After finishing the house sale discussion, Ji Yue stepped out to take a phone call.
When she returned, she packed up her things and headed out the door.
“Yoyo, if you’re free, come over to my place sometime, okay?”
“Okay, no problem.”
Originally, she’d planned to visit Liyun’s house the next night, but seeing Ji Yue a bit busy, Luo You didn’t want to disturb her.
If her aunt really wanted to hook up with that little demon girl, she would call her herself, and would have the hotel, champagne, and aromatherapy all prepared.
But now, it was almost impossible for her aunt to enjoy a night with that much freedom anymore.
After all, Ji Yue had figured out her true identity, and for safety, Luo You wouldn’t let herself be kneaded and molded like clay by her aunt anymore.
On the other side, Ji Yue, just out the door, looked quizzically at the property address Luo You had given her.
[Why is Herrera suddenly selling her house… What’s she up to?]
Ji Yue thought, given Herrera’s status, it seemed almost surreal for her to be out selling property.
Selling a house is a big deal for ordinary people, but for Herrera, selling one apartment shouldn’t affect her life at all.
Why bother coming all the way to Jiuming Sea for something so trivial?
Don’t be fooled by this firecracker being unemployed right now—she’s got plenty of ways to make money.
No, let’s not overcomplicate things with this firecracker.
Maybe she’s just using the house sale as an excuse to come to Jiuming Sea and relive last time’s “BBQ play.”
“…Might as well order some good BBQ sauce.”
As Ji Yue placed an express online order, she rushed back to the Jiuming Sea branch office.
She did, in fact, have things to take care of.
Zhizhi had just sent a message: an exploration team sent to investigate the Boundary Sea two years ago had finally returned.
They had ventured into the true Deep, entered realms never before explored or observed by humans, and witnessed beings beyond normal human comprehension.
But when they returned, there were only five left on the ship, all in terrible shape.
After reporting their findings, they were rushed to emergency care.
This was humanity’s first expedition to the deep regions of the Boundary Sea that had managed to make it back alive.
This alone should have been headline news, but the information they brought back kept Zhizhi from feeling happy at all.
“A huge number of withered, tree-like Worshippers, apparently part of some religious scene, black fog covering vast areas of ocean… That’s a lot to process.”
Ji Yue rubbed her tired brow.
Any of these could appear in the Boundary Sea tides—they had to stay vigilant.
Supposedly, the exploration team had even seen a place like a land of immortals.
But for now, all of it was unconfirmed.
Without an in-person investigation, no one could figure anything out.
So this time, the Ten Seats were being summoned—the Customs Office of the Boundary Sea was planning to assemble a new scientific expedition team, to go deep and investigate.
This time, even magical girls would be participating.
It was a pity that sending fusion warriors into the Boundary Sea was a death sentence—otherwise, the Customs Office would have wanted to switch all personnel to fusion warriors for a better survival rate.
At the same time, as the new team was being formed, the relevant authorities had also notified the Shorewalkers: this time, the Shorewalkers had to send people and pull their weight, and it was a mandatory order.
Refuse, and the future would be tough for them.
“So? Who’s going to be on this expedition team?”
Ji Yue looked at the Ten Seats members in the video conference and said, “No one among the Ten Seats is free enough to go.”
“Don’t worry about all that. The new exploration team can’t be put together overnight. At the very least, we have to wait until those survivors recover—it’ll be at least a week before they even wake up.”
Zhizhi banged on the table with gusto and shouted, “What I really want is to question those survivors about that black fog when they wake up. That might have something to do with us here!”
This video meeting, with Xingyue and Manjusaka both absent and not all Ten Seats present, wasn’t meant to go in-depth—just to set the tone for the formal meeting later.
Even so, by the time Ji Yue finished, it was already eight in the evening.
[Time to find a little demon girl to let off some steam.]
Ji Yue was in the mood.
When stressed, you need to blow off steam—even magical girls are no exception.
But… hey!
What did she see?
Under the bright streetlights, the little demon girl Ji Yue had booked for tonight was sticking to a tall big sister she didn’t recognize.
Fuming!
Hmm…?
Ji Yue narrowed her eyes.
Wait, not a stranger.
In fact, Ji Yue was very familiar with her.
“…Liyun?”
Ji Yue blinked in confusion.
Wasn’t that her good companion who’d starred in the same movie as her, and served the same master?
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At that moment, Liyun and the little demon girl had no idea the jealous woman was already stalking them. They were still flirting with each other.
“Yo—Yoyo, don’t do that, I’ll be going home soon. If my sister sees this…”
“Oh ho~ Big sister, you’re worried about that? Weren’t you wearing such a short skirt just to seduce someone?”
“I— I’m not like you, Yoyo! I didn’t wear this for… for impure reasons!”
“Hmph, big sister, you’re so dishonest.”
As always, the big sister was completely dominated by the little demon girl.
Luo You really couldn’t understand this big sister—why couldn’t she just be a bit bolder?
If only big sister would be brave enough to put her hand on Luo You’s leg and get flirty, Luo You would definitely slide her hand under that skirt!
“Big sister, was your dream of making Herrera your pet just empty talk? Ever since you lost at that concert duel, you don’t seem very motivated anymore.”
“Uh! Th-this… I, I do… remember, sort of.”
Liyun answered dejectedly.
It was true, after losing the concert duel with Herrera, she hadn’t had much motivation, but that wasn’t the main reason.
“See, who has the energy to care about that now…”
Liyun forced a smile.
“Hmph~~ Fine, then let’s change the subject and talk about pets.”
Luo You seized the opportunity and asked, “If you managed to make Herrera your pet, what kind of life would you want her to have?”
“Uh, are you asking what I’d do?”
Liyun was too shy to say it.
How could she possibly say what she’d do?
“Let me rephrase. Big sister, have you ever kept a pet before?”
“No…”
“Okay then, say one day someone asked me to take care of a child—a very troublesome child, a real handful. While raising her, my days were pretty peaceful; the kid just ate, slept, and played games. Then one day, she—”
“Wait! Yoyo, are we talking about a pet or a person?”
“Don’t mind the details.”
Luo You seriously warned Liyun not to interrupt.
“I’ll keep going. Suppose one day this child realizes she can’t go on like this and wants to change. But I think if she changes, she’ll just become a pain, and I’d rather she keep lazing around. If it were you, what would you do?”
“Ha… I don’t really get it, but Yoyo, you’re asking, so you must care a little, right?”
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