"Hey, have you heard?"
"What?"
"There's a new little shop that opened up. The stuff inside is all high quality and cheap."
"Really?"
"Really. I bought a belt from them last time for my husband, and he liked it incredibly much."
"Is it that good to use?"
"You bet~ He said it takes no effort at all to whip with, and it feels handy. Most importantly, it's durable."
"Whip... your Little Jie? I hope the child is okay."
Since parting ways with Master Chop that day, a week had already passed.
Geno and Twiggy first obtained two legal resident ID cards from the black market, then secured a storefront on Sixth Street.
This could be considered their roots in Sixth Street. They then bought a few small Bangboos to work in the shop.
For stocking shelves and moving things on ordinary days, they were no problem.
While on the surface they were running a general goods business, in reality, they had registered accounts on the Inter-Knot, moonlighting as Proxies and private Hollow Investigators.
At the same time, they used the Inter-Knot and various grapevine news to investigate information regarding Anby's current organization—the Cunning Hares.
"Micro-human resource dispatch agency, whose main business is resolving any commissions related to 'Hollow Disasters'... Hmm, it's the same type of enterprise as us."
It sounded nice in name, but in reality, weren't they just Hollow Raiders?
Geno handed the intelligence in his hand to Twiggy. She took it, looked at it, and immediately frowned.
"The debt is way too high, isn't it?"
But thinking about it from the other side, it was normal. After all, if not for owing debt, why would anyone be forced into the dangerous zones on the edge of a Hollow?
Twiggy flipped through it quickly. It was still all content devoid of substance, so she casually tossed it onto the table.
"Why on earth would Captain Anby go to such a small place?"
Twiggy bit her fingernail, her brows locked tight, completely unable to figure out why the perfect Anby would stoop to such a place.
"Could it be that that woman is the daughter of some military big shot, and Captain Anby received a mission to protect her? That's not right either; a big shot's daughter wouldn't owe this much money."
The more she thought, the more confused she became. Twiggy roughly rubbed her own hair, then with a thud, hammered the table.
"I can't take it anymore!"
"You've finally decided?"
Geno sat opposite, watching Twiggy's face change frantically. Seeing her suddenly jolt, he thought she had finally thought it through and was going to confront Anby.
"...Let's wait and observe a bit longer."
Geno instantly felt speechless. The atmosphere had built up to this point, yet she chickened out again. Was this still the Twiggy he knew?
But this also showed how high that woman's status was in her heart, or rather, in the heart of the entire Silver Squad.
"Boss! Give me an order of popcorn!"
"Coming."
A customer had arrived.
Walking out of the room, Geno saw the visitor and said nothing, picking up a portion of popcorn from the shelf and handing it over.
The other party also very naturally handed over a paper bag.
Subsequently, the other party quickly left the place along the street.
"Got a commission?"
Returning inside, Twiggy looked at the paper bag in Geno's hand and naturally understood what was happening.
"Just a small order, not worth much money. I'll go and be right back."
After speaking, Geno strode out the door; he didn't need any surplus equipment.
Twiggy shook her head. She decided she should continue thinking about when she could make up her mind.
"Boss! Give me an order of popcorn!"
Another customer?
Twiggy wanted to call Geno to go, but Geno had already left. Helpless, she had to move herself.
"Coming!"
Walking out the door, standing at the entrance of the convenience store was a fashionable young woman with blue hair, dressed in trendy clothes.
Twiggy had some impression of her; she seemed to be the owner of the video store across the street.
"Eh? Isn't the owner here a guy?"
For safety's sake, Twiggy had always stayed behind the scenes, with Geno showing his face on normal days.
"He went out. Your popcorn."
Twiggy handed the popcorn to her. However, what she received from her hand was not a paper bag containing a commission and intelligence, but two shiny Denny coins.
'So she isn't a "Guest".'
This was their contact code. After the client received the popcorn, they would smoothly hand over the commission.
This was relatively concealed and could avoid situations like the current one.
"Thanks. By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Belle, the owner of the Random Play Video Store opposite. If there are any tapes you want to watch, you can find me."
Belle, very socially outgoing, began her self-introduction. She had always been very enthusiastic, and the neighbors on the whole street liked her very much.
"Hello Belle, I'm Twiggy. We just arrived here not long ago. Please take care of us."
"Twiggy? A very nice name. Where did you guys live before?"
Little Sister Belle, skilled at chatting, was already prepared to check their census.
It couldn't be helped; she didn't want to be so presumptuous meeting a neighbor for the first time either. But recently, Public Security officers had been investigating Proxies tightly, and at this juncture, a household of outsiders suddenly arrived on Sixth Street... it was hard not to make one worry.
That's right. Although Belle looked like just an ordinary video store manager, in reality, she had another hidden identity.
That was the legendary Proxy, illustrious on the Inter-Knot—[Phaethon]!
Hearing Belle's inquiry, Twiggy immediately started her performance mode.
"We previously... actually, we came from outside the city. Geno and I, that is, the other boss here, we wandered for a long time before finally arriving at this final pure land for humanity."
As she spoke, Twiggy's expression even became downcast and melancholic, along with a trace of relief at finally being safe.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your bad memories."
"It's okay, it's all in the past. In life, one must look forward."
At this moment, ripples of friendship stirred between the two girls, each harboring their own thoughts.
Half an hour later, when Geno returned from the Hollow, he was completely bewildered by the scene before his eyes.
He saw the two girls sitting intimately together, their movements so natural they looked like friends who had known each other for a long time. Yet Geno swore he had never seen that little blue-haired girl before.
"Let me tell you, my older brother is simply a dense robot with supreme insensitivity. And sometimes he inexplicably feels he's very cool. In reality, he's super Chuuni!"
"I understand, I understand. My guy is like that too. 'There is a seal hidden in my hand,' 'My eyes, the power in my eyes,' and stuff like that. Added to his flighty personality, sometimes it really leaves one speechless."
A proper girls' exchange meeting had suddenly turned into a complaint convention. At least Geno, the party involved being roasted, didn't feel there was anything good about this.
"Twiggy, could I trouble you to at least do it behind my back when you roast me next time?"
"Eh, ah! Th-you heard all that..."
Twiggy looked at Geno awkwardly. She hadn't expected him to come back so soon. She hadn't noticed at all just now, solely focused on chatting with Belle...
Wait? Why did she relax her vigilance so easily?
Twiggy suddenly realized that she had actually relaxed her vigilance so easily.
Could it be that this guy, Belle, is a succubus?
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