Chapter 30: Is Apologizing Useful?

  "What? Not even close? The person is lost? When was the follower knocked down without knowing it? Truly useless!"

  The starry-eyed girl who had been waiting for more than two hours immediately lost her temper when she heard the report from her subordinate.

  "Tsk, tsk! At such a young age, you're learning all the wrong things and even forming gangs... looks like you're doing quite well in that regard?" With a slight cluck of her tongue, Jiǔ Mìng looked at Xīng Xīng Yǎn, who was holding a bottle of drink with an obviously terrible mood. What's he back for?

  Can't even have a peaceful return, damn it, isn't it just going out? Last night was chased by a group of people with real guns and bullets for dozens of streets, was knocked down by nine lives but didn't give up... Don't know whose power.

  Then I was chased again today!

  Chased and then still being tailed?

  Isn't quitting actually a good choice?

  So he came back.

  Looking at the big sister who is throwing a tantrum, and those dog legs next to her who are nodding their heads and looking very respectful... Jiǔ Mìng scratched his head, this is also considered a national characteristic?

  I wonder what expression she will have when she is being suppressed.

  “……”

  The nine lives didn't cover their line of sight, so they were stared at for a while. The starry-eyed girl with a chill all over her body turned her head around, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly as she began to scold the dog legs beside her, "Is this what you call getting lost?"

  It's obvious they tracked us down on purpose!

  "What do you want from me... No, I'll come to settle the score with you instead." With a slight movement of his mind, Jiǔ Mìng suddenly changed his tone and, amidst the astonishment of the starry-eyed girl and the lackeys by his side, he unreasonably charged directly over from outside the window.

  During that time, no glass was shattered, but instead it seemed like he had passed through the wall. The white coat stuck to the window at the same time, and after the starry-eyed girl reacted, she found that all the dog legs around her had been knocked down. Jiǔ Mìng's speed was so fast that their abilities couldn't even be activated.

  "What just happened...?"

  "Oh, just some anesthetic, I casually took it from the hospital."

  Jiǔ Mìng loosened his clenched fist, and a small steel needle fell from his hand. The anesthetic he had obtained from the Underworld's Pursuer of Souls was truly potent! A tiny amount had knocked out so many people.

  "Three times a day, you launch mysterious spiritual attacks on me, and then have someone tail me... What do you want to do?"

  "Hmm..." Thinking that her abilities had been somewhat "rebounded" twice on the ninth life, the starry-eyed girl didn't dare to make any rash moves for the time being, and took a few steps back, looking for a route to escape from here, it would be best if she could find an opportunity to call the police...

  If her abilities were to fail, her combat strength... She's basically a sports idiot!

  This is terrible... it's too terrible. Is there anyone around? If there were other people who could stand, she wouldn't be so helpless like this now...

  "It's just making friends... just making friends, that's all, yeah!" With a slight puffing out of her chest, the starry-eyed girl revealed a rather friendly smile.

  "Really?" Jiǔ Mìng's warm smile instantly turned into a cold sneer, "Do you want to refresh my IQ lower limit again? Don't think about running! I can easily exceed 30 meters in seconds, do you want to try?"

  She has super abnormal physical abilities, but there's an existence that can neutralize her powers... No need to mind how strong the opponent is, just being at a normal person's level can subdue her!

  There have been too many bad examples of what happens when a master is approached by warriors!

  I was wrong.

  With a weak and timid expression that would make others' jaws drop, the opponent's Shouko actually apologized obediently. Well, of course, if this were to happen on a crowded street, it would be a scene where hundreds of people gang up on someone who took advantage of a beautiful young girl...

  Under her "mental grasp", nothing is impossible!

  But there's no one here... I should say, there are no people standing anymore, except for him and her.

  "Apologize? Not accepted! Just obediently do two things for me." With these chilling words, Jiǔ Mìng walked forward with a strange smile, step by step pressing the girl's back into a space where she couldn't retreat, as if saying - "You can scream! Scream your throat hoarse, it won't be of any use... Ha."

  "What... thing?" Instinctively, Shokou looked at the smile of Kumen with a chill running down her spine, feeling a premonition that something was going to happen today. "Oh, right, where is the bedroom?"

  "This is too straightforward, don't you know who I am?"

  "It has nothing to do with me, anyway I'm here to settle the bill."

  "I've already apologized, okay!!" Despite knowing that retreating was futile, Shokuhou continued to slowly back away. Was it really going to end like this for the fifth-ranked esper of the prestigious Academy City?

  "If apologizing could solve the problem... then I'll apologize for what I'm about to do." Rubbing his hair, Jiuming held out his palm to her, "Your close combat skills... are somewhat lacking."

  "I'll remember you... You scoundrel! Don't ever let me get a chance to lay hands on you...... Ah!!"

  "Hey, what's with all the screaming? It's just a little precaution."

  "...Shí fēng cāo qí jǐn jǐn de dīng zhe zì jǐ de xiōng qián, yī zhī shǒu xiàn zài yǐ jīng fàng le zài tā nà ào rán de xiōng bù, bú duì, shì zhè zhī shǒu xiāng dāng de cóng tā xiōng qián fàng le jìn qù, guǐ yì zhì jí de chǎng jǐng, tóng shí bàn suí zhe ràng tā gǎn jué dào zhì xī de sǐ wáng wēi xié..."

  Translation:

  "...The bee-like creature stared intently at its own chest, one hand now placed on its proud bosom, no, this hand had eerily inserted itself into her chest from the front, an extremely bizarre scene, accompanied by a suffocating sense of mortal danger..."

  It's actually possible to get to this extent, one's heart will be pinched into pieces!？

  Looking at Jiuming's smile, this idea kept surfacing in her mind, pressing on her nerves. How could there be such an abnormal ability? She had never heard of it before!

  "No, don't be like this, let me do anything..."

  "Alright!" The nine-tailed beast suddenly stopped its advantageous yet not-so-advantageous actions, patted its hands and looked at the golden-haired girl sitting on the ground, "What's your name?"

  "Shi Feng Cao Qi." Pressing down her short skirt, Shi Feng Cao Qi hastily replied, unknowingly thinking to herself.

  "Ah, this is not important, just two things. Nine lives raised two fingers, "Last night we didn't have any relationship, I advise you not to have any thoughts, it's easy to leave some small measures in your heart."

  Jiǔ Mìng rubbed his fingers together, "Do you agree?"

  Shi Feng nodded immediately, and it was as if nothing had happened! ?

  How is this possible! You think too simply, daring to treat me like this... the future days are long!! There will be plenty of opportunities to slowly take revenge on you!

  And another thing, do you think I'll believe you with that kind of nonsense you tell kids? Who are you trying to fool?

  It's obvious that the girl's thoughts are quite deep, and at a glance, it can be seen that Jiǔ Mìng's last threatening words were just teasing her.

  "First of all, look at your school uniform, isn't it Tokiwadai's? Do you know a girl named Misaka Mikoto?"

  "Huh?"

  Seeing the expression on Shi Feng's face, Jiu Ming nodded and said, "It seems you know her. That's good. Find her, then send her to Meng Tu Zhui Hun, let her meet someone there... who it is doesn't matter, just ask that frog-faced doctor, he'll know. Then help me find a person named Yi Fang Tong Xing..."

  "Huh!?!" Misaka Mikoto's expression became even more astonished, these two people she knew, the first and third ranked superpowered individuals in Academy City...and the third-ranked was her recent rival at Tokiwadai...who would have thought they were both LV5 and from the same school?

  What is the point of just finding a way through?

  "You know him too? That's even better, I don't need to explain much. Use your Dog Leg Squad to find him without being discovered, and then report his whereabouts to me regarding any suspicious aspects... Right, let's prioritize this before sending Misaka Mikoto there, we'll put that on hold until I say so."

  "No objection?"

  "There's no way...!" Of course there is! How dare you speak to me in such a commanding tone! You're dead for sure! You're absolutely dead for sure! Don't make me find out the reason why you can resist my powers, or else I'll turn you into a faggot ahhhhhhh!!!!!

  A girl with silver teeth clenched so tightly they were about to shatter was silently uttering all sorts of vicious curses in her heart.

  Bang...

  "Ow, it hurts so much!"

  Covering his forehead which had been hit, Shifu couldn't help but let out a sorrowful cry, "Why did you hit me?"

  "Huh? That's strange, why did I suddenly hit you?" Jiǔ Mìng said with a rather puzzled expression. "Oh, right, as a ghost... person, my emotional perception is slightly stronger, it was an unconscious action, that's all."

  Nine lives? That slightly shocked her. Is he also a spiritual type of ability user? No, no, how can a spiritual system ability user have such an obvious and transcendent physical movement capability that surpasses ordinary people.

  Damn it! For the time being, I, this queen, will endure this humiliation! From now on, wait for my endless revenge, don't let you make me kneel down and lick my feet, or I won't be the strongest esper in Academy City!!!

  "Is this your house? I'll rest here for a bit, and get it done before nightfall, so please take care of it." Jiǔ Mìng sat down on the sofa beside him without any courtesy, causing Xiǎo Fēng's eyes to twitch again. Did he not have any weight at all? The sofa didn't even sink in a little after he sat down.

  It seems that his own body is also in a subtly transparent state, and if you look closely, you can see through him to the sofa that should be blocked.

  "What's your name! I won't do business with someone who doesn't even dare to say their own name!" Shokou said, almost squeezing the words out from between her teeth. When had she ever spoken to anyone in such a tone... Could she really be so unladylike as to ruin her own image by scolding someone?

  Anyway, there's no outsider here anymore.

  "Oh? Just call me Jiǔ Mìng then."

  "What's with your attitude?" Huh? It feels like apart from the previous threat, you're unexpectedly easy to talk to?

  "Mysterious Merchant."

  "......" Is this being pretentious? Or just perfunctory?

  "Are you human?" This time, the inquiry was tinged with uncertainty.

  "Hmm, you have a lot of questions, don't you? Alright, I am a ghost."