face, the sense of estrangement and incomprehension that had arisen in her heart because of the other party's "cruelty" quietly melted away at that moment.

So...that's how it is.

A helpless yet doting smile involuntarily appeared on Fei Ying's lips.

"Okay, I kinda get it."

She reached out and pinched Tao Yao's cheek with amusement.

"You wicked woman, you've gone through all this trouble."

"You're just gambling, aren't you? Gambling that they won't really hurt each other, so you can find a convenient way to let them go."

Tao Yao didn't dodge, letting Fei Ying's fingers play with her face.

She squinted comfortably, like a cat having its chin scratched, and the smile on her lips grew even brighter.

"so smart."

She chuckled and gave an affirmative response.

"As expected of my Hizakura."

This undisguised praise made Hiyori's heart skip a beat.

She withdrew her hand somewhat embarrassedly, but an uncontrollable, visible happiness appeared on her face.

The joy of being recognized brightened her whole being.

Tao Yao looked at her like this and just smiled.

Then, she turned her gaze back to the closed storage room door.

Now, it remains to be seen what choices the two people inside will make.

Tao Yao was also very curious.

……

Inside the storage room, it was pitch black.

The moment the door closed, it seemed to shut out all the sounds and light from the outside world, leaving only their heavy breathing.

Aque's body was still trembling slightly from fear, but when she touched that her hands and feet were free again, that familiar, arrogant and domineering spirit resurfaced.

"What's with the arrogance, you two bitches!"

She growled indignantly, her voice sounding particularly abrupt in the confined space.

"Sister Ling! Who do they think they are, daring to decide our lives? And how could we possibly listen to them and kill each other!"

However, the agreement she had expected from her eldest sister did not materialize.

In the darkness, there was only a chilling silence.

A-Que paused for a moment, then tentatively called out.

"sister?"

After a long while, Sister Ling's somewhat dry and hesitant voice slowly rang out.

"Don't...don't speak yet."

"Look around... look around to see if there are any other exits here..."