Chapter 6 – Rob a Bank, Split ③⓪/⑦⓪
Lin Xi took a step forward, blocking the bedroom door.
“This is my bedroom!”
“I won’t let you just swoop in and take over!”
Lin Xi pointed toward the guest room on the side. “You’re sleeping in the guest room.”
Shi Yu let out a soft click of her tongue. “Who cares about your room?”
Shi Yu headed toward the guest room, intending to tidy up her sleeping quarters for the night.
Taking advantage of this opening, Lin Xi ducked into her bedroom, locked the door, and began a “grand cleanup.”
In a frantic rush, she pulled the photos off the wall one by one and shoved them into a drawer.
“And the bookshelf!”
Facing a bookshelf packed with yuri manga, Lin Xi felt a massive headache coming on.
Fortunately, there were three cardboard boxes in the room. Lin Xi took all the books down, packed them into the boxes, and hid them under the bed.
Just as she finished tidying everything up, she heard Shi Yu calling from outside the door.
“Perverted Witch?! Are you in the bedroom?”
Knock, knock, knock-
Shi Yu was rapping on the door.
Lin Xi wiped away a bead of sweat and scanned the room. Everything that shouldn’t be seen by others had been cleared away.
She opened the door, and Shi Yu stepped inside.
“Well, that’s unexpected. It’s actually quite clean and tidy.”
“Do I look like a slob to you?” Lin Xi shot back.
Shi Yu noticed a corner of the room. “Why buy such a big bookshelf and not put a single book on it?”
“I just bought the shelf,” Lin Xi replied casually.
Shi Yu scanned the bedroom once more before turning to leave.
“How boring. I thought with your perverted personality, I might find something interesting.”
Following her out of the bedroom, Lin Xi demanded sharply and without ceremony, “Stop calling me ‘Perverted Witch’ every chance you get. Compared to a smutty manga artist like you, I’m way more decent!”
“You’re not the Perverted Witch? Then what are you? The Shape-shifting Witch?” Shi Yu stared at Lin Xi with interest. “I’ve heard the Shape-shifting Witch can take any form.”
“Could it be… you were originally a man and turned into this?”
“Thinking about it that way… you’re not just perverted, you’re disgusting.”
Lin Xi: “…”
Shi Yu had actually guessed part of it correctly.
But she wasn’t the Shape-shifting Witch.
“You really don’t know what kind of witch I am?”
“Don’t you have that superpower to perceive people’s true essence?”
“I only know you’re a witch,” Shi Yu said. “As for what type, I have no way of knowing. So, what kind of witch are you exactly?”
“Want to know? I’m not telling!”
“I order you to say it. You’re just a slave; follow your master’s orders!”
You jerk… Lin Xi cursed inwardly. It didn’t really matter if she said it, though.
Regardless of the type, all witches were targets for capture by the Dark Realm Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
“I am the Blazing Blast Witch.”
“Oh? The Blazing Blast Witch? Sounds pretty impressive…”
“Of course it is,” Lin Xi threatened. “You’d better be nicer to me. If you push me too far and we end up going down together, I’ll roast and eat you first.”
Shi Yu fell silent.
Just as Lin Xi thought her intimidation tactic had worked, Shi Yu dropped a bombshell.
“Lin Xi! Let’s plan this out carefully-let’s go rob a bank!”
Lin Xi: “…”
Did this girl escape from a mental asylum???
While Lin Xi was reeling from the shock, Shi Yu continued.
“You’re the Blazing Blast Witch. With your power, robbing a small bank shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
“It’s a guaranteed profit with zero overhead!”
“Heh, of course it’s zero overhead for you,” Lin Xi grumbled.
Shi Yu said, “We’ll split the take seventy-thirty.”
“I only get seventy percent?”
“What are you thinking? The seventy percent is mine.”
“I’m the one doing the work, and I only get thirty percent?!”
“You think that’s too much? Fine, let’s make it eighty-twenty then.”
“Okay, enough with the nonsense,” Lin Xi said with a chuckle. “Me, rob a bank? That’s practically suicide! If I got caught, wouldn’t the people from the Countermeasures Bureau tear me limb from limb?”
More importantly, Lin Xi couldn’t remember the first thing about how to use the Blazing Blast Witch’s powers.
If she tried to rob a bank as she was now, even a security guard could probably take her down with a single move.
Lin Xi had no intention of telling Shi Yu that she couldn’t use her witch powers, lest the girl become even more reckless.
“Better you than me,” Shi Yu said without a shred of pity. “You only have to worry about robbing the bank. I have much more to consider.”
“Like what?”
“Like how to spend the money.”
“Go to hell-“
“You want to try saying that again?”
“A brilliant insight, Director.”
Lin Xi turned and headed for the kitchen. She was hungry, and it was time to prepare dinner.
Whether it was the prospective college student Lin Lu from her past life or the Blazing Blast Witch Lin Xi of this life, besides both being Otakus, their second commonality was that they both knew how to cook.
Lin Xi opened the refrigerator and took out the ingredients.
“I want stir-fried pork with peppers! And don’t put any cilantro in it!” Shi Yu sat lazily on the sofa, pulling out her tablet to touch up the drawing she had worked on at noon.
Lin Xi put her hands on her hips. “Who asked you? Am I your maid or your mother?”
“Neither,” Shi Yu said with a slight smile. “You’re my slave. Try to keep that in mind.”
Lin Xi: “…”
She began washing the peppers and slicing the meat.
It wasn’t for Shi Yu’s sake; she wanted to eat this dish herself.
“Smells so good~” Shi Yu marveled. “You must have put a lot of effort into blending into human society.”
“Tell me, what other skills do you have?”
“Also, what’s your ultimate goal for going undercover?”
How was Lin Xi supposed to know Miss Witch’s ultimate goal?
Judging by Miss Witch’s final wishes, could her ultimate goal really have been… to get all lovey-dovey with the ten girls on that list?!
“I don’t have an ultimate goal.”
“I like human society. I just want to live a good life here.”
“It’s as simple as that.”
“Eh? You’re so boring,” Shi Yu said, clearly unconvinced. “You’re supposed to be a villain. Show some backbone!”
“Who was the one who just suggested robbing a bank? Compared to me, you’re the one who sounds like a villain!” Lin Xi retorted, feeling exhausted by the girl’s logic.
Shi Yu countered, “I’m not a villain. I’m just a kind and cute beautiful girl who happens to be a little short on cash.”
Lin Xi plated the food. Between the bickering and the cooking, she was starving.
By the time the food was ready, Shi Yu was already sitting at the dining table, having set out two sets of bowls and chopsticks.
“See? I even helped you get the utensils.”
“Do you think I’m too weak to carry a bowl? Or too weak to hold chopsticks? If you really want me to thank you, do the dishes after we’re done.”
“In your dreams.”
Shi Yu held her chopsticks, poised and ready to strike.
Lin Xi rolled her eyes and brought the dish to the table.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
“It might be Xinning coming to see me,” Lin Xi guessed. She couldn’t think of anyone else besides Zhao Xinning.
“Does she live nearby?”
“Yeah. Hurry up and get into the guest room.”
Shi Yu was forced to put down her chopsticks. “Is your friend here to scrounge a meal?”
“You think everyone is like you?” Lin Xi said as she walked toward the door.
Shi Yu scurried into the guest room. She didn’t want any outsiders knowing about her relationship with Lin Xi the witch either.
Lin Xi opened the door. Outside, Zhao Xinning was holding a bag of bear-shaped cookies, smiling at her.
“I baked a few too many. You wouldn’t mind helping me finish them, would you?”
“I’d be happy to.” Lin Xi welcomed Zhao Xinning inside.
When she saw the two sets of bowls and chopsticks still sitting on the dining table, Lin Xi cursed inwardly. That idiot Shi Yu-she should have taken the extra set into the guest room with her!
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