... "Whew~"
Mo Xi, who was in the middle of cultivating, suddenly exited her meditative state. She reached out to cover her heart, her expression faintly tinged with unease.
"What's going on?" Today, Mo Xi had finally given herself a full day off after a long time. Feeling bored, she decided to complete her daily cultivation goals. She hadn't expected a sudden surge of ominous foreboding. Even Mo Xi herself didn't know what had happened.
'Little Xi, your heart is in turmoil. Has something happened?' Sensing his Disciple's condition, Old Meng spoke up.
"No... it's nothing." Mo Xi gave an ambiguous reply, dismissing it as a mere hallucination.
However, she found herself unable to re-enter the cultivation state after that. She understood that this was an inexplicable unease from deep within her heart.
"Forget it, I was planning to have a good rest today anyway." Unable to find the cause, she simply stopped cultivating for now.
Creak!
Mo Xi pushed the door open and stepped out, intending to get some fresh air. As she passed by her younger sister's room, she instinctively stopped her pace. After staring silently at the door for a few seconds, Mo Xi stepped forward and knocked.
Knock, knock, knock!
"Hey, little sis, are you there?"
Knock, knock, knock!
After several attempts and seeing no response from inside, she could only push the door open directly.
"Has she not come back yet?" Mo Xi saw at a glance that her sister hadn't returned. She knew her sister had mentioned going out around one or two in the afternoon to handle the rent cancellation. But it was now nearly eight in the evening, and she still hadn't returned. This caused Mo Xi's willow-like brows to furrow.
She knew their parents had given her sister quite a bit of pocket money; could she have gone somewhere to play? Or maybe to buy some manga? Fretting, Mo Xi suddenly slapped her forehead. She then took out her phone and tried to call her sister.
Ring... "The number you have dialed is outside the service area..."
A moment later, Mo Xi hung up with a grim expression. After several repeated attempts, she found she still couldn't get through.
'Is her phone dead and turned off? Or has something gone wrong?'
Recalling the inexplicable unease in her heart, she lightly bit her thin lip, her expression flickering with doubt and alarm. Ultimately, unable to set her mind at ease, she decided to go look for her...
"...This should do it... Sigh, it really is inconvenient without Yu Tong around."
An exhausted Yan Xi put down her work and rubbed her aching temples. She felt as if all her strength had been drained, stretching her graceful figure in her office chair. She had been busy cleaning up the troublesome mess on the internet. At the same time, there were the issues regarding Lord Sparkle and the two newly appeared Ability Users to consider and report accordingly. Yan Xi had been busy the entire afternoon.
"Seriously, it feels like today's workload is equivalent to half a year's worth of tasks, and yet almost none of them can be resolved."
Just as Yan Xi was about to lie down for a bit, she received a message from her subordinates.
(Director! A very beautiful girl just arrived at the front desk downstairs!) (She calls herself March 7th and claims to have important business with you. May I ask, do you know her?) (Or should we send her away?)
"March 7th? Who is that?" Looking at the message, Yan Xi showed a look of displeasure. The Ability Bureau wasn't exactly hidden, and many unlisted Ability Users more or less knew how to find it. But she was certain she didn't know such a person. Normally, she probably wouldn't even bother to respond.
However, after some consideration, she replied.
(Do you have a photo of her?)
Not long after the message was sent, a reply came back. An exquisite front-facing photo was quickly transmitted over. In the photo, a pink-haired girl was playfully making a peace sign, her face overflowing with a smile of youthful vitality and innocence. Her eyes were like two brilliant gems embedded in a pink world, crystal clear and twinkling with a lively light.
"She is indeed very beautiful, but I don't know this March 7th either." Yan Xi rubbed her chin uncertainly, searching her mind for memories of March 7th. In the end, she was one hundred percent certain she had never met the girl. After all, if she had met such a cute girl, the memory would have been very deep.
"Important business? Passing a message, or does she have another motive?"
So Yan Xi sent a message.
(Tell her to wait for me, I'm coming down immediately.)
Then Yan Xi walked straight out. 'Regardless of her purpose, I should meet her first.'
Soon, Yan Xi arrived in the lobby downstairs. She noticed two people immediately. Besides the person who sent the message, the other one was presumably March 7th.
'She looks young, and her whole body radiates a lively and cheerful aura.'
Seeing the Director come down, the receptionist immediately stepped forward to introduce her. "Director, you're here. This is Miss March 7th."
Following the introduction, March 7th also immediately stepped forward excitedly. "So glad to meet you, Director."
Facing the other's excited expression, Yan Xi didn't react much. Seeing the distant manner of the other, March 7th awkwardly stuck out her tongue. Stopping the jokes, she took out her phone and said, "Director, come look! This is an interesting place I discovered by chance, so I thought I'd come to the Ability Bureau to report it."
Yan Xi's eyes remained fixed on her. She didn't take up the topic, but instead asked, "You are March 7th?"
"...What is it? Do you have some doubts, Director?" March 7th didn't answer directly, but instead showed a puzzled expression.
However, Yan Xi's face changed as she sneered, "You're Sparkle, aren't you?"
...As the words fell, March 7th's eyes, which had been curved like crescent moons, instantly froze, and the innocent smile on the corner of her mouth seemed to have been paused.
Immediately following, the clear, cheerful, and simple aura she exuded suddenly underwent a transformation. She spread her hands, a helpless faint smile appearing on her lips. "Oh my, Miss Yan Xi is getting smarter and smarter, but this makes things no fun."
Now, Yan Xi knew she had guessed correctly. Having been seen through, March 7th's figure quietly vanished. A small and delicate figure stepped out from the side.
"Hmph, 'True Words' or whatever is really cheating. I thought I could successfully fool you this time." Sparkle's cheeks puffed up like a small balloon, looking displeased, and she kicked her feet in frustration as if venting her resentment.
Hearing the childish tone, Yan Xi felt her veins throbbing. Having been busy all afternoon, Yan Xi was currently in an extremely irritable mood. And you came all this way just to bother me with this?
Seeing that Yan Xi was about to snap, Sparkle cut her off first. "Is big sister angry? Lord Sparkle brought interesting information, you know~"
Yan Xi stared intently at Sparkle's expression, which said "I've got you." Helplessly, she could only swallow her anger for now and asked impatiently. Her tone was clearly rude, but it wasn't a deliberate lack of respect for Sparkle. Although Sparkle was powerful, she loved playing pranks and seeking amusement, finishing it off with that harmless face and a mocking smile, as if laughing at the other's incompetence.
One could only say that when facing Sparkle, it was truly difficult to give her the respect due to a powerful person. However, Sparkle didn't care about those things anyway. She giggled and handed over the phone.
Yan Xi took the phone and looked. The picture on the screen was of a rather dilapidated Residential Complex.
"What does this mean? Is there something here?" Yan Xi asked with a puzzled look after seeing it. To be honest, she had no impression of this place, nor could she see any problem.
But Sparkle didn't answer, instead putting her hands behind her back with a mysterious look. "Do I look like the kind of girl who spoils the fun? Since it's an interesting place, of course it's only fun if you go and reveal it yourself!"
After Sparkle finished speaking, she didn't wait for a response but skipped away with large strides, her two pigtails swaying cheerfully behind her.
The receptionist on the side saw this and said tentatively, "Should I call someone to stop her?"
"No need, go back to your work."
Seeing the leader being so serious, the receptionist also returned to her post. Yan Xi silently watched Sparkle's departing back. After some thought, she decided she couldn't just leave it alone. Whatever Sparkle's purpose was, she would go and take a look first.
So she immediately made a phone call. "Hello? Captain Chen, you..."
...Sparkle, who had left not long ago, was also heading towards the destination in the picture. To be honest, she didn't really have a specific goal. She wasn't even sure what was in the Residential Complex. Sparkle had just happened to discover this interesting place while looking for fun. Calling the people from the Ability Bureau was just a random act. As for the result... unknown games are more interesting, aren't they!
"An unknown independent space... So this is a mystic realm. Hehehe! I hope it brings me a lot of fun!"
The corners of Sparkle's mouth curled up slightly, her cherry blossom eyes flashing with a light of excitement as she ran forward with light steps.