"Good morning, come eat breakfast!"
After getting up and tidying her bed, Yae Sakura brought over breakfast and said to Kallen, who was playing with the black box.
"Hmm! Okay."
Putting down the black box in her hand, Kallen smiled at Yae Sakura, then they both knelt on the tatami mat facing the small table and began to drink white porridge.
"Hmph~!"
At this moment, Lao Dao Wan, inside the black box, looked at the warm scene and felt her mouth full of dog food, which made her already unbalanced heart even more so.
"What is this box of yours?"
With two cute dark circles under her eyes, Yae Sakura looked at the black box after eating. She always felt a strong malice emanating from inside, which made her shiver.
"I don't know what it is either. It's just that after we discovered it, a certain power was researched from it."
"Although this power drove the researchers mad, I think this black box should be called 'Pandora's Box'."
"Once opened, I feel something bad will happen."
Kallen looked at the black box with complex eyes. Although she didn't understand science, she knew what to touch and what not to touch. In the eyes of the researchers, this was a treasure trove for human evolution, but in Kallen's eyes, it was a 'forbidden power' that would lead humanity to extinction. She absolutely could not allow others to touch this power. Scene after scene she witnessed in the laboratory, twisted human bodies, flashed before Kallen's eyes.
With these bloody examples before her, Kallen became even more convinced of her correctness. Even if she defected from the Schicksal Organization, she would not let this 'forbidden power' return to the hands of those researchers. They were a group of madmen who only knew research and had no humanity whatsoever. Who knows, the key to destroying the world might be born from their hands.
"Can I see it?"
With a special feeling, Yae Sakura looked at the black box in front of her and asked Kallen for permission.
"Take it and look! It can't be opened anyway. Those researchers spent over ten years and still couldn't open it. You take it and look! You…"
As Kallen spoke, she handed the black box beside her to Yae Sakura. Then, as she continued speaking, a scene of being proven wrong occurred. Unexpectedly, as soon as the black box reached Yae Sakura's hand, half of its lid opened. This scene not only stunned Kallen, but also Yae Sakura, Rin, and even Lao Dao Wan inside the box.
But unlike Yae Sakura, Rin, and Kallen, after a moment of stunned, Lao Dao Wan was overcome with ecstasy. Finally, she could get out, finally, she could see the sky.
"I'm sorry."
"It's…it's nothing."
Seeing this, Yae Sakura quickly returned the box to Kallen, who looked at the half-open box, feeling a burning sensation on her face.
But when she saw black, misty substance emerging from the black box, she quickly closed it.
"Hahaha~ Hahaha I'm free!"
A piercing laugh came from the black mist, which then drifted towards the deep forest.
"Such an evil aura. No, I can't just let it go."
Yae Sakura felt the strong malice in the black mist, picked up a nearby sword, and prepared to pursue it.
"Wait, I'm coming too."
Taking her weapon, 'Prototype: Spirit Bow', and the black box, she followed Yae Sakura's footsteps. She brought the black box because she might still be able to seal the entity inside it.
"ヾ(≧O≦)〃 Awoo~"
Not long after the two entered the deep forest, a huge beast roar echoed.
"I'm not human anymore!"
A huge white fox, five or six meters long, with strange fiery patterns on its body, spewed flames and spoke in human words towards the sky.
"Although a large part of my body hasn't escaped yet, this much power is enough to deal with the humans in this world."
It said confidently, but it didn't notice that while it was gloating, two figures had already rushed towards it.
Six hours later, the large fox, covered in blood, lay dead on the ground, its eyes wide open in disbelief.
"If it weren't for me being unfamiliar with my current body, how could you have defeated me?"
Blood flowed from its huge mouth like water from an open tap.
"Are you stupid~? Why would we wait until you're familiar with your body? Isn't it more advantageous for us to take you down now!"
Kallen looked at Lao Dao Wan with a 'how could you be so foolish' expression, which infuriated Lao Dao Wan.
"Don't think you've won like this. I won't die."
Its huge beast eyes stared fixedly at the white-clad girl in front of it. As it spoke, its body began to turn into black smoke, rushing towards the two of them.
"Oh no, this is bad, be careful."
Kallen, sensing that things were going wrong, spoke to Sakura, but Sakura no longer had the strength to reply.
Although the black mist enveloped both of them, Lao Dao Wan's objective was only one: Sakura.
Because she hadn't slept well recently, Sakura's mental state was the worst.
Moreover, after a fierce battle, she was extremely fatigued.
Wasn't this the perfect time to take over?
When else would be better than now?
So, the black mist completely enveloped Sakura.
"Sakura~."
Kallen looked worriedly at the figure in the black mist.
When the black mist dissipated, Yae Sakura's beautiful purple eyes had turned into blood-red beast pupils, and a pair of fox ears, as long as a rabbit's, had sprouted from the top of her soft, flowing hair.
At this moment, Yae Sakura had become a pseudo-Herrscher.
"Sakura!?"
Kallen looked at Sakura with concern.
Although those beast ears, paired with Sakura's pure and beautiful face, multiplied her charm a hundredfold, even Kallen had to admit she was 'charmed' just now.
But she was still worried about Sakura, who seemed to be possessed by a 'fox'.
However, could the current Sakura be called a 'fox spirit'?
She looked like a seductive fox at every angle.
Kallen, lost in her thoughts, completely forgot that they were in a battle.
Fortunately, Rin was helping Sakura fight for control of her body.
Otherwise, if Lao Dao Wan had taken control, the first thing it would do is kill this person who was spacing out on the battlefield.
Kallen, currently distracted, had no idea that a fierce battle was raging within Sakura's consciousness.
"I didn't expect someone to get here first."
"This was clearly the body I set my sights on first.
Whether it was a nightmare or just being unreasonable, I was here first.
What's going on with you, little girl?"
Lao Dao Wan stared wide-eyed at the girl who looked eighty percent like Sakura, a look of disbelief on its face, as if it had been 'cheated on'.
"My sister is mine!
How dare you, an outsider, act like the owner, you disgusting big fox!"
Enraged by Lao Dao Wan's words, Rin, wreathed in black energy, ignored the difference in their sizes and cursed at Lao Dao Wan's huge fox face.
"Should I be happy about this?"
Sakura, looking dispirited on the side, watched the strange scene of one person and one fox verbally sparring without actually fighting, and blurted out this sentence in a daze.
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