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I know far more than you think.

The unusually long working hours completely stunned Lai Chuan Huang Quan. She stared intently at the blond man in front of her, her gaze unconsciously filled with admiration and fear.

However, this does not mean that Yomi Yorikawa will accept Rei Furuya's proposal.

No matter how stingy the Time and Space Administration is, it still provides sufficient funding for each world. As long as it doesn't go so far as to cause economic problems, Lai Chuan and Huang Quan can spend money as they please.

But what about Rei Furuya? He stalked and investigated her, then turned around and demanded she work for him. Yomi Lai could understand Rei Furuya's actions, but "understanding" and "being willing to accept" are two completely different things.

This world has failed three times in a row and has definitely been deemed low-value by the central system. If the Administration truly valued this world, they wouldn't have sent a demoted employee like her.

Lai Chuan Huang Quan leaned back casually in her chair, her arms crossed behind her head. She looked up at the unlit circular light fixture on the ceiling, lost in thought.

She wasn't particularly concerned about whether the mission would succeed. It would be best if it did, but even if it failed, the Administration Bureau would most likely not punish her for it.

only……

Suddenly, the image of Kenji Hagiwara smiling and waving at her flashed into her mind. Just the sight of those captivating, droopy eyes silently gazing at Yomi Raikawa made her heart race.

Fine, considering they're all good classmates in their second year of graduate school, she'll try her best to save them.

The long silence was time that Furuya Rei gave Yomi Raikawa to think. He smiled and asked, "Miss Raikawa, what's your decision?"

“Well…” Yomi Lai looked down at Rei Furuya, her expression nonchalant, but her tone was firm when she gave her answer: “I refuse.”

The unexpected answer made Furuya Rei pause for a moment. He leaned closer to Yomi Yorikawa, smiling gently, "May I know why?"

Lai Chuan Huang Quan said confidently, "No one can make me work overtime. Not even the administrator."

Jianggu Ling:...?

Furuya Rei had considered several possible reasons for rejection, such as a lack of trust in the Ministry of Public Security, or an arrogance that looked down on them... But the reason given by Raikawa Yomi was completely unexpected.

Despite his calm demeanor, Furuya Rei's mind went blank for a moment upon hearing the answer. He cleared his throat, frowned, and feigned confusion, saying, "Miss Raikawa, why would you think that? Although you're assisting someone, your main purpose is to make it easier for us to protect you."

Lai Chuan Huang Quan glanced at Furuya Rei, who was hunched over with one hand supporting her chin, and didn't say anything—she was the least good at dealing with people whose minds were full of twists and turns, and they always made her feel like she wasn't smart enough.

"Miss Raikawa?"

Seeing that Yomi Laichuan simply turned her head away in silence, Rei Furuya couldn't help but speak up: "Is there something you're worried about? Please tell me, and I will do my best to help you resolve it."

“I was just thinking,” Yomi Laichuan said slowly, “that masked pervert who took me to the Metropolitan Police Department, could he be the same person as the groper who touched my back last time?”

Jianggu Ling:...?

...A masked pervert?

Lai Chuan Huang Quan turned to look at Furuya Rei, her eyes narrowed, her burning gaze seeming to burn a hole through him: "Did you call someone to touch my back?"

...?

The air seemed to freeze for a moment. Rei Furuya twitched his lips twice, finally unable to hold back any longer, and protested loudly, "No, I didn't!!"

He did send the person out, but he never said that Kazami Yuya should touch her back!

A murderous aura erupted instantly. Furuya Rei was furious and wanted nothing more than to rush into the next room, grab Kazami Yuya by the collar, and yell, "Is this how you act as a public security officer?" But he had to suppress his anger and force a gentle smile at Yorikawa Yomi.

“I don’t care if it’s you or not,” Lai Chuan Huang Quan frowned, “Anyway, you and your people are just as tasteless as those thugs.”

She stood up, stretched, and said listlessly, "Anyway, whether I agree or not, you'll have someone monitor and investigate me, so you might as well have your people stay hidden in the shadows."

Out of sight, out of mind; as long as Lai Chuan Huang Quan doesn't discover it, she'll pretend they don't exist.

Having his thoughts guessed, Rei Furuya still had a smile on his lips, but his fingers, resting on the table, unconsciously curled up. His fingertips began to feel cold, and Rei Furuya narrowed his eyes, quickly thinking of a solution.

"You've misunderstood, we would never do such a thing,"

“Is that so?” Yomi Lai narrowed her eyes and met Rei Furuya’s gaze. She smiled and scrutinized him. “But like you said, some bad guys have their eyes on me. So to ensure my safety, if I find anyone following me, I’ll just drag them all out and beat them up.”

In a head-on clash, Yomi Laichuan is indeed no match for Rei Furuya, but she can keep her "Don't Move Anything" skill in reserve. As long as she avoids a situation like today where she can't use her skills when her opponent appears.

Jianggu Ling: "..."

Does "beat up all the people who are following you" mean you should beat up all his people?

“Miss Raikawa,” Furuya Rei lowered her brows, her eyes full of grievance, “I don’t know if you’ve heard any rumors, but you’ve misunderstood us. I just wanted to protect you.”

Rei Furuya's drooping, purplish-gray eyes held a pitiful look, which suddenly reminded Yomi Lai of another person—Kenji Hagiwara, who also had a pair of large, puppy-like, drooping eyes that evoked pity. Not only that, even their eye colors were so similar.

A surge of anger rose from her chest. Lai Chuan Huang Quan was inexplicably annoyed, but she was just so unhappy. The second-year police officer was the best in the world; how could this jerk in front of her be worthy of having eyes so similar to Hagiwara Kenji's?

With a grudge burning inside, Lai Chuan Huang Quan's attitude worsened. She snorted coldly and slowly scrutinized Furuya Reiichi: "Alright, stop beating around the bush. Didn't you just go through my phone? Since you already know my secret, I don't mind telling you a little more."

She snapped her fingers with one hand on her hip: "Get ready to take me back to my cozy little home!"

The administrator's helpless sigh rang in his ears, and the man said in a slightly weary voice, "Roger that. Initiating the space jump now. Countdown 10, 9..."

Yomi Lai raised her chin and gave Rei Furuya a provocative smile: "Don't move!"

The moment Yomi Lai uttered her first word, Rei Furuya suddenly stood up and tried to pounce on her.

His palm was only centimeters away from Raikawa Yomi's mouth. If Furuya had a fraction of a second more, he could have interrupted Raikawa Yomi's skill.

But Furuya Rei was too late.

Time seemed to slow down indefinitely, and Zero was suspended in mid-air, utterly bewildered. This time, he truly experienced what it was like to be a petty thug.

Rei Furuya did not restrain Yomi Laichuan's hands and feet with handcuffs or other items; his original plan was to first try persuasion before resorting to force. He would first try to persuade Yomi Laichuan to become an assistant to the Public Safety Department. If he could not persuade Yomi Laichuan, he would arrange for someone to stage a fake attack within his control afterward, and then personally step in to propose the assistance plan a second time.

The only thing that caused Furuya Rei to make a mistake was that Yomi Yorikawa knew far more than he had anticipated.

She appeared calm and confident when revealing Rei Furuya's true thoughts, as if she had repeatedly confirmed the facts. It was as if she wasn't testing Rei Furuya, but rather being 100% certain.

Furuya Rei was quite puzzled. Based on his observations over the past few days, Yomi Laichuan was not someone who was good at playing mind games, so logically she shouldn't know him.

But why did it turn out like this?

Anxiety swirled and fermented within him; a bead of sweat dampened his temple and rolled down his jawline with difficulty. He had underestimated Lai Chuan Huang Quan after all. This woman feigned a naive and innocent appearance, but he hadn't expected her to be so cunning.

Rei Furuya watched the woman getting closer and closer to him, opened his mouth to try to say something, but even the frequency of his vocal cord tremors was slowed down.

The fear of being controlled by someone else surged up, and Furuya Rei almost lost control of his body. This was a hundred or even a thousand times worse than waking up in the middle of the night to find himself trapped in a nightmare, unable to move.

Especially for an undercover agent who is constantly walking on the edge of death, this feeling is a suffocating despair and fear, like falling into the deep sea.

Lai Chuan Huang Quan took two steps forward and stood still, grabbing Furuya Rei's cheeks with both hands, one on each side. She smiled and raised her eyebrows, and began to exert force on both sides.

His cheeks were forcefully pulled and stretched to the sides, turning his perfectly oval face into a pentagon like a rice cake by Lai Chuan Huang Quan. Furuya Rei tensed his shoulder muscles, tears welling up in his eyes from the pain—not because he was being dramatic and wanted to cry, but because it was a natural physiological reaction to his body after his face was stretched in a way that challenged the limits of human endurance.

Yomi Laichuan released her grip, and Furuya Rei's face, which she had stretched out, remained in the same position as before—only Yomi Laichuan could personally break the time lag caused by her skill.

The moment Yomi Laichuan grabbed Rei Furuya's face, the flow rate in that area returned to normal. But when Yomi Laichuan let go, Rei Furuya's face slowly bounced back at a snail's pace of a few millimeters per second.

So even though Yomi Laichuan had let go, Rei Furuya's face still stung.

"4——"

With the countdown to the space jump about to reach zero, Yomi Lai Chuan didn't waste any time. She wrapped her arms around Rei Furuya's waist and began to grope him all over.

"3——"

“Found it,” Yomi Lai took a cell phone from Rei Furuya, put one hand on her hip, and waved the phone in front of Rei Furuya’s eyes: “This is your phone, right? In exchange, it’s my turn to check your phone.”

Falling Valley Zero:! ! !

More cold sweat poured from his forehead, and saliva began to accumulate at the base of his tongue. Furuya Rei kept telling himself to stay calm. Once the countdown to the paused time ended, he would pin Yomi Lai to the ground and snatch his phone back from her.

"2——"

Lai Chuan Huang Quan raised her hand and patted Furuya Rei's face. She squinted her eyes, looking quite pleased: "I know more than you think."

She tiptoed, wrapped her arms around Furuya Rei's shoulders, and whispered in his ear. Her warm breath sprayed against his ear with the rhythm of her words, but Furuya Rei didn't feel any ambiguity; instead, he was startled and his hair stood on end.

"1——"

“Mr. Furuya Rei, who is not honest at all,” Yomi Laichuan deliberately emphasized the man’s name and said slowly, “I know all your secrets.”

"0——"

The time freeze ended, and Furuya Rei regained control of his body. But the instant he regained his freedom, Yomi Yorikawa vanished before Furuya Rei's eyes in a blur.

Rei Furuya stretched out his hand to try and grab Yomi Yorikawa, but only managed to grab nothing.

She disappeared.

Right in front of him.

After taking his phone and accurately stating his real name, they vanished completely into thin air.

Rei Furuya broke out in a cold sweat. He leaned against the table, running his hand over his sweat-soaked blond hair. His pupils trembled, and his chest heaved, unable to quell the fear within him.

"Kazami!" He pushed open the door to the next room: "Has Yomi Yorikawa's phone been hacked yet?!"

...

A strong sense of dizziness pressed against Yomi's temples, and the scene before her eyes was composed of countless lines of colorful light. The next second, a feeling of weightlessness swept through her entire body—Yomi was teleported by the Bureau of Management from the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau to the studio apartment that Kenji Hagiwara had borrowed from her.

The instant the spatial jump was completed, Lai Chuan Huang Quan began to fall downwards in accordance with gravity.

With her hair flying and her skirt billowing, she closed her eyes to adjust to the brief dizziness brought on by the spatial jump, praying that she was lying on a bed or sofa.

The plastic bag made a rustling sound as it hit the ground, and its contents rolled all over the floor. The next second, Lai Chuan Huang Quan landed steadily in a warm embrace.

Even though it was the first time she had been held in his arms, Lai Chuan Huang Quan inexplicably felt that the feeling of being embraced by him was familiar and warm. It was as if she had rehearsed this embrace countless times in her mind beforehand.

"Heave-ho, got it!"

A voice as mellow and fragrant as fine wine rang out, accompanied by the powerful thumping of a man's heartbeat.

When Lai Chuan Huang Quan opened his eyes, he met a pair of captivating violet-colored, droopy eyes.

Kenji Hagiwara's eyes seem to be scattered with starlight.

It reflects the appearance of Yomi of the Raikawa River.

A glance that lasts a lifetime.

[Author's Note]

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Some settings:

The Time and Space Administration is a relatively neutral entity; it won't interfere with Huang Quan's missions. (However, this doesn't mean the Administration won't interfere.) Therefore, the Time and Space Administration is neither a villain nor a hero, and it doesn't care about the benefits of missions in the ordinary human world. So, when speculating, you can ignore the role played by the Time and Space Administration; it simply provides an opportunity fairly.

And... some little ones actually guessed the foreshadowing correctly, but I won't say who it is.

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