Chapter 92 – Twelve Rolls of Military Orders, and My Name’s on Every One

Cooking alone, eating alone, cleaning up alone, washing the dishes alone… This kind of life was simply amazing!

It had been ages since Lin Xi had enjoyed living by herself.

“Okay, except for not eating with someone like usual, nothing else has changed.”

The kitchen was forbidden territory for Shi Yu. Lin Xi would never forget the major incident when Shi Yu had nearly burned the kitchen down.

With Shi Yu gone, there was no one to fight her for snacks either.

The soft, comfortable sofa had finally welcomed its true master.

Lin Xi grabbed her chips and cola, then flopped down onto the sofa.

The chores were done, her homework was finished, and now she could watch TV in peace.

Watching the news was something she and Shi Yu did every day. Today, she especially wanted to see who had started making trouble on the grand stage that was Z City.

One look, and she fell silent. The evening news was covering two major “incidents,” and both had something to do with her.

One was the second robbery at Jinrui Bank. The other was the Commercial Street Fireball air strike incident.

“I wasn’t involved in the first one, so that doesn’t count.”

“As for the second one, I launched a Fireball at the Mingwing Clan. What clickbait gremlin came up with ‘Fireball air strike’? Journalism really keeps finding new ways to level up.”

Lin Xi crunched on her chips and took a sip of cola.

Refreshing!

“Hm?”

“Why are Xia Xun and Misaka Shirai in the same frame???”

The TV screen suddenly cut to the scene of a press conference held by the Dark Realm Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.

Misaka Shirai was seated beside Xia Xun. The District 2 Magical Girl and the District 3 Magical Girl had appeared together.

“Is this… some kind of important announcement?”

Sure enough, at the press conference, they announced that for the next period of time, they would be jointly handling cases to strike back against a newly emerged Special-Grade Disaster in Z City.

The moment the term Special-Grade Disaster came up, an obvious stir went through the press conference.

The reporters asked a series of questions about that Special-Grade Disaster.

Based on the information Xia Xun and Misaka Shirai revealed, Lin Xi suddenly felt like her chips had lost all flavor.

“They’re talking about me, aren’t they!”

“Because I wiped out the Shock Shark Gang in District 2, Misaka Shirai set her sights on me?!”

Tonight’s evening news gave Lin Xi the horrible feeling of “twelve rolls of military orders, and my name’s on every one.”

“This is bad.”

“I’m at least somewhat familiar with Xia Xun, but Misaka Shirai… I’ve only ever seen her on TV.”

As expected of the “Moe Queen,” she really was a cute girl… Lin Xi lightly slapped herself. What was she thinking about at a time like this?

“In any case, while they’re working together on cases, I have to keep a low profile. Then keep an even lower profile.”

Lin Xi had no desire to be thrown into the Undersea Prison and sing a heartfelt rendition of “Tears Behind Bars.”

After finishing the nerve-racking news, Lin Xi turned off the TV.

“Qin Ling definitely won’t have time to stream today.”

Usually, Lin Xi would switch to The Annoying Little Fox channel and watch Qin Ling’s stream for a while.

The massively popular virtual idol had suddenly stopped streaming, and plenty of fans were asking what had happened in the comments under the channel.

“Those fans would never guess that their idol is performing preliminary surgery on an artificial human…”

After catching up on the anime and novels she followed, then scrolling through stupid videos for a while, Lin Xi returned to the bedroom.

She lay down on the bed and rolled freely to the other side, reaching for the girls-love manga on the nightstand.

Without Shi Yu getting in the way, she had complete control over the entire bed.

Shi Yu had already finished reading all of these girls-love manga.

Lin Xi had read about half of them.

At first, she had been a little embarrassed, but slowly, just like Shi Yu, she had begun reading them openly and without shame.

Lin Xi noticed that there were also some sheets of manuscript paper on the nightstand.

They were storyboards Shi Yu had drawn.

“She really is planning to draw a girls-love fluff comic…”

“That horny mega-pervert isn’t going to draw H illustrations. She’s going legit.”

Lin Xi flipped through it. There were only two short pages.

They depicted a beautiful meeting between two young girls.

Lin Xi could tell at a glance that the story was based on how she and Shi Yu had met.

“Total fraud,” Lin Xi said with a bitter smile.

In the comic, Shi Yu had drawn their first meeting as something beautiful.

But in reality, that day, Lin Xi had been tricked straight into the teacher’s office and threatened into taking off her clothes.

What part of that was beautiful?

Adaptation didn’t mean making things up. Dramatization didn’t mean talking nonsense.

“If Shi Yu drew how we actually met, the readers would definitely give her two-star bad reviews…”

Lin Xi put down the storyboard manuscript.

It was time for bed.

She set her alarm a little later than usual.

With Shi Yu gone, she didn’t need to get up that early to make breakfast for two.

…

“Damn it!”

“Stupid biological clock!”

Lin Xi sat up in bed, her hair a mess.

Even though she’d set her alarm later last night, that didn’t stop her from waking up at almost the exact same time as usual.

She didn’t even feel like staying in bed.

Normally, when she stubbornly refused to get up, Shi Yu would come over and snatch her blanket away.

She got up, washed, made breakfast, and after finishing her meal, hadn’t waited long before the doorbell rang right on time.

“Xinning, good morning.”

Lin Xi greeted Angel-sama warmly.

Zhao Xinning replied, brimming with energy, “Good morning, Xi.”

Lin Xi immediately noticed that Zhao Xinning’s complexion looked much better than it had over the past two days.

“Xinning, you’re not suffering from insomnia anymore?”

“That’s right. No more insomnia.” Zhao Xinning had already dealt with the source of her insomnia-Shi Yu-with a single shot.

“What method did you use to cure it? Share it with me too.”

“Well, um, I just listened to Old Guo and Uncle Yu’s crosstalk.”

“Haha, I told you it’d work.”

“Mm, it really was very effective.”

The two of them walked to school hand in hand.

Because she knew Lin Xi was a witch, Zhao Xinning couldn’t use certain special methods. She could only purify Lin Xi slowly.

Besides, the fact that Lin Xi had been willing to give up robbing a bank for her sake was proof enough of Zhao Xinning’s place in her heart.

Zhao Xinning wasn’t about to destroy such a guaranteed-win situation with her own hands.

It was the same as always: companionship was the longest confession of love. Unless there was absolutely no other choice, it was better not to take extreme measures.

“Xi, you placed second in the entire school on last week’s monthly exam. That’s amazing!”

“How should I put it? I guess I performed a little better than usual.”

“Teach me too.”

“Your grades aren’t bad, though.” Lin Xi remembered that Zhao Xinning had made it into the top ten of their grade.

“You don’t want to teach me?”

“Of course I do,” Lin Xi said. Naturally, she was willing. “But doesn’t your Track and Field Club have training all the time?”

“It’s not like we train every single day,” Zhao Xinning said. “Whether it’s training or studying, I’ll give it everything I’ve got.”

“If I get results in both this year, I’ll have a chance to apply for a class transfer. I want to transfer into your class, Xi.”

“I’m looking forward to becoming classmates with you too,” Lin Xi said.

Because Lin Xi had ranked second in their grade, just as Su Xiangxue had said, aside from her great achievement of reorganizing the Discipline Committee, Lin Xi had also become famous in one fell swoop for her grades.

Even Lin Xi’s words of encouragement in class had been hailed as sweet, refreshing chicken soup for the soul, inspiring everyone to push forward.

“Therefore, Xi, the Lin Xi Fan Club has successfully broken past one hundred thousand members!” As the president of the Lin Xi Fan Club, Zhao Xinning was filled with pride.

Lin Xi’s response was only one word:

“Huh?!”