Chapter 287: You Want Me to Wear This to Become a God?
“Ah! Praise the Black Sun!”
On the way back, the brightly lit streets were filled with passersby. Zhao Mingyue hooked her arm around Bai Yu’s while the other hand shot up as she suddenly exclaimed that, catching the attention of nearby pedestrians who turned to glance their way.
Bai Yu tilted her head and spotted the girl smiling, utterly clueless about what was so amusing.
“What’s going on?”
“Nothing, I just suddenly felt that this sentence is quite interesting, especially when a bunch of ghosts are kneeling on the ground, constantly mumbling something.” Zhao Mingyue cocked her head, then pondered, “But speaking of which, why is it praise the Black Sun? Why not praise Bai Yu? Hm… maybe it’s praise the Doctor?”
“The Black Sun is the name I took from that Evil God. Her name is Black Sun,” Bai Yu explained with an exasperated sigh.
“Oh, I see! It fits pretty well! You looked so cool just now; like a fallen deity!”
Letting go of Bai Yu’s arm, Zhao Mingyue pulled out her phone to show Bai Yu the photo she had just taken in the hallway. “Look! The prestige just skyrocketed, turning from a ghost into a god!”
Indeed, Bai Yu looked incredible slicing through ghosts with her sword.
But no matter how cool she was, they were still ghosts. And looking at the phone again, within just two minutes, the Black Sun’s radiant presence had transformed a horde of Evil Ghosts into babbling believers.
Maybe it wasn’t so efficient, but coolness lasts a lifetime.
“Especially your face and those deadpan eyes, totally devoid of expression! You look like you’re staring down a bunch of bugs on the ground.”
“That stare is simply amazing!”
While saying this, Zhao Mingyue suddenly spotted something and dashed off to a stall, chatting with the vendor for a bit. After paying with her phone, she returned with two objects in hand.
Bai Yu stood across the street, frowning, trying to guess what mysterious item Zhao Mingyue had just purchased.
“What do you think I bought?” Zhao Mingyue asked, barely able to contain her glee.
“No idea.”
“Ta-da!” Zhao Mingyue revealed two pinkish-white cat ear hairpins, all fluffy and adorable, that she had been hiding behind her back.
She promptly placed them on Bai Yu’s head and stepped back to admire her handiwork, nodding in satisfaction.
Today, Bai Yu was dressed in a denim overall dress paired with a white T-shirt, sporting a large pocket that was stuffed with snacks she’d just bought, claiming the warmth of her body would keep them cozy.
On her legs, she wore calf-length blue and white striped socks and cute sneakers.
The twin low ponytails combined with the cat ears cranked up the cuteness to eleven, but Zhao Mingyue figured Bai Yu should carry a little red backpack to truly hit that loli vibe—though given Bai Yu’s feelings, she opted against it.
“Something feels off.”
Zhao Mingyue reached into Bai Yu’s travel-pouch and pulled out the snacks, then snagged a Rabbit Plush Toy from Bai Yu’s backpack and stuffed it into her pocket, leaving only the head and tiny paws sticking out.
With all this done, Zhao Mingyue couldn’t help but chuckle at Bai Yu’s angelic face paired with the slightly horror-movie-esque rabbit plush peeking from her belly pocket.
She had thought about criticizing her on multiple occasions; she understood Bai Yu’s caring nature towards her younger sister, but that Rabbit Plush Toy was just too ugly! It was clear that while Bai Yu excelled in many areas, plush toy making was not one of them.
“Let’s go, cute Yu Mei!” With all the onlookers and even some sneaky photographers trailing them, Zhao Mingyue linked arms with Bai Yu and once they were farther down the street, she smirked, “You know, I have to say, I’ve been pretty patient today.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because I saw an Evil God in a sundress today and didn’t burst out laughing.”
It wasn’t until she placed the cat ear accessories on Bai Yu that she truly realized.
Bai Yu’s outfit was the opposite of “Godmother” vibes.
What kind of Godmother wears a denim overall dress?
Then picturing a bunch of ghosts kneeling on the ground chanting praises to the Black Sun, while their Black Sun was a pouting loli flying in the sky, she couldn’t help but crack a smile; what kind of church was that? She wanted in.
Before joining, though, it’d be nice to know if she could ask the deity for some ahem favors.
After all, being this devout surely deserves some rewards, right?
Maybe when she reaches a certain faith level, she’d earn a pair of socks worn by the deity, followed by the special underwear… and once she maxed out the deity’s affinity, she would be able to make some outrageous wishes.
“Ahem!” Bai Yu coughed some, pulling Zhao Mingyue back from her daydream.
When you show that smile that clearly screams ‘creepy lady,’ can you not hold onto my arm? There are people watching!
“What are you thinking about?”
“I was just pondering, Black Sun God, can I join your church? I want to be your loyal believer!”
Even though Bai Yu’s socks wouldn’t smell anything, because, you know, she was a ghost, and she hand-washed her socks and underwear herself, it didn’t hinder her loyalty to offer up her devotion to the Black Sun Deity!
“Sure, but this religion is just the two of us.”
“Perfect! Hehehe.”
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Back at home, the first priority was, of course, to fill the tub and take a bath.
While undressing, Bai Yu was puzzled as to why Zhao Mingyue set her socks aside separately. After her bath, she watched Zhao Mingyue, in her pajamas, haul out the previously bought clothes one by one, seriously picking through them, and she sensed something was off.
This girl, she wouldn’t be hoping to watch her wear these outfits while she ascends to the skies, illuminating followers with the Black Sun Godmother’s dark glow, would she?
That seemed a bit… outrageous.
With Zhao Mingyue rummaging for over half an hour, she eventually pulled out a set of clothes she was satisfied with—a dark-gothic dress in hues of black and red.
“Bai Yu, when should we go recruit believers next?”
Holding such a dress that almost nobody could wear outside without filming TikToks, Zhao Mingyue asked with a cheerful smile.
Though that smile on Bai Yu’s face held a hint of something sinister…
“Tomorrow.”
“Sweet!”
“But let’s skip the dress; I’ll find my own outfit,” Bai Yu deliberately added.
She simply couldn’t imagine what a bizarre scene it would be to recruit believers while wearing that getup.
“Ah, no way! How could a minor thing like this involve our deity directly?” Zhao Mingyue scooted closer. “Deity, leave this little task to your loyal believer!”
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One more chapter coming up!
I promise to post Chapter Five before midnight!
