Though he was troubled, Lin Mo wasn’t the type to dwell on negative emotions for long.
He trusted his own judgment: Diona was definitely looking at him through a lewd lens.
(Maybe I was moving too fast?)
(After all, this is only the first day we’ve known each other.)
(I should slow things down for now. She’s living with me, so there’ll be plenty of chances.)
Knowing Diona wasn’t in the changing room, Lin Mo didn’t bother wrapping a towel around himself.
Barefoot and dripping wet, he stepped onto the floor, its surface faded to an old gray. The rickety boards creaked beneath him.
Back in the changing room, Lin Mo put on his underwear first, then reached for the necklace he’d left on the bench.
Beep—
【Transmigrator’s blood detected. System reactivating…】
He heard the system’s emotionless notification.
Lin Mo’s fingers jerked back as if he’d been shocked.
But after retreating only a few centimeters, he hesitated, then grabbed the necklace again.
【Searching for the system’s original host】
【Host found. Biological status: deceased.】
Lin Mo wasn’t surprised by the notification.
Bai Xiaomei was dead—not right in front of him, but she’d been the second one killed, and Lin Mo had seen her body with his own eyes.
A bullet through the head.
She’d been pretty enough to be the class belle in just about any ordinary class. The sight of her brains mixed with blood had been just as gruesome.
【Bai Xiaomei: deceased.】
【Rebinding to host…】
【Rebinding complete. Host status: deceased.】
The system rattled off a whole pile of useless messages.
At the very least, Lin Mo couldn’t understand what good it did to bind itself to Bai Xiaomei again at a time like this.
After delivering its notifications, the system fell silent once more.
Lin Mo put the necklace around his neck. This time, the so-called “system status bar” that Bai Xiaomei and the others had mentioned appeared in his field of vision.
【Host name: Bai Xiaomei】
【Level: 0】
【HP: 0】
【Personal status: Deceased】
【Strength: 0】
【Intelligence: 0】
【Speed: 0】
【Fine motor skills: 0】
【Growth potential: Poor】
It was clear that the system the Black Rabbit God had given them was pretty interesting.
Lin Mo would’ve liked to know his own stats, too, but only the other three had been given systems back then. The cheat he’d gotten wasn’t much to write home about.
“This is kind of in the way. Can I close it?”
Lin Mo gave the status bar a quick glance, then minimized it.
He opened Bai Xiaomei’s quest list. The first thing he saw was a pop-up showing three quests marked 【Completed】.
Since Bai Xiaomei had a 【Kill System】, all three quests involved directly killing a target.
【Newbie quest: In the new world, kill a mosquito.】
【Status: Completed. Quest reward: Claimed.】
【Newbie quest: In the new world, walk for ten minutes, run for three minutes, and eat your first meal.】
【Status: Completed. Quest reward: Claimed.】
【Quest: Personally kill three stray dogs while fighting off a pack.】
【Status: Completed. Quest reward: Claimed.】
Ah.
Lin Mo still remembered that last quest.
Back then, Bai Xiaomei had lent him the short knife she’d received as a reward. She’d even told him not to bother returning it if he couldn’t find a better weapon later.
In Lin Mo’s memory, Bai Xiaomei was a quiet, easygoing girl who was always willing to help. Whenever fear and exhaustion made everyone lose their tempers, she was the first to step up and encourage them. It was thanks to her efforts that they’d managed to hold on until today.
Though none of that mattered anymore…
After closing the completed quests, Lin Mo saw the quests Bai Xiaomei had rejected and the ones she was still working on.
She’d rejected six quests in total over the past month.
As for the quests still in progress, just as he’d expected, the system’s scanning frame spun around a few times before they all lost their highlights and switched to 【Failed】.
“Hold out at Big Goldfish Supermarket for five hours, repelling or evading zombie attacks.”
Lin Mo glanced down at the reward for completing the quest.
As expected, they were all small, inconsequential rewards. Just looking at them, you’d never guess the quest involved any danger.
“Damn it. That bastard Black Rabbit…”
Thinking of the Black Rabbit God made Lin Mo hate it even more.
Then there was another quest she’d accepted.
【Quest: Within the seven days following acceptance of this quest, attack Lin Mo and sexually drain him at least seven times.】
【Quest reward: (omitted)】
“…………” (Lin Mo)
Lin Mo rubbed his eyes.
He suspected something was wrong with his eyesight, so he rubbed his eyes again.
When he looked again, there was no denying it: the reward for this quest was just as inconsequential as the others, consisting of food and warm clothes.
“Hmm…”
He rubbed his chin.
He frowned and stared at the quest for a while longer before finally accepting reality: that really was what it said.
“Failing it would cost her experience…”
“And it comes with a fatigue debuff that lasts a long time…”
In other words, if Bai Xiaomei hadn’t wanted to complete this quest, she’d had absolutely no reason to accept it.
Looking at the countdown, it seemed she’d accepted it this morning, at the same time as the Big Goldfish Supermarket quest.
“In other words, she was actually planning to… me…”
“How strange. Bai Xiaomei wasn’t from a world ruled by women. Why did she have to do this, too?”
Unfortunately, it was too late to ask now.
Bai Xiaomei’s body was still lying in the plaza outside Big Goldfish Supermarket, slowly rotting. And because she’d been shot in the head, she wouldn’t even turn into a zombie. She’d just stay there in the plaza, forever and ever. If no one buried her, she’d eventually weather away into a white skeleton…
“No matter what, it’s too sad to leave our companions’ bodies there.”
Lin Mo made up his mind.
Once he’d gotten Diona, the powerful, well-connected woman, into bed, he’d use the opportunity to persuade her to go back again and bury the others’ bodies nearby.
After putting on the clothes Diona had prepared for him, he realized that the pajamas were soft and comfortable, but definitely a little too big.
They were especially loose around the hips, hanging down in a baggy fold. The waist, on the other hand, was tight—a clear sign of just how incredible Diona’s figure was…
The top and bottoms were both the same. The sleeves and pant legs were much too long.
Only then did Lin Mo make a rough estimate of Diona’s height… He’d assumed those metal boots had some seriously thick soles. But if even the pajamas were this oversized, maybe the boots didn’t have any platform at all. If so, she had to be at least 180 centimeters tall.
Maybe even taller.
“Around 185 centimeters?”
Whoa.
Lin Mo’s mouth twitched slightly. Having such a perfect figure and body proportions at that height was seriously enviable.
He casually rolled up the pant legs and the sleeves, which still hung a little too low.
In the slightly oversized pajamas, Lin Mo looked a little languid—almost alluring.
