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Chapter 0028: The Universal Maid's Obstruction

The smile on Hayasaka Ai's face was a perfect disguise, honed through countless trials and tribulations. It perfectly blended the playfulness of a girl her age, the enthusiasm of a hottie, and a touch of familiarity that was just right and could easily close the distance.

This is one of her weapons, enough to make 99% of her targets let down their guard without realizing it.

"Class, are you here to see President Shirogane of the Student Union, or Accountant Ishigami?" She tilted her head, her long golden hair swaying slightly as she moved, and spoke in a relaxed tone, as if chatting with a friend. "If you're submitting application documents, you can give them directly to me. I'll pass on the message for you."

Each of her questions was like a carefully woven web. No matter how the other person answered, she could analyze their purpose, identity, and understanding of the student union's internal affairs. Her eyes, like the most precise scanner, silently observed Lin Qing's every micro-expression and every subtle muscle reaction.

His breathing rate... was as steady as a pool of stagnant water.

His heartbeat... from this distance, he couldn't even sense any acceleration due to nervousness or excitement.

His eyes… those were the ones that made her feel extremely uncomfortable. There was no desire, no curiosity, no awe, not even the nervousness of being an "intruder." Instead, there was a pure, calmness that seemed to overlook all life.

Danger.

This was the only conclusion Hayasaka Ai came to in just three seconds.

The man before him was definitely not an ordinary student. His danger level was extremely high.

Lin Qing did not answer her watertight question.

He didn't even stop.

He simply glanced at her casually, as if he were looking at an insignificant stone or a speck of dust in the way. Then, he averted his gaze and continued walking, heading straight for the student council room, completely ignoring her standing in the way.

For the first time, Hayasaka Ai's perfect smile froze for a split second.

She was stunned.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation in her long career, which was full of intrigues and confrontations.

She had anticipated countless responses: the other person might become nervous and stutter due to her beauty, might become angry and irritated by her questioning, or might use the same rhetoric to deal with her.

But she never expected that the other party would choose to... ignore it.

A most thorough and pure disregard, as if she didn't exist at all.

This response instantly shattered all her carefully prepared rhetoric and traps, making her feel like she had punched the air, extremely suffocated.

It also made the alarm bells in her heart ring wildly and hysterically!

This man doesn't follow any social rules, which means he has absolute confidence or power to ignore the rules!

Hayasaka Ai's mindset shifted in an instant. She no longer pretended to be that empty-headed chic chick. Her entire demeanor changed from the inside out in an instant.

The frivolous and casual aura of a hot girl disappeared from her, replaced by a determination like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath, capable, professional, and full of cold and murderous aura.

She took a step forward, no longer leaning against the wall casually, but with her feet slightly apart and her center of gravity lowered, she used her body like an insurmountable barrier to block Lin Qing again.

"Sir." This time, she didn't even address him as "classmate." Her voice was cold and hard. "I repeat, no passage ahead. Please immediately state your identity and purpose, otherwise, I will take coercive measures."

Lin Qing finally stopped.

He looked at the blonde girl in front of him again with interest. She seemed to have become a completely different person in an instant.

But he still didn't answer her question. Instead, he asked his own question.

"Who are you questioning me with?" A playful smile curved his lips. "An 'ordinary' student? Or... a maid from the Shinomiya family?"

These words, like a bolt from the blue, struck Hayasaka Ai's heart hard.

he knows!

Not only did he know about his disguise, he even knew that he belonged to the "Shinomiya family"!

Who is he?! How far has he investigated?!

In an instant, Hayasaka Ai felt that her professionalism, which she was so proud of, had become a ridiculous, defenseless joke in front of this mysterious man. She felt that she was no longer the hunter hiding in the dark, but instead a naked prey that was completely seen through by the other party.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Although her heart was in turmoil, Hayasaka Ai still maintained her composure on the surface with her strong professional qualities.

"I don't understand what this gentleman is saying," Lin Qing seemed not to have heard her denial and continued to speak to himself, "I came here to find Kaguya Shinomiya. I have something to discuss with her alone."

He looked at Hayasaka Ai's pretty face, which was tense with shock and vigilance, and showed a kind yet threatening smile.

"So, you have two choices now."

"One, get out of the way."

"Two, I'll let you 'get some sleep'."

"Choose one."

A naked threat!

Hayasaka Ai's mind raced at this moment. She knew she was no match for the man before her. The elusive, dangerous aura he exuded, making her hair stand on end, was unlike anything she had ever seen in her life.

But her duty is to protect Miss Kaguya. Before Miss Kaguya gives the order, she must not let any unidentified dangerous person get close to that door!

Stall for time! Call for support!

In her mind, she instantly formulated the most standard and correct response plan.

Her left hand seemed to be casually placed behind her back, but her fingers had already silently pressed the distress signal on the emergency call device in her pocket.

It only takes thirty seconds, no, only ten seconds! The nearest security team will arrive immediately!

"I'm afraid not."

Hayasaka Ai struck a standard fighting stance, her muscles instantly tensed, ready to use everything she had to delay these precious ten seconds.

However, she just finished speaking.

A strange scene happened that she would never forget and that was enough to overturn all the common sense of physics that she had built up over more than 20 years of life.

The Lin Qing in front of her was the man who was standing in front of her and talking to her with a smile just a second ago.

His figure suddenly, without any warning, disappeared from this world as if wiped out by an invisible hand...

Disappeared.

Chapter 0029: Too much nonsense, just knock him out

Hayasaka Ai assumed a fighting stance.

As one of the Shinomiya family's most elite retainers, she has undergone the most rigorous training from around the world. From Israeli martial arts to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, from classical Aikido to modern military combat techniques, she is a master of them all. Her body itself is a most sophisticated and deadly weapon.

Her senses, at this moment, were heightened to the limit.

The flow of air in the corridor, the subtle footsteps coming from afar, the powerful beating of his heart driven by adrenaline, and... the abyss-like, unfathomable calmness of the man in front of him.

Everything was transformed into the purest data stream, which was frantically calculated and analyzed in her mind.

The target was 1.8 meters away from him, within the range of his best attack and defense.

The opponent's stance seemed casual, but in fact his center of gravity was stable and there were no flaws.

She had already pressed the distress signal, and the nearest security team would arrive at the scene within fifteen seconds. All she needed to do was intercept this extremely dangerous intruder here, at all costs, in those short fifteen seconds.

She has this confidence.

She had even predicted more than a dozen possible attacks that the opponent might take next, and simulated the corresponding and most perfect response strategies in her mind.

However, all her calculations, all her predictions, and all her confidence were completely and ruthlessly crushed into dust in the next second by a reality that was completely beyond her cognition and did not make any sense.

Lin Qing seemed to have lost his patience in playing this "agent game" with her.

He looked at the blonde girl in front of him who was in a perfect fighting stance, her whole body tense, like a female leopard ready to pounce, and just shook his head gently and helplessly.

Then, his figure disappeared from Hayasaka Ai's proud dynamic vision, which had been trained countless times and could easily capture the trajectory of high-speed movement.

It's not an afterimage caused by high-speed movement.

It's not about clever dodging using light and shadow and blind spots.

Nor was it any kind of footwork or technique known to man that she could understand.

It disappears.

It was as if he had never been there.

It was as if the man who had just talked to her was just an illusion caused by her excessive nervousness.

It was as if an invisible, divine hand had erased the existence of "Lin Qing" from the picture of reality without leaving any trace.

"?!"

In an instant, Hayasaka Ai's brain fell into unprecedented chaos and blankness.

Her instinctive fighting instinct, honed through countless actual combat exercises, was frantically warning her of danger! Fatal danger!

But her eyes, her ears, all her senses were telling her frantically—

"There's no one ahead."

This extremely contradictory and tearing feeling coming from her senses and intuition caused her supercomputer-like brain, which she was proud of, to experience a fatal crash lasting 0.5 seconds for the first time.

It's just these 0.5 seconds.

A slight, almost negligible impact, yet with an overwhelming force that was irresistible no matter what, landed on the back of her neck with precision, like the most delicate surgical operation.

She didn't even feel the pain.

She felt only a faint, numbing electric current, starting from that point and instantly spreading throughout her body. Her tense, explosive muscles suddenly lost all strength. Her highly focused, frantic mind, like a computer with its power cord unplugged, suddenly stopped, all thoughts interrupted.

The last moment before consciousness completely sinks into darkness.

She saw the world in front of her begin to tilt and spin.

The bright crystal chandelier in the corridor cast long, blurry shadows in her vision.

She felt her body falling weakly towards the cold and hard marble floor.

Her last thought was a fragmented question filled with confusion, absurdity, and confusion.