Chapter Ninety-six What a coincidence

  "...For a moment, Jiǔ Mìng thought he could start all over again from here, find that green-haired girl who was notorious for her cruelty and provoke her, then shift the blame to someone else."

  It's said that after pulling herself here, Yakumo Yukari has been mysterious and elusive all along, never seen by anyone... except for the time from dawn till noon when she sleeps soundly. Does it feel good to be a friend who is always being shown off?

  That fox is very idle every day, doing nothing but basking in the sun and sleeping like a big dog. Then it's just daily foraging, of course, she always hesitates for a while when going out for three meals now... looking at Jiǔ Mìng's reaction, what does that mean...!?

  Do you really think you're in charge of food now?

  Why do I always feel like someone is peeking? Scratching my head, I don't know if it's an illusion or what. Every time I try to find the peeping person, they mysteriously disappear, just like a seasoned stalker.

  Making people defenseless...

  "Speaking of which, how are we going?"

  "The mountain man has his own wonderful plan." Ba Yunzi smiled lightly, "At that time, don't be surprised, little shopkeeper."

  "Huh? There aren't many things that can truly scare me." Jiu Ming said with a relaxed smile.

  "Is that so, like the white-haired girl you mentioned earlier?"

  "Huh..." Jiǔ Mìng was slightly stunned, then shook his head, "Do you know her? I'm not afraid, it's just that facing her gives me a weird feeling."

  "What did you say?"

  "To put it this way, facing her is like facing someone from my era. " Jiǔ Mìng explained, in short, when he saw her at that time, the feeling she gave him was like this, "I wonder if my identity has been exposed?"

  "Of course it's impossible." Yakumo Yuko said with a faint smile, her eyes flickering slightly. "Don't worry, your identity will definitely not be known to outsiders."

  Won't you know for sure? Jiǔ Mìng shrugged, and when he heard the word "for sure", he faintly felt a hint of coldness in her words. It seems that even if he had smoothed out his prickly demeanor... no, it should be said that he had changed from being all thorns to having cat claws.

  When the cat's paw touches, it feels soft and comfortable, but the hidden claws in its meat pad can scratch people to a bloody mess.

  The white-haired woman... After listening to Jiǔ Mìng's words, Bā Yún Zǐ also paid attention to her and searched her distant memories carefully, but it seemed like she didn't have any impression!

  It seems like I need to pay more attention around here for the next two days. "Hey, boss, want to go out and take a walk together?"

  "Let's go."

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  "Huh? Where is this place?" Inside the mysterious shop, a girl with long black hair, carrying a small shoulder bag and wearing shorts and a white shirt, looked around in surprise, finally turning her gaze to the only moving object here, "Um, can you tell me?"

  "You've broken into my house." C.C, who was eating pizza, didn't seem surprised when she saw the girl arrive. She replied while continuing to eat her pizza, but her words startled the black-haired girl.

  She looked around in confusion, except for the door behind her, she couldn't see any other doors anywhere else. As for the one behind her... She only saw that it was a closed room and definitely couldn't get out. What's going on?

  She was just about to leave, had just pulled open the driver's door and walked in, when the scene in front of her suddenly changed to here. In that closed room, she groped around for a while, and finally chose to walk out through the door that could be opened.

  A house that looked like it was decorated quite nicely... although it was a bit smaller and more ordinary than her own, but still quite nice. The girl thought to herself, then she turned to look at the green-haired girl who was sitting on the sofa eating pizza with a lazy attitude, her legs curled up.

  What a beautiful big sister, but what is she saying? Breaking into someone's house privately... Hmm, it seems to be true, this place is indeed someone else's home, but who would put a particularly eye-catching counter in their home? This kind of thing only exists in stores.

  "Isn't there anywhere to go out?" The black-haired girl couldn't find a way out and asked involuntarily.

  "Go out? Well, if you want to go out, it's very simple. Just turn around and take one step."

  "Is that so?" The black-haired girl looked back strangely and didn't step forward, "It feels a bit strange somehow."

  "Intuition?" C.C put down the pizza in his hand, thought for a moment, and pulled out that "manual" from the gap of the sofa. "Okay, this is a store, and the unscrupulous owner is now out. You take a look yourself."

  "Store?" The black-haired girl took the small booklet that C.C. had tossed over and flipped through it for a few moments, her eyes suddenly shining brightly, "This...this...this looks really powerful," "Is this real?"

  "Believe it or not, if you believe me, you can choose to wait for a while. If you don't believe me, turn around and walk through that door, and you can go back." C.C didn't plan on saying anything more.

  "Ah, I see." The girl hesitated for a moment, looking at C.C. who was still very carefree, and then asked in a soft voice, "Then, boss, is there a phone here? I want to make a call home."

  "Boss's wife?" C.C. paused for a moment, holding the pizza in her hand, and then smiled slightly self-deprecatingly, "I'm not the boss's wife here..."

  She couldn't help but imagine what Jiǔ Mìng's expression would be like if he were here, probably laughing very brightly... boring.

  "Take this and use it." C.C. placed the mobile phone that Nine Lives had left behind on the tea table in front of her, "The rest is up to you, just wait for him to come back, if you can't wait and want to leave, that's fine too."

  Seems a bit cold, huh? The black-haired girl hesitated for a moment, reached out and took the obviously female-used phone with Wang Uncle's number on it!?

  The black-haired girl who was a bit distracted saw the number recorded on her phone and widened her eyes in surprise, choosing that number and pressing the dial button...

  It actually went through, and from the other end of the phone came a very familiar voice, mixed with fatigue and drowsiness, "Hello? Is that you...... If there's something to say, can't it wait till later? You know I'm in the middle of a fierce battle with a monster here, let me sleep some more before we talk..."

  "Sorry, Uncle Wang." The black-haired girl stuck out her tongue and quickly confirmed that the person who answered the phone was someone she knew. After glancing at C.C., who wasn't paying attention, she swiftly hung up the phone.

  Wang Hai, lying on a simple bed, rubbed his eyes sleepily and also patted his ears, feeling strange. When did that kid's voice become a girl's? Was he always disguising himself as a boy?

  This voice is a bit familiar, just like... King Hai, who was about to fall asleep again, suddenly felt electrified and his eyes widened as he jumped up, the drowsiness that couldn't be shaken off was shattered in an instant. "Damn it! No way!!!"

  How could the Nine Lives possibly call him 'Uncle Wang'!? At most, it's just Old Wang, and occasionally with a bit of an evil tone, they might add the prefix "next door", but he absolutely wouldn't be called that, and that familiar voice from earlier... "No way."

  Wang Hai felt his temples start to throb slightly, and without thinking, he quickly dialed a phone number, but it was busy... Wanting to contact others, seeing the empty signal, Wang Hai helplessly stood up.

  Since being saved by Jiǔ Mìng last time, he has been carrying this phone as a 'lucky charm' with him at all times, and even specially added an extra layer of super-strong alloy on top. Better safe than sorry, after all, there will be times when it's needed... Later, I'll find an opportunity to talk to him about what happened last time.

  Last time, the nine lives walked quickly, and the location was not right. Wang Hai wanted to take out some returns but had no chance. The main thing is that at that time, he didn't have anything that could be taken out of hand. General things... felt too inferior.

  He quickly arrived at the communication station in the camp, which is generally not allowed to enter easily, but Wang Hai encountered things... He soon entered the communication station.

  “...Do you think I've got Alzheimer's? What? Scold me and see if I'm stupid! You old thing, can't even take care of your own granddaughter, yet you're making a fuss with me?” Zhu Hongxin slammed his hand on the poor desk in front of him, causing the entire table to creak under his immense force.

  Outside the door, two teachers holding a stack of documents looked at each other and wisely placed the documents at the entrance before swiftly leaving. This old principal is usually easy to talk to and down-to-earth, but when he gets angry... it's like being cheated by an honest person or bitten by a dog that doesn't bark - very frightening.

  "Disappeared directly under the eyelids?" Zhuo Hongxin furrowed his brow, his two eyebrows almost standing upright. "Could it be that a space ability user was involved?... No residual movement marks? Even trackers can't find any? I said you shouldn't have offended some power, right?"

  "......Alright, I'll go to your place." Zhuo Hongxin furrowed his brow. How could a big living person just disappear like that? Moreover, without leaving any residual abnormal energy fluctuations, even professional trackers couldn't detect anything...

  The phone hadn't hung up for long when Zuo Hongxin's mobile phone rang again, still his old friend. However, this time after hearing what the other person said, Zuo Hongxin's face turned gloomy, "It's not April Fool's Day today, are you teasing me? Or do you think I'm old and senile so it's easy to fool me? Found it!?"

  He hung up his phone again, and Zuo Hongxin looked at the computer beside him. A file had been sent over, but he hadn't opened it yet when his phone rang again. He raised an eyebrow, and Zuo Hongxin glanced at the screen... This time, the call was from a special communication number on the front line.

  What's going on at the front line? Even if it was an emergency, there's no need to contact him. If they had to contact someone, it should be someone from Teito.

  "Zhuo Lao, Xiao Qi seems to have used up all nine of her lives to get in touch with me..."

  "Damn it!" Zhu Hongxin's eyes widened, and even though he was an old man with a good temperament, he couldn't help but curse.