Although Ye Ningfu and Kirishima Kuyo are both Witches who can summon or create derivatives, their positions are completely different.
Kuyo's Rabbit Spirits are more like independent individuals, each with unique characteristics, possessing a wide array of exclusive abilities like Pokémon.
Kuyo is a trainer; she can control them in battle but cannot share their power.
The Rabbit Spirits are her warriors, not an extension of her power.
Ye Ningfu's Flower Dolls, however, are entirely different.
This is a deeper level of assimilation and symbiosis.
When a Rose variant is infected by her and becomes a Flower Doll, a two-way evolution begins—
The Flower Doll's appearance will gradually resemble Ye Ningfu's image.
Compared to other Rose individuals, it appears less wild and ferocious, becoming much more gentle and agile instead.
It becomes more human-like... or rather, more like a Witch.
Despite still being the same species, when placed together, it is still easy to distinguish between wild Beauty Roses and Beauty Roses infected by Ye Ningfu.
The Beauty Roses become more true to their name, and Ye Ningfu's gains are equally immense.
By assimilating the Beauty Rose Flower Dolls, she successfully stole, or rather, shared the core ability of the Beauty Rose:
"Like a Phantom Veil": Slightly increases charm. When the target gazes at you, you can forcibly overwrite their visual cortex, conjuring in their eyes the image of the person or object they most desire and love, whether living, dead, or fictional, and simultaneously release pheromone-like substances to induce trust.
[Charm C+ → B-]
This is the Beauty Rose's fundamental means of survival—capturing prey with illusions.
Now fully mastered by Ye Ningfu, this filled her with excitement.
It's not hard to deduce that as long as she successfully infects the Thorn Whip Rose and the Smile Rose, she can follow suit and incorporate their core abilities into her repertoire. The value of this [Witch Task: Rose Squad] far exceeds three ability points!
However, no matter what, today Ye Ningfu was completely drained; she couldn't squeeze out a single extra drop of pollen.
Ye Ningfu could only command the Beauty Rose to carefully carry her weakened self, pass through the Rabbit Hole, and return to the factory.
Kuyo took the limp Ye Ningfu, replanted her in a flowerpot, watered her, and casually tossed in a few pieces of meat.
"Get some good rest," she patted the rim of the pot.
Ye Ningfu's task for today was complete. As for the Beauty Rose...
Upon arriving in this unfamiliar place, before she could even adapt to the environment, she was already surrounded by curious Witches, like a flock of twittering birds.
"Wow..." Billie was the first to bounce over, as if she had discovered something rare.
She showed no politeness, her finger directly poking the Beauty Rose's cheek, and even pinching it: "This texture... it's just like real human skin!"
She exclaimed, feeling that playing alone wasn't enough, and immediately grabbed Zoya's arm beside her, "Ya Ya! Come and touch it quickly! Seriously! I'm a puppy if I'm lying!"
Zoya stumbled as she was pulled, and was helplessly pushed in front of the Beauty Rose.
She seemed rather indifferent to the matter, but under Billie's eager gaze, she still extended a fingertip and touched the Beauty Rose's arm.
"Hmm... it's even more delicate," Zoya commented objectively.
Goluthos stood a little further away, her gaze thoughtfully wandering over the Beauty Rose, sniffing the sweet floral scent. Her Adam's apple subtly bobbed as she swallowed, her voice exceptionally clear in the quiet factory, causing the Beauty Rose's delicate body to tremble.
The Beauty Rose stood frozen, at a loss.
Although she was absolutely loyal to Ye Ningfu, being stared at like a new species by a group of Witches, and even touched, especially by Billie who treated her with such familiarity, still made her feel intense shame and embarrassment.
She instinctively cast a pleading look towards her "incompetent master" in the flowerpot.
Unfortunately, her master had already been completely drained by her and was currently slumped in the pot, unable to help herself.
Let alone protecting her, she couldn't even bother to lift an eyelid, completely in a "you're on your own" state of surrender.
Beauty Rose: "..."
"Since she can use 'Like a Phantom Veil', why don't we... give it a try?" Billie suggested.
She had always been interested in this ability, and now that Ye Ningfu was completely exhausted, using the Beauty Rose as a substitute was a good option.
Before the other Witches could respond, Billie had already jumped excitedly in front of the Beauty Rose, grabbing her wrist and staring intently into her eyes.
"Come on, use your ability on me!"
The Beauty Rose felt a little uneasy under the gaze.
Ye Ningfu's command was to treat the other Witches as herself and strictly forbid any hostility, but in this situation...
Releasing her ability on them shouldn't be a violation, right?
The Beauty Rose closed her eyes helplessly.
In an instant, a thin pink mist, carrying a strange floral scent, swirled around her.
The scene before Billie's eyes was instantly enveloped by this floral mist.
The graceful figure within the mist began to sway, then reassembled.
At first, the Beauty Rose transformed into the fiery-tempered yet charming Italian proprietress of a pizza shop.
The next second, the floral mist swirled again, transforming into an arrogant French noblewoman wearing lace gloves and holding a feather fan.
With another swirl of the floral mist, it finally even turned into Zoya herself.
Just as the Beauty Rose was about to change again, Zoya couldn't help but interrupt.
"Hey... Billie! That's enough!" Zoya was a little flustered.
This girl's list of "most beloved" was a bit too long.
However, it was clear that, apart from Zoya, the first two were Billie's fantasies.
"Hehe, what? Are you jealous?" Billie giggled, then reluctantly let go.
The strange floral mist enveloping the Beauty Rose also dissipated, revealing her original beautiful and eerie form.
Goluthos also came over, curious.
The floral mist quietly permeated again.
Initially, the Beauty Rose transformed in her eyes into a tall woman with a powerful aura.
She wore a long gown of inky black silk satin, flowing like thick night, with a draped hem, exquisitely luxurious.
Goluthos's pupils trembled slightly, but before the Beauty Rose could fully transform, an abrupt phone ring broke the silence.
Goluthos instinctively answered the phone, and Chloe's slightly hoarse voice rang out: "Lady Goluthos? Where are you?"
"I need to talk to you about something."
Goluthos softly "hmm"ed into the phone as a response, indicating she would be back immediately, but when she looked up at the Beauty Rose again, her face had surprisingly changed into Chloe's likeness, and then the black long dress rippled and dissolved.
The image rapidly reassembled, finally becoming a young woman with skin that had turned fair again and black hair tied back—it was Chloe.
Goluthos wasn't surprised; who else could it be?
So... who would Zoya and Kuyo make the Beauty Rose transform into?
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