Honkai Impact 3rd, Paradise Typewriter isn't for making this kind of game.

He avoided Su Chang, his eyes fixed on the screen, not daring to look away. He quickly returned the cheongsam that the other party offered him, preferring to ignore it.

"No, no, a bet is a bet. This is a bet that Su Chang lost to her teacher. There's no reason to take it back. If Mother finds out..." Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly shuddered.

For some reason, it got noticeably colder around me after I took off my cheongsam.

She always felt a chill on her body, which was really strange. She was the S-class Valkyrie recognized by Destiny, and she had been practicing martial arts for many years. She had already mastered the Taixu Sword Qi to perfection, and her attribute was related to the ice element. How could she still feel cold?

The screen seemed to reflect the other person's image, making it impossible to even look at the screen now.

Helpless, he could only stare at the Xuanyuan Sword on the table in a daze. "If your mother finds out, she will definitely chase after you with the Xuanyuan Sword. Hurry up and put on your cheongsam. It's almost late at night now, and you'll easily catch a cold. If you don't put it on properly, your teacher will have to leave you alone."

He stood up, having found an excuse to go home, and prepared to take this opportunity to leave.

Realizing that the teacher was about to leave, Su Chang quickly grabbed his wrist. However, she seemed to have forgotten that she was only wearing a light undergarment, and her body was pressed tightly against Xia Yuan's, inseparable.

"No, please, teacher, don't go... play one last game with Su Chang, really the last game, okay?"

Even at this point, the other person was still trying to get him to play games.

This wasn't just an addiction, it was an obsession. Although Su Chang enjoyed playing the game he and Bronya made together and was quite happy inside, they couldn't play it endlessly.

Moreover, he dared not look up at Su Chang at all.

Just the sight of those two large pillows pressing against his arms under her bodice made his heart race and his adrenaline surge. "Cough cough... If you lose again, Su Chang, are you going to give your bodice to your master?"

Hearing this, her cheeks flushed even more.

Her undergarment was the only thing she had left. If she lost again, she might have no choice but to sign a contract of servitude. That contract should be enough to make her teacher stay with her all night, right? In order to keep her teacher, she reluctantly made the decision, stammering as she spoke:

"For example, if you would like, teacher, Su, Su Chang is also an option..."

"Listen carefully, no matter whether I win or lose the next round, Su Chang, you must put the cheongsam back on, do you understand?" He covered his forehead, almost choking.

He was truly at a loss when it came to a player like Su Chang who was both bad at the game and loved to play.

Li Sushang shook her head like a kite pecking at rice. As long as the teacher didn't go home and continue playing games with her, she was fine with anything.

Just as the two were about to sit back down, the lights above them went out one by one. When all the lights in the arcade went out, only two screens flickering with a faint light remained in the dimly lit arcade.

"What's going on? Is there a power outage?"

But if there's a power outage, why is the game console still lit up? Is it due to a different power supply or something else...?

"Teacher, do you feel like it's gotten colder around here?"

Indeed, the temperature around him had dropped significantly compared to not long ago, and he felt a strange chill. But it was the height of summer, and even if the temperature dropped suddenly, it couldn't have changed so quickly, could it? Besides, he hadn't heard any signs of thunder or rain outside.

Chapter 695 Su Chang, don't kick my pants!

Sizzle sizzle—

The two game consoles in front of me were still flashing, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and occasionally making noisy and disorderly noises.

Li Sushang couldn't help but recall what those children had said to her today: "Big sister, ghosts come out here every night~ If you're scared, go home early."

Her shoulders trembled slightly.

"T-Teacher, do you think there might be ghosts or something haunting this place?" Her face was pale, and she asked tremblingly, as if trying to find a sense of security from Xia Yuan.

He felt that the place was more likely to be affected by some kind of electromagnetic field interference, resulting in signal disorder, power failure and other problems... However, this was a good opportunity to teach Su Chang.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out."

"Teacher, you, you mustn't scare Su Chang. If it were a Honkai Beast or something, Su Chang could handle it perfectly well, but ghosts are things that have no physical form, and they seem really creepy."

"Will you still dare to play games alone in the arcade late at night?"

"Well... Teacher, you're still here with Su Chang, aren't you?"

"Hmm? Is it possible that I am that ghost?" Xia Yuan lowered his voice and replied deliberately in a low tone.

"Huh?!"

At this moment, Li Sushang could clearly feel the other person's body temperature. If the teacher was really a ghost, how could she still have a temperature? She must be trying to scare her. But if it was really haunted, how could she come to [Houmu Game Hall] to play games in the future?

"Even if the teacher is a ghost, Su Chang will accept it! But..."

Li Sushang changed the subject.

"Um, my most, most, most respected Ghost Teacher, how much silver would it cost to buy one of these metal lumps that can play games? My salary when I was working at Destiny should be enough to buy it, right?"

It's not just about buying it; considering Su Chang's status as an S-class Valkyrie in Destiny, she could even take this entire arcade home.

"Mingming Sushang, your body is trembling so badly, yet you're still thinking about game consoles."

"Teacher, Su Chang is sure this is your imagination."

She spoke with great conviction, but her body betrayed her, pressed against Xia Yuan's body. She forced herself to stay still, not daring to look around. Fortunately, she had her teacher by her side, providing her with a constant sense of security.

If the teacher hadn't been there, she would have hidden under the arcade machines long ago. She always felt that something unclean was staring at her from the depths of the dark arcade.

A cold wind blew by—

Slightly lifting the bodice that clung tightly to her body, the chilly feeling intensified, as if something sticky had grabbed her ankles and was slowly climbing upwards.

"A ghost, a spirit, or the kind that tries to drag people underwater?!"

Su Chang suddenly jolted, quickly pulling her legs out and lifting them up like a sloth, using her only teacher beside her as a support point to tightly hug Xia Yuan. Unexpectedly, the lightness skill she had learned in the martial arts world came in very handy at this moment.

"Wait, Su Chang, don't kick my pants."

In the dead of night, if Bronya saw him, there would be a huge misunderstanding. With the help of the dim light from the game console screen, he was supporting the other's thighs with both hands. At this moment, Su Chang wished she could bury herself in his arms.

"Teacher, Su Chang didn't want to either, but... but my feet always feel chilly."

wow-

His trouser legs appeared to have been kicked down by Su Chang.

The chaotic sounds of the game console seemed to stop abruptly, but the next second, as the screen went out, darkness completely enveloped the two of them. It was pitch black, and the closed door was completely devoid of moonlight.

In this pitch-black environment, all they could feel was each other's rapid, heavy breathing.

"Su Chang, could you please get off me first?"

No matter what Xia Yuan said, Su Chang, who was afraid of ghosts, showed no sign of getting off him. Instead, because of the darkness around them, she hugged him even tighter, pressing her legs against his undergarment.

Left with no other choice, he had to carry Su Chang and try to move her to the vicinity of the sliding door in the hall.

I hope the moonlight can ease the other person's fear.

However, Xia Yuan overlooked the most important thing: the trouser leg that Su Chang had kicked off became an obstacle to his desire to leave.

"?!"

His body began to lean backward.

Li Sushang, who was tightly holding him, fell heavily to the floor. Then came her stammering exclamation, "T-Teacher, I feel like the ghost that caused the power outage... well, it seems to have entered my body."

At this moment, Xia Yuan's mind went blank; his cerebellum didn't want to think.

"They're in?!"

After losing to me, my opponent was really only wearing a bellyband, and nothing underneath.

What Su Chang was talking about wasn't a ghost at all; it was clearly himself. The other person was sitting on his lap, and he was tightly wrapped up. But how was he going to explain to the other person that this wasn't a ghost, but an accident?

"Teacher, it...it seems to be getting bigger. Am I already possessed by that ghost?!"

Her voice betrayed a hint of bewilderment.

Having roamed the world for many years, she would always stay far away whenever she heard rumors of ghosts or similar things.

She could simply take a detour; she had absolutely no experience in dealing with ghosts. Moreover, her body became very strange after the ghost entered, with a strange sense of comfort, which must be a sign of being possessed.

"Uh... this... I guess it's possessed by it."

He really couldn't explain it to Su Chang; the misunderstanding had really gotten out of hand, so he could only go along with what she wanted to say.

"Then, teacher, what can Su Chang do to expel the ghost from her body?"

Having no experience with exorcism, Li Sushang could feel the ghost inside her growing larger and larger, like an unfolding tent, taking root and multiplying within her body.

Now, all she can rely on is her teacher, and she places all her hopes on him.

How to get rid of him? He was pressed tightly under Su Chang and couldn't move at all. Moving might make her body even more tense. So he could only rely on her to stand up on her own in the dark.

"Su Chang, try to stand up slowly first."

At this moment, she regarded Xia Yuan as her pillar of support, and slowly stood up according to his instructions, no longer paying attention to the ghost that had just entered her body.

Chapter 696 Possessed by a Ghost?!

But Su Chang had to straighten her knees.

The pitch-black surroundings, coupled with psychological factors, meant that whenever she tried to stand up, the ghost that had entered her body acted as an inseparable link, tightly connecting her to her teacher.

"Um, teacher, Su Chang can't stand up..."

Through continuous attempts at both up and down.

Her pupils became unfocused amidst the continuous oscillations, more tired than when her mother taught her to practice swordsmanship, yet beneath the fatigue lay an indescribable comfort, as if she wished it could last forever.

She felt that since being invaded by the ghost, not only had her body become strange, but her consciousness had also gradually become somewhat confused.

The ghost that had crawled into her body from below seemed to be urging her to make short, rapid moans from her mouth. Even though she was being coerced, she just couldn't stop.

Thinking about what happened to me tonight.

"Phew, teacher, it's all Su Chang's fault. She insisted on making me stay and play games with her, and in the end, she dragged you into this too."

"No, it's okay, it's not your fault, Su Chang."

For a moment, Xia Yuan also found it difficult to explain whose fault it was that all of this was caused. Su Chang was afraid of ghosts, it was the middle of the night, and then there was the sudden circuit failure. The cheongsam that lost to him, the trouser leg that was kicked off, and the little ghost that led to the final outcome...

“Um, teacher, Su Chang seems to be unable to hold on any longer. If Su Chang is completely possessed by that ghost and her mind is taken over, then you must leave here as soon as possible and inform the current bishop of Destiny.”

Inform Theresa? Wouldn't that just hasten his demise?

"Wait, can't hold on?"

But he was gritting his teeth and persevering. The other person couldn't fall down at this time. But he couldn't pull out or move. Was he going to stay in the arcade with Su Chang until dawn?

Without giving Xia Yuan a chance to escape his predicament, the soreness and fatigue in his calves prompted Su Chang to collapse onto him.

A powerful shock reverberated in Li Sushang's mind. She felt that at the moment she collapsed, the ghost that had entered her body seemed to be releasing something. With the continuous injection, her lower abdomen seemed to be bulging, but her numb body could only let it do as it pleased.

She collapsed limply into her teacher's arms, completely powerless.

I don't know how much time passed—

She seemed to have lost all sense of time, but the ghost inside her seemed to be shrinking significantly and was slowly leaving her body. However, with its departure, the swelling did not lessen at all.

The only saving grace was that she had regained some strength and was at least able to ask about the other person's condition.

"Teacher, are you alright?"

"..."

Xia Yuan's silence made Li Sushang think of something.

Could it be that the ghost that appeared earlier didn't leave, but for some special reason transferred from her to the teacher?!

"Teacher, it's all Su Chang's fault. Su Chang dragged you into this. If Su Chang hadn't insisted on playing with that iron lump, you wouldn't have been possessed by a ghost." If she had another chance, she would never have played until so late.

Of course, if possible...

She hoped her teacher could come home with her, visit her at home, and perhaps play a few games together, hehe.

"I...I'm fine."

He simply hadn't figured out how to answer Su Chang. It wasn't that he lacked perseverance or willpower and couldn't hold on for even half an hour; rather, the suddenness of her lying on top of him was too much of a shock, leaving him with no choice.

"Teacher, you're not possessed by a ghost?! That's wonderful..." The joy in her words was undisguised.

In a sense, he was possessed by a ghost, wasn't he?

It's just that the little ghost has returned to the big ghost, returning to its rightful owner.

Now that the connection has been severed, the two should be able to part ways. It's not a good place to stay any longer; it's time to leave. In the dark, relying on his sense of touch, he quickly pulled up the trouser leg that Su Chang had kicked off to prevent any further complications.

"Su Chang, do you think you can get up off me now? Even just turning over a little would be fine."

"Teacher, I'll give it a try..."

With Xia Yuan's constant encouragement, she stood up shakily. The surrounding darkness forced her to close her eyes and pray for her mother and Grandmaster Chi Yuan's protection, fearing that the ghost that had just left would come back to find her again.

After regaining his mobility, Xia Yuan immediately picked up the neatly folded cheongsam on the table, relying on his memory. The cool and silky feel of it greatly relieved his indescribable mood.