Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"Moshi moshi, this is the cheerful fox from the Pacific Ocean~"

"Xiuxing, where are you now?"

On the other end, Inuyama Tetsuya's voice wasn't as relaxed as Hoshino Hideyuki's: "The Mengbo has been missing for over two days, it's been on the news, what exactly happened?"

"Well, this can't be explained in just a few words."

Hoshino Hideyuki scratched his head and said, "But the ship didn't sink, and only about twenty people died. Overall, the situation is still relatively good."

"No, is there something wrong with your understanding of 'things are good'...?"

"Calm down, calm down, Zhe-san. This is much better than if I hadn't come."

Hoshino Hideyuki shrugged and said:

"Anyway, I'll tell you the specifics when we get back. Right now, the most important thing is to make money."

After he gave out his bank card information, he reminded him:

“This money can only be withdrawn from Southeast Asia. The amount doesn’t matter. The key is to be quick and discreet. Since the Mengbo has already made the news, the bank will react quickly if there are any changes in the funds in Xize’s account. If it’s too late, we’ll lose everything.”

After giving his instructions, Hoshino Hideyuki put away his phone, turned back into a fly, and buzzed back home.

Midway through, he saw Kento Nishizawa still running around in a panic.

However, he doesn't plan to do anything.

He felt that letting this person go back might do more harm to Xize Dairy—and the group's top management wasn't exactly a saint either, so let them have their headaches.

A few minutes later, Hideyuki Hoshino returned to the deck and transformed into human form.

The captain has regained control of the situation and declared that the criminals have been eliminated, the communication system has been restored, and rescue will arrive soon.

The passengers, who had been in a state of panic for days, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Kikuri Ijichi, who was in good spirits and physical condition, volunteered to help distribute drinking water.

Hoshino Hideyuki blinked, crept closer, and blew a breath onto the slightly sweaty, snow-white nape of the accomplice's neck...

"ah!"

Kikuri Ichichi turned around with a furrowed brow, but upon seeing that it was a fox, she smiled and gently leaned closer.

Then, she blew a breath of warm air into Hoshino Hideyuki's neck and said:

"Is it fun?"

"That would definitely be fun!"

"Tch, next time I'm blow-drying your hair after a bath, I'll suddenly switch the hairdryer to cool air, and see if you still say it's funny!"

After Kikuri Ichi finished speaking, she looked at the deck full of people and asked with some concern, "With such a big matter, will everyone on the ship be checked next?"

Hideyuki Hoshino nodded: "More or less."

"Wouldn't that expose your identity?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, you're underestimating me~"

The fox raised its chin and said, "I confirmed Wen Shuiche's identity a long time ago!"

"Hey?"

"After all, I've established a long-term accomplice relationship with you, so I need a legitimate identity. That's why I asked someone to find a few friends in the underworld, and then used a little bit of 'seeing flowers through a mirror'..."

"In short, now, Wen Shuiche is a real person. He's a Brazilian-Japanese who returned to Brazil. He's an orphan, has a driver's license, insurance, and bank cards. Even if he were to ride a ghost firebike to pursue the daughter of the police chief, her father wouldn't find out about his background."

Kikuri Ichichi paused for a moment, then gave a thumbs up.

As expected of a fox!

But why would you pursue the daughter of the Metropolitan Police Department Commissioner?

You are not allowed to pursue it!

"Miss Ijichi!"

At that moment, Nanase Kudo and Chizuru Haibara saw the two of them and excitedly ran over.

"Thank goodness you're all alright! We couldn't find you before, we thought you'd been kidnapped!"

Kudo Nanase eagerly grasped Iji Chikiku's hand, muttering words incessantly. As expected of an experienced paranormal announcer, she was still so energetic right after the incident ended.

On the contrary, Chizuru Haibara next to her looked rather strange.

Her face was flushed, her eyes darted around, and her breathing was rapid, causing her breasts to appear like mountains rising and waves crashing, a truly magnificent sight.

She looked less composed than when she was being chased by Yunhai Gambling House.

Hoshino Hideyuki asked with concern, "Miss Haibara, are you injured somewhere?"

"No, no!"

Chizuru Haibara tucked a strand of hair, damp with sweat and stuck to her forehead, behind her ear and said in a trembling voice, "I... I'm probably a little tired..."

After all, being tossed around like this, it's understandable that they would say such a thing.

Hoshino Hideyuki then took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over, saying, "If you don't mind, take this to wipe your sweat."

"Thanks……"

Chizuru Haibara lowered her head.

She looked at the handkerchief handed to her, her pupils contracting slightly as images from several minutes ago flashed through her mind...

At that time, the Mengbo was still in the Dragon Palace.

In the guest room, Chizuru Haibara, like Nanase Kudo, was immersed in a dream. She dreamt that she had won the Nobel Prize and had turned around to recruit the professors as her assistants, forcing them to work illegally in the laboratory every day.

However, a sudden, sharp pain jolted her awake.

She opened her eyes and found that a broken tooth, more than half a person's height, had smashed through the glass, embedded itself in the room, and cut her arm.

Chizuru Haibara was stunned and couldn't believe that there could be such a huge creature in the world.

Fortunately, her experiences over the past two days have given her a new perspective on the world, which helped her quickly calm down and decide to treat her wounds first.

Then I looked down and...

Dark red blood remained on the surface of the tooth, and some kind of white jade-like marrow seeped from the broken part. The two liquids, one red and one white, seemed to be living things, corroding each other and merging together as they fought...

Finally, it all burrowed into her body through the wound on her arm!

Immediately afterwards, the wound, which was originally a finger-length long, completely healed within ten seconds, leaving only a white mark.

What's going on?

Chizuru Haibara suddenly stood up and frantically swung her arms, but naturally nothing came out.

She then took a few deep breaths and carefully examined her body, finding that apart from a slightly rapid heartbeat and a slightly elevated body temperature, she felt no discomfort for the time being.

On the contrary, she also had a feeling that her physical strength had increased and that she could run ten kilometers at any time!

"Ugh……"

With things having come to this point, Chizuru Haibara sighed, realizing that there was nothing she could do at the moment.

We can't exactly reopen the wound and perform a wrist-cutting demonstration for everyone on the spot, can we?

"Calm down, Chizuru. Think back to when your dissertation was rejected and your doctoral studies were delayed... Panic won't help... There are too many strange things that happen, just ignore them if you don't understand them..."

After calming herself down, she stood up and looked around to check the situation.

First, she tried to wake up Kudo Nanase, who was sitting next to her.

However, the female anchor casually lay down on the floor, her belly and breasts exposed, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth, and slept very soundly.

She shook him for a long time but couldn't wake him up, only to hear a few sleep-talking phrases like "fox demon little male servant hehehe", "vampire little female servant hehehe", "werewolf little Nanliang hehehe", and "live streaming is a huge hit, making a hundred million a day".

Ok……

At least, my best friend's dream is pretty beautiful...

Sigh, why am I not lucky enough to keep dreaming?

Chizuru Haibara sighed softly again, then cautiously walked out of the guest room.

Then, as she passed by the porthole, she was completely awestruck by the view outside.

This is actually the seabed...

The palace gleaming in the distance, is that the legendary Dragon Palace...?

It looks like there's still a fight going on, and there are two dragons too, oh my god...

Chapter 134 Miss Chizuru did something terrible with the fox's handkerchief

Chizuru Haibara, perched on the porthole, watched most of the battle between Hideyuki Hoshino and Kunimitsu Sada, illuminated by the glow of the Ryugu Palace.

That highly decayed dragon that could still stir up waves, that flesh with exposed bones that defied all reason, that azure flame that could scorch flesh even in water…

At this moment, the doctoral student's worldview, which had been shattered not long ago, was crushed once again, to the point that the particles were so small that they could be thrown into a small box to resemble ashes.

What a bizarre, terrifying, yet beautiful existence...

Compared to that, what exactly did she study in the first twenty-odd years of her life...?

The sensory shock kept reverberating within her, causing her heart to race and her face to flush red.

What was initially a minor, strange sensation gradually became impossible to ignore.

Ah, no, now is not the time to marvel and think about research topics...

She shook her head and looked more closely. This time, she recognized Hoshino Hideyuki's strongman as the one who had saved her before, and a different kind of hope ignited in her heart.

That must be a good person.

If he wins, this nightmare might finally end.

Not only that, she could perhaps tell him about the unusual symptoms in her body and see if he knew what to do...

However, looking at the intense scene outside, Chizuru Haibara knew that unless she wanted to give her classmate who was a forensic doctor a hard time, she shouldn't run out now.

She waited and waited in the corridor, and a few minutes later, the outcome was finally decided outside: the good person in her eyes had won!

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief and was about to walk out, the ship began to shake violently as it rushed out of the whirlpool. The corridor swayed and things were knocked over. She also accidentally fell to the ground.