Lu Yibei had long wanted to get in touch with Gu Qianqian.
Having met Gu Qianqian twice in a row in a place haunted by urban legends, Lu Yibei felt that she was definitely not an ordinary person.
Plus, she has never heard of a ‘Gu Qianqian’ being mentioned in the Night Division. She felt that she must be some kind of enigmatic exorcist, or…
Or somebody who was like her.
If she could establish a good relationship with her, she wouldn’t need to rely on cunning goddesses or the Night Division for information anymore.
Jumeng mentioned that some magical materials were required to become stronger, but as of now, Yibei had no way of obtaining these items, especially not from the Night Division.
But if Gu Qianqian had these materials, considering her strength, wouldn’t it be great to be friends with her?
Lu Yibei is currently a college student recently plagued by the burden of essays, a part-time worker for the Night Division, a wanted criminal for the Night Division, a supposed World Ender enslaving a girl to be her servant, and somebody suspicious of Operator No. 2, Li Xuan.
Despite her several identities, Gu Qianqian seemed to evade her, and she wondered if she was just a figment of her own imagination.
“Wait up!” she shouted while chasing after Gu Qianqian, feeling that she was unable to catch up to her.
‘Damn, she’s good at running.’
“Gu Qianqian, hurry!” The system blared in her ears, urging her to run faster.
The system couldn’t believe that Lu Yibei would appear right in front of them; it means that the Witch doesn’t care about being found out by the Night Division anymore.
According to the system’s estimation, she should have been beaten up by Jumang’s successor by now, and she would not appear on campus, but…
This could only mean that Jumang’s successor has fallen and is under that Witch’s control!
Although Jumang’s powers have little to do with acquiring world-ending abilities, the vast psychic energy absorbed from a god is enough to make the Witch strong enough to bring destruction to the world.
And if she’s strong enough to no longer fear the Night Division…
“System?”
“Mistress, we have to run.”
“I thought you said she wasn’t that scary, though. We could always fight her, so why are we running?
“The situation… is a bit different now. This is a tactical retreat.”
“I feel like we’ve always been retreating, though.”
“…”
“How about we surrender to her?” she asked. “She doesn’t look or feel scary. Maybe she just wants to talk.
“Gu Qianqian!” the system suddenly shouted in Gu Qianqian’s mind upon hearing her words. “You are the protagonist! Are you really willing to stoop so low to talk to a Witch?”
“Yes!” Gu Qianqian retorted. “Why don’t you want to? Wouldn’t it be great to battle it out with somebody stronger than me? Even if I am the protagonist, doesn’t she still need to face some adversaries?”
The system was at a loss for words. This girl is too far gone.
Nothing has changed about that damned Witch—no matter how kind or how squishy her cheeks look, she will eventually herald the end of the world.
Lu Yibei thought that Gu Qianqian could compete in a marathon and win first place.
Besides, with her short legs, it’s going to be hard to catch up to the much faster Gu Qianqian.
However, she would never have expected that Gu Qianqian would crash into a car.
Emphasis on Gu Qianqian. The moment the car hit her, the steel bumper of the car was immediately crushed by her sheer presence.
The person in the car flew out the window and landed straight into a pile of garbage. Thankfully, he didn’t seem hurt.
Gu Qianqian staggered a bit from the impact but was fine after brushing the fine dust out of her clothes.
Seeing that Gu Qianqian was fine, the man was also taken aback for a moment, but as if something possessed him, he walked up with proud strides, grabbed her wrists, and yelled out in her ear, “Don’t even think about leaving. Ow! You’ll pay for this!”
The system and Lu Yibei couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts.
“System, what do I do?” she whispered in her head, but in the next moment, a mechanical notification sounded in her head, notifying her that her system had disconnected.
‘I’m sorry, Gu Qianqian, but I have no idea how to deal with bullies. I’d better hide myself from the Witch too.’
The system planned to abandon the ship. What’s the use of a destructive tank if all it has is a single button?
“System? System?”
Seeing that her system had truly disconnected, she turned to the man with an apologetic face and said, “I-I’m sorry… Do you want me to take you to a hospital?”
“Hell no! I’m dyin’ here! You can’t send me to the hospital in time!”
“Oookay, so you don’t need my help. I’m leaving you here, okay?”
Of course, the man didn’t expect Gu Qianqian to suddenly turn cold on him and decided to whip out his trump card: “Help! Somebody help! She’s trying to do a hit-and-run on me!”
Humans are inherently nosy, and soon the pedestrians on the streets gathered nearby.
After seeing the car smashed into pieces, they couldn’t help but think that a beautiful girl would be so aggressive when driving a car, and they pointed their fingers at Gu Qianqian.
“Little girl, what have you done?”
“Look at him! He’s… dying? Hey, it looks like he’s fine. He should be dying by the looks of it, right?”
“Maybe he has internal damage, and he’s about to die soon… poor thing…”
No matter how you look at it, the crowd seems to be wishing death on the man.
No matter! This means that he could extort more money out of the girl!
Lu Yibei never expected such a cheap scheme to play out in front of her eyes.
To be honest, she felt bad for Gu Qianqian and walked up to her and stood in front of her with her arms stretched outwards as if to shield her. Normally, she would hide, but now she felt a sense of justice overtaking her.
“You!” she pointed towards the man. “You hit her first, and you’re trying to blackmail her?”
Gu Qianqian was so anxious that she was about to cry, but seeing that this supposed World Ender was speaking up for her, she hurriedly grabbed her tiny hand and nodded vigorously.
“Y-yes! You hit me first!”
“You! This is obviously her car!” The man bellowed. “She hit me! I see it now—you’re trying to blackmail me, and both of you are in it together!”
“This is her car, according to your words,” Yibei said.
“Yes, that’s right!”
I see, she thoughtfully nodded as she turned to Gu Qianqian. “Do you mind lending me your car for a bit?”
“A-ah? O-okay.”
Yibei wordlessly entered the driver’s seat under the anticipating eyes of the crowd, and turning the engine on, she was delighted to find that it was still usable.
In the next moment, she pulled the window down and drove towards Gu Qianqian, whispering in her ear, “Get in the car; let’s get out of here!”
It wasn’t until they were far away that the man realised what had happened.
“H-hey! They stole my car! Somebody stop them!”
“I thought you said that was her car.”
A few minutes later, at the police station.
Lu Yibei and Gu Qianqian were taken to the police station for questioning. The car was heavily damaged, so it wasn’t a surprise that anyone jogging could catch up to them.
In the interrogation room, Gu Qianqian sat opposite a police officer.
“Name?”
“Gu Qianxi.”
“Age?”
“Nineteen.”
“Place of residence?”
“Under a bridge—the third bridge by the bank of the river.”
“Young woman, we know what happened,” the policeman sighed. “That guy who hit you with a car is a known con artist, so don’t be afraid and tell us the truth.”
“But…” Gu Qianqian hesitated, wondering if she had to specifically tell them that she lives in a tiny hut under the bridge.
She was in a daze, and thankfully, a police officer came in.
“Let her go. Her family is here to take her.”
Hearing this, Gu Qianqian’s expression changed.
‘I thought my family was dead…’
Lu Yibei had long wanted to get in touch with Gu Qianqian.
Having met Gu Qianqian twice in a row in a place haunted by urban legends, Lu Yibei felt that she was definitely not an ordinary person.
Plus, she has never heard of a ‘Gu Qianqian’ being mentioned in the Night Division. She felt that she must be some kind of enigmatic exorcist, or…
Or somebody who was like her.
If she could establish a good relationship with her, she wouldn’t need to rely on cunning goddesses or the Night Division for information anymore.
Jumeng mentioned that some magical materials were required to become stronger, but as of now, Yibei had no way of obtaining these items, especially not from the Night Division.
But if Gu Qianqian had these materials, considering her strength, wouldn’t it be great to be friends with her?
Lu Yibei is currently a college student recently plagued by the burden of essays, a part-time worker for the Night Division, a wanted criminal for the Night Division, a supposed World Ender enslaving a girl to be her servant, and somebody suspicious of Operator No. 2, Li Xuan.
Despite her several identities, Gu Qianqian seemed to evade her, and she wondered if she was just a figment of her own imagination.
“Wait up!” she shouted while chasing after Gu Qianqian, feeling that she was unable to catch up to her.
‘Damn, she’s good at running.’
“Gu Qianqian, hurry!” The system blared in her ears, urging her to run faster.
The system couldn’t believe that Lu Yibei would appear right in front of them; it means that the Witch doesn’t care about being found out by the Night Division anymore.
According to the system’s estimation, she should have been beaten up by Jumang’s successor by now, and she would not appear on campus, but…
This could only mean that Jumang’s successor has fallen and is under that Witch’s control!
Although Jumang’s powers have little to do with acquiring world-ending abilities, the vast psychic energy absorbed from a god is enough to make the Witch strong enough to bring destruction to the world.
And if she’s strong enough to no longer fear the Night Division…
“System?”
“Mistress, we have to run.”
“I thought you said she wasn’t that scary, though. We could always fight her, so why are we running?
“The situation… is a bit different now. This is a tactical retreat.”
“I feel like we’ve always been retreating, though.”
“…”
“How about we surrender to her?” she asked. “She doesn’t look or feel scary. Maybe she just wants to talk.
“Gu Qianqian!” the system suddenly shouted in Gu Qianqian’s mind upon hearing her words. “You are the protagonist! Are you really willing to stoop so low to talk to a Witch?”
“Yes!” Gu Qianqian retorted. “Why don’t you want to? Wouldn’t it be great to battle it out with somebody stronger than me? Even if I am the protagonist, doesn’t she still need to face some adversaries?”
The system was at a loss for words. This girl is too far gone.
Nothing has changed about that damned Witch—no matter how kind or how squishy her cheeks look, she will eventually herald the end of the world.
Lu Yibei thought that Gu Qianqian could compete in a marathon and win first place.
Besides, with her short legs, it’s going to be hard to catch up to the much faster Gu Qianqian.
However, she would never have expected that Gu Qianqian would crash into a car.
Emphasis on Gu Qianqian. The moment the car hit her, the steel bumper of the car was immediately crushed by her sheer presence.
The person in the car flew out the window and landed straight into a pile of garbage. Thankfully, he didn’t seem hurt.
Gu Qianqian staggered a bit from the impact but was fine after brushing the fine dust out of her clothes.
Seeing that Gu Qianqian was fine, the man was also taken aback for a moment, but as if something possessed him, he walked up with proud strides, grabbed her wrists, and yelled out in her ear, “Don’t even think about leaving. Ow! You’ll pay for this!”
The system and Lu Yibei couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts.
“System, what do I do?” she whispered in her head, but in the next moment, a mechanical notification sounded in her head, notifying her that her system had disconnected.
‘I’m sorry, Gu Qianqian, but I have no idea how to deal with bullies. I’d better hide myself from the Witch too.’
The system planned to abandon the ship. What’s the use of a destructive tank if all it has is a single button?
“System? System?”
Seeing that her system had truly disconnected, she turned to the man with an apologetic face and said, “I-I’m sorry… Do you want me to take you to a hospital?”
“Hell no! I’m dyin’ here! You can’t send me to the hospital in time!”
“Oookay, so you don’t need my help. I’m leaving you here, okay?”
Of course, the man didn’t expect Gu Qianqian to suddenly turn cold on him and decided to whip out his trump card: “Help! Somebody help! She’s trying to do a hit-and-run on me!”
Humans are inherently nosy, and soon the pedestrians on the streets gathered nearby.
After seeing the car smashed into pieces, they couldn’t help but think that a beautiful girl would be so aggressive when driving a car, and they pointed their fingers at Gu Qianqian.
“Little girl, what have you done?”
“Look at him! He’s… dying? Hey, it looks like he’s fine. He should be dying by the looks of it, right?”
“Maybe he has internal damage, and he’s about to die soon… poor thing…”
No matter how you look at it, the crowd seems to be wishing death on the man.
No matter! This means that he could extort more money out of the girl!
Lu Yibei never expected such a cheap scheme to play out in front of her eyes.
To be honest, she felt bad for Gu Qianqian and walked up to her and stood in front of her with her arms stretched outwards as if to shield her. Normally, she would hide, but now she felt a sense of justice overtaking her.
“You!” she pointed towards the man. “You hit her first, and you’re trying to blackmail her?”
Gu Qianqian was so anxious that she was about to cry, but seeing that this supposed World Ender was speaking up for her, she hurriedly grabbed her tiny hand and nodded vigorously.
“Y-yes! You hit me first!”
“You! This is obviously her car!” The man bellowed. “She hit me! I see it now—you’re trying to blackmail me, and both of you are in it together!”
“This is her car, according to your words,” Yibei said.
“Yes, that’s right!”
I see, she thoughtfully nodded as she turned to Gu Qianqian. “Do you mind lending me your car for a bit?”
“A-ah? O-okay.”
Yibei wordlessly entered the driver’s seat under the anticipating eyes of the crowd, and turning the engine on, she was delighted to find that it was still usable.
In the next moment, she pulled the window down and drove towards Gu Qianqian, whispering in her ear, “Get in the car; let’s get out of here!”
It wasn’t until they were far away that the man realised what had happened.
“H-hey! They stole my car! Somebody stop them!”
“I thought you said that was her car.”
A few minutes later, at the police station.
Lu Yibei and Gu Qianqian were taken to the police station for questioning. The car was heavily damaged, so it wasn’t a surprise that anyone jogging could catch up to them.
In the interrogation room, Gu Qianqian sat opposite a police officer.
“Name?”
“Gu Qianxi.”
“Age?”
“Nineteen.”
“Place of residence?”
“Under a bridge—the third bridge by the bank of the river.”
“Young woman, we know what happened,” the policeman sighed. “That guy who hit you with a car is a known con artist, so don’t be afraid and tell us the truth.”
“But…” Gu Qianqian hesitated, wondering if she had to specifically tell them that she lives in a tiny hut under the bridge.
She was in a daze, and thankfully, a police officer came in.
“Let her go. Her family is here to take her.”
Hearing this, Gu Qianqian’s expression changed.
‘I thought my family was dead…’
