Chapter 6: She Shamelessly Transformed the Ruins into Her Own Lair!

This idiot system—if it had been a bit more capable, with more initiative, I would have taken off on my own long ago within these two years.

There was no need to just stand there and watch the Clow Cards fly away helplessly.

Childhood memories, after all—these were the genuine official merchandise. No matter what, I had to at least get my hands on them.

Ye Hui sighed and reluctantly shoved the camera into the system backpack.

“All right, after waiting for a while, it’s about time to knock on the door…”

*Clatter!*

In the study, the empty books fell to the floor.

The howling wind ceased, and the sky cleared.

Sakura collapsed to the ground.

After such a fright, the tightly drawn strings of her nerves suddenly relaxed, and the strength in her body seemed to vanish along with her courage.

“What is this…”

She looked again at the Wind card in her hand.

At that moment, the books began to glow with a golden light once more.

The golden light rippled like the surface of water, as if something was emerging…

Sakura grew increasingly frightened.

Such a strange event had just happened once—but what was this thing before her now?

The figure slowly floated upward, gradually revealing its full form.

It looked like a yellow-skinned plush toy mouse with white wings. Its tail twitched, tipped with a tuft of white fur, somewhat resembling a lion’s tail.

The plush toy lowered its head, looking serious.

Then, it slowly raised its head.

The next moment, the once stern face suddenly relaxed into a mischievous grin.

“Hey there! Hello! Thanks for waking me up!”

Sakura blinked.

Why was it still speaking in an Osaka accent?

The previously grim and terrifying atmosphere instantly vanished!

And what was this Osaka accent about?

The plush toy crossed its arms and leisurely explained while floating in the air.

“Because this book was left in Osaka for so long, I ended up picking up the Osaka accent—ah!”

The next second, a hand reached out and grabbed the plush toy…

Twisting it, pulling it, scratching it, shaking it.

“Where’s the battery? The switch? How can it talk?”

“What are you doing!” the plush toy roared angrily. “I’m not a toy!”

It jumped onto the books. “I’m Cerberus, the guardian beast sealing this book!”

“Seal? Cerberus?”

“That’s right!”

The sealing beast Cerberus jumped down, gestured, and the book stood upright on the ground, its cover automatically opening.

“My job is to guard the cards inside this book, to keep them from doing any mischief…”

Cerberus was at a loss for words.

Inside the book was naturally empty.

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“Ah! The cards are gone!”

“Why? How did they disappear? Where did they go?”

Sakura extended a hand, offering a Wind card.

“This one?”

“That’s it! What about the other cards?”

Sakura explained that after she said “Wind,” a breeze really did start blowing…

“Hmm.”

“So they all flew away.”

“I see.”

Sakura scratched her head awkwardly, and Cerberus laughed along.

“Ha ha ha ha…” ×2

The cheerful mood suddenly vanished.

“What?!”

Cerberus lunged forward, and they started wrestling when—

*Knock knock knock!*

Sakura stood up holding the plush toy.

“This is bad… could it be my brother coming home early?”

She didn’t want her foolish brother to find this plush toy.

What if he broke it!

After all, it was all because of her carelessness that the cards Cerberus guarded had been lost…

*Knock knock knock!*

The knocking became more urgent.

Sakura hurriedly ran upstairs, and just as she neared the door, she realized something was off.

“Brother has a key; why would he be knocking?”

Having experienced several frightening incidents, Sakura’s mind was unusually clear, and she instinctively became alert.

“Who is it?”

“Is that Kinomoto-san?”

Sakura recognized Ye Hui’s voice and quickly opened the door.

“Ah, Ye Hui, what are you doing…”

“Ahaha, after moving to Youzhi Town, I’ve been living nearby. On my way back from school, I saw this house glowing and thought it was on fire…”

Sakura hurried to explain.

Not good at lying, she struggled to make it sound convincing.

“Well, maybe it was just the lights…”

“I saw those lights flying away like fireworks.”

“Uh, well, yeah…”

Sakura hadn’t expected Ye Hui to see so much.

Now her lie had been witnessed by a classmate…

Oh no!

What should she do…

Ye Hui looked at the blushing Sakura and couldn’t help but smile inwardly.

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No wonder she’s the queen of cuteness!

On the surface, he feigned sudden understanding.

“It’s a magical treasure, right?”

Sakura’s face went blank. “Huh? Magical treasure?”

He wasn’t wrong. Those magical cards—could they really be some kind of magical treasure, which explained their wondrous powers?

Ye Hui confidently raised his head.

“That’s right!”

“Cultivators protect their path through their tools! Magic tools, treasures, immortal artifacts—these are different levels of magical tools, but starting from treasures, the refined items gain a certain degree of intelligence and can act on their own…”

Ye Hui explained that he originally intended to call the fire department.

“But when I saw those streaks of light, some didn’t fly straight, and their force varied, I made a deduction…”

Sakura: “Deduction?”

Ye Hui calmly put on his clear glasses and adjusted his bow tie. “Exactly, there can only be one truth!”

“Those are all intelligent magical treasures. Therefore, this must be an ancient cave dwelling, where many treasures have developed sentience…”

Sakura was speechless.

She had heard her reckless brother say before that when he was in second year of middle school, there were some strange boys in his class who always behaved oddly.

Some said it was a disease that flared up in the second year of middle school.

By high school or university, it would gradually improve.

Moreover, when the illness got better, if anyone mentioned the past episode, it would cause embarrassment.

“Could it be that this Ye Hui, who’s always talking about cultivation, has had an early onset?”

Ye Hui was unaware of the twists and turns inside the little girl’s mind.

He grinned broadly, “By the way, Kinomoto-san, could you show me around this ancient cave dwelling?”

“Ah, okay… ah, no!”

Sakura’s hair stood on end.

She guessed the “cave dwelling” Ye Hui mentioned was her father’s study.

Just thinking of the study reminded her she had locked Cerberus inside.

Seeing her expression, Ye Hui guessed as much.

“By the way, maybe someone has already called the police. If anyone comes to Kinomoto’s house to inquire…”

Ye Hui coaxed gently.

Sakura’s heart was pure; she finally agreed.

“Please help yourself!”

Sakura brought out some snacks from the fridge that she wanted to eat.

While Ye Hui munched on the snacks, she found a flimsy excuse, slipped away to the basement, and brought Cerberus and the book back to her room, finally breathing a sigh of relief…

“All right, please follow me. Actually... Dad doesn’t mind others seeing his books, as long as they take care of them. Tomoyo used to come here often.”

Ye Hui walked forward slowly.

[You thought the protagonist of Heaven and Earth would clean out the cave dwelling, but unexpectedly, she greedily transformed the ruins into her own dwelling. You decide to imitate the wolf grandmother, luring her to open the door and seize the treasures.]

[You have successfully infiltrated the cave dwelling and entered the treasure chamber. Please make your choice...]