V2/Chapter 7: Vill-V, Withering
Elysia is obviously very good at organizing group activities. Tonight's banquet can be said to be very well prepared, and both adults and children had a lot of fun.
In the end, most people became captives of alcohol, which made the entire venue even more lively.
Because Griseo had to go to bed early, she had to be carried out of the venue by Blanca. Without the suppression of his wife, Ato soon became drunk and began to tell everyone about his hard life for the Fire Moths for so many years. He angrily accused the top management of treating him like a beast of burden. Not only did he have to fight on the front line for so many years, but he even had no hope of promotion.
Of course, few people actually listened to the old office worker venting his dissatisfaction. Most people just said a few perfunctory words and found excuses to leave. But there were still two people who stayed.
One is Hua, an honest man who is used to obeying orders and dares not disobey her superiors, and the other is Su, who is kind-hearted and tries to relieve the psychological pressure for Ato.
The other side is much more chaotic.
Mobius, who had almost never attended such occasions, was the first to get drunk. Perhaps the alcohol released her long-suppressed emotions, so that this person began to shout that sooner or later she would take Ai Yue to the operating room for a thorough study, thus attracting Aponia's secret and subtle gaze.
"You should know that she's just throwing a tantrum, right?" Elysia said with a smile, "Mobius, she only shouts out things like that when she knows she can't do them."
"Who knows? Maybe she just wants to lower other people's vigilance in this way." Aponia's frown did not relax because of Elysia's words. She used the wine glass to cover her slightly red cheeks, and her eyes moved back and forth between Mobius and Ai Yue. "By the way, since it is reasonable to act crazy when drunk, then I will also..."
"People who can say such things will not be regarded as drunk when they do things." Eden said with a smile, "But it can be seen that you value Mr. Ai Yue very much."
"Of course." Aponia responded without any hesitation, "To me, Ai Yue is a very important person."
"I was really scared at that time," Elysia recalled that when they were in the monastery, Aponia, who had always behaved calmly, suddenly grabbed Ai Yue's arm tightly and expressed her clear opposition to her. She couldn't help but laugh, "Eden, you don't know, Aponia is particularly scary when she is angry!"
"I can probably imagine that," Eden replied with a smile, "but if Miss Aponia is angry, then she must have done something wrong."
"What? Eden, you don't even speak up for me!" Elysia pretended to be aggrieved and said, "Just because you have new friends, do you forget the old ones? I'm so sad, wuwuwuwu..."
Faced with Elysia's fake crying that couldn't be more deliberate, Eden couldn't help but raise her glass to Aponia with an expression that said "She's so cute, isn't she?"
Aponia smiled helplessly and stopped worrying about Mobius.
After calming down, she realized that Mobius could only talk. After all, as long as Ai Yue himself was unwilling, Mobius would definitely not be able to put him on the operating table.
'It seems that I am really a little drunk... If I am really drunk, can I do something?'
Aponia looked at the liquid swaying in the glass and decided to drink a little more.
However, at this moment, all the lights in the banquet hall suddenly went out.
Whether they were awake or unconscious, everyone was silent for a moment because of this sudden change. Then, a single light turned on, shining on the center of the banquet hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Vill-V had changed into a magician's outfit and stood there. "Next, please enjoy the wonderful magic show brought by the greatest magician of this century, that is, Vill-V!"
"Prometheus, turn on all the lights." Ai Yue's cold voice interrupted Vill-V's performance, and then the lighting in the banquet hall was restored.
"Hey, wait?" Vill-V suddenly became anxious, "Prometheus, you just said you would help me!"
"I'm very sorry," Prometheus' voice sounded from her headset, "but after careful calculation, I think it would be more serious to disobey Dr. Ai Yue's order."
"Damn it, you biased guy!"
"Why are you still thinking about that?" Ai Yue approached Vill-V step by step, with a ferocious smile on his face, "I was wondering why you haven't shown up yet. So you planned to wait until everyone has had enough to drink before coming out to cause trouble, right? Mobius, hold her down!"
Vill-V suddenly felt something was wrong and subconsciously tried to run away, but it was too late.
A soft but slightly cold body pressed against her back, directly binding her arms. As long as Vill-V turned her head, she could smell the strong smell of alcohol on the other person: "Mobius, are you willing to be ordered around by Ai Yue!"
"Stupid, at this moment, those things are not important," said Mobius drunkenly, "It's time for you to suffer a little, right?"
Vill-V wanted to say something, but she saw Ai Yue walking towards her with a glass of wine in her peripheral vision. Her expression suddenly changed: "Wait, are you going to force me to drink? This behavior is immoral!"
"What are the latecomers talking about?" Ai Yue approached step by step, his expression becoming more and more cheerful. "According to the rules of our hometown, you have to drink three cups as punishment. Now it's only one cup, which is a bargain for you."
"But isn't the capacity of your cup too big?" Vill-V stared at the cup of at least 500 milliliters in the other person's hand with wide eyes, her face pale. "Wait a minute, I was wrong, I was really wrong, alcohol is harmful to the brain! Don't drink it… wuwuwuwuwu!"
Of course, Vill-V has tried to struggle, but she is still just an ordinary person. How can she break free from the restraints of the fusion warrior?
So in the end, Ai Yue forced it down her throat.
Ai Yue did this not just because the other party was late, but mainly because Prometheus had already revealed the other party's plan in full, and the victim of the plan was himself - this guy planned to drop a big cake from the air and hit him on the head at the end of the magic show, and then collapse and run away, leaving him alone to make a fool of himself. How could Ai Yue let her go easily?
Thus, the first victim of this banquet was born.
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