Chapter 151 : Chapter 151

Chapter 151

The ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍manga’s plot soon reached a scene Ji Qing knew well.

Feng ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Youyou asked Ji Qing why he knew her whereabouts, and Ji Qing then gave his explanation. Ji Qing emphasized, 【I need you to come over. You Xingluo has been kidnapped by a gang in Xucheng. I can’t rescue him on my own, so I need your help.】

Only ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍then did Feng Youyou finally realize the severity of the situation.

But ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍when Feng Youyou thought of Xie Chang’an, who was acting together with her, she hurriedly asked Ji Qing for his opinion. Ji Qing replied casually, 【Sure. We happen to be short a driver.】

【Four-Person ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Squad, assemble!】

【I ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍feel like Yuexia really likes Ji Qing. Ji Qing appears so often.】

【Maybe Ji Qing just has good relationships with people?】

【Have none of you realized it? If Ji Qing weren’t there, Zhou Que wouldn’t have chosen to team up at all, and You Xingluo wouldn’t have had any interaction with Chang’an either. It’s precisely because Ji Qing is there that these two have interacted with Chang’an.】

【Is that so? (Stunned)】

【Come to think of it, Ji Qing really does get along well with Shao Huayu and the others…】

In the manga, Feng Youyou quickly met up with Xie Chang’an. Xie Chang’an had only just learned about the matter from Feng Youyou when he immediately said seriously, “Please allow me to help.”

That attitude was exactly what Feng Youyou had expected.

Thus, Feng Youyou helplessly told Xie Chang’an everything she knew, and the two immediately set off for Xucheng. However, at the train station on the way to Xucheng, the manga deliberately drew the moment when Feng Youyou heard the Central City broadcast, and a thoughtful glint flashed through her eyes.

Feng Youyou thought: She might understand the current situation a little now.

【???】

【What happened? Why is this suddenly connected to Central City? Oh, oh, oh, if this is about You Xingluo, then he really does have many connections to Central City.】

【Wait, that’s not right—could the huge commotion in Central City be because of You Xingluo?】

【Stunned.】

【I feel like everyone in this manga except Xie Chang’an seems like the protagonist. (Laughs)】

【Chang’an’s protagonist traits are also very obvious. The most realistic thing about the world of 《Ability Hunter》 is that not everyone revolves around the protagonist.】

【Yuexia really is amazing.】

The next chapter opened with You Xingluo waking up.

The manga deliberately marked the time beside the panel to help the readers understand the situation. After You Xingluo learned that he had been kidnapped, his mood was as calm as still water. He first checked the room’s environment, then finally judged his location from the scenery outside the window.

【Damn, this deductive ability is godly.】

【I always thought You Xingluo was pretty smart before, but I didn’t expect him to have read so much Federation law…】

【He really is clever.】

【Now he just needs to contact Ji Qing.】

【It feels like not much time passed between “he was kidnapped” and “Ji Qing asking Feng Youyou for help”… You Xingluo is so efficient…】

Ji Qing subconsciously frowned. He suddenly had a feeling that he was about to be backstabbed by Yuexia. If Yuexia wanted to draw You Xingluo’s side of the story, then it would inevitably involve the meeting between him and You Xingluo. The problem was: You Xingluo had also been very surprised when he saw him.

That point would be very difficult to gloss over for the readers.

Ji Qing murmured in a low voice, “Yuexia Cao, you really know how to set people up.”

After confirming his location, You Xingluo returned to the bed in resignation.

The kidnapper also quietly pushed the door open at that moment and looked at the already-awake You Xingluo in surprise. You Xingluo’s expression remained normal, and he frankly stated that he planned to sleep a little more to see if he could sleep his way back to Central City. His words left the kidnapper completely dumbfounded. Embarrassed and angry, the kidnapper yanked away You Xingluo’s quilt.

You Xingluo immediately sneezed from the cold.

【I’m dying of laughter, hahahaha.】

【Isn’t this personality way too cute? (Starry eyes)】

【One second: moldy sheets, a moldy pillow, a moldy quilt—AHHHHH. The next second: never mind, I should sleep first.】

【A pampered young master from a Noble House.】

In the manga, the kidnapper, who had been fooled by You Xingluo, hurriedly left.

You Xingluo noticed the door that he had failed to close, and his dark eyes blinked. Then he quickly walked to the door, shut it behind him, and revealed his first sly grin since waking up. “Hehehe. Only a fool would pass up an advantage.”

【What an interesting personality.】

【My heart feels so soft right now.】

【Did everyone in Class S grow up eating pure cuteness? They’re way too adorable, aren’t they?】

【I completely understand Ji Qing now. Zhou Que is cute, You Xingluo is cute, Shao Huayu is cute too. Everyone is so adorable, sob sob sob.】

【You Xingluo, you are a cute little cat~】

“Hiss… I didn’t expect there to be a development like this?” Ji Qing said in surprise.

It did a rather good job of highlighting You Xingluo’s personality.

Ji Qing thoughtfully recalled the main plotline of the previous volume. The previous volume had actually focused on showing Zhou Que’s character background. If he used the previous volume’s plot to infer this volume’s direction, Ji Qing felt that You Xingluo would become the protagonist of this volume.

After all, the cause of the rescue operation was You Xingluo.

Looking at it that way… A trace of contemplation flashed through Ji Qing’s eyes. He had previously been worried that Yuexia would deliberately create a crisis on You Xingluo’s side for the purpose of “letting Xie Chang’an interact with his classmates one by one.”

Now, it seemed there was no need to worry.

Ji Qing commented with deep helplessness, “Other than my identity becoming easier to expose, everything else is quite good.”

In the manga, You Xingluo was immediately caught.

He was carried back to the room by a tattoo-sleeved uncle like a chick being lifted by the scruff of its neck, while the kidnapper who had forgotten to close the door was kept behind for criticism. The manga showed a little of the Azure Dragon Gang’s internal situation here, as well as the current circumstances of the young kidnapper responsible for watching You Xingluo:

He He, twelve years old. His parents had died early, and his dream was to become an Ability User.

When He He returned outside the room in a depressed mood, You Xingluo happened to be looking at him pitifully. “Kind child, are you here to bring me food?”

【Cute Little Star.】

【He really feels like a cat.】

【Beautiful, but powerless. Isn’t this exactly a princess waiting for a prince to come rescue him?】

【We need Princess Framing!】

In the manga, He He went to fetch food.

When he handed today’s dinner to You Xingluo, You Xingluo looked at it with a few disgusted glances. He successfully gave half of the food to He He, and used the opportunity to try to ask He He about the Azure Dragon Gang’s internal situation.

He He looked at the calm and composed You Xingluo with a troubled expression. You Xingluo said in self-narration, “Because I am a Seer. When I have seen and come into contact with more things, my state of mind naturally becomes much calmer. And besides… it’s not as if I’ve reached a dead end yet.”

【That’s right, put him on the cover!】

【What a wonderful little kid. He has been trying to find a way out the whole time!】

【Now all that’s left is for him to meet Ji Qing.】

【Just from You Xingluo’s appearances in the previous volumes, I actually didn’t realize he had this kind of personality… I missed such an adorable creature… (Hands trembling)】

【He isn’t just cute. He’s smart too.】

【Observing the environment, gathering information, attempting to escape… he did all of those things. Although they looked like spur-of-the-moment decisions, You Xingluo really has a charm that inexplicably makes people lower their guard and focus only on his adorably dazed side.】

【That’s true. He’s amazing.】

“Maybe this is the talent of a Seer?” The corner of Ji Qing’s mouth curved into a helpless arc.

When Ji Qing and You Xingluo met, You Xingluo had already gathered all the information he needed and was thinking about an escape route. Ji Qing had quite admired You Xingluo’s decisiveness at the time, but he had not expected You Xingluo’s actions to appear so adorably dazed in the manga.

In the manga, You Xingluo suddenly said, “Come to think of it, an experience like this is pretty interesting.”

He walked to the window, leaned out to look at the only patch of misty, rainy sky outside, and sighed softly. “So Qing has been here before too. I didn’t expect to unlock his location again. He really does like high places.”

【Ji Qing has actually been here before? Wait, isn’t your relationship a little too good?】

【Ship fuel, right in my face.】

【That line stunned me all at once. I ship it, I ship it!】

【He even calls him Qing. That’s so intimate.】

【Sob sob sob, I want to know even more what these people were like during their first semester… The Class S side story is nowhere in sight… (Tears)】

Seeing this, Ji Qing subconsciously frowned. Now he truly did not know how much You Xingluo understood. If Ji Qing did not know that “Ji Qing” and “Qing” might not refer to the same person, then his current reaction would probably be about the same as the readers’…

“This is bad,” Ji Qing murmured, “but now isn’t a good time to ask.”

Before parting, You Xingluo had emphasized that he might be offline for a long time afterward. Ji Qing had accepted that at the time, but he had not expected problems to arise now. Based solely on the information Ji Qing had learned from White Night, he could not search for the other party on his own initiative.

The storm had not yet subsided. He could not afford to create more complications.

The next chapter’s plot was Ji Qing and You Xingluo’s meeting.

Unable to sleep, You Xingluo was thinking about how to escape. The more he thought, the worse his mood became, but soon, an unexpected figure knocked on the room door. You Xingluo’s mood instantly brightened, and even the light and shadow in the manga panels became much more refined.

Ji Qing sighed. “You really picked a place with a rather high rescue difficulty for me.”

You Xingluo said aggrievedly, “How can that be my fault?”

【That aggrieved little expression is so cute.】

【Holy crap!!!】

【So it wasn’t You Xingluo asking Ji Qing for help, but Ji Qing learning in advance that You Xingluo was trapped?】

【What kind of perfect tacit understanding scene is this?】

【So Ji Qing is in Xucheng right now, and he knows that the Azure Dragon Gang captured You Xingluo?】

【I was so focused on thinking about how You Xingluo went through all kinds of hardship to get in touch with Ji Qing, but I didn’t expect Ji Qing to come directly to him. Wait… in other words, Ji Qing had already contacted Feng Youyou before choosing to meet You Xingluo?】

【This plot design is incredible.】

Looking at the manga plot before him, Ji Qing calmly commented, “I can barely accept this.”

Ji Qing had been worried the whole time that Yuexia would expose his secret, but now everything could be completely explained with the fact that “Ji Qing had been in Xucheng at the time”: because Ji Qing was in Xucheng, he could hear about the Azure Dragon Gang’s movements, and because of that, he could realize that the hostage kidnapped by the Azure Dragon Gang might be You Xingluo.

Although it was inconsistent with what Ji Qing had told Feng Youyou and the others, it could also be explained by saying that “Ji Qing did not want others to know his whereabouts.”

After all, he had already refused Xie Chang’an several times, so the manga readers should also be familiar with his way of doing things. He simply did not want to answer Feng Youyou’s question, and on top of that, he did not want to get too close to his classmates.

In the manga, You Xingluo asked Ji Qing who the reinforcements were.

Accompanied by You Xingluo’s quiet protests about Ji Qing trying to keep things secret, the manga switched to the scene of Ji Qing standing at the entrance of a hotel in Xucheng. On the street not far away, Feng Youyou and Xie Chang’an were walking toward the hotel where Ji Qing stood.

At this point, the protagonist team of Volume 9 of 《Ability Hunter》 officially assembled.

【Ahhhhh, I’m looking forward to it!】

【Why do we still have to wait a week… I want to finish this volume right now, sob sob sob…】

【You Xingluo and Ji Qing are such a good CP to ship.】

【Yuexia, please believe in your hand speed! Burn your cosmos!】

【Congratulations to Xie Chang’an for unlocking another Class S classmate! I believe we will successfully integrate into Class S sooner or later!!!】

【It’s almost the end of the semester now.】

【Exactly. It’s all because Xie Chang’an is such a silent, bottled-up person. Other hot-blooded shonen manga protagonists become the focus of their class as soon as school starts, but our protagonist still isn’t familiar with his classmates even now… (Resentful)】

【I suppose that also counts as a Xie Chang’an specialty? (Wry smile)】