Black Raven Prison (17): Not Entirely Without Feeling

Entering the elevator, Mo Yichen emitted an aura of low pressure, remaining silent without uttering a single word.

Mu Xinning dared not lose focus now; she concentrated intently on the selection panel beside her, which held buttons for various floors.

This elevator could reach the rooftop, the fifth floor, the fourth floor, and the basement.

Just as she thought! Mu Xinning silently exclaimed in her mind.

The staircase that once led to the basement had vanished. She had wondered how to return to that lower level.

Sure enough, the elevator was the key! To go out, one must take the elevator!

Currently, she was riding with Mo Yichen, so this situation was unexpected and would not violate any rules.

She had already vaguely guessed it... Mo Yichen’s true identity was the dungeon boss.

Because prison guards held high status within the prison, it was unlikely for such an NPC to speak so humbly to a prison medic.

Before, she thought Mo Yichen might be just a clone, but his shy demeanor never matched the fierce image of the rumored boss.

Now, she was ninety percent certain—the man holding her arm was that terrifying boss.

Meanwhile, Feng Xuanyuan was still lost in jealousy, but she had just seen that man rush out of ward number three and then head toward a room without a nameplate.

Curious, she secretly followed him.

After he entered and shut the door, Feng Xuanyuan mustered courage to press her ear against it to listen. She then heard the sound of a card swipe and the elevator starting!

As the sounds moved upward, Feng Xuanyuan tried the door handle and was lucky to find it unlocked.

She hurried inside to take a quick look. Inside was an elevator and a card reader console.

But soon the elevator started moving again, so Feng Xuanyuan quickly left the room, closing the door behind her.

It seemed that man had the authority to operate the elevator; this information was enough. She then nonchalantly returned to the registration desk to sign in.

Her face still ached!

The elevator returned to the hospital floor, and Mo Yichen pulled her back into the ward, casually closing the door.

She glanced out the window; dusk was approaching.

“Um...” Mu Xinning spoke softly, watching his reaction.

“Why did you hit someone?” Mo Yichen turned to look at her and finally spoke, “Your hand is injured. What if it got worse?” He grabbed her hand and examined it carefully.

Mu Xinning instantly relaxed.

Oh... so he cared about this.

She had thought he was angry because of the apple incident and wanted to confront her.

Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.

“I just didn’t like the look of him, so I hit him,” Mu Xinning said with an innocent expression.

After checking thoroughly and finding her hand unharmed, he finally relaxed. “Alright, go on and eat your food before it gets cold.”

“Okay~” Mu Xinning hugged her doll, sat back on the bed, and began to eat.

Mo Yichen’s gaze darkened ambiguously. “I... will get you a glass of water.”

Mu Xinning let her guard down; he had poured her drinks during meals before.

When Mo Yichen returned, he held a glass of clear water.

“Drink up, be careful not to choke,” he said, handing it to her.

Mu Xinning obediently drank the water in one go.

Seeing that she was almost done eating, Mo Yichen suggested, “Want to go up to the rooftop? The dusk sky is beautiful.”

Mu Xinning nodded. “Sure! Staying inside the hospital is suffocating!” With that, she grabbed her doll and followed him out.

The two took the elevator up to the rooftop.

On the rooftop, she finally breathed fresh air. The evening view was pleasant, and the setting sun cast shimmering light over the sea.

The rooftop was also called the execution ground, but there were no execution devices—just a vast empty space with an elevator in the corner.

Suddenly, she felt dizzy. “Ugh...” Her consciousness faded, and her body went limp.

Mo Yichen caught her as she fainted, gently laying her on the ground in a sideways position. “Sorry,” he said, then stepped back a bit.

“But... if I didn’t do this, you wouldn’t have come out to see me, right?” This wasn’t said to Mu Xinning but to the entity parasitizing her—Jin.

Jin: Heh.

Then countless tentacles shot out violently from Mu Xinning’s lower back, and the tentacles spoke, “Though I knew you discovered me... I didn’t expect you to be so impatient.”

Suddenly, Mo Yichen’s lower back also sprouted numerous tentacles! His gentleness with Mu Xinning vanished. Now, his eyes were sharp, and his entire being radiated an eerie aura.

“So you are my true form... I never imagined the incomplete you would need to depend on a human. Truly disgraceful...”

Jin was not enraged by this but merely snorted. “Since you know, then hurry and return the power!”

Mo Yichen gave a devilish smile, his voice low and melodious, “What if I say no...?”

Finally, the fox’s tail was revealed. Jin thought this must be the true nature of this clone—sinister and cold.

Jin suddenly laughed loudly. “Ha, looks like negotiations failed? But I think we both agree, it’s faster to settle this with action rather than words!”

Jin’s tentacles, like dark purple lightning, pierced through the dusk, their tips glinting metallically and roaring as they charged at Mo Yichen!

Mo Yichen chuckled lightly, sliding back several meters. He lightly tapped the rooftop edge with his toes, stepping on air to spin around.

The tentacles emerging from his back were slender and agile, like venom-coated silk ribbons.

Avoiding Jin’s frontal assault, he suddenly coiled around the outermost tentacle from an oblique rear angle and began whipping it repeatedly.

With a sharp tearing sound, a slit appeared on Jin’s tentacle, oozing viscous fluid that quickly corroded the ground, releasing fine white smoke.

Mo Yichen’s voice mingled with the wind, tinged with mockery. “Is that all your true power has?”

Before he finished speaking, he moved like a phantom to Jin’s side. The clone’s tentacles suddenly split into countless fine branches, raining down on Jin’s body.

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