"Eh? What are you doing?"
"Let me touch!"
Chi Xiaoyu, who had just opened the door and seen the cute Maomao and Bai Ling in a black skirt, couldn't help but pounce on Bai Ling and hug her.
"So, so cute! There's no way I'm letting you escape today!"
"Eh? Eh??"
"What are you doing? Stop touching me!"
Chi Xiaoyu frantically pinched Bai Ling's cheeks.
"Become my contracted anomaly, and I'll treat you well!"
"No!"
Bai Ling turned her head away.
"Then how about this? You must be hungry."
Chi Xiaoyu took out a D-grade anomaly core...
"Want to eat it?"
Chi Xiaoyu kept waving the ordinary anomaly core in front of Bai Ling's eyes...
But that ordinary core began to look radiant in Bai Ling's eyes. It looked so delicious...
Drooling slightly, Bai Ling felt the hunger coming from her body...
'I wasn't even hungry just now.'
Bai Ling reached for the anomaly core.
"Hmm? If you want to eat it, you'll have to agree to one condition!"
Chi Xiaoyu revealed a triumphant smile.
"Wh-what condition? Being a contracted anomaly is impossible!"
Bai Ling said vigilantly, staring at the core.
Chi Xiaoyu stood up and brought her head close to Bai Ling's ear, whispering softly.
"Just do something that all girls do together, and I'll let you eat it!"
"Okay!"
Bai Ling agreed without thinking and quickly reached for the core. After all, what bad things could girls do together?
Seeing Bai Ling eat it, Chi Xiaoyu smiled and spoke in a magnetic voice.
"Since you've eaten it, you can't go back on your word!"
Chi Xiaoyu slowly pressed herself on top of Bai Ling, bringing her face close to Bai Ling's and pressing them together.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
Bai Ling asked fearfully.
Chi Xiaoyu pressed their faces together and kept nuzzling Bai Ling's face while saying:
"Become my contracted anomaly! I'll give you anomaly cores to eat every day, okay?"
Bai Ling hurriedly pushed Chi Xiaoyu away, her cheeks slightly red, and said somewhat shyly:
"Do girls really do this kind of thing? Being a contracted anomaly is impossible! Never in this life!"
After saying this, Bai Ling hurriedly left the room. Chi Xiaoyu initially tried to follow, but then sat down and pondered in confusion.
"Why does she always come to Lin Bai's room... Could it be that she's fallen for Lin Bai, so she's unwilling to be my contracted anomaly?"
'If Lin Bai could contract with her, that might not be bad either. No, wait, what if they have a human-anomaly romance…'
Chi Xiaoyu smiled and shook her hair.
"We have plenty of time! Little Bai Ling~"
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Night
On the roof of a residential building.
Wearing a black skirt, Bai Ling gripped the railing and gazed out at the city. Under the colorful lights, the night was no longer dark. Bai Ling observed pedestrians on the road and vehicles on the street through her blood eyes...
'Since opening the blood domain that time... my abilities have strengthened somewhat... I'm also getting more and more used to this female body. Is this really okay? I feel like I might fall further down this path…'
'I wonder when Chi Xiaoyu developed this kind of preference. Could she be… a lesbian?'
Bai Ling angrily waved her small fists.
"Hey, future me, are you listening? I want to know, am I never going to change back..."
A distant voice came through:
"This is how you were always meant to be..."
"What does that mean?"
"You were born as a hybrid of anomaly and human, but the anomaly part was sealed. When you next see your parents, you'll understand..."
"Are you saying that in the future when the seal is broken, I'll completely turn into a girl? Hey? Where are you?"
The voice didn't answer her anymore...
'Damn it, I hate people who speak in riddles the most.'
Just then, her phone made a notification sound.
"Lin Bai, where are you? I just saw Bai Ling at your house again. Where are you? Why can't I see you every night? Don't you live here anymore?"
'Not good, I can't let her find out. It's Chi Xiaoyu.'
Bai Ling quickly replied:
"She came looking for me. I'm with her now. I'll see if I can contract with her."
"OK," Chi Xiaoyu sent a cat cheering emoji.
Opening the anomaly chat group, Bai Ling began another day of casual chatting.
-Have you heard? Recently there was an almost B-grade anomaly in our city. I heard it was eliminated by that Captain Chi!
-Are the Investigation Bureau people that powerful now?
-Hehe, of course. After all, their director has returned.
-Speaking of which, wasn't there someone asking how anomalies live? Did they find out his identity?
-Yes, he's also from the Mutation Investigation Bureau, called something like Bai Lin. Probably fishing for information, but there are no anomalies in our group!
Bai Ling smiled and typed a question:
-By the way, what do you all do?
-Huh? Stop fishing, bro. If you Investigation Bureau people want to catch anomalies, don't come to us. There are none here!