classifiedscript Chapter 444 seems to conceal darkness.
Chapter 444 seems to conceal darkness.
Chengdu, located in Sichuan Province, is a place where snow almost never accumulates throughout the year.
In Chengdu during winter, it's rare to even see snow. In extreme weather, a layer of snow can accumulate on the roof of a car...
"I'm afraid every Chengdu resident would instinctively pick up their phone to take photos and videos, and then frantically share them on WeChat Moments."
Su Tianqing complained.
Nanjia fish with crooked cat ears, it's unimaginable what happened back then.
But it was this incident that made Su Tianqing realize something very important—the possible location of Xia Taotao's hometown.
"I only vaguely remember some things from my childhood... These memories are fragmented, and I can only vaguely recall scattered details..."
Xia Taotao ate a skewer of grilled chives in small bites, chewing and swallowing it quickly like a rabbit, and said,
"When I was little, I had many older brothers and sisters, but I can't remember what they looked like. I only remember going to build snowmen with my sister in winter."
"Hmm... is building snowmen all you remember? Have you done anything else?"
"Mmm...mmm..."
The pink-haired bunny girl mustered all her strength, gently rubbing her head with both hands as she tried to think. Her mind was working at full capacity, but she quickly ran out of energy.
The rabbit's ears drooped on its head, and the rabbit girl shook her head in distress, revealing a helpless expression.
"Sorry! ...I really can't remember..."
"But I always felt these things were important! ...I shouldn't have forgotten them, but..."
"Don't worry, Bunny, the information you provided is very valuable," Su Tianqing said with a smile, placing another skewer of pork belly and roasted potato on the plate in front of Bunny Girl.
Xia Taotao seemed very nervous, and even after being comforted, she didn't immediately recover.
Su Tianqing could vaguely guess the rabbit girl's state of mind—
Her subconscious avoidance of a certain psychological trauma, coupled with her conscious belief that she should remember it, plunged her into panic and anxiety, forcing her to seek help from herself.
This is undoubtedly related to her childhood experiences in her hometown.
...Perhaps this is precisely the breakthrough I've been seeking:
The birth of the Starry Night Shadow is inevitably accompanied by extreme emotional changes in magical girls.
Adhering to a scientific view of villainy, I must stimulate this extreme emotion as much as possible while ensuring Rabbit's mental health, so as to maximize the potential of Starry Shadow.
...Should we use our usual methods?
First, use the fox-like talk therapy, play an important role to enter her heart, then carefully plan an event or personally get involved, deliberately creating a good show that leads to the shadow of stars.
Su Tianqing didn't dislike this methodology, especially since she had already used it to activate several Star Shadows, so there was no reason not to use it on Rabbit.
But...
Faced with Rabbit, a S personality out in the open, Su Tianqing was really unwilling to try to understand her as a confidante, especially since she and Rabbit were the same age, making it even less reliable.
In case, I mean in case,
What if Tao Tao successfully awakens the Shadow of Stars after being adjusted and educated by this fox, but her S tendencies become more severe?
What if... what if Rabbit can't withstand the psychological offensive I've put on her and her mental state becomes even more broken?
No, no, that's too dangerous. This fox never does anything with an off-the-charts level of danger.
"Then this fox will just be a bystander and offer some guidance to Rabbit when the time is right."
Su Tianqing thought to herself.
...
If you exclude the option of personally taking action, you don't have many other options left.
It wasn't until the next morning, when the weekend sun was rising, that Su Tianqing finally devised a solution that at least seemed reasonable.
"Little Fish, do you know where the largest settlement of the Rabbit Beastmen is?"
When Nan Jiayu, who was eating breakfast, heard this question, her tail stood up high, and she began to think.
"Oh... I've never really heard of any famous large settlements for orcs like us."
"But when it comes to the rabbit race..."
After a brief silence, Nan Jiayu took out her phone, and Su Tianqing immediately understood, her fox tail sticking to the catgirl.
This fox, now in accessory form!
"Actually, just like us, the rabbit-like beastmen were initially scattered throughout the human world, but they had an exaggerated trait that allowed them to quickly gather together and form large settlements."
"I know that, [Super Reproductive]," Su Tianqing replied.
"That's right. Look, Tianqing, this is the place."
The phone, covered in a fox radish phone case, lit up in Nan Jiayu's hand. She opened the map app and marked several blue circles on the national map.
"These are some of the most famous rabbit-clan orc settlements in the country, and almost all of them are located in the south."
"Do you remember what happened in Hong Kong? Ye Lan had a resettlement house in Kowloon Walled City. That lawless area used to be a large settlement for rabbit-type beastmen."
"A rabbit couple can have a litter every three months, with about 6 to 10 babies per litter. They only need to rest for three months before they can start trying to conceive again."
"...Wow."
Su Tianqing raised an eyebrow and sighed.
If you give birth every three months and rest for three months, you can continue, which means you can have two births a year, at least a dozen, and sometimes as many as twenty.
"Moreover, if rabbit-type beastmen do not give birth in time during their reproductive years, they will suffer from all kinds of diseases. For rabbit-type beastmen, giving birth to children is the most common behavior."
"No wonder they were able to form a settlement so quickly."
The golden-haired fox girl sighed and said.
But if you say that... Su Tianqing immediately realized something was wrong.
"Wait a minute, little fish."
"uh-huh?"
"If that's the case, the rabbit population should be increasing exponentially. Can just a few settlements really support this level of population expansion?"
"I also find it a bit strange, but they really haven't expanded their settlements anymore, and the population doesn't seem to be increasing as dramatically anymore."
The cat's tail was bent behind the Nan Jia fish, busy dealing with the fox's tail rubbing against it while expressing the cat girl's inner confusion.
"There are several possibilities. The first is that the rabbit clan has a quota-based birth plan, which stipulates a certain number of children a couple can have."
"And also..."
Before she could finish speaking, Nan Jiayu suddenly realized something, silently shut her mouth, and frowned.
"Anything else? What else?" Su Tianqing asked eagerly, her face full of curiosity.
"...The actual average lifespan of the rabbit-race beastmen is probably far shorter than their normal lifespan."
The fox spirit was stunned.
The curious gaze vanished from Su Tianqing's face. Her fox brain raced for a moment, arriving at a terrifying conclusion that gradually filled Su Tianqing's face with fear:
"Actual lifespan is lower than normal... Little Fish, do you mean...?"
"Just like you imagined, Tianqing."
Su Tianqing frowned, revealing the same solemn expression as Nan Jiayu, and instantly understood what Rabbit might have gone through.
But is such a thing really possible...?