Tentacle Monster Conquest Manual

Honestly, it's only because of her special constitution that she could withstand such close contact with an ordinary person, even if Hanako meant no harm. Such intimate contact would definitely not be able to withstand the strange aura emanating from her. At best, she would fall seriously ill; at worst, she would die.

It was as if it was a constant reminder of Hanako's inhuman nature.

"As a girl, a smile suits you better, Hanako, it's so cute~"

"Woo..."

The evil spirit girl stood by the window, watching Mu Xiaoxiao leave with the other girls and disappear into the forest. She reached out and touched her face, the spot where Mu Xiaoxiao had just rubbed, her rapidly beating heart still unable to calm down.

The touch of his palm, and the warmth and temperature of the previous embrace, still seemed to linger on her body, making Hanako unable to forget. The feeling of being moved by Mu Xiaoxiao could not be erased even now.

Even though she and the boy didn't actually do anything, they were just simply leaning against each other. What seemed like an innocent act to Natsumi and the others was quite special to Hanako.

"Hey……"

Looking back at the now quiet room, which had returned to the gloomy and cold old school building, Hanako sighed softly in the bathroom. This place, which she had spent so many years in and had become so used to, now felt strangely unfamiliar to her.

"He promised me, he shouldn't break his promise tomorrow," Hanako said, gazing out the window at the scenery. For the first time, she longed to go out into the world, and for the first time, she waited expectantly for someone.

For the first time, I felt that time was so long.

The evil spirit girl knelt in the room, never leaving it, nor moving away from the window. She watched the sun set and night fall, counting the seconds until the sun rose again.

Waiting with hope.

As time went on, Hanako couldn't help but feel nervous, wondering what if he was lying to her, what if he didn't come today, or never came again... what if she never saw him again?

Hanako clutched her chest, her pale fingers crumpling her clothes. If that were the case, she would feel more sadness and heartbreak than anger, and perhaps even despair.

Fortunately, that didn't happen. As Hanako counted until the sun was directly overhead, Mu Xiaoxiao's figure emerged from the forest and waved at her. The evil spirit girl's eyes widened; if it weren't for the restrictions, she might have jumped out of the window.

"Little--"

With a fierce wave of her hand, all the tension and anxiety vanished, and an indescribable radiant smile appeared on Hanako's face. For a strange and evil spirit like her, this kind of smile had never appeared before. Such a radiant, natural, and bright smile was simply Hanako's instinct.

"Huh? Why are you all alone today?" Hanako was surprised to see that Mu Xiaoxiao had come alone.

"They also have to attend classes."

"Xiaoxiao, don't you have class?"

"I skipped it. What, Hanako, do you want to see them?"

"No, no!" Hanako was even happier and quickly shook her head. "From now on, you can come by yourself, Xiaoxiao. I don't need them!"

Hanako gritted her teeth at the thought of that wretched maid, Tsubaki Rurikawa.

"Actually, they're quite interested in you and hope to get to know you better next time," Mu Xiaoxiao threw her schoolbag on the ground. "Besides, we need Xia Hai and the others' help to clean this house. We can't just do all the work ourselves, can we?"

"Cleaning? I can do it all by myself," Hanako said, hands on her hips. "You don't even need to help, Xiaoxiao. Leave it to me! I'll tidy up the room properly when I have time."

She hadn't thought about this before, but things were different now. She wanted to tidy up the place to make it more suitable for dates. As she spoke, Hanako covered her mouth and chuckled, "Xiaoxiao, why are you cleaning this place? Is it because you want to continue our secret rendezvous here?"

"Yes, yes, I want to have a secret rendezvous with Miss Hanako..."

“You deliberately didn’t bring those girls, Xiaoxiao, you clearly want to be alone with me,” Hanako’s eyes curved into crescents, full of sweet smiles. Suddenly, something occurred to her, her face flushed, and she suddenly tiptoed forward and kissed him on the cheek.

Instantly separate.

"This, this is your reward..."

Mu Xiaoxiao: "..."

Just as Xia Hai said, although she was a strange evil spirit, she was still very pure. However, it was also clear that Hanako was very happy today. Mu Xiaoxiao smiled at her while resting her chin on her hand, and then sighed inwardly. In the past, she would definitely have eliminated the evil spirit for the sake of evolution points.

But now, well, I've fallen into decadence too.

Mu Xiaoxiao stayed from noon until sunset before bidding farewell to Hua Zi. The evil spirit girl watched him leave once again, but this time the girl felt little regret or sorrow. Apart from looking forward to tomorrow, she was filled with joy.

Despite being a bizarre and evil spirit, she seemed to have found a new life, becoming immersed in this gentle world and eager to see Mu Xiaoxiao as soon as possible. She suddenly realized how dull and tasteless her previous life had been, and that Hanako would absolutely not be able to accept living those days again.

"Oh right, I promised Xiaoxiao I'd clean her room, I can't go back on my word! But this house is way too big!" Hanako rolled up her sleeves. "Let's clean these rooms first, a surprise for him, hehe~"

Chapter 240 A moth flies into the flame

The second day, the third day, the fourth day...

Mu Xiaoxiao kept his promise and came to the old school building every day, which made Hua Zi more and more used to his presence. She looked forward to his arrival every moment and wondered which room she would explore with Xiaoxiao. The only thing that made her unhappy was that he brought other girls with him on the weekend.

Hua Zi was very jealous of the pretty girls around Mu Xiaoxiao, his girlfriends, but there was nothing she could do. On the one hand, she was a newcomer, and on the other hand, those girls were not ordinary people.

She could only complain in her heart about his fickle nature, but she would still happily continue to stay with him. No matter how much she complained, Hanako could never leave him.

Like an addictive poison, it made Hanako addicted and unable to extricate herself, unwilling to give up even in the face of danger... Wait, poison?

Snap————

The moonless night sky obscured the earth, the wind surged and rustled the leaves. In the dark room, Hanako was sweeping the dust with a broom. She would clean the house whenever she had nothing to do. Although the old school building was large, she had managed to clean the entire first and second floors all by herself these past few days.

Now we only need to go up to the third floor...

Suddenly, the broom in her hand fell to the ground with a soft but crisp sound, as if some kind of switch had been turned on. Before Hanako could react, a dizzying sensation rushed straight to her brain.

"Ugh...Eh?"

The evil spirit girl quickly steadied herself against the wall to avoid falling. Intense tinnitus and dizziness lingered, and a strange weakness made her unable to straighten up. A large amount of cold sweat unknowingly seeped from her forehead. "What...what's happening to me? My body suddenly..."

Looking up, her pale face flickered uncertainly, not very noticeable in the dark room. Although Hanako, as an evil spirit, naturally had a pale face, this time it was different from before. This weak, deathly pallor was something that anyone could tell was wrong.

Hanako, being the one directly involved, felt it most acutely. It wasn't just the physical weakness and pain, but also the rapidly waning strength within her body. She paused, then seemed to understand something, biting her cherry lips and revealing a sorrowful expression, "Could it be..."

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"How is it, Xiaoxiao? Don't you feel refreshed?"

After Mu Xiaoxiao arrived, the evil spirit girl was still as energetic as before, dragging him around the old school building. Hanako did not show any abnormality in front of him, nor did she tell Mu Xiaoxiao about her deteriorating health.

“Indeed, such a big house can house as many people as you want,” Mu Xiaoxiao exclaimed, arms crossed.

"How many more people do you want to live here? You're such a womanizing scoundrel," the girl scoffed. "Aren't those girls enough for you?"

Having witnessed Mu Xiaoxiao having sex with them, Hua Zi felt that those girls alone were enough to keep Mu Xiaoxiao busy, let alone have the energy to find new girls.

"As for this question, would you like to try it yourself, Miss Hanako?"

"Eh? I..."

A strong desire and impulse surged within her, and she wished she could agree right now. Of course, Hanako was willing to do it with him... But before the girl could speak, her chest tightened suddenly, and the feeling she had experienced last night returned. The weakness in her body, like the receding tide, made her sway and fall forward.

"Hanako?"

Mu Xiaoxiao caught her. "What's wrong?"

"I, I'm fine," Hanako said, clutching the boy's clothes tightly. Despite her weakened state putting her in danger, she felt no sense of crisis nestled in his arms. Instead, she felt a surge of warmth and happiness. She smiled shyly, "Maybe, maybe I've just been too tired these past few days and haven't had much rest."

"...Is that really true?" Mu Xiaoxiao felt something was off.

"Of course, even strange legends need a break, okay?" Hanako tried to get up, but her weak body made it difficult for her to support herself, so she could only continue to lean against his chest, greedily inhaling the boy's scent. "Just one night's rest is enough."

"Let me help you to your room," Mu Xiaoxiao said, picking the girl up in her arms. The princess carry made Hanako blush and his heart race. He also felt strange carrying an evil spirit girl like this.

Hanako pursed her beautiful cherry lips, her eyelashes trembling, her curious and shy gaze fixed on Mu Xiaoxiao's pretty profile. Her heart fluttered, she felt sweetness, and a touch of sadness. The girl was well aware that the abnormality in her body and the decline in her strength were all related to Mu Xiaoxiao.

Of course it wasn't his fault, but his own problem. As the "Hanako" in the toilet, she completely defied the behavioral logic of this urban legend, so it's normal for her to become so weak.

This is the constraint on Hanako, and she knows that this is the only thing she cannot change.

Japan's bizarre things, legends, and even its strangeness are all such peculiar existences...

Even so, Hanako was unwilling to kill Koko just to follow the urban legend, even if it would make her weaker and weaker, and eventually even disappear. She was unwilling to give up.

Like a moth drawn to a flame, the evil spirit girl would rather be burned to ashes and disappear from this world in the end than not be with Xiao Xiao, to enjoy the happy days they spend together, and to cherish their current love.

If Xiaoxiao is gone, what's the point of living here forever?

"Rumble--"

Thunder rumbled in the sky outside. The girl lifted her head from Mu Xiaoxiao's arms, looked at the overcast sky, and said with a hint of reluctance, "It looks like it's going to rain? Xiaoxiao, you should go back quickly, or you'll get soaked."

"I thought you'd let me stay here overnight, Hanako," Mu Xiaoxiao teased.

"Of course I want to, but there's no bed here, nothing at all," Hanako said. Actually, she was worried that Xiaoxiao would notice the abnormality in her body. The more she indulged in love and men, the weaker her body became, and her strength continued to decline. She would definitely be noticed.

"Then I'll be going now. Hanako, get some rest tonight and don't cause any more trouble."

Mu Xiaoxiao let go of her and stood up.

"Um……"

The girl stared at the boy expectantly, "Xiaoxiao, you...you'll come again tomorrow, right?"

Mu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Yes."

As he walked out of the old school building and looked over the barbed wire fence at the girl waving from the window in the distance, Mu Xiaoxiao waved back. Then he looked up at the gloomy sky, which seemed to be on the verge of a storm, and his expression became solemn.

"Hanako..."

Rumble————

The thunder grew more frequent and intense until raindrops began to fall, pattering down until they became a torrential downpour. The violent rain pounded against the windows as if trying to shatter them.

Hanako remained seated, still in the position of being embraced, as if still savoring the feeling of being hugged by Mu Xiaoxiao, a sweet smile appearing on her pale cheeks.

It rained all night, and Hanako stayed there all night, waiting until the next morning. The rain showed no signs of letting up, and the sky remained overcast and gloomy, with a depressing atmosphere enveloping the old school building.

Hanako suddenly realized something, "With such heavy rain, what if... Xiaoxiao doesn't come?"

The thought made the girl uneasy. She bit her finger and leaned against the window. "No way, Xiao Xiao promised me. He said he would come today."

Time passed in anxious and uneasy waiting. It was noon, then afternoon, and finally dusk, but Mu Xiaoxiao was nowhere to be seen. The evil spirit girl's face was pale, and it was hard to tell whether it was due to weakness or disappointment.

"Xiaoxiao..."

Disappointed, frustrated, and dejected, the girl leaned against the wall, her eyes filled with sadness. Mu Xiaoxiao's first broken promise made Hanako's nose tingle, and she felt like crying. But strangely, despite breaking the promise, the evil spirit girl showed no signs of turning evil.

She would rather suffer in silence than turn evil and hurt him. Hanako's feelings also caused her body to weaken continuously. Even though Mu Xiaoxiao didn't come, the girl's feelings, those feelings that were not allowed to appear, still led her step by step into the abyss.

However, more painful and saddening than her physical weakness was the absence of the person she loved. Hanako buried her head in her arms. As night fell, the raindrops finally subsided, and Hanako had given up hope. Just then, the girl suddenly heard footsteps in the sound of raindrops.

He looked up sharply.

"Little--"

Outside the iron fence stood a burly man with a thick Buddhist rosary around his neck, a bald head, an expressionless face, and a terrifying aura that made Hanako feel intimidated. "Who... is he?"

"Onmyoji?"

"There are evil spirits haunting this area. Is it you?" The bald man stood below, gazing at the girl by the window of the old school building, staring intently at her. "I, the exorcist Vajra Yihuangan, have come here to deal with you."