"So, what's our pn?"
Qingyi takes a sip of her tea.
"First, let me connect to Qingyi-senpai first"
Yuri mimicks Qingyi's posture.
"..."
"..."
Suddenly, there is no sound at all. Tomato Zhu Yuan can't help but think of unreted topics that children have been banned from. What do you mean by 'connect'?
"Ahn~ isn't it too soon? Just being friends with benefits in one day, we have reached that point"
Qingyi covers her body pitifully.
"Senpai!!! Don't say anything misunderstanding!!!"
If this apartment had the best fire arm, it would've ring many times by the smoke from Zhu Yuan.
"Junior Zhu Yuan, what's the misunderstanding? I understand the situation very clearly"
"Actually, we've been tailed when coming into Yuri-san's house. The only threat that can affect bad guys' operation"
"She has taken down many bigshots in the past. It will be strange if there aren't monitor guys stalking her"
"In the past, she could go with you in the Hollow because they underestimated her ability according to the file I just accessed"
Qingyi expins carefully.
"Ah...hahaha..."
Zhu Yuan can only smile stiffly.
"But Yuri knows Qingyi-senpai is an automaton?"
"Otherwise, would she let me eat her electricity?"
Qingyi smirks.
"Okay do your job, Proxy of Light. We'll discuss while connecting"
"..."
Zhu Yuan is dumbfounded. How can they say that word so naturally? Is this society too open?
"Okay, Yuan-chan, your intuition has never gone wrong. Let us hear your doubt"
Yuri opens her ptop and begins to run her homemade program.
"The Vision Company recruited too much force and even invited a rge number of PubSec officer to escort their TNT train to demolish the building. The company even boldly invited you to this operation"
"As if they want to make sure that they're clean. As for escaping your edge, I don't know because I'm still in the dark"
Zhu Yuan enters her serious mode again.
"Splendid reasoning"
"Let me add my guess. The most dangerous pce is also the safest pce"
"Done"
Yuri presses the Enter key as she has established the connection with Qingyi.
"You mean the Dead End Butcher in the Dead End Hollow, right?"
Qingyi changes her impression of Yuri immediately as she marvels at this girl's talent. Her homemade program is complicated at first sight but extremely friendly. Even her reasoning isn't worse than the experienced officer.
"Yeah, no one is willing to investigate in depth because of that guy's existence"
"If I want to investigate openly, I will have to pay a huge price to mobilize the force from the H.A.N.D"
"And doing that isn't different from decring that 'I've found your shady deed and I'm searching for evidence against you'"
Yuri leans back to her sofa.
"Even Zhu Yuan and Qingyi alone can't take down the Dead End Butcher. They also know that I possess the right to ssh them but don't have the power to fight"
"Like they're betting on this notorious Hollow"
Yuri expins.
"So, what can we do now? Calling for Miyabi?"
Zhu Yuan suggests but...
"No..."
Yuri shakes her head.
"Yuan-chan, we've known each other in high school...Your weakness is to be easily swayed by others..."
"Yuri-san, you mean that our PubSec has a traitor"
Qingyi's eyes turn sharper.
"What's else for your boss to accept such an outrageous request from the Vision Company? We've not pinpointed the identity hiding behind your mold yet"
"Is that so?"
Zhu Yuan's face drops...In fact, she is extremely disappointed when hearing this bad news, but her justice sense doesn't extinguish the fire of her motivation. There is a scum hiding under her nose.
"But I'll bring it out of Light"
Zhu Yuan becomes determined.
"Phew, that is Zhu Yuan I like"
Yuri sighs.
"Eh? Like?"
The tomato Zhu Yuan turns on again.
"Jaa, I and Zhu Yuan will come inside the Dead End Hollow first. We'll entrust you the task of leading our way"
Qingyi cuts in, bringing back the serious atmosphere.
"Ok"
"Understood"
Yuri's department.
"Captain, do you see the man drinking the coffee at the opposite?"
Qingyi uses her eye to interact as Zhu Yuan follows her sight. She caught an ordinary man enjoying his cup of coffee while reading the Newspaper. However, his eyes always check the door of Yuri's apartment.
Zhu Yuan doesn't say anything but nods.
"Let's go, we'll arrive at the valley near the Canvas Street. Honestly, Yuri doesn't tell me why she can forcibly open the Hollow"
Qingyi is amused by the information supplied by Yuri.
"This is also my first thought when working with her. She makes other investigators from H.I.A become a canon folder in a story where she is the protagonist"
Zhu Yuan's face shows a proud smile.
"Heh~"
Qingyi just hums.
"Zhu Yuan, 8 seconds ter, turn right"
"Roger that"
Qingyi signals.
The countdown turns to 0, and a Hollow appears out of nowhere, swallowing the two figures inside.
At this moment, a man wearing a hoodie reports.
"Boss, the two officers seem to go shopping. Do I need to follow them?"
"No need"
"Okay, boss"
The man standing in front of the valley leading to the backdoor of the supermarket can't understand why the two disappeared so he thought they had gone into the building. Coincidentally. The elevator signals it's going up...
---
"Let me turn on the speaker. Yuri, do you hear us?"
Qingyi touches her left ear.
"Loud and Clear"
Another voice comes out from Qingyi's mouth.
"Seeing senpai with Yuri's voice, I felt so strange..."
Zhu Yuan scratches her head.
"Okay, be focused, guys. If we want to investigate, we must start from the demolishing position that the Vision Company wants to erase"
"Agree"
Qingyi speaks.
"Let me lead the way"
Hearing Yuri's reassuring tone, Zhu Yuan also becomes more confident.
Of course, as a common sense of this world's Ethereal, they begins to seek life form to corrupt no matter they're robot or not.
The pair Zhu Yuan and Qingyi cooperate in a tactic understanding.
Qingyi gathers the Ethereals with her electric Nunchaku, and Zhu Yuan takes the job of shutting them down with her hot weapon.
"Guys, knock down one ethereal and use it to cover your bodies"
Yuri suddenly shouts.
As the trained officer, they immediately execute the order. The knocked-down Dulhan is pitifully dragged to the corner by the officers.
*roar*
Like the sound of a beast being angered by the outsiders invading its territory, the Dead End Butcher constantly scans the surroundings to find the culprit. Unfortunately, it can find the Dulhan lying there.
It immediately jumps down from a high building to check around.
Qingyi turns off her breathing function as Zhu Yian covers her mouth to hide her breath.
A high-pitched roar almost deafens.
*roar*
The Dead End Butcher angrily yells. It shows a contempt look to Dulhan as he can't even protect its territory.
*bang*
It uses its axe to chop down the Dulhan as the weak shouldn't exist in the territory that it manages.
The axe is just about 20cm from the position of the pair Zhu Yuan and Qingyi.
Luckily, it leaves them as it jumps away. The explosion from the defeated Dulhan pushes the pair away.
"Zhu Yuan, Qingyi, are you two okay?"
Yuri asks worriedly.
"Don't worry, we're already preprepared. Zhu Yuan and I are all okay"
"Yuri-chan, you save us alive..."
Zhu Yuan excims.
"The Density of the Ethereal around is decreasing"
"Now guys, 20 steps ahead is the truth we want to uncover"
"That Hollow gate?"
Zhu Yuan asks.
"Yeah"
Yuri affirms.
"Let's go, senpai"
"Roger that"
Zhu Yuan gives Qingyi an understanding look as they nod at each other.
"Oi ya, hello the two officers. What can we do for you?"
A granny suddenly pops up.
The stunned Zhu Yuan and Qingyi are just standing there dumbfoundedly.
"It seems we have an answer already"
Yuri's voice let out a long sigh, waking up the two of them...
"Officers, you two are the new guys to rescue us?"
A little boy walks toward them.
Zhu Yuan's fists harden. She is very angry now. What a Vision Company. What a beautiful promise.
"Perlman, you old bastard..."
Yuri compins.
"Little guy, of course, we're here to take you out. But can you expin why you're all still inside the Hollow?"
Zhu Yuan gently asks.
"Eh, aren't you guys saying that we just stay here and there'll be a train to pick us up?"
A little boy gets angry.
Qingyi frowns hard.
"Yuri, you already knew the truth, right?"
Qingyi asks inside her head.
"A typical bck-heart businessman, instead of using the money to relocate the residents, hired a mercenary to pretend to be a PubSec officer. Once the demolition occurs, it saves him from the cost of relocation even though he has won the bid of this nd at a low price"
Hearing the voice of Yuri, the granny, and the little boy are all shocked.
"So, what should we do now?"
Zhu Yuan asks.
At this time, Qingyi and Yuri suddenly smirk at the same time...
"Zhu Yuan-chan, it's time for you to become a celebrity"
Yuri suddenly speaks. As Qingyi has some strange tactic understandings with Yuri, she commands.
"Livestream mode on!"
New Eridu City, The 6th street.
"Guys, can you help me to find out the base of the Red Fang gang? My mother's treasure is still stuck inside the Dead End Hollow~nyaa"
A cat girl is acting coquettishly.
"Breaking News!!! The Proxy of Light has wielded her sword once more time"
An MC excitedly yells.
"Dear the netizens of the New Eridu City, the Proxy of Light, Kamiyama Yuri has once again raised her sword. Let's see what she has discovered..."
The TV show transitions to the woman wearing a vest. Her red hair is built curly, and her face shows the demeanor of the cold Queen. It's just that. If you ignore the mountain of garbage inside her house at the corner of the stream, it will be more professional.
"Good afternoon, the citizens of the New Eridu...at this time, my sword serving the New Eridu has been wielded once again. And the target of this time is the Vision Company"
"Let me narrate the situation for you"
After that, Yuri expined all of the problems. From a company promising many beautiful ambitions to benefit the New Eridu to minimizing the cost of construction, even costing the Residents' lives...
"Onii-chan, it's Yuri-san but she doesn't seem to be the familiar person we know"
Belle smiles helplessly.
"Yeah, her private life is a little messy..."
Wise is a person who pays attention to details as he covers his eyes and sighs.
"..."
"Now, let's interview my partners at the crime scene"
Qingyi acts as a cameraman, giving a thump-up as a signal to Zhu Yuan.
"My name is Zhu Yuan, the Captain of the Criminal Investigation. Just like Proxy of Light has expined. We've discovered the old resident hasn't been evacuated according to the promise of Mr. Perlman. There are even the mercenaries role-pying as our officers to trap them inside the building. It's completely unacceptable"
As Zhu Yuan says, Cameraman Qingyi shows the audience their work and evidence. Showing various crimes of Perlman, Qingyi signals to the Granny to appear on the screen.
"Nekomata..."
Belle turns around and finds out that Nekomata is crying.
"Hic hic, I'm okay...Actually, from the beginning, I lied..."
Nekomata confesses her sin. Then, she expins that her origin is from the Red Fang Gang and the hideout base is a joke. She just wants to come back home and rescue those people...
"Geez~, no wonder you went around like a circle, riddling everyone..."
Belle deadpans her face.
"So...What're you gonna do? Your people have been rescued and your true commission has been completed..."
Wise asks.
"No, not yet, at least, there is one more commission...I want to meet Yuri-san...With your retionship with her,...Please, I want to thank her in person"
Nekomata bows her head deeply.
"*Sigh*, do you think that meeting her is easy? We don't know how many commissions she has to take on..."
Belle grumpily expins.
"Eh!?"
"Then..."
"Even your identity as Phaethon can't..."
Nekomata is confused.
"Of course, you idiot. Otherwise, why did we have another nickname like the 'Proxy of Dark'"
Wise adds.
"If you want to meet her, perhaps you should come here in the next Sunday. Her videotape will be expired that day"
Belle looks at the calendar.
"Thank you, Phaethon...Now, I have to go to the Cunning Hares to expin everything..."
"As for the fee of the commission, I will work hard to pay it back"
Nekomata is penniless; otherwise, why should she go around to order and deceive others? Wise and Belle can't do anything but sigh.
"Perlman, you useless"
A woman wearing a professional suit curses.
"Dare to btantly challenge that girl. Your bet is nothing but a joke"
She sneers.
"Ms Sarah, please give me another chance!"
A fat old man begs.
"Police Officer here, Open the door"
A squad of police officers comes to arrest Perlman.
"Hiiii~, I don't want to go to jail, please help me"
Perlman can't help but think of the thigh of this woman. He knows he is about to become a scapegoat. His heart is extremely panicked.
"Take care of yourself"
Sarah says goodbye and goes to the secret passage as she leaves the lonely Perlman to deal with the PubSec officers.
"Tsk"
Sarah looks at the phone on her screen as she watches the red-haired woman becoming her stumbling block.
"You're just a failed experiment!!!"
She almost gnashes her teeth.
