Uneasy daily life

"Uh-huh……"

We must be the ones who wandered in.

"It's hard to say what unexpected things might happen on this mission, so remember to be adaptable and stay calm."

Isn't the biggest surprise the superior officer?

“Sigh…” Bai Ying sighed deeply. “9527, I know you’ve joined the Classical Literature Department and have gradually made some friends in class. You’re working hard in your studies and training, and you’re passionate about trying all sorts of new desserts. You’re occasionally worried about not having enough pocket money, and you’re enjoying the beauty of youth. You’re living a very carefree life. But why is it that you don’t respect me and are even unwilling to call me ‘commander’?”

"Ugh……"

Angelina rolled her eyes and muttered, "Sir, have you tricked me into joining some weird organization? I'm always doing strange things because you're always laughing and joking around. Now I have these weird nicknames: Angela Xuande and Too Long to Read..."

"A strange organization? How dare you comment on Rhodes Island like that?" the white figure retorted. "Haven't you seen superpowered individuals? Phantom and Mouthpiece are both legitimate superpowered individuals."

Angelina said, puzzled, "Why are all the superpowered people so strange? The Phantom Master likes to daydream and be alone, the Mouthpiece Master only cares about performances and puppets... There's no such thing as a wonderful adventure!"

It felt like I'd joined a weird mental hospital... What's scary is that everyone thought they were on the same side as the officers, that they were old acquaintances in the hospital, and that they were good friends in the next bed.

When I recall other people's half-joking nicknames, painful memories flood back, my body feels weightless, and life feels empty.

Angelina covered her face with her hands; this kind of youth is too strange!

"Don't worry, this is an adventure!" Bai Ying patted his chest and assured him, "It perfectly matches your aesthetic, a fantasy story full of extraordinary, incredible, tense, exciting, and illogical elements that only the brave can accomplish!"

Angelina was skeptical: "What exactly are we going to do?"

"Staking out primary school students."

I want to go home!!

Chapter Forty-Three This and That

Kanagawa Prefecture, Minebara High School.

"I'm taking the day off today, so you might have to work a bit harder."

"You have a girlfriend?"

"My girlfriend is a probability cloud. She may exist, she may not exist, she may be large, she may be small, she may be real, she may be fake, she may exist, she may not exist..."

"Hmm, it really does have a first love feel to it, and it also has Futaba's style. Is this what science-based romance is?"

"Go get your job, you social butterfly."

"Haha, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Sakuta Azusagawa watched his friend ride away on his bicycle and waited at the school gate.

Today I'm going to do something a bit dangerous. To be honest, being so proactive and quick is really not my style. After all, I'm usually quite busy with all sorts of things, whether it's studying, working after school, or taking care of my younger sister at home. My life trajectory isn't so easy to change.

Go find any clues! Dig up any questions! What's wrong with elementary school students? If you're suspicious, confirm it; if you confirm it, chase after them; if you can't catch them, kidnap them! I'll call the police. Don't worry about me after you're in there, I'll take care of your sister...

I was persuaded; it was precisely because I had this thought that I was persuaded.

Just like how she couldn't figure out where the scar on her chest came from, Miss Xiangzi was equally enigmatic. It's safer to bring along someone with extraordinary abilities when dealing with these kinds of extraordinary events; it's more reassuring.

Azusagawa Sakuta crossed his arms and waited.

……

……

"9527, do you really like desserts?"

“Of course!” Angelina wiped the sweat from her brow and sighed, “It’s getting hotter and hotter, and it feels even hotter on the street…”

Bai Ying glanced around at the bustling street and nodded, saying, "Everyone is trying their best to shine and give off heat, torturing each other."

“At times like these, we should eat desserts, like milk tea!” Angelina clenched her fist and imagined, “Iced milk tea would be best…”

“The cool air condenses into a misty haze, crystal clear and refreshing, dispelling the sweltering heat. Just one sip is enough to drive the heat away from the skin and flesh, infusing coolness into the bones,” Bai Ying vividly described. “Walking with milk tea, you take a sip while it’s hot, soothing your heart and soul; if you’re willing to spend a little more, you can add pearls, fruit pieces, red beans, toppings, grass jelly, and herbal jelly, making the drink a delightful experience of chewing; and if you’re even more generous, the staff can spread a thick layer of milkshake on top, pure white and soft like snow, making you feel refreshed and unable to resist gently licking it. Customers rushed by time are mostly not so picky and discerning. Only young teenagers would spend their meager allowance, stroll into the shop, select their own treasure chest, and savor it slowly…”

Angelina swallowed hard and complained, "Sir, don't tempt me!"

Bai Ying pointed and said, "There's a dessert shop across the street, and the sign outside says 'cold drinks'."

Angelina looked over and subconsciously began to calculate her remaining allowance.

Bai Ying coaxed, "Would you like a super-sized iced milk tea with eight toppings and a thick milkshake?"

Angelina tentatively asked, "Is the commander treating us?"

“Of course it’s my treat—I’m a person who earns money through a proper job, and I’m an expert in a hundred ways to spend money in a creative way,” Bai Ying said. “Wait here for a moment, I’ll be right back.”

"Oh……"

Angelina stared blankly as the white figure ran across the street and rushed towards the dessert shop. She was skeptical, then doubtful, and finally wary!

Sir, you're not going to order me a piping hot milk tea, are you?!

Surely the officer wouldn't order the staff to make a weird-tasting milk tea?!

Surely the officer wouldn't order the staff to put no sugar in the milk tea?!

Angelina was trying to figure out the various possibilities of leading to the underworld. Before she could even summarize the 108 ways she could be tricked by her superior, the white figure had already run back with a large cup of milk tea and handed it to Angelina.

The milk tea was ice-cold when I took it.

Observe the colors: black pearls, round red beans, thick pure white milkshake, and fruit cut into small cubes. There's nothing wrong with them.

Angelina glanced at the white figure's back, but unfortunately couldn't see anything. She struggled for a moment, but finally gave in to the blazing sun in the sky. Holding the oversized cup of milk tea, she took a sip through the thick straw—as long as it wasn't barbecue pineapple flavored, I could accept anything now!

...Sweet?!

It's really sweet!

Angelina was shocked. She chewed the red beans and pearls in her mouth, but there was no strange taste.

The officer is actually normal now?!

"Have you heard of 9527? 100 grams of pure fat, the kind used to render oil, has about 800 calories."

Bai Ying suddenly turned her head and vividly described, "A piece of braised pork belly that's 8 cubic centimeters in size only weighs about 15 grams. Nine pieces of braised pork belly would be enough to fill a rice bowl. However, even braised pork belly contains lean meat, so you'd have to replace it with a bowl of pure fat. In terms of calories, a regular cup of milk tea has about 300 calories. This is a super-sized cup with extra sugar and honey, so the milk tea alone is over 400 calories. Not to mention all the toppings, especially that thick layer of milkshake on top..."

Angelina froze.

"A faint honey ripples in the water, sweetness spreads from the tip of the tongue to the heart, shaking the pearls, fruit pieces and red beans. I hold the treasure box of my childhood, the white of the tea is as white as snow, brushing away the sorrow." The white figure moves backward forward, "The thick oil frosts in my heart, the bitterness flows out of the heart like fat, brewing blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipids. I drag the hurried adulthood, the white circles on my belly are all sorrow."

Angelina's face contorted in protest as she yelled, "Sir, shut up! Don't say things like that while I'm drinking milk tea..."

"Look, 9527, what are you drinking? Fruit pieces? Red beans? Pearls? Milkshake?"

Bai Ying softly expressed: "A cup of oily soup soaked with dregs, containing corpses, eyeballs and stillborn fetuses, with pure white snow floating on the surface, which is the squeezed fat ridge—drink a cup, sweet and fragrant, just the heat needed for life, with a long aftertaste, supreme."

Angelina stared blankly at the milk tea, opened her mouth, bit the straw, and took a big, vicious gulp.

Glug glug—!

The white-clad figure gave a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "A true warrior indeed!"

Angelina let out a satisfied sigh and hummed, "No calories! Not a single one! It's ice-cold, how could it have calories!"

"Speaking of which, you wouldn't use superpowers to lose weight when you're weighing yourself, would you?"

"Of course not!"

Angelina continued drinking her milk tea, her anger quickly melting away in the sweet taste. She couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are we really going to be staking out elementary school kids?"

Bai Ying turned her head and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"They're all problems."

Angelina murmured, "When I was arrested, I was a girl and an accomplice, so I guess I'll get a lighter sentence..."

The white-robed figure said, "Why don't we go and catch the little boy?"

Angelina took a big gulp of her milk tea, her mind churning with rebellious thoughts.

During a harmonious and friendly conversation between superiors and subordinates, the two arrived at Minegahara High School. Azusagawa Sakuta, who noticed them, came forward and glanced at Angelina: "Your girlfriend?"

Angelina was shifting her position, trying to pull the pearl out, when she heard this and was startled. She quickly shook her head and said, "No, no!"

"This is the third member of the mysterious organization, codenamed 9527," Bai Ying solemnly introduced. "She appears to be an ordinary high school girl, but is actually a high school girl with superpowers. She excels at macroscopic matter observation and interference, and possesses a unique skill that disrupts the second law of thermodynamics. Given time, she is capable of solving the heat death problem and is an ultimate powerhouse..."

Angelina: "???"

"In other words, you're... an extraordinary person?" Sakuta Azusagawa asked, somewhat surprised. "Could you please give a self-introduction without using any embellishments?"

Angelina rolled her eyes at the white figure, temporarily putting aside her pearl-collecting operation: "My name is Anshinin Angelina. Rhodes Island, Babel Tower... well, anyway, I'm considered the white figure's subordinate, right?"

Bai Ying said discontentedly, "9527, you should call me 'sir'!"

Angelina pretended not to hear, then belatedly realized what she meant and exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? You... that..."

“Azusagawa Sakuta, Azusagawa from Azusagawa Service Area, Sakuta from left-hand side and right-hand side, Tai from sun.” Azusagawa Sakuta said strangely, “Your name… is really long and a bit strange, no wonder Shirai pronounces it so briefly.”

"It's not a strange name."

Angelina looked at the culprit with a long, drawn-out gaze.

Bai Ying waved her hand and said, "That's why I prefer to call it 'too long to read' in public. 9527 is used in a rather mysterious area because it involves the organization."

Angelina emphasized, "It's Anxinyuan Angelina."

“People always need many names to remember who they are,” Bai Ying sighed. “Don’t be surprised by this; you’re lucky.”

Angelina rolled her eyes and muttered as she continued poking at the pearls.

“Let’s put this philosophical topic aside for now.” Sakuta Azusagawa pulled out his small phone and checked the time. “Let’s get going as soon as possible.”

Angelina was a little surprised. What brand was the other person's phone? It was so... simple and plain, it didn't look like a smartphone, but rather like a phone for the elderly.

"Wait a minute, there's one more person."

Bai Ying gestured, then took out her phone and pressed a few buttons.

[Bai Liang and Bai Ying: You've been spying on me, haven't you? Hero!]

Can't read back.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the trio at the entrance of Minebara High School, feeling a little guilty.

[Bai Liang and Bai Ying: My subordinates have already reported you!]

...A multi-faceted spy, Hachiman.

Yukino Yukinoshita rubbed her forehead, put away her phone, and walked over openly.

What's there to be ashamed of? Absolutely not! In the end, meeting him on the way and then starting a chase was just a coincidence... Wait a minute, could it be that Bai Jun discovered he was being chased on the way, so he suddenly ran off to buy bubble tea for Anxinyuan?

However, the person who worked at the sunroom with Bai Jun must be Bai Jun's friend, and a friend from before...

Yukino Yukinoshita walked over naturally, standing out in the crowd. She was thinking about how to respond, whether to be direct, indirect, or physical.

Sakuta Azusagawa recognized him and joked, "Is this another one?"

The white figure said seriously, "You are the only one."

Yukinoshita Yukino: #!

Chapter 44 A Love Triangle (One update today)

"In short, our target is 11-year-old Makinohara Shoko, who has moved once and is in the sixth grade of elementary school... The move may not have been too far away, and it is reasonable to say that elementary school students rarely transfer schools, but of course these are secondary issues."

Outside a primary school, across the street, a white figure was holding a pre-battle meeting: "This operation is named 'Primary School Student Conquest Plan.' The basic objective is to obtain the target's contact information, the advanced objective is to find out their home address, and the ultimate objective is to abduct them home. Now, please speak freely."

Angelina looked around nervously, afraid of being overheard.

Yukino Yukinoshita handed over her phone and smiled, "Shiraki-kun, please repeat what you just said."

Bai Ying coughed, and Azusagawa Sakuta's voice came out. He said seriously, "In this operation, I provided information about the target, the target's route of movement, and collected information about the elementary school the target attended. I confess to all of the above."

Angelina shifted one foot to the side and tentatively asked, "Um... Azusagawa?"

Yukino Yukinoshita said calmly, "Shiraki, are you still trying to frame me now that things have come to this? You..."

“It was definitely me who did it,” Sakuta Azusagawa commented. “Haku’s ability to imitate other people’s voices is still as amazing as ever.”

Angelina moved her other foot away as well, and whispered her advice, "Sir, I've heard that turning yourself in and reporting others can reduce your sentence."

Bai Ying exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, that's impressive! It's been a long time since I read this. You actually have a golden spirit of sacrifice."