"Oh~ my dear brother, yesterday, in his battle with Rover, he heroically lost his precious life. But it's okay!"
A crisp voice pulled Zane out of his dream, but before he could react to it, he felt something being placed over his neck.
"Ultraman, open your eyes. I am the Galactic Baseballer."
"!"
Zane suddenly opened his eyes, only to find the culprit who caused him to get beaten last night, Stelle, standing at the foot of his bed, hands on her hips, looking down at him from above.
"Well damn, what are you trying to do now?"
Zane sat up as he spoke, casually taking off whatever had been placed on his neck.
'If nothing unexpected happened, this should be the Beta Capsule… huh?'
Zane squeezed it. The smooth, delicate texture in his hand told him this thing was definitely not ordinary. With deep confusion, he looked at the object in his hand, and instantly sucked in a sharp breath.
A smooth black stocking shimmered under the morning sunlight, glowing brilliantly. At this moment, it looked almost sacred.
But Zane had no time to admire it. He stared blankly at the stocking in his hand, his mind struggling to process.
'Stelle always went bare-legged. She shouldn't be wearing long black stockings like this, right?'
'Could it be that Stelle had suddenly changed her style and started wearing stockings?'
'But if it wasn't Stelle's, then whose was it…'
"ZANE!!"
Another girl's voice came from the doorway. The gritted-teeth tone left Zane with no doubt, the owner of that voice wanted to bite him to death.
Without question, this black stocking belonged to…
Zane's pupils shrank. He carefully turned to look at the door. At this moment, he desperately hoped that voice just now had been his imagination.
But as they say, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
There stood Rover, wearing pure white pajamas, gripping the doorframe as she glared in fury.
Her chest rose and fell, her waist slender, red lips and fair arms, and those cat-like eyes, whether from anger or embarrassment, glistened faintly under the morning light.
Because her stockings were now in Zane's hand, her long, smooth legs were completely bare, dazzling to the point of hurting one's eyes.
Since she had rushed out in a hurry, her bare feet stepped directly on the ground. The faint fragrance of her body mixed with a slight trace of sweat from running.
Her jade-like feet were lightly dusted, yet instead of dulling their beauty, it made them appear even more fair and delicate.
It was like, if you were already completely naked, putting on white long stockings would somehow make you seem even more naked.
This was the same principle as "the noisier the cicadas, the quieter the forest; the clearer the birdsong, the deeper the silence."
Zane suddenly felt his throat go dry, his Adam's apple bobbing uncontrollably.
But he had no time to appreciate any of this beauty, because Rover was already walking toward him.
Zane felt his heart pounding wildly, like it had been injected with adrenaline.
"Rover, it wasn't me! It was Stelle! She stole your stockings!"
With tears in his voice, Zane accused Stelle of her crime while turning to look at her.
But who would have thought, Stelle actually pulled out a trash can.
"Do you think I should put you in the trash can and carry it to the doctor, or put you in the trash can and wait here for the doctor to come?"
'Where did such a big trash can even come from!?'
'And can you stop thinking about everything in terms of trash cans!?'
Stelle: 'No.'
Zane had never felt the world so bleak. Only the black stocking in his hand could barely give him a bit of comfort.
But as they say, where there is oppression, there is resistance.
Zane looked down at the stocking in his hand, his gaze turning firm. For the sake of protecting his hard-earned spoils, he decisively launched an attack on Rover.
He knew very well that if he attacked head-on, he would just get grabbed by Rover and be "refined" in an instant.
So his plan was to dodge her attack at top speed, then, when she wasn't paying attention, move behind her.
But even so, defeating Rover was still nothing more than a foolish dream. In all of Solaris, there was no one who could defeat her head-on.
Therefore, he could only strike at the exact moment she noticed him behind her and turned around.
Only at that instant would she reveal a brief opening.
As long as he could trip Rover, he would have enough time to escape Jinzhou City.
As for what to do after escaping…
'No idea. Run first, think later.'
'Theory complete. Action begins!'
The next second, while Rover wasn't paying attention, Zane sprang up from the bed. Slightly turning his body, he moved like lightning, creating a gust of wind as he dashed behind her.
Rover was clearly startled by his sudden movement. Thinking he was trying to escape, she instinctively turned her head.
"Now!"
At the moment she turned, Zane stretched out his leg toward her heel.
Although tripping those long legs made him hesitate a little, for the sake of his life, he had no choice.
"Take this, my super invincible trip... huh?"
Before he could finish naming his move, Zane suddenly realized that Rover had simply… collapsed onto the bed on her own.
Zane looked at the leg he had just extended. He was certain he hadn't touched her at all.
Then why did she fall?
Zane couldn't figure it out.
Looking at Rover again, her delicate body lay on the bed, slightly curled. A hint of pure white showed beneath her pajamas as she moved, her watery golden eyes both resisting and inviting at the same time.
Noticing Zane's gaze, Rover supported her body with one arm. Her full chest rose and fell with the motion, while her other hand rested near her lips.
"You… are you going to bully me?"
That soft, sweet expression paired with her alluring tone instantly overloaded Zane's brain.
High-level hunters often appear as prey. At this moment, Rover finally revealed her fangs.
"No… I…"
Zane waved his hands frantically, unable to form a sentence. But Rover wasn't about to let this opportunity slip.
Her previously soft and weak-looking body suddenly sprang up from the bed, pouncing onto Zane and pinning him beneath her.
Jinzhou was warm in the summer. Even lying on the floor, Zane didn't feel cold.
A faint fragrance uncontrollably filled his nose. His hands instinctively tried to push Rover away, but the moment they touched her soft body, they recoiled as if burned.
Rover seemed to realize that her position was a bit too intimate, and her cheeks flushed slightly. But she didn't get up immediately. Instead, her golden eyes grew even more determined.
"I only looked away for a little while, and you already hooked up with someone else again. I haven't even settled things with you about Yinlin yet."
Maybe it was just his imagination, but Zane felt a trace of resentment in her voice.
And of course she had some resentment.
She had been so straightforward before, yet this idiot disappeared for three whole days afterward.
When she finally found him again, she suddenly discovered he had somehow gotten involved with Yinlin.
Before she could even settle that score, that very night, there was another one.
And each one was just as beautiful as her.
Looking at Zane frozen beneath her, Rover suppressed the overflowing embarrassment in her heart. She didn't let it show, forcing herself to remain calm.
The corner of her lips lifted slightly, forming a smile that could charm anyone.
"Tell me, how should I punish you?" Her voice was soft and gentle, yet carried an irresistible authority.
It sounded like a question, but clearly had another meaning.
"I…"
Unfortunately, before Zane could finish speaking, he felt a pair of hands cup his face. Then something soft blocked the rest of his words, sealing his mouth. A slick, slightly sweet sensation slipped into his mouth.
As for how Zane would answer, Rover already knew.
So she had to take the initiative. If she kept waiting like this, her position might not remain secure.
Meanwhile, Stelle, who had watched the entire scene from the side, was hugging her trash can and twisting into a lemon-flavored knot, rolling around on the bed nonstop.
After witnessing all this, Stelle felt like she had learned quite a lot.