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To be honest, Spider can remember the faces of everyone in the class, but matching faces with names is a bit difficult for her.

She wasn't particularly interested in what happened in class.

Spider racked his brains trying to recall what his classmates looked like, and after a long while, a word suddenly popped into his mind.

Sadako

She didn't know why she thought of this term, and then the next moment she connected it with the nickname "Sadako".

Then, the memories in my brain seemed to be reborn, flowing slowly.

"Oh, so it's Miss Sadako, an outsider like me. She didn't call me by my nickname, but by my full name, Akiko Negishi. I almost forgot her." Spider-Woman muttered to herself, "Wait, if it weren't for that nickname, I probably wouldn't remember her at all. After all, I can't match the names and faces of the other classmates to my memory. Thinking about it this way, doesn't it mean that nicknames are the most memorable thing?"

Zhongli paid no attention to his quiet ramblings.

He simply pointed to the thief below, who was tearing at the woman's clothes, exposing a large expanse of her smooth, snow-white chest, and said, "Aren't you going down to help? If you're any later, your classmate will be arrested, and his mother will be violated too."

"Oh~~!"

The spider reacted instantly.

"Then I'll go."

After muttering those words, Spider leaped into the air, its speed exceeding ten thousand units, far surpassing the reaction time of the thieves before it.

With a casual slash from its scythe-like forelimbs, a thief fell to the ground instantly.

Then, after the slash, came the instantaneous earth magic, earth spikes, like the punishment of the legendary vampire ancestor on Earth. All the remaining thieves were easily pierced into a string of candied hawthorns.

All that remained were countless drops of blood and mangled entrails scattered on the ground.

Standing there, the noblewoman, who had been expressionless, took two steps back in fright at the sudden appearance of the hideous spider and the dead thief. Completely disregarding the exposed skin on her body, she only focused on protecting her child.

Seeing her wary look, the spider scratched its head with its front claws, and then suddenly a brilliant idea struck it.

Then he cast a healing spell on a dying person on the ground, dressed in a butler's uniform.

A moment later, the butler quickly stood up without any hesitation or order, picked up a longsword that had fallen to the ground, and stood in front of the noblewoman.

What kind of monster are you?

He asked the spider loudly.

"You can call me Spider."

The spider emitted a hissing, human-like sound from its throat, and a surge of joy welled up within it—if it weren't for Zhongli, who had already analyzed most of the skill system...

They added a magical communication skill to her, but right now, in her spider body, she can't speak human language.

"A talking monster!!!"

The human butler and the human noblewoman exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

"Yes, yes." The spider was honestly a little tired of the humans' shock. She waved her forepaws again and whispered:

"It's a talking monster, a spider! Making its grand entrance!"

However, it was obvious that the two people from the other world couldn't appreciate the humor in those words; they simply glanced at each other and nodded.

Then, the human butler stepped forward and respectfully asked:

“Great Miss Spider, what do you need us to pay you as a reward?”

"Hmm? I don't think that's necessary." Spider-Child hadn't considered these things.

Do you need blood and human corpses?

The human butler asked again, his voice trembling.

Spider-Man was clearly taken aback for a moment, and after glancing at the human butler and the human noblewoman, he unexpectedly lost interest.

She waved her two front paws, glanced at the motionless baby Sofia Galen (Akiko Negishi) crouching in her mother's arms, and then swiftly left the spot.

The next second, she appeared on the steep slope where Zhongli was.

"What's wrong? Why don't you talk to those people? They are the most important step for you to return to a normal human life." Zhong Li put his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.

"It's nothing, I just feel that although this baby in front of me used to be my classmate, her infant brain is not yet able to fully handle her consciousness, and she can't even speak, so it's a bit boring."

The spider spread its hands.

"Besides, even if I remembered what she looked like before, my relationship with her in my past life wasn't good. To be honest, I can't think of anything to say."

"Too"

Zhongli nodded in response.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Spider Child: Fairy? Black Beast?

"In that case, let's get down to business."

Zhongli pointed at the ground in front of him, which was now littered with corpses.

A strange light shone from his fingertips, and then several translucent corpses that looked gruesomely dead suddenly appeared before Spider and him.

"Ah~~!" The spider was startled and jumped back.

Even though she had caused so many corpses and deaths, she was still a little afraid of ghosts.

"Don't worry." Zhongli's calm voice soothed her.

"My research into the entire skill system has reached a fairly deep level, and I've cracked about 80% of it. It's normal to intercept the souls of humans who are about to be reincarnated in the system after death."

Spider-Man composed himself, and after a long while, he looked at the thief's soul, which was bleeding profusely and had its internal organs spilled all over the ground, and cautiously asked, "Senior Zhongli, why did you intercept this soul?"

“Hmm…” Zhongli pondered for a moment: “Spider, I don’t know if you noticed, but these thieves seem to be targeting your baby classmate directly.”

"Hmm? It shouldn't be that bad." Spider scratched his head with his front claws. "I think my classmate was reincarnated as the daughter of a noble lord. Even if the thieves came prepared, they were probably after the nobles."

“No, if I’m not mistaken…” Zhongli stopped mid-sentence.

"How about this, let's just ask the soul in front of us directly."

After saying this, Zhongli reached out and gently touched the soul with its disgusting appearance.

A clear, faint glow instantly enveloped it completely.

The next second, this broken soul, which had been in a daze, seemed to regain some of its senses, at least its eyes showed a hint of liveliness.

That was about it. The faint light in Zhongli's hand stopped abruptly, and the broken soul did not revive any further.

Then, Zhongli asked the soul, "Why did you thieves attack the nobleman's carriage? Aren't you afraid of the nobleman's punishment afterward?"

To this question, the broken soul of the thief answered without hesitation: "Someone paid us to attack this carriage and take the baby inside. Although we felt it was a bit scary to deal with the family of a high-ranking noble, we had no choice; they offered too much."

“See?” Zhongli spread his hands and turned his gaze to the spider.

Then he asked the soul again, "Who is your employer?"

“You’ve come to the right person.” The broken thief’s soul, though expressionless and dejected, spoke with a hint of pride: “I may not have any other skills, but my sense of smell is far beyond that of ordinary people, so I secretly discovered the source of our business.”

"Those are a group of pointy-eared fairies."

"A fairy?" Spider-Child paused again, then asked with some hesitation, "Is it really a fairy? No way, fairies are involved in the black market and child trafficking? This is so different from the fairies I imagined."

Zhongli, on the other hand, was much more knowledgeable. He clapped his hands slightly and said, "Don't take the fairies in the light novels or anime and comics you read as common sense. In Earth-related series, apart from the Japanese fairies who often play the role of the bullied, the fairies in the Western world are all very martial and virtuous."

"If we replaced them with Warhammer 40000 elves, they wouldn't even blink an eye at genocide, let alone such dark industries."

"After all, according to general theory, fairies possess a well-preserved civilization, long lifespans, agile movements, and extensive time for magical research. Apart from the commonly mentioned issue of reproduction, they are almost entirely a replacement for humans. How could such a civilization be weak?"

Zhongli pondered for a moment: "In my opinion, it's rather strange that the spirits in some Japanese literary works are so incredibly weak, as if they were born to be manipulated by bad people."

"Cough cough~~!" Spider coughed twice and quickly changed the subject, otherwise she was afraid that if they continued talking, strange changes would occur to her body and mind.

"Shall we continue questioning these people? Why would fairies be involved in such a kidnapping?"

"have no idea..."

The shattered soul of the thief immediately provided such an answer.

"Okay, it's normal not to know." Spider shook his head.

The thieves, of course, knew nothing about the subsequent questions.

Seeing that he could no longer get anything out of him, Zhongli waved his hand, and the soul before him turned into starlight, merging into the world.

Then, Zhongli said calmly, "Speaking of fairies, what comes to mind right now?"

"Um???"

The spider held its two claws around its eyes, frowning as it pondered deeply, unsure if it even existed.

"Um......"

"Um......"

She blinked, then looked at Zhongli cautiously and asked.

"A black beast? A pig-headed man?"

Zhongli glanced at her and said directly, "The Demon Queen Ariel has two wishes, one of which is the death of the fairy chieftain, Bodimas Paphinas."

"It's obvious that this fairy chieftain, Podimas Pafinas, is a very important figure. At least in the eyes of Ariel, the Demon Queen, he is a villain who must be killed. Most importantly, the fact that Ariel cannot kill him means that he must be one of the most powerful figures on this planet."

"The fact that such a person leads a race that wants to capture your reincarnated classmate must be hiding some kind of conspiracy that we don't know about."

Before Zhongli could finish speaking, Spider couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

"That's absolutely right!"

"So, if we break up the kidnapping of such a person, what will he do?" Zhongli continued to guide Spider's thinking.

"Hmm? Giving up on running away? If it were me, and a meticulously planned thing was suddenly disrupted, I would definitely run away to a place where no one could find me."

After saying that, Spider nodded with extreme arrogance.

As Sun Tzu's Art of War says, "A wise man does not stand under a crumbling wall." The librarian also said, "Never fight a battle you are not prepared for, never fight a battle you are not sure you can win; strive to be prepared for every battle."

“That’s true.” Zhongli agreed with these words.

However, he then added, "But this fairy chieftain, Bodimas Pafinas, is clearly not that kind of person. I think he will definitely make another move."

"Also, the first sentence is not from Sun Tzu's Art of War, but from the Analects."