Chapter 113 - 97: Extraordinary Raider

Chapter 113: Chapter 97: Extraordinary Raider

[Gu Qing: OK.]

Just as he sent the message, a WeChat voice call came in from Xia Shuran.

The moment Gu Qing answered, he heard the distinct sound of splashing water and couldn’t help but ask:

"Shuran, are you taking a bath?"

"Yeah, I went to see my ancestor as soon as I got home. We talked until just now, so I’m only just getting the chance to bathe."

Xia Shuran’s voice was soft and sweet. "Mhm, I just finished rinsing off and now I’m soaking in the tub."

Gu Qing laughed. "What a coincidence. I’m also sitting in my bathtub right now."

As he spoke, he gently slapped the water’s surface, making a SPLASH to prove he was telling the truth.

Xia Shuran found it incredible. "Senior, we really are fated to meet. To think we’d both be taking a bath at this hour... Do you think it was written in the stars?"

Gu Qing never believed in so-called fate. He couldn’t help his blunt reply, "That’s a bit too fantastical. It’s just a coincidence."

The words had barely left his mouth when the Magic Mirror on the edge of the tub suddenly began to twitch violently.

Gu Qing found it strange. ’Why is the Magic Mirror twitching out of the blue?’

He immediately reached out, picked up the Magic Mirror, and looked at its surface.

He would have been better off not looking. The moment he did, his expression changed drastically.

The surface of the Magic Mirror was actually displaying a live feed of Xia Shuran taking a bath in her bathroom!

And it was in high-definition, completely uncensored!

Every little detail was crystal clear! 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

"Holy shit, what are you doing!"

Gu Qing was stunned. His voice boomed as he questioned why the Magic Mirror would do something so morally depraved.

But his eyes remained glued to the mirror’s surface, not wavering for even a second.

"Senior?"

On the other end of the line, Xia Shuran’s confused voice came through. "What’s going on over there? Did something happen?"

Gu Qing couldn’t explain it to his junior. He just said hurriedly, "The Magic Mirror is acting up. I need to deal with it. I’m hanging up now, I’ll call you back!"

With that, he hung up the voice call.

Then he turned to the Magic Mirror and demanded, "Seriously, why were you peeping on Xia Shuran’s bath?"

The Magic Mirror twitched, the uncensored HD view of Xia Shuran’s bath vanished, and text appeared in its place:

[Weren’t you staring the whole time, too?]

Gu Qing chose to ignore the question. Frowning, he shot back, "Xia Shuran is at home right now, not in the Mirror World at all. How can you still monitor her?"

Magic Mirror: [There are still some remnants of my Extraordinary Power inside her, so I can monitor her. After a few days, when the last of my Extraordinary Power in her body disappears, I won’t be able to anymore.]

Gu Qing: "It’s a good thing you’re a girl. Otherwise, you would’ve seen everything."

Magic Mirror: [Heh, so you know you’re not supposed to peep on the opposite sex while they’re bathing. Then why would you, a man, take me out while you’re bathing naked?]

Gu Qing: "It’s fine, I don’t mind. I’m a grown man; I’m not afraid of you seeing everything."

Magic Mirror: [Well, I mind. It’s an eyesore.]

Gu Qing: "Heh, shouldn’t you be saying it’s huge?"

He didn’t chat much longer with the Magic Mirror.

After a few simple retorts, Gu Qing called Xia Shuran back.

Xia Shuran answered quickly, asking with great concern:

"Senior, is everything alright over there?"

"I’m fine."

Gu Qing’s voice was calm. "The Magic Mirror was asking for a beating, but I’ve already dealt with it."

"That’s good."

Xia Shuran breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Senior, should I start telling you about the history of the Extraordinary from several hundred years ago?"

Gu Qing: "OK."

「For the next half hour or so.」

The two of them talked continuously about the history of the Extraordinary from centuries ago.

They talked from the bathtub to the bed.

During this time, it was mainly Xia Shuran talking while Gu Qing occasionally asked questions, which she would then answer.

When he heard about the world-ending fiend known as the Extraordinary Raider, Gu Qing couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. He felt that this person was a lot like him.

’The fiend’s ability was to plunder the Extraordinary Power from others’ bodies. My ability is to acquire Attributes from the tags above people’s heads. The similarity lies in the fact that we both gain power from others. Besides that, our philosophies were also similar. The fiend plundered others’ Extraordinary Power, wanting to be the sole wielder of it. I farm Attributes from others’ tags, wanting to not eat beef. Holy crap! I’m practically a kindred spirit with this fiend! But he was too high-profile. He wasn’t even invincible yet, but he was arrogant enough to brazenly plunder others’ Extraordinary Power everywhere he went. In the end, he was ganged up on and killed. I’m different. I’m more low-key. I know how to lie low and develop in secret.’

Standing on the shoulders of a historical Giant, Gu Qing mercilessly belittled the world-ending fiend to elevate himself, feeling a satisfying sense of superiority.

Just then, a loud yawn came from the other end of the line:

"YAWN~"

Xia Shuran was getting sleepy.

She usually went to bed very early. Staying up until four in the morning like tonight was a first for her.

Hearing her yawn, Gu Qing said to her in a gentle voice:

"Shuran, you should sleep if you’re tired. It’s getting really late."

"It’s okay, I can stay up. I’ll wait for you to sleep, Senior."

Xia Shuran’s voice was tinged with drowsiness.

Hearing this, Gu Qing had no choice but to fake a yawn of his own, his voice full of sleepiness:

"I can’t stay up any longer. I’m going to sleep now, so you should sleep too."

"If you’re going to sleep, Senior, then I’ll sleep too."

"Mhm, good night."

"Good night, Senior."

After saying their good nights, Gu Qing hung up the voice call and put down his phone.

But he didn’t go to sleep.

Instead, he picked up the Magic Mirror beside him and began to voice the question on his mind:

"Magic Mirror, back when we fought in the Mirror World, I think you called me a fiend. What was that about?"