Eriri was silent for a few seconds, then turned to look at Utaha and whispered, "I'm sorry, senpai."

Shiyu gave a soft "hmm," which was taken as acceptance of her apology.

"Alright, the misunderstanding is finally cleared up." Luo Tian clapped his hands. "Everyone, put on your bracelets. I've added a new function to them."

The bracelet now features a stealth effect, which requires 2,000 points to activate. Its function is to block all detection abilities, items, and spells.

Shi Yu looked down at the bracelet on her wrist; the patterns on the pendant were indeed much more complex than before.

"Spend two thousand points at once?" Eriri couldn't help but click her tongue. "You're too generous."

"This is an investment in advance," Luo Tian explained. "Several new members have joined SDS, and I'm not sure if they have the capability to detect them, so this is just in case."

"What is SDS?" Eriri asked, puzzled.

"It's an official department specifically responsible for handling supernatural events," Luo Tian explained simply. "I've already joined this organization, and I'll most likely be dealing with their people from now on."

"Will there be any danger?" Shiyu asked softly.

"Not yet." Luo Tian paused, "but who knows what will happen in the future."

He checked the system panel and saw that he still had more than 17,000 points left, which was enough to last him for a while.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing." Luo Tian suddenly remembered something, "SDS will be sending a mentor over tomorrow."

"What kind of teacher is she?" Eriri pressed.

"I don't know either," Luo Tian shook his head, "but they're definitely not ordinary people."

---

As evening fell, Luo Tian walked home alone.

The 500,000 yen salary that Tachibana Kirika had paid in advance had arrived in his account. He didn't want to continue living at Shiyu's house and planned to find a place of his own.

He took out his phone to look at available apartments. The cheapest studio apartment cost 80,000 yen per month, while better ones cost 150,000 yen.

Five hundred thousand seems like a lot, but after paying the deposit and the gift money, there's not much money left.

"System, can points be exchanged for cash?" Luo Tian asked in his mind.

"You can exchange them, but the exchange rate may fluctuate. Currently, it's 1 point for 110 yen," the system replied immediately.

Luo Tian quickly calculated that he currently had more than 17,000 points, which, if redeemed entirely, would amount to 1.87 million yen.

"Let's not change it for now."

The system said that the more points he keeps, the higher his luck value will be, so he needs to accumulate points.

Just then, he kicked something—a brown leather wallet.

Luo Tian bent down, picked it up, and opened it. Inside were 50,000 yen, a driver's license, and several credit cards.

Suddenly, the system prompted: "The luck value from the host's current points reserve has begun to take effect."

Luo Tian carefully put the wallet away, planning to take it to the nearby police station the next day.

He walked downstairs to the apartment building, about to enter, when a woman's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Mr. Luo Tian."

Luo Tian turned around, and there stood a woman under the streetlight, it was Ju Wuxiang.

"Mr. Luo Tian, ​​are you free now? I'd like to offer you a cup of coffee."

Ju Wuxiang led Luo Tian to a coffee shop called "LycoReco". The shop was small and hidden deep in an alley. A wooden sign hung at the entrance, with the words "Open for Business" written in chalk.

Pushing open the door, I went inside and found three or four guests sitting there.

Behind the bar, a middle-aged man with white hair was wiping glasses. When he saw Tachibana Misty Scent enter, he nodded slightly.

"Mika, this is the new member," Tachibana Kirika introduced. "Luo Tian is an unofficial member of our team."

Mika looked Luo Tian up and down, then extended her hand: "Welcome to the team."

Luo Tian shook hands with him and could feel that the other man's palms were very rough, with thick calluses on his knuckles, clearly indicating that he was someone who practiced shooting for many years.

"Where did everyone else go?" Tachibana Kirika asked.

"Chizuka and Takina went out on errands, and Kurumi is on the second floor," Mika replied.

Ju Wuxiang led Luo Tian to a booth and ordered two coffees.

She opened her briefcase and said seriously, "SDS mainly deals with three types of enemies. The first is secretive and mysterious organizations, such as Truth Astronomy and Golden Dawn; the second is people who abuse superpowers to commit crimes; and the third is strange life forms from the abyss."

"What does Truth Astronomy do?" Luo Tian asked curiously.

"A bunch of fanatical and insane people." Tachibana Kirika's tone suddenly turned serious. "They worship demons, perform bloody sacrifices, and are determined to summon demons to the human world."

"What about the Golden Dawn?"

"They're obsessed with collecting all things mysterious," Kaori Tachibana continued. "Abyssal items, forbidden books, spells, magical artifacts—they steal anything related to them. The Demon Heart was stolen by them."

"What was their purpose in stealing the Demon Heart?"

"That's a good question." Kaori Tachibana took a sip of her coffee. "Unfortunately, we haven't found the answer either."

"The members of Truth Astronomy want to turn themselves into demons," Kaori Tachibana added. "They willingly step into the abyss and accept its corruption, all in order to gain greater power."

The Golden Dawn, on the other hand, frantically collected knowledge and various items from the Abyss.

Did they achieve their goal?

"It can be considered a partial success." Tachibana Kirika's expression became somewhat complicated. "Someone in the Truth Astronomy has already completed demonization and reached the hero rank."

Luo Tian frowned. The system divided abilities into five levels: ordinary, excellent, elite, hero, and demigod. The hero level was already the top level.

Does SDS have members of the hero rank?

"Yes, there is." Tachibana nods. "Natsuki Minami is one of them."

Who is Nangong Nayue?

"She's your new English teacher." Tachibana Kirika smiled slightly. "Tomorrow she'll be transferring to Toyosaki Academy to be the advisor for your Starry Sky Club."

Luo Tian was stunned: "You even know about my founding of the Starry Sky Society?"

"Of course I know." Tachibana Kiri picked up her coffee cup. "Why do you think I approached you? It's because you formed a club, recruited members, and even created an alternate dimension."

"Are you spying on me?"

"It's observation," Tachibana Kirika corrected him. "That's SDS's job."

After finishing their coffee, Ju Wuxiang led Luo Tian to the coffee shop's basement.

The staircase is hidden behind the bar. Push open an iron door and go down two floors, and the space in front of you will suddenly open up.

The basement was more than ten times larger than the coffee shop upstairs, with an entire wall made into a weapon rack, displaying pistols, rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, and many other firearms that Luo Tian couldn't name, all neatly arranged.

"Just pick one." Tachibana Kirika stood at the top of the stairs. "Chizuka will teach you how to use it."

"Thousand bunches?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a head popped out from behind the weapon rack. It was a girl in sportswear with short silver hair, red eyes, and a bright smile on her face.

"Is this a new friend?" she skipped over. "Finally, a boy!"

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