From the end of the world

Chapter 53 Doomsday Girl Date 2
It is impossible to keep Ma Zao by my side just by postponing her departure day by day.

There must be a deadline in her mind. The "three days" she proposed at the beginning is like the shelf life of food. There is still a buffer zone between it and the actual shelf life. When this buffer zone disappears, the room for sweet talk also disappears.

That morning, after she woke up and had breakfast, she and I watched TV in the living room. The TV was broadcasting the local news, which was about the "mysterious explosion in an unfinished building" near Xianshui University that I had caused not long ago. Experts have concluded that this incident was a gas explosion. Regardless of Luo Shan's current attitude towards the question of "whether it is necessary to continue to conceal the weirdness", it seems that at least the attitude of the official forces is to continue to conceal it.

After the show entered the commercial break, Ma Zao asked me to leave. This expression was not a consultation with me at all, but an obligatory notification.

Of course I can't just let it go like this.

And during this time, I also thought about how to get her to stay voluntarily.

This was the first time I spent so much time trying to seduce a girl, and I was not familiar with many things before. But as the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and after these days of practice, I slowly figured out the experience.

At first, I thought of tempting her with delicious food, or making her sick so that she had to stay at my house, or making an excuse that the express delivery would arrive tomorrow, etc. These tricks were just tricks that could only delay the process a little.

The reason why she was willing to stay at my house before was because she really thought she needed to stay here to recover and hide. But now, she no longer faints easily, and she no longer falls accidentally when walking. Her complexion is much better. It is not surprising that she can use the power of space transfer. I am no longer so necessary in her eyes.

As the saying goes, "falsely conveying a thousand books is better than conveying a single sentence." What I really need to do now is very simple, which is to make her feel that I am indispensable.

After finding the right idea, I felt my inspiration and wisdom quickly flowed out, and bad ideas emerged one after another, and organized into specific and detailed plans. Did I have the talent to seduce girls? I didn't expect that my mind became clearer after I slipped again in some aspects. I repeatedly pondered the plan that was gradually taking shape in my mind, and I became more and more confident.

Ma Zao had already stood up from the sofa.

Now she is no longer wearing my grey T-shirt and trousers, but the clothes and shoes I bought for her online.

Although I used to laugh at Changan's vulgar taste in dressing, I also don't understand the importance of dressing, and I only have a vague understanding of color matching, let alone how to wear women's clothing. But I have a superficial trick: when I don't know what color to wear, I can never go wrong with black.

She was wearing a black printed hoodie and short culottes, her beautiful legs were wrapped in black cotton tights, and she was wearing black short-sleeved Martin boots. On her left wrist, she wore a red GPS bracelet I gave her, which was an exception in this dark outfit. From my own aesthetic point of view, I think it was not a bad idea, and she herself did not express any dissatisfaction with it.

Seeing the beautiful girl wearing the clothes she had chosen herself, I couldn't help but feel an unprecedented sense of freshness in my heart, and couldn't help thinking about the direction of further optimization.

At this moment, I saw Ma Zao walking towards the entrance, lowering his head and pulling down his hood to cover his face, so I said, "Let's go out together."

"Together?"

She stopped walking. She had obviously become resistant to my sweet talk these past two days, and when she saw me start to speak, she looked back at me with a very alert look in her eyes.

"You probably still have a lot of unfamiliar places in the outside world, so I can introduce them to you." I also stood up from the sofa. "Let's have a meal together, go around, and then say goodbye in a friendly way. That would be a perfect ending. It would also be a good way for me to send you off."

"If other people see you with a wanted criminal like me..." She still had concerns.

"It's okay, just put this on."

I took out the mask I had prepared in advance. It was a black cotton mask with a cat's white whiskers pattern on it.

She questioned: "Wouldn't it be even more suspicious to walk outside wearing something that conceals one's true appearance?"

"Don't worry, in recent years, it is normal to wear a mask when traveling outside," I said.

After thinking about it, she nodded in agreement, took the cat whisker mask and put it on, then walked out the door with me.

After coming downstairs, the morning sun illuminated her whole body. She looked up at the sky, as if she was sighing for the spacious world she had not seen for a long time.

I was feeling strange. Although we had been together for several days, this was the first time I had walked with her in the sun. I had absolutely no intention of alienating Ma Zao in my heart - the feeling I had now was probably similar to the first time I took a cat or dog outside for a walk without a leash in my hand, for fear that she would suddenly run away and escape to a place where I could not catch up.

She looked back in the direction of my house, then looked at me with a relieved look in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I was confused by her look.

"Nothing..." After saying that, she finally spoke out her true feelings after two seconds, "Don't laugh at me. Although I am small and not plump, my face is pretty. At least that's what I think. So, how should I put it... I have always had a little doubt." "What do you doubt?"

"Are you actually a pervert who wants to imprison me? Are you so nice to me because you like my body..." she said, "Now it seems that I really misunderstood you. I'm sorry."

“……” I didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

Although I am not the kind of person she thinks I am, I have indeed considered imprisoning her, and now I am considering it as my final plan.

I avoided the question and tried to test him: "Compared to that, are you okay now? You didn't fall to the ground suddenly, did you?"

"I'm much better now. Although the damage to the soul can't be healed so easily, I can run now without any problem."

"But I see you've been in a daze a lot lately."

She suddenly gave an unexpected answer: "That's because I'm meditating."

"Meditation?" I was surprised.

Isn’t that the legendary meditation state that I have only seen in books and have not been able to achieve even if I have developed super powers?

"Meditation can help the soul recover and hide one's aura. This effect will last for a while even after meditation ends. It can be done in any situation and in any posture. It is most suitable for my current situation." She explained, "My soul is injured now, and it is easy for me to leak out excess aura. The guy who attacked me last time might have found me through this clue..."

"The guy who attacked you?" I heard the part that couldn't be missed.

She finally realized what was going on and stopped talking without revealing any more information. Perhaps she was afraid of getting me involved. Now she was like a dark hero who wanted to shoulder everything alone.

Once she entered this mode, she would not reveal any relevant information, so I had to keep it in mind and inquire about it later.

We walked out of the community and onto the street. It was rush hour, and there were many office workers and students on the road. I bought two bags of sweet soy milk from a roadside food truck, and I showed her the details of the transaction.

She noticed me taking out my phone to scan the QR code. Maybe she had seen similar scenes on TV before. If she was really a doomsday traveler, then this was probably the first time she actually saw it. At this moment, she showed a look of curiosity about unfamiliar things.

I handed her one of the bags of sweet soy milk, and left the dining car with her. Then I explained to her, "That was mobile payment. You need to scan the QR code with a mobile device to complete the transaction."

"Mobile payment, mobile devices... does that mean all you need is a mobile phone?" she asked probingly.

"Not only that. You also need to download related software and bind it to your bank card, and there must be money in the bank card. Applying for a bank card requires relevant procedures, which includes providing your own identity proof." I said.

"Identification..." She tried to digest the information. "Can a wanted criminal also apply for a bank card?"

"Of course not," I said. "Now electronic mobile payment is the mainstream of this society. People are gradually moving away from cash payment, especially in big cities. It is difficult to get rid of this link if you want to survive and move around in this society. Many elderly people who have difficulty adapting to the trend of the times often encounter difficulties in this regard. You have also seen it in the news, right?"

While I was talking, I observed her reaction. She lifted the lower half of her mask and sipped the bag of sweet soy milk, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

My current plan was to emphasize in front of her the problems that she couldn't overcome in a short period of time, but needed to overcome, and needed my help to overcome. Now I was like a cunning interviewer, trying to impress her hard heart.

And this is only the first step.

I still need to further improve my value and provide some additional information that she needs at the moment. For example, she is being tracked not only by the forces in the open, but also by Luoshan, an organization lurking in the dark; for example, the body she is using now originally belonged to a girl suffering from amnesia.

Amnesia is something only demon hunters know about, and according to Ma Zao's testimony, she has not yet come into contact with the world beneath the surface of this era, which means that she may not know the existence of amnesia.

I was very curious about how she would react after learning about the concept of amnesia, but I had to be very careful when providing information, because now I was just an ordinary person in front of her, and I had to find a good excuse to reveal this unknown information.

After preparing the speech, I started to lie again.

(End of this chapter)