Moonlight and Mystery

The beautiful assassin, Ash, wasn't one for nonsense.

Swish, swish, swish. Three consecutive fatal attacks, fast, accurate, and ruthless.

A bloody nail was driven straight into his forehead.

A sharp dagger slit his throat, sending blood spraying into the air.

Finally, the same dagger was plunged hilt-deep into his chest, piercing his heart.

"Sorry, cute little brother. Unfortunately, I'm just doing a job for the money. The best I can do is make your departure as painless as possible."

Having finished her work, Ash walked into the bathroom and washed the splattered blood from her face with clean water.

While she was in the bathroom...

Yellow moonlight shone upon Chen Miemie's body.

Inside his fatal wounds, new granulations began to sprout. The wound on his neck completely healed. His heart, which had stopped beating, ignored the dagger lodged inside it and restarted the blood circulation throughout his body.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the moonlight completed its healing of Chen Miemie.

Ash tidied up her appearance and returned to the dining table, preparing to pull the dagger from Chen Miemie's heart and leave as quickly as possible.

The dagger was pulled out smoothly.

She flicked the blood off and sheathed it.

Inadvertently, she looked up and noticed Chen Miemie's eyes were wide open, as if trying to firmly memorize her face.

"Forget it, I'll close your eyes for you so you can rest in peace." Ash reached out to close Chen Miemie's eyes.

His eyelids closed.

Barely a second later, before Ash could even turn around...

Chen Miemie's eyes popped open again, still staring dead at her.

Ash helped him close his eyes once more. This time, because his eyelashes felt a bit itchy, Chen Miemie actually blinked twice.

"Ah!" The beautiful young assassin was so startled she jumped a big step backward.

"Who sent you to kill me?" Chen Miemie spoke.

After her initial shock, Ash quickly regained her composure, relying on her professional assassin training.

"As an assassin, how could I leak my employer's information? Even if I jump off this 18th floor, I won't say a single word."

Ash pushed her agility to the max and dashed straight for the front door.

She was ready to retreat immediately.

Or, more accurately, to run away right then and there.

The first failure was definitely no coincidence. She had seen the second wave of three attacks clearly with her own eyes; anyone else would have died three times over.

If she couldn't even kill him while he was lying motionless, she'd be an idiot to stay and force another attack instead of leaving.

Chen Miemie hadn't really figured out the situation either. Seeing that he had inexplicably scared her, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't let his tone show any weakness:

"You can't leave without my permission."

Ash roughly yanked the door open and darted out of the room like a cheetah.

Chen Miemie's apartment was Room 1803 on the 18th floor.

Outside Room 1803, the corridor was empty, bathed in dim yellow moonlight.

The moonlight spilled onto Chen Miemie. He felt an unparalleled sense of intimacy with it, recalling the scene just now where he had transformed into the moon.

He pointed a finger at Ash's retreating back: "Moonlight, stop her."

A flash of yellow light appeared before Ash's eyes.

She maintained her forward-dashing posture.

Even though she was clearly rushing outward, it was as if she had passed through a portal. Instead, she ended up rushing right back into Room 1803.

"Spatial manipulation!" Ash exclaimed, her voice even louder than when she was startled earlier.

Seeing her return, looking completely shaken, Chen Miemie muttered in his heart:

Making such a fuss. And she calls herself a professional assassin? Her psychological resilience isn't much to look at.

"Since you're back, let's sit down and have a chat." Tied to the table, Chen Miemie deliberately put on a calm tone.

Ash rapidly analyzed the situation before her:

She couldn't get out the front door, and the target in front of her couldn't be killed. It seemed she had fallen into a desperate situation.

Wait, no!

If this immortal guy had the ability to hurt her, why would he let her succeed twice?

Was it possible that he actually lacked any offensive capabilities?

Chen Miemie had been keeping a close eye on Ash's every move. Seeing her grip tighten on the dagger and her gaze turn serious, he knew things were about to go bad.

Before he could speak, the highly active Ash closed the distance in two strides and stabbed him right in the kidney.

"Holy crap!"

This time it was Chen Miemie's turn to cry out.

It hurt. It really hurt.

Getting stabbed in the kidney was a double dose of physical and psychological torment for a man.

In comparison, the previous two fatal attacks truly hadn't hurt that much.

Chen Miemie was very angry, and the consequences would be severe.

"Let me go! This junk can't hold me."

The yellow moonlight rippled through the air like water waves, casting itself onto the iron chains binding him.

Clack, clack, clack, clack, clack.

The five chains on his limbs and neck snapped, precisely severed by the moonlight.

Ash didn't even have time to pull out her dagger. She immediately retreated, backing up to the other side of the living room to get as far away from Chen Miemie as possible.

Holding his waist, Chen Miemie got up from the dining table and muttered to himself:

"It hasn't even been that long, and I'm injured again. Right, it seems the moonlight has been helping me all along. Moonlight, can you heal me one more time?"

After these few incidents, he gradually realized that he seemed to possess the miraculous power to control the moonlight.

Before his voice even faded...

The muscles in his waist contracted. Newly formed granulations intertwined, pushing the dagger right out of his body.

Chen Miemie looked down and touched his fair waist. There was absolutely no sign that he had ever suffered a knife wound.

It wasn't just his waist; the front and back of his head, his throat, and his heart were all completely restored.

Besides the dagger, the nail that had been driven into his forehead was also squeezed out of his head and fell through the air.

He reached out and caught the nail in his palm.

Chen Miemie still hadn't fully figured out his current abilities and state.

He was completely clueless about whether there were any limits or prices to pay for this moonlight power, or what the relationship was between his human body and the moon he had become just moments ago.

More importantly, because he had used the power a few times, his head was getting dizzier and dizzier. He felt like he couldn't hold on much longer.

Right now, with an assassin by his side, he had no time or opportunity to experiment. But he knew that the more dangerous the moment, the less he could afford to show weakness.

Chen Miemie slowly sat down on the sofa, looking as if victory was already in his grasp.

He even designed a little gesture, deliberately squinting his eyes while playing with the nail in his hand.

At the same time, he patted the seat next to him with his other hand. "Why are you standing so far away? You're the dangerous assassin, aren't you? Come, sit here."

Ash's green pupils shrank into vertical slits like a cat's due to extreme tension.

Sit over there? How could she!

"I won't go over..."

Before she could finish her sentence, her body seemed to be gripped by a giant hand made of moonlight. In a moment of daze, she had already been displaced several meters and was sitting on the sofa.

Right in the spot Chen Miemie had designated.

Looking at Chen Miemie at such close range, Ash let go of the last shred of hope in her heart.

"It turns out I overestimated myself and provoked a high-level Mystic whose depths I can't even fathom. Beat me or kill me, do as you please."

Chen Miemie's ears perked up.

High-level Mystic?

What was that?

Was she talking about my current abilities?

After manipulating the moonlight once more, Chen Miemie's head grew heavier and heavier. He figured he only had one last chance left.

He had actually wanted to use the Hand of Light to swat Ash to death just now, but when he actually used it, the Hand of Light that turned from ethereal to solid seemed to lack lethality and only completed a pushing motion.

I will give you one chance. Tell me who sent you.

I will tell you, but we only accept missions through middlemen. If you want to figure out who issued the mission, I still need to investigate. Forced to sit on the sofa, Ash behaved very honestly.

Chen Miemie's voice turned cold. Are you fooling me? Once you leave to investigate, will you ever come back?

I would not dare! I can swear an oath! I swear to the Eternal Moon that once I find out who the mastermind behind the mission is, I will definitely report it to you!

Chen Miemie was not quite sure what effect swearing to the moon had in this world.

There were clearly supernatural abilities in this world, and the moon's status seemed to be quite extraordinary. The weight of an oath was likely different as well.

He was currently playing the role of a high-tier mystic whose identity had been accidentally exposed in front of Ash. Logically speaking, an ordinary assassin would not dare to fool him.

Feeling his physical condition getting worse and worse, he did not delay any further and gave a slight nod.

Since that is the case, under the witness of the moonlight, I accept your oath.

Chen Miemie prayed in his heart: Moonlight, you have to keep being awesome.

Ash was a little confused. This mysterious powerhouse's prayer for accepting the oath was completely wrong. How could it have any effect like this?

Neither of them expected that in the next second, the yellow moonlight in the room would shine brightly.

Yellow silk threads that seemed almost tangible appeared out of thin air, ignoring Ash's body, wrapping around the tiny blood vessels in her chest cavity, and tying themselves to her heart.

This... This is the Knot of the Eternal Moon! Who exactly are you?!

Chen Miemie did not answer her.

His heart was not calm either. Who am I? I also want to know the answer to this question.

Seeing that Chen Miemie did not speak, Ash also knew that her subconscious question just now would not get a reply.

Then I will take my leave first. I will find out the mastermind as soon as possible.

Chen Miemie sat on the sofa. You attacked me several times, and now you are just going to leave like this? You do not really understand the rules, do you?

What do you want me to do?

If you want to make up for your mistakes, you will have to work for me from now on. Even if it is a suicide mission, once it is given to you, you must risk your life to do it.

Chen Miemie was expressionless on the surface, but he was actually very nervous inside, ready to go all out and use his last chance to control the moonlight to attack at any time.

He was nervous because even if the moonlight struck, he was not confident that he could kill the agile Ash in one hit.

Ash hesitated for a few seconds before finally agreeing. Alright, I will remember that.

Chen Miemie was not the only one who was nervous. Ash was even more nervous than him, terrified that she would be killed directly.

From Ash's perspective, she felt that she did not have the right to say no.

Those who kill will always be killed. From the day she stepped into this line of work, she had already had this realization.

Today, she had fallen into the hands of a high-tier mystic. Dying on the spot would be very normal. By agreeing to obey, even if future missions were extremely dangerous, she would at least be able to live a little longer. She could not refuse.

Mm, good. Then this condition will also be added to the oath just now. Chen Miemie breathed a slight sigh of relief and immediately finalized the matter to nail it down.

Without waiting for Ash to continue swearing.

The yellow silk threads at her heart flashed again, expressing a meaning that was easy to understand, roughly translating to Oath content updated.

Ash was no longer in the mood to be surprised by the casualness of the oath's establishment. She only wanted to leave quickly now.

Chen Miemie had no idea what kind of massive impact his channeling of the Eternal Moon's power and direct exercise of the Eternal Moon Contract's authority had caused to this world.

Inside the church of the Moon Church, the Moon Bell, which had not appeared in thousands of years, rang once again, its tolls echoing throughout the entire city.

At the Sealed Library City Library, the purple-eyed witch leader issued an order: Begin gathering all information related to the moon with full force.

In a mirror in Sixiang City, a faint ray of light flashed past.

After signing the indenture, Ash finally walked smoothly out the door of Room 1803.

She only wanted to quickly find out who had issued the mission now.

Not just to reply to Chen Miemie, but she herself wanted to kill that issuer.

The son of a bitch who issued the mission actually dared to lie to me and say he was an ordinary person, but it turned out he was a high-tier mystic. Since I did not die here today, you better wash your neck and wait for me.

After Ash left, Chen Miemie closed the door, locked it tightly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As his tense nerves suddenly relaxed, a massive wave of exhaustion surged up.

He did not notice that the nail that had been driven into his head twice and casually stuffed into his pocket was quietly undergoing a change.

At the tail end of the nail, after being soaked in blood, a previously hidden plant pattern appeared.

He collapsed directly onto the sofa and fell into a deep sleep.

His last thought before closing his eyes:

Turning up the intensity on me right after I arrived, huh? The assassin Ash, and the person behind the scenes... This world is truly dangerous. I will have to work hard to gather more information tomorrow.