Unless they were here to investigate the Pale Witch, Bai Yu couldn’t fathom what had appeared in the Old Urban District that could actually alarm Eden enough to send someone down to investigate.
To Bai Yu, this was the worst possible outcome.
She had finally found the amnesiac Loweia, giving her the chance to raise the former Antagonist Boss as her Lover.
Now, just as her plan was starting, it was bad enough that the Evil Organization wanted to find Loweia, but why was Eden trying to stick its nose in too?
No matter what, she wouldn’t hand Loweia over.
Loweia was Bai Yu’s greatest guarantee of survival in the crisis that would come one year from now.
If she actually let the people from Eden take Loweia away—even if Bai Yu gave her up voluntarily—she would only receive a pittance of a reward; she wouldn’t get a chance to ascend to Eden.
Even if handing over Loweia could buy her a ticket to Eden, Bai Yu would absolutely never do it.
She wasn’t so stupid that she would give away the key to her survival and let others decide her fate.
If Su Keke’s goal really was Loweia, then Bai Yu would have to find a way to distract her and then flee with Loweia immediately.
For now, she would try to feel out the nature of Su Keke’s commission.
“I haven’t taken any commissions. I’m just a local,” Bai Yu said.
“By the way, Miss Su, is the commission you accepted to deal with the Abnormal Entities appearing around here?”
“No, I just happened to notice the commotion, so I came over to take a look.”
Su Keke looked her up and down.
“Actually, since you’re a local, Bai Yu, I have a question for you.”
“What is it?”
“As an Esper living here, have you noticed anything unusual recently? For example, a lot of Abnormal Entities have suddenly popped up nearby.”
“Eh? Is that happening?”
Bai Yu immediately feigned confusion, pretending she knew nothing at all.
This way, since Su Keke knew she was also an Esper, she might tell Bai Yu what she knew, which might help her guess Su Keke’s purpose for being here.
“Hmm? You haven’t felt it, Bai Yu? In this general area near the Old Urban District, a lot of Abnormal Entities have suddenly and abnormally appeared recently. And it’s not just around here; they’ve been unnaturally popping up in large numbers in other parts of Red Maple City as well. I’m not sure about the situation elsewhere, but the commission I received was to investigate the cause of the unusual number of Abnormal Entities nearby. Bai Yu, as a local Esper, have you really not noticed anything strange?”
*Whew…*
After hearing the content of Su Keke’s commission, Bai Yu subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
So, Su Keke was only here to investigate the cause of the unusual number of Abnormal Entities, not to investigate the Pale Witch.
As for the cause of the abnormal number of Abnormal Entities lately, Bai Yu naturally knew the answer.
After all, in the Original Work, the Evil Organization that failed to find Loweia would certainly send people to conduct a large-scale search.
Since they didn’t have enough manpower to infiltrate Red Maple City properly, the group that did sneak in could only mass-produce Abnormal Entities and release them throughout the city to track down Loweia.
Of course, Bai Yu wouldn’t be foolish enough to reveal this information.
After all, it involved the fact that the Pale Witch was still alive, and she wouldn’t let anyone else know that.
Additionally, she was lucky that the Su Keke she was meeting now wasn’t the “ice queen” young lady from the Original Work, but a sunny, cheerful ditz who clearly couldn’t keep a secret.
Otherwise, Bai Yu never would have been able to ask about her commission.
“Sorry, I’ve been staying home lately to take care of my sick Lover, so I don’t know the situation outside.”
“I see.”
Su Keke sighed. S
he had initially thought that meeting a local Esper might yield some information, but it turned out this girl named Bai Yu knew nothing.
“Oh, right, I have one more question.”
‘Another question?’
‘Is this girl a walking encyclopedia of questions?’
“It’s strange. Since there’s an Esper here in the Old Urban District, why didn’t the residents come to you to solve their problems? Instead, they sent a commission request to the East District Branch of the Supernatural Bureau.”
Su Keke looked at her with a curious gaze.
“If I hadn’t happened to be investigating the abnormal number of Abnormal Entities near the Old Urban District and picked up that commission on the way, they wouldn’t have been able to spare anyone to handle that person’s request right now.”
“Well… although I’m an Esper, my Esper Ability level is very weak. I can’t really help.”
‘Strange, why is she suddenly asking this?’
In the Old Urban District, almost no one knew Bai Yu was an Esper.
After all, her ability was practically nonexistent.
“I see.”
Thinking back to the scene where Bai Yu had smashed the Shadow Lurker to death with a brick, if Bai Yu hadn’t said she was an Esper herself, Su Keke would have subconsciously assumed she was an ordinary person.
After thinking it over, she didn’t have any other questions, so it was time to say goodbye.
“Alright, I should get going. See you around!”
“Wait…”
Just as Su Keke was about to leave, Bai Yu called out to her.
“What’s wrong?”
Su Keke tilted her head in confusion.
Meanwhile, Bai Yu had just discovered a massive problem.
Su Keke said that a resident of the Old Urban District had issued a commission.
There wasn’t anything wrong with that in itself.
The problem was where it was accepted and who accepted it.
Why would Su Keke accept a commission from the East District Branch?
A startling realization dawned on Bai Yu.
She reflexively asked, “Um, Miss Su, are you from the East District Branch?”
“Yeah, why? Is something wrong?”
‘That’s not right.’
‘Why would a young lady from Eden come from a small place like the East District Branch?’
‘Could it be that she’s been sent out by the Academy in Eden for field training?’
“Well, I know a little bit about the East District Branch. Did you join recently, Miss Su? I haven’t heard of such a powerful Esper being there before.”
“No.”
Su Keke looked serious.
“After my Esper Ability awakened a few years ago, I joined the Supernatural Bureau here in the East District directly. It’s just that I have to spend most of my time at school, so I don’t go on missions very often. It’s normal that you don’t recognize me, Bai Yu.”
‘That’s not right. This is very wrong.’
‘Setting aside the personality change, why has even her character background been completely overhauled?’
‘Was this really caused by my transmigration?’
‘Or is it actually my own memory that’s the problem? Did I really misremember Su Keke’s background?’
‘Impossible… There’s no way I would misremember.’
‘Then something is wrong with Su Keke’s setting.
Since something is wrong with her, it’s possible that the settings of the other heroines have changed as well.’
‘If the protagonists’ settings are wrong, then will this world of Star Song that I know undergo massive changes beyond my knowledge?’
At that moment, Bai Yu felt a wave of dizziness.
‘Damn it…’
“Bai Yu, what’s wrong?”
“I’m fine.”
“Okay, then I’ll go handle the commission. See you around!”
Watching the girl walk away, Bai Yu stood dazed for a few seconds before suddenly remembering that she had left Loweia back at the clothing store.
Regardless of what changes might have occurred in this world, her primary goal remained unchanged: deal with Loweia first.
By winning over Loweia, she would have at least one more trump card for survival.
However, she had been out for quite a while.
By now, Loweia should have finished trying on the underwear and discovered she wasn’t in the store.
‘This is bad. I need to find an excuse to smooth things over.’
Bai Yu’s gaze scanned the surrounding shops, finally landing on a milk tea shop nearby.
‘Found it.’
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