Xi Lesi was one of the first people Ye Chui met after traversing to this world. She was a maid at the mercenary guild in Stan Town, but Ye Chui later learned that she was originally a magic tutor and had even established a magic guild with considerable influence in Stan Town. However, due to an accident, her magic guide book was destroyed, which turned her into an ordinary person. At the same time, after losing her power, the members of her guild betrayed her one after another.
Later, Jiji accidentally extracted the dark magic guide book from Ye Chui’s body and threw it into the pile of junk in the room. They then left for a few days due to the matter with the dark cult. When they returned, that small building had been cleared out completely, and the dark magic guide book had vanished without a trace. After that, Xi Lesi also disappeared from Stan Town, and the guild members who had betrayed her before were all gruesomely killed in a tavern, burned to ashes by black fire. This incident was believed at the time to have been done by those dark believers.
Afterwards, Ye Chui had speculated that the dark magic guide book must have fallen into Xi Lesi’s hands. She had kindly helped them clean the place but discovered the hidden dark magic guide book because of it. After dealing with those betrayers, she left Stan Town.
Xi Lesi originally possessed a black fire magic attribute magic guide book, which was a combination of dark and fire magic attributes. And that dark magic guide book also belonged to the black fire attribute. It seemed as if fate had subtly arranged for Xi Lesi to inherit this magic guide book.
From then on, Ye Chui and the others had heard no more news about Xi Lesi until now. She had actually disguised herself as a member of the Red Clothed Guards and reappeared before them!
“Xi Lesi, how could it be you?” Ye Chui dispelled [Second Company Commander’s Italian Cannon] and asked in some surprise.
Debbie also quickly asked, “How did you become one of these armoured guards?”
“I went to great lengths to infiltrate them, preparing to carry out a mission. Actually, I’m even more surprised than you.” Xi Lesi shrugged her shoulders and said to Ye Chui with a hint of annoyance, “I never expected to run into you all and have you ruin it for me… So the famous Apple Circus lately is actually you lot! Don’t you know that the entire empire is currently issuing warrants for your arrest? And yet you dare to show up in Starstone City near the imperial capital. I’m truly impressed by you!”
“The more it’s like this, the safer it is.” Debbie immediately said proudly, “Is our circus famous in the imperial capital? Oh, if we were to hold a performance in the imperial capital, who knows how much money we could make…”
“Debbie, that’s enough!” Ye Chui hurriedly interrupted Debbie’s words. He felt that this girl had completely immersed herself in the role of deputy leader (in charge of collecting tickets) lately from running the circus. He turned his head and continued asking Xi Lesi, “What’s the deal with your power? It looks like a magic tutor, but there’s no magic guide book appearing by your side… You really did take that dark magic guide book, didn’t you?”
“That’s right. I’m using the dark magic guide book, and I have to thank you all for that. That dark magic guide book was the one I found in your house. At the time, I went to help you clean up but discovered that magic guide book, so I took it with me and left… I thought that kind of thing was probably trouble for you too, right?” Xi Lesi replied, candidly admitting that she was the “clean-freak thief”.
Ye Chui and Debbie exchanged a glance. Sure enough, it was Xi Lesi who had taken the dark magic guide book. What she said was not wrong either; that thing would indeed be trouble if it stayed with Ye Chui. However, Ye Chui was still puzzled: “You can actually use that magic guide book?”
“Using a dark magic guide book is not a difficult thing at all, especially for a magic tutor whose magic guide book has been destroyed. I almost completely mastered all the power of this magic guide book in just half a day.” Xi Lesi replied with a smile, “Most importantly, the attribute of this magic guide book matches my own perfectly.”
“I see. Then… you just said you infiltrated these swordsmen to carry out a mission? What mission are you executing?” Ye Chui continued to ask. Although Xi Lesi was an acquaintance, Ye Chui had not let down his guard. He had not dispelled the elf magic either, using [Four Pillars Prison] to trap Xi Lesi. At the same time, Ye Chui had also used elf intrusion magic on Xi Lesi.
“Are you probing my will?” Xi Lesi was about to answer when she suddenly sensed something, her bright big eyes looking towards Ye Chui.
Mental intrusion is not easy to detect, but for people with sensitive senses, there will be a momentary dizziness in the mind at the instant of intrusion. Xi Lesi had clearly sensed what Ye Chui was doing.
Ye Chui did not hide it: “After all, our situation is special right now. Sorry.”
“It’s fine. I understand. Feel free to probe. I have no ill intentions towards you all. In fact, I’ll tell you any answers you want to know.” Xi Lesi said with a candid smile.
As she spoke, Ye Chui had already logged into her memory site. Xi Lesi’s memory world was black, or rather, black was not quite accurate, because the site’s background was actually a sea of burning black flames. The site’s logo bore her name, Xi Lesi Best. On the homepage was a row of memory articles, and looking at the first few of these memory articles.
Ye Chui’s eyes suddenly widened. He saw the titles of these articles: The Top Ten Precepts of Being an Assassin, Cicada Castle Assassins’ Guild Struggle Guide, How to Be a Cold-Blooded Assassin, On the Self-Cultivation of an Assassin…
He looked up at Xi Lesi: “You’re a Cicada Castle assassin?”
Debbie, Green, and the others were all stunned.
Xi Lesi nodded candidly: “I’ve just entered the trade not long ago. Actually, this is my first mission, but it seems I’ve botched it.” As she spoke, she also looked at Ye Chui with interest. When she had left Stan Town back then, Ye Chui did not have this kind of ability. It seemed he had grown a lot during this time.
She suddenly thought of something, a playful expression appearing at the corner of her mouth.
Then, a new article suddenly appeared in her memory site. That memory article appeared abruptly, and it was exactly her current inner thoughts. Ye Chui glanced at Xi Lesi and clicked on this article titled “What I’m Thinking Right Now”. Then Ye Chui’s heart suddenly pounded fiercely: this article consisted of photo after photo, the photos showing Xi Lesi’s appearance. Those photos were just like the influencer selfies Ye Chui was used to seeing in that other world, full of seductive aura, posing coyly, infinitely alluring…
The scale of the photos was not too large, but they were impactful enough.
Ye Chui’s eyes immediately went straight…
His abnormality was quickly noticed by Debbie and the others.
“Ye Chui, what’s wrong with you?” Debbie hurriedly asked.
Raisa was not familiar with Xi Lesi. In fact, by the time she arrived in Stan Town, Xi Lesi had already disappeared. She felt full of wariness towards this golden-haired big sister and questioned, “What exactly did you do?”
“A reunion gift after a long separation.” Xi Lesi said with a laugh. She asked Ye Chui, “So, now you can trust me, right?”
“…”
Ye Chui hurriedly exited that memory article and flipped through a few others. Xi Lesi was indeed prepared to reveal all her secrets to him without reservation. Ye Chui did not need to spend any points to enter Xi Lesi’s other memory articles.
Now, Ye Chui had basically figured out the characteristics and limitations of his mental intrusion.
If the other party carried something that shielded mental defence, then Ye Chui could not intrude, just like with the Ninth Prince back then.
And if Ye Chui believed the other party was dead, then he would be unable to search for the other party’s memory information through the search engine. But if it was someone he did not know, there would be no such restriction.
Furthermore, if the other party had disguised themselves and Ye Chui had not noticed (if there was suspicion, it would not be restricted), then the site information Ye Chui intruded into would also be affected. For example, Ye Chui had once probed Liya’s memory world but had not realised she was the Joker Girl.
In simple terms, his mental intrusion was greatly influenced by subjective factors.
But now he was very certain that the person before him was Xi Lesi, so the information he had probed through the intrusion should all be accurate.
“How is it?” Debbie asked.
“It’s true. She has no malice towards us. I can now see all her inner thoughts.” Ye Chui replied. He waved his hand, dispelling the restraints on Xi Lesi.
Xi Lesi then moved her body and began to remove the heavy armour from her person, revealing the outfit underneath: it was a fiery low-cut, navel-exposing short skirt ensemble, no less so than Raisa’s. Although when she had been a maid at the mercenary guild, she wore a low-cut maid’s robe, this current outfit was especially scorching…
“Xi Lesi has always dressed like this before her magic guide book was destroyed. To be honest, when I was little, I even fantasised that she was my woman.” Green lowered his voice and said to Ye Chui.
Ye Chui looked at Green in surprise: “Bloody hell, aren’t you into little girls like Jiji?”
“It’s not like that, Guild Leader…” Green replied miserably. No one understood his youth…
“Xi Lesi, how did you end up becoming an assassin?” Debbie asked, moving close to Xi Lesi’s side at this time.
“After I left Stan Town and came to the imperial capital, I originally joined a large magic guild, but unfortunately I offended that guild’s leader. I was chased and nearly killed by the guild, almost losing my life. Luckily, the Cicada Castle Assassins’ Guild took me in, so I had no choice but to change careers.” Xi Lesi sighed, “This happened a month ago, right around the time you all caused a huge uproar in Joker Town.”
“How did you offend your leader?” Danni asked excitedly.
Xi Lesi said flatly: “He got improper with me, so I burned off his manhood.”
Everyone else: “…”
After some browsing, Ye Chui discovered that Xi Lesi had disguised herself to infiltrate the Red Clothed Guards precisely to act at the Second Prince’s naming day banquet. The assassination target was also the Flower Prince. And before coming to the circus, she had not known that the Apple Circus was Ye Chui and his group.
In Xi Lesi’s memory articles, Ye Chui also saw an important piece of information: she was not acting alone; there was a partner, and that partner would “infiltrate the circus first”.
This partner’s name was Cold Blade.
Ye Chui’s expression became extremely odd for a moment. He asked, “Xi Lesi, you have a partner named Cold Blade. Is that partner actually Jiali?”
“That’s right. That guy Cold Blade does often use the alias Jiali.” Xi Lesi immediately nodded. She suddenly looked around left and right, as if searching for Jiali’s figure. “He should have arrived here a couple of days ago, preparing to infiltrate your circus. You should have already met him, right? Where is he?”
Debbie, Green, and the others’ expressions also became somewhat strange.
Xi Lesi then thought of something important, her face changing slightly as she said, “Wait, Cold Blade is cruel and cunning by nature. He will use any means to achieve his goals and is extremely skilled at using poisons.” (Hearing her say this, Ye Chui and the others all nodded in deep agreement…) “I only became partners with him about half a month ago… He didn’t harm you all, did he? None of you got injured or killed by him, right?”
Ye Chui shook his head: “Don’t worry, none of us are injured.”
“Then where is he?” Xi Lesi asked.
Ye Chui pointed to a certain spot under the wooden fence circle of the circus: “Right there… two metres underground.”
Xi Lesi: “?”
Debbie followed up immediately: “Those weeds grow really fast, huh. It’s only been a few days and they’re already half a foot tall.”
Xi Lesi: “!”
