Kevin had previously imagined what would happen after Lily's transformation. He'd even imagined the process like a Hollywood blockbuster. He'd imagined what would happen if Lily lost control after the transformation, how Vivian would deal with the enraged Lily, whether Y'zaks would transform into his original form to fight the beast, and even imagined himself calmly directing the situation from behind. In short, he felt that the night of Lily's transformation would be a bloody and sleepless night. After all, a werewolf was about to super-evolve, and there were few professionals around who truly knew how to suppress it. Loss of control seemed inevitable. It was indeed a sleepless night, just shy of a bloody storm: Lily was busy digging holes everywhere. Despite her size, she exuded a harmless demeanor from head to tail, making all the previously imagined actions useless...
Frankly, watching a seven- or eight-meter-long husky running around was rather dull, but even Vivian didn't dare to step forward to stop the idiot. It was a bit dangerous: Lily was now a heavy tank, and even her Husky status couldn't conceal her current combat power. Perhaps her "werewolf" power had truly awakened. As she ran, a turquoise vortex of wind swirled around her feet, its pressure slicing through metal and stone like tofu. At full speed, the turbulent wind would even envelop her entire body in a blurry wall of wind. Its power was unimaginable. Kevin watched helplessly as Lily ran towards a small mound, leaving only a trench. No one doubted the werewolf girl's combat prowess in this form; her charge was deadly.
Lily remained lucid, as Raven 12345 had said, but she was also clearly quite aroused. The werewolf girl (let's use that term for now) had to expend her excess energy, or she wouldn't be able to return to her normal form. The exact mechanism for this was unclear, but it might have something to do with the full moon... er, the power of the spicy snacks. Anyway, it was precisely for this reason that Kevin and the other two tenants had to watch a husky roll around in a daze—well, that was just roll around in a daze, in Kevin's eyes.
"When will she calm down?" Vivian yawned. She was a nocturnal creature, but she hadn't gotten enough rest in the past two days preparing everything Lily needed for her evolution, and she was feeling a bit sleepy. "I just looked up some information on Huskies," Kevin said with a mournful look, pulling out his data terminal. The holographic projection displayed the information he'd found. "Huskies are naturally lively, energetic, and extremely curious. Once they start playing, they usually won't obey their owners or anyone else's commands. A healthy adult Husky can play for three or four hours straight, or even longer. There's no information online about what constitutes a Husky spirit, but I just recalled Lily's usual spirited demeanor, and it seems to perfectly align with what's described online."
Vivian crouched dejectedly, rummaging through her bag. "Why didn't I think of this before... Her usual unreliable personality should have suggested this guy was a shady guy. Look, I prepared so many incense sticks for her, and now they're useless."
Kevin was idly waiting for Lily to tire and transform back when a thought suddenly occurred to him: "Wait! Maybe this will be useful!" "This?" Vivian weighed a few pieces of strong-smelling incense. "This is for werewolves. It won't work on a Husky."
"How do you know if you don't try!" Kevin reached out and snatched a few "medicine cakes." "We need to calm Lily down as soon as possible. She's making so much noise that even in a remote place like this, it's hard to guarantee people won't be drawn here. So, how do you use this?"
"Try it or not?" Vivian pursed her lips. "It's simple. Just heat it up. Use charcoal underneath, and the incense will slowly burn on its own. But we have to get the big dog to stay in one place first; the incense's range is limited."
"That's hard to say." Kevin looked up at Lily. "She's just having fun, not like she can't understand. Keeping her quiet for a few minutes should be enough. Who of you will go and calm her down?"
Yzaks and Vivian looked at each other. Finally, the great demon sighed, "I'll do it. I'm thick-skinned."
Y'zaks went to talk to Lily, while Kevin and Vivian immediately began setting up the "ritual scene." They set up the pre-prepared metal boxes in a large open space and used charcoal to ignite the strong-smelling herbal cakes. Soon, the area was filled with a drowsy aroma. Vivian's special incense was indeed famous. Even in such an open environment, it had such a strong effect. Kevin felt that even his enhanced superhuman body could hardly resist the drowsiness.
Hopefully, Lily, the husky-turned-spirit, doesn't have too strong a resistance to the drugs. If she continues to play around like a husky, it will be almost dawn...
Y'zaks's communication went smoothly, and the big devil didn't really get a stab from Lily: although the werewolf girl was excited, her rationality was still intact. She could still recognize her own people and would naturally calm down when she saw someone familiar approaching. But this quiet couldn't last. Lily's mind was completely unstable, and she could only maintain a focused state for about a minute. That was why she'd just run around and play after Vivian had spoken to her.
Yazakhs seized this moment of concentration and quickly ushered Lily into the incense's range. Then Kevin, Vivian, and Yazakhs all worked together to get Lily to squat in the center of the incense.
The incredibly large husky finally calmed down. She squatted in a perfect position, more than ten meters in front of Kevin, her head still twitching with curiosity, observing everything around her with a newfound perspective. Her tail flicked briskly, stirring the incense's aroma. Perhaps from all the playful activity, Lily was feeling a bit hot. She was panting heavily, her tongue lolling out. This was a good sign; she'd almost completely absorbed the scent of the incense around her. Kevin even felt a sense of hypoxia after taking two steps forward... This big dog had quite the lung capacity. Vivian nervously watched Lily's condition. Soon, she noticed the giant husky dozing off at a noticeable speed, and the beastly aura in the air around them was gradually dissipating: the incense actually worked!
"This is something specifically for werewolves..." Vivian herself was surprised. "It works on husky spirits, too?"
Kevin shrugged. "They're closely related, after all."
"...werewolves, wolves, huskies, and husky spirits—they're basically four species," Vivian said seriously. "Huskies and wolves might have some blood relationship, but werewolves and husky spirits...how do you even count them?"
Yes, how do you even count them? This will probably remain a mystery for a long time. The most important question now is: Lily was finally knocked unconscious by the incense.
The two-story-tall figure, enveloped in a cloud of smoke for several minutes, finally succumbed to the overwhelming sleepiness. It swayed twice and collapsed like a mountain, with a sudden, earth-shaking boom. Kevin saw Lily's enormous figure rapidly shrinking in a cloud of dust, finally returning to human form.
But before he could see what was happening, Vivian slapped him aside. Y'zaks was also chased away. The vampire girl, with the air of a mistress of her own house, said, "You two, hide over there. Turn your backs to this place, and no one is allowed to peek! I've got little bats watching. Anyone who peeks won't eat tomorrow!"
Kevin vaguely guessed what was going on and quickly pulled the bewildered Y'zaks to a place far enough away to squat. The great demon crouched there, still asking, "What's going on?"
"Don't look," Kevin said casually, but then he thought about the great demon's race and its curious, primitive form and shook his head. "I can't explain it to you. There's a huge difference in our tastes."
Y'zaks: "?"
The two of them only crouched for a moment before they heard the fluttering of bat wings nearby. Vivian returned, carrying Lily, now dressed in her new clothes. As expected, Lily's first complete transformation was so thorough, and her skills weren't up to par, so her original outfit was ruined. Luckily, there was a thoughtful vampire in the house, Vivian, who had even remembered to bring Lily a change of clothes. Despite their constant friction, Vivian's kindness was evident in crucial moments.
"Landlord, landlord!" Lily quickly perked up once she was out of the incense's reach. She happily leaped from Vivian's arms, grabbing Kevin's arm and shaking it vigorously. "So, so, so awesome, aren't I?"
At that moment, Kevin suddenly realized something incredibly frustrating:
Lily had been so overly excited that she'd been so busy running around after her transformation that she hadn't even realized what she'd become.
Now, as Lily's temporary guardian, he had to find a way to explain the truth to this unfortunate girl...
"I'd rather die with that psychopath right now!"