Chapter 164 - 122: Winning Over the Junior

Chapter 164: Chapter 122: Winning Over the Junior

What’s going on?!

Isn’t that Ratman student, Huang Xiaoyue, locked up at Night Court Headquarters?!

What is she doing here?!

Gu Qing was stunned.

His gaze was locked on the familiar figure in the woods—a girl in a JK uniform, white stockings, and twin ponytails.

He wondered if he had mistaken her for someone else.

A moment later, he snapped out of it.

He immediately activated Lightning Reflexes.

He got up and walked toward the woods.

But as soon as he moved, the figure in the JK uniform, white stockings, and twin ponytails suddenly vanished into the foliage.

When he entered the woods, all he saw were a dozen or so abnormally fat rats, squeaking as they huddled under a tree, gnawing on chunks of unidentified meat.

[Human flesh, fresh, tasty...]

[Fake meat, fake meat, fake meat...]

[It’s duck, it’s duck, liar...]

Gu Qing glanced at the Beast Language translation before him, his eyes falling on the pile of meat under the tree for a closer look.

He saw that it wasn’t human flesh after all.

It was duck meat.

But that wasn’t the point. The point was, where had that girl in the JK uniform and twin ponytails gone? How did she suddenly vanish into thin air?

’Did I just imagine it?’

Gu Qing frowned, completely baffled. For a moment, he suspected he had seen wrong.

But he quickly dismissed the thought.

’No, that’s not right!’

’I didn’t see wrong.’

’Just now, a girl in a JK uniform, stockings, and twin ponytails who looked like the Ratman student Huang Xiaoyue definitely appeared in these woods.’

’I can smell the lingering scent of stockings that have been worn on someone’s legs.’

’It’s a familiar scent. I’ve smelled it on Sister Zhiyi many times. I can’t be mistaken.’

’But...’

’Where is the girl in the JK uniform and stockings?’

’How did she manage to vanish right under my nose?’

Gu Qing couldn’t figure it out for the life of him. It felt like he’d seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Unable to make sense of it, he didn’t dwell on it. Instead, he recorded a video of the scene with his phone and sent it to Lin Tianyang on WeChat, explaining the situation.

After understanding the situation, Lin Tianyang said he was heading to Hai City University right away and would be there in a few minutes.

His station was near Hai City University.

Just a little over a kilometer away.

After notifying Lin Tianyang, Gu Qing put away his phone. With a thought, he retrieved the Magic Mirror from his Storage Pouch and stared into its surface, asking:

"Magic Mirror, I just saw a girl in a JK uniform, white stockings, and twin ponytails in these woods. How did she just vanish into thin air when I came over?"

The mirror’s surface remained still as water, without the slightest ripple.

Apparently, the Magic Mirror was playing dead again.

Maybe it didn’t want to answer, or maybe it didn’t know the answer.

But Gu Qing was already used to it.

He didn’t waste time with the Magic Mirror. With another thought, he quickly returned it to his Storage Pouch.

Then, he began searching the woods by himself, hoping to find any trace of her.

However, after searching the entire area, he came up empty-handed.

...

「A few minutes later.」

The roar of a motorcycle engine echoed.

Lin Tianyang and his new partner arrived at the scene.

His new partner was a woman who looked to be in her forties.

Above her head was the tag [Cool Stud].

Her looks were average and her aura androgynous. Her face was fleshy, giving her a somewhat ferocious appearance.

Below the neck, it was even more exaggerated. Her muscles were as developed as a professional bodybuilder’s, and her body was as large as a mountain.

A woman with a build like that would turn every head on the street; she was impossible to miss.

Lin Tianyang walked quickly over to Gu Qing and introduced the muscular woman beside him:

"Gu Qing, this is my new partner. She was previously stationed over at Hai City Polytechnic College and was just transferred here two days ago. Everyone calls her Sister Yu."

"Sister Yu is incredibly strong. Her Biological Level is Tier Nine, making her one of the top Extraordinary Contactors in the entire Night Court."

"Lately, the Rat God Cultists around Hai City University have been unusually active, so Headquarters specifically transferred Sister Yu over to guard the area."

"..."

’A Biological Level of Tier Nine?’

’So powerful?’

’No wonder she’s so ripped... ’

Gu Qing thought to himself, then offered Ma Dongyu a polite smile. "Sister Yu, my name is Gu Qing. I’m still just a rookie trainee at the Night Court."

"I know who you are."

Ma Dongyu flashed a hearty smile, her voice a bit gruff. "You’ve been all the rage on the Night Court forums lately. Everyone’s talking about your achievements, saying you’re practically farming Extraordinary incidents like daily quests."

Gu Qing waved his hand dismissively. "It’s not that exaggerated. The posts on the forum are blowing things out of proportion; there’s a lot of fluff."

Ma Dongyu laughed and replied, "I think you’re just being too modest."

"..."

After a few brief exchanges, the three of them got down to business, splitting up to meticulously search the woods.

The woods weren’t large, only about the size of a basketball court.

In about ten minutes, the three of them had turned the entire area upside down.

But the result was disappointing. All three of them came up empty-handed, having found nothing.

"Gu Qing, are you sure you didn’t see wrong?"

Ma Dongyu looked at Gu Qing and said, "I just contacted someone at Headquarters. They said the Rat God Cultist named Huang Xiaoyue is still locked in her cell and hasn’t escaped."

"I’m not mistaken."

Gu Qing was absolutely certain. "I was right here, under this old banyan tree, and I clearly saw a girl who looked exactly like Huang Xiaoyue. It was definitely not a hallucination."

’My eyes can deceive me, but my nose can’t.’

He could still faintly smell that particular scent lingering in the air—the unique odor of stockings worn for a long time.

It was enough to prove that a girl wearing stockings had indeed been standing under this old banyan tree just moments ago.