Chapter 55: Chapter 54: There Really Are Perverts!

At dusk, the setting sun of West State City was hidden behind the skyscrapers.

Fang Xiaoyu never let Bai Mo go, or rather, never gave up on finding the pervert.

She held Bai Mo’s hand, reluctant to let go, and walked back to her apartment building.

As they walked, she started complaining about work again.

"Previously, they clearly said that being your secretary meant I wouldn’t have to handle administrative matters anymore.

"But recently, with all the illegal financial regulation, a bunch of administrative tasks fell on me again.

"Damn, it’s exhausting me!"

Talking about this, Bai Mo asked.

"What exactly does illegal financial regulation mean?"

Fang Xiaoyu pouted.

"Sounds strange, right?

"It’s quite simple to explain.

"Illegal financial regulation means... wanted criminals aren’t allowed to buy things!"

Huh?

What does it mean to not allow wanted criminals to buy things?

Fang Xiaoyu continued to explain.

"In modern society, we rarely use cash anymore.

"If any suspicious stranger insists on using cash to buy things, then there’s potential trouble. Merchants report this to the Non-Financial Management Division, which will try to verify it.

"And if wanted criminals use mobile payment, even easier; the mobile payment platform will monitor any suspicious transaction through big data and forward the information to the Non-Financial Management Division.

"In short...

"With the Non-Financial Management Division around, wanted criminals can’t buy things. Either they stay excluded from this commercial society, or they risk getting caught when buying things.

"That’s how it works."

Bai Mo roughly understood.

As they talked, hand in hand, they reached the bottom of Fang Xiaoyu’s apartment building.

Bai Mo intended to say goodbye but was surprised that Fang Xiaoyu, holding his hand, was trying to bring him inside the apartment building!

"Hey?

"I don’t want to go in, okay?"

Fang Xiaoyu paused for a moment, widened her big eyes, leaned closer, and locked eyes with Bai Mo.

"Expert Bai Mo, did you help me catch the wanted criminal today?"

"No, today... no one was watching us. Some were peeking at you, all perverts. Some were peeking at me, all female perverts. But none of them seemed like the perverted guys you described..."

Fang Xiaoyu leaned in closer, her breath like orchids, breathing on Bai Mo’s neck.

Her expression was serious and earnest.

"Then that’s it! You haven’t completed your task yet. You need to come up with me and further provoke that pervert, make him act quickly, expose himself, and then help me catch him!

"You can’t be a thief for a thousand days, but you can’t guard against a thief for a thousand days. I don’t want a pervert haunting me every day, you understand this, right?"

Bai Mo looked up at the apartment building, again doubting if the so-called "pervert" was just an invention by Fang Xiaoyu? Or perhaps, Fang Xiaoyu herself was the scheming pervert?

Amidst his hesitation and indecision, he was already being pulled by Fang Xiaoyu into the apartment building, into the elevator, out of the elevator, into the corridor, through the door, and into her room, closing the door behind them, arriving at Fang Xiaoyu’s little den.

Inside this small apartment, the color scheme was warm, filled with all sorts of rag-tag plush toys, cosmetics, beauty devices, messy, yet also clean.

Bai Mo was about to look at the balcony but Fang Xiaoyu suddenly covered his eyes with her hand.

"Don’t look!

"I have clothes drying on the balcony.

"Expert Bai Mo, you’re here to catch the pervert, not to be one!"

Bai Mo tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Fang Xiaoyu said again, "I’ll go take a shower first, don’t peek."

...

Thus, Bai Mo was left to stay overnight by Fang Xiaoyu.

The night was as cool as water.

Fang Xiaoyu didn’t say anything like "let’s share the bed to provoke the pervert". Instead, ungraciously, she let Bai Mo sleep on the floor with only a yoga mat provided.

The apartment was small, with only a room besides the bathroom.

Bai Mo’s yoga mat was laid right next to Fang Xiaoyu’s bed.

"Expert Bai Mo, I trust your character. Sleep well!"

Lying on the rigid floor, smelling the scent of shampoo and shower gel wafting nearby, Bai Mo frowned.

...

Fang Xiaoyu’s apartment is one of West State City’s upscale single apartments. Naturally equipped with cameras, guards, and a security room.

At this moment, the security room was empty.

Only its big screen, divided into small squares, displayed footage from various cameras.

Suddenly, there was rustling in the security room as a silhouette emerged from thin air, revealing its outline, color – it was a gigantic chameleon crawling on the monitoring room’s desk!

The chameleon opened its mouth, actually spitting out half the body of a dry, skinny man!

He wiped away the mucus from his face and started tampering with the surveillance.

Before long, the footage showed Fang Xiaoyu leading Bai Mo home.

"Ah? That wealthy woman buying cars, not single, has a partner?"

Now that she’s not single, the degree of trouble doubled, making her no longer a target of interest.

The skinny man shrank back into the chameleon’s belly. The chameleon went invisible again, vanishing without a trace, quietly crawling out of the monitoring room.

The skinny man remained nested within the chameleon’s belly. It’s dark, hot, and sticky inside, making it slightly uncomfortable for him. However, he’s grown accustomed to it, after all, he’s been Sequence Nine for over a year and has been living inside this chameleon for several months now.

He pulled out his phone and sent a message to his brother.

[Damn it, the wealthy single woman I’ve been tailing for ages has a partner, can’t act on her]

His brother quickly replied.

[Maybe they just hooked up for a fling? Hahaha]

[Do you still have money? Can you still feed the Immortal Beast?]

The skinny man was silent. He locked his phone screen without replying. He still had one hundred-dollar bill, enough to buy one meal for the Immortal Beast. But he dared not buy it! He feared being caught by the Non-Financial Regulation!

Suddenly, he noticed that the chameleon belly he was residing in started to squirm and heat up!

The skinny man’s face changed drastically, suddenly panicking!

The Immortal Beast always needs to eat at mealtime! Its stomach must be filled! Furthermore... the Immortal Beast devours everything inside its belly without discretion once it starts digesting!

Even if it’s a Beast Master in its stomach!

"Don’t! Please don’t! I’m not tasty, not digestible!"

The skinny man’s voice was sobbing.

"I’ll go buy you fresh beef!"

Saying this, the skinny man felt a cool breeze over his head, coming as the chameleon opened its mouth, spitting him out.

Whoosh...

Along with a sludge of mucus, the skinny man was spat out, wearing only swimming trunks, onto the ground. He slowly climbed up, wiping the mucus off his face.

He glanced around at the environment, confirming it was night, dark outside. Confirmed he stood at the back foot of the apartment building, with few passersby.

He glanced at his Immortal Beast, seeing the chameleon lying on the ground, tongue extended, observing this chameleon had two round eyes, darting about, incessantly watching himself... the skinny man couldn’t resist shivering.

"I remember the location of that food shop; let’s go... steal some meat."

But... stealing meat could get reported, bringing an investigation by the Immortal Technique Committee.

If he buys it with the little remaining money, it’s the same outcome, also bringing an investigation by the Immortal Technique Committee.

"Or... let’s go to the wealthy woman’s house!

"In the worst case, use your venom to control her and her partner, make them keep us alive, drain them for life, let them be our providers!"

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