Chapter 328: Dealing with Jade...
"So, what do you suggest we do to bring her back to her senses?" Audrey asked worriedly while standing beside Muku.
"Hmm. I'm not sure. However, you two should release her first..." Muku replied with his gaze still on Jade.
"Sure" Audrey who was more than willing to leave everything to Muku now that he was back did as she was told.
She and Layla released the bindings they had placed on Jade. They had used their respective elements of blood and ice to lock her down in place. It was very necessary since there was a very high possibility of Jade breaking out if only one person had bound her.
The difference in strength between them wasn't big enough to allow anyone to comfortably lock Jade down.
Anyway, Audrey was probably the happiest about Muku's return. One of the main reasons for that was that she no longer had to be the designated leader. Being the leader was stressful as hell, she didn't know how Muku made it look so easy.
Maybe she made it harder for herself by overthinking things, which he didn't do. Yeah, that had to be it.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"ROOOOOOOAR!"
The moment her restraints were removed, Jade's Beast Aura exploded out even more and she roared to the sky.
Her eyes immediately found their way to Muku.
When they did, they flickered a bit before solidifying in their madness again.
"I guess seeing me wasn't enough to bring her back to normal... Honestly that kinda stings" Muku spoke with a fake hurt expression on his face.
"Hehe. Big brother you dummy. You know this isn't a movie. Such things don't work in real life" Hope laughed at Muku as she spoke.
"Well, I know now. Anyway, it looks like she's about to attack. Are you going to let me go or you don't mind tanking a Beast Aura attack for me?" Muku spoke to Hope with his eyes focused on Jade.
The other girls had already backed away. They knew that Muku could subdue Jade easily with his Telekinesis. But it didn't seem like he wanted to do that. So they opted to stay out of his way...
"Nope. I won't ever let you go again. And I don't mind tanking it for you. However, would you allow your cute little sister to do such a thing? You wouldn't be so heartless right?" Hope replied with no plan of letting go.
"What are you? A little koala bear? In fact, fine, do what you want. However, at least hug me from the back like the koala you are" Muku replied powerlessly.
At that point, Jade would have long begun attacking if he wasn't holding her back.
As for why he chose to fight her instead of just subduing her. He wanted to exhaust her Beast Aura. Maybe that would bring her back to her senses.
"Well, koalas are cute. So I don't mind being your personal koala. And I'll do as you say" Hope didn't make things too difficult for him as she latched on to his back.
To her, as long as she was hugging him, everything else could be discussed...
Muku rolled his eyes as she tightened her legs around his waist and put her arms around his neck. However, the little smile on his face proved that he didn't dislike what was happening.
After two years, he had missed even the previously annoying part of Hope. This was obviously her unreasonable clinginess whenever something significant happened. After their long separation, he was a bit scared of how long it would take for her to go back to normal.
What if she went on like that for two years?! No... She wouldn't be that extreme... Right?
Well, whatever, it wasn't the time to think about such things. He had to deal with Jade first.
With that thought, he released his hold on Jade...
BOOOOOOOM!
Jade made her move the moment she was released. There was no need to take some time to transform as her berserk episodes automatically forced her to transform into her cat-girl form...
Within less than a second, she was in front of Muku. Her speed was nowhere close to Muku's, but it was top-tier among PR4s. Which was impressive since she hadn't truly reached the peak yet...
She viciously swiped at Muku's neck with her razor-sharp nails. Even in her berserk state, she knew to go for the weak points.
In fact, it was more likely that she would do such things in the state since she was pretty much a mindless beast driven by instinct. And everyone knows such creatures are ruthless hunters...
Pinch!
"Whoa! Going straight for the kill, huh? How Jade-like! Are we sure you're even out of control or pretending?" Muku pinched her middle finger which stopped her whole hand.
Even though she was going berserk and he knew it. That didn't stop him from training her...
"ROOOOOOOAOR!!!" Berserk Jade wasn't discouraged by the show of strength.
She immediately released a red breath attack after her first attack failed.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
A loud explosion rang out instantly. Muku was actually caught off guard since he was under the impression that she still needed to charge before releasing such attacks. However...
"Wow! Seems someone has improved a lot" Muku spoke after the blast energy cleared up. He and the scared Hope were completely unharmed.
Berserk Jade who had backed away because Muku had released her was angered greatly.
She couldn't think but even she was frustrated by the prey which was not only not dying. But was not getting injured at all.
"Now it's my turn..." Muku spoke more to Hope than Jade.
He wanted the girl on his back to prepare for what was about to happen. Then...
Whoosh...
He and Hope disappeared...
Bang!... Bang!... Bang!...
He didn't appear again. All that could be seen was Jade getting thrown all over the place.
Of course, he was seriously hitting her. He was just hitting her enough to anger her and force her to use more Beast Aura as she tried to fight back...
This went on for a few minutes before Muku appeared again.
Jade was lying limply on the ground out of breath and Beast Aura.
Hope's face had turned green as she felt nauseous from all the quick movement.
"If you're going to vomit, you better get off my back..." Muku spoke as if he had eyes on the back of his hand.
Hearing his words, Hope who couldn't take it anymore was reinvigorated and fought back against the urge to vomit until she overcame it.
"Sigh" Muku sighed and a wry expression appeared on his face. The girl really was determined to stay latched on to him...
With that said, it wasn't the time to deal with her yet. He slowly flew towards Jade and stood just a few meters away from her.
He then picked her up with his Telekinesis. Jade's eyes were still crazed despite using up all her Beast Aura unfortunately.
"That's it... I didn't want to do this but you leave me no choice..." Muku spoke seriously while looking at Jade then...
Pa!
"Roo...Aaaah!" Out of nowhere, Muku spanked Jade once.
The one slap was so strong that all the girls felt an urge to cover their butts lest they got spanked too.
"You bastard! How dare you spank me! Do you want to fig... Muku?" Surprisingly, the slap brought Jade back to her senses.
"Obviously, who else do you know who looks like me? And if I had known that spanking you was all it took to bring you back to normal, I would have done it a lot sooner... What a pervert!" Muku replied with a disdainful look on his face while looking at Jade.
"You're back!" Surprisingly, Jade didn't angrily retort like Muku expected.
She jumped into his embrace then... She fainted...
"Aww man. And here I thought we were done with the fainting arc..." Muku spoke while holding Jade.
"What?" Hope asked.
"Nothing. Let's go back" Muku spoke then flew towards the others with Jade in his arms and Hope on his back.
...
A while later. Back at the mansion...
"So, shall we speak about other things while she rests?" Muku asked the girls after placing the unconscious Jade back in her room.
"Sure. There are so many things to talk about I'm not sure where to start..." Audrey replied while giving the others the platform to express to say something.
"Tell us about the power you used and that weird armour..." Layla immediately spoke after Audrey finished speaking.
"Yeah! We can start there. You're always getting new absurd abilities while we don't get anything. That's so not fair!" Chloe supported her sworn sister.
If Jade as there she would definitely be supporting Layla too. No one got pissed off by Muku's OP-ness more than her.
"Oh, that. Don't feel too bad. It's not something exclusive. At the very least, I'll teach everyone here how to use it. As for how far you can get in mastering it, that depends on you. It's called the Force Technique... Damn, it's more fun when mom is there with that special effect of hers... Anyway, let me get to it..." Muku was about to get into it when someone interrupted him.
"Wait! I think we can wait on that for a bit. Tell us more about your mother who suddenly popped up out of nowhere first..." Audrey who remembered Mrs C after Muku mentioned her spoke.
The others immediately agreed with her. Mrs C was definitely the most important topic to discuss above everything else...