Chapter 147: Chapter 147
Chapter 147 - Did I Not Play Very Well? Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel·fire.net
“Lord Demon Sovereign~”
Before she was even seen, Mokui's sweet, delicate voice could be heard from outside the door.
She had been thinking that since it was almost noon, she would come over to freeload a meal. But when she pushed the door open and entered, she was surprised to find that besides Lin Fan and Long Yue, Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai were also there.
Lord Demon Sovereign had said that in front of outsiders, she was not to call him 'Demon Sovereign', to avoid exposing their identities, especially in front of his friends.
And yet, she had just called out his title right in front of his friends!
At that moment, Lin Fan was staring at her helplessly.
Mokui froze awkwardly on the spot. Then, reacting quickly, she pretended to look left and right and began to hum a little tune, playing dumb:
“Where is Lord Demon Sovereign~ Where is Lord Demon Sovereign~”
“Hmm? Isn't this your relative's kid?”
Zhou Yan recognized Mokui at a glance. Although she had her back to him while playing games last time, her petite figure and short legs were still very recognizable.
“Yes. She lives next door and comes over to my place for meals every day.”
Mokui's eyes darted. She went with the flow and got into character, walking to Lin Fan's side, lifting her small face to reveal an innocent and naive child's expression, and said in a sweet, girlish voice:
“Brother Lin Fan, what are we having for lunch today~?”
The moment she spoke, Lin Fan couldn't help but get goosebumps. He shot the Mokui before him an extremely disgusted look.
A normal person might have fallen for her 'cute girl' act, but for him, who had known her for hundreds of years and knew her inside and out, it was completely impossible to be fooled.
The person before him was not some innocent and cute young girl, but an old witch who had lived for over a thousand years!
At her age, she's still pretending to be cute...
“We're having fried noodles for lunch. Go sit down and wait.”
Lin Fan said irritably, then walked straight into the kitchen to get busy.
The lie he had originally come up with was that Mokui was a relative's child. Now that Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai were here again, he had no choice but to play along with her and continue the act…
“Okay, Brother Lin Fan~”
Mokui gave a sweet smile, then ran over to the sofa with her short legs, her every move just like that of a truly innocent and cute child.
An Yao watched from the side, dumbfounded.
Mokui, as one of the Four Great Demon Generals of the Demon Realm and a peerless genius of the famed Hefa Clan—there was almost no one on the entire Immortal-Demon Continent who hadn't heard of her prestigious name.
It was said that she was proficient in all the arts of the world, and with a casual spell, could cause heaven and earth to tremble. She had once fought several Immortal Emperors by herself and remained undefeated, and had annihilated an army of tens of thousands of Immortals with a single move!
And yet now, she was pretending to be an immature young girl, and her act was so convincing it seemed real!
If she hadn't already known her identity, she really wouldn't have been able to tell!
“This kid is great. She's cute and well-behaved.”
Mokui's display of childlike innocence instantly won over Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai.
These days, you don't often see such obedient and cute kids, especially an adorable-looking young girl!
“Little friend, want to play some games with big bro?”
Zhou Yan offered a controller to Mokui, a kind and harmless smile on his face.
“Can I really play with you big brothers~”
Mokui asked timidly, her large, clear eyes full of anticipation.
It was as if Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai had just taken ten thousand points of critical damage to the heart. They nodded solemnly without hesitation.
“Big bro will play with you! If there's anything you don't know, just ask me!”
An Yao shot the two of them a contemptuous look.
What a pair of stupid mortals, being played like a fiddle by a hateful demon, and they're completely oblivious…
“Then I'll play with you big brothers~”
Mokui happily ran over to the TV, sat down between Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai, and picked up one of the controllers.
“Big brother, how do you play this?”
Since coming to this world, she had only ever played computer and mobile games. This was her first time with a game console, and she felt a sense of novelty.
“Big bro will teach you. This joystick controls movement, and these buttons over here are for different attacks. If you press them in a certain order, you can execute different special moves.”
“Here, let big bro show you.”
Zhou Yan picked up his own controller and began to demonstrate for Mokui, teaching her step-by-step.
“Big brother, you're so amazing~”
Mokui stared with wide, surprised eyes, constantly showering Zhou Yan with a young girl's adoring flattery.
“Aiya~ It's nothing~”
Zhou Yan's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he was grinning from ear to ear.
“Come on, got it? Big bro will play a round with you.”
“Don't worry, I'll go easy on you.”
After a simple tutorial, Zhou Yan started a one-on-one King of Fighters match with Mokui.
I can't beat Lu Zhai, but there's no way I can't beat a little girl who's just picked up a controller for the first time, right?
The scene changed. Zhou Yan's character fell on its back, defeated. On the other side, Mokui's character was still at nearly full health.
Zhou Yan stretched his neck out in disbelief, his face almost pressed against the TV screen.
How is this possible…
He just got completely destroyed by a little girl he had just been teaching...?!
“Big brother, did I not play very well~?”
These words were particularly grating to Zhou Yan's ears.
You completely destroyed me, and you're saying you didn't play well? Then what does that make my playing…
Don't tell me this little girl is actually a 'black-bellied' type, acting all innocent and cute on the surface!
I feel like she said that just to mock me…
“Tsk tsk tsk, you're too weak. You can't even beat a little kid. Let me play.”
Lu Zhai walked to Zhou Yan's side, took the controller from his hands, and seriously pushed up his glasses.
“Even though you're a kid, I won't go easy on you!”
“Hmph hmph~ It's my first time playing. You have to go a little easy on me, big brother.”
The corners of Mokui's mouth lifted, her eyes concealing her contempt, but her words came out as a cute whine.
The scene changed again. Lu Zhai stared at the TV screen in disbelief.
On the screen, Mokui had won the match by a sliver of health.
This was the first time in years that he had lost a match of King of Fighters!
And he lost to a little brat!
“Hahaha, you lost too!”
Seeing Lu Zhai lose, Zhou Yan was even happier than if he had won himself. He wasted no time in throwing the words Lu Zhai had just said to him right back in his face.
An Yao sat on the sofa in the back, boredly watching the three of them play games.
And just then, she suddenly felt a slight vibration from the storage ring on her hand!
She whipped her head around to look at a mountain forest in the distance outside the window, then looked at Lin Fan in the kitchen and Mokui in front of her.
Seeing that the two of them didn't seem to have noticed, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But the moment she turned her head, Lin Fan secretly glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and then he too turned to look at the distant mountain forest.
A fluctuation of spiritual energy...
As I thought. She's hiding something from us…!