Free Web NovelChapter 1581: Chapter 471: The Ritual (2)
"According to yesterday’s idea, I should be able to try it now, Meow."
"Mm, then I’ll leave it to you."
Upon hearing this, Sakuragi Hitomi pulled out the paper she had hidden in her arms.
This was what she and Meow had sorted out during a sleepless night.
She no longer had a modifier, she was just an ordinary person, and Meow didn’t have any extra fragments to piece together another modifier, so they could only try to solve the problem with the resources they had.
Meow told her last night that when it tried to save Yan Huan within the modifier, it saw text on those fingers, possibly related to the so-called ritual.
Since the modifier was pieced together by Meow, it still had some weak connections to it.
Perhaps, it could try to secretly connect and gather information about the current ritual... the thing Yan Huan intended to do.
"Meow..."
After a night of rest, Meow’s state had recovered significantly.
Suddenly, it took a deep breath, its black fur starting to surge like restless clouds.
"Boom!"
It closed its eyes, its consciousness instantaneously traversing the dimension of reality, connecting to the crab throne surrounded by five massive fingers.
On the throne, countless pink crabs crawled back and forth over a chrysalis.
Perhaps because of the damage caused by attempting to detonate the modifier yesterday, this space within the modifier showed no response to Meow’s visit, allowing it to breathe a sigh of relief and boldly take in its surroundings.
After casting this glance, the small cat in Sakuragi Hitomi’s room suddenly spoke with surprise,
"I’ve... I’ve got it, Meow! Sakuragi, quickly write it down!"
"Okay!"
In the darkness, Meow’s consciousness rapidly swept over the fingers, with a similar format of text above each.
The text on the Big Thumb:
"Recover what is cherished"
The text on the index finger:
"Eliminate the deepest fear"
The text on the Middle Finger:
"Cut away unbearable weaknesses"
The text on the ring finger:
"Regret for the most regrettable thing"
The text on the Little Thumb:
"Endure the scorching heat of desire"
Could this be the ritual required for exchanging crab currency?
Five tasks, thirty crab currencies, exactly six per task...
"..."
While observing, Meow spoke in reality to have Sakuragi Hitomi write it down.
However, after finishing, Meow noticed that the text was still flickering; if touched with consciousness, it might gain the specific requirements of the ritual!
Seeing this, Meow gathered courage, wanting to get closer to those fingers.
But at that moment, a biting cold suddenly surged through Meow’s heart.
"!!"
Meow’s eyes narrowed, instinctively looking towards the palm center.
It saw the throne formed by countless crabs revealing a bloodshot eye on the originally unclear surface of the chrysalis.
That was...
Yan Huan’s eye!!
"Bang!"
In an instant, Meow’s body in reality emitted a sound akin to a balloon burst.
"Hiss!"
Sakuragi Hitomi, waiting for the rest of the story, was startled, covering her ears.
"Ouch!"
Meow rolled dozens of times on the ground, its body twisted and collapsing against the wall, dizzily counting stars on the floor.
Its form began to flicker again, appearing extremely weak.
"Meow! Are you okay?"
Seeing this, Sakuragi Hitomi immediately got up to check on Meow, who still shook its head in a daze, saying it was "okay".
After speaking, Meow lay flat on the floor, softly saying,
"I... I’ve been discovered by Yan Huan, Meow... The connection is completely severed now, never going through again..."
"..."
Sakuragi Hitomi opened her mouth, initially intending to say something, but seeing Meow’s pitiful appearance, she held back.
After all, unlike Ye Shiyu, she liked cats very much.
And while normal cats are cute, they shed fur and don’t understand human nature, Meow perfectly compensates for these shortcomings.
So, considering how cute it is, Sakuragi Hitomi pursed her lips gently, comforting,
"It’s okay, you’ve already gathered a lot of information..."
After saying that, she turned to look at the five sentences she recorded, analyzing them with her chin resting in her hand,
"These five rituals, as I previously analyzed, must be related to the President’s desire..."
Yesterday, before Meow tried to gather information, she recorded all known details of the modifier on paper.
Sakuragi Hitomi liked doing this, also known as "information visualization," as it helps her organize her thoughts.
"Meow..."
Beside her, Meow took a look and couldn’t help but feel at a loss,
"Sorry, I couldn’t gather more information; now it seems this description is rather vague..."
"It’s okay, inference is also good. There is little information now, but there will be more and more later."
Sakuragi Hitomi was very calm, instead pointing to the rituals described by the ring finger and index finger, saying,
"Although the conditions for completing each ritual may vary, from the description of ’deepest what,’ the rituals must be asking for what is buried deepest in the President’s heart..."
As she spoke, Sakuragi Hitomi’s expression became hesitant.
Although she prided herself on knowing Yan Huan well, she could think of some things described in each ritual.
For example, the "cherished thing" could be Yan Huan’s impending loss of the "student council president position"...
But when it came to levels as high as "deepest," she couldn’t help but hesitate.
