Seeing 'D's' smiley face, Jean was speechless for a moment, but still greeted, "I'm back."
"Yo, welcome back."
At this time, FrostNova, who was in Jean's arms, also slowly woke up. The Light Rain and being carried for this period of time had given her a good recovery, and she now had a bit of energy.
Seeing the woman before her, who could be described as ethereal and exquisitely beautiful, FrostNova also greeted her somewhat nervously, "Hello."
'D' did not respond directly to FrostNova, but said to Jean, "Not bad, returning with a beauty in your arms."
Jean also nodded and said to 'D', "All contract distributions are a 70/30 split, settled in points as an indivisible unit. So, I want full ownership of FrostNova. How many points will it take?"
As if she had expected this, 'D' giggled and then said to Jean, "Splits, points... none of that is important. Let me ask you, how much is she worth in your heart?"
"!!" This shameless question immediately stumped Jean.
But with FrostNova's curious gaze and 'D's' mocking gaze intertwined, she eventually spoke the answer in her heart: "A Priceless Treasure!"
After saying it, although her heart felt clear, it was also truly bleeding. It seemed that being scammed once was inevitable.
"Just say it, what do you want?" Jean asked weakly.
"Hehehe, don't think of me as so bad. As they say, life is priceless, and she is also priceless, so how about you go die once?"
"!!!"
FrostNova grabbed Jean's clothes with a worried look, but Jean thought of more.
"Wait! You don't mean..."
"The 24-hour Tentacle Little Black Room package, please."
"Sister, can we negotiate?"
'D':(＾ω＾)
Jean:∑(´△｀)?!
'D':(〃^ω^)
Jean:∑(O_O;)
'D':ヾ(^Д^*)/
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Ultimately, after 180 rounds of emoji-based bargaining, Jean still failed to exchange for any other conditions.
"Don't worry, this can be considered a beneficial thing for you. In life, the focus is on the experience."
"But FrostNova..."
"Oh, I forgot to mention, 24 hours inside is only about an hour outside, so it's no problem."
Hearing this, Jean also gave up her final resistance. In fact, she had already prepared herself mentally for this ordeal, but she hadn't expected to have her first attempt under these circumstances.
Grabbing FrostNova's small hand, she said with deep emotion, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon. If that Evil God tries to do anything to you, just shout loudly, and I will come to save you."
FrostNova nodded with a look of utter confusion.
"You should worry about yourself instead." After saying that, 'D' grabbed Jean by the back of the collar and threw her into a pitch-black space.
Then she glanced at FrostNova and said, "Take a seat anywhere, it'll be over soon."
Then she returned to her desk to struggle against a large stack of documents.
On the other side, as soon as Jean entered the little black room, she felt her limbs being wrapped by something. With her excellent vision and the faint light, she could see it was something like a transparent gel.
Then she saw several similar tentacles reach out in front of her eyes, and then they revealed—several feathers.
...
—24 hours (72 minutes outside) later—
A physically weak Jean crawled out of the black space step by step.
And her first words were: "Stupid Evil God! *Evil God profanity*"
"How was it? Felt pretty good, right?"
"I'm like, damn, I was prepared to come out with an Ahegao face, and you just used a few feathers to tickle me for 24 hours! Are you out of your mind!"
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