As evening approached, Zu Zong felt bored. Seeing that Xiao Wu had fallen asleep, he said goodbye to Ye Lingling and left the Rose Hotel.
Zu Zong didn't care about his accommodations; he always replaced sleep with cultivation wherever he went. As for Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling, he wasn't particularly interested. Girls always had their secrets, even if one of them was a slut.
Strolling along the streets of Soto City, Zu Zong planned to buy a few masks to prepare for tomorrow's Soul Fighting Competition. Previously in Notting City, Zu Zong had used transformation techniques in Soul Fighting, but with the Royal Fighters present, he couldn't do that.
There were quite a few stalls on the streets of Soto City, and soon Zu Zong found a place selling masks.
A white fox mask with red patterns caught Zu Zong's attention.
Zu Zong murmured softly, "This mask looks like the one Uchiha Itachi wore during his time in the Anbu."
Having made up his mind, Zu Zong decided to choose this mask.
Suddenly, a clear, girlish voice reached Zu Zong's ears.
"Boss, how much is this mask?"
Zu Zong turned around and saw a girl with long brown hair.
The girl was probably about the same age as Zu Zong, wearing a simple tea-blue long dress, giving off a very clean feeling. She was about 1.65 meters tall, much shorter than Zu Zong. Because she was standing to Zu Zong's right, he could see her profile, and her face was even more delicate than Xiao Wu's. From her profile to her neck, he could see that the girl's skin was very good, extremely fair and tender.
Zu Zong couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "I didn't know until I came out. Now that I'm out here, not to mention Ye Lingling, any girl I see is better than that rabbit. Of course, this is also because Xiao Wu hasn't grown up yet. I imagine she will be much prettier when she grows up. I just wonder what Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, the mother and daughter from the original work, look like?"
Green Pepper: Scumbag.
Zu Zong: Bah! I was just lusting after her body, not a scumbag.
The girl noticed Zu Zong's gaze, and her already bad mood became even more unpleasant. Just as she was about to explode, what she saw next made her swallow back the curse she was about to utter.
Before her eyes was a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, tall and slender, with long, blue-silver hair. His skin was fair, and his face was as pretty as any girl's. If it weren't for his black men's clothing and the masculine air about him, she almost wouldn't have been able to tell his gender.
Looking into his clear eyes, hmm! Not a pervert. (Green Pepper: Girl, he's definitely not a pervert, he's just been staring at the rabbit for too long and needs you to cleanse his eyes.)
The girl and the clan leader met eyes, and she smiled, "Hello!"
The zu zong nodded in response, then continued picking out masks. Ye Lingling was wearing a black veil and didn't need one, but the rabbit didn't. Even so, the clan leader still planned to pick one for both of them.
As for the little girl beside him, he didn't have any other thoughts; he simply thought she was pretty.
The zu zong indifferent response made the girl chuckle. Thinking to himself, "What's going on? He looked at me first, and I only greeted him out of respect. What's with him just nodding?"
After a short while, Zu Zong picked out two decent-looking masks and prepared to leave the stall.
"Are you here to attend Shrek Academy?"
The one who spoke was a girl with long brown hair. She noticed that Zu Zong was about her age and sensed a strong fluctuation of soul power emanating from him, even stronger than her own, so she couldn't help but ask.
Shrek?
Zu Zong stopped in his tracks, a look of doubt on his face, and asked, "Are you a student at Shrek?"
Zu Zong scrutinized the girl again. If she was a student at Shrek, then her identity would be easy to guess, since there were only three girls at Shrek in the original story.
First, he ruled out Xiao Wu; that rabbit had followed him and was probably still in bed! Then, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the girl's breasts. Damn, they were so small; it wasn't Zhu Zhuqing. Then it could only be Ning Rongrong. It couldn't be that Tang San had raised another "little sister" from somewhere!
Zu Zong shook his head. "I'm not here to join Shrek Academy. Even if I were, Shrek's registration period ended yesterday. Besides, it seems like it should be class time now."
The girl was clearly stumped by Zu Zong's irrelevant answer and replied guiltily, "Um, I just enrolled yesterday. Classes start at night, and we're supposed to rest during the day. My name is Ning Rongrong, what's yours?"
Zu Zong's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking, "It really is Ning Rongrong. Looks like she was made to run by Flander, and then, after only one lap, she came to Soto City for a big meal. Wait, doesn't that mean..."
Zu Zong secretly broke out in a cold sweat. Over the years, he had stolen almost all of Flander's savings. Although his hatred value was still below 70%, if he were caught, he would definitely get a beating. Even if he could use the system to randomly teleport to other places, who knows what dangerous places he might end up in! The last time he was randomly teleported to Xiao Xun'er's bed was a bloody lesson.
With this in mind, the Zuzong began to think of a solution.
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"Hello, my name is Zuzong."
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The scene shifts to the other side.
Hundreds of meters in the air, Flander, hiding in the clouds, secretly observes Ning Rongrong's every move. At this moment, he sees Ning Rongrong chatting with a strange young man.
"This young lady dares to skip class, humph! I'll deal with her when I get back!"
As for the young man beside her, Flander doesn't think too much about it, assuming he's just being flirted with. As long as the other party doesn't do anything outrageous, he won't bother with him. But for some reason, when he sees the other person's face clearly, an inexplicable anger suddenly surges into his heart.
He's no stranger to this anger; he's felt it several times in the past few years, when his gold soul coins were stolen.
"No, I have to find that kid and get to the bottom of this. If he really stole my gold soul coins, I'll make him pay."
After Zuzong and Ning Rongrong part, Flander can no longer suppress his curiosity and anger, and decides to go find Zuzong and get to the bottom of this.
As soon as Flander landed, he found a black figure suddenly appearing before him.
The figure was masked and appeared quite muscular.
Flander respectfully clasped his hands and asked, "Why does Senior block my path?"
After all, someone who could appear before him so suddenly without his noticing was no ordinary person. This made Flander take it seriously. The
black figure waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Who I am is unimportant, but that person is not someone you can touch!"
"That person?" Flander was startled; clearly, the figure was referring to the blue-haired youth he was looking for.
The black figure didn't answer Flander's question.
The next moment, a dazzling light emanated from the black figure, and under the faint glow, his body began to subtly change. A violent aura of soul power rippled around him. Eight soul rings slowly rose beneath his feet—yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black—and circled around his entire body.
Flander exclaimed in surprise, "A Soul Douluo!"
This time, Flander was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. He never expected that the thief he suspected would have a Soul Douluo-level bodyguard by his side.
Thinking of this, Flander smiled bitterly to himself. Would someone with a Soul Douluo as a bodyguard be interested in his few hundred gold soul coins?
Flander then cupped his hands and said, "I am Flander, the four-eyed owl, the dean of Shrek Academy. Seeing that the blue-haired young man has extraordinary bones, I am sure he is a person of unparalleled talent, so I wish to invite him to join Shrek Academy. I have no ill intentions. In that case, I will take my leave."
Seeing that the other party did not stop him, Flander directly activated his martial soul and flew away.
Only after returning to Shrek Academy did he breathe a sigh of relief and couldn't help but mutter, "With a Soul Douluo secretly protecting him, it seems that kid is not the one who stole my money. I almost made a big enemy! But, who exactly is that kid?"
Green Pepper: That kid (the clan leader) really is the one who stole your money.
On the other side, after parting ways with Ning Rongrong, Zu Zong still couldn't come up with a good solution. He could only pretend to be normal; after all, Flander might not find him, and even if he did, there was no evidence to accuse him of stealing money, since Flander had never been to Soto City before.
Zu Zong had even prepared his lines in advance. But... after all that, Flander never came.
Well, all his efforts were in vain.
(End of Chapter)