Chapter 24: Still Hard-Headed

Afterward, Mobius was jolted awake by pain.

Since Jun An's body had transformed to resemble that of an eleven or twelve-year-old, she didn't recognize him at first and felt she had been betrayed!

Then she became determined to kill Jun An.

Jun An could only defend himself by launching a counterattack, beating Mobius until she knelt and begged for mercy.

Of course, Jun An definitely couldn't kill her, since she could reset herself.

But he couldn't let her go either, as Mobius was currently one of three people in Elysian Realm confirmed to have the ability to kill outsiders. Jun An didn't dare take any chances.

However, even though the hard-headed Mobius had been defeated, her mouth remained as stubborn as ever, continuously insulting the Captain as a "little fledgling."

The Captain, unable to tolerate this, gave her a harsh lesson.

She went from initial cursing to negotiating—"If you stop now, we can pretend nothing happened"—then to begging—"Please! I have someone I like! Just don't XXXX! I'm begging you!"—and finally to offering value—"Don't you like women? If you let me go, I'll lure Elysia over for you! She's prettier than me!"

In the end, Jun An knocked her unconscious and prepared to escape.

He was no match for Mobius to begin with. If he let her recover her senses, he wouldn't even have a chance to run.

As for beating her until she begged for mercy—he'd have to get Himeko and the others to explain that for him later.

He hoped Mobius could still help him with the hyper-transformation surgery without holding a grudge like before.

"It probably won't be that simple," Jun An lamented inwardly. He had originally come to ask for her help, yet through some bizarre twist, he ended up attacking her.

Although she had struck first, this was already the second time.

"Where do you think you're going?" A soft voice came from behind Jun An. "Having your fun and then running away—is that what all men do?"

"Y-you're awake?!"

Jun An broke out in cold sweat.

Before, he had the advantage of striking first, but now she was facing him directly!

Though she was in a battle-damaged state, he was still no match for an injured MANTIS!!

However, the revenge he anticipated didn't come.

Mobius merely licked her sticky fingers and said somewhat resentfully: "Why did you do it outside?"

Huh?

Jun An was bewildered again. Had she awakened to something?!

"What's with that expression?"

Mobius frowned and bit his shoulder hard. "Little lab rat, you don't actually think I wouldn't recognize you, do you?"

"Uh..."

Jun An sighed in relief, instantly deflating. "If you recognized me, you should have said so earlier! You had me on edge the whole time!"

"But don't you enjoy this kind of humiliation play?"

Mobius licked Jun An's neck while he worried whether she might tear off a piece of his flesh.

Mobius laughed teasingly: "Little lab rat, I still remember, you know. We'd barely met a few times when you spanked my bottom~"

"From that moment on, you must have really enjoyed this little game of trampling a girl's dignity beneath you, right? Such an evil little lab rat. Someone like you could rightfully be called an enemy of women~"

Jun An sweated awkwardly. "Uh... I admit it. I'm guilty."

But at least regarding spanking Mobius, Jun An felt he was absolutely not in the wrong. After all, she had made the first move against Mei, trying to forcibly take over Mei's body and then attempting to possess his when that failed!

Damn, in a cultivation world, she'd be the textbook definition of an evil soul-stealing cultivator!

Jun An knew that with Mobius's moral compass, she absolutely wouldn't care whether the body she inhabited was male or female, so she must have been serious back then! How could he tolerate that? Spanking was getting off lightly.

But he had to admit that seizing opportunities to showcase his peculiar tastes was somewhat inappropriate.

"Fine, you scared me too, so let's call it even. Though even when scared, you didn't go soft—seems you really do like my body~."

Mobius decided not to dwell on Jun An's fetishes. After all, he hadn't stopped halfway, and she had enjoyed herself. "Now, back to my question: why outside?"

Although children couldn't be conceived in the Elysian Realm, Mobius was still a girl, and for her first time, she naturally wanted it to be more complete.

Looking at Mobius so close to him, Jun An averted his gaze guiltily.

"Uh... I felt that in front of a beauty like you, consciously not going all the way means I'm not just lusting after your looks."