Girl, you form the head.

Chapter 42 Bond Experiment
"What's wrong with you?" Ruri noticed the change in Bai Chi's expression.

"Strange." Bai Chi pinched his chin, quite puzzled. "The Knight System just notified me that the bond between Yan Le and me has increased."

Ruri was also taken aback. For a moment, she didn't know whether to ask why this guy's special ability included remote notification, or what the bond was all about.

After a slight hesitation, Ruri decided to ask the latter, "What kind of bond enhancement?"

“I’m not quite sure what’s going on either.” Bai Chi shook his head. “Anyway, the next time I transform with her, I’ll be able to use the final attack even if the synchronization rate is below 40%.

Ruri was astonished. There was actually such a benefit?

Having experienced two fusions with Bai Chi, Liu Li Hui naturally knew how much of an enhancement this was. The biggest challenge in their battles was maintaining a synchronization rate of over 40% in order to unleash their most powerful finishing moves.

But this isn't easy, since even a slight blow will lower the synchronization rate. However, with that boost, things are different; even if it's on the verge of disintegration, there's still a chance to turn the tide.

So strong?
Why don't you make one for me too?
Ruri couldn't help but ask, "How did she do that?"

"I don't know yet." Bai Chi immediately made a phone call to ask, but Yan Le didn't answer. He figured she was in class, so he hung up and started thinking to himself. "The system notification just now was about 'bond,' not 'synchronization rate.' Bond refers to relationship, to trust, which means... she values ​​me more now?"

Why is she suddenly paying attention to you all the time?
Ruri wanted to ask that question, but felt it was too direct, so she phrased it more gently: "That doesn't make sense, she's not even here."

"You mean, even though she's not physically with me, she's still thinking about me?"

Ruri-e: "..."

How did this guy come to this conclusion?

Moreover, at first glance, this conclusion doesn't seem to have any problems.

Then, Ruri noticed that Bai Chi's gaze had suddenly fallen on her, and a strong sense of unease immediately welled up in her heart: "Why are you looking at me?"

"Why has Yanle's bond with me strengthened, but ours hasn't? We've known each other for much longer." Bai Chi's gaze was intense, as if he saw through everything. "Is it because you don't usually have me in your heart?"

Ruri opened her mouth.

What kind of question is that?! How am I supposed to answer that?!
Bai Chi didn't seem to care what Liuli Hui thought. He was just thinking about the problem from a scholar's perspective, so he didn't need Liuli Hui's answer. After a period of careful consideration, he took Liuli Hui's phone, and then quickly returned it to her.

When Ruri took the phone and looked at it, she was dumbfounded.

Because Bai Chi had already changed her lock screen and desktop wallpaper to her own ID photo.

"What are you doing!"

“Let’s do an experiment,” Bai Chi said. “Every time you open your phone from now on, the first thing you see is my picture, which will make you think of me. After a while, see if your bond with me will increase.”

Ruri was at a loss for words to express her feelings. Although Bai Chi was quite handsome, having such a formal ID photo as her lock screen wallpaper made her feel like two Bai Chis, one inside and one outside the phone, were staring at her every time she turned on her phone. This gave her a chill, and she quickly protested, "Why is it only me..."

"Click".

Before she could finish her protest, Bai Chi had already taken a picture of her as well, and then started operating the device, clearly intending to use her picture as his lock screen wallpaper every day.

What powerful action this is! And it's so impartial, starting directly with oneself.

"Oh no." Bai Chi frowned.

"What is it now?" After just a few words, Ruri-e already felt completely exhausted.

"You can only save one photo as a lock screen wallpaper at a time." Bai Chi looked a little troubled. "I don't think I can put up photos of you and Yan Le at the same time. Would the effect be too bad if it were a scrolling wallpaper?"

Liuli finally couldn't take it anymore. She immediately grabbed Bai Chi's hand and said in a pleading tone, "Why don't you wait for Yan Le's reply and ask her how she did it? Don't experiment on your own."

"I will indeed wait for her call back, but I think this kind of experiment that doesn't require any cost is also acceptable..."

"Ahem, speaking of which, don't you have to go to work today?" Ruri changed the subject very abruptly. "How come you still have the mood to go swimming at the beach, and you even brought me along?"

"Oh, you mean this?" Bai Chi finally put his bond experiment aside for the time being, turned to look at the sea outside the car window and the new district on the other side of the sea, shook his head and said, "Of course I didn't come here to swim."

Bai Chi didn't go to work today. Instead, he drove Liu Li Hui to the beach early in the morning. He even bought two swimsuits at the supermarket before coming, which is why Liu Li Hui asked him why he suddenly became interested in swimming.

But Bai Chi's real purpose was twofold: first, to change houses.

"Change houses?" Ruri was a little surprised. "Why would you want to change houses all of a sudden?"

Don't you want to change?

How could I not want to change?
Ruri is a girl, after all. How could she possibly want to live under the same roof as Bai Chi, a grown man, every day... no, in the same living room? But despite her thoughts, she was still very curious about why Bai Chi suddenly wanted to move.

“Because that’s what all the police officers here do,” Bai Chi said. “Once you become a police officer, you get a housing allowance, and almost no officer would ignore this benefit. If I didn’t use it, it would be too conspicuous.”

Ruri finally understood what Bai Chi meant. This guy finally realized how special he was in the police force, and what Bai Chi had to do now and in the future was not to allow him to be too special.

Great, this guy is finally slowly returning to normal.

“Besides, the previous room was too small,” Bai Chi said. “It was already crowded for you and Yan Le, and there will definitely be more people coming later, so there won’t be enough room then.”

You want even more people?!

Okay, she has to take back what she said earlier.

“Besides, the previous house wasn’t convenient for doing things,” Bai Chi added.

Ruri's heart skipped a beat: "What do you want to do?"

Bai Chi did not answer immediately, but instead looked up and stared at a small boat slowly approaching on the distant sea.

"You'll find out soon enough." Bai Chi extended his hand to Liu Li Hui. "Come on, it's time to transform."

……

On the sea, a yacht is sailing at a leisurely pace.

Captain Maeda Tetsuya whistled leisurely as he steered the ship, but his eyes were scanning the surroundings warily, searching for any signs of the coast guard.

The reason they acted like thieves was because they weren't legitimate boats at all. On the surface, it was just an ordinary vacation yacht, but it was actually carrying a full load of cargo.

Although smuggling is safer at night, you can't just be idle all day, right?
So they would transport less prohibited goods during the day, and even if the coast guard found out, they would only be taken back, fined, and detained for a couple of days, and would be released quickly.

That being said, it's always better to avoid going to jail if possible. "Jin De!" he shouted to his assistant below, "Have you spotted the coast guard?"

"No."

“That’s fine then.” Maeda Tetsu nodded. “Tell the men below to get ready; it’s about time we went ashore.”

It was another tedious but safe journey, Maeda Tetsu thought to himself.

But then, Jin De's slightly suspicious voice rang out: "Uh, the coast guard didn't see anything, but I think I saw something strange flying in the sky... it looked like it was coming towards us!"

Coming for us? From the sky?!
Maeda Tetsu raised his head in a daze and saw something black rushing towards him.

"What the hell?!"

Maeda Tetsu immediately dodged, and in an instant, a jet-black spear, carrying astonishing power, tore through the driver's cab window and plunged deep into the floor.

"What happened?"

"What's the noise?"

The two armed crew members immediately rushed into the wheelhouse, and when they saw the long, black gun, they both showed the same bewildered expression as Maeda Tetsuya.

Where did this thing come from? Who the hell is so shameless as to throw javelins on the shore?!
Just as Maeda Tetsuya was about to curse, he saw the spear no longer stationary, but slowly rising with a strange black mist. This sudden change sent a chilling, dangerous intuition creeping up his spine: "Wait, what is this thing...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the spear vanished in an instant, and amidst the surging black mist, a ghost-like, pitch-black figure materialized from the mist and appeared.

"They're special beings!!!"

Maeda Tetsu shouted, but it was too late. The ghostly figure emerged from the black mist with a whooshing sound, moving as fast as lightning in the night, and in an instant, it swept down the two crew members who were trying to raise their guns.

broken!

Maeda Tetsu immediately reached for the alarm button. However, just as his fingertips were about to touch it, an irresistible force suddenly gripped him, lifted him up instantly, and then slammed him hard against the ceiling.

"Cough cough cough..."

Blood rushed to his throat, and Maeda Tetsuya spat it out. Drops of blood fell onto the figure's black mask, making it look even more terrifying.

"The New World Society, is it?" A neutral voice came from under the visor. "If you want to live, answer my questions honestly."

So they really came for them?
Suppressing his fear, Maeda Tetsuya wisely said, "You can just ask directly, there's no need to lift a finger... cough cough cough..."

"I'm asking you, where did that ship, codenamed 335, go on September 4th?" Bai Chi was naturally asking about the ship that transported the monster, something he had seen in the notebook of that low-ranking crew member.

"3, 335?"

“The captain’s name is Sindri,” Bai Chi said. “If you say you don’t know again, I’ll have to throw you into the sea to feed the sharks.”

“Of course I know!” Maeda Tetsu shouted. “But he’s been missing for several days now, and I don’t know where he went.”

Have you been missing for several days?
Bai Chi wasn't too surprised by this; he was most likely silenced by the New World Society. But it didn't matter; he hadn't intended to find a breakthrough from the smuggling ship a few days ago.

"Tell me, is your society conducting research on people with special abilities?"

“Special, special person?” Maeda Tetsu stammered. “I don’t know.”

Bai Chi didn't say anything, but simply raised his right hand, and in an instant, the black spear that had disappeared forward returned to his palm.

"I really don't know!" Maeda Tetsu panicked even more when he realized what Bai Chi was about to do. "I'm just a deliveryman! I'm one of the lowest-ranking people in the organization, how would I know what those big shots are researching?!"

Bai Chi pressed the Shadow Knight's Lance against Maeda Tetsuya's neck, the tip piercing Maeda Tetsuya's skin, and blood immediately gushed out uncontrollably.

With death looming over his neck, Maeda Tetsuya finally couldn't care less about anything else and cried out in despair, "I really don't know! All I know is that they have a secret factory in Linchuan District that produces drugs, but I don't know what kind of drugs they are or whether they are related to people with special abilities!"

Upon hearing this answer, Bai Chi finally released Maeda Tetsuya.

Maeda Tetsuya fell from the ceiling with a "thud," and before he could get up, he was kicked unconscious by Bai Chibu.

"The secret factory in Linchuan?" Bai Chi said thoughtfully. "This is the first time I've heard of it."

“This kind of secret factory sounds like a dangerous place, doesn’t it?” Ruri asked in the consciousness space. “So, are you planning to start from this angle?”

"Of course we should go and take a look."

“That’s true, since there are no clues right now.” Ruri nodded. “But I have a question.”

"what?"

"Couldn't you have waited until this ship landed before you made your move?!" Ruri said. "Why did you have to fly over like this?"

"Actually, that's my main purpose."

"what?"

Bai Chi stepped out of the yacht's wheelhouse and looked towards the new district.

Now that we have a lead, the focus of the investigation should definitely be on the new district. But it would be too suspicious for a policeman from Hanguang District to be running around the new district every day, especially since he was taking Liuli Hui with him.

Therefore, using the thrown Shadow Knight's Lance as a springboard for teleportation is a very good way to cross the sea.

"Is there a problem?" Bai Chi asked.

Ruri was silent for a moment, then shook her head: "No, it's nothing."

She didn't really want Bai Chi to use his power too ostentatiously, since there was a possibility of being discovered.

But then again, City C is so big, and there aren't many people chasing her, and they haven't made a move in a long time. It's hard to say whether they've already gone back. And she can't hide in the darkness forever, so... let it be.

Seeing that Ruri had no explanation, Bai Chi didn't press the matter. Instead, he used Maeda Tetsu's phone to call the police and then threw the Shadow Knight's Lance again.

This time, however, the target is the newest district.

The next second, his figure disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)