System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 32

Chapter 32

 

◎The Alliance Leader’s Wife.◎

 

Mo Jiu didn’t know what to do about Yun Wenzhou.

 

She wanted to be good to her, but was afraid of hurting her later on.

 

She wanted to be less good to her, but was afraid of awakening some strange attribute in her.

 

It seemed that no matter what attitude Mo Jiu took toward Yun Wenzhou, Yun Wenzhou could accept it, indulging her without limit.

 

She had long known that this villain was extremely persistent, but no one told her that persistence meant this kind of persistence, right?

 

Mo Jiu didn’t dare to respond to Yun Wenzhou’s words. She could only turn her head away from her gaze and pretend to speak casually: “I’ll collect the supplies here, and then we’ll go find the Alliance Leader.”

 

“Why do we need to find the Alliance Leader?” Yun Wenzhou asked.

 

Mo Jiu was momentarily stunned, only then realizing that she was the only one currently following the villain’s path; this was her mission, not theirs.

 

Fortunately, she didn’t need to think of a reason herself; she just needed to speak according to the villain’s persona: “You know very well that the consequence of relying on others is being expelled from the shelter, right? To prevent the same thing from happening again, either don’t join any organization, or be the one who makes the decisions.”

 

Yun Wenzhou didn’t hear Mo Jiu’s inner thoughts and instinctively felt that she wasn’t telling the truth, but she didn’t refute it either.

 

Because she agreed with the statement.

 

A year ago, they should have killed the director of the shelter and become the director themselves.

 

Mo Jiu took some time to collect all the supplies in the supermarket that she and Yun Wenzhou could use, organizing them simply. Then, following the navigation provided by the System, she headed toward the Alliance Leader’s location.

 

On the way, she curiously asked the System: What kind of person is the Alliance Leader?

 

System: The original book set him up as having powerful abilities but being lecherous. His ability seems to be space. After being killed by the original book’s villain, a pile of tech weapons burst out, including but not limited to laser guns, laser cannons, and suicide drones.

 

Mo Jiu: My goodness, a whole armory…

 

System: He has many wives and concubines, eight wives in total, all of whom love him very much. So, after he died, his wives attacked the villain together, and they all died at the villain’s hands.

 

Mo Jiu couldn’t help but think of Sima Xiu Luo’s subordinates who had ganged up to attack her.

 

She didn’t believe those eight women genuinely loved the Alliance Leader. Most likely, they were afraid of being killed by the villain, so they decided to make a desperate attempt for a chance at survival.

 

It seemed that the inability to communicate properly had nothing to do with gender, but with the environment.

 

However, after actually meeting the Alliance Leader…

 

In a beautiful garden, beside a defunct fountain, beneath a gazebo, a person in a white suit with short, choppy hair and androgynous features was playing chess with a woman in a black uniform and glasses.

 

The System told Mo Jiu that the one in the white suit was the Alliance Leader of the Ability Users Alliance.

 

Mo Jiu suspiciously scrutinized “him,” focusing on his chest and throat.

 

He had no chest, but he also had no Adam’s apple.

 

Suddenly, “he” shouted happily: “I won again!”

 

The voice was also androgynous.

 

Mo Jiu stepped forward: “Are you the Alliance Leader?”

 

She was ready to immediately attack after “he” admitted it.

 

Anyone with eight wives definitely couldn’t be a good person!

 

However, the first thing the person said was: “I heard you want to replace me as the Alliance Leader?”

 

Mo Jiu was stunned, not understanding how the other party knew this.

 

But Yun Wenzhou, who could hear inner thoughts, wasn’t surprised—the black-clad woman wearing glasses who was playing chess with the Alliance Leader had the ability of enhanced hearing.

 

Their entire conversation had been overheard by her.

 

Even their actions last night… might have been overheard by her.

 

“Let me introduce myself. My name is Liu Bai Ying.” The Alliance Leader remained seated on the stone stool but turned to face the two, one arm resting on the stone table with the chessboard, his posture unrestrained and casual.

 

“Mo Jiu and Yun Wenzhou, right? I intended to send someone to receive you yesterday, but I observed that you could handle yourselves, so I just watched.”

 

Liu Bai Ying’s tone was very candid, looking fully confident, but his inner voice was: [These two people’s abilities are very dangerous. I must proceed cautiously.]

 

“Receive us? Receive us to be your wife?” Given everything that happened yesterday and this morning, Mo Jiu chose to interpret the other party with the greatest malice: “Since you know what happened yesterday, you should know the price of forcing us.”

 

After saying that, she didn’t hesitate, taking the lesson from before, and immediately used her ability to freeze both of them in place!

 

“Hey… let’s talk this out. Don’t resort to violence,” Liu Bai Ying looked helpless, like an elder seeing children fight over candy.

 

But her inner voice was: I’m going to die, going to die, going to die! Don’t kill me, don’t kill me!

 

Out of fear of death, “he” confessed: “How can I marry you? I’m a woman.”

 

Darn it, I wanted to keep up the act longer…

 

Yun Wenzhou heard her inner voice and confirmed she was a woman disguised as a man, yet she said, not wanting to spoil the fun: “A woman? I can’t tell. Take off your clothes and let us see?”

 

“Hey, that’s a bit offensive. You killed the Xiu Luo Gang people because they deserved to die, but I have no grudge against you, right?” Liu Bai Ying complained.

 

Yun Wenzhou persisted: “I hate liars the most. If you truly don’t have it, then we can talk. If you do, I can help you cut it off.”

 

Liu Bai Ying froze for a few seconds before realizing that the thing Yun Wenzhou wanted to cut off was the male part.

 

Thinking of this person’s history of castration, Liu Bai Ying raised her voice in alarm: “I really don’t have it!”

 

She genuinely didn’t, but she also didn’t want to be stabbed—her pants were very expensive!

 

Mo Jiu, hearing Yun Wenzhou’s words, felt a sharp pain in her knee.

 

Yun Wenzhou hated liars… she couldn’t recall the last time she told the truth.

 

However, she felt Liu Bai Ying’s words made sense—she hadn’t done anything to them, and they had no grudge. Was it really appropriate for her to attack directly?

 

But if Liu Bai Ying was a woman, where did she get eight wives?

 

Mo Jiu: System, explain.

 

System: The entire Ability Users Alliance knows that the Alliance Leader has eight wives. As for whether it’s true, I’m not sure either.

 

The System wasn’t sure, but Mo Jiu understood—it was a rumor.

 

A rumor born and spread out of jealousy and unmet desire.

 

Mo Jiu released the restraint on Liu Bai Ying and asked her: “So, are you giving up the position of Alliance Leader?”

 

The mission required her to kill the Alliance Leader and become the new Alliance Leader. So, if Liu Bai Ying, as the current Alliance Leader, was “dead,” she would have completed the mission, right? It wasn’t strictly necessary to kill Liu Bai Ying the person.

 

But getting Liu Bai Ying to accept this proposal would likely be difficult…

 

“I’ll give it up, give it up, give it up!” Liu Bai Ying said in a defeated tone, like a broken jar: “If you want it, you can have it. It’s not a big deal. I’ll even give you some weapons, supplies, and Abomination Crystals.”

 

Mo Jiu: ?

 

“It’s not under duress; I was going to give them to you anyway,” Liu Bai Ying explained. “The reputation of the Ability Users Alliance has been ruined by the people below. Very few girls come here, and those who do are scared away. To encourage more girls to come and feel safe staying here, I give benefits to every girl who arrives. Every single one.”

 

As she spoke, she conjured two palm-sized linen-textured pouches, two laser guns, and a pile of miscellaneous food and water out of thin air.

 

“The pouches contain Abomination Crystals. You know what Abomination Crystals are, right? Scraped off Abominations, used to upgrade abilities. Laser guns are generally ineffective against Abominations, but they’re great against people and can be used for self-defense. You can split the food yourselves.”

 

Mo Jiu looked down at the pile of items.

 

Putting aside everything else, the laser guns were worth 500 reward points… she didn’t know Liu Bai Ying’s status before the apocalypse, to be able to hoard so many things that ordinary people couldn’t access.

 

She picked up a pouch and felt its weight.

 

The number of Abomination Crystals inside wasn’t large, about the amount that could be obtained from killing 5 A-class Abominations. They wouldn’t make much difference to her, but having them was better than nothing.

 

“If you are still determined to take my position as Alliance Leader even after this, then it’s yours. It’s just a position anyway,” Liu Bai Ying said.

 

Mo Jiu accepted the items but still insisted: “Mhm. I’m the boss here from now on, but I’m too lazy to manage things. You’ll be the acting Alliance Leader.”

 

Liu Bai Ying: “…”

 

What’s the point of that, seriously… Fine, your ability is awesome, so you call the shots.

 

Liu Bai Ying’s inner voice further strengthened Yun Wenzhou’s conviction: Strength determines everything!

 

Traveling long distances with Sister to hunt various Abominations over the past year was hard work, but it was worth it.

 

However…

 

“She’s the acting Alliance Leader, what am I?” Yun Wenzhou hooked her arm around Mo Jiu’s, resting her chin on her shoulder, demanding in dissatisfaction.

 

“The Alliance Leader’s Wife.”

 

…No, Mo Jiu regretted her slip of the tongue.

 

But sensing the dissatisfaction in Yun Wenzhou’s tone, she felt a moment of inexplicable guilt, which made her blurt out those four words.

 

She clearly knew what Yun Wenzhou wanted.

 

Hearing those four words, Yun Wenzhou’s mood instantly brightened: “That’s more like it!”

 

Mo Jiu coughed and gave up on correcting herself.

 

Forget it. As long as she’s happy.

 

Just then, the System spoke.

 

System: Congratulations, Host. You have successfully joined the Ability Users Alliance and gained 50 reward points. You have successfully taken the position of Alliance Leader and gained 500 reward points.

 

Mo Jiu mentally brought up the shop panel and checked her balance. It was now 2510.

 

The reward points from completing one mission completely dwarfed her earnings over the past year.

 

I really need to do missions…

 

Mo Jiu checked with the System. The time in the space could be paused or accelerated, but it could only be paused or accelerated entirely together. To ensure that some food didn’t spoil while allowing harvested crops to ripen quickly, she needed to partition the space, which also required 5000 reward points.

 

She wondered if she could accumulate enough reward points to partition the space before the end of this world.

 

If the space was partitioned, she could grow her own food, be self-sufficient, and never have to collect supplies again.

 

If conditions allowed, she could even establish an entire industrial chain in the space, creating whatever she needed.

 

However, that goal was a bit ambitious. She needed to focus on the current mission first.

 

Her next mission was to infiltrate the City of Hope’s laboratory and steal Abomination Crystals.

 

Speaking of the City of Hope, Mo Jiu suddenly became curious and couldn’t help but ask Liu Bai Ying: “If you want girls to keep you company, why didn’t you go to the City of Hope?”

 

The reputation there was much better than the Ability Users Alliance. Not just girls, but everyone who yearned for peace and hope would choose to go there, not the Ability Users Alliance.

 

Unexpectedly, Liu Bai Ying countered: “Then what about you? Why didn’t you go to the City of Hope?”

 

Mo Jiu was momentarily taken aback. Her first thought was that Ye Lan was in the City of Hope, and she didn’t want to confront her. Then she thought: “Because ordinary people all have the potential to become Abominations?”

 

Liu Bai Ying was silent for a moment, then shook her head: “Sometimes, ability users are much scarier than Abominations, especially to powerful ability users like yourselves… I don’t believe you came here for that reason.”

 

She was right. Mo Jiu came here to complete missions and earn reward points, and the original book’s villain came here to avoid Ye Lan.

 

Liu Bai Ying paused, then continued: “I am one of the founders of the Ability Users Alliance, but the way the Alliance developed into this completely anti-ordinary-person organization was not my original intention… However, I also really don’t want to be chatting happily with a friend and suddenly find out she’s turned into an Abomination, forcing me to fight her.”

 

“Forget it, I won’t waste any more time on this nonsense. I’ll just tell you directly: the reason I didn’t go to the City of Hope is because I have a grudge against the City Lord.”

 

“What kind of grudge?”

 

“He stabbed me in the back, stole some of my supplies, and… deceived my feelings.”

 

“The City Lord of the City of Hope, is he a man?”

 

“Mhm.”

 

“Oh.” Mo Jiu didn’t want to hear any more.

 

If she were to become misogynistic, the original host’s father, the shelter’s kitchen supervisor, the members of the Xiu Luo Gang, and this City Lord mentioned by Liu Bai Ying would all bear a huge part of the blame.

 

Although she had encountered many unpleasant women, like the shelter director who drove them out, because she herself was a woman, she always held a little more tolerance and hope for women than for men.

 

Logically, she knew men and women were the same—it all came down to individual character—but emotionally, she still leaned more toward women.

 

“I need to take a trip to the City of Hope,” Mo Jiu stated directly. “If I run into this City Lord, I’ll help you kill him while I’m at it.”

 

Her tone was understated, as if she were merely disposing of garbage casually.

 

Yun Wenzhou couldn’t help but let out a laugh, wrapping her arms around Mo Jiu’s waist.

 

Sister was truly becoming more and more commanding.

 

It should have been this way all along.

 

People she didn’t like, she should just kill.

 

Whether it was the City Lord of the City of Hope, or Ye Lan and Yue Xinghe.

 

If she encountered them, she would kill them all.