Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

"I told you not to run around. Instructor Han is not allowed to hire cleaning staff. It's very troublesome to clean up... Huh? Hiiragi Jing?! Why are you back?"

Phil's voice came from the corridor immediately. Her body, which was also unconstrained by clothes like Lingjiu, made Hiiragi nervously tilt her head to one side, but the surprise she showed soon made Hiiragi feel confused. .

"Isn't today the [-]th? It's the day I am discharged from the hospital."

"NO.13...Oh!" After reciting the date mentioned by Hiiragi silently for a year, Phil suddenly realized and clapped his hands, "Yes, NO.13, I have arranged this child for this." I forgot to pick you up, so what are you going to do with the procedures at the medical department..."

"Don't worry, I've already done it. I remembered it after I saw you go through it last time. It's not that difficult... By the way, Sister Feil, Lingjiu..." Compared to the medical department, she was more What she was concerned about was still the question of Ling Jiu's appearance here, and she couldn't wait to get an accurate answer.

"This child was brought here early this morning by Teacher Han. He said he would live here from now on. There is also the resident certificate and other information that he just applied for on the table..." Phil seemed to have thought of something as he said that, and his face suddenly suddenly With an angry expression on his face, he said, "Those people from the Southern Federation are really bad. They actually did such an outrageous thing to such a child..."

"Huh?" Phil's anger shocked Hiiragi, "Sister Phil, you already know?"

"Instructor Han has already told me that this child was a victim of human experimentation by the Ministry of Science of the Southern Federation. She made an exchange of interests with the people of the Southern Federation and rescued her with a certificate of suspended animation... It is really abominable, similar to human experimentation. The Confederate Federation explicitly stipulates that her targets are only adult volunteers. They have the heart to attack such a young child. There are still a lot of pinholes on her arms and back. She is obviously a quiet and good child. Although after you came, It was a bit noisy..."

back?

Hiiragi raised his gaze slightly and looked at Ling Jiu's back. Indeed, there was an area glowing with cyan pinholes there.

However, it seemed that Han Nianling did not tell Phil that Lingjiu was a witch. Recalling the mistake she had made when she almost let it slip, she felt frightened. It was not that she didn't trust Phil, but that Hiiragi didn't want Phil to let him know. It's enough to take on more pressure and get along like this.

It's just that Phil just talked about Han Nianling's exchange with people from the Southern Federation. He doesn't know what Han Nianling paid.

Putting aside the meaningless thoughts, Hiiragi patted Lingjiu's back, "Okay, Lingjiu, don't catch a cold. Go take a shower..."

"Since you're back, let's take a shower together. Anyway, the bathroom downstairs is big enough and not much smaller than the public bathroom at the institute." Before Hiiragi Jing could move Ling Jiu away, Phil said He interrupted her and said, "Since your body is wet, don't run around. Wash off the smell of disinfectant from your body. I can smell it even from here..."

"Huh? But...but, I..." Flustered because of shame, Hiei Jing did not expect that she would encounter such a thing as soon as she came back. Before she could think of a strong reason for rejection, she just refused to listen to Phil's dissuasion. Lingjiu stood up immediately after Phil's words fell and picked her up from the sofa with a strong attitude.

They are obviously similar in size and age, so why are there such a huge difference in strength?

Forget it, it's really not easy to clean such a large residence without hiring cleaning staff. Lingjiu's insistence is too strong to refuse. Hiiragi has no choice but to accept this arrangement calmly.

Besides, I was just taking a shower, and my resistance reaction just now was indeed a bit too much...

The next second the bathroom door closed, Hiiragi's panicked exclamation came from behind the glass: "Wait...wait a minute! Lingjiu! I'll take off my clothes myself..."

Chapter 2 New courses, new semester

How did Han Nianling let Lingjiu stay?And what is her attitude towards the identity of the Zero-Nine Witch?How should we deal with the danger on Ling Jiu?

Her thoughts changed from the initial excitement to the later calmness. She wanted to see Lingjiu completely break away from the Southern Federation team, but a series of thorny problems that came one after another still couldn't make people completely relieved.

Especially the last point is crucial - Hiiragi saw with his own eyes how the arcs that were constantly being released and the terrifying power that was constantly raging on Ling Jiu were destroying the surroundings.

Although it is slightly weaker than the tyrant's power, the power is still enough to explain the terror of the witch. It is precisely because she has a deep understanding of the dangers of Zero-Nine that it has become a problem that she cannot help but think about.

Ling Jiu himself has no memory of that period, which means that Ling Jiu is very likely to be unable to control that power with his own consciousness at this stage. If one day Ling Jiu's power breaks out in the newborn city... Although Hiiragi didn't dare to imagine it, such a thing was very likely to happen. What should he do then?

The countless problems surrounding her seemed to have consumed too much of Hiiragi's energy, or perhaps the familiarity of her bedroom gave her a rare sense of security... Hiiragi slept so deeply that night that she lost her previous vigilance to her surroundings. sex……

When Hiiragi woke up from a deep sleep according to her own biological clock early the next morning and left the ward environment of the medical department, the exquisite sleep of this night made people feel that their fatigue was gone.

The fresh air flowing in from the window seems to be mixed with a hint of fragrance, and flows into the lungs with a slightly cool temperature. It seems to be undergoing a brand-new cleaning. People can't help but greedily take a deep breath and exhale all the stale air in the body. .

This scent...is a bit familiar.

The eyes that slowly opened met another pair of deep black pupils for the first time.

The silent gaze lasted for several seconds, and the emptiness and confusion slowly disappeared, and the eyes that were pressed into a gap by tired eyelids gradually widened...

"Zero...zero zero zero nine?!"

The appearance of the person lying next to the pillow was completely unexpected, and the unfriendly memory of last night in the bathroom suddenly appeared in his mind. Hiiragi Jing was startled by the unexpected situation and jumped out of bed. He stood up and his nervous body quickly shrank to the edge of the bed.

What's wrong?what happened?Why am I in the same bed as Lingjiu? !

"Good morning……"

Ling Jiu slowly sat up from the bed, rubbing his eyes while saying good morning to Hiiragi Jing, with a calm and leisurely look that seemed to have no awareness of the current situation.

"Good morning... early... no, Ling Jiu, why are you in my bed?" He cautiously looked around to confirm that this was his bedroom. There was no doubt that Ling Jiu was an intruder.

Hiiragi never expected that on the first night after returning to her apartment, Lingjiu would sneak into her bedroom from next door and share half of her pillows and quilts, but she was completely unaware of all this.

"Can't sleep."

"Huh?" He gave such an answer in a calm tone, and the unexpected reply made Hiiragi think for a moment that he had heard wrong.

"Because I can't sleep..." He explained his answer for the second time. After a brief thought, Lingjiu also thoughtfully explained his position. "The breath of Hiiragi Jing makes me feel at ease..."

That's it?Such a reason?

Facing the innocent-looking Lingjiu, Hiiragi calmed down a little but couldn't find the words to reprimand: "Forget it... please don't do this again, Lingjiu."

"Why? Is it annoying?"

"Uh... It can't be called annoying, how can I put this... By the way! Doesn't Zero-Nine also have his own bedroom? Isn't it rude to break in without permission while the master is sleeping?"

There was no way to explain the reason "I'm not used to waking up in the morning and finding a beautiful girl sleeping next to me" to the other party. Hiiragi Jing had to find a reasonable explanation from other aspects. Fortunately, Lingjiu nodded his head. It seems that his statement was approved by her.

Although he knew that Lingjiu's joining would change his life, he didn't expect it to be so exciting from the beginning... But after all, this was originally his own wish.

Maybe this is life...

After coaxing Lingjiu back to his room, he washed and changed clothes. He opened the door and stood in the corridor on the second floor, smelling a sweet scent that filled the air.

Needless to say, it was Sister Phil who was preparing breakfast again, and the thought of being able to taste Sister Phil's craftsmanship for a long time brought back the cheerfulness of the morning.

"Sister Phil, today's breakfast is..." As she walked down the stairs, she looked towards the restaurant at the corner behind the building, and the two figures sitting at the dining table that caught her eye instantly made her change her mind. The spirit that had been boosted began to sag, and the high-pitched tone in the middle of the sentence suddenly lost its voice after a turning point.

"It's a baked pie ~ sesame candy." Hiiragi held up the half-eaten baked pie in his hand and kept shaking it. He was smiling and didn't seem to notice the collapsed expression on Hiiragi's face. Ren Xi, who still chewed from time to time while talking, looked very satisfied with the food in his hands.

"Don't dump the dough scraps on me." Hu Lan said, finishing the remaining pie in his hand, and then reached out to take the last piece from the dinner plate on the table.

"Hey! This is your fifth one. Didn't you agree to four yuan per person?"

"It's your fault that you ate too slowly. Also, who told you? You should finish your piece first." Hu Lan turned her body to one side, and Ren Xi who tried to grab it was in vain. After Hu Lan's raised hand reached a height that he could not reach, Ren Xi had to grit his teeth and give up the attempt to continue grabbing, and concentrate on dealing with the half piece of pie in his hand.

"Don't worry, there's still something in the oven." Phil, wearing insulated gloves, walked out of the kitchen carrying a baking sheet and asked Hu Lan and Ren Xi about their post-meal thoughts, "How does it taste?" ?Are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied! Of course I'm satisfied!" After swallowing the last bite of the pie, Ren Xi patted the table without hesitation in her praise. "In comparison, the snacks in the institute's cafeteria taste like feed. I've long since I said those chefs should be fired, why don't you consider becoming my trainee, Phil? I'll guarantee you a D-level researcher rating, so you don't have to continue being your ordinary trainee, and you won't even have to go through the assessment period."

"You are abusing your private power..." Hu Lan curled her lips and gave her answer seriously, "The outer coating is very crispy, the flour and heat are well prepared, and the sesame filling is also very sweet. , the taste is appropriate and not greasy, and the appropriate sugar water and oil content will not make the pie taste dry.”

Phil responded with a smile to Hu Lan and Ren Xi's positive comments. After seeing Hiiragi Jing standing on the stairs in a blink of an eye, she immediately greeted: "Hiiragi Jing, you're awake, where is Ling Jiu?"

"She's...washing up." Hiiragi Jing naturally planned not to mention anything about Lingjiu entering her bedroom.

"Sit and wait for a while. The next furnace will be ready soon. Don't worry." After saying this, Phil returned to the kitchen and closed the sliding door and continued to be busy. No matter how complicated the cooking aspect was, Phil was always very enthusiastic about it. He also has superb cooking skills, which Hiiragi fully knew in the first few days he met Phil.

"What are you doing here...?" Hiiragi Jing walked to the dining table and sat down opposite the two of them. The two people who came here early in the morning obviously did not come here specifically for food appreciation. In fact, she had already guessed it. , but the last trace of luck in her heart made her unwilling to believe it.

But what's the use of this?

A few books that Hu Lan took out from her pocket and threw in front of Hiiragi completely destroyed her luck...

"Your literacy should be almost complete. You don't need to study the enlightenment courses for six-year-old children. These books are textbooks prepared to be implemented by professional training schools. These are about mathematics, physics, mechanics, art, body shape, etiquette, makeup... …”

"Wait, wait a minute! What are those things at the back?" Hiiragi can still understand the first few subjects, but after 'mechanical', what Hu Lan said next becomes more and more uncomfortable. Isn't he a mercenary?Why learn things that have nothing to do with fighting?

Hu Lan sighed slightly and ignored Hiiragi Jing's shocked question. Instead, he asked Hiiragi Jing a question: "Do you know what your identity is?"

"Mercenary...Han Nianling's personal operator?" The habitual answer came out, but under Hu Lan's gaze, she immediately realized that she needed to answer a more accurate positioning for herself.

"Yes, but do you know Han Nianling's identity?"

"Researcher from the Newborn City Research Institute..." The inexplicable question forced Hiiragi to answer cautiously.

"He is the youngest A-level researcher in the entire Southern Federation." Immediately after Hiei Jing's words, Hu Lan made more accurate additions while pointing to the burping Ren Xi sitting next to him and said, "Compared to this B-level researcher, Researchers are countless times higher than existence."

"Hey, hey, hey, there are so many B-levels in the entire institute on one hand, don't make it sound like they're on the streets."

Ren Xi's protest fell into the background just as he left his mouth. Hu Lan ignored the others and continued her explanation: "Although Han Nianling has been busy recently due to the JD abandoned city and the reclamation camp, in fact, in ordinary times During this period, she will inevitably need to attend some high-level occasions and banquets on behalf of the institute to express the institute's position or raise additional research funds. At that time, you, as a personal operator to protect her safety, will inevitably accompany her... "

"Then...what does it matter?"

"What's the relationship?" Hu Lan took a deep breath and tapped her fingertips on the table. "At least I can teach you when not to sit with your legs open..."

"Ah? Oh." Hiiragi immediately put away her carefree posture and sat upright with a serious expression.

"Alas..." Seeing this, Hu Lan sighed again, then placed the piece of pie in his hand on the dinner plate and pushed it in front of Hiiragi Jing.

"Oh!" Hiei Jing, who was already feeling a little hungry, immediately pinched half of the plate and started to devour it, and pushed the remaining half of the plate to the empty space next to her.

"I have a question!" Ren Xi, who was sitting at the table, suddenly raised his hand to Hu Lan.

After looking at her silently for a few seconds, Hu Lan gave permission: "Say."

"Um... those things like body shape, etiquette, makeup, etc., you teach her?" Ren Xi looked up and down at Hu Lan's black combat uniform and her simply tied hair, not hiding her suspicion in her eyes.

"It's not me." Ren Xi's playful gaze made Hu Lan frown slightly, "I signed her up for a teaching course at a commercial private women's college as an auditor..."

"Huh? Where are those young ladies gathering?" Ren Xi glanced at Hiiragi Jing, who had a happy expression on her cheeks, and then asked hesitantly, "...are you sure?"

"This is Han Nianling's intention." Hu Lan immediately stated that this was not her decision. "According to her, she may need to go to Changming City soon."

Chapter 3 An unexpected commercial street

The Newborn City Commercial Street is located in a prime location in District [-] of the inner city. It is called "Commercial Street", but in fact the commercial area here is not very rich. It is hard to imagine that there is such a place in the inner city area of ​​the Newborn City where every inch of land is precious. .

The entire street, which is hundreds of meters long and paved with stone slabs, is sparsely populated. The strangely shaped flower beds on both sides can be seen to have been carefully tended. The clean and tidy streets do not tell the public that this place is open to the public at all. The tranquility and leisure of the area completely lack the sense of warmth that a commercial area should have.

Hiiragi's eyes casually glanced at a display window on the side of the street. Alcoholic beverages that were extremely restricted outside were actually lined up in a full display window, and the price tags below these bottles and cans were even more astonishing. The equipment that I prepared for going out in the past is actually the price of two or three bottles of wine here.

She had heard how exaggerated the prices in commercial streets were before, but she really didn't expect them to be so exaggerated.

Just like the high price tag, the commercial street of the New City is different from the trade area. They are not facing the ordinary residents of the New City, but the powerful people who live in the wealthy area not far away.

Although Newborn City, with a population of just over [-], is not a prosperous large-scale city-state, there are still a large number of wealthy businessmen and senior officials from other city bases who choose to come to Newborn City to buy a residence, in addition to obtaining the key products of Newborn City's foreign trade. Besides the activation potion, the important reason is that the location of the Newborn City is remote enough, which also means that it is safe enough.

In the wasteland world of the new era, a safe place to live is more attractive to people than all other factors, especially those rich and powerful who have already made a lot of money. They don’t want to lose money before they have time. Enjoy it before you die.

The so-called safety here not only refers to the fact that there are few zombies or monsters attacking, but also refers to the extremely special and highly autonomous status of the New City in the Southern Federation. This also means the impact of the interference of the Southern Federal Government on the New City. It is extremely small. Because of this, the large amounts of funds that unscrupulous businessmen cannot see through sources such as smuggling and the corrupt funds of corrupt senior officials of various city base governments are difficult to trace here.

"Why didn't the Newborn City base government investigate?" Hiei Jing couldn't help but ask after listening to Ren Xi's introduction in her ear.

"How to check?" Ren Xi couldn't help but curled her lips. Although Hiiragi's mind is more mature than her peers, she is still a little naive in some aspects. "Compared to smuggling and corruption, the Southern Federation and other base governments are more What they are afraid of is leaking secrets. Many of these people are involved in all aspects of internal political struggles. Do you think the Southern Federation will not hesitate to release secrets to the Newborn City just to arrest a few officials and businessmen?"

"So this is the purpose of establishing this commercial street." Ren Xi said and pointed at his feet, "Those who have a lot of wealth are not willing to live an ordinary life of ordinary people. They not only contribute a lot of taxes but also have high consumption. Appeal, if this is the case, then it is just a matter of squeezing oil and water from them. Otherwise, how can you think that this small newborn city will have so much financial resources to promote people's livelihood improvement projects? The establishment of the primary education center was also completed by raising funds from those wealthy people. of……"

"Actually, you don't need to mind too much. After all, that kind of people are only a part of the population. Those who are suspected of serious human trafficking and drug dealing will be dealt with seriously as long as they are found. The rest will not be exposed as long as they stay calm. It’s enough to cause harm by returning to old business in the Newborn City.”

"Urban bases are like people. Because of differences such as different resources, different environments, different population sizes, etc., different urban bases have different survival methods, and the only purpose of urban bases is to To exist in the world for a longer time..."

"Then... what are we doing here? Isn't it to prepare for the next course?" What they care more about than understanding the purpose of this commercial street is where the purpose of their trip is to go.

What kind of preparation is needed to come here?

"We're here." Hu Lan, who was leading the way, stopped in front of a store. When Hiei Jing looked inside, she found that it turned out to be a huge women's clothing store, the same as the last time she was visited by Sister Shang Shu in the trade area. The women's clothing store I took them to was a surprise. This store actually had a large number of ready-made clothes displayed on mannequins, and the fabrics piled on the walls were even more diverse.

"What? Are you buying clothes again?" The few clothes I bought before are still intact, with no obvious signs of damage, and it is too wasteful to have to make a special trip to the commercial street to buy them.

Hu Lan ignored her question, but pushed open the glass door and stepped inside. Since the other party didn't want to answer, Hiiragi Jing had no choice but to follow Ren Xi and Ling Jiu in.

"Welcome."

The clerk with a formulaic smile came up to her immediately, but Hu Lan obviously didn't want to reply to her enthusiasm. She said "wait a moment" and then she reached out from her pocket and took out a handwritten list full of creases and signed it. He stretched out his index and middle fingers and pointed at Hiiragi and Lingjiu, who were standing at the door and looking around, and said: "Measure their sizes, and then choose a set of body suits for them. By the way, how long does it take to customize a dress here?" Only then can I get it?”

"It usually takes two months, but recently we have not had any customization requests from other customers. If it were faster, it would take almost a month to make the garments." The waiter spoke clearly and clearly. Hiiragi never knew he could speak so briskly and harmoniously. Just like singing, she was making judgments with the vendors in the trade area, but she was more concerned about the information contained in Hu Lan's words just now.

"What is a figure suit? Why do you need a custom-made dress? And... why does Lingjiu want it too? Is she going to come too?"

Hu Lanke had never mentioned these things to her during the morning conversation, especially Lingjiu, which filled Hiiragi Jing's mind with doubts.

"Yes, the following courses will be held with you. You will enter a specialized school as auditors. Of course, you need to prepare relevant things by yourself. These will be used in physical classes and etiquette classes. ...Okay, stop talking nonsense, Ren Xi, come with me to choose fabrics, why does Han Nianling always give me so much trouble..."

The impatient Hu Lan didn't want to answer the questions that Hiiragi Jing might have. She greeted Ren Xi, and then followed the guidance of another waiter and walked to the other side.

From the name of the etiquette class, Hiiragi can understand a little bit, but what is the physical class?

"Lingjiu, do you know what a bodybuilding class is?"

Well... Looking at the blank look in the other person's eyes, it was obvious that Hiiragi knew that he had asked the wrong person.

"Little sister, come here with your sister."

Little... sister?

Although it doesn't sound like there's anything wrong with it, such a title always makes people feel uncomfortable, especially when the other person talks about it like a child.