"Hmph, these are nothing but trivial matters!" With a fiery passion, Yukari immediately pulled me aside from behind and jumped onto the edge of the balcony, looking down below.

"Darn, I'd better not!"

"Big sister, why did you come back?"

Yukari, who had just arrived at the window, immediately backed off, carefully stepping away from the window and hurriedly darting past me to hide inside the house.

"Terrifying..."

"So you're afraid, huh? Is it really that exaggerated?"

I tried to stick my head out and look down below. It was pitch black all around, and I couldn't make out anything clearly. It seemed like the people in the dormitory were all locked in. Apart from that, the campus was filled with noisy sounds of students. Yukari could barely hear what I was saying at the moment. I just remembered seeing something incredible lurking around the city outskirts. I possessed an astonishing insight that allowed me to see very far.

"I mean, as the student council president, shouldn't you use the Phantom God to suppress them...or is that not possible?"

I slowly backed away from the window, making preparations to last until tomorrow morning, since I hadn't activated the power of the Phantom God yet. I was nowhere near having the combat effectiveness to deal with the Evil Entity. So, it was best to leave this trouble to those with the strength to handle it.

With that, I casually walked into the washroom, washing away the sweat stains on my face. Yukari nonchalantly picked up a juice and drank it, saying, "Hmm, I don't need to personally intervene in these trivial matters. The servants can easily handle them!"

"I don't think those rank-and-file soldiers can deal with the Evil Entity, otherwise there wouldn't be a need for the Phantom God, which is an amazing weapon, right?"

"Tsk, maybe it's just some fools causing trouble somewhere. What does that have to do with you?"

This foolish woman, without even asking how I knew about the existence of the Evil Entity, just confronted me directly...she's beyond help!

Yukari then smiled as she brushed past me, pouncing towards me like a ferocious beast!

"Oh, I didn't expect you to be much stronger than I thought. I have to be on guard against you a little."

As she licked the blood off her pristine fingers, she glanced at the back of my hand. Hissing...blood squirted out all of a sudden, not knowing where it splashed.

At the same time, a slightly pained expression appeared on my face, but I quickly covered it up. Thankfully, I dodged just in time.

Although I almost fell into a trap due to the mistake, my anger had long overridden all other emotions. I grabbed her and bombarded her with questions.

"Such speed, it seems like you've reached supersonic levels..."

"Mm-hmm, you guessed it right. What else?"

She even acted cute, clearly just an old lady slightly older than me!

"Hmph, what else?"

I was almost furious, launching into a tirade against her.

"By the way, you were aiming for my neck, right?"

"Yes!"

"Exactly...do you know you almost killed someone?!"

She immediately admitted it, approached me step by step, and questioned my existence, her expression turning extremely stern.

"Tell me all about your origins in detail, or...hmm, whether you can survive next time will be uncertain!"

A dark mist emanated from Yukari's body, shrouding the entire house with a mysterious power that seemed to exist only in human imagination. An unnamed sense of oppression rendered me momentarily powerless to resist!

Swish!

In the blink of an eye, a delicate yet icy cold hand tightly gripped my throat, and that wonderful sensation from another world immediately seized my heart. Unfortunately, before I could even savor it, I was swiftly pulled back into reality by a sharp, piercing pain like being stabbed through the heart!

"See, your constitution is far from what ordinary people possess!"

Within those few brief seconds, the scars on the back of my hand completely healed, with even the bloodstains disappearing into the skin.

"Quite a peculiar constitution, isn't it?"

"...It's very unique."

"That's enough!!"

Yukari's gaze suddenly shifted from a light blue to a deep, blood-red color, glaring fiercely at me with anger.

"Stop beating around the bush with me. You're clearly hiding something, even the incident where you bumped into me the other day was no accident, am I right!"

"I... I don't know... what you're talking about!"

As I struggled to breathe with my throat blocked, a sharp pain began to gnaw at my chest. It wasn't until I was unable to speak that she finally released me, only to continue her interrogation.

"Tell me, why did Edward arrange for you to be by my side? Could it be that you possess the power to stop me..."

Yukari's eyes suddenly took on a seductive gleam, and for some reason, I felt even more scared at that moment. Apart from a few coughs, I remained silent as I locked eyes with her. However, she seemed to have little patience to waste time with me and gradually brought her head closer to my chest, unbuttoning my clothes one by one until my chest was fully exposed. Her movements slowed as she quieted down.

With her head resting gently against my chest, as if searching for something, the results left her disappointed.

"Tsk, you don't even have a heartbeat. Did that old man Edward mess with you?"

"Hehe, come on, how can a person live without a heartbeat?"

I joked feigned calmness, attempting to divert the conversation. Yukari then grabbed my head and pressed my ear against her chest.

"So, do you hear any heartbeat here?"

"Mmm!"

In my initial struggles, I suddenly felt a chill, confirming her words — there was truly no heartbeat!

Could it be that Yukari had also experienced something similar to me... but as the thought crossed my mind, it didn't quite fit. Even though we both had been abandoned by the world at some point, she seemed to have forgotten many of our past encounters. This realization left me perplexed, almost as if she were a devil from hell, completely at odds with the Yukari I knew!

"Haha, Edward sure picked a good one, but too bad trying to destroy me is quite challenging, or perhaps already approaching the point of seeking it!"

As she finished speaking, Yukari's body transformed into countless black threads that escaped through the cracks of the door, leaving me abandoned in the room.

That was when I should have fled, instead of encountering the current precarious situation. I had lost count of how many times this had happened, only to keep forgetting, remembering again, and ultimately forget once more!

"This seems to be my destiny, not much to do with saving the world, anyway I am destined to never have the kind of happiness that ordinary people have!"

"Buzz~Buzz!"

Not long after the dark mist dissipated, the lights in the dormitory came on, and all the electrical facilities on campus started working normally again. At the same time, the latest news from the front station came through the broadcast.

"We apologize for the sudden power outage, there was a minor accident, but everything is fine now, please understand!"

"No, the power outage just now was clearly not a coincidence..."

I could feel that in this land... no, in this world, the essence was gradually fading away. I think many places wouldn't be able to sustain themselves like Edward with Satan's possession did. The darkness has pervaded the entire planet, from today onwards, the areas outside the castle will be plunged into eternal night!

"Well, this planet is indeed devoid of life, it's too boring for us who are eternal!"

What I meant wasn't that all living beings on Earth have become extinct, but rather that this planet—has died.

The sun tomorrow morning will surely rise as usual, but it won't have the same brilliance as before, just like my Bai Zhi's skin... some sort of power within me is gradually fading away, my skin is not as normal as yesterday, it has become paler, almost like a vampire!

"Hey, you look especially pale, let's skip today's training..."

"No, I'm perfectly fine!"

For some reason, despite my pale complexion, my body seems even stronger and more vigorous than yesterday. I lightly flipped my wrist, and a strong wind blew past us, causing Yuanhui to instantly sit down on the ground.

"Wow, what kind of wind is blowing today? Is there wind inside the fortress surrounded by high walls?"

Yuanhui, looking miserable, stood up from the ground, then brushed off a speck of dust from his silver hair and clothes, complaining.

"I just bumped my head... it hurts!"

"Be careful, the wind today is a bit violent."

"You're saying things I hardly understand, but not eating will affect your nutrition."

"Well, let's go together after morning practice."

After saying that, I walked away without looking back, leaving Yuanhui shouting after me.

"Big brother, your rhymes earlier were great...wait, wait for me!"

Our destiny begins here, everything will face my decision, I'm not ready to give up yet and I am determined to walk this path.

Watching him frantically catching up, I almost burst out laughing.

"Haha... Did you freeze your brain cleaning the corridor last night? Why are you reacting so slow?"

"Sigh, that annoying woman made me sweep three times and still wasn't satisfied, saying there was dust on the floor!"

"That's because you're not clever enough... and yet you're still following Satan around?"

The dark night from last night was suffocating, and I still haven't gotten used to the air here. The rolling walls in the distance encircled this last remaining paradise on earth like a prison.

Professor Freeland was waiting at the playground early, the boys arrived first, followed by the girls who had just finished grooming, among them Yukari, who was as cautious in her appearance as usual.

To tell the truth, I acted as if nothing happened last night, that guy... he probably won't come looking for me to team up again, right?