Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

"I didn't get a single experience point from those branch leaders!!!"

Emma: "Sigh..."

I should have expected this.

Emma then offered her solution.

Thus, the scene before her and him came to be:

"You...you have to be careful, don't let Xiaoxue find out!"

At this moment, inside the ruins of the research institute's headquarters.

Emma, ​​who had already reached Red Rank, cautiously approached Yuki Tsukishiro, who was being strengthened, from behind, watching Yuki sob softly amidst a mixture of despairing emotions.

Yang Wen found it strange.

"why?"

"Because, because..."

Emma was conflicted.

Xiaoxue seemed very sad and upset, so we should give her some personal space...

Emma felt that Xiaoxue was already upset enough, and it was best not to let her find out that the two of them were going through her things.

At the same time, Emma looked at the witch factor that shot into the sky when Xiaoxue was enhanced.

This kind of imposing aura from a boss is truly rare; she had rarely seen it before.

If possible, she also wanted to save face for Xiaoxue.

That's the lingering charm of a girl!

Therefore, this is how Emma answered him:

"Because...because Xiaoxue cares about her image!"

Yang Wen: "?"

It's completely irrelevant, but oh well.

He thought of the proposal Emma had just given him:

Once Emma reaches Red rank, not only are her stats greatly enhanced, but her mechanics in all aspects also improve significantly.

One of them is theft.

At this moment, Yang Wen had already touched Yue Daixue's back.

"What... So the High Priestess is your mother."

Tsukishiro Yuki suddenly spoke, startling Yang Wen.

"...Let's not bother her for now."

Emma: "Mmm..."

I'm so sorry, Xiaoxue!

I will definitely comfort you a lot after this is all over!

Yang Wen then opened Tsukishiro Yuki's theft panel.

[Mobile phone][Rabbit sofa][Friendship brooch][Mystery][Fragment of King Arthur's broken sword][Bouncing shoes for backflips]...

"No, what does this have to do with anything?"

Why are the items so different?

Fragments of King Arthur's broken sword... Are you planning to start the Holy Grail War?

And you cheated on your backflip?!

Emma: "Huh? I'm a little curious about what you saw."

"...Nothing, just some strange things."

Yang Wen silently picked up the "mystery" of Yue Daixue.

[Mysterious: Yuki Tsukishiro's spare panties. Location: Helmet.]

[Upon equipping this item, Emma automatically gains the "I hate H!" and "I hate you even more!" buffs.]

How could Yang Wen miss such a delicious buff?

I'll use it later.

After carefully putting away the [Mysterious] item, Yang Wen continued searching through Tsukishiro Yuki's theft panel.

Soon, I found what I was looking for:

[Red Witch Factor (Already Absorbed)] [Black Witch Factor (Being Absorbed)]...

Yes……

Now, Yang Wen can not only steal items, but also steal certain buffs!

The phrase "already absorbed" means that it has been absorbed by Yuki Tsukishiro as a witch factor.

Some of the branch leaders' witch factors are "being absorbed".

The order in which Yuki Tsukishiro was absorbed seems to be exactly the same as the order in which the branch manager was sacrificed.

Moreover, Yang Wen cannot steal witch factors in either the "already absorbed" or "being absorbed" states.

only...

[White's Memory Echoes and Witch Factor (Unabsorbed)]

Yang Wen: "Bai? Who's that?"

Emma: "I don't know... but I think I heard the section chief mention it?"

The two thought for half a second.

Forget it, let's steal it!

It was something that came easily to me.

This was Yang Wen's first time stealing someone else's experience points, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

It's like the first time you steal something in a game.

His index finger trembled as he clicked: [Steal]!

[Theft successful!]

Thus, the current situation has arisen:

Yukishiro felt the magical power within her.

Although it has diminished somewhat, it still possesses brilliance.

Compared to these, she stared in even greater shock at the witch factor sphere in Emma's hand, which contained the white little man.

"You, you...what have you done?!"

Emma, ​​realizing she'd been caught stealing, adorably tapped her head and stuck out her tongue.

"It was picked up automatically without my noticing."

"Hehe?"

Volume 1: Chapter 357 Witch Factor Original Text

Yuki Tsukishiro always thought of herself as an emotionally stable person.

She would feel sad when she first saw others driving towards their graves.

After witnessing more and realizing that these tragedies were largely related to the witch-like influence she herself had spread, she gradually came to only one conclusion:

Ugh... it's happening again.

Until, Xue met [him].

Yang... He's different.

He is a very strange person.

Whenever the wheels of fate were about to fall into the grave, he always found a way to pull them back.

The method was excessively crude.

Stealth, theft, blood potions...

He paved the way for the arduous wheel of fate, he added auxiliary wheels to it, and he even buried the grave that marked the end of destiny...

He made the wheel of fate, which should have been moving straight forward, become an eyesore and a distorted mess.

But it always made Xue laugh out loud. And she sighed:

They actually came back to life.

At this moment, Xue gazed at the white witch factor in Yang's palm.

She could subtly sense some fragments of Bai's personality within the Witch Factor Sphere.

There is no doubt that Bai is truly dead.

But in Yang's hands, they also gained a chance to live.

Xue opened her mouth slightly, and a surge of joy immediately welled up in her chest.

After all, Bai had fulfilled her "rebellious" promise to her, which meant that Xue would have to bear some of her predetermined fate.

Bai might survive, and Xue could become a hands-off manager.

But after a brief moment of joy... Xue looked at Yang with confusion again.

Yang seemed to think she was feeling sorry for the witch's essence, and reached out to return it.

"Do you want it? I can still afford to give you some favorability and a little experience."

Emma: 'What?!'

He... he actually gave up experience points on his own?!

"……Fool."

Xue muttered a curse under her breath.

So stupid, Yang...

You've already maxed out my favorability rating.

It's already... unable to go any lower.

What truly breaks Xue's heart is... what if Yang had been there on the night Witch Island was destroyed...

Sisters, are you sure you won't die?

Does that mean I don't have to become Yuki Tsukishiro as I am today?

Will my sister complain that he eats too much? Will he complain that there aren't enough tasks on the island? Will I get so annoyed by him every day that I want to throw him into the sea?

Then the next day, I saw him again in the same place...

She knew it was a meaningless assumption, but she couldn't help thinking about it.

Yukishiro shook her head, banishing the thought from her mind.

The High Priest might be right: the Great Witch is unstoppable.

At least, that's what she has to think.

She could never forget the bloodshed on Witch Island.

We cannot pretend that nothing ever happened just because of a few redemptions, a few dates, or a few new acquaintances.

and so--

She had to keep moving forward.

A smile returned to Yuki's lips as she looked at Emma with icy eyes.

"Emma, ​​you..."