Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

"Six figures," the middle-aged man suppressed his anger, "Six figures, you brat! Do you think money is so easy to make? I don't care about the money itself. But you better explain yourself, what did you do with all that money? Were you keeping some female models for me again?"

"I didn't!" the young master immediately denied.

"Then explain yourself." The middle-aged man crossed his legs. "These are all purchases made at the mall. Did you let your mistress use your credit card again?"

"Absolutely not!!!" the young master kept denying it. "That's absolutely impossible! Because that damned woman just cheated on me not long ago!!"

"..." The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with pity and indifference. He silently stretched out his hand, "Give it to me, that's not something you can use."

"……I see."

The young master reluctantly touched his pocket.

Having done this, and with his father finding out, he knew he couldn't keep the card anymore. He could only take out the black gold card his father had given him as a reward. But… that card wasn't in his wallet.

"Eh……?"

At first, the young master couldn't believe his eyes. The black gold card that should have been tucked in his wallet was nowhere to be found. He searched through the other layers, but couldn't find any clues. The black gold card had vanished.

"What?" The middle-aged man raised an eyebrow.

"Um..." The young master closed his wallet and put it away, "I don't think I brought it with me..."

"Hmph!" The middle-aged man stood up. "To put it bluntly, you gave it to someone else, right? I'm giving you three days to find the card and put it on my desk in my study. I'm going on a business trip for the next few days. If I don't see the card when I come back, you can pack your bags and get out of here to make a living."

The middle-aged man gave the young master an ultimatum, then strode away, leaving the young master alone in the living room, feeling sullen. Only after confirming that his father had truly left did he plop down on the sofa, grab a glass of red wine from the table, down it in one gulp, and slam it angrily on the table.

"Damn it!" the young master cursed at the cup twice. "How the hell am I supposed to know where that card went? I have three days to find it, what kind of bullshit is this?"

He should have always carried that card with him, but he couldn't remember exactly when it went missing. He hadn't used a credit card for a long time; mobile payments were much more convenient in this century, since credit cards weren't accepted everywhere. He was now wondering when the card had disappeared. Could it be that he had accidentally left it behind while hooking up with someone?

That's right, this young master is the kind of spoiled brat who only knows how to sponge off his parents, and also a so-called second-generation rich kid. However, if he doesn't live up to expectations, there probably won't be a third generation, especially since their family business isn't doing too well right now. His father's outburst earlier wasn't without reason; he was also disappointed in his son, but unfortunately, his son was a hopeless case, and he had already given up on him.

The young master picked up his phone and dialed someone's number.

"Hey! Daiki! Where are you?!"

"Oh...it's young master." A flippant voice came from the other end of the phone. "What's up? Is there something you need from me?"

"It's about my dad," the young master ordered. "The black gold credit card my dad gave me is missing. You need to find it for me right now. You have three days to get it back."

"Hahaha...Young Master, you're quite the joker." The person on the other end said with a wry smile, "Sometimes I can do this kind of thing, but you haven't given me any clues, so we can't handle it."

"Do you need any clues?" The young master picked up the bill on the table. "I have the recent transaction records for that credit card. All the transactions occurred at the same time and place. I've sent you the bill. Did you find anything?"

"Hmm..." Daji thought for a moment, "Hey, young master, what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong?" the young master asked, quite displeased.

"I just wanted to ask what happened."

"Just do what I tell you to do, stop talking nonsense."

"Okay, okay... Let me see... Oh, the places where they shopped are all in Chengdu, Sichuan... I've located which mall it is... Hack in... Okay."

"How is it?" The young master crossed his legs, waiting for Daji's reply.

"Hmm... how should I put it," Daji said on the other end of the phone, "Young Master, is it convenient for you to turn on the projector now? I can just connect it to your projector and project it for you."

"This is fucking a pain. If I don't see anything of substance, I'm going to go over there and smash all your equipment."

"Please don't do that. You'll see when you open it."

The young master stood up, turned on the projector in the living room, and lowered the screen. The projector then displayed a portion of the surveillance footage from that day, after 11 PM. The mall was still open, but seemed deserted. After a while, three young women who appeared to be customers arrived, and it seemed they had the entire mall to themselves.

"Did you see those three girls, young master?" Daji said. "Those three were swiping their credit cards, they really went on a shopping spree. Six figures... Young master, you're so careless. How could you lose something so valuable? You're really oblivious, you haven't even realized you've lost the card yet. You can give it to me if you don't want it..."

After talking to himself for a while, he realized that the young master had unknowingly frozen in shock, and judging from his reaction, it was probably the same situation as before. He had also anticipated what would happen next.

"Great fortune." The young master's eyes were fixed on the image projected on the screen. "Is this real?"

"Oh really."

"Within ten seconds, I want all of these three girls..."

"No."

"No?"

“Absolutely true, no.” Daji’s tone on the other end of the phone was resolute. “I expected you to ask this, so when I found them, I also looked for their information. But strangely, I couldn’t find it, there wasn’t a single piece of information.”

"Really?" The young master calmly sat back down in his seat.

"That's it." Daji tapped on the keyboard. "No, I can't find it. Young Master, what are you planning to do?"

"Is there even a question?" the young master exclaimed excitedly. "Let's go find them and make an appointment!"

"Haa... I knew it..." Daikichi sighed on the other end.

He had watched the young master grow up, and he knew exactly what the young master wanted without even thinking. Simply put, he was a man driven by desire, only acting according to his own wants. He could understand his master's frustration at his son's lack of ambition, but honestly, Daji thought it was unlikely.

Even so, he only needs to follow the young master's instructions. Anyway, it won't affect his salary, and he might even be able to earn some extra money from the young master.

"It's in Chengdu, Sichuan, right?" the young master exclaimed excitedly. "Find their whereabouts for me, then pack your things and come find me. We're going to Chengdu."

"Huh?" Daji was taken aback. "No? Young Master, isn't your credit card with them? What are you going to?"

No matter how indifferent Daji was to the young master's situation, he was still somewhat rational. At this moment, the most important thing should be to get the credit card back. But judging from what the young master had just said, he seemed to only be thinking about hooking up with someone. In any case, he had ulterior motives. In this kind of situation, it would not be surprising if the young master had to pay out of his own pocket. Hadn't that six-figure bill taught him a lesson?

"Of course, we should go find them and get our credit cards back." The young master had already planned this out; all he needed to do now was find the three girls as soon as possible.

“Alright…” Daji stood up. “Then I’ll go pack my things. Oh, by the way, young master, remember to send me the money. I don’t have enough money to buy a plane ticket.”

"Just come over. I have plenty of money. If you get the job done, you'll definitely get your share of the reward, understand? If you understand, then hurry up and come over."

"Good good."

Daji gave a perfunctory reply, hung up the phone, and then packed his things, preparing to head to Chengdu. After Daji hung up, the young master also began packing, preparing to go to Chengdu to find the three girls. His keen intuition told him that these three girls were definitely not comparable to those flashy, cheap women outside, and he would do everything he could to get those three girls.

Mysterious, isn't it...? That suits me perfectly...I want to experience that mysterious feeling...

The young master licked his lips, closed his suitcase, and left home. His next destination was the airport; he was going to fly to Chengdu today to find the three girls. Logically, such a financial loss should have been enough to report it to the police, but the young master knew very well that if he let the police handle it, the final outcome would be uncertain.

Moreover, this would disrupt his plans, so he naturally intended to resolve the matter privately, using money to solve problems that could be solved with money.

"Since you've used my money, you're mine now. Do you really think you can get away with this?"

Meanwhile, the three sisters were heading towards Yunnan. In fact, they had completed their shopping in just one day. All that was left was to enjoy their honeymoon, eating, drinking, and having fun. Of course, there were still some things to do. First, Li planned to go to Yunnan because Yunnan produces jade, and Ning wanted some raw jade stones. So she planned to go there first to get some raw jade stones.

However, they were completely unaware of the problems caused by the credit card, nor did they know that some strange individuals were approaching them with malicious intent. But even if those people did come looking for them, they would no longer be there; after all, Li was a dragon king capable of controlling time and space, and traversing space was merely a matter of a wave of his hand.

A portal opened inside a jade mine in Yunnan. The three of them stepped out of the portal. Ning used light magic to create light sources throughout the mine tunnels, making them brighter. However, the jade mine was not as glamorous as they had imagined. The entire tunnel was made of earth and stone, just an ordinary mine tunnel.

"It's not quite the same as the mines over there," Ning said, looking around.

“Of course it’s different…” he explained. “In that world, using magic or something similar to promote the production of ores is a very common and ordinary thing. Here, however, it takes a long time for geological changes to occur before these ores appear.”

In this other world, minerals and gems, which are extremely precious on Earth, are worthless. Even an average family could afford some of the rarer ores and gems with their monthly income. However, these things are actually of little use to them, because the greater consumers are adventurers, especially mages.

These kinds of things are generally used as a medium for large-scale magic. When a magician's own abilities are insufficient, they usually sacrifice other things to achieve their magic. Time, life, props, any price is acceptable. However, in general, these things are used to achieve the use of magic, so the price is not high or low and is relatively stable.

What's truly precious are the minerals and gems that genuinely belong to another world, such as Orichalcum, Mithril, and Orichalcum. Those minerals and gems are truly valuable. That's why Ning became interested in gems that had never appeared in this other world before.

“That makes sense…” Ning activated the corresponding skill during this time. “After all, prices are higher here compared to over there. Most things are sold after secondary processing, and there are also smart devices with high technological value. Over there, it’s mostly more primitive stuff, so there’s not much to sell.”

That's pretty much it.

Li sniffed the air. The mine tunnel was filled with a strong earthy smell, mixed with a faint, refreshing fragrance. However, only she could smell that fragrance. Why? Because Li was a mimic.

Chapter 25 Contact

"Let me see..." Li tried hard to distinguish the smells in the air, "There should be some around here..."

"Having a mimic girlfriend is really convenient."

Ning unfolded a water-colored magic circle, from which high-pressure water blades extended. She used the high-pressure water blades to cut through the earthen and stone walls while reinforcing the mine tunnel with earth magic. Soon, they found some raw stones, but Ning was not sure if they were real jade.

Li and Xiao came closer and looked at the raw stone. Li even took a sniff.

"This... smells so good..."

As a mimic, Ri doesn't only possess gold, silver, and bronze coins; she also possesses other valuable jewels. This instinct is incredibly useful in this environment, making it easy for the three sisters to find the jade stones they were looking for. Ri only needs to be present to smell the scent within a one-kilometer radius—this is her instinct as a mimic.

Li didn't crave jade. Perhaps it was because of the Dragon King or human instincts that she wasn't particularly enthusiastic about these things. At most, these things were just tasty treats to her, not something she could eat as a staple food.

"How is it?" Ning asked, holding the raw stone.

"This is... one of those exceptionally high-quality ones..." Li's feelings were somewhat complicated. "Why do I feel like everything made this way is just too perfect?"

“Hmm,” Ning nodded, discarding the rough stone. “This can’t be used as a reference. We should have already bought quite a lot of this type of jade… This way, the sampling won’t be even. Li, is there anything else around here? Let’s find something not so good.”

"Let me see..." Rin used her magic eye to take another look.

Ning's request was actually somewhat difficult, because Li relied on her sense of smell, like a mimic, to find these jade stones. The stronger scents naturally overpowered the weaker fragrances, making it challenging to find lower-quality jade rough stones in this environment. However, Li nodded, because she wasn't solely reliant on her instincts to find these things.

She also has a magic eye.

"found it."

A flash of silver light appeared as Ryou used her spacetime powers to slice off most of the low-quality raw stones from the space she had just left. Then, several cubes fell to the ground out of thin air. These were all low-quality raw stones, and this was exactly what they needed. Akatsuki used her katana to cut off the excess edges and then handed them to Ryou to put away.

"Is this enough?" Li asked.

"That's about enough." Ning nodded. "Let's go then. Do you want to explore the area around here?"

"This area..." Li glanced at her phone, "Ugh... I almost forgot there's no signal in places like this. Let's head out..."

"How about we go find the Demon King?" Xiao suggested.

"Find the Demon King..." Li began to consider.

They parted ways with the Demon King yesterday. Li used her powers to send him back to Dali, Yunnan. She remembered him saying he had something to take care of himself. Li was conflicted about whether it would be appropriate to go now. If going now really affected him, that guy would probably complain a lot.

"Looking for the Demon King..." Rin glanced at Akatsuki again.

Xiao seems to have a special affinity with the Demon King ever since they met, and their relationship seems to be quite good. I just don't know if Xiao herself has those feelings for him. I remember teaching her about love and relationships between men and women before. I wonder if she can figure out her own feelings soon.

“Then I’ll make a call…” Li opened a portal, walked out, and dialed Xuanze’s number.

“I have no objection,” Ning said calmly. “I’d also like to know what kind of life this Demon King led on Earth.”

The three sisters only knew of Xuanze as a very unruly demon king in that world; they knew nothing about his experiences on Earth, so they were quite curious about his background. As for Ning, she was probably just looking for something to talk about as a dessert after dinner.

beep - beep - beep -

After a while, the call connected, but neither Li nor Xuanze spoke; only a few disordered hissing sounds could be heard. Then, they remained silent for a period of time, neither saying a word.

"Um...?" Li greeted him. "Is that Xuanze over there...?"

"Then, who else could it be but me?"

Xuanze spoke up from the other end: "Or have you forgotten the phone you gave me?"

"Ah, no, no..." Li said somewhat awkwardly, "It's just that you haven't said anything over there, so I didn't know what to say..."

"Then what do you expect me to say?" Xuanze retorted.

"You could at least answer me..." Li sighed and switched the call to speakerphone.

"Then I'll be more careful next time," Xuanze said calmly. "So why did you call this time? It's only the second day!"

"Yes, it's only the second day," Li explained. "We just finished dealing with things in Sichuan, and we're currently in Yunnan because we're looking for some things..."

“Ha…” Xuanze sighed, “In short, you’re planning to come find me, right?”

"Um...yes...that's it..." Li was still too embarrassed to shamelessly go to Xuanze.

"Tch..." Xuanze clicked his tongue. "Never mind... I'll go ask for their opinion... You guys wait a bit."

"Uh... well."

Li nodded, and then they could hear the sounds of children playing and laughing, as well as footsteps coming upstairs, coming from the other end of the call. This sound left all three of them wondering: Where was Xuanze? Why was there such a sound? What was going on with him?

Then, an even more surprising sound came from the other end of the call.

"Brother Xuan? What are you doing up here?"

Where is Miss Fang?

"As for Mom, she's in the study right now..."

"Oh, then that's none of your business."

"Hey, what kind of attitude is that?"

The above is what they overheard in the conversation. "Brother Xuan" is undoubtedly a term of address for Xuanze, but the person who uttered it is even more surprising. The voice sounds like that of a young girl, and the conversation sounds like that between long-time friends—no, more like a conversation between family members. Just what kind of person is Xuanze…?

“Alright,” Xuanze replied, “You can come over now, but don’t use any special methods. Even if you do, don’t teleport to a place that’s too close. Just come to Dali, tell me your location, and I’ll come pick you up.”