The little girl version of the gender-swapped Sun Wukong was nothing like the domineering, low-key Monkey King in black armor that Soulshadow Tianyou had imagined.

Loli Monkey blinked her sparkling golden eyes at the silver-haired, dark-skinned girl before her. She shook her little head and whispered, "Mommy?"

Then she pounced into Soulshadow Tianyou’s arms, hugging her waist. She buried her face in Tianyou’s ample chest and started nibbling.

"Why are you biting me?!" Soulshadow Tianyou lifted Loli Monkey high. Staring at her face, she fell silent again, lips twitching wordlessly.

Though not a loli-con, Soulshadow Tianyou had to admit this little monkey girl’s charm was overwhelming. But which eye saw us as mother and daughter? Our skin tones don’t match! Our races are totally different!

Soulshadow Tianyou mentally ranted, frozen in place, mind crashing.

System Prompt: Please enter a name for your new pet.

Naming this Loli Monkey… Soulshadow Tianyou’s brain crashed again. Naming things gave her headaches—just look at her own cringy name, Soulshadow Tianyou. Decades ago, such vague names were fine, but now they’re low-tier. Simple names were trendy.

"Loli Monkey? Simple and clear enough, right?" Soulshadow Tianyou pouted, typing in the malicious name.

"Loli Monkey? Is this my name now? It’s weird, Mommy," Loli Monkey tilted her head, utterly confused.

"Mm. And stop calling me Mommy," Soulshadow Tianyou said, narrowing her eyes.

This pet NPC was highly intelligent—fitting for a humanoid pet. In Mystic Box, pets came in beast-type and humanoid-type. Beast-types were like dogs or cats: smart but limited, though high-tier ones understood humans. Humanoid pets meant raising a person. Humanoid pets had better smarts, but beast-types could be mounts and looked cooler—like dragons or tigers. Soulshadow Tianyou’s loli monkey pet was bizarre.

"What should I call you then, Mommy?" Loli Monkey asked sweetly.

"Call me Master. Not Mommy—it’s embarrassing!"

"What does Master mean?"

"...It means Mommy," Soulshadow Tianyou fibbed.

"Ah! Okay! Master!"

Loli Monkey pounced again, knocking Tianyou down. She curled up comfortably in her lap and fell asleep instantly, eyes closed.

Soulshadow Tianyou propped herself up on her hands but didn’t wake the sleeping Loli Monkey on her thighs. She smiled warmly at the little girl.

"Well~ not bad. I’ll raise her like an extra daughter," she murmured softly, opening Loli Monkey’s stats panel.

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Pet Name: Loli Monkey

Quality: Ancient God (Unique)

Level: 2

Growth Strength: SS

Growth Vitality: S+

Growth Agility: S

Growth Intelligence: A+

Growth Spirit: A+

Current Skills:

Passive Skill [Disguise]: Appears as a player to all others.

Passive Skill [Experience Plunder]: Absorbs 50% of character’s experience (works even when stored). No experience bar; level matches character.

Passive Skill [Heart Link]: Pet’s death triggers character’s death penalty.

Active Skill [Headfirst Strike]: Charges forward, dealing 200% physical damage.

Active Skill [Quad Strike]: Delivers four rapid hits of 120% physical damage each.

Pet Description: Sole descendant of the peerless Monkey King. A divine female monkey destined to rule, with extreme intelligence.

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"Three S’s and two A+ attributes… No wonder it’s a New Year pet, heh," Soulshadow Tianyou chuckled, hands trembling. Ordinary pets rarely had one A-grade stat. Loli Monkey had none below A-grade. Her sister’s Ancient Dragon pet only had S+ Intelligence and S Strength/Vitality. Soulshadow Tianyou’s Loli Monkey outclassed that nation-terrifying Black Dragon.