Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

"This is truly fascinating."

Staring at the beautiful young woman in the mirror, Jiang Qiao chuckled wryly.

Even with just a few words, that sensitive girl had perceived that he might know information that could save the city from its near-death situation.

She had even sensed the reason for his hesitation.

So, instead of answering immediately, Jiang Qiao asked in return:

"Why do you think that?"

"Well, I can't really say for sure. If I had to put it into words, it's probably just a girl's intuition, maybe?~"

On the other side, Elysia, sporting his body, giggled, openly sharing her thoughts through the chat group:

"I want to try to save this city, so... could you please tell me what you know?"

"The situation is developing in a way that I didn't want it to, that's why I didn't want to say anything."

Jiang Qiao sighed.

He had already guessed that, with Elysia's personality, she would never just run away after learning the details of the Third Honkai Eruption.

As a result, that perceptive girl had still gleaned some information from a few words and had targeted him.

Seriously, throwing himself into dangerous situations like this was totally against his principles.

But—

"Even if I don't tell you, you probably wouldn't leave, would you?"

Elysia: Oh my~ you know me unexpectedly well, are you secretly paying attention to me? Of course, in Elysia's style, there's no way she'd run away from the scene~

After learning that Nagazora City was about to be hit by a major Honkai Eruption, this girl who deeply loved humanity would never choose to save her own life.

"If you're going to say something cool, use your own body next time! Using someone else's body is way too selfish."

The pink-haired girl in the mirror massaged her temples, a hint of dissatisfaction and helplessness appearing on her pretty face.

Elysia in the chat group fell into a brief silence.

If it were the usual her, she would definitely reply with something like: "Being selfish is a beautiful girl's privilege!"

But with Jiang Qiao, Elysia couldn't say something like that.

After all, she was currently using Jiang Qiao's body, and she was also using Jiang Qiao's body to do dangerous things.

—A girl's selfishness has its limits. If you are too selfish, you will be hated!

If she were to justify her actions by invoking a beautiful girl's selfish privilege, Elysia wouldn't even be able to convince herself.

She wasn't that shameless of a girl!

"Sorry."

Elysia could only reply with these simple words.

She couldn't change her decision.

Even though she didn't want to do something so shameless, her love for humanity made it impossible for her to watch the people of Nagazora City suffer like that.

This kind of thing was really painful.

"If we fail, then I'll just have to ask you to be a girl forever. But I'm quite confident in my looks, so, sorry~"

Seeing Elysia's reply, Jiang Qiao just felt his fists clench.

Saying that kind of thing just meant that he had to help!

Unfortunately, he had absolutely no interest in living as a girl forever!

What an annoying pink fatty!

In the mirror, the pink-haired girl's expression turned fierce and menacing.

Even if it was just to protect his own body, the only path left was to save Nagazora City!

If he allowed Elysia, who knew nothing about the situation, to go and try to save Nagazora City with his ordinary body and a slight brain damage buff from a certain Tuna, it would just be suicide!

Whether it was his desire to not be a girl, or some special feeling he had towards the silly and frustrating pink fatty, Jiang Qiao absolutely couldn't sit idly by.

"Alright, alright, I get it, I'll help you, okay! I don't want to be a girl forever!"

Elysia: Ehe~ As expected, Jiang Qiao is a very kind boy!

"How did you even come to that conclusion? We haven't even properly met in person yet!"

Elysia: It's intuition~

As always, she used a very unreasonable explanation, but that was indeed the pink fatty's style.

Jiang Qiao, in front of the mirror, grabbed his hair in frustration. Elysia's hair was of really good quality, extremely silky. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely praise it, but given Elysia's decision to save Nagazora City, he had absolutely no mood for this.

The mastermind behind the Third Honkai Eruption was the Anti-Entropy executor, Cocolia.

Because of her selfish desire to control the Third Herrscher through her own means and further expand her power within the organization, that crazy woman's schemes ultimately led to the occurrence of this man-made disaster.

But the most important thing right now wasn't how to get rid of Cocolia, but to deal with the central figure of this disaster—Raiden Mei.

In Raiden Mei's heart, her father, Raiden Ryoma, was such an upright and righteous figure that she greatly revered him.

When that idol was shattered because of Cocolia's schemes, Raiden Mei's entire world turned dark.

Added to the surrounding despair, there was no doubt that the cook was on a one-way trip straight to rock bottom.

Once Raiden Mei completely broke down, that's when the Third Honkai Eruption would begin.

The reason why this place was so dangerous was that Nagazora City's lifeline was directly linked to Raiden Mei's mental state. Who knew when that cook would explode?

Don't even mention the rooftop scene. If it were in a game, Jiang Qiao would surely believe it, but since this was reality, he would never bet on Raiden Mei's mental state only exploding at the rooftop.

After all, even before that, that cook's state was already at the breaking point. The rooftop scene was just the point where she hit rock bottom.

Besides, who knew when the cook would jump off the rooftop? What if it was right now?

Jiang Qiao hadn't considered saving the cook precisely because of this reason. If the timing was off, and he rushed over, it would be suicide. He would just be sent off by the exploding Honkai on the way.

Instead of betting on the cook's mental state, and risking it all in an attempt to turn the tides, the right choice was to just run.

But now, he could only risk his life to keep his body, and go crazy with Elysia.

Elysia: So, you're saying that to save Nagazora City, we must first save that girl named Raiden Mei?

Elysia: No problem, I'll go right away~ When it comes to saving beautiful girls, the beautiful fairy miss is quite confident~

Seeing this message, Jiang Qiao barely suppressed a facepalm.

You're more than just good at it. Don't talk about saving beautiful girls, you basically charmed all the future Flame-Chasers, no matter their gender!

This was a showdown between early pink fatty and early red electro-dragon. All he could say was—

Raiden Mei: Don't come any closer!!! (THE Cook's scream)

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