NOVEL NEXT Chapter 88 - Develop
“Experiment? Hmm… Back then, I did feel something like that. Perhaps, just as you guessed, all those coincidental events were part of some entity’s experiment.”
“But… let’s not dwell on this for now. You’ve heard my answer, so next, we should return to the main topic.”
After taking a sip of water, Liu Meng chose not to elaborate further on the matter. Instead, she redirected the conversation back to him, saying:
“The most important thing right now is your interpersonal relationships.”
“I’ll ask you directly: do you want to recover your memories?”
“Of course I do.”
YouYu nodded affirmatively.
“Alright, that’s settled, then. That makes things easier.”
“I’ll show you something.”
As she spoke, Liu Meng took out her phone, opened the photo album, and selected a picture. She turned the phone toward YouYu, revealing a photo of Bai Yu’s ID picture.
Noticing YouYu’s stunned expression, Liu Meng began to explain:
“This person is Bai Yu. She works in the same place as me, and she’s also a magical girl. When you came to customize your cake before, I saw her talking to you, and it wasn’t work-related.”
“So, I suspect the two of you definitely know each other.”
“Does she look familiar?”
“…”
After thinking for a while, YouYu replied:
“I’m certain I’ve never seen her before, at least not in the memories I currently have.”
“But she does give me a sense of familiarity.”
“Then it’s likely you do know her.”
Nodding, Liu Meng put away her phone and continued:
“Besides her, you should also know another magical girl—the one with pink hair, WuYue. I heard her name from you earlier.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t have her picture right now, so I can’t confirm it with you.”
“I see… It’s fine. I’ll find an opportunity to meet them in person later. Maybe that will jog some memories.”
“No.”
Shaking her head, Liu Meng rejected YouYu’s decision.
When his puzzled gaze landed on her, she explained:
“You’re not human right now. Although you have a human appearance, you’re internally a Negative Beast.”
“If you meet them, and something unexpected happens, and you transform into a Negative Beast, it’ll create a huge problem.”
“That’s why I can’t let you meet them.”
“… Fine, you do have a point.”
Sighing, YouYu leaned back in his chair, sounding resigned.
“So, what should I do next?”
“I’ve lost my memories, got inexplicably dragged into this magical girl business… My head is spinning. All I wanted was to find a job.”
“Now, I have no idea what to do.”
“You don’t need to do anything.”
Shaking her head, Liu Meng gave him a complicated look and said:
“What you need to do is prepare yourself mentally—to stay here for a long time.”
“… Is there no way for me to return to being a normal human?”
“Other than killing you, I haven’t found another way yet.”
“If something happens to you during this time… depending on the situation, we may have to use some special measures to disable you.”
“Well, I’d prefer if it never came to that.”
“Same here.”
After saying this, Liu Meng glanced at the time on her phone, then looked up at him and said:
“Anyway, let’s end things here for today. I have work tomorrow, and I also need to see if I can learn anything from Bai Yu about what happened to you.”
“So, for now, let’s both get some rest. My house doesn’t have a spare bed, but there’s a carpet you can use.”
“I’ll set it up in that room for you to sleep on.”
“Can’t I just sleep on the couch?”
“In the living room, I’d worry about you running away. More importantly, I’m afraid my instincts might kick in, and I could accidentally kill you.”
Liu Meng stated bluntly.
“… Fine.”
“As long as you’re okay with it.”
Seeing YouYu agree, Liu Meng nodded, got up, prepared the carpet in the room, and then returned to her own room.
Before closing the door, she said:
“Don’t worry. Once I’m sure you’re not a major threat, I’ll grant you more freedom.”
“For now, just get some sleep and don’t do anything foolish.”
With that, she closed the door, her voice fading away.
YouYu didn’t hesitate. He turned off the living room lights, went into the room, lay down on the carpet, covered himself with the blanket, and entered a “sleep” state.
In his “dream,” he saw WuYue sitting blankly at her desk after returning home and Bai Yu, back at her own house, filled with guilt and remorse.
Clearly, the events of the earlier battle had deeply affected them again.
Who knows how long it will take for them to recover?
“At least the gems haven’t gone dark.”
Confirming that the gems on their necks still retained their light after they fell asleep, YouYu ended the “dream” and stared at the ceiling in this mode, lost in thought.
The information Liu Meng shared was troubling, especially since that “voice” had done something extraordinary—rewriting humanity’s collective perception of the world.
Moreover, it seemed to have established rules to suppress the excessive actions of the evil cardes.
With such overwhelming power, it could easily destroy those evil cardes, yet it chose to grant magical girls their powers right before they transformed, letting them battle Negative Beasts instead.
Meanwhile, it remained hidden, merely observing everything from the shadows.
Something about all this felt far too complicated…
“All I wanted was to be an ordinary villain, but I’ve now been dragged into a massive conspiracy…”
YouYu couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
“Don’t worry, YouYu. No matter what that ‘voice’ is, if it becomes a threat to you, I’ll fight it for you.”
“… I know, Mamba. But I doubt things will escalate that far, at least not so soon.”
“Tomorrow, I’ll see if I can get more information out of Liu Meng.”
“About her faint wish… and the witches.”
For now, his interaction with Liu Meng was complete. Though the process wasn’t exactly friendly.
But as long as things continued steadily, anything was possible.