Chapter 63
"I can only take you here. The rest is up to you." The newly appointed assistant supervisor handed an envelope to the back seat. Inside was a sum of cash for the mission, but no information about the mission.
The assistant supervisor looked at the student in the back seat through the rearview mirror with a little concern. He was one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world.
The new assistant supervisor has only been in office for a month, and the transition from an ordinary office worker to a member of the other world has not brought much change to his life, so that his understanding of the world of sorcery has long remained at his previous imagination.
His vision is based on the real life of more than 20 years, a world that may sometimes be unreasonable, but is always orderly.
So, when his first mission was to send an underage child to perform a dangerous and unpredictable task, he couldn't help but hesitate. This was not right, right?
However, what can a small person like him, whose life is planned, change?
The assistant supervisor watched the young sorcerer enter another city and said, "I wish you good luck in martial arts."
Xia Yujie, who walked into the rice flower alone, had no idea what the driver who brought him here was thinking. He had a strange feeling from the moment he stepped into the rice flower.
The borders of cities are often less populated, and without the shelter of buildings, air flows more smoothly. This manifests itself on people in that the temperature is lower than in the city center and the wind is stronger.
However, the moment Geto Suguru stepped over the border, the flow of air seemed to stagnate, and the empty environment seemed to have an eye appear out of nowhere and stare at him.
The sorcerer who often dealt with city consciousness immediately realized that this was a gaze from the city consciousness.
"Rice flower?" asked Xia Yujie.
There was no answer, but Geto Suguru was not surprised, as he was not without urban awareness of people with peculiar temperaments.
Fortunately, Geto Suguru didn't need to figure it out on his own as he had an absolutely reliable teammate who could provide him with advice.
When I opened my phone and prepared to seek some advice from Tokyo, a conversation with an unfamiliar friend suddenly popped up on my phone.
[30 meters to your left, there is a car with the key inside. You drive it to the city as fast as possible.]
Xia Youjie was silent for a second and replied.
[Are you rice flower? ]
The other party responded quickly: [Yes, nice to meet you. ]
The relatively friendly reply made Xia Youjie feel relieved, but after a while another message popped up, and the urgency of the other party could be seen through the screen.
[Hurry up, you still have twenty-three minutes. ]
Thinking of his mission on this trip, Xia Youjie couldn't help but become serious. Would this be his chance to find out the truth?
Following the instructions given by Mika, Xia Youjie indeed found an idle car and started it successfully.
The underage high school student was brought here by an assistant supervisor when he set off, and at that moment he had not considered at all that he was not old enough to obtain a driver's license in this country.
Time waits for no one, fortunately, at this moment, Geto Suguru has the strongest plug-in in this city.
[You are a little slow, you can speed up a bit. ]
Xia Youjie, who was already approaching the speed limit, had already seen the traffic police enforcing the law not far away.
As if to dispel his worries, the phone vibrated again.
【They have other things to take care of.】
Sure enough, the car behind him had a minor accident and was immediately discovered by the dedicated traffic police.
Xia Yujie, who passed the traffic smoothly, couldn't help but look at the rearview mirror worriedly. It was just a friction between car owners, and no major accident occurred.
So was this an accident? Or was it an accident created to allow him to pass through the intersection smoothly?
There will be no one in a city that values urban safety and order more than the urban consciousness itself. The urban consciousnesses that Xia Yujie encountered are those that wish to nip all evil in the bud.
But rice flower seems to be a little different.
【Don’t think too much, just focus on driving. 】
【That was bound to happen, and it had nothing to do with me. 】
"Destined", Xia Youjie captured the key word very well. Could it be that Mihua's ability...
There is no point in thinking too much at this time, because everything will have an answer after seeing Him.
Following Mika's instructions, Xia Youjie drove all the way to an alley, and his destination was a bookstore with a relatively simple decoration style.
【You tell your boss that you want to buy his collection. 】
[Are there any other secret codes?] Xia Youjie, who occasionally watched some crime dramas, asked cautiously.
Mihua immediately answered: [No, it’s just that the things you bought are a bit expensive. If it were normal, he would never sell it easily. ]
While Xia Youjie was guessing what made Mihua so concerned, he replied: [Don't worry, I have funds provided by the Spellcaster Association. No matter how much you ask for, I will bring you what you want. ]
[Thank you very much, but I will return the money to you. I am sorry to involve you, but if you hadn't come, the boss would have met a collector in half an hour. Don't worry, after you buy the book, I will return it to you in the form of general equivalent when we meet.]
The reply to this message was very Japanese, as they wanted to use all the honorifics, being humble and cautious.
Xia Yujie touched his nose and said, "Mihua, it seems that you are quite polite."
Feeling sorry for the bad luck caused by his preconceived ideas, Xia Youjie walked into the bookstore. After spending a relatively high amount but far less than he expected, he took a look at the bound classical book.
It seems to be going too smoothly.
But now that you have it, you should go find some rice flowers.
Just when I was about to ask Mihua, another message came in, this time it was a location message.
Every time Mika sends a message, she thinks faster than Xiayou Jie. This must be her ability. This time Xiayou Jie did not ask too many questions, and Mika did not put forward any time limit.
The address is not far away, 3-chome-11, Beika-cho. It would take less than five minutes to walk there at Geto Suguru's speed.
Moreover, this address is obviously a residential area. We agreed to meet here, which means that this is Mihua's address.
Xia Youjie was a little surprised, and when he walked all the way to his destination, he was even more surprised.
Different from other urban conscious habits, Mihua probably implemented the concept of hiding in the city very thoroughly. The residential style is consistent with the surrounding neighbors, and it looks like an ordinary residential house no matter how you look at it.
[No need to ring the doorbell, the key is under the iris pot on the left window sill. Be careful not to break my flower branches, I worked so hard to grow them.]
How to put it, rice flower is probably the most human-like urban consciousness that Geto Suguru has ever seen, even the details of life are exactly the same.
Compared to the inhumanity of her peers, Mihua's current image is very much like that of an ordinary person.
[Okay, I got the key and came in.] Out of politeness, Xia Yujie replied to the message before opening the door.
However, because of opening the door, he missed the latest message from Mihua.
[Wait, when you come in later, can you please stay away from me? Please! ]
When he opened the door, the scene in the room surprised Xia Yujie.
Soon he put away his shock, because it was not a very magical sight. Unlike the Utopia in Kyoto, everything here could be achieved through human power.
Xia Yujie saw the entire wall of books, and at that moment he understood why Mihua asked him to buy books.
This is probably the personal hobby of this city-conscious person.
Because the huge and magnificent study was too eye-catching, it took Xia Youjie a few seconds to notice that there was a boy sitting on the sofa in the corner of the study.
Very inconspicuous.
But this doesn't mean that the boy has an average appearance, on the contrary, he has an extremely delicate face. He is just a small man standing in the shadows, with a blue hoodie covering his eyes, and for some reason, in the still hot weather, he is wearing a long gray-blue scarf that also covers his chin and neck.
He sat there, as if he was one with the shadows. The lights in the room were dim. The stronger light was the beam of sunlight that shone in when Geto Suguru opened the door. It was almost dusk outside the door, and under the not-so-strong sunlight, the boy's skin looked sickly pale.
Xia Youjie wanted to get closer, and according to the etiquette of a first meeting, he introduced himself: "Hello, Mihua, nice to meet you."
But his behavior seemed to have disturbed the small animal. Before he could act, the boy on the sofa immediately flipped over behind the sofa, revealing his long ears under the blue hood, like a frightened little rabbit.
[Please don’t talk to me, I I I I @￥#%￥#]
Looking at the confusing news, Geto Xiayou subtly understood that, well, Mihua was not only like a human, but also a otaku.
He asked carefully, "Do you want me to close the door? I just don't want to talk to you and stay away from you, okay? If you still feel uneasy, I can turn around."
[Please close the door, thank you very much! I just haven't seen anyone for a long time, and I calmed down quickly. ]
After Xia Yujie closed the door, Mihua had already sat back down, tapping the screen of her mobile phone. The only way for them to talk was through their mobile phone.
[You can sit down now. I will tell you everything you want to ask.]
Not far from the sofa, a chair was moved over. It was prepared for him. Xia Youjie did not hesitate to take out the book he had bought from his arms and placed it on the small round table in front of him.
The small round table was quickly moved in front of Mihua. The moment the boy received the book, he couldn't help but burst into joy. In exchange, a neatly packed paper package was placed on the table.
[Thank you, this is Mr. Poe's unpublished book. If it weren't for this time, I might never have the chance to see it again. As promised before, I will compensate you. I don't know which kind of currency is popular on the market now, but the one I give you is the general equivalent with the longest use.]
As a reward from a book fan, Xia Yujie was almost blinded by the light when he opened the paper package. This is indeed the most valuable general equivalent in human history. It seems that rice flower has not been seen for a long time.
However, Mihua, who had not interacted with humans for a long time, gave Geto Suguru the feeling that she was not difficult to get along with. This was probably a common problem among otakus, that is, they were "easy to bully."
The boy who got the book held it high and rubbed the spine with his soft cheek, just like a little rabbit rubbing its favorite carrot.
Xia Yujie suddenly had the urge to rub it, but he did not forget the purpose of coming to Mihua.
[If you are satisfied with this book, I think you would not mind helping me complete the task. With your ability, you should have known the purpose of my coming.]
Mihua put the book down. This wall of books was collected by him and his companions. He had reserved a place for today's book a long time ago.
He could put the book on the third shelf by standing on tiptoe, which was where he kept his favorite books. It was not that he was not curious about the content of the book, but in the future he had seen, he had obtained the book countless times, but had never opened the pages and savored the story in the book.
[That's right, my ability is to observe the eye of time. Your past, present and future are all within the observation range.]
Under the blue hood, red blood was flowing from the eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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