In a post-apocalyptic world, she was reborn and became the queen of the wilderness.

The footsteps stopped just below the window of the rented room.

A bright red little fox nimbly leaped onto the windowsill, squinting as it peered into the rented room.

When it saw the tablet playing a TV series on the table, a glint of intelligence flashed in its eyes.

There's someone in this house!

It grinned, revealing a human-like smile, then turned and jumped off the windowsill, walking to the door of the rented room.

He opened his mouth and spewed out a mouthful of flames.

Ordinary wooden doors cannot withstand the flames formed by fire energy and instantly burst into flames.

The thick smoke turned Nan Ruanruan's face black as she hid behind the house, and countless small black holes were pricked into her clothes by the sparks.

"..."

Hey!

Nan Ruanruan couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The little fox, convinced that the people inside were no match for it, swaggered into the house on flames.

After all, the humans it encountered before fled in panic as soon as they saw it breathe fire.

It turned its back to Nan Ruanruan and cautiously looked around the room, but didn't see anyone.

Just as I was wondering about it, a sense of unease suddenly welled up inside me.

Without a second thought, it leaped up and hung upside down from the ceiling, its sharp claws securing it firmly.

Nan Ruanruan clicked her tongue, retracted the boning knife she had swung out, took a step back, and looked up at the little fire fox.

The little thing reacts quite quickly.

The little fire fox was both surprised and angry, and it opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of flames at Nan Ruanruan.

Nan Ruanruan remained calm in the face of the scorching flames.

She channeled the limited amount of alien energy within the water-elemental bead, charging straight at the fire, extinguishing it and soaking the little fire fox completely.

The wet little Firefox: "......"

This person is a fox spirit, he cannot be allowed to live!

It pushed off the ceiling with all its might, waving its front paws, and attacked Nan Ruan Ruan below.

Nan Ruanruan bent her body backward to dodge its front paw attack, then quickly flipped over and delivered a side kick, slamming the little fire fox heavily against the wall.

Golden flowers flashed before its eyes, and in a daze, the little fire fox thought it saw its great-grandmother saying she wanted to take it away.

'Whoosh—'

Nan Ruanruan seized the opportunity and flung the boning knife in her hand, aiming straight for the little fire fox's forehead.

Startled, the little fire fox trembled, and Grandma vanished from the spot.

It rolled twice on the spot, barely dodging the boning knife, and then grimaced as it got up.

Then he glared angrily at Nan Ruanruan, suddenly turned around, and limped away.

If you can't beat them, run away; come back for revenge when you can. That's its motto for life.

Surprise flashed in Nan Ruanruan's eyes.

Although the intelligence of mutants increases with their strength, this was the first time she had ever seen such a clever little thing so soon after its mutation.

Nan Ruanruan thought to herself, but her hands moved quickly.

Another boning knife appeared in his hand, and he swung it at the little fire fox once more.

The little guy, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, wasn't reacting as fast as before.

With a soft "plop," the boning knife pierced through its beautiful tail.

Just as it was about to escape the rented room, it was pinned to the ground.

"Woo——"

The little fox let out a sharp, miserable cry and lay on the ground, too afraid to move.

Every movement is excruciatingly painful!

Nan Ruanruan walked slowly to the little fire fox's side, her gaze falling on its brow.

The little fox understood what she meant, and fear appeared in its eyes.

Despite the excruciating pain emanating from its tail, it put its two front paws together and bowed to Nan Ruanruan.

"Woo~"

Ah~ Fox was wrong, please let Fox go!

Nan Ruanruan stared intently at the little fire fox, and spoke amidst its expectant and pleading gaze.

"Don't be afraid, I'm very skilled at dissecting energy stones, so you won't feel any pain."

Little Firefox: "..."

It's a shame it's so intelligent that it actually understood these cruel words.

A saintly heart is common, but this living devil is a first.

I, Fox, am about to perish!

The little fox collapsed to the ground, utterly dejected.

Nan Ruanruan pulled out the boning knife stuck in the ground, preparing to finish off this rather cute little thing.

Just as her hand touched the hilt of the knife, the little fire fox, who had already given up struggling, suddenly opened its mouth.

Fiery red alien energy gathered in its mouth.

I, Fox, still want to struggle a little longer!

Nan Ruanruan reacted quickly, turning the hand gripping the knife hilt in a different direction and pinching the little fire fox's mouth shut.

'puff'

The energy output failed, and the little fire fox swallowed it back, turning it into a loud, sparking fart.

Under Nan Ruanruan's ambiguous gaze, the little fire fox felt ashamed and indignant.

Even a fox has its pride.

Let it die!

Nan Ruanruan's eyes flickered as she looked at the little fire fox, who was deliberately sticking out its tongue and tilting its head to pretend to be dead.

Actually, venturing into the apocalypse alone is quite lonely and too weak.

Having such a lively and lovable companion would surely bring a lot of fun and help!

"Little thing, follow me or die, choose one~"

In my past life, a very small number of powerful superhumans also kept mutants as pets.

But they are all pets I've had since before the apocalypse, so we have a strong emotional bond with them.

There is absolutely no one like her who wants to keep wild exotic animals as pets.

The little fox suddenly raised its head and shook it without hesitation.

A beast may be killed but not humiliated; I swear I will never be a human's pet!

"Hmph, since that's how it is—"

Nan Ruanruan continued to pinch its mouth and press its head down with her left hand, while deftly pulling out the boning knife with her right hand.

Amidst the little fox's terrified expression, she revealed a cruel smile and swung her knife down.

"Woo!!"

Just as the knife tip was about to pierce the little fox's forehead, it clasped its paws together above its head and knelt down, begging for mercy.

Follow, follow, follow!

It's not good enough!

A smile flashed across Nan Ruanruan's eyes as she released her grip on the little fire fox.

The little fox had tears in its eyes, and as soon as it was freed, it turned its head to lick the wound on its tail.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

Nan Ruanruan took out a bottle of pain relief spray and sprayed it twice on its tail.

The little fox felt a cool sensation at its wound, and then the pain stopped.

hmmmm?

The little guy shook its tail in disbelief, then looked curiously at the pain-relieving spray in Nan Ruanruan's hand.

What a wonderful thing this is!

Nan Ruanruan didn't explain, and simply threw the pain-relieving spray into her spatial storage.

It's advertised as a pain-relieving spray, but it's actually a mixture of anesthetic and hemostatic agents.

The wound will still hurt once the anesthesia wears off.

However, the alien species has a strong recovery ability, and by the time the effects of the medicine wear off, the wound on the little guy's tail should be almost healed.

When the topic of anesthetics came up, Nan Ruanruan pursed her lips and turned to look outside.

She needs to take advantage of the chaos to go to the hospital.

Many medications require a doctor's prescription, which she hadn't been able to obtain before.

We also need to get some gasoline, whether for the car or the generator.

Nan Ruanruan was preoccupied with her thoughts and didn't notice the little fire fox at her feet staring at her in disbelief.

The little guy was terrified when a huge bottle suddenly disappeared right before his eyes.

It circled around Nan Ruanruan several times, and even mustered up the courage to climb onto her and stick its little head into her pocket to look.

No, there aren't any in either pocket!

Where did that bottle go?

Just as Nan Ruanruan was about to finish, she looked down and saw the little fox's head stuffed in her down jacket pocket, its bottom sticking up high and swaying back and forth.

What is this doing?

Nan Ruanruan was puzzled, but didn't think too much about it. She grabbed the scruff of its neck, lifted it up, and placed it on her shoulder.

Then he gathered up the tablet on the table and strode out.