Unexpected Visitor

Daidai was once again tied up securely.

Red carried it over to the coffee table in front of the sofa.

A large circle of Aberrations in the house gathered around to stare at it mercilessly.

Chen Miemie still kept his distance.

Better safe than sorry. Although Daidai looked simple-minded and harmless, no one could guarantee that its ability was just as harmless.

Daidai was trembling slightly.

This entire room was full of Aberrations.

And they were all incredibly powerful ones at that.

How could a lowly [Price Sprite] like itself not panic?

Especially Red. The way she looked at it was exactly like a spider looking at its prey.

Qinghua, who had seemed a bit fierce just a moment ago, now became its lifesaver. It firmly grabbed the hem of Qinghua's clothes, trying to stay as far away from Red as possible.

"What... what is this place? Why are there so many Aberrations? Don't your passive abilities hurt each other?"

No one answered the little sprite.

Loop held a kitchen knife in his hand. "Let's just kill it. It looks very weak and useless."

Pure Water agreed. "It is indeed too weak. But since it looks cute, I'll drown it so it can go quickly and painlessly."

Red licked her lips. "You guys kill it first, then hand it over to me."

The differences between Aberrations were vast, and their relationships were complex. They were not necessarily friendly with one another.

Similar to Aberrations were the Yokai. For example, a bird demon would not consider a bear demon to be of the same kind, and a bird demon would even prey on a fish demon.

"You can't kill me! I've never done anything bad."

Loop had already started to draw his knife. "You haven't even done anything bad? What kind of Aberration are you? You deserve to die."

"Wait, I remembered it wrong! I've done a lot of bad things!"

"Tell us, what have you done?"

"Once, in a cave by a volcano, two people were trapped. Both were dehydrated due to the high temperature. One person said to the other that he had a bottle of water and could sell half of it for the price of 1,000 years."

"And then?"

"And then? Hmph, half a bottle of water for 1,000 years? How is that possible? I immediately helped them conduct a fair trade."

"You punished the greedy water seller?"

"Of course not! It was a time of high heat and water shortage. The one buying the water actually wanted to use a mere 1,000 years to buy half a bottle of life-sustaining water. That was simply outrageous. I, Daidai, the fair and just [Price Sprite], naturally had to uphold justice. I took away the water buyer's 'ability to feel heat'. Hehe, later he unknowingly walked into the magma and burned to death."

Loop remained expressionless. "What's so bad about that? If this is the best you can do, then I won't hold back."

"Wait, there was another time..." Daidai hurriedly continued to dig out its glorious deeds.

"Alright, stop scaring it," Chen Miemie spoke from the corner of the living room, separated by Pure Water's water curtain.

Daidai was set down and placed on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

A small teacup was turned upside down, serving perfectly as its chair.

"Hello, Daidai. As you can see, we are a secret society made up of Aberrations. Joining our society will allow you to control your passive abilities, but at the same time, you will need to act together with us and follow orders."

"Ah! Control my passives! Daidai wants to join!"

"Hmm, unfortunately, there are too many Aberrations who want to join us. You need to pass an interview first." Interviewer Miemie put on airs.

"Okay, I want to take the interview."

"Then the interview begins. Daidai, you are so pretty, are you male or female?"

"Daidai is just Daidai. I have no gender."

"Then what can you do to help after you join?"

"I am very useful. With me around, I can guarantee that you won't suffer any losses in future trades."

"But you seem very weak. After all, you can't even break free from a spider web. Your ability probably doesn't work on powerful Aberrations or high-level Mystics, right? If you can't take away the 'intangible things' of the strong, wouldn't you be useless?"

Daidai hurriedly defended itself:

"You are right, but my ability is actually divided into two steps. The first step is that I can sense whether a trade is fair. The second step is that in the face of unfairness, I forcibly intervene and take away 'intangible things'. Against powerful guys, I indeed cannot complete the second step. However, no matter how strong the other party is, I can truly sense the 'fairness' of the first step. This way, I can ensure that our side won't be deceived or schemed against during a trade."

Not just Chen Miemie, but the surrounding Aberrations all had their eyes light up.

Daidai's ability didn't sound very strong, but it was actually extremely useful and exactly what the house urgently lacked right now.

There were too many smart people in this world.

There is always someone better, and even wise men sometimes make mistakes and fall prey to schemes.

Any slightly shrewd merchant knew that being fooled once could wipe out the profits of the previous ten or a hundred times.

Therefore, this defensive-leaning skill, which could effectively prevent being schemed against, was simply too important for a New Era race that was about to enter the sights of the major Old Races.

Furthermore, if nurtured properly, once Daidai became strong enough to complete the second step of its ability, it would be even more terrifyingly powerful.

Qinghua asked, "You said 'no matter how strong the other party is, you can truly sense it.' How did you come to this conclusion?"

"The highest I've ever sensed was an unfair trade involving a [Mystery] 8. The strength of such an entity far surpassed mine, but it still couldn't block my perception, so I deduce that it would work even if they were stronger."

"Alright, your interview is over. Go home and wait for our notice."

"Ah? If I leave, I won't be able to come back. How will you notify me later?" Daidai truly wanted to join this Aberration society, even if it contained the terrifying Loop and Red.

The higher the intelligence of an Aberration, the more it could feel loneliness.

"Don't worry, we will go to your house to find you later."

Just like that, Origami and Loop went out with Daidai, returning to the mist at the door.

When the mist dispersed, it would send Daidai home.

After going home with it, Origami would record the coordinates of its house and then return.

Since they couldn't form a contract today on the [Day of No Tomorrow], the Aberrations wouldn't let Daidai stay in the house, lest Daidai's leaking passive abilities cause an accident for Chen Miemie.

Having acquired a special monster talent like Daidai, Chen Miemie's mood visibly improved by a large margin.

Just like that, the [Day of No Tomorrow] passed.

A new week had just begun at the stroke of midnight.

Chen Miemie's watch was bombarded with all sorts of messages. Everyone who knew his contact information reached out to him.

Chen Miemie only picked a few important people to reply to, such as Fengling, Dawn, Cassan, Xi, and Municipal Officer Sun.

Knock, knock, knock.

The knocking sound rang out again.

"Hmm? At this time? It's only 12:35 AM. Who would come visiting at this hour?"

Chen Miemie opened the door and was slightly stunned.

The person at the door was completely unexpected to him.

It was actually Nurse Zhao, who had gone missing previously.

He quickly recovered his wits.

After understanding all the causes and consequences from Father Jing and the [Trial], he had no intention of continuing to investigate Nurse Zhao, who was merely a subordinate running errands for Father Jing.

But now she was delivering herself to his door. What did this mean?

"Nurse Zhao, what is this about?"

"Nurse Zhao has already been killed by me," Nurse Zhao stated.

The rebellious cowlick on Chen Miemie's head instantly popped up into the shape of a question mark.

"Do you mean to say you killed yourself, or do you have a twin sister?"

"Neither."

Switching to a voice that sounded somewhat familiar to Chen Miemie, Nurse Zhao continued,

"I am Yi Shuangzi, the Yi Shuangzi from the Church of the Sun."