Chapter 390: Women's Beauty Pageant!
Time slipped away quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was mid-December.
On the 15th, the preliminary round of the beauty pageant officially concluded.
Yusa was regrettably eliminated with a ranking of 971st.
However, she herself wasn't depressed. In her words—for an amateur like her with no foundation to squeeze into the top 1000 among more than 60,000 contestants was already a good achievement.
On the 16th, the formal competition of the Women's Beauty Pageant was held in the Central Square of Charm Capital.
Ryohei, who hadn't gone out for two days, brought Lucoa and Pekola to join the fun.
"So... please introduce yourself!"
On the stage, the demon host interacted with the contestant ranked 100th.
The order of appearance was based on the preliminary ranking, starting from the 100th, moving forward sequentially until the 1st.
By the way, Medusa ranked 3rd in the preliminary round.
However, the gap between the top ten wasn't large. For the past half month, they had been competing fiercely, and the rankings changed frequently, especially the top three...
"Everyone—!"
Close to two meters tall, with light purple hair and three pairs of crimson eyes.
Upper body human, figure slender yet voluptuous, lower body a huge spider with eight scythe-like walking legs, the Arachne leaned forward, approaching the microphone—
"I am Lachne from the Arachne clan; my hobby is bondage play."
"Of course, I tie others up!"
She scanned the audience, aura fully unleashed, and the corners of her lips curled up: "So... are there any friends willing to come up and cooperate? I need a few bondage materials."
As her voice fell, the scene instantly boiled over—
"Ahhh—! Miss Lachne, please let me!"
"Oh ho—! Let me be your material!"
"Pick me! Pick me!"
"Lady Queen! Look over here, please include me!"
"Awesome! Miss Lachne!"
"..."
"Ah this—!"
"As expected of the Demon World's beauty pageant!"
Ryohei looked at the Arachne on stage with a shocked face.
He had learned about the rules of the beauty pageant before—each contestant had five minutes for self-introduction and talent show.
Turns out... your talent show is performing bondage play on the audience!
Too showy!
"Ara—! So many demons want to be bondage materials..."
Lucoa raised her hand to cover her lips lightly, looking sideways at Ryohei, teasing: "Does Ryohei-kun want to try too? I can help send you up."
"Absolutely no interest in that regard."
Ryohei crossed his arms, glanced sideways at Lucoa, and sighed meaningfully: "But I do want to try tying up others..."
"Hentai."
Pekola turned her head and looked at Ryohei.
Ryohei looked back seriously:
"Bondage is an art!"
His tone carried a bit of grief and indignation: "I just want to learn rope art; how did I become a pervert? Pekola is so mean!"
"Don't you blush saying that?"
Pekola looked at Ryohei with an emotionless face, her tone devoid of ripples.
"Won't blush at all."
Lucoa put her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly, and took over the conversation with a smile, the voluptuous curves on her chest swaying along.
"What's there to blush about learning art?" Ryohei looked at Pekola with a "You're so weird" expression.
"..."
On stage—
Lachne picked a few demons to come on stage and performed her talent show.
Could only say, truly worthy of being a spider spirit... truly worthy of being an Arachne!
Playing with silk so smoothly!
With a wave of her hand, she performed fancy bondage on several demons of different forms, the postures very cool!
And by manipulating the spider silk, she made those demons perform various actions.
Unexpectedly worth watching.
However—
Can't learn it! Really can't learn it!
Ryohei sighed softly in his heart.
...
Demons who could enter the top 100 were no ordinary people, each having unique skills.
Demons of various races and forms, either using racial talents or magic, performed magnificent and splendid shows one after another.
Making Ryohei dazzled and physically and mentally delighted.
Unknowingly, it reached the 97th contestant (reversed order)—Medusa!
"Medusa! Medusa—!"
Uniform shouts rang out at the scene, the momentum greater than the previous times.
"Medusa's popularity is so high!"
Ryohei looked at the figure gracefully ascending the stage amidst the shouts and said with a smile.
"After all, she's already a two-time champion," Lucoa's gentle voice entered his ears.
"..."
On stage, under the spotlight—
Medusa was dressed in gorgeous attire like an ancient Egyptian queen, wearing a golden crown with a cute chibi snake image on her head, and wearing multiple gorgeous gold ornaments on her body, shining under the lights as she moved.
Her skin was as white and delicate as milk, her figure slender but with graceful curves.
"..." Medusa walked gracefully to the front of the stage, bowed to the audience first, then moved to the microphone at the side, put her hands behind her back playfully, and said in a sweet voice:
"Met again, everyone!"
"I am Medusa, please turn to stone for the cute me!" After saying this, Medusa tilted her head slightly and smiled beautifully: "Just kidding!"
The demons under the stage began to howl like ghosts and wolves—
"Awooo—! Miss Medusa is super cute; I'm willing to turn to stone for you!"
"This smile is simply awesome!"
"Miss Medusa, I will cast all my votes for you this time too!"
"So cute!"
"..."
Making a downward pressing gesture several times, signaling everyone to be quiet.
When it quieted down, Medusa smiled sweetly: "So... next, I'll dance for everyone!"
"Music—!"
With a snap, she snapped her fingers.
Backstage staff immediately played the prepared music.
"..." Medusa took a few steps back, light purple light spots appearing around her. Then, she danced gracefully to the beat, her gentle figure flowing and swaying under the lights.
Ryohei silently picked up his phone and started recording...
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