I created a foundation

The human-faced dog wasn't in a rush to attack, seemingly enjoying the ultimate fear its prey felt before death. Its mouth, that of a middle-aged man, drooling and emitting a sickening grin, slowly approached, step by step.

The shadow of death, like a literal black curtain, completely enveloped Kasumigaoka Utaha. Her entire body went limp, and she no longer had the strength to scream. She could only watch helplessly as the grotesque face continued to expand in her vision, closing her eyes in despair.

Just as the human-faced dog suddenly arched its body and was about to pounce on her and tear her to pieces.

A black shadow, like a weightless ghost, fell silently from the sky.

"boom."

There was a sound of something landing, so slight that it was almost inaudible. The black shadow accurately blocked the way between Kasumigaoka Utaha and the human-faced dog. The strong wind blew the girl's hair on her forehead.

Kasumigaoka Utaha did not feel the expected tearing pain. She trembled and slowly opened her eyes a little.

What comes into view is a broad and reliable back.

It’s that middle school student with a second-year syndrome, Lin Qing.

He even had the leisure to turn his head slightly at such a critical moment and remind Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was already in a trance, in a tone as relaxed as if chatting in a cafe.

"Remember to pay the balance."

Before he could finish his words, another petite figure came running out of the park entrance, panting. It was Yotsuya Miko, who had been left far behind by Lin Qing. Her face flushed crimson from the intense running, her chest heaving violently, her eyes filled with fear of the monster before her, but more than that, she felt an inexplicable sense of security that only came from standing behind Lin Qing.

Her eyes were now fixed on the human-faced dog. In her "spiritual vision," the dog's entire body was enveloped in a thick, ominous black aura, except for its human face, where the aura was the thickest and most unstable, swirling like boiling water.

There, is the core of it!

"Mr. Lin...Mr. Lin!" Yotsuya Jianzi didn't even have time to catch his breath. He eagerly stretched out his finger and pointed at the monster's vital point. "Its core... is on the face! It's that human face!"

"Good job, probe."

Lin Qing complimented her without turning around, his tone of approval undisguised. This address made Yotsuya Miko's cheeks even redder, a mixture of shyness and a hint of joy at being recognized.

But to Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was slumped on the ground beside her, this conversation sounded like a fairy tale.

Detector? What detector? What are they talking about?

The human-faced dog seemed enraged by the two humans who had suddenly appeared and completely ignored it. With a deafening roar, it abandoned Kasumigaoka Shiyu and instead locked onto Lin Qing as its new target. With a sudden burst of force from its limbs, it charged towards Lin Qing like a black cannonball!

"Be careful!" Kasumigaoka Utaha screamed subconsciously.

Lin Qing just moved his wrist nonchalantly, making a few crisp crackling sounds of bones.

In Kasumigaoka Utaha's pupils, which shrank rapidly due to fear, Lin Qing's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Yes, disappear.

It was not moving at high speed, but it was as if it was wiped out in an instant, disappearing out of thin air.

Kasumigaoka Utaha only felt a flash before her eyes, and the next second, accompanied by a dull sound like a sledgehammer hitting a sandbag, the ferocious human-faced dog, with its huge body, flew backwards at a speed even faster than when it rushed towards her!

"boom--!"

The human-faced dog's body, like a torn sack, slammed into a distant tree so large that it required two people to hug it. The thick trunk shook violently, groaning under the weight, and countless fallen leaves rustled down.

It was not until this time that Lin Qing's figure reappeared on the side of the place where the human-faced dog had just been, like a slow-motion movie shot, and slowly retracted his kicked right leg.

What did he do?

When did he go there?

Kasumigaoka Utaha's mind was blank. For the first time, her genius brain, which she was proud of, fell into a complete, unthinking state.

The human-faced dog struggled and tried to get up from the ground. For the first time, an expression of fear and disbelief appeared on its human face.

But Lin Qing didn't give it any chance.

His figure blurred again, and he followed like a shadow. The moment the human-faced dog just raised its upper body, he appeared above its head like a ghost.

He raised his foot and stepped hard on the man's face with an extremely domineering and fierce attitude.

"boom!"

The immense force caused the solid ground to split open into a spider-web-like, hideous crack centered on his foothold, sending dust and gravel flying.

The grotesque human face of the human-faced dog was deeply sunken by the kick. It let out a short and shrill wail, and then its limbs went limp. It completely lost all ability to resist and collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud. Only a weak twitch proved that it was not completely dead yet.

The entire process, from Lin Qing's attack to the end of the battle, did not even take more than ten seconds.

Kasumigaoka Utaha covered her mouth and stared blankly at the scene in front of her, which was full of violent aesthetics but subverted all her common sense.

The junior student whom she ridiculed as "middle school syndrome" that morning, the "capitalist" who took advantage of the situation on the phone, now looked like a demon god who walked out of mythology, in charge of killing, and was too powerful to be an ordinary person.

Lin Qing ignored the two gazes filled with shock and awe behind him. He walked up to the dying human-faced dog, squatted down, and gently placed his palm on its sunken head that was constantly oozing black liquid.

In my mind, the system prompt sounded on time.

[Detected a containable target, 'Strange Talk - Human-Faced Dog'. Vital signs are weak and resistance is zero. Should we contain it?]

"Shelter." Lin Qing muttered to himself.

The next second, under the shocked gaze of Kasumigaoka Utaha and Yotsuya Miko, the huge human-faced dog, its body, along with its black blood on the ground, turned into scarlet streams of light, as if attracted by an invisible black hole, madly pouring into Lin Qing's seemingly clean and slender palm, and finally disappeared.

[Pick 003 - Human-faced dog, successfully contained.]

[Rewards for containment have begun to be distributed...]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: One thousand cubic meters of extra-dimensional storage space.]

A new, empty feeling of space instantly connected with Lin Qing's consciousness. He could "feel" that vast, empty space as if it were an extension of his body, allowing him to store and retrieve items at will.

Lin Qing stood up with satisfaction and patted the non-existent dust off his hands.

He turned around and walked towards the talented young writer who was still slumped on the ground with a dull look in her eyes, her worldview undergoing a third reshaping.

He held out his hand to her, his kind and harmless smile returning to his face.

Kasumigaoka Utaha subconsciously prepared to reach out her hand, thinking that the other party was going to pull her up.

However, Lin Qing's voice caused her half-extended hand to freeze in mid-air.

"Okay, the problem is solved." He smiled, his tone so relaxed as if he had just done some after-meal exercise.

"Senior, the total is 1.6 million. Cash or bank transfer?"

Chapter 0010: Senior Sister's Lunchbox and Mom's Urgency to Get Married

Faced with Lin Qing's outstretched hand and the nonchalant words "cash or transfer", Kasumigaoka Utaha's brain went completely blank for half a minute.

Almost relying on muscle memory, she pulled out her latest smartphone under Lin Qing's amused gaze. Her fingers were still trembling slightly, but this time, it was no longer out of fear, but from a more complex and indescribable emotion.

Awe, humiliation, curiosity, and a hint of relief that even she couldn't understand.

She skillfully operated the mobile banking app. When she saw the prompt "Are you sure you want to transfer 1 yen to 'Lin Qing'" pop up on the screen, she felt for the first time that this string of numbers that once represented an ordinary person's annual income in her eyes was so insignificant.

With a mere 1.6 million, he bought back his life and witnessed the "other side" of the world with his own eyes.

No matter how you look at it, she made a profit from this deal.

Click to confirm. With a slight vibration from her phone, her absurd contract with that man was fulfilled.

When she looked up at Lin Qing again, her eyes no longer held the pride of a talented writer, nor the disdain of the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family. All that remained was the purest complexity of facing an incomprehensible, higher-dimensional existence.

Who is this man?

……

Silent all night.

The next day, Feng Zhiqi High School's first-year Class B was, as usual, filled with the hustle and bustle of adolescent boys and girls.

Lin Qing sat by the window, supporting his chin with one hand, looking at the baseball team members sweating on the playground outside the window, with a calm expression, as if the bizarre battle and shelter last night was just an insignificant dream.

Sitting beside him, Yotsuya Miko would occasionally glance at him with a mixture of admiration and fear. Last night's visit had given her a new and deeper understanding of Lin Qing's strength and cunning.

Just as the bell for break rang, the originally lively atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became eerily quiet.

Everyone's eyes, as if drawn by a magnet, were all directed towards the front door of the classroom.

There, a tall and perfect figure was standing quietly.

It's Kasumigaoka Utaha.

She was dressed in a well-fitting school uniform, black stockings that perfectly outlined the curves of her legs, and her waist-length black hair cascading softly behind her. Simply standing there, she naturally became the focus of the audience, like a breathtaking world-famous painting.

The whole classroom exploded instantly.

"It's Kasumigaoka-senpai! Why is she here in our first-year classroom?"

"Oh my god, I'm ten thousand times more beautiful than the rumors say!"

"Is she looking for someone? Who?"

Amidst the shock, curiosity, and envy of her classmates, Kasumigaoka Utaha ignored them all. Her beautiful wine-red eyes pierced through the crowd and locked onto Lin Qing, who was sitting by the window.

Then, she took a step forward, and under the focus of countless gazes, she walked step by step to Lin Qing's desk.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down.

Lin Qing raised his head and looked at her calmly, without a trace of surprise in his eyes.

An unnatural, faint blush appeared on Kasumigaoka Utaha's face. Her lips, which could normally savage anyone with their sharp tongue, were now only slightly parted, as if she were a little nervous.

She gently placed the exquisite lunch box wrapped in a high-end furoshiki on Lin Qing's desk, then lowered her head slightly and spoke softly in a tone that was a mixture of a little awkwardness and unconcealable sincerity.

"Thank you for last night. I made this myself, if you don't mind..."

boom!

If the classroom was just a commotion just now, then now the entire first-grade class B has completely exploded.

The Ice Queen! Genius writer Kasumigaoka Utaha! She actually offered to bring a lunch box to a new transfer student!

Or do it yourself?!

Countless eyes filled with gossip darted back and forth frantically between Lin Qing and Kasumigaoka Shiyu, as if they wanted to ignite the air between them with their gazes.

Yotsuya Miko, who was sitting next to Lin Qing, felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably when watching the scene.