Yes, I did all this!

"That's such a pity..." Xia Yan shook her head regretfully, then rubbed her body and got closer to Duanmu Mo.

"I really miss the first time we went to the game arcade." Xia Yan said softly.

"That place will be rebuilt soon, right? Why don't you take some time to go there again?"

"It's not necessary." Xia Yan smiled and leaned her head on Duanmu Mo's shoulder: "I am very satisfied here."

Volume One: Chapter 141: Commission

——After that, the lives of Duanmu Mo and Xia Yan became stable.

She usually plays games, and if a weirdo appears, Xia Yan goes out to fight.

During this period, Neville did not appear to put pressure on Yuhi. Quan thought he was giving her a holiday. And according to the reason that these magical girls could not understand, Neville should still be in Fengkawa City and not in a hurry to appear in Jindai City.

In this way, the days pass...

"——It's time to eat."

Duanmumo walked downstairs with the takeout and placed the burger next to her.

Xia Yan is currently playing a machine combat game with all her heart and soul. The machine she controls is at an amazing speed. The screen is flashing back and forth, and she can't even see clearly who is fighting on the other side.

However, the identities of the two people were also marked on both sides of the screen. One was named Yan Xia, which was obviously Xia Yan's name, and the other was named... Feng Chi.

"... Damn it, what kind of abnormal speed is this on the other side? There's no armor stack at all. You don't intend to be hit at all, do you?"

Listening to Xia Yan's gnashing of teeth, Duanmumo only felt amused.

——Not long after, Xia Yan lost to her opponent without any surprise.

Putting down the controller angrily, Xia Yan suddenly lay down on the sofa: "Ah-why is it like this!"

"How many times has this happened?"

Duanmumo stood behind the sofa, holding his arms on the top of the backrest of the sofa and asked with a smile.

"The tenth time...it's also the tenth time I've lost." Xia Yan picked up the burger and took a hard bite, as if she wanted to vent her unhappiness.

A few days ago, Xia Yan was matched with an opponent in this fast-paced machine combat game, and since then she has started a career of repeated defeats.

Xia Yan's understanding of the game is not weak, and the equipment of the game is in line with her own preferences without losing strength.

But the "wind chime" on the opposite side went to the extreme, giving up all survivability in exchange for extreme speed. Many opponents were cut down by the lightsaber without even being able to see the shadow of the opponent.

Many not-so-powerful equipment are in the hands of the wind chime, and they are full of lethality as if they have been reborn.

——Facing Xia Yan's dissatisfaction, Duanmumo looked very calm: "The matter is over, let's change our mood - do our homework first."

"Ah~"

Hearing this, Xia Yan sighed, raised her head and looked at Duanmu Mo: "You can carry me up~"

"Don't even think about it." He refused without hesitation and Duanmumo flicked her head.

"Well..." Xia Yan was about to say something else, when she heard footsteps leading up to the stairs.

"Someone is coming."

——Duanmumo also stopped, turned his head and looked at the door, and walked out of the first floor.

Sticking his head out from the door, Duanmumo looked at the figure walking towards the second floor and stopped him: "Is there something wrong?"

The visitor was a middle-aged man, wearing a suit and leather shoes. He looked of high status, but his spirit was a little haggard.

"...Are you the boss of Duanmu Office?" The man looked at Duanmu Mo and asked, with a hint of anxiety in his words.

"It's me - let's go up and talk." Turning around and asking Xia Yan to stay here for a while, Duanmumo took him up to the office on the second floor.

"——Just call me Fujiki. I am an employee of Shenwu Group." Sitting on the sofa in the office, Fujiki took a deep breath and said.

"Shenwu Group?" Duanmu Mo brought him a cup of tea, and he took a sip from the black cup with the white cat on it: "Isn't its headquarters in Fengchuan City?"

Fujiki nodded and said: "To be precise, he is the director of the product management department of the beach under Shenwu Group here."

Hearing a long list of names, Duanmumo stood in awe: "Then what kind of difficulties does a big shot like you encounter that would require you to entrust me with your entrustment?"

"You were recommended to me after I asked someone for help."

Duanmumo had easily saved them from Duanmu, so many people had an impression of him as a business owner.

"——Let me tell you from the beginning." Fujiki paused and said, "The day before yesterday, some very important instruments were delivered from Fengchuan City. I checked them the next day after I confirmed the delivery, which was yesterday. At that time, I found that all the instruments were missing.”

He took a deep breath and turned pale: "I barely concealed the news, but these instruments will be put into use soon. If it is discovered that they are all missing, I will bear all the punishment for my negligence. Expulsion is a frivolous matter, and no company will be willing to hire me anymore.”

Duanmumo nodded: "So now one way is to find evidence that this is the work of a weirdo, so that your punishment can be reduced."

"Yes."

"I understand." Duanmumo nodded and looked at Fujiki in front of him: "But there are still some things I want to ask you. Just treat it as a guarantee before I accept the commission."

"Just tell me..."

"According to your description, the disappearance of these instruments is unbelievable. Only the actions of weirdos can explain it. But there is another reason. You secretly hid those instruments and framed the weirdos to get rid of your own responsibility - —This is also a common reason for making mistakes. This shouldn’t be the case, right?”

"No! Absolutely not...Although I need money recently, no matter how crazy I am, I will never do such a thing that will end my future!"

The man immediately waved his hands in panic and shook his head repeatedly.

The beating of the heart, the contraction of the pupils, the frequency of breathing... these all express the words spoken by the human body. As long as you can understand these non-verbal languages, it is not difficult to see whether the other person is right or wrong.

But under Duanmumo's observation, he was indeed innocent.

After laughing, Duanmumo drank a cup of tea: "Don't be so nervous, Mr. Fujiki, this is not my suspicion of you, it is just a guarantee to accept this commission. After all, I don't want to be regarded as an accomplice, right?"

"Yes...it's like this..."

The other party could only cooperate and breathe a sigh of relief.

"There is another question." Duanmumo asked immediately: "It is my curiosity and my motivation to understand - what are those instruments? As far as I know, the beach is just a place for people to play, and there is no need to What instrument?”

"This..." Fujiki hesitated for a moment, drank a cup of tea silently, and finally said: "Okay, this is not a secret: those instruments are the latest medical equipment from the Shenwu Group, and they are for those near the beach. Used by patients?”

"Are there any sick people near the beach?"

The man nodded: "There is a jungle near the beach. There is a sanatorium on the top of the jungle, where all kinds of seriously ill high-ranking officials and wealthy people live... The attacker, Mr. Duanmu, have you heard of it?"

"Shenwu Group's Raider Armor? I went to see their exhibition a few days ago."

"Currently, it is too difficult to manufacture attackers. The Shenwu Group has only produced fifteen armors so far. Five of them have appeared in the public eye, while the other ten are serving as guards in the sanatorium. So you should be able to understand. How important is this sanatorium to the Shenwu Group?"

"I see."

Duanmumo touched his chin with a clear look on his face: "It's an interesting commission, I'll accept it."

"Thank you very much."

The man stood up and bowed deeply towards Duanmumo.

...

"Handling the commission? I want to go too!"

After Tengmu left, Xia Yan's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard Duanmumo talking about the contents of the commission.

"OK."

"Ah~ let me go...eh? You just agreed?" Xia Yan was about to act coquettishly, but she reacted belatedly and looked at Duanmumo in surprise.

"Since we are dealing with traces of weirdos, I think you might be able to come in handy."

Duanmumo looked at Xia Yan, who was wearing casual clothes that were so loose that her shoulders slipped off the side, and patted her head: "But before that, you change into clothes that are convenient for going out. How can a child be so inappropriate to dress like this?"

"Hehe~"

Xia Yan ran up to the second floor and changed her clothes, while Duanmumo held a notebook and looked at the details that Fujiki had just told her.

"Um?"

——Suddenly, Duanmumo noticed something was wrong.

...But it was not a matter of entrustment, but he raised his head and looked at the second floor in confusion: "She didn't bring all her changes of clothes here, right?"

In short - after eliminating some unimportant things, Duanmu Mo and Xia Yan rode their motorcycles to the vicinity of the beach again.

"According to the arrangement, the instruments will be stored in a warehouse on the seaside. After a few days of inspection, they will be packed again, moved to a ship on the seaside, transported to the bottom of the sanatorium, and sent to the interior of the sanatorium via an elevator."

Seeing Tengmu again, he casually used the excuse of being his assistant to cover up Xia Yan's presence. Ignoring Xia Yan's happy expression, Duanmumo arrived at the beach warehouse.

"Look, this is where the medical equipment was previously placed." Fujiki turned on the lights in the warehouse and showed the two people the empty warehouse.

"Well, thank you for your hard work. Let her and I go investigate next."

"Please."

Saying goodbye to Tengmu, Duanmumo and Xia Yan walked in this empty warehouse.

"There are fifty medical instruments in total. Each one is half a person tall. Xia Yan, who do you think has the ability to transport these instruments away without anyone noticing?" Duanmumo walked in the corner where the instruments were placed, half-crouching in the corner. asked the ground.

"Well... the only person I can think of right now is Neville." Xia Yan thought for a while and replied, "Although I saw the message Yuzhi sent me saying that the guy went to Fengchuan City But who knows if he will come back here."

——I would not do such an unstylish thing. It would not be in line with my style to leave a large handwriting on the ground such as "Stealer, Neville".

Duanmumo thought to himself, and suddenly looked towards a corner.

Volume 1: Chapter 142: The smell of conspiracy

Duanmumo turned around and walked forward.

In that corner, there was a ring of strange-colored marks - the marks left after the water stains dried.

"Is this...water? Is it sand around it? No, it doesn't look like it."

Half-crouching in front of this watermark, Duanmumo was thinking.

Then he raised his head and looked at the camera above the corner.

"What, what, did you find any clues?"

Xia Yan suddenly became excited and followed Duanmu Mo.

But soon, Duanmu Mo stood up and flicked Xia Yan's forehead.

"——If you think there will be a round of exciting reasoning, and after a fierce brainstorming, the criminal is finally confirmed... Then I'm sorry, you went to the wrong set."

"Hmm..." Rubbing her forehead, Xia Yan pouted and looked at Duanmu Mo: "Then what does this mean..."

"Look at that place."

Without directly answering Xia Yan's guess, Duanmu Mo casually pointed in a direction for Xia Yan to see.

"What?" Xia Yan looked there, but found nothing: "There is only one camera, nothing else."

"That's right."

——But at this time, when her attention was distracted, Duanmu Mo narrowed his eyes.

A little black air emerged from his face, Duanmu Mo moved his neck, and part of his face turned into Neville's appearance.

The senses of the human form, which were not weak to begin with, were further amplified when he turned into a monster. In just a brief glance, Neville discovered the changes on the ground.

"What does the camera represent?" Xia Yan turned her head and looked at Duanmu Mo in confusion. At this time, he quickly changed back to a human form and rubbed his face with one hand.

"It means that someone blocked the camera and left without damaging anything."

It is not realistic to use normal thinking to reason about monsters with various abilities, so Duanmu Mo will only use a more direct method to solve it, using superpowers to deal with superpowers.

"The client of the camera said that it was cut off by the current. And the pool of water we found just now came from the mud on the seabed. The sea, the current, what can you think of?"

"... Electric eel?"

"That's right." Duanmu Mo nodded and walked to the position of the previous medical equipment: "Try stepping here and see if there is any difference in the ground?"

Facing Duanmu Mo's deliberate suspense, Xia Yan curled her lips and stepped here.

"No feeling?" Xia Yan looked at Duanmu Mo, but found that he had already called the client.

"Hello? Mr. Fujiki, bring me a bottle of water... I think I have a clue."

-- Soon, Fujiki ran over with the bottle of water and handed it to Duanmu Mo.

"Mr. Duanmu, what do you mean by a clue!"

He panted slightly, his face was extremely anxious.