Heartbeat Hide and Seek, Game Over if Discovered

158: Heartbeat Hide and Seek, Game Over if Discovered ②

Approaching noon, the diligent sun had climbed a little higher toward the center of the sky, shining its light and warmth even more vigorously.

Under the sun's radiance, the clean lake surface of Thousand Island Lake reflected beautiful blue-green waves, combined with the gentle cool lake breeze blowing from west to east.

By such a lakeside, enjoying the beautiful scenery while driving with car windows open should have been delightful.

But at this moment, on an asphalt road beside the sparkling lake surface, the atmosphere in a speeding QQ car was not enjoyable but rather heavy.

This very distinctive QQ car belonged to Su Mo's family.

Unlike when they came, although the number of people in the QQ car remained the same at three people.

But the driver was no longer Su Mo's unreliable dad, but had become Sister Su Su with a face dark as water. Su Mo, who had originally sat in the passenger seat, was now sitting in the back row alongside her mom.

"Little Mo, what's going on with you? Why did you become a girl?"

Hearing her mom's question, feeling her mom's incredulous touching of her hands, face, and occasionally looking inside her jacket at the white rabbits.

At this moment, Su Mo felt extremely troubled.

Due to signing a confidentiality agreement when contracting with the Challenge System, she couldn't expose the system's existence.

So for the current situation of suddenly becoming a girl, let alone fooling her mom, even fooling herself—Su Mo couldn't think of how a boy could suddenly become a girl.

Due to overthinking plus just falling into the lake, and not resting well last night, a lake breeze blew through the window.

Achoo... sniff... sniff...

At this time, Su Mo sneezed a big sneeze.

Since the Heartbeat Hide and Seek mission had already failed.

Now having truly become a girl, Su Mo saw no point in continuing to disguise.

To avoid tomorrow's luck value reset, Su Mo simply removed the 'Twilight Ring.'

Under the influence of 'Beauty's Grace,' Su Mo's sneeze was extremely cute.

Not only did her entire little body bounce slightly, her two small knees also pressed together. Her small nose twitched slightly with a faint pink hue, and her slightly furrowed peach blossom eyes became misty with moisture, making her whole person look like a newly born, pitiable little white rabbit.

Soft and delicate, making one unable to bear scolding her.

Seeing Su Mo's pitiful appearance.

Although Mother Su had many doubts, after thinking it over, she changed her tone:

"Little Mo, don't be nervous. Let's go to the hospital for a checkup later."

Looking at her mom who was worried about her catching cold and pulled the wet her into her arms while talking about going to the hospital for examination.

At this moment, Su Mo felt an even greater sense of crisis.

Because... because if she went to the hospital for her situation of changing from male to female, wouldn't she be like monsters in sci-fi movies—fixed on an operating table by experts for thorough research?

If she then encountered some perverted evil doctor uncle.

Just as Su Mo was imagining evil scenarios from movies and wanted to shake her head to refuse the examination.

A familiar electronic synthesized voice suddenly rang in her mind.

[Ding, detected host's concerns about gender issues. Challenge System warmly reminds that this won't happen, and strongly recommends host get examined. After examination results appear, doctors will help you answer 90% of questions.]

Hearing the Challenge System's response, Su Mo was slightly stunned.

What did it mean that doctors would help her answer questions, and why 90% instead of 100%?

What about the remaining 10%?

[Ding, regarding host's inner doubts, the remaining 10% of questions stem from the five female 'Lin Muyao, An Xiaoqian, Chu Tianlan, Yun Xia, Su Su' hoping for personal explanations regarding the host's 'cross-dressing.']

Hearing this response from the Challenge System, looking at these five girls who had exposed her 'secret.'

Su Mo, having just failed the challenge mission, belatedly thought of a question.

Why did her wife Lin Muyao's suspicion jump from 99% to 100% just three seconds before completion?

Because that timing was too coincidental, thinking back carefully now.

Su Mo even suspected whether her Challenge System had done something.

Just as Su Mo's heart filled with suspicion.

[Ding, detected host suspicion. Challenge System warmly provides explanation to host.]

After the Challenge System's electronic synthesized voice rang out, two videos accurate to the millisecond suddenly appeared in Su Mo's field of vision.

The left video was very familiar to Su Mo—it was the scene after she had just been rescued to shore.

As for the right video scene, Su Mo was also familiar with it—that was the living room of Room 1603 in Weiyang Apartments where she lived.

In the living room, four distinctive beautiful girls sat facing each other at a small round table, looking extremely pleasing to the eye.

As for what the four discussed, since the video had no sound, Su Mo didn't know.

But from their lip movements, Su Mo could vaguely make out mentions of 'Su Mo' and words like 'after,' 'fair.'

As time progressed to the last minute, the atmosphere suddenly became lighter.

Led by the three beautiful girls, Lin Muyao came to her bedroom.

First she pushed open the door, opened drawers to find cosmetics, then opened the wardrobe to find Hiiragi Utena and the Haku evening dress that Junior Yun Xia had returned.

The final timing precisely aligned with the 3-second countdown.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo felt relieved—the system really hadn't cheated.

But the video didn't end there.

The four people at Weiyang Apartments quickly separated, and the camera followed Lin Muyao.

Lin Muyao first returned to Weiyang Apartments Room 1103, putting the large black plastic bag of things she had bought at 'Chaoyun' in her car.

Then her phone received a message from Chu Tianlan. Su Mo clearly saw that the address was exactly her family's home address.

Then the red BMW started up, and the video ended abruptly.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo felt even more troubled. Her Wife Muyao was chasing after her?

But if she was chasing, why bring those evil things?

What did she want to do?

Just as Su Mo shivered from the situation developing in the wrong direction.

The next second, the video playback interface in Su Mo's mind stopped and switched to the mission interface. The Challenge System's electronic synthesized voice rang out again timely.

[Ding, given that the host owes 10,400 Challenge Coins, with daily compound interest, estimated in 40 days the host will reach the borrowing limit and cross over to another world to become a Saintess. Since this system is soul-bound to host, if host crosses over, this system will be implicated and become Saintess little sister. For both host and this system's sake, Challenge System strongly recommends host complete missions quickly.]

Looking at this text her Challenge System sent reminding her, Su Mo was slightly stunned, because originally she had never thought the mission would fail.

Now seeing this compound interest rate, Su Mo belatedly realized how predatory this 'Black Card' interest rate was.

This interest rate meant she had to complete at least one N-level mission daily just to barely keep pace with interest—this was too difficult!

While feeling afraid of the interest rate, hearing the Challenge System's comment about becoming Saintess' little sister.

Su Mo was also somewhat surprised—she had thought the system was some mysterious electronic synthetic being, not knowing they also had genders.

Thinking of Saintess' little sister, Su Mo momentarily had the thought of going into debt to cross over and see the little sister.

But after just one second, Su Mo cast this evil thought from her mind.

After all, emmmmmmm once she went over, she couldn't come back.

To see the system little sister and become stress ball sisters really wasn't worth it!

After shivering, for both herself and the system, Su Mo began observing the newly refreshed mission list.

Perhaps due to owing too many Challenge Coins, or the change from boy to girl identity.

Opening the mission list, Su Mo discovered the Challenge System had refreshed dozens of missions, and among these missions were quite a few SSS-level ones.

[Mission Name: Eight Treasures in One Birth (SSS-level)]

[Mission Description: Host's Su family has the characteristic of birthing 'dragon and phoenix twins,' but now that host has become a girl, having just two isn't enough—challenge having eight babies in one birth. Detection shows currently there are four non-relative human organisms with favorability over 100 toward host. With this system's enhancement, different eggs are possible—perfectly one person two babies, having both sons and daughters.]

[Mission Reward: 10,000 Challenge Coins. Failure Penalty: Pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, IQ reduced by 50% for three years, increased susceptibility to deception.]

Looking at the first refreshed SSS-level mission, then looking at her flat little belly, Su Mo couldn't help but shiver greatly.

Although she had now become a girl, having eight babies at once was ridiculous.

She wasn't a little pig—her belly would burst, this... no... really couldn't do it.

Silently scrolling past this mission, Su Mo soon saw the second new SSS-level mission.

[Mission Name: Confused Life (SSS-level)]

[Mission Description: All along, host has worked hard completing missions to improve heartbeat. But currently host's Average Heartbeat level has reached 39, already much healthier, yet host still hasn't planned for the future or has so-called dreams. So why not first help others achieve their dreams and find your own dreams in the process.

Detection shows people with over 100% favorability in host's heart include Father Su, Mother Su, Su Su, An Xiaoqian, Lin Muyao, Chu Tianlan, Yun Xia—totaling 7 people. Since Father Su and Mother Su have already been worn down by reality and reached the age of losing dreams.

This mission automatically excludes the two. Please assist the remaining five people's dreams and help them achieve them.]

[Mission Reward: Within three years, for each person helped to achieve their dream, receive 2000, 4000, 6000 Challenge Coins in that order. Failure Penalty: Do you know about yandere dark rooms?]

Looking at this refreshed SSS-level mission, Su Mo felt it was quite good.

After all, the mission rewards were generous, and as the Challenge System said.

All along, she had been running around for 'heartbeat.' Although now she had become a debt-ridden girl and the most urgent priority was paying back money.

But as a person, one should still have dreams.

Moreover, aside from dreams, for these beautiful girls she really liked and who also really liked her, Su Mo truly wanted to help them.

Although the yandere dark room penalty sounded somewhat scary.

But looking at the three-year time limit, after thinking it over, Su Mo finally accepted this mission.

After all, if she didn't accept missions, crossing over to another world to become a Saintess would mean daily dark rooms!

Su Mo could still distinguish between occasional darkness and constant darkness.

With accepting the mission.

The next second, the dream list of the five girls also emerged in Su Mo's mind.

Yun Xia's dream was to open a cosplay store, Chu Tianlan wanted someone to set off grand fireworks for her, Lin Muyao wanted to become Best Actress, her Sister Su Su wanted to become a Dean, and as for the evil loli senior An Xiaoqian, she wanted to design an action ACT adult game herself.

Looking at this row of missions on the task list, Su Mo felt overwhelmed.

After all, aside from Yun Xia, An Xiaoqian and Chu Tianlan's dreams, her Sister Su Su wanting to become Dean and Wife Muyao wanting to become Best Actress felt like they couldn't be completed within three years in every sense!

Just as Su Mo continued feeling overwhelmed, sweeping through other missions from high to low grade.

A grayed-out mission showing current conditions insufficient and unacceptable suddenly made Su Mo's gaze freeze.

[Mission Name: Heartbeat Hide and Seek, Game Over if Discovered ②]

[Mission Difficulty: SSS-level]

[Mission Synopsis: Detected that host possesses a manly heart and still harbors 'strong' fantasies about becoming a 'tough guy.' For this, this Challenge System specially created the second ring of the Heartbeat Hide and Seek series.]

[Mission Description: Activates when host's popularity value reaches 50 million. Popularity value: refers to host's fame in people's hearts, can be understood as fans.]

[Mission Reward: Return to being a boy, Constitution +4, Strength +4, Additional Skill: Unlimited Energy]

[Failure Penalty: Body receives random Seven Deadly Sins crest marks daily, including: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony and Lust. Warm reminder: Crest marks will subtly influence host's actions and thinking patterns, but they are very exquisite, printed on the lower abdomen.]

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Looking at this grayed-out mission's success reward, Su Mo, who now had a girl's body but a man's heart, couldn't help but feel excited.

Could she really change back?

And unlimited energy—just hearing that would make any boy's heart race!

Although needing popularity value over 50 million was a problem, and the Seven Deadly Sins crest marks after failure seemed improper.

But in any case, Su Mo had finally found a new goal.

Just as Su Mo silently clenched her small pink fists, vowing to become a tough guy.

The QQ car stopped, and then the back door was opened by Su Su.

'Tough guy' Su Mo felt her body become light, and the next moment, she was easily lifted by Sister Su Su in a princess carry.

Feeling this shameful position.

As a tough guy, Su Mo's fair face after removing makeup blushed slightly, and she instinctively wanted to struggle and speak.

But before speaking, she felt the gaze of a pair of angry peach blossom eyes, followed by an authoritative girl's voice from above:

"Little Sister Mo, I'm very angry right now. If you don't want your bottom to bloom like flowers, I personally suggest you don't struggle!"