An H-film…
Miyabi hadn't seen that kind of thing, and Teyvat didn't even have that sort of video media, so Eula and the others didn't understand the conversation between Koji and the "wheat-flake siblings."
"Friend, this is one of those things you should just keep to yourself," Wise said awkwardly. "If you say it out loud, the Public Security Bureau might come knocking."
He really didn't want the Public Security Bureau showing up at his door to conduct an anti-obscenity raid. If the famous Proxy, Phaethon, got arrested, it'd be humiliating beyond words.
Koji showed the expression of a fellow man of culture. Ever since crossing worlds, he hadn't watched anything like that either.
"Those people over there—are they someone you know?" Yijiang raised an eyebrow and looked toward three rooftop positions.
They were perfect sniper perches. Even though her strength wasn't on the level of her younger sister's, she could still tell someone was watching.
Miyabi and Koji had noticed long ago too, but neither of them had said anything. They hadn't sensed any malice.
"Over there?"
The wheat-flake siblings looked over, but they didn't see anything. In the end, they still weren't on the level of monsters like Void Hunters.
After being discovered, the sniper immediately concealed themself again—stealth and awareness pushed to the limit.
"I'll take you over," Koji said.
Koji led them and used spatial movement, arriving on the rooftop.
What does it feel like to be surrounded while you're sniping? For the onlookers, it was whatever. For the sniper, it was so awkward they might as well have been scraping their toes into the roof—like being roasted over a fire. They even had the urge to just… die for a second.
Koji and the others stood in a circle around a blonde sniper. The sniper didn't even react at first, still holding the same prone posture.
"Trigger?"
Belle recognized the masked sniper and stared in confusion.
No—seriously. You're a sniper lying here. What exactly are you doing?
"A member of the Obol Squad?" Miyabi raised an eyebrow. With that outfit, it was obviously military.
Was this because of the wheat-flake siblings' identities?
Miyabi didn't think Trigger was here to monitor her. The price of surveilling a Void Hunter powerhouse—even the military wouldn't casually do something like that.
But the wheat-flake siblings were tangled up in a lot of things. They were the type to get watched.
Not many people knew their real identities, but once you reached a certain status, you'd be qualified to learn the truth.
The fact they were master-and-disciple with that woman was enough to attract attention. Some people would even try to dig out valuable intel from the siblings.
Still, the reason the siblings had lived safely for so many years was because someone had been working behind the scenes—shielding them.
"Boss… what a coincidence!" Trigger blurted, panicked and scrambling. "I wasn't peeping!"
The moment she said it, it was basically a confession straight from her heart.
The wheat-flake siblings: "…"
You did say you were peeping. They couldn't help laughing helplessly—this unplaceable charm was something else.
Eula and the others twitched at the corners of their mouths. They'd thought it was a real sniper mission. Turns out she was here purely to peep.
So the skills a sniper learned… were being used for THIS.
Yijiang looked blank. It hadn't even been that many years—had the military really become this unprofessional already?
"Ah…"
Trigger realized what she'd just said. The indicator light on her mask turned a shy pink, and she let out a miserable wail.
It was over. Her image in front of the boss was completely ruined.
This world was beyond saving. Please, someone destroy it later.
"Uh… Trigger, are you okay?" Belle asked with concern.
The siblings weren't idiots—they'd known for a long time that Trigger felt something far from ordinary toward them.
"…"
Trigger went silent, like she'd already been dead for a while.
Her mind was completely blank. She couldn't process anything anymore. This kind of social death scene—every second of it was pure humiliation.
"Seriously… that's kind of pitiful…" Eula couldn't help feeling a little sympathy. Getting caught this cleanly—she probably wouldn't be able to face people for a long time.
"Trigger!"
Belle suddenly hugged Trigger's body from the front. Hey—don't do anything stupid. We won't distance ourselves from you after this, so don't go jumping off the roof!
Boss's warmth. Boss's scent…
When Belle hugged her, Trigger snapped back to her senses. Her heart started pounding wildly, and her whole body lit up with energy.
The boss she adored… was hugging her.
Th-this… this was too much. It made her so excited she could barely stand it.
Trigger stopped walking. Thinking about it now… there were still things in this world worth clinging to.
"Trigger, you can't do something stupid," Belle said earnestly.
Trigger nodded and replied, "I understand. Sorry for worrying you, Boss."
"Trigger, then tell us," Belle said with a puzzled smile. "Why were you here?"
"Um…"
Trigger got embarrassed again. She didn't have any other intentions—she just wanted to see Phaethon. That was all.
But she couldn't exactly say that excuse out loud.
Today was the same as always: observing Phaethon. Who could've guessed she'd be spotted by a Void Hunter?
Getting caught red-handed like that… in that instant, the social death she'd never experienced before brutally trampled her heart.
"Forget it. If you want to see us, just come to the video store," Belle said, helpless.
She knew Trigger wasn't going to be able to say it.
"Okay. I'm leaving first."
Trigger had zero desire to stay here. She hurried off—this was just too humiliating.
She'd need a long time to recover before she could forget what happened today.
"Honestly, it really is you two. Even Trigger gets effortlessly handled," Koji said.
"Ahem. We're old acquaintances," Belle coughed once. "We run into her on Sixth Street pretty often, but I didn't expect Trigger to come see us in this way."
"Don't you think it's strange?" Shenhe asked.
"It's fine. Trigger's kind of special, so we never really cared," Belle shook her head.
They'd known Trigger for a long time. They understood what kind of personality she had.
"Tsk tsk tsk… This white-haired big-sis's vibe is kind of like the cultivators up on Yunqi Mountain," Belle sized up Shenhe.
Cool and detached, like a fairy. That special aura didn't feel like someone of the mundane world.
"Even on Yunqi Mountain, it's rare to see someone like that," Yijiang said.
Shenhe's aura felt even more like someone cultivating immortality. Yunqi Mountain practiced dao arts, but it still connected with the mortal world in the end—while Shenhe felt like she'd stepped straight out of deep mountains.
That kind of immortal aura wasn't something ordinary people could have.
"Shenhe cultivates among mountains and forests. Now she's training by experiencing the secular world," Koji introduced.
Cultivating alongside mystical beasts—she could be called an immortal cultivator.
"There are really immortal cultivators?" Belle said in shock.
"It's not exactly immortal cultivation. It's just a kind of cultivation," Shenhe corrected.
Her master was an adeptal beast, while she was only human. To reach the same kind of long lifespan as her master through cultivation alone… was extremely, extremely difficult…
(End of Chapter)
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