togophonebook #309 - Wine Girl Vine wants to eat King Tomato, Hua Xiaowu and Grandpa are in crisis (2 in 1 order)
#309 - Wine Girl Vine wants to eat King Tomato, Hua Xiaowu and Grandpa are in crisis (2 in 1 order)
Wang Fanqie had thought that his days in the game would continue peacefully.
But soon, strange things began to happen near the neighborhood.
One day, when Tao Xueran went out to buy things, she heard neighbors discussing:
"Hey, did you hear? There's another strange thing causing trouble in our neighborhood."
"It's said to look like vines, but it can make a woman's voice, it's quite scary."
"I heard there have already been victims, but they're all men."
"Did anyone die?"
"Not yet, but many men who were rescued had their clothes and some skin dissolved, it's very creepy."
Tao Xueran frowned slightly upon hearing these rumors.
She began to secretly move around the neighborhood to investigate.
Wang Fanqie noticed Tao Xueran's strangeness and asked, "You've been rarely at home these days, where have you been playing?"
Tao Xueran remained tight-lipped, thinking to herself:
The future creatures are too dangerous, it's better not to involve Mr. Wang Fanqie.
Wang Fanqie complained in the live broadcast: "This girl always likes to hide secrets in her heart, am I not攻略ing her enough."
Just then, a game prompt popped up:
[The female character's affection has reached the standard, unlocking new ways to increase favorability]
[Date Werewolf Night: Players and virtual girlfriends engage in a night date cosplay, deducing each other's true identity through behavior and dialogue. Those who guess wrong will be punished by the other party.]
[Sweet Werewolf Card Game: Players and virtual girlfriends engage in a mental game, revealing inner secrets and enhancing feelings through mutual card playing and responses.]
[Mind Werewolf Puzzle: Players and virtual girlfriends engage in a werewolf reasoning puzzle activity, promoting intimacy through cooperative puzzle completion.]
The audience in the live broadcast was shocked:
"Good heavens, even werewolf killing gameplay is included, the planners of Peach Blossom Village have such big brains?"
"I suspect that this company's game designers never run out of ideas."
"Are they doing werewolf killing internally in their company too?"
As a game streamer, werewolf killing was a piece of cake for Wang Fanqie.
After several days of non-stop攻略ing, Tao Xueran finally relented and revealed that she often went to the nearby sports park.
As for what she was doing there, she was still unwilling to say.
Wang Fanqie decided to go all the way and follow her.
...
On this Friday, the night was dark, the wind was high, and the yin wind was blowing.
After dinner, Tao Xueran went out as usual, and Wang Fanqie followed her inconspicuously.
After entering the park, Tao Xueran turned on the detector on her wristband and began to look around vigilantly.
Recent reports of the Succubus Vine sightings in the neighborhood were concentrated near the park, and she decided to investigate it thoroughly.
At this time, in another corner of the park,
a young girl wearing a black OL pencil skirt and black stockings was leaning against a tree by the roadside to rest.
She swayed left and right, unable to stand steadily, and muttered all kinds of nonsense, clearly drunk.
Soon, a middle-aged man appeared near her.
This man was wearing a suit, had a big belly, and was a bit bald.
But with this aura, he must be a middle-level leader in the company at least.
Seeing the drunken girl staggering, he quickly went up to hold her shoulder.
"Madam... are you okay?"
"N-no, don't mind me, hiccup~"
The man didn't let go, but hugged her even tighter.
He smelled the pleasant perfume and looked at the girl's delicate profile, becoming mesmerized.
This girl had golden curly hair, particularly white skin, and very charming features.
Following the neckline of the uniform, he caught a glimpse of the full scenery.
Good heavens, not only is she white and beautiful, but also the branches are bearing abundant fruit.
What a treasure!
This area is a bar street, she must have gotten drunk in a bar and got separated from her friends.
Nice, he's hitting the jackpot tonight!
The man's heart was fluttering, and he said softly, "If you have anything unhappy, tell me, big brother."
The girl threw up a big mouthful while holding the tree, and said hazily:
"I don't know why I have to live this kind of life!
Responding to customers and leaders in the same way every day, trying hard to perform while wearing a mask,
I finally had someone I liked in the company, but he betrayed me for promotion!
I really don't know what's the point of living!
Yue!!!!!!"
The man patted her back while gloating:
Just broke up? That's even better!
He smiled:
"Do you know when canned food was invented?"
The girl shook her head blankly: "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"
He said earnestly:
"Canned food was invented in 1810,
but the can opener wasn't invented until 1858.
Isn't it strange? But sometimes it's like this,
whether it's love or life,
important things may come a step late."
The girl's beautiful eyes gradually widened as she listened to his words.
"That's right, miss, today is fate that brought us together, because I am the late can opener, specially here to open, your wonderful can!"
After the man finished speaking, he kissed the girl's little face.
The girl's cheeks were flushed, half-pushing and half-accepting, and the atmosphere on the scene gradually heated up.
She raised her hand to pause him, and then pointed to the small woods in the depths of the park:
"It's too public, I'm shy, let's go there, let me see your can-opening skills, big brother."
When the cutscene played here, the audience in the live broadcast was shocked:
"Damn?! This works? Why?"
"Good heavens, that's too greasy!"
"If you can pick up a leak like this, I'll go near the bar next time to try my luck."
"Police officer: You guys keep talking, I'm listening."
...
A few minutes later, Tao Xueran was anxiously looking around the main road of the park when she suddenly heard a man's scream from the small woods not far away.
"Ahhhhh!"
This scream was so violent that the surrounding citizens who were taking a walk were frightened.
"Oh my god, what happened in the small woods?"
"Could it be that recent urban legend, a female monster who specializes in eating men!"
"What are you still doing, hurry over and take a look!"
"Tch, you go yourself, I don't want to be digested, I'm leaving."
The citizens quickly scattered like birds and beasts, and the entire park was empty.
Tao Xueran gripped the laser sword around her waist and slowly entered the small woods.
Sure enough, in the moonlight, she saw the Succubus Vine.
At this time, the Succubus Vine had returned to the original appearance of the plant monster.
The huge abdominal cavity was bulging, the surface skin was like a toad, constantly wriggling, and the surrounding blue-green vines were constantly twisting.
The man's tie, leather shoes, and socks were scattered on the nearby grass.
Tao Xueran frowned and drew out her sword to attack.
The Succubus Vine sneered a few times.
"Tui!"
She directly spat out the man who was about to be digested, kicked him into the nearby bushes, and prepared to eat him later.
Then she nimbly dodged this blow and confronted Tao Xueran from a distance.
"You brat, why are you disturbing my meal!"
Tao Xueran: "You really are the Succubus Vine, how did you come to this era?"
The Succubus Vine chuckled:
"What? Melissa's subordinates can hitch a ride, can't I? Blame your rookie special forces soldier for not doing a pre-departure check around the car, did you even get a driver's license?"
Tao Xueran was speechless: "You were also sent by Melissa?"
"Although Melissa and I are allies, I am a messenger of the Dopamine School.
Your actions to change history will also affect the Dopamine School's great vision.
So, I'm preparing to eat some food to accumulate strength first, and then I'll capture that man named Wang Fanqie.
By the way, the food that humans eat in this era is better than in our era, so the meat is also quite delicious, hehe."
Hearing this, the output power of the laser sword in Tao Xueran's hand increased.
"You are not allowed to be unfavorable to Mr. Wang Fanqie!"
"Oh? You're starting to feel sorry for him? It seems that my judgment was indeed correct,
the human resistance front's warrior Tao Xueran, you have completely fallen, you have forgotten your mission, you can't protect anyone.
By the way, you don't need to be too nervous, the reason why I'm going to catch Wang Fanqie is just to isolate him to avoid being affected by you.
From the perspective of preventing you from changing history, my goal is the same as Melissa's faction.
So you can rest assured that your little boyfriend can still survive,
after all, according to different men, I also have different ways of "eating", hehehe."
Tao Xueran's cheeks were flushed, and she became angry: "No matter what kind of eating method, it's not allowed, you're not allowed to touch Mr. Wang Fanqie!"
She launched an attack, and the Succubus Vine waved her vines with a soft posture, like a dangerous Datura flower.
Tao Xueran's sword moves were like a storm, trying to make a quick decision, however, the Succubus Vine's movements were extremely agile, she elegantly dodged every attack, sometimes dodging sideways, sometimes dodging by moving.
She continued to laugh mockingly at Tao Xueran from time to time, making a charming sound.
The vines curled like giant pythons, quickly wrapping around Tao Xueran,
Tao Xueran dodged nervously, but the Succubus Vine's attack was unpredictable,
a vine suddenly emerged from the ground like a flexible snake, wrapping around Tao Xueran's legs. Tao Xueran jumped up in time and launched a horizontal slash back.
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However, after the vine was cut off, it quickly regenerated and formed a green barrier, imprisoning Tao Xueran.
Then, the Succubus Vine shook her long hair, and flying leaves shot towards Tao Xueran like a quick knife.
Tao Xueran barely dodged, but the skin on her arm was grazed by the quick knife, leaving a blood-stained wound.
The Succubus Vine's mouth curled into a charming smile, and she gradually gained the upper hand.
"Why do you only have this little ability now? No wonder you humans have a saying that a woman in love has negative combat power."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not in love!"
"Then prove it to me."
The Succubus Vine smiled contemptuously, and the vines wrapped around Tao Xueran's arm like poisonous snakes.
Seeing that she couldn't dodge, Tao Xueran decided to meet her head-on, and she swung the laser sword wildly, frantically cutting off the vines.
However, the Succubus Vine's body was still healing quickly,
"This is the fragility of humans. As a high-tech product of the Dopamine School, my body is full of growth hormones, and all injuries will heal quickly."
Tao Xueran tried her best, but she still couldn't get rid of the cage created by her opponent, and finally gradually ran out of strength and was completely restrained.
"Mr. Wang Fanqie... I'm sorry... Please forgive my willfulness..."
Her consciousness was gradually being lost.
Just then, she heard Wang Fanqie shout: "Miss Tao, cheer up!"
She opened her eyes and saw that Wang Fanqie had appeared behind the Succubus Vine at some point, holding a mop he had taken out from home in his hand.
He raised the mop and kept hitting the Succubus Vine's head frantically.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Every time he hit, Wang Fanqie rebuked the other party angrily:
"You f**king!"
"Want to!"
"Do something!"
"To my wife!"
Wang Fanqie's appearance was too unexpected, and the Succubus Vine's vines were all used to restrict Tao Xueran,
so the Succubus Vine was quickly knocked dizzy and saw stars.
The audience in the live broadcast was going crazy: "Damn! Future technology is so weak, the mop is the real artifact!"
But Wang Fanqie was still very anxious and said in the live broadcast: "Brothers, just hitting like this is not a solution, this monster will react soon!"
At this time, someone in the barrage mentioned:
"Use fire!"
Wang Fanqie's eyes lit up, he took out a lighter from his pocket, lit the mop head, and then kept waving it around the Succubus Vine's body.
Soon, the leaves and vines were burning with raging flames.
"Bastard! When I put out the fire, I must completely squeeze you dry! I swear!"
The Succubus Vine was exasperated and didn't care about restraining Tao Xueran anymore. All the vines began to slap her body and prepared to spray plant liquid from her mouth to put out the fire.
But Tao Xueran, who had regained her freedom, didn't give her a chance and directly cut the Succubus Vine in half vertically with a sword!
...
Afterwards, the two sat on the ground panting and watched the Succubus Vine's remains burn completely before they felt relieved.
Tao Xueran looked sad:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Wang Fanqie, it's all because my business ability is not good, and I brought this monster from the future world here."
Wang Fanqie said: "You should apologize indeed."
Tao Xueran lowered her head even lower.
"...But not for this matter, Miss Tao, you should trust me more!
To some extent, we are partners who want to save the future of mankind. This bond is closer than the relationship between any great figures in history.
So, you shouldn't hide anything from me anymore."
Tao Xueran pondered for a long time with her head down and murmured, "I'm sorry, I was too conceited."
She made up her mind and nodded: "Then I'll tell you the truth about me and Senior Ling Shuang."
Afterwards, she told the story in detail.
Senior Ling Shuang was indeed an idol she admired very much in the resistance army.
In its early days, the resistance army fought valiantly against Melissa, once inspiring hope in all of humanity.
However, internal strife soon began to erode the resistance's morale.
Before joining the resistance, many soldiers had already succumbed to cyberpsychosis due to years of immersion in Togenkyo.
The harsh living conditions in the real world led many to yearn for the utopian life within the 'Cocoon'.
Consequently, many resistance fighters secretly purchased network gateway interfaces on the black market, reconnecting their brains to Melissa for brief moments of peace and solace.
This directly exposed the resistance's deployment information, resulting in heavy losses and a rapid decline in their situation.
Those using these black market interfaces naturally included Ling Shuang, whom Tao Xueran deeply admired.
Hearing this, Wang Fanqie, reminded of the traitor in 'The Matrix,' asked:
"So… was Ling Shuang's sacrifice actually an accident caused by betraying the resistance army?"
Tao Xueran nodded:
"Senior Ling Shuang had long surrendered to Melissa and the Dopamine Sect.
During a mission, she secretly made a deal with Melissa, trading me and my comrades for the chance to return to the Togenkyo metaverse.
However, the underground facility collapsed. We escaped, but Senior never came out."
Upon seeing this, the live comments section was filled with sighs:
"My heart aches for Tao Xueran."
"To have someone you've idolized since childhood betray you like that must feel like your faith has crumbled."
"No wonder she reacted that way when watching 'The Matrix'."
Wang Fanqie thought for a moment, then said seriously:
"Miss Tao, you never have to worry about being betrayed like that again.
Because our relationship is built on trust, not exploitation.
You can now bravely face the past and re-examine that part of your history with Ling Shuang.
Because this time, you're not fighting alone!"
After he finished speaking, he naturally took her small hand again.
[Tao Xueran's affection increased by 10 points, murderous intent decreased by 20 points]
The live comments section immediately exploded with messages:
"Teacher Fanqie is taking advantage again, hahaha."
"No, I think Teacher Fanqie is serious this time."
"Tsk tsk, the streamer might be falling for this game, completely falling in love with his cyber-waifu!"
…
After this episode, life returned to normal, but the relationship between the two underwent a subtle change.
One day, Hua Xuehong suddenly found Xiao Wu and said he wanted to celebrate her birthday.
"What's a birthday? How do you celebrate it?" Xiao Wu tilted her head.
Hua Xuehong chuckled: "Xiao Wu, your memory is so bad. You've forgotten that I've celebrated it for you several times before."
To avoid being exposed, Hua Xiaowu didn't dare ask her grandfather about birthdays anymore.
She had already developed a deep bond with Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran, so she decided to invite them to the birthday party to muddle through.
Wang Fanqie:
"Brothers, this is our chance!
Through playing this game, I've been taking Xiao Wu out to eat, drink, and have fun every day, showing her the beauty of human life.
So, through this joyful birthday party, let Hua Xiaowu experience the joy of being human again, and she will be completely moved and become my daughter!"
The live comments section erupted in laughter: "The lolicon is spouting nonsense again."
…
The day of Xiao Wu's birthday arrived.
Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran were about to head to the birthday party with the cake they had ordered.
Hua Xiaowu suddenly ran into the house crying:
"Something bad happened! Grandpa suddenly fainted! I don't know what humans do in this situation! Please, go save him!"