"Got it, uh... Mori." Yukawa Maki changed her tune under Mori's gaze.

"Does Xiaoxia have club activities after class?"

Mori gave up on correcting her, tore open the packaging of bitter melon-flavored candy and put it in her mouth, playing with the curtain to herself without looking up, "No, the Archery Club's equipment is broken and needs replacing. There haven't been any activities there these past few days."

"There are some points in the textbook I'm unclear about. Xiaoxia, can you accompany..." Yukawa Maki's eyes flashed with hope.

"No, I have plans later. I don't have time today." Mori directly rejected the softly spoken girl's request, leaving her stunned and visibly disappointed.

"Alright, I understand."

"Some other time." Mori said.

After Yukawa Maki left, Mori checked the time on her watch. Her watch was running three hours and fifty-seven minutes fast; to prevent the curtain's chat content from being intercepted, most matters for the Dark Night Walker were discussed offline. When an emergency required gatherings, a set time was agreed upon as a tactic by them, thus the smoke bomb method was devised.

Even if someone intercepted the curtain's chat logs and learned their agreed-upon time, they had in fact already gathered and discussed everything three hours and fifty-seven minutes earlier, a method thought up by Mori.

Regarding tracking and location, Mountain Crow's talents couldn't bypass Jiulong Communications' advanced permissions, and no one would be foolish enough to break through curtain's tech lock forcefully, unless they wanted to be blown sky-high or have their polluted knowledge twisted into a crazed state of constant shouting.

Recently, a black market gang named 'Octagonal Spider' emerged in Dragonfly Town, engaged in human trafficking, smuggling banned drugs, arms smuggling, kidnapping and extortion, murder, and loot theft—essentially all forms of evil acts. According to intelligence, they were from Dickweldo City, the prototype of Sin Capital in Oasis, a city where violent crime was the main theme, and the leader of Octagonal Spider was known as the Roman due to his brutal conduct.

As the Young Master of Chichu Family, Mori certainly knew more about the unknown secrets of Chichu Heaven than ordinary people.

Dickweldo City, on the surface, is immensely prosperous, an important trading port city, long fragmented among private armed forces, with constant gang wars, a haven for drug lords and addicts. Even now, she knows many shady deals within the Chichu Family are conducted there, highly tied to interests, with no one willing to handle this hot potato, aware that beneath the shiny surface lies a rotting core, choosing to turn a blind eye, lest they bring trouble upon themselves.

This afternoon at five o'clock, Octagonal Spider will conduct a Moon Sugar transaction within the steel plant in Dragonfly Town, with two and a half hours remaining before the transaction time, and the Dark Night Walker certainly wouldn't condone this criminal gang's rampant actions, marking their first confrontation—a necessity to give that Roman a tough setback.

Mori overturned the table, revealing an N1911 pistol loaded with anesthetic darts, reflecting a cyan light. Just seeing its black iron body made Mori thrilled and excited, as this was her first time handling a gun, having been closely watched by her brother before and strictly prohibited from leaving the family home or connecting with the outside world, and certainly not allowed to engage in any military ventures. Her laborious arrival at Dragonfly Town was for this purpose.

The girl, at an age of immature thoughts, was ambiguously exploring many things, as items she longed for in games now mirrored reality, giving her a surreal sensation. Just as she reached to touch it, Yukawa Maki's voice came from behind, "Xiaoxia, your lime tea."

Mori nearly jumped up like a startled cat, her knee bumped the drawer, and the gun slid back into the drawer's compartment. Such items were commonplace in Chichu Heaven, but being discovered here would be a catastrophe, and if word reached her brother, he'd surely send a few burly men, covered in saga tattoos, to haul her back to the family home; she didn't want her leisurely high school days to end abruptly like this.

"Eh, Xiaoxia, what happened?"

"Nothing, nothing at all." Mori waved anxiously.

Yukawa Maki tilted her head, looking puzzled, as she placed the lime tea on Mori's desk, then turned back to bury her head into the desk again. Seeing the girl seemingly not noticing anything amiss, Mori sighed in relief, "Help me request leave from that old bald-headed guy."

With that, Mori quickly secured the gun inside her shoulder bag, opened the window, and jumped out from the second floor amidst countless gasps.

The lesson bell rang, and the middle-aged teacher Hajime, who had just entered, sighed helplessly, starting the last session before the club activities.

...

In the Mint Green Leaf Store, Xu Xiaoyou yawned, lying in the luxuriously furnished lounge watching TV, with the liquid crystal TV occupying half the wall playing 'Sharknado'. The blonde girl lazily lay on a long sofa wrapped in a mink blanket, munching an apple leisurely. Half an hour remained before the afternoon's guest appointment, intending to finish this epic flop, then delve into solving a chess game solo.

In the surveillance room, Evergreen Ivy and Tiger Tail Orchid closely monitored her every move, crossing their arms in contemplative poses, "Don't you feel Dark Gold Rose is not steady, compared to Cyan Sage..."

"Compared to the blue-haired idiot, she has been quite steady."

"I'm talking about her disposition."

These days, they've been watching Xu Xiaoyou, excluding her bedroom, bathroom, and hot spring room for privacy, they had set up surveillance all around Mint Green Leaf Store with nearly no blind spots.

"Her actions seem like someone, a nineteen-year-old or so, in the bloom of youth, perhaps more mature."

"Who can say what's going on in those brains?"

Suddenly, the blonde girl in the monitor moved, Xu Xiaoyou stood up, sighed, and looked towards the location of a pinhole camera, "How long are you planning to secretly observe me?"

The two were startled, these pinhole cameras were quite hidden, had she noticed long ago?

With a snap of her fingers, the screen turned into snowy static, emitting electrical interference noise.

"Ahem, apologies Dark Gold Rose, we're just trying to ensure your personal safety. Oh right, your next guest is already waiting downstairs, seeming a bit impatient..."

"It's not my working hours, not going." Xu Xiaoyou snapped her fingers again, causing the monitor in the room to explode with a tiny current.

This brought some quiet, Xu Xiaoyou thought as she took another bite of her apple.

In the surveillance room, Evergreen Ivy and Tiger Tail Orchid glanced at each other, with the man's last words not yet spoken.

"That guest seems a bit impatient, already heading in your direction via inquiries..."

Xu Xiaoyou yawned, suddenly hearing knocks at the door outside, "Sorry to intrude on your personal resting time. I'm just a bit annoyed, my schedule is quite tight, with many pressing questions to resolve. Can you open the door?"

Xu Xiaoyou found that person's clear voice somewhat familiar, as if she'd heard it somewhere before—guests were already outside, using excuses was indeed inconceivable at this point. She reluctantly stood up to open the door.

The silhouette of a black-haired girl appeared, and at the moment she recognized the person outside, Xu Xiaoyou's pupils shrank, and she instinctively muttered, "Youyou?"

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