Zone Zero: I'm invincible now that the heavenly fire has killed Nineveh!

In just over ten seconds, Hoshimi Miyabi was utterly defeated.

Fine beads of sweat were already on her face, and her shirt was soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to her skin.

She, who is usually aloof and serious, now has a touch of charming and delicate temperament.

Different feelings, but equally beautiful.

"I lost."

Hoshimi Miya leaned against Su Chen's chest, unable to exert any force even with a single finger, her voice very low.

She didn't pay attention to the ambiguous situation at the moment, but asked disappointedly, "Su Chen, am I really useless? I can't even last this short time."

"No, being able to hold it for more than ten seconds is actually quite good for Ya. The body is the foundation of the spirit. Before the spirit is completely transcendent, one cannot get rid of the influence of the body."

Su Chen put his right arm around Xing Jianya, letting her lean on him steadily: "Based on my understanding of spirit, body and energy, if you can hold on, it would make me seem very weak."

The rewards he drew were actually far more knowledge-based than combat-based. With these multiple advantages, he wouldn't dare claim to be the smartest person, but ranking second would be no problem.

"Is that so?"

Hoshimi Miyabi felt somewhat relieved, but still didn't want to give up: "If possible, please help me with my training in patience so that I can overcome this as much as possible."

She still wanted to overcome this feeling, which was both a pleasure and almost a fear for her.

"Yes, I'd be happy to spend time with Ya whenever I have the time."

While admiring this other side of Hoshimi Miya's charm, Su Chen asked curiously, "However, there are many ways to cultivate and become stronger. Why is Miya so determined to fight against herself?"

"..."

Hoshimi Miyabi was silent for a moment before finally saying, "I was taught by my mother from a young age, and I initially practiced swordsmanship. I progressed very quickly, and soon I wore out the wooden sword I used to practice swordsmanship."

"When I was about four or five years old, when I passed by the portrait of my Hoshimi family ancestor, I longed to become a hero like him, to slay all the evil people, and to wield the demon sword, Tailless, just like him."

"But my mother taught me to fight for what I protect, and she even forbade me to use a knife again. She taught me cultivation, not only in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, mathematics, archery, but also in memorizing the names of all my classmates, in sleeping eight hours a day, and in smashing open a melon without using a fruit knife..."

Her face held a look of reminiscence, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face; those were her happiest times.

If everything had continued as it was, she might not have been a virtual hunter, but rather a white-collar worker.

"..."

Su Chen listened quietly, and could imagine what a gentle mother she was.

"But after the old capital fell, my mother and everyone else were gone. When the old capital fell, amidst the raging fire, my mother passed on to me the demon sword, Tailless, which she had forbidden me to touch. She held my hand and let me kill her with the demon sword."

Hoshimi Miyabi's expression remained calm, but she couldn't help but feel downcast.

She is determined to capture all the criminals who have fallen from the old capital, because the fall of the old capital caused her to lose her most important family members.

"I'm sorry to have let you hear these unfortunate things." Hoshimi Miya had regained her strength, but her increasingly depressed mood made her reluctant to leave Su Chen's embrace.

"No need to apologize, it's a good thing to be trusted by friends to confide in."

Su Chen gently smoothed the slightly disheveled hair of the girl in his arms and said earnestly.

"Thank you." Hoshimi Miyabi felt much more at ease and said, "When my whole body relaxes, it feels like I've returned to those happy days of my childhood, but those days are long gone."

"I insist that you help me in my spiritual practice, because I want to overcome this illusory beauty, which is beautiful but not real."

"Perhaps it is precisely because of this weakness that it is impossible to control the tailless creature?"

She had mixed feelings of anticipation and conflict regarding this spiritual practice.

That extreme physical relaxation also loosens up her tense mind, as if she has returned to the carefree state of her childhood.

With her mother by her side, she is cared for by her mother at all times.

It was so beautiful, so illusory. This was a weakness of her will; she wanted to overcome it, yet she didn't want to.

This is why she, who has always been devoted to spiritual practice, deliberately avoided this agreement that she had requested for a long time.

Even if it's an illusion, that kind of beauty is something she longs for.

"I see."

Su Chen understood at this moment, and couldn't help but touch the girl's fox ears, saying seriously, "The past cannot be undone, but the future can be changed."

"You want to fuel your anger with hatred, which is absolutely not what your mother wants to see. I reiterate, physical pleasure is not proof of weakness, but merely a reminder that you should relax."

Just as a bow will break if it is kept taut for too long, so too will a person.

Although Hoshimi Miyabi is not bad to the point of being evil and her will is quite firm, it is not good for this situation to continue.

"..."

Hoshimi Miya remained silent, feeling that Su Chen's words made sense.

Su Chen held Hoshino Miya's face and looked directly at her, saying, "Besides, even if you overcome this pleasure, will you forget the wonderful experience you once had?"

"will not."

Without the slightest hesitation, Hoshimi Miyabi said decisively.

If we forget the good things, then hatred will be meaningless.

Her mother taught her that drawing a sword is for protecting something, and that if something beautiful is lost, then drawing a sword has no meaning.

"So, don't be too hard on yourself. Remember the happiness you feel and etch it deep into your memory."

"Remember the good things from the past; they are the driving force that propels you forward. Excessive hatred only leads to destruction, whether for yourself or others."

Su Chen spoke earnestly, realizing he hadn't expected the eccentric fox-eared girl to have psychological issues.

If he doesn't correct her behavior, he'll feel guilty even when he gives her a massage.

"Ah."

Hoshimi Miyako stared intently at Su Chen, feeling that the young man was particularly attractive at this moment.

Very gentle, very reasonable, and very reliable.

Without thinking, she called out, "Mommy~"

"Ok?"

Su Chen's silence was deafening.

He, an orphan, not only provides psychological counseling to others, but also became a male mother before becoming a father.

Is this normal?

"Feel sorry."

Hoshimi Miya came to her senses, got up from Su Chen's embrace, and fell silent as well.

The surface was calm, as if everything had happened.

But inside, there were already several nests of ants crawling everywhere.