Chapter 86 – This Is Way More Trouble Than Fighting Monsters

Lin Xi held Xia Xun’s hand for the first time.

Cuddle successful.

Her “experience points” shot up, and Lin Xi gained an entire week of lifespan on the spot.

On top of that, her [Intermediate Fireball Spell] upgraded straight into [Advanced Fireball Spell].

The first time Lin Xi had obtained the [Fireball Spell] ability was after buying a Magical Girl figure, when Xia Xun had thrown in an extra hug service and given her a polite little embrace.

Every time she got close and cuddly with a Magical Girl, the “returns” were the highest.

It perfectly fit the rule of thumb: the bigger the waves, the pricier the fish.

Getting close and cuddly with a Magical Girl came with a high risk factor, so naturally, the rewards were high too.

That said, Lin Xi currently didn’t feel like there was any risk at all.

Xia Xun had defended her so firmly just now that Lin Xi’s sense of security was completely maxed out.

The second-highest “returns” came from getting close and cuddly with Zhao Xinning.

After that were Lu Yi and Qin Ling, with Shi Yu at the very bottom. Maybe because Lin Xi had been sleeping with Shi Yu for so long, she had developed a kind of “drug resistance.” In any case, being with Shi Yu gave her the least “experience points.”

Lin Xi did a quick recap. On the Cuddle Witch’s Last Wish List, there were ten girls, and she had already gotten close and cuddly with five of them.

Ah, well… So the Scum of Humanity was actually me???

No.

Lin Xi thought to herself that, at the very least, she harbored no improper thoughts. Her cuddling was pure cuddling. Noble cuddling…

The more she thought about it, the more absurd it became, so Lin Xi stopped dwelling on it.

If she wanted to complete the Cuddle Witch’s Last Wish List, she still had to get close and cuddly with five more girls.

Wouldn’t that make her scum among scum by then?

Who knew what would happen in the end, once she completed the Cuddle Witch’s Last Wish List…

While Lin Xi’s thoughts wandered all over the place, Xia Xun’s heart was pounding like a deer caught in headlights.

Nervously, she let go of Lin Xi’s hand.

“Sorry-“

“Lin Xi, I only meant to pull you away just now… Before I knew it, we were holding hands and walking together…”

“It’s fine.” Lin Xi took Xia Xun’s hand on her own initiative.

“It’s completely normal for good friends to hold hands and stuff.”

Lately, Lin Xi had been holding Zhao Xinning’s hand on the way to school almost every day.

She had long since gotten used to walking hand in hand.

The one who wasn’t used to it was Xia Xun. She had never been this close to another girl before.

What was this racing heartbeat supposed to mean…?

Even when Xia Xun fought monsters from the Dark Realm, she had never been this flustered.

And yet Lin Xi, that “sinful woman,” remained utterly calm.

Since they had successfully gotten away from the commercial building, there was no need to go to the hospital anymore.

She had to go find Qin Ling and the others to see what exactly was going on with Shi Yu.

“Xia Xun, after walking around for a bit, I feel much better.”

“I don’t need to go to the hospital. I want to go straight home and rest.”

Xia Xun turned her head and looked at Lin Xi’s complexion. It really did look much better. “Are you really okay now?”

“Mm. I’ll be fine after I go back and sleep.”

“All right. Want me to see you home?”

“No need. Go handle your own stuff.”

“Um… Lin Xi, this weekend, come over to my place to play games and watch movies.”

“Sure,” Lin Xi agreed without hesitation.

Lin Xi got into a taxi, and the two waved goodbye.

Only then did Xia Xun take out her phone. The moment she unlocked it, she saw over a dozen missed calls.

“Hello? Captain?”

“I’m over by Commercial Street. I killed a member of the Mingwing Clan, but I let someone from the Dark Realm Alliance get away.”

“What?! The Dark Realm Alliance?!” Zhao Xing said in shock. “These really are troubled times-no, wait, a troubled spring.”

“What are people from the Dark Realm Alliance doing on Commercial Street?”

Xia Xun wasn’t sure either. She guessed, “Maybe they’re planning a terrorist attack? Either way, these sworn enemies of humanity must be crawling out to stir up trouble.”

“Ugh-” Zhao Xing felt a headache coming on. “The bank robbers and the Special-Grade Disaster still haven’t been dealt with, and now people from the Dark Realm Alliance have shown up too. Looks like we’re going to be working overtime.”

“Overtime? I’m not working overtime this weekend.” Xia Xun was planning to spend two full days having fun with Lin Xi.

Zhao Xing: “…”

“Anyway, let’s get back to the bank robbers first.”

“I’m on my way to Jinrui Bank. Hurry over too.”

“What for?” Xia Xun said. “The robbers are long gone.”

“Heh.” Zhao Xing chuckled. “Something interesting happened. The robbers were attacked. One of them seems to have been shot dead on the spot.”

“Huh?! Did He Mingyuan arrange a backup plan? No way. He was so furious back then he smashed his phone.”

“It wasn’t arranged by He Mingyuan, and it definitely wasn’t arranged by us. The ambushers were another force.”

Now it was Xia Xun’s turn to get a headache. “Criminals turning on criminals? These restless bastards…”

“Fine. I’ll head over right now.”

“Oh, right, Captain, I want to file a serious complaint against someone! That guy obstructed official business!”

“Who?” This was the first time Zhao Xing had heard Xia Xun sound so displeased with someone.

“Tian Hongguang, the captain of the Third Squadron of the Guard Corps!”

“Got it. If he dared to obstruct you while you were carrying out official business, Xun, then his days as Squadron Captain are over.”

“Ehehe… Thanks, Captain.” Xia Xun had said she would make Captain Tian pay for giving Lin Xi a hard time, and she meant what she said.

…

“Whoa!” When Xia Xun arrived at the entrance of Jinrui Bank, the pool of blood on the ground startled her.

A police cordon had already been set up, sealing off the entire area.

Duckling under the tape, Xia Xun came to Zhao Xing’s side.

“Captain, I’m here.”

“With that much blood loss, the guy who got shot definitely didn’t survive, right?”

“Was it a large-caliber sniper rifle?”

“Did you find the bullet?”

Zhao Xing held up an evidence bag for Xia Xun. Inside was a bullet.

“Probably a modified gun from the black market.”

“One shot from this thing would definitely tear a person in half.”

Xia Xun looked at the bullet. “So one of the three robbers was shot dead?”

“Maybe. As the saying goes, you need to see the person alive or the body dead. As long as the corpse isn’t right in front of us, we can’t make an accurate judgment.”

“True…” Xia Xun noticed that people were already collecting blood and muscle tissue from the ground. “Thanks to that ambusher, we finally have a few clues on the robbers.”

“These clues alone still won’t get us very far…” Zhao Xing rubbed his temples tiredly. “Come on. Let’s go take a look at the high-rise diagonally across the street.”

“The high-rise diagonally across the street?” Xia Xun looked up. “You mean the ambusher fired from there?”

“Mm.” Zhao Xing had just received the results of the ballistics analysis.

“And that’s not all,” Zhao Xing said as they walked. “Aside from the three robbers who came to Jinrui Bank to carry out the robbery, there was one more. That person briefly hacked into the traffic control system and gave their accomplices green lights the whole way, letting them slip away fast.”

Xia Xun: “…”

“Shuguang Technology really had rotten luck, provoking people like this.”

“With that kind of criminal ability… could the robbers really be from ZERO?”

“But then what’s the deal with the ambusher?”

Zhao Xing shrugged. “Who knows?”

“This is way more annoying than fighting monsters.”

“Ugh-“

“I hate overtime-“