My wife is the stand-in.

"Yes." The special envoy, mingling among the cheering crowd in the street, nodded repeatedly. "Am I still on the mission of contacting Amanosaki and inviting them?"

"...Yes, but now you need to be more respectful, and don't send out a questionnaire about superpowers. Just invite him over directly, and set the highest level of conditions you can offer as the bottom line."

"Understood." After saying this, the special envoy cut off the communication. He watched as the woman with a beautiful face and alluring features, including inhuman horns, transformed into a pixel and flew directly to the rooftop before the cheering crowd could block out the street.

She sighed helplessly, "This is troublesome... Hmm, how do I get rid of these irrelevant people and then negotiate?"

In the completely exposed bedroom, pixels solidified into a flat figure. Saria, wearing a bulky energy suit that obscured her healthy curves, raised her hand to control calcium projectiles that condensed from the wall plaster, shattering the cell phone of the voyeur on the roof of the building across the street with a whooshing sound.

Upon seeing Saria's expressionless face, the voyeurs broke out in a cold sweat and scrambled away.

Are you kidding me? That's the woman who smashed the mantis monster to pieces with her fists!

The evil spirits cried out that they were invincible.

"Amanosaki, what are you doing?"

Saria quickly removed her energy suit and shield, calling out her boyfriend's name as if singing.

Amanosaki came out of the bathroom, waving his phone: "I told the landlord about the situation. Luckily, he had purchased accidental disaster insurance, so he'll make a fortune now and save us the trouble of paying. It's just that we can't stay here any longer."

He looked regretful as he spoke: "Let's just make do for tonight, and move tomorrow. Let's pack our things today."

Saria munched on an ice pop she'd taken from the freezer, unconcerned.

“I think we should move now. Our address was exposed by some scumbags online, and then some evil spirits came into the city and caused trouble. Even though you haven’t registered yet, everyone assumes you’re a knight-errant. We’re not safe anymore.”

“Moreover,” Saria pointed at Amanosaki with her popsicle, her expression serious, “the greatest danger is not evil spirits, but the human heart.”

"What does this have to do with people's hearts?" Amanosaki asked, puzzled.

"Of course there is, it's because you suddenly awakened an incredibly powerful ability, and most importantly." Saria stood up, hugged Amanosaki tightly, and gently rubbed his face, making it round and plump.

"Who told you to have such a beautiful girlfriend like me who can change her appearance every day? You're hated by every man on the internet."

"Mmm..." Amanosaki's mouth was pinched into a goldfish mouth by Saria, then flattened, then pinched back into a goldfish mouth, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

But he felt that Seria was right.

Thinking about it carefully, the house is only so big, and the bedroom has a floor-to-ceiling window. You'll probably be spied on while you sleep at night. Covering it with a plastic sheet will cost money, which is really not worth it.

"Mr. Amanosaki, the Yushan branch is willing to arrange accommodation for you free of charge regarding your move."

After a polite knock, a slightly hesitant female voice rang out from outside the wooden door.

The special shield was hooked by Saria's heel, spinning and piercing through the wooden door, the square shield hanging at a right angle in front of Lin Shuyu's chest.

Lin Shuyu, who had always disliked her small breasts and tried countless breast enhancement methods, felt for the first time that having small breasts was an advantage.

The shield's sharp point, capable of slicing through wooden doors, was less than a centimeter from her chest, its tip brushing against the lace bow on her bodice. She could touch the cold alloy with just a deep breath.

"Those BCDs are probably bleeding profusely by now, with all their fat spilling out, right?" Lin Shuyu thought maliciously, having narrowly escaped death.

The crisp footsteps approached slowly, and with a sickening metallic ripping sound, the person opening the door snapped the metal lock, revealing a head that seemed to have demonic feet. Beneath the calm, reptilian vertical pupils, a complex emotion slowly flowed.

too horrible!

Lin Shuyu swore that these were the most terrifying eyes she had ever seen.

Great!

Saria, behind the door, secretly clenched her fist. Her wish had come true; she would be able to spend the night with Nozaki.

Lin Zhen, the special envoy outside the door, swallowed hard, watching helplessly as the tall woman's fingers dug into the wooden door. He forced a smile that was more like a grimace.

"Could you let me in? These are confidential documents; they shouldn't be exposed in public."

"Ah, please come in."

Amanosaki, supporting Saria's waist, gently pushed aside the sullen Saria and smoothly transitioned into the sullen role.

Chapter Seventeen: Ha, Rich Woman

"Please take a seat."

"Oh, oh." Lin Shuyu nodded repeatedly, swallowing as she sat down.

The house was so dilapidated that she could hardly believe that the now-famous, infamous, and seemingly infamous unregistered martial arts master lived in such a place.

The walls were mostly peeling, the corners of the ceiling were blackened, the undecorated cement floor was uneven, and the door and faucets were from the early 20th century.

Old, dilapidated apartment... the kind of old, dilapidated apartment with illegal rooftop construction.

Even folding stools aren't comfortable... We're just too poor.

She began to feel sorry for Amanosaki. Someone like him would definitely end up working with advertisers in the future, just like the Oriental Leaf Man, who even sold his own name and moves.

Amanosaki naturally wouldn't understand Lin Shuyu's thoughts.

However, that didn't stop him from getting impatient while waiting.

This unnamed young lady, who claimed to be a special envoy from the Jade Mountain branch of "Heroes Mountain," looked him up and down as she entered the house, scrutinizing his living space with the same scrutinizing eye one would use to check a census.

No, it should be called stalking. Amanosaki was too confident to be mistaken about that kind of scrutinizing gaze with strange motives.

Back in college, he and his roommates participated in a college-organized event where male and female dormitories visited each other, and his roommates had the same look in their eyes back then.

Although he tried his best not to look away, his eyes still revealed a look that seemed to want to lick every inch of the floor, bed, and table.

The result...

All I can say is that if male and female students checked each other's dormitories every day, the girls' dormitories would always be so clean that they would look like no one lived there.

These female students even sprayed air freshener and turned on the air conditioner two hours in advance to ventilate the room!

frenzied!

The roommates who left the girls' dormitory expressed their heartbreak and indignation.

However, when it came to Lin Shuyu, he simply put on a friendly smile and asked, "What is your surname?"

After all, the person sitting opposite was a sweet-looking young girl with long hair, a long skirt, stockings, and small leather shoes, and a lace bow hanging from her chest.

Girls always have special privileges in front of the opposite sex.

Even something as smooth as tempered glass can have many problems if it looks good.

"My surname is Lin." Lin Shuyu replied subconsciously, then exclaimed "Ah," realizing that the two people opposite her were waiting for her to speak first.

After a quick and low apology, the special envoy, whose attire was completely unlike that of a special envoy, switched into "business mode," and his strange, stalker-like gaze disappeared.

"I am here on the direct orders of the current branch commander, Amber, to invite you to join our Jade Mountain branch as soon as possible as a special dispatcher, Lin Shuyu."

"I have questions."

Seria immediately interrupted, jolting Lin Shuyu out of her "business mode," asking, "Why the rush?"

"What?" Lin Shuyu asked, somewhat bewildered.

Special dispatchers were previously only available to outstanding, unorganized freelancers who performed exceptionally well in the national-level superpower competition, commonly known as the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament.

Amanosaki is currently only popular online, and he is visibly fading from popularity. People's impression of him is transitioning from "a hero who awakens in the struggle for chivalry" to the labels "possible disciple of Jielabin" and "damn sea king".

Theoretically speaking, people who become internet celebrities and inexplicably trend on social media are not worth the branch's enthusiastic recruitment efforts.

He should cherish this opportunity.

Moreover... Lin Shuyu immediately noticed that the boy sitting on the crooked bed seemed very interested in this, while the girl beside him, who had transformed into a woman with superpowers, was inexplicably wary.

No, it's not about being on guard.

It is a natural and heartfelt way of looking down.

Because of its excessive distance, it appears somewhat guarded, but in fact it is a kind of arrogance that says, "With your brain, you neither need nor are capable of understanding my thoughts."

It's like... a passerby seeing a stray dog ​​and looking at it with disdain for its filth and perceived lack of intelligence.

This made Lin Shuyu somewhat uncomfortable.

Why?

She wanted to retort, but before she could speak, she saw Saria's muscular forearm peeking out from her sleeve as she drank water, and remembered the shield still embedded in the door. Lin Shuyu swallowed hard and began to explain in a low voice:

"I am just a special envoy and have no right to inquire about the idea of ​​guarding the post... Ah, but please rest assured, Amber is known for his fondness for mentoring newcomers. He must have high hopes for your master's abilities. This is a good thing. Anyone Amber has taken a liking to has a well-established reputation in the records, at the very least they are at the level of a quasi-branch commander."

Owner?

Amanosaki suddenly felt that there might be needles or razor blades hidden in the mattress under his buttocks.

He could clearly sense Saria's anger, so he calmly smoothed things over: "Miss Lin, Saria is indeed my substitute, but she is an intelligent being with an independent personality and consciousness, and she is also my girlfriend. Please don't use the word 'master' anymore."

Lin Shuyu opened her eyes wide and looked at Amanosaki and Saria in surprise.

So the news is true, and this guy is really in love with his superpower?

His superpowers come from himself, which means he's in love with himself... Hmm, he's a narcissistic guy.

Calling his superpowers a substitute... and even calling himself an "enhancement messenger," this guy probably fantasized about having superpowers all along; he's a typical chuunibyou (delusional teenager).

Lin Shuyu quietly added a second and third label.

"learn."

“Then I’ll ask you a question too,” Amanosaki continued. “How did you figure out that Saria was my stand-in, and not a living person? After all, there are all sorts of rumors online that I’m two-timing.”

Lin Shuyu nodded: "This is related to my special ability. The special ability passed down in our family is 'Celestial Man Form,' which greatly enhances one's five senses and thinking. I happened to be there during your, uh, Miss Saria's battle downstairs, and I witnessed her disappear as a string of blurry things. This matches the special ability you demonstrated in yesterday's video."

Superpowers can be inherited.

Enhancement of the five senses and thinking.

This woman may be very intelligent, at least during her enhanced abilities. However, she lacks social experience and is easily fooled.

Three messages were exchanged silently between Saria and Amanosaki.

Amanosaki, who possesses the ability to feel as if he were there in person, enjoys the intelligence gathering and analysis skills of the biology doctor, Saria.

"Understood, please continue."

"Oh, okay." Lin Shuyu nodded blankly. "For the heroes who join the Yushan branch, we will cover most of the training costs. During the training, the branch will arrange accommodation and meals. The rooms are one person per room, so there will be no crowding. The training is not in the high school model, but like university. The training period is not long, at least half a year. Once you pass the assessment, you can get a certificate to become a hero."

Only with the approval of the government and Qunxia Mountain can one become a formal knight-errant, consistent with the description on the Jianghu forum.

"Just wondering, if, and I mean if, I were fortunate enough to become Mr. Jie's disciple, would I need any additional training?"

"So it really was you..." Lin Shuyu wanted to say, but she swallowed the words under Seria's indifferent gaze.