Chapter 179

Chapter 179: She really likes dolls

“？”

“What’s wrong, is it that strange?”

Zhao Xi took a sip of the bitter coffee. Seeming to be struck by the bitterness, she hesitated for a moment, then, imitating Ye Qiyan, added plenty of sugar and milk.

“If it’s about this matter, please forgive me for not being able to agree. If it’s about casually attacking a location and causing massive deaths, I don’t like doing such things, furthermore…”

He left the rest of his words unspoken.

Money needed to be earned, but that didn’t mean putting oneself in danger.

Even less did it mean casually provoking a completely unfamiliar faction and killing a group of completely unfamiliar people.

Zhao Xi took a sip of the coffee that had completely turned into milk tea, listened to Ye Qiyan’s words, and laughed out loud.

“Rest assured about this point, I’m not asking you to kill people, nor am I asking you to fire that blast right now. Tomorrow, the people from the City of Eternal Night will come here for an exchange ceremony. Originally, all I wanted you to help me with was to be on guard with me using the Hunting Mechadragon. However, after hearing what you said about the riot there, I bought some intelligence from someone. Hmph, to think that the people from the City of Eternal Night are actually coming to attack this place. I truly wonder where those guys get the Courage to start a War.”

Zhao Xi’s face was filled with disdain.

Clearly, she didn’t care about the actions of the City of Eternal Night at all, only feeling that the other party was foolish.

“As long as I am here, it is impossible for anyone to destroy Solomon City!”

“However, since this matter is going to happen anyway, it’s just right to finish off a guy I hate. Tomorrow, once I tell you the time, destroy this place. Don’t worry, there’s no one in this location; destroying it will only make that tall tower collapse, nothing more. The one doing the killing is me, not you.”

She was truly very confident.

She completely treated the City of Eternal Night as clowns.

However, looking at her appearance, Ye Qiyan inexplicably felt a hint of discord in his heart.

Is that really so?

If the purpose of that City of Eternal Night was to attack Solomon City, how could they possibly fail to consider Zhao Xi’s combat power?

Zhao Xi was indeed very strong. According to Monroe Gina’s words, she and Shaya were the same type of person, and there shouldn’t be too big of a gap in their combat power.

Yet, even Shaya could be sealed by someone; could she… really keep winning all the way?

Not necessarily.

The figure of that golden man surfaced in Ye Qiyan’s mind.

There is always someone better, and a heaven beyond the heavens.

Even with the power of the Hunting Mechadragon, the blasphemy card, and several card sequences, Ye Qiyan never felt that he was strong enough.

He opened his mouth, but there was no need to dissuade her.

Should he do this?

Ye Qiyan thought for a moment in his heart and extended his hand.

Zhao Xi blinked and also reached out to grasp his palm.

“Happy cooperation?”

“Uh… What I mean is… firing the cannon costs money.”

“…”

Zhao Xi silently withdrew her hand, took out a cloth bag that had been prepared long ago, and handed it to him.

“One hundred and twenty Train Coins. After firing that shot, you’ll still have forty left; consider that your remuneration. Oh right, if you have time, you can go to the upper Inquisition to collect a standard Judge set and a stipend. Although it’s not much, there are also ten Train Coins and some small weapons.”

Weapons were not important; ten Train Coins were not bad.

Ye Qiyan felt he had a reason to make a trip there.

Having reached the agreement, Zhao Xi did not leave either.

She leisurely drank her coffee, hugging that doll, as if she really were just a cute young girl.

Ordering a cup of the bitterest coffee, in the end, because she couldn’t stand the bitterness, she added sugar and milk.

Clearly, she was deliberately putting on a mature facade.

This short Grand Judge was quite interesting.

Getting slightly familiar with her, even though she always had an arrogant tone when speaking, it wasn’t annoying.

“Do you have anything else to do today?”

Finishing the remaining coffee in her cup, Zhao Xi licked the lingering trace at the corner of her mouth.

Suddenly remembering something, she looked at Ye Qiyan with glowing eyes.

“Should be… none? Are we going to blow it up right now?”

“Not that. It’s good that you’re free, help me buy something!”

“？”

Zhao Xi casually slapped the coffee money onto the table, then grabbed Ye Qiyan’s hand and ran straight outside.

Putting on a face mask and hailing a ride, they arrived outside a shop.

Standing there, she pointed at the pirate rabbit doll on the signboard outside the shop.

“Help me buy it. Buying a doll from this shop requires taking a photo as a souvenir, and I don’t want to be seen by others…”

Perhaps because Ye Qiyan did not belong to Solomon City and wasn’t truly staying in the Inquisition, Zhao Xi, when facing him, never displayed that deliberately revealed indifference.

She really likes dolls.

Just a small favor; it wasn’t like he couldn’t help.

However, when Ye Qiyan walked out of the shop carrying this doll that cost him a full five Train Coins, his expression of doubting life made Zhao Xi burst out laughing.

“Isn’t this thing a bit too expensive?”

“Hmph hmph, it’s not expensive at all. This is a super-super limited edition, and there is only this one.”

“Here, for you.”

Zhao Xi shoved the Train Coins she had prepared long ago into Ye Qiyan’s hands.

Not five, but ten.

This 1.5-meter Grand Judge.

Her spending was truly extremely generous.

Hugging the rabbit doll, even wearing a face mask, the joy overflowing from the corners of her eyes could be seen.

“Are you buying anything else?”

“No more buying. I didn’t bring that many Train Coins. I’ll look for you next time a limited edition comes out. Anyway, this shop won’t disappear.”

Won’t disappear?

Ye Qiyan silently glanced at the shop.

Finishing the purchase, Zhao Xi originally intended to leave directly.

Not far away, several Solomon City Inspectors holding batons suddenly walked over, conducting identity checks on the pedestrians on the street.

This kind of thing seemed to happen frequently during this period, and the people on the street seemed to have already gotten used to it.

They surrounded them.

Wearing a face mask and a dress that didn’t match her usual style, Zhao Xi was not recognized.

“Identity information, routine business, check it, both of you.”

Zhao Xi’s eyes turned slightly cold, but then she looked at the doll in her hand and the clothes on her body.

If she took off her mask and exposed her identity now, she feared that before tomorrow, the prestige she had worked hard to maintain would directly vanish by more than half.

She was already troubled enough because of her height; if she were to…

Ye Qiyan noticed this, so he stood in front of Zhao Xi and took out that Inquisition badge.

“I am a third-rank Judge of the Inquisition. What are you guys trying to do?”

As soon as the badge appeared, those few Inspectors panicked somewhat.

“S-So it is Lord Judge, please forgive our disrespect, we’ll leave right now!”

Even so.

Yet, in the eyes of these Inspectors, they were filled with resentment and displeasure.

It was not hard to tell that they had a nearly irreconcilable conflict with the Inquisition.

This conflict existed not only between Zhao Xi and the boss of the Inspectors, but also appeared in the lower levels.

He always felt that tomorrow wouldn’t pass as easily as Zhao Xi wished.

Ye Qiyan thought silently to himself.

“Thank you.”

Zhao Xi gently patted Ye Qiyan’s shoulder, seeming to discover the height gap between herself and Ye Qiyan once again. She found a slightly higher flower bed and stepped up onto it, lifting her small face and saying very proudly:

“However, how is it? The identity as a Judge of the Inquisition isn’t bad, right? Even if you go to other cities, this identity can similarly allow you to move unimpeded, oh.”