Chapter 7
Night had befallen over the city. The jewelry store still saw active shoppers throughout the afternoon into the night near its closing hours. Those still inside the store, however, were suddenly overtaken by a strange sensation.
"Ugh…I don't feel so good…" moaned one of the shoppers as they slumped onto the floor.
Soon after, everyone else around started to slowly collapse one-by-one, overwhelmed by a mysterious energy emitting from the store's owner…
…Zhen Ji.
"Hahaha, that's right, you fools! The jewelry you all are wearing contains mind-controlling properties! I'll soon harness all of your energies to create an army of evil soldiers that will help me take over this city for my master Queen Zhang Chunhua!" Zhen Ji cackles as she assumes control of everyone around her.
"Uhh…what are you doing…?" called a voice from the store's entrance.
It was Xiao, Bao, and Lu.
"What?! What are you three doing here? And why hasn't my mind-controlling jewelry taken effect on you yet?!" Zhen Ji's says angrily at the three adolescence.
"Well, we all sorta took too much jewelry with us, so it's kind of hard to carry this all the way home, so we're waiting until Lu's dad picks us up," Bao replies.
"Yeah, and besides, there's no way in hell we're going to be wearing any of this right now. We'd totally get mugged or something if we did that," Xiao pipes in.
"Curses! You were supposed to fall under my evil spell like everyone else!" Zhen Ji responds, furious at their status.
"Are…you okay, miss?" Xiao questions her, raising an eyebrow.
Zhen Ji had gone from a relatively sexy and sultry woman to an absolutely scary demon from hell with sunken black eyes, discolored skin, and an obviously evil dark aura emitting from her body.
"I had a feeling something about her was off…" Lu Xun said with a gulp. "She approached me last chapter and made me feel very uncomfortable to be in her presence."
"Lu, you get uncomfortable when your own mother shows affection to you," Xiao responds, rolling her eyes in the process.
"Enough talk, you three will succumb to my influence!" Zhen Ji says to three, closing in on our protagonists as the previously fallen shoppers slowly rise to their feet, completely under her control in a zombie-like state.
"That's what you think!" Xiao proclaims, reaching for her pants pocket. "I have my trusty pistol that'll make short work of you!"
"Xiao, be careful with that! Remember my mother works here and is probably among those who are mind-controlled!" Bao quickly reminds her.
"Don't worry, Bao, I'll be sure to just pistol-whip her if she tries to come at me," Xiao reassures her with a big grin.
"Oh gee thanks..." Bao says with a sigh.
As Xiao reaches for her gun, she comes to the realization that it was no longer there, but instead…
"Huh?! What the hell is this?! This isn't my gun?" Xiao says in confusion as she instead pulls out a magical wand-like object.
"Woah, Xiao! What is that thing?" Bao asks in curiosity.
"How should I know?! I don't even recall picking this up?! What gives?" she says with uncertainty.
"Sounds like a plot device devised by the author of this fic. Aren't you supposed to be doing something epic before this story ends?" Lu muses, scratching his head.
"Oh yeah that's right," Xiao suddenly remembers. "I'm supposed to meet up with that talking cat whom I saved earlier in this story around here."
"I have a name, you know! It's Wu-Na!"
As if on cue, the very cat with the Shu-clan symbol on its forehead appears before everyone, rushing in from outside and stopping in between the three heroes and Zhen Ji's group.
"Sorry I'm late, Miss Xiao, but it looks like I'm just in time," Wu-Na says, turning to Xiao.
"Took you long enough you little shit! Mind telling me what this is all about?" Xiao says in a huff, placing her hands on her hips while still clutching onto the magic wand.
Both Bao, Lu, and even Zhen Ji all had a completely dumbfounded expression on their faces as they all stared down at the talking cat.
"Wow…Xiao wasn't lying at all…" Bao says, her voice trailing off.
"So that's the hot date that Xiao was talking about. Never knew she was into pussy…" Lu commented in bewilderment.
As the climax approaches, what will happen to Xiao Qiao and her friends? Will she finally fulfill her destiny, or completely screw it up in the end? Find out next time in the conclusion of this story!
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