A chat group where you switch bodies with Alicia at the start?

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"Tch, just spouting a bunch of nonsense..."

"But Uncle Kevin, when it comes to baseball bat skills, I'm not inferior to you!"

Unfortunately, the result did not seem to be ideal.

Although Kiana is indeed very experienced in using the baseball bat, her opponent is Kevin, the pinnacle of the Fusion Warriors.

Even though his experience with baseball bats was limited to Changkong City during the Third Great Collapse, the man whose combat talent even surpassed Alicia's could only be described as utterly crushing Kiana, no matter what weapon he used.

Judging from this result, directly using the Heavenly Fire Greatsword actually seems more merciful.

At least, when Kevin, who was wielding the Heavenly Fire, killed Kiana, she only felt pain for a moment—but now that it's a baseball bat, even as a conscious being, Kiana can feel the immense pain of those baseball bats hitting her body, and can only say that she is suffering terribly.

This time, however painful it was, Kiana did not wail in agony. Instead, she gritted her teeth and endured the pain, trying to fight back with the baseball bat in her hand.

Seeing this, Alicia left dejectedly.

Given the current situation, there's no point in her staying here any longer.

However, after seeing Kiana, the fat lady became curious about the other companions who had entered Paradise with her.

After leaving the Paradise Trial Area, Alicia continued exploring Paradise as before. While occasionally marveling at the sight, she suddenly felt a dark shadow flash before her eyes. Instinctively raising her hand to catch it, she felt a weight in her arms—looking down, she saw a rather plump cat with brown fur all over its body and a bell tied around its neck.

"Wow, there are such cute little animals in Paradise!"

After seeing the cat in its entirety, Alicia, who loves small animals, was surprised and delighted.

When she arrived, Raven said that there was nothing in the Paradise of the Past except for heroes and visitors. She had indeed not found any living creatures while wandering around. Perhaps only in the trial area could there be enemies composed of past memories.

The cat in front of us is obviously an exception; it's impossible for a hero to be a cat, right?

Alicia happily reached out and stroked the fat cat in her arms. The cat seemed to enjoy the touch and meowed, which delighted the fat lady.

But the next moment, a figure came running from afar—it was a brown-haired girl dressed rather lightly, with small cat ears on her head and a nimble cat tail behind her.

"Hey, canned food, don't run around..."

A rather helpless expression escaped the girl's lips, but after she clearly saw who was holding the can of food, she froze for a moment, stunned, "Eh..."

Similarly, Alicia was overjoyed the moment she saw the girl's face clearly.

Hoo hoo hoo, what did she find? An incredibly cute girl with cat ears and a cat tail... wait, wait, wait, isn't this the kemonomimi (animal-eared girl) from the story?!

The fat lady, whose sexual desires are very broad—she basically accepts any beautiful girl—didn't even care about stroking the can of food in her arms at this moment, her eyes shining as she stared at the cat-eared girl in front of her.

"Hey—you are...?"

Pado, who noticed 'Jiang Qiao', was stunned for a moment. This reaction made Alicia, who had just unlocked another beautiful girl's illustration, feel a chill in her heart—Masaka, could it be that this cat-eared girl in front of her was also harmed by that wicked Jiang Qiao?

Damn it, how many cute girls has that bastard Jiang Qiao been messing with behind my back!

The fat lady, whose heart had transformed into a raging demon, began to frantically stomp and punch Jiang Qiao's little figure. On the surface, she could only maintain a kind smile and dared not make any rash moves.

She had no idea about that scoundrel Jiang Qiao's situation, and if she acted rashly, she might give herself away—after several failed attempts, I, Ai Li, have learned my lesson and learned to plan carefully before acting and adapt to changing circumstances!

"Oh...you're the visitor that Ellie and the others were talking about, right?"

Upon hearing this, Alicia breathed a sigh of relief—thankfully, the cat-eared girl in front of her didn't recognize her, so she didn't have to worry about being exposed.

but...

Sister Aili?

Upon hearing this title, Alicia felt her blood pressure spike.

—That scoundrel Jiang Qiao really did make a move on the cat-eared beauty in front of him!

They've even gotten people to call them 'Sister Aili'!

I am Alicia! I am!

I'm your Ellie sister!

"Hehe, [Empty Dream]'s Heroine Pado Phyllis, the last of the Thirteen Heroines, but don't have too high expectations for me. Compared to the others, I'm just an ordinary person."

"No need to be polite, just call me Phyllis or Pado, whichever sounds better to you."

—In this paradise of the past, there are indeed a very few heroes who have not realized Alicia's true nature.

Pado is one of them.

After all, as the weakest of the heroes and with no special characteristics, just as she herself said, she was just an ordinary person, and Phyllis did not possess 'keen' insightful means.

Although Eden and Paradise Ellie notified the other heroes of this "teasing Ellie" game through Aponia's administrator privileges, perhaps because they did not take into account the existence of someone with poor insight like Pado in Paradise, Phyllis was completely clueless about the so-called "game".

However, this did not diminish her enthusiasm for the visitor in front of her.

This attitude almost made Alicia burst out laughing.

This beautiful girl named Phyllis looks like the type that's super easy to get along with!

In that case, wouldn't it be incredibly easy for me to win her over? She's a catgirl, you know... hehe.

That wicked Jiang Qiao actually got to know such an adorable and rare beauty behind my back—unforgivable! Watch me, Ai Li, close the distance at lightning speed and turn her into my cat! Hmph, wicked Jiang Qiao, bringing me to this place called Paradise of the Past was a terrible idea!

"Hmm, since you put it that way, then I'll call you Phyllis."

"Nice to meet you, I'm—Jiang Qiao!" She introduced herself enthusiastically, especially after revealing her name, 'Jiang Qiao,' which made her incredibly happy, as if she could already envision a bright future. However, the process didn't seem to go so smoothly. Faced with her initiative, the cat's expression was somewhat confused and strange. This made Miss Alicia, who had initially been aggressive and confident, feel a pang of unease and asked somewhat nervously:

"Hey, what's wrong? Is there something strange on my face?"

"It's nothing, but the way you talk to Ellie is so similar..." Pado scratched her head, her tail wagging behind her, and shook her head.

—Because I am Alicia! That's how I speak!

In her mind, the fat woman transformed into a demon, roaring and accusing him.

Damn it, I almost forgot that Jiang Qiao, that scoundrel, was playing 'Alice' the whole time!

Alice, who only noticed this through the cat, felt a pang of annoyance. Luckily, she was reminded, otherwise, wouldn't it be easy to arouse suspicion and expose the mistake?

Damn, absolutely! If that's the case, the plan to use 'Jiang Qiao's' appearance to take revenge on the evil 'Alicia' and then defeat her is going to fail miserably!

Having no other choice, she had to come up with an excuse in a moment of inspiration:

"Haha, that's probably because I have a very close friend who looks a lot like her, and that influenced me."

"Oh, so that's it."

Luckily, it was a cat. After hearing the reason, it didn't doubt it at all, and just looked enlightened.

—Passed the test.

Alicia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jiang Qiao... then let's call you Boss Qiao!"

"boss..."

Hearing this address, Alicia felt a little strange and annoyed—you call Bad Jiang Qiao 'Sister Alicia,' but I'm 'Boss,' right?! Okay, I get it... okay, Alicia could probably understand that Bad Jiang Qiao was definitely closer to her than she was to Phyllis. Thinking of this, the slightly sullen, fat lady decided to get the cat-eared girl in front of her to call her... Hmm, since it's Bad Jiang Qiao's body, it should be 'Brother'?

Although she was a little uncomfortable with this title, Alice, unwilling to lose to the wicked Jiang Qiao, still planned to work towards it.

"Hehe, we opened some small shops and ran some small businesses in Paradise. Since there were only so many people in Paradise in the past, business has always been just so-so... But we've been waiting for you guys, Boss Qiao, to come!"

Paddy was somewhat excited—although she hadn't figured out the visitors' identities, she knew, thanks to the matching mechanism, that quite a few guests had come to the Land of the Dead. This was fantastic news for a cat who loved doing business; she had a feeling that her sales would skyrocket in the coming period...hehe.

"Although our little shop doesn't look big, it has a lot of useful things inside. Who knows, you might find something you like? Even if you don't find anything you like, that's okay. To be frank, while I'm not very good at fighting, I'm a pro at sourcing and intelligence gathering. Whether it's people or goods, as long as the reward is right, I'll definitely get them for you! Don't worry about the quality, all our goods are guaranteed to be of high quality and quantity. Even Sister Ellie said they were good. They're genuine, honest, and fair. If they're fake, we'll compensate you tenfold. No returns or exchanges!"

"Oh?"

Alicia, who was not initially interested, suddenly became interested after hearing this.

"Do you know where those people like me... well, what you call visitors?"

"Oh... this, I do know a little about it. There's a little girl with gray hair and red claws and two Roman numerals, and a girl with black and purple hair who's with Sister Ying—Ahua seems to have gone there too."

"There's another one named Wendy...hehe, she's at our stall right now, and we get along quite well."

"As for the rest, I don't know."

"Since this is our first business meeting, we'll waive the fee for good luck~ To be honest, we felt an instant connection with you, Boss Qiao, just like seeing Sister Aili."

"Uh... haha."

Alicia smiled awkwardly. Although she liked Pado quite a bit, hearing the title "Sister Alicia" made her jaw hurt—all she talked about was that wicked Jiang Qiao...that wretched Jiang Qiao! Don't let me catch you, or you'll be in big trouble!

However, the good news is that she also took this opportunity to learn about the whereabouts of her other friends.

Kiana is sparring with the man named Kevin, the gray-haired ones... are probably Raven and the others, and Wendy is at Paddo's shop at the end.

"Hey, Mr. Qiao, why don't you come and make some money at our little shop?"

Seeing Pado wagging her tail so eagerly and happily, Alicia, who was already planning how to get closer to her, nodded.

All of this was observed by Paradise Airi and her companions through a small window opened by the administrator, Miss Aponia, to track the movements of 'Miss Main Body'.

They observed 'Alicia's' activities within Paradise with great interest.

They talk about it from time to time.

But at one point, the Paradise Sisters and Mebius were all stunned.

Paradise... has welcomed another new visitor.