Ke Xue exorcists demons and starts with immobilization

"what?!"

"Even if you disagree, I will still go along with it. Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble."

Chu Zhong stared at Miyano Akemi: "I just want to protect you."

The message was conveyed once again, causing Miyano Akemi's hand, which was holding a coffee cup, to tremble. She turned her face away, avoiding his gaze. "...I told you, I'm not in the mood for romance right now."

Akemi Miyano couldn't understand why the words this guy said always sounded so sincere...

"I just wanted to protect you, I didn't ask you to accept my confession."

Chu Zhong smiled.

“…” Miyano Akemi was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly stood up. “You can’t possibly keep up with me.”

After saying that, he turned and left the coffee shop.

Chu Zhong couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Although he didn't accept the offer, Miyano Akemi didn't refuse his request to come along.

The title "Emotional Therapist" is incredibly useful; as long as you're sincere in conversations, the other person won't suspect you.

Just like Miyano Akemi now, even if she doesn't want to believe some of the things he says, she won't doubt his intention to protect her.

Chu Zhong tossed down a banknote and, to Miyano Akemi's utter astonishment, followed in her footsteps.

"Your injury...how could this happen?!"

"I've said it before, I'm tough."

The two, disguised, walked down the street, and Chu Zhong asked Miyano Akemi which detective she planned to find.

The goal is to find the rising star detective—Sleeping Kogoro!

"Unfortunately, I know Detective Mouri, and he probably won't be in the mood to take on any cases these days."

Chu Zhong recounted how Kogoro attended a class reunion and got completely drunk while drinking alone in Mika.

"That's hard to say..."

Akemi Miyano, however, seemed to think he was lying and insisted on meeting Kogoro in person.

Chu Zhong had no choice but to lead the way to the Mori office, take out his key to open the door, and let her see Kogoro, who was still drunk and lying unconscious on the bed. Only then did Miyano Akemi stop.

Before Miyano Akemi could find the next detective, Chu Zhong checked the time and suggested they have dinner first.

To save time, Akemi Miyano chose to eat ramen.

Chu Zhong had no objections and continued to stay by his side.

But after dinner, when I paid the bill and left the ramen shop,

Chu Zhong sensed that something was wrong.

"Let me check your handbag."

"why?"

"We may be being located and tracked."

"what?"

"There's a high probability that a tracking device has been placed in your bag."

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for more than a dozen faint crow auras to appear within a fifty-meter radius while he and Miyano Akemi were already disguised, all within the time it takes to eat a bowl of noodles, and they were constantly getting closer.

As they were talking, Chu Zhong hailed a taxi parked on the side of the road, pulled Miyano Akemi into the car, and casually gave her a destination.

"My bag is full of my own things, how could there be any tracking device in it?"

Akemi Miyano frowned slightly and questioned in a low voice, "It's so strange that you're suddenly saying something like that."

As she spoke, Akemi Miyano gave another address, asking the driver to change the destination.

Clearly, they were wary and didn't want Chu Zhong to take them to strange places.

Chu Zhong smiled faintly, without complaining about her distrust.

After all, the Raven Badge is a difficult thing to explain.

"How about we make a bet?"

Chu Zhong offered Miyano Akemi a bargaining chip she couldn't refuse: "If you win, I'll get you that 1 billion yen in cash tonight!"

Chapter 170 The Price of a Spring Night is One Billion Yen

Inside the moving taxi, the man and woman in the back seat were whispering to each other, like lovers having a private conversation.

"What are you gambling?"

Under the temptation, Akemi Miyano pressed on, asking, "If you win the bet, what do you want... what do you plan to get from me?!"

Halfway through her sentence, Akemi Miyano seemed to have made a connection to something, blushing slightly, as if she were asking a question, or as if she had confirmed something, and was asking a counter-question.

"I bet you've put a tracking device in your handbag, and as for the stakes... I don't want anything."

Chu Zhong smiled and said, "Just leave the suspicious items in your handbag."

For Akemi Miyano, such a bet is a win-win situation; if she wins, she makes a huge profit, and if she loses, she doesn't lose anything at all.

Unsurprisingly, Miyano Akemi agreed to the bet and quickly opened the handbag, letting Chu Zhong decide what to keep and what to discard.

Chu Zhong glanced at the contents and quickly identified the suspects: "Leave the cell phone, the gun, and this bag. You can take the rest."

Akemi Miyano frowned immediately.

"Don't worry, this isn't an attempt to weaken your ability to defend yourself." Chu Zhong guessed her concerns and said softly, "I have two pistols, I'll give you one."

They were the two guns we had stolen from the attackers in the apartment earlier.

After saying that, Chu Zhong took a gun out of his pocket and secretly placed it in Miyano Akemi's hand.

Akemi Miyano silently checked the pistol magazine before nodding...

Ten minutes later, on the city streets.

Four seemingly unrelated pedestrians, dressed in different styles, suddenly surrounded a taxi parked on the side of the road.

Snapped--

The front and rear windows were smashed in the blink of an eye, and rows of dark gun barrels were pointed at the front and rear seats inside the car.

“M-Mercy…”

The driver was so frightened that he was trembling all over.

Even passersby on the street were frightened by this scene and hurriedly left.

Soon, the leader of the men in black took out his phone and reported, "Boss, there's no one in the car. The driver took the money and parked on the side of the road."

"The handbag, gun, and cell phone were all in the back seat... They must have noticed the tracker."

"Brother, should we send people to search the area? The man is seriously injured, he shouldn't have gone far."

Gin's cold snort came through the microphone: "What a wary rat... It's alright, come back."

"I have a way to make them walk right into my trap..."

Then came a burst of laughter from a woman:

"Gin, Gin, I can't believe you can't even handle something this simple..."

The man in black, who was leading the group, quickly hung up the phone, not daring to listen any further.

Meanwhile, on the opposite street, taxis were parked.

"That's Gin's underling, Vodka..."

Chu Zhongzheng and Miyano Akemi stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of a clothing store, witnessing Vodka and his men surround the taxi and then hurriedly leave.

By this time, the two had changed their clothes; the handbag that Miyano Akemi had left in the car had been replaced with a shoulder bag.

"..."

Akemi Miyano's gaze wasn't on the vodka, but rather fixed on Chu Zhong.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chu Zhong said, "Now you should believe it's a trap..."

Akemi Miyano suddenly moved closer, almost leaning into his arms, and whispered, "You... can you really get a billion yen in cash?"

They were still thinking about the transaction.

Chu Zhong reminded him, "You didn't win this bet."

Without a doubt, she lost this bet.

“But I need that money.” Akemi Miyano’s eyes were piercing. “This is a good opportunity for you…”

Chu Zhong waved his hand to interrupt: "I don't have that much money, don't even think about it."

Even if he did have it, he wouldn't give it to Miyano Akemi.

As for the implication in Miyano Akemi's words... Chu Zhong has been frolicking in the arms of a gentle woman these past few days, how could he be easily swayed?

"Let's hurry up and find a detective for help."

Chu Zhong reminded Miyano Akemi of the original 'plan'.

Without the help of 'Sleeping Kogoro', he didn't believe that Akemi Miyano could recover the 1 billion yen that had been stolen.

Or rather, if Miyano Akemi had a better solution, she would never have chosen to seek help from a detective.

Finding someone deliberately hiding in a densely populated metropolis is incredibly difficult, let alone in this era of underdeveloped communication.

That's all for today...

Akemi Miyano suddenly spoke up: "It would be more reliable to ask Detective Mouri for help tomorrow after he sobers up."

After saying that, she turned around and went to pick out clothes again.

The situation was urgent when I left my residence, and I didn't have time to take a change of clothes with me.

Considering the need for disguise and the remaining time for close protection, Chu Zhong also picked out an extra set of clothes.

After waiting at the cashier for nearly half an hour, it was finally Miyano Akemi who had chosen her clothes.

Chu Zhong glanced at it quickly and found that there were not only clothes, but also underwear... No wonder it took so long.

After leaving the clothing store, Chu Zhong accompanied Miyano Akemi to buy a new mobile phone.

The old phone was left in the taxi, but the SIM card was taken with it.

Then Akemi Miyano went straight to the hotel and booked a double room with two beds under a pseudonym.

"What do you think of this arrangement?"

When checking in, Akemi Miyano turned around and asked a question, a sly glint in her beautiful eyes.

"...That's good." Chu Zhong had a pretty good idea of ​​what she was planning to do, and anticipated that he would be put through another test... but he could only nod.

Living in the same room would also allow me to keep an eye on Akemi Miyano and prevent her from being deceived again.

The two quickly entered the room.

Chu Zhong closed the door and turned around to see that Miyano Akemi had taken off her mask, revealing her true face, and was staring at him.

A faint smile appeared on her originally serene and beautiful face.

"Let me make it clear beforehand, I can't afford a service that costs 1 billion yen a night," Chu Zhong said, removing his mask as he spoke.

Akemi Miyano only asked, "Don't you like me anymore?"

“I like it,” Chu Zhong emphasized again, “but it’s also true that I don’t have the money.”

Akemi Miyano said nothing more, but her smile deepened... seemingly with a hint of mischief, before heading to the bathroom to take a shower.

Chu Zhong breathed a slight sigh of relief.

About half an hour later, Akemi Miyano came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, with steaming hot water vapor and her long, wet hair hanging down her back.

"It's your turn to take a shower~"

Akemi Miyano offered a soft reminder, her face flushed with a healthy blush.