Witch Redemption

In just one day, Li Lan and Della, along with Hei Fa Yu Hui and Leviathan, arrived at the outskirts of Fukagawa City.

Since it's almost Chinese New Year and jobs are hard to find, Li Lan can only look for a place to stay in the suburbs for now.

Following their memories from over a decade ago, they took a long bus ride and finally arrived at a familiar place.

This is an industrial residential area where Li Lan lived before her transmigration, where housing prices are relatively low.

Looking back on the past, this is how most office workers in big cities are: they go to work in the bustling city center during the day, and after a busy day, they have to squeeze onto the crowded subway at night to return to their cheap housing areas in the suburbs.

The so-called corporate slaves live a monotonous life, going back and forth between three points almost every day, living like zombies.

Seeing the largely unchanged street scene, Li Lan seemed to recall once again the fear of being dominated by the Death Line subway.

In the past, taking the subway was a terrifying experience, and Li Lan would never want to go through it again if she could.

"We've arrived. Let's find the landlord first."

I looked up at the wall of a familiar house, where rental information was posted.

Li Lan dialed the number left on the wall, "Hello, landlord..."

Before he could finish speaking, a lazy voice came from the other end of the line, "I'm here now. Wait for me at the door, I'll be right there."

"..."

Li Lan remained silent for a while. The person who responded to him was an aunt. It seemed that the house had changed landlords, unlike more than ten years ago.

Soon, the iron gate on the first floor of the house opened quickly, and a disheveled woman with dark circles under her eyes greeted, "Looking for a room? Come up and take a look. We have single rooms and one-bedroom apartments."

This auntie seems very enthusiastic, as if she's afraid of losing the business.

Li Lan felt that this aunt looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.

"It's a one-bedroom apartment, right? Show us around."

The enthusiastic aunt quickly opened the door and went into the inner room first, where there was a staircase leading directly to the top floor.

At that moment, Li Lan did not notice that both Hei Fa Yu Hui and Leviathan seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Li Lan was quite surprised as she walked up the stairs.

In fact, he had lived in this building more than ten years ago when he was working as a sales assistant. One reason he lived here was that there was a subway station nearby, and another was that the place was remote enough that the housing prices were very low.

However, in his memory, this place should have been quite old, but now it seems to have been renovated.

Moreover, it was only recently renovated.

"New landlord?"

Li Lan casually replied without thinking too much about it.

"Yes, about half a year ago, I spent a lot of money to lease this building and worked hard to renovate it, but there weren't many tenants, so I lost money!"

The enthusiastic landlady grumbled as she slowly walked up the stairs.

"We have rooms available on the second, third, and fourth floors. What are your requirements?"

"The room should be a bit bigger, for four people. Also, the room needs to have better natural light."

Li Lan knew that nighttime was not a good time to look at houses, but it was getting late and he didn't want to stay in a hotel.

After all, hotel prices in big cities are different from those in small towns, so when you're short on cash, it's better to save a little money.

Originally, Li Lan had planned to take these three guys to an internet cafe for the night. Generally speaking, when traveling, internet cafes are the best way to solve the problem of where to stay overnight.

Unfortunately, Li Lan later decided against it, worried that Hei Fa Yu Hui and Leviathan might develop internet addiction as a result. She figured it would be better to solve the problem once and for all.

"Understood. Room 303 or 305, both are one-bedroom apartments, how about that?"

The enthusiastic auntie quickly led them to the third floor and into a relatively spacious corridor.

"Room 305, take a look."

As he passed by, Li Lan glanced at room 302, the place he had once rented.

At that moment, the door to room 302 suddenly opened, and a young and beautiful woman poked her head out. "Landlady, new tenant?"

The woman was probably in her early twenties. Her somewhat panicked eyes revealed an unusual gleam that made people feel uncomfortable at first glance.

"Yes, new guest, we all need to get along well from now on."

The enthusiastic auntie seemed to be hinting at something, as she secretly gave the woman a wink, and the latter's gaze quickly settled on the new tenant.

"..."

A fierce fear flashed in the woman's eyes, as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

"An elf? No, not an ordinary elf. Her composition is the same as that red-haired guy's, made of twisted chaos, and there seems to be some kind of substance called human mixed in with the chaos. The most troublesome thing is that this part of the substance called human is slowly assimilating and almost disappearing."

"Moreover, these two guys are sealed away by a mysterious force. If they were released..."

"Putting aside what these two guys are, the two little girls behind them... no, they're not little girls at all!"

"This is the source of evil! Even I, a powerful being of the Is race, cannot fathom their souls!"

"They are extremely dangerous! They are probably all incredibly powerful avatars of gods!"

"Why would such a divine avatar come here? I've heard that powerful gods are not allowed to enter the realm ruled by the Supreme Father Azathoth. Even the bald god who committed many evil deeds years ago was eventually banished."

"This is absolutely strange!"

The woman glanced at it quickly, then smiled and said, "Landlady, you go ahead with your work. There's something I'd like to discuss later."

No, she wants to change rooms. Nobody wants to be neighbors with a few dangerous people.

"We'll talk about it later."

The hospitable landlady didn't say anything, quickly opened the door to room 305, and casually turned on the power switch.

At that moment, what appeared before Li Lan was an incredibly neat and tidy layout, far more luxurious than when he rented the place more than ten years ago.

The room is fully equipped with air conditioning, refrigerator, television, washing machine, and water heater. Even more surprisingly, there are two computers and two computer desks in the room.

No matter how you look at it, the equipment is complete, but that also means the rent will probably be quite high.

Li Lan's face darkened. Although he was quite interested in this place, he was afraid he couldn't afford the price in the short term.

How much is the rent?

Li Lan still asked, intending to weigh the options.

"Not expensive, one bedroom and one living room, eight hundred yuan."

"So cheap?"

Li Lan was stunned. This was 2049 AD! Given the housing prices in Shenchuan City, even in the suburbs, the rental prices couldn't possibly be this low.

"There's no other way. Not many people rent here, so we can only lower the price to see if we can attract more customers."

The enthusiastic landlady seemed rather helpless.

Li Lan remained silent for a long time, unsure whether to believe such an explanation.

You know, there's a subway station nearby, so even if the property prices are low, they shouldn't be this low.

At first, he wondered if there was a scam involved, but the environment and the price were just too good to pass up!

"The rent is 800, but what about the water and electricity bills?"

"At the normal price, the internet fee is 30 per month, and you must pay the rent on time on the 8th of each month."

"Okay! It's settled then, we'll pack our bags and move in tonight!"

This is such a great deal!

Li Lan made a decisive decision without hesitation.

...... ...... ......

At 2 a.m., the landlady, who looked like she hadn't slept for many days, finally escorted the tenant of room 302 to the fourth floor.

Exhausted, she returned to her own residence on the first floor, where a discreet tobacco and alcohol supermarket was located, and the area was extremely sparsely populated.

"Is it time to close?"

Just as I was about to pull down the iron curtain outside the shop, a dozen or so figures appeared one after another in the darkness outside.

If Li Lan and the others were there, they would probably be too terrified to say a word by this bizarre scene.

Because all the women present, regardless of their appearance, looked exactly like this landlady!

"Guardian No. 1880, how's the situation going?"

One of the strange women spoke first, and seemed to be the leader.

"They're doing alright, they've moved in smoothly and will behave for a while. Speaking of which, we've been preparing for over six months just to make things convenient for them? If they're a destabilizing factor, then why did we...?"

The landlady couldn't understand it.

"Don't ask, just ask. It's the Father's command."

"Did the Heavenly Father say anything?"

"He said that they would go back when they had had enough fun, and as long as they didn't cause any trouble, they could stay as long as they wanted. Also, that woman who called herself Li Lan, if she gave him a little guidance, he would be the key to getting rid of these two plagues."

The landlady was surprised. "Really?"

"We don't know either, just act convincingly and don't give yourself away."

"I understand," the landlady nodded. "Then what do you do now...?"

"A new mission: there are some troublemakers who need to be eliminated as soon as possible. Father God doesn't want to see the passage between the two worlds opened up by these guys."

After uttering their final, murderous words, these identical women, differing only in personality, swiftly vanished into the darkness, appearing and disappearing like the wind.

The scene immediately fell silent.

The landlady pondered for a while, then regained her composure and quickly pulled down the iron curtain of the shop.

Closed for business, time to sleep.

Ignore things that you can avoid.

Chapter 36 Recruitment Information

Li Lan and her family's lives have settled down for the time being. The biggest problem they need to solve now is probably just finding a job.

After all, you can't earn any money by just staying at home like this.