Love, Gun, Cupid

“If it’s the younger sister greeting the older sister, this is enough,” Mu Mian said. “Or should we have a semi-final match beforehand?”

"Unfortunately, we were not grouped together in the semifinals. Your opponent is Yi Lu Ting Feng, while my opponent is Qi Yan Li. If we can both eliminate our opponents, I will get the biggest stage right now - the chance to defeat you personally in the final of the qualifying rounds."

Dear sister, how much I hate you! While we brothers and sisters are fighting tooth and nail for every little bit of resources, you're playing hide-and-seek, rebelling, and running away from home... You have no idea how hateful it is to us how you squander resources!

You are the only child your parents love. They are willing to take care of us illegitimate children, just hoping to create another you. So everything about us is modeled after you... even our appearance. We went to plastic surgery clinics and used the power of magic to change our looks and figures.

Although it sounds ridiculous, I love my mom and dad. They at least gave me a chance, a chance to prove that illegitimate children are not necessarily inferior to legitimate children. If I can defeat you, I will replace you as the new Kapok, and you are the illegitimate child, Glalish.

For the sake of our families, we'll meet in the finals. For the sake of my personal feelings…

Glarish charged at Kapok, who drew her sword to meet the attack. Sparks flew as their weapons clashed, and a two-colored phantom filled the space between them.

Chapter Seventy-Eight: Disposal

The battle began and ended with Grellish drawing her sword. The two fighters' moves, power generation methods, and physical attributes were almost identical. The only difference was the swords in their hands.

It was as if Kapok was fighting against another version of herself; she showed no mercy, seemingly harboring old grudges against her sisters. Grellish was the same; molded into a second Kapok, she spoke of acting for the family's benefit, yet the sword in her hand conveyed the message, "I wish Kapok were dead."

The two unfortunate sisters clashed swords dozens of times, leaving several wounds on each other. Kapok gradually found herself at a disadvantage, because in addition to Glarysh, she also had to be wary of the two helpers Glarysh brought.

“I have a suggestion,” Lin Jiade said. “I’ll use celestial weapons to launch a surprise attack…”

Wei Ying left, but she didn't retrieve the celestial weapon, so Lin Jiade shamelessly claimed it as his own. Kapok's sword pushed aside Grellish's blade, but the opponent's helper flicked his wrist, and a hidden weapon pierced Kapok's protective gear, leaving a long, narrow scar on her face.

“While I can’t kill you, I can at least slash your face to a pulp,” Glalish said with a smile. “Or, I can peel off your entire face and transplant it onto mine, so I can better impersonate Kapok.”

Lin Jiade complained, "Mian, it seems like your family members are all a bit mentally ill. I hope our future children won't inherit it."

“I have nothing to refute,” Kapok replied. “Also, I don’t want to have children.”

"So, I used a celestial weapon to severely injure her, and we took the opportunity to escape. Although this will expose our last trump card, it's better than being skinned alive by her here!"

Kapok was almost ready to agree to the plan when, at that moment, Emerald Curtain, who had been ignored by everyone, lifted up and threw a flashbang on the ground, which only hindered Glalish and the others for a second.

Grellish's two henchmen, wielding weapons that resembled enlarged silver needles, advanced, only to be blocked by a suddenly rising wall of darkness. When they smashed the obstacle, there was nothing behind it.

On the rooftop of a nearby building, a dark silhouette shrouded in cotton and emerald curtains exhaled them, and Tianlong's voice came from within: "This is the last time I will personally take action. My magic is very distinctive, and I don't want to be suspected of colluding with you."

“Thank you, Tianlong,” said Mumian. “How did you find us?”

“If you can find the Emerald Curtain, your sisters can find it, and naturally I can too,” Tianlong replied.

After saying that, he disappeared. Mu Mian looked at Cui Mu Fenglian: "Multiple ways to eat one fish, hmm?"

Cui Mufenglian looked embarrassed, while Mu Mian was troubled about how to deal with the other party. At this crucial moment in the elimination rounds, she couldn't kill the other party. Destroying the body and covering up the evidence was inconvenient and might provoke retaliation from the other party's family members.

If this isn't dealt with, that shameless Cui Mu Feng Lian will probably make the whole world know about it. Some things can be done, but people absolutely cannot keep quiet about them, otherwise they will face a righteous trial... although this trial will only be conducted on the surface.

"How about we get some leverage over her?" Lin Jiade suggested. "In this internet age, it's so easy to save and spread information. Even if she changes her mind later, she wouldn't go so far as to blow up the whole building to destroy the evidence, would she?"

What scandals could she possibly have in her possession?

Kapok looked at the emerald curtain of wind, and the punishment mechanism of the secret-keeping magic was activated once again, causing the latter to collapse to the ground like an addict, its hands and feet trembling. This was a perfect handle, so Kapok took out her phone.

“This poses no threat to me…” Cui Mufenglian said weakly.

"No, this is for your crush to see. You're pursuing her, which means you're at a lower level in the relationship. I wonder if he'll feel sorry for you after seeing you like this, or if he'll feel that your value has been further diminished and thus distance himself from you?"

Kapok added cruelly, "Yes, he still needs your money to get out of trouble, so she still loves you. You should have confidence in yourself."

"Let's talk..."

"I'm thinking, should I find someone to be intimate with you, film it, and send it to your sweetheart, staging a pure love cuckoldry scenario: your body is violated, but your soul is not; you are the victim, not someone who actively cheated, but a victim of misfortune and malice, so this is very pure love."

Lin Jiade felt that Mu Mian's idea was a bit extreme, but he could understand her emotions. Tonight, Cui Mu Fenglian's betrayal almost capsized them, and if they couldn't enter the top four, then all their previous efforts and promises would become a joke.

The immense pressure caused Kapok to "go mad." After entering the final four, the pressure on Kapok became even greater, because the four people were competing for three promotion spots. The only loser would be magnified infinitely under the spotlight. The loser would be mercilessly whipped, and people would devour his failure, chew it thoroughly, and derive a sweet sense of schadenfreude from it.

"Mian, we can't really hurt her!" Lin Jiade reminded her. "Control your emotions, control your emotions. This chapter is over. The focus now is on your next opponent, Yi Lu Tingfeng!"

Kapok took a deep breath and barely managed to hold back. She said to Emerald Curtain, "Your family background saved you once. I hope you will leave the First Continent as soon as possible and reunite with the person you love who is building the pyramids."

Kapok left and returned to her hotel. Lin Jiade transformed into human form and began to help Kapok treat her injuries. This time, Kapok became the sword in his hand. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, he played with it carefully and applied oil to maintain the "Kapok" sword.

Mu Mian tried to escape, but she didn't. When she recovered, she immediately tackled Lin Jiade and threw him onto the bed.

"Shall we take a shower first?" Lin Jiade asked.

"You don't like the smell?"

"No, a hot bath will help you recover from fatigue. Get some rest, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Oh. That's good. I thought..."

"You think I have ulterior motives?" Lin Jiade smiled. "We'll talk about that when you have the physical signs of a girl."

This remark ignited Mu Mian's competitive spirit. She immediately dragged Lin Jiade into the bathroom, and after a bit of fooling around, she walked out satisfied, while Lin Jiade staggered behind her.

They turned off the lights, and darkness and silence enveloped the room. Lin Jiade and Mu Mian's hands moved closer to each other simultaneously and clasped together. A few seconds later, Mu Mian let go, turned around and hugged Lin Jiade, resting her head on his chest.

Lin Jiade hugged her back, closed his eyes, and quickly drifted off to sleep in a warm and relaxing atmosphere.

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Malvaceae Sisters

The next day, when they returned, the two maintained a friendly distance outside. Hehuan and Lin Jiade's tickets were together. Lin Jiade looked down at his phone, but couldn't help but notice Hehuan glancing at him once, twice, three or four times. Just as he was about to look up and ask why, Hehuan reached out and pulled a reddish-brown strand of hair from his hair.

"What did you and Kapok do last night?" Hehuan asked.

"Hmm, why kapok?"

"Could there be other people in our team with this type of hair?"

Out of respect for the kapok tree, no one else on the kapok team dyed their hair the same color as the kapok tree. Lin Jiade was speechless and said, "It's nothing."

Hehuan leaned even closer: "Really?"

Lin Jiade glanced at Hehuan's extremely imposing frontal profile, especially when she was sitting. He couldn't stand it, but he was sitting inside with nowhere to hide.

Lin Jiade was a little afraid of Hehuan. He vaguely felt that Hehuan had some feelings for him, which was why he was afraid. After all, his relationship with Mian had not been officially announced. If Hehuan suddenly took a different path, Mian would probably be furious at his behavior of cheating on her best friend and then castrate him with a sword.

Moreover, there are reasons why Jasmine, Gladiolus, and Kapok are so fond of him, but what is the reason why Albizia likes him?

So he had no choice but to throw out a heavy-handed bait to divert Hehuan's gossip interest, saying, "We have met the sisters of Kapok."

Hehuan raised an eyebrow: "Which one?"

"She calls herself Grellish, number F7."

"That means she is the seventh sister of Kapok, but I find it strange that she gave her real name instead of a code name."

"You know their code names?"

Hehuan explained, "It's no secret. The code name for Kapok comes from the Malvaceae order and the Bombacaceae family, while the code names for her brothers all come from the Malvaceae order and the Tiliaceae family, and the code names for her sisters all come from the Malvaceae order and the Malvaceae family."

“Her real code name is ‘Earth Peach’,” Kapok interjected.

Lin Jiade and Hehuan turned around together, and Mumian shrugged and said, "You forgot to cast the soundproofing spell and the lip-reading filter, so I've added them for you."

Hehuan was a little embarrassed: "I think I've gone a bit too far with my gossip."

“If you don’t care, I’ll cry.” Kapok turned to Lin Jiade. “Di Tao is not an exception. My parents used some method to make my sisters recycle waste and turn them into superhumans.”

Earth Peach is the strongest among them, followed by Bellflower, Brahma, and Hibiscus. The sisters whose names end in Sunflower are only at the beginner level. There are eleven of them in total.

Lin Jiade protested, "Don't say that, Mu Mian, I'm just a beginner too... Wait, eleven people? The number of a football team's starting lineup? Are you setting up a Mallow FC (football club)?"

"Strange counting units and summaries... I have quite a few illegitimate children."

"You have no reason to know those details, right? Who told you?" Lin Jiade asked.

"The sisters who don't want Momo to win."

"Oh, so there are still good people in your family."

Kapok shook her head: "You're mistaken. They don't want Peach to win, but that doesn't mean they want me to win. The sisters only have one goal: to become the 'Kapok' that Mom and Dad love the most, to inherit their resources and wealth as their only legitimate heir, and to fulfill their dreams for the future."

"Your home..."

Lin Jiade was a little speechless. He waved his hand and said, "Anyway, let's go back to our base camp and discuss this further. Let's deal with Yi Lu Tingfeng first. Does anyone have any information on her?"

Listening to the Wind is no stranger to the Kapok team, because Rafaam used his shapeshifting ability to impersonate a member of their team to steal secrets, which was done under the instruction of Listening to the Wind.

However, their friendship was quite superficial. After Rafaam was captured, she betrayed Yi Lu Ting Feng without hesitation, giving Mu Mian some basic information that she couldn't use for the time being.

“I never expected that Kapok and Listening to the Wind would actually match up,” Lin Jiade laughed. “I wonder if this counts as our luck.”

“Rafaam may have told Yi Lu Tingfeng about this. If we consider the fifth level, perhaps this is one of their tactics,” Mu Mian said.

"Bring Rafaam back in and interrogate him. See if there's any dirt we can dig up. Also, investigate his sponsors and social circle. See if we can find a breakthrough in these areas and put a debuff on him directly."

“Let’s do it this way.” Kapok nodded. “Help me contact Ms. Sword Orchid; we need her to capture Rafaam.”

He Huan looked at Lin Jiade in surprise. In just one month, the young man's attitude in the qualifying rounds had become incomprehensible to her, and he had become somewhat...familiar yet annoying? He was becoming more and more like someone she knew in her circle.

As soon as Lin Jiade landed, he called Jianlan. Jianlan remembered Dujuan's secret about Priestess Diana and the King of the Forest, so she carried out the task efficiently. When Mumian drove Lin Jiade to a nearby fast food restaurant, she and a reluctant Rafaam were already sitting there.

"Why a fast food restaurant?" Kapok asked.

Gladiolus pointed at Rafaam: "She's hungry, and I want to satisfy her appetite and my need to extract information in the most economical way possible."

Lin Jiade suddenly remembered that the burger shop near his home was popular among young people suffering from constipation. If you paired it with their tap water mixed with Coke, even Lin Jiade, who was considered strong for a young man, couldn't handle it. Last year, when he was eating out for every meal, he had a car accident here.

However, now that he is a superhuman, he can easily make cricket burgers and mix tap water with cola, but this also means that this method is useless against Rafaam.

He and Mumian sat diagonally opposite each other, with Rafaam sandwiched inside. Today, she was still dressed as a white-stockinged, fox-eared loli, but she had changed to a blonde-haired, round-faced, green-eyed girl, wearing an orange dress with white trim, a blue ribbon decorating the neckline, and a transparent milk bottle slung across her shoulder, exuding the purity of a younger sister and the charm of a girlfriend.

"As expected of a shapeshifter," Lin Jiade praised, "You can transform into whoever you want, but you have a lot of carrots on your back?"

“That’s a tail,” Rafaam said, sounding a little aggrieved.

Rafaam is a child fetishist. His favorite thing to do is to transform into a young girl and then hang out with real young girls.

This time, she was unlucky. While she was on a picnic with the young girls, the restriction that Jianlan had left with her was activated, and a door appeared in front of Rafaam in an instant. Jianlan reached out and took Rafaam to Fuxing City.

I've added an extra chapter.

Chapter Eighty: The Moon in a Dream

"On December 22nd, our opponent will be Yilu Tingfeng. Defeating Yilu Tingfeng will guarantee our smooth promotion to senior professional titles. The importance of this competition to us is self-evident."

Gladiolus said, "You'll help us, right?"

Rafaam was on the verge of tears. She had no morals to back down. Since she had already betrayed Yi Lu Tingfeng the first time, she naturally wouldn't mind betraying him a second time, but she really had nothing to say.

“Of course I’ll help, but… well, I probably can’t be of much help.” Her voice trailed off. “I’m just a not-so-important friend in the industry, so she didn’t care when you guys arrested me.”

"Since it's not important, then I'll just have to send you to work in an electronics factory. You'll work 12 hours a day and only have one day off a month. In this kind of high-intensity labor, you'll be contributing your value, won't you?"