Whose youth romance story begins with a witch's trial?!

Before running away, Chang Rong held Noah's slender little hand again and thanked her earnestly. If it weren't for Noah helping her find her original intention, she was afraid that she would really become a sadistic thing who was addicted to collecting all the illustrations.

"Nono no...? Noah isn't that amazing... Hehehe... Although I don't know what Noah did, I'm super, super happy to be able to help Rongrong!"

Noah blushed instantly upon receiving Chang Rong's earnest thanks, and responded with an embarrassed, silly smile.

"By the way, would Rongrong like to have some water and rest for a bit?"

"The situation is urgent, Noah, I must go first!"

Seeing the mysterious little sweet drink that Noah handed her from his arms, Chang Rong immediately made a dashing escape.

"Noah..." Seeing that Chang Rong was as unyielding as ever, Noah drooped his head, holding the mysterious little drink that would make him dizzy.

However, just thinking about how Chang Rong had rubbed his head and thanked him so earnestly, Noah immediately perked up again.

Although Rongrong always deliberately distanced herself from him, which eventually made Noah lose confidence in himself... But, in Rongrong's heart, Noah was indeed irreplaceable and the most special person!

Even though An An always had ill intentions and plotted against Rong Rong, and even planned to cheat by using magic to hypnotize Rong Rong, Rong Rong still cared more about Noah. Noah is the most powerful!

Thinking this, Noah felt a warm glow in her heart. At the same time, she arrived at the library and gently pushed open the door.

Behind the library door, An An sat on the table in a somewhat strange posture. Her cheeks would occasionally contort from sudden soreness, but more often she wore a satisfied and happy expression.

Coincidentally, Noah, who had just been praised by Chang Rong in a serious manner, also had an incredibly happy smile on his face.

"Anananan, I just saw Rongrong!"

Although I don't know what my best friend asked me to do for her, as her best friend, my top priority is to show off the kindness Chang Rong just showed me!

"Hmm? You saw that stupid monster? Tell me about it."

"promise……?"

Noah was stunned for a moment. Originally, when An'an heard about the topic of 'stupid monster', she would always pretend to be indifferent. But when she saw or heard Chang Rong being intimate with others, she would bite her sleeve and put on a look of a resentful woman in her boudoir or a neglected wife.

But An'an, sitting in the chair at this moment, for some reason, adopted a nonchalant attitude, as if she had a trophy in hand and was laughing at the uncrowned stray dogs.

"Hey, Rongrong just told Noah—"

Although Noah had some reservations, she decided to stick to her original plan and share her newfound joy with her best friend.

"Hmm, I see. I understand completely now."

"promise……?"

After listening to Noah's vivid description, An An did not put on the defeated expression of "I am suffering" as before. Instead, she crossed her hands on her chin, leaned on the desk, and showed a profound and strategic attitude. Her tone even revealed a sense of superiority from the bottom of her heart.

An An's unusual behavior aroused even more suspicion in Noah's heart. She frowned and tilted her head, quickly asking An An what profound insights she had to offer.

"We already know—Noah, you've been given the 'friend zone'... no, it should be called the 'good daughter zone'!"

"promise……!?"

An An stretched out her finger, mimicking a court lawyer, and pointed at Noah to deliver her verdict. Noah, on the other hand, transformed into a suspect caught red-handed, his eyes widening in disbelief and shock.

"That's just basic reasoning, my dear best friend. That idiot monster may have said a lot, but he doesn't really intend to take things any further with you, does he?"

An An leaned close to Noah and said with a mischievous grin.

"No, no, no... Noah knows that Rongrong is just waiting for a better opportunity!" Noah quickly retorted, "That's not true at all!"

"A better time? Heh heh heh... Heh heh heh! Looks like you're still in the dark, my dear Noah!"

An An finally couldn't hold back any longer. She let out a textbook laugh like a villainous scoundrel, then leaned close to Noah's ear, suppressing the blush on her cheeks as she whispered in her ear.

"I've...done that...with that stupid monster, you know?"

"...Noah noah noah!? This kind of joke is completely meaningless, Noah is going to get angry!"

Upon hearing An'an's words, Noah's eyes widened instantly, as if he had seen a simple spear and was extremely shocked.

"If you don't believe me... Noah, aren't you a master of manipulating liquids? There should... there should still be some special liquid left in this library... Would you like to take a look? Especially me, I even contributed my red pigment—"

"Nono nono...!?"

Noah Kinosaki, who was still gritting his teeth and denying it, suddenly yelled "There's a cow!" after seeing the white paint that shouldn't be in the library and the red paint that An An could only provide once in her life, and then the balloon burst.

"Rongrong...Rongrong...betrayed Noah...!! An'an too...!"

After the extreme shock, the vibrant colors on Noah's body instantly dimmed, turning into black, white, and gray, just like her heart at that moment, which was already dead and insane.

What is this... Rongrong always pretends to be a kind and gentle person, but deep down she is a sadistic and perverted person, and behind the scenes she is having such a wild and outrageous affair with An'an...!

"Huh...? Noah, calm down first. I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush— *whoosh*!? *thump thump thump*— *thud*!!"

An An suddenly noticed Noah's strange behavior. The pigeon spirit vaguely realized that she seemed to have overdone it and provoked Noah. However, before she could dissuade him further, Noah manipulated the liquid and poured the mysterious sweet water into her stomach without warning, putting her into a good sleep.

"Noah... understands now. Before, Noah was just too naive, ridiculously naive."

After tearfully murdering her best friend, Noah swayed and slowly got up, her empty, dark eyes looking down the corridor as she slowly walked forward.

This is... a battlefield. And the battlefield is a place where no one shows mercy; it is a purgatory where one must fight to the very end.

Simply administering medicine won't win the cup! Now, if I want to get rid of these "good person" and "good daughter" labels, the only way is... to use a more brutal and direct method to demonstrate my filial piety to Rongrong!!!

Achoo...!

Not far away, Chang Rong, who was on his way to the entrance, suddenly sneezed. He didn't notice the thick filial piety that had turned into ink, and just sighed that it was really cold without his little cotton-padded jacket, before continuing to look for Mag.

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Thanks to the generous food and lodging provider, and to Chenguang for the unexpected treat! I can drink two bottles of iced tea in one go today!

268. The latest ailment on Witch Island – the "Eat-It-All Syndrome"

Chang Rong realized a truth: when you make up your mind to do something, the whole world will conspire to make things difficult for you.

"Lord Changrong...!"

"What's wrong, Meruru? Have those government personnel monitoring Witch Island on the outskirts caused some new trouble?"

Originally, Chang Rong planned to confront Mag, who had caused trouble and then ran away. However, not long after Chang Rong parted ways with Noah, she bumped into the jellyfish nun, Ice Meruru, who looked panicked.

"No, that's not it... although some of the government officials did have some doubts about the reshoots of Battle Royale..."

Meruru shook her head awkwardly. The virtual battle royale that she and the warden had filmed to fool outside observers had never actually been shown to Chang Rong in the real movie.

Although the battle royale ended with a scenario where "the mastermind Meruru and the remaining surviving prospective witch temporarily formed an evil alliance to clean up the mess"—a scenario that wasn't too far-fetched but could buy some time to prevent the next batch of prospective witches from being airdropped—in reality, many unexpected problems arose during its execution.

Firstly, there were many disagreements among the group regarding the victim of the first killing case. Coco first suggested that, in order to respect the Kojiki (ancient Chinese historical record), the first killing should be Heero being killed by his sister's suicide. However, this suggestion was naturally rejected by Heero on the spot. Heero said that the first playthrough was purely fictional history and that the playthrough should follow the rhythm of the second playthrough, which is Meruru being the first to be buried.

Hiro's suggestion was naturally opposed by Meruru. After having a heart-to-heart talk with Chang Rong and the others in the gap world, and even having sex with them, Meruru is no longer the cunning and soft-hearted jellyfish who only drops small pearls. Therefore, she refused very decisively.

Unexpectedly, the filming process was stuck right at the beginning, which caught everyone off guard. If Marg, Milia, and Arisa hadn't volunteered to solo the first kill of the exiting character, everyone would probably have remained stuck in place.

Finally, Milia smiled and reached out her right hand to lift Arisa's hood, choosing to become the first ill-fated couple in the script with Marg.

When Arisa trembled as she questioned Milia about why she had done this, Milia simply smiled, tapped Arisa's forehead with her finger, typed "Because I've staked my life on the new generation" on her phone, and then disappeared without a trace.

As for 'Milia' sacrificing herself and leaving the scene, and then immediately running to the infirmary to attack Chang Rong while wearing the Fierce Milia suit, that's another matter.

But the filming accident didn't end there. Rather, the sacrifice of Margot and Milia simply postponed the ignition of the powder keg a little while. Soon, everyone started arguing again about 'who should be the second to leave the set'.

Almost everyone had the reason and resolve to "hehe, I want to live," even Arisa, who originally planned to surrender, decided to live to the end after inheriting Milia's will. A group of people desperately added drama to their lives, even extending to pure fictional concepts like "hypnotizing oneself to be immortal, An An," "controlling liquid adrenaline to create an artificial superhuman, Noah," "seeing countless world lines and being omniscient and omnipotent, Nanoha Kaoru," "futuristic Laplace's fairy Coco," "soul-levitable ascendant, Hannah," and "truly strong, Tachibana Sherry," etc., all emphasizing absolute immortality and desperately clinging to life.

In the end, Hiro couldn't stand it anymore and decided to obediently accept the 'sister's' kaishaku. Anyway, he had already eaten in the third cycle in reality, so there was nothing more to say to you bunch of Xiao Chu girls.

But for some reason, the 'older sister's' swordsmanship, which was usually as sharp as mud and could kill Hero with a single stroke, suddenly became weak and powerless. That's another story.

After Hiro left, the group's initial argument was about to continue, but then Rhea suddenly said, "The Unnatural Banyan isn't in the script either, and the survivors won't get any prizes, so what are we fighting for?"

This sentence was like opening Pandora's box, instantly freeing all the aspiring witches from their original path dependencies. The mindset of 'surviving to the end means you can sleep with Chang Rong' was completely shattered, and everyone suddenly couldn't wait to die on the spot, finish the fight, and run away.

The final result was that... in the video footage submitted to government officials, those aspiring witches, for some reason, all had an extremely strong will to survive from the beginning, with an average of unwavering golden spirit and a SAN value as stable as iron.

But after a certain point, this group of aspiring witches suddenly began to disappear en masse. Some committed suicide because hand-washing clothes was too tiring, some stabbed each other because they disliked the strong paint smell on their roommates, and some even did a no-rope bungee jump because they couldn't livestream without internet access—this group of aspiring witches seemed to have planned it all, almost all of them dying overnight. If this were a movie, it would basically be a contender for the worst film of the year.

"In short... I suspect that Witch Island is experiencing some kind of flu, or rather, an unknown virus!"

Meruru temporarily swallowed her worries that the 'bad movie' might be exposed, and hurriedly reported the current situation to Chang Rong.

"Virus?" The unexpected word forced Chang Rong to temporarily abandon his plan to run away and continue searching for Mag, and instead asked Meruru what was going on.

"No, that's right... No, it might not be a virus, it could be some kind of residual magical effect—anyway, Lord Changrong, I've noticed that many people are acting strangely lately! They're all exhibiting some abnormal symptoms, and their reactions are remarkably similar!"

"what happened?"

With only one step left to leave Witch Island, Chang Rong frowned deeply. Did something have to happen at this crucial moment?

"Um... based on my observation, Miss Emma, ​​Miss Arisa, Miss Milia, Miss Nanoha, and Miss Sherry, whom I just saw—their mobility has been impaired to some extent, and they occasionally space out, then snap back to reality with a silly grin on their faces, accompanied by an unusual flush—"

"Pfft, cough cough cough!!! Okay, stop talking now...!"

Chang Rong, whose face was solemn, choked instantly and quickly raised his hand to signal Mei Lulu to stop reporting.

"Huh... what's wrong, Lord Changrong?" Meruru tilted her head in confusion, wondering why Changrong was behaving this way, when he was the one who cared the most about all the prospective witches.

“Meruru, you… uh, you are the Great Witch’s most beloved and perfect Primordial Witch, so you probably don’t know much about this. Actually, this is a normal phenomenon for prospective witches. Just leave it alone! It will naturally get better after a while. If you don’t believe me, you can go and see An’an. She should have a similar reaction.”

Chang Rong quickly started rambling to Mei Lulu, trying to extract keywords along the way.

"The Great Witch's favorite... Hehehe, although the Great Witch is fine no matter what, since it's Chang Rong who said so, I'm relieved."

Meruru blinked and smiled at Chang Rong, then nodded to indicate that she understood.

"Whatever you want, please! It's been a centuries-old obsession, so please hold on a little longer...!"

Chang Rong quickly complained, and after giving the jellyfish's head a vigorous rub as usual, he managed to barely manage to get by, allowing Meruru to temporarily immerse herself in the maintenance budget of Witch Island.

I think I've really gone too far these past few days... Did I unknowingly do so much in one go?

Upon hearing Meruru's words, Chang Rong realized once again that his progress in the past few days could be described as nothing short of meteoric. It even gave Meruru the illusion that a virus had collectively invaded, since a massive number of cases had suddenly appeared around him, including the stupid, sickly, and malfunctioning girl, Tachibana Sherry.

It's fortunate that the encounter with Meruru, Lady Rhea, and Alice took place in the 'Gap World,' so their bodies didn't fully inherit their states upon returning to the real world. Otherwise, if Meruru had actually experienced the process, she probably would have immediately noticed something amiss.

But it's estimated that this can't be kept secret for long. Not to mention that the president, a strategist who has already guessed his number of honorary kills through reasoning and intuition, as time goes by, once these prospective witches all notice the anomaly and start a magical reconciliation...

Chang Rong swallowed hard, forcing himself not to imagine what would happen next, but to refocus on what he needed to do in the present moment.

It's all Margot's fault! How could Margot be so wicked! If it weren't for Margot, would I be like this now?! What kind of witch island is this?! You've ruined me like this!

After delivering the formulaic blame, Chang Rong arrived near the entrance. Instead of seeing Mag, she encountered Kurobe Nanoha, one of the patients Meruru described as having 'impaired mobility and occasionally blushing and grinning foolishly'—in short, the "Eating Syndrome."

"Nanoha Kaori—Puuwaa!!? What, what's going on—"

Although the aftermath of his previous encounter with the three heroes by the lake made Chang Rong slightly awkward when facing Nanoha Kaori, time heals all wounds. During his time away from Nanoha Kaori, Emma, ​​and Risa, Chang Rong also managed to seduce Sherry and An An. As the saying goes, the more debts you have, the less you worry. After this series of actions, Chang Rong felt much more at ease when facing Nanoha Kaori again, in short, he became even more of a scumbag.

However, just as Chang Rong raised his hand to greet Naoya Kaori, he was suddenly tackled to the ground by a black aura. That aura was none other than Naoya Kaori's older sister, who had lost her real name.