The Tentacle Girl's Child Can't Be a Magical Girl

Chapter 50 Landmine Girl

Chapter 50 Landmine Girl

In the classroom, Shiracha Chika walked up to him and looked down at him.

"What were you looking at just now? Su Xue? Do you like this kind of emotionless, middle school-aged loli?"

"That's not true. I was just looking at the girl next to her. I don't seem to remember her."

"Um?

Following his gaze, Bai Cha Qianxia gave a meaningful smile and said, "Long Jingyi, you don't even know your research partner?"

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Bai Yuze was stunned for a moment.

"what?"

His eyes widened. "She's Long Jingyi, the one who's been on sick leave for two or three semesters?"

"Yes."

Bai Yuze glanced again at the girl who was smiling broadly. She had her hair in a ponytail, wore pink cat-ear headphones, and gestured wildly as she spoke to Su Xue, radiating an unusually energetic vibe.

"But..." he paused, "she seems perfectly normal, doesn't she? Could it be some kind of chronic illness?"

Hakucha Chika remained silent.

There was a few seconds of silence.

Then she slowly spoke, her voice softer than usual: "Some illnesses aren't apparent on the surface."

Bai Yuzhe was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant, and subconsciously looked at the girl.

Just then, the other person, sensing something, suddenly turned around.

Eyes facing each other.

Those eyes blinked, then one by one, "Bai Yuzhe, classmate!"

Like a kitten that has spotted a butterfly, Long Jingyi instantly sprang up from her seat, circled around several tables, and hopped over to him in a few quick steps.

"Is this Bai Yuzhe? Is this Bai Yuzhe? He really is the Bai Yuzhe who helped me so much! I saw his photo before, but I wasn't sure because he looks a little different in person. But whatever, I've definitely met him in person! It should be him, it's probably him, I'm sure I haven't mistaken him for someone else. Am I sure I haven't mistaken him for someone else? Are you Bai Yuzhe?"

A series of crisp, loud sounds poured out, leaving Bai Yuzhe momentarily dazed.

The girl in front of me looks so different from the one in my phone.

Is she really the kind of person who carefully types on her phone, adds a bunch of emojis to every sentence, and falls into long silences because of a single reply? Are you sure you're not mistaken?

But he quickly regained his composure, smiled gently, and said, "Hello, I'm Bai Yuze."

"Ah~ Ha~ Great! I knew it! I knew it! Do you want some milk tea? It's on me! I knew it! How could I possibly be wrong? After all, this is our wonderful research partner! Thank you so much! I've always been..."

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The girl, who seemed to be having a conversation but was actually talking to herself, suddenly stopped while she was talking enthusiastically. As if she had come back to her senses, she leaned slightly closer to Bai Yuze, tilted her head, and briefly examined him for a few seconds. A few strands of her hair with inner highlights shimmered with a faint pink hue in the sunlight.

Just as Bai Yuzhe was feeling a little awkward, the girl took a small half-step back, pinched the hem of her skirt with both hands, lowered her head and slightly bent her knees, and performed a simple but strangely formal greeting. "Nice to meet you, Bai Yuzhe. My apologies. My name is Long Jingyi, and I'm your research partner. I'm sorry for causing you some trouble just now. I sincerely apologize and wish us a pleasant time together in the future... no!"

We'll definitely get along well~ Please take good care of me in the future, Bai Yuzhe~ (()")

After speaking, the girl finally raised her head, a perfectly timed smile blooming on her face. Her head tilted slightly to the left, her ponytail swaying gently with the movement.

This performance finally gave Bai Yuzhe a sense of familiarity, but the girl immediately stuck out her tongue, jumped to Bai Yuzhe's side, opened her arms, and spun around on one leg, saying, "Well~ that's it! Simply put! I'm Long Jingyi! Your research partner! That's all! Although it seems like I didn't do anything~ hehe~ 4°w."

The girl shrank her neck as she spoke, pretending to tap her head, her smile revealing a hint of apology and helplessness. Bai Yuzhe: "————"

"We really have to thank Bai Yuze, no! We should say Lord Bai Yuze!"

Long Jingyi continued passionately, her eyes practically curving into crescents: "I'll never forget your life-saving grace! Without your help, I wouldn't know what to do! You're practically my savior, I have to thank you properly! What do you like? Do you take care of your skin? Do you like milk tea? Or do you like figurines? Are you interested in the latest sneakers? Wow, what do guys like? It doesn't seem like it's Thursday today, so how about I find a way to send you some erotic books? Or would you prefer me to turn myself into a erotic book and give it to you~?"

He speaks as fast as a machine gun.

It also seems to contain some strange elements?

Bai Yuzhe quickly recovered and smiled gently, saying, "No need, no need. It was just a small favor. There's no need for thanks. I've been quite busy lately and haven't had time to think about these things."

Hearing Bai Yuze's refusal, Long Jingyi maintained her perfect smile, but her eyes trembled almost imperceptibly for a moment as she stared at Bai Yuze. She then replied as if nothing had happened, "I see~"

The last syllable was drawn out, but the smile remained radiant. "That's a real shame. We'll talk about it again when you have time~ Anyway, your partner is on standby 24/7, completely naked! Feel free to summon me anytime! That's all!"

After saying that, she even gave a proper salute, turned around, and scurried back to Su Xue's side, chattering away again.

Bai Yuzhe watched Long Jingyi skip and hop back to Su Xue's side, and let out a soft breath.

How so?

In those brief few dozen seconds of contact, every smile and every movement of the other person was so precise, as if rehearsed countless times—perfect, fluid, and flawless.

But it was precisely because it was so standard that it gave him an inexplicable sense of unease.

How to put it? It's like a bottomless pool of water. The surface looks smooth and flat, but beneath the calm surface lies an unknown abyss, making one instinctively want to take two steps back.

"Not on the surface...?"

Recalling what Shiratsumi had said before, and the long, polite, and repetitive apologies in her chat history with that strange girl.

Sigh, Bai Yuze let out a soft sigh.

Although I don't fully understand it yet, I'm starting to get a vague idea.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, once this semester ends, he'll be busy graduating, doing his internship, and getting into Genji Technology. He won't have time to investigate what secrets others are hiding.

As he was thinking, he turned his head and glanced at the other people in the classroom.

Su Xue, Long Jingyi, Bai Cha Qianxia... and those classmates in the corner whose names he couldn't recall.

Wow, one by one, they all have secrets hidden behind them. My class really is full of hidden talents.

Once the morning classes are over, there are basically no classes in the afternoon.

Normally, Bai Yuze might have gone home.

However, with the AET exam approaching, he felt he still needed to go to the library to study.

The library wasn't crowded in the afternoon.

Bai Yuzhe pushed open the door and went up to the third floor as if he knew the way well.

Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows on the wooden reading table.

He habitually looked towards the long table against the wall diagonally opposite him—Su Xue was there.

With her head down, she turned the pages of a book, sunlight falling on her profile, making her eyelashes glow with a faint gold.

Same as always.

But today, there was someone else beside her.

Long Jingyi.

She sat sideways, leaning towards Su Xue, their shoulders almost touching.

She was whispering something in Su Xue's ear, so close that her breath hit Su Xue's face.

Su Xue did not drive them away, but let them play around next to her.

Bai Yuzhe's self-illumination silently shifted to the other side.

Chen Xihan and Murong Yu sat not far away.

Chen Xihan leaned back in her chair, one hand resting on the back of Murong Yu's chair, neither too close nor too far. Murong Yu was looking down at her book, and occasionally her shoulder would be touched, causing her to turn slightly to the side before leaning back again.

Clearly, this is the distance between friends.

You can get close, you can touch, but there is always an invisible boundary.

Bai Yuze withdrew his gaze and glanced at Su Xue and Long Jingyi again.

The two remained in the same position, shoulder to shoulder, one talking and the other listening; their relationship was clearly special.

He put down his schoolbag and sat down in his usual spot by the window.

He started studying seriously. Just kidding, he came to the library to study, not to look at girls.

In the evening, when Bai Yuze came out of the library, it was already quite dark.

He walked along the familiar path toward the music room, and as soon as he turned the corner, he saw a figure carrying a schoolbag coming toward him.

Liu Hao.

He walked very fast.

If Liu Hao used to look at him with a hint of resentment, disdain, and a touch of envy that was hard to define, then his eyes were now filled with a sense of unease.

But now, only one thing remains in his self-awareness:

Fighting spirit.

Like a vial of chicken blood just injected into his veins, it set him on fire.

Clearly, Professor Mu's few words of praise were probably the first words of recognition he heard from his teacher after he crawled out of the parrot area.

Bai Yuze felt he roughly understood this feeling.

In his previous life, when he first entered the workforce and was praised and entrusted with important responsibilities by his superiors, he worked overtime like he was on steroids.

Liu Hao approached, his gaze lingering on his face for a second. Then, without a word, he turned and left.

Bai Yuze didn't care at all; they're all good brothers, after all.

Thinking of this, he still kindly reminded her, "Things haven't been peaceful in Hanjiang District lately; there was just a riot at Qingyang Bridge. Be careful when you're collecting data; don't go near there."

Liu Hao paused for a moment.

He turned his head and glanced at Bai Yuze.

That gaze held a hint of scrutiny, a hint of doubt, and a sense that you were teaching me how to do things.

Then, he gave a soft hum and continued walking forward.

Bai Yuzhe watched his figure disappear into the night and shrugged.

Hanjiang District.

Secret Service headquarters.

Jiang Yu sat at her desk, fiddling with an anonymous document she had selected from a public complaint email address a few days earlier.

The encrypted document contains most of the Ash Gang's smuggling channels, sales networks, and contact methods between superiors and subordinates, even specifying the time, place, and characteristics of the contact person in each transaction.

Jiang Yu's gaze lingered on the screen for a long time.

He picked up the internal phone: "Check the IP address of this email."

Three minutes later, the call came back: "Chief, we found it. It's the public WiFi at the Maple Leaf District Library."

Jiang Yu narrowed her eyes. "Hmm, the Maple Leaf District Library of Dongqing University?"

Could it be that the Ash Gang offended some young master in Maple Leaf District?

That's not right either. If they had really provoked them, the Ash Gang would probably not exist by now.

But soon, he remembered the kid who had sneaked into the family compound a few days ago, his calm and composed reaction even when surrounded, and the perfectly timed intelligence about the unusual situation at the rehabilitation center.

"That's interesting."

Jiang Yu gave a soft snort and put down the phone.

Instead of acting hastily, he handed the materials to his adjutant beside him: "Go and verify all the information inside. Be quick."

"clear!"

The next morning, the results were laid out on his desk, and every channel, every contact person, and every transaction time matched up.

Jiang Yu leaned back in her chair and tapped her fingers lightly on the table.

We shouldn't refuse this opportunity to gain recognition.

But being used as a tool, especially by that kid, Jiang Yu wasn't so easy to talk to.

Thinking of this, he turned to his masked adjutant beside him and said, "Pass the word down: the Ash Gang line can be moved. But control the pace; don't wipe them out too quickly. Otherwise, we'll attract the attention of powerful figures behind them, and we won't be able to afford to deal with them."

The adjutant nodded and then asked, "What about the whistleblower—"

Jiang Yu nodded. "Go ahead and investigate. I want to see if this kid is really clean."

Two days later, another document was placed on his desk.

But Jiang Yu was clearly not satisfied with this. He looked at his adjutant and asked, "What's going on? Why is it taking so long to investigate a student?"

The adjutant quickly explained, "Chief, it's not that I'm not trying hard enough, it's just that this kid's information level has been upgraded by two levels. The Special Operations Bureau's authority is usually not enough to investigate him."

Jiang Yu narrowed his eyes as he decided on the girl beside Bai Yuze.

He waved his hand. "I know, don't worry about that. Just give me a brief report on this kid. Has he done anything illegal?"

The adjutant nodded and began to report: "Bai Yuze, a fourth-year student in the Department of Abyssal Biology at Dongqing University, lives in Yueju Apartment in Hanjiang District. His roommate is one of our people, Lu Zihai... As for illegal activities, he has a fixed smuggling route from Maple Leaf District to Parrot District, where he sells some prohibited drugs and scientific instruments from Maple Leaf District to the Viper Gang."

Jiang Yu looked at the photo in the file and grinned. "This guy is really slippery; he's got connections with all sorts of forces!"

"Chief, should we arrest him?"

"Is the evidence sufficient?"

"He could be detained for a few days, but it wouldn't be enough to convict him of a serious crime."

The adjutant shook his head and said, "At present, we only have some small items: federal currency, expired antibiotics, microscopic patient test strips, and daily necessities—all of which are nothing major."

Jiang Yu pondered for a moment: "Who was in charge of the original Hongqiao checkpoint?"

"Li Weiguo. But he was just transferred recently to the logistics department of Yushou."

He was transferred?

Jiang Yu frowned.

The guy who gave Bai Yuze special treatment is now powerless.

The adjutant tentatively asked, "Chief, should we arrest him first? The evidence isn't enough for a severe sentence, but it can teach him a lesson—"

Jiang Yu shook her head and said slowly, "No rush. If we arrest him now, he'll only be locked up for a few days at most. Once he's out, he'll just keep causing trouble and alert him, making him live a despicable life."

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the gray sky outside.

"Since he has this connection, let him continue. Have someone keep an eye on him. Don't worry about small amounts; wait until he smuggles seriously prohibited items, such as contraband experimental drugs, before taking action."

The subordinate hesitated for a moment, then asked, "When will that be?"

Jiang Yu turned around, a meaningful smile curving her lips.

"Go to the parrot area and spread the word that someone is offering a huge sum of money to buy experimental drugs, at double the price."

The subordinate's eyes lit up: "Fishing?"

Jiang Yu did not answer, but simply sat back down in her chair and picked up the report again.

"If you want to use me as a weapon, then you'd better be prepared to pay the price."

Outside the window, sunlight streamed in from Hanjiang District, casting distinct light and shadow on his face.

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