Chapter 136: The Witch Among Us

But as she delved deeper, Ye Yu felt a headache coming on.

It was like trying to reconstruct a theoretical existence from mere clues—exhausting work.

After a moment, failing to come to any conclusion, she decided to vent to the hypnosis system.

“So if my memory really is messed up, can hypnosis restore it?”

“Of course it can.”

Ye Yu’s eyes lit up.

She had thought this coin-forging system was useless, but unexpectedly it gave a positive answer—a pleasant surprise.

“Master’s memories of Ye Qing are all hidden.

They can be recovered by reviewing unlocked CG.”

Ye Yu raised an eyebrow.

Looking at the row of question marks in the unlocked CG column, she was covered in black lines.

“Like hell I can! They’re all question marks—how am I supposed to review them? I’d rather just unlock ‘The Night Only You Will Remember’!”

“To complete the hypnotic target Ye Qing’s character file, you need to unlock the fantasy version of the hypnosis system.”

“Upgrade the system again? This is as troublesome as a skill tree.

What are the conditions?”

“Master must awaken mana perception and have a stable mana source.”

“How am I supposed to understand that? Useless as always.”

Being so mercilessly scorned by Ye Yu, the hypnosis system seemed a bit unconvinced and quickly brought out its other functions.

“Detected high-density mana near master. Special mission unlocked: Who is the Witch?”

“An excellent hypnotist must be skilled at insight into others’ psychology, analyzing the essence hidden under the surface, and giving satisfying answers that don’t arouse suspicion.

Among the girls around you, there exists a high-quality mana source called a witch.

Go chat with them, try to find her, and by the way… you have questions to ask, don’t you?”

“Mission objective: Find the witch hiding among them and add her to the hypnosis archive.

Mission reward: Unlock conversational hypnosis, with a chance to awaken mana perception.

Accept mission?”

Ye Yu pouted.

To be honest, she had deep doubts about how reliable this mission was.

Not to mention how troublesome a so-called witch might be… she didn’t even know how to tell the difference between witches.

And conversational hypnosis… gave her a strange feeling of fraud.

But there was no reason to refuse now, and as the system said, she also had things she wanted to know.

Ye Yu accepted the mission and looked around the room.

At first glance, it was like she had stumbled into a comic convention, surrounded by a colorful crowd—she couldn’t pick out a suspect, or rather, everyone seemed particularly special.

But one thing was consistent: the girls were all exceptionally beautiful, to the point where even Ye Yu had to marvel, though she didn’t think she would lose in that regard.

With just a glance, Ye Yu only felt a headache—no clue at all.

*Why not ask her cheap sister? After all, she was the one who brought her here.*

So Ye Yu sidled up to Ye Qing and lowered her voice to whisper, “Little Qing-jie, what is this place? Are they your friends?”

Being patted on the shoulder by Ye Yu, Ye Qing was momentarily startled, then unconsciously curved her lips into a silly smile.

For some reason, being addressed like this by Ye Yu filled her heart with a sweet happiness.

Compared to the former unceremonious “stinky brother,” it was so wonderful it felt unreal.

*Xiao Yu has become so obedient. So this is what it feels like to be an older sister? Not bad. I should have stopped being ‘onii-chan’ long ago~*

But despite her sister’s rare docility, Ye Qing had to lie to her.

“I don’t know what it’s called either, since I’m not familiar with Mozhou either, but most of them are my friends anyway…”

Ye Yu squinted.

She could tell that Ye Qing wasn’t planning to come clean.

She definitely knew there was a witch here, and since they were her friends, she felt safe bringing her.

*Maybe… I should hypnotize her secretly?*

Just as Ye Yu was entertaining that crooked thought, someone quietly came up behind her.

Only when a shadow from purple hair fell over her did Ye Yu sense something amiss.

Turning around, she saw a mature woman with purple hair smiling enigmatically at her.

“You’re Ye Qing’s sister, right? How do you like it here?”

Ye Yu couldn’t read the other’s intentions, so she forced a business-like smile.

“It’s okay. What’s up?”

While hesitating, she kept glancing at the system panel, trying to see some valuable information, but the result left her dumbfounded.

“[Detected powerful mana source approaching. Identified as unidentified witch.]”

What was this? Easy pickings?

But the mission hadn’t shown as complete, probably because she hadn’t added the other to her hypnosis archive.

While Ye Yu was hesitating, An Yueying seemed to be chatting with Ye Yu, but actually most of her attention was on Ye Qing.

The black-haired girl kept blinking her large, watery almond eyes, trying to signal her not to talk nonsense, but An Yueying pretended not to see and continued talking to Ye Yu.

“My name is An Yueying, I’m a friend of Ye Qing. Nice to meet you.

I’ve prepared a gift for you, I wonder if you’ll like it…”

As she spoke, An Yueying took a bottle of dark purple potion from behind her back and handed it to Ye Yu.

Looking at the suspicious color, Ye Yu wanted to refuse, but the hypnosis system suddenly sent a message.

“[Notification: This item can activate the master’s mana perception and turn the master into a witch. At that time, this system will automatically upgrade to the fantasy version.]”

Ye Yu’s pupils contracted.

She hesitated, since she didn’t know what this mysterious woman was planning.

Just as her hand froze in midair due to her indecision, Ye Qing beside her quickly pushed it back.

“Stop it. She’s not suitable for this.”

An Yueying’s eyes were deep, but she still looked tenderly at Ye Qing’s stubborn little face, not intending to put away the potion she had taken such pains to prepare.

This “Ephemeral Eternity” was originally prepared for Ye Qing, containing a large concentration of dark mana essence, enough to turn even an ordinary person without talent into a witch.

Moreover, because An Yueying had tailored it to Ye Qing’s condition, the potion’s effect would be even more pronounced on Ye Qing, enough to turn her from a mere mascot into someone who could rival others.

But unexpectedly, the magical girl had beaten her to it.

However, the potion couldn’t go to waste.

Now, the most suitable recipient was Ye Yu—as Ye Qing’s sister, her compatibility with “Ephemeral Eternity” was also very high.

According to her observations, Ye Yu’s witch talent was unremarkable, almost no different from an ordinary person.

Forcibly awakening it would only result in the same situation as Ye Qing—a pure mascot.

So An Yueying had planned to give it to Ye Yu, but it seemed Ye Qing had other ideas.

An Yueying smiled helplessly and put down the potion.

“Once given, how can it be taken back? And it was originally prepared for you anyway… just keep it there.”

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