The next day, while the sky was still dark and heavy, Qiu Shui slowly awoke.
She opened her bracelet; there was no new information. The investigation scheduled for today had not yet yielded any results, and she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
She thought she would sleep until dawn, but she woke up just after five o'clock. It was still dark outside, and there was nothing to do in the dormitory. Thinking about it, she turned on her electronic holographic bracelet and entered Heian-kyo.
"You have entered Changling District..."
Entering the Yin-Yang Bureau, the courtyard was quiet, with only the faint sound of snoring echoing in the air.
They're still sleeping.
"well……"
With a soft sigh, Qiu Shui opened her backpack to check the items in the hut. The hut was small and resources were limited. In her absence, they had lived a very frugal life, and they had lost a few coins.
Just as she was taking stock of her things, she suddenly realized that today was November 23rd, Thanksgiving.
The town shops have added roast turkey, roast suckling pig, and roast fish, as well as red and green apples for sale, and even fine sake is displayed on the counter.
"Um……"
After browsing the shop for a while, Qiu Shui picked out a plump roasted turkey and several pepper-flavored roasted fish, and also selected a load of apples with two different colors, which were scheduled to be delivered to the Yin-Yang Bureau at 7:30 pm tonight.
Do you need a blessing?
The system is asking a question.
Write: Happy Thanksgiving, and may you be happy every day!
"Entered, please pay 130 jade."
After paying with the jade, the page showed that the purchase was successful. The shop also gave me two bottles of sake and a flowering sapling as a gift.
"There are also free gifts!"
So happy~
I wonder what their expressions were when they received these gifts that night.
She thought happily as she organized the supplies in the guild. After she finished, while the shikigami were still sleeping, Shusui quietly left the Onmyoji Guild and departed Heian-kyo.
Back in her dorm, she yawned, suddenly felt sleepy, and lay down on her bed to fall into a deep sleep, drifting off into a hazy slumber.
"Ring ring ring ring ring..."
She woke up again to a loud ringing alarm. Her electronic assistant reminded her that Xu Yu had sent her a message ten minutes earlier, asking her to arrive at the Mechanical Institute in half an hour.
Half an hour later, she appeared in front of the mechanical engineering institute on time. Just then, a speeding car drove in from outside the institute, turned around inside, and stopped beside her.
The car window rolled down, revealing Xu Yu's serious face.
"Get in the car!"
After opening the car door and getting in, Qiu Shui picked up a survey report from the front of the car. It contained a model of the Friendship Building, the location of various equipment, and information on a series of facilities including lightning rods.
"Is the senior working overtime?"
Xu Yu turned her head away and sighed softly. Underneath her black sunglasses were very noticeable dark circles under her eyes.
"There's no other way. The scholars in the institute are attending academic conferences all over the country these days, and the senior students are in charge of a very large project and can't get away. The huge School of Mechanical Engineering can only find two of us as non-staff members to handle this matter. It's too difficult."
Her words revealed a hint of obvious helplessness.
"We are fully responsible for this case?"
Qiu Shui opened the survey form in her hand and saw their names at the end, followed by their identities: researchers.
“Don’t worry, I contacted some senior students in the college. They said that at the latest by tomorrow, one of them will contact us and take full responsibility for the case, and then we won’t have to worry about it anymore.”
"Yeah."
Qiu Shui relaxed.
The car sped through the bustling streets, heading towards the suburbs. The dark building from last night stood there, sunlight shining through its transparent glass, reflecting a red glow.
Looking at it now, it doesn't seem so scary anymore. The hole they escaped through yesterday is still in the glass, becoming a gap in the rainbow light.
"Senior, what do you think that thing was yesterday?"
She asked casually.
Xu Yu remained silent for a few seconds, then shook her head.
"I don't know, I don't want to think about yesterday, and those things will never be related to us again."
"Perhaps."
The funny face from yesterday reappeared in her mind. Qiu Shui narrowed her eyes slightly, as a word in her mind could easily be associated with it.
What are your thoughts?
Xu Yu slowed down and asked her.
"witch."
Qiu Shui replied with a single word, and Xu Yu frowned upon hearing it, as if it were more unpleasant than hearing about unrealistic things like zombies or ghosts, seemingly an instinctive rejection.
"It's them?"
"Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't."
Xu Yu turned her head away, seemingly having completely let go of her feelings, though her tone remained somber.
“If it were them, Banbu would be in for a lot of trouble.”
Qiu Shui smiled slightly.
We soon arrived at the Friendship Building, where the police were still there. The area around the building was tightly cordoned off, and many media outlets had gathered there to await the truth of the matter.
"You've arrived."
The young policeman spotted their car from a short distance away and hurried over.
What happened?
Xu Yu became serious.
The young policeman whispered a few words in her ear, and her face turned very pale. She then reversed the car.
Just then, a speeding car came rushing up from behind and crashed directly into the back of their car!
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