Chapter 17 Trip to Europe

“Business trip? To Europe?” Hao Ren looked at Raven 12345 with some surprise. “How come there are foreigners among my tenants?”

Raven 12345 sized Hao Ren up and down with a strange look. “When are you going to catch up with the times? I’ve said they’re anomalous creatures, they don’t have nationalities! The vampire in your house was born before cavemen could even stand upright, so what country does she belong to?”

Hao Ren quickly patted his forehead to admit his mistake, and said that his imagination was restricted by the inherent rigid thinking of earthlings. Then he quickly asked about the details of the mission: “Who am I picking up? Where exactly? When are we going? And finally, the most important thing—does the organization reimburse the round-trip plane tickets?”

“Look at your patheticness,” Raven 12345 glanced at Hao Ren sideways. “Don’t worry, all your expenses will be reimbursed by the organization. Originally, I planned to open a portal directly for you, but considering that new employees need to train, it’s better to give you the funds and let you figure out how to get there yourself. As for what your ‘client’ looks like… um, I’m not sure yet. His arrival here was rather special, he should be disguised, but the data terminal you carry will release an identification signal, and he will take the initiative to contact you. Also, you don’t have to worry about formalities like passports, I’ve prepared them for you through ‘special channels.’ Take them with you when you leave.”

Hao Ren nodded repeatedly, then suddenly remembered something: “That’s right, what about the two at home? They still fight every now and then… I really can’t just leave them at home!”

Thinking about how much trouble Lily and Vivian would cause if left unattended, and how long his house could withstand the battle between two superwomen, Hao Ren was immediately covered in a cold sweat: this problem must be solved in advance, he didn’t want the first thing he did after returning home to be calling a construction team to build a new house.

“Take those two at home with you, they might come in handy. I’ve prepared their paperwork too,” Raven 12345 waved her slender hand. “After all, that vampire has traveled all over the world, and the werewolf can help you fight. Just treat this as a team-building exercise. Don’t worry about them not agreeing, I’ve roughly understood their situation, those two… are idle.”

Hao Ren cared about what she meant by "team-building" and "come in handy," and his instincts made him feel a faint sense of crisis, but he didn't ask in detail: Raven 12345 was happy to explain the current situation, but would never reveal future circumstances, he already knew this.

"Now that you've clarified the situation, hurry up and leave," Raven 12345 slapped Hao Ren on the shoulder. "Go back and check your bank card, the funds for this operation are in there. In the afternoon, I will send the specific contact location and details to your data terminal. This is a small mission, every trainee inspector starts with these trivial matters—train well."

Hao Ren barely had time to nod before he felt a dizzy spell. When he woke up, he was back on the highway beside Wangba Tuozi. The throbbing pain in his shoulder and the file bag that had appeared in his hand confirmed that the previous experience was not a dream: every time he went to that big house, he would have a dreamlike feeling, mainly because the process of space transmission was too unbelievable.

He remembered what Raven 12345 had said about transferring the funds to his bank card, and couldn't help but twitch his lips: let alone how the other party knew his card number, anyway, that woman was omnipotent, and it was not surprising what she did. What was really worth complaining about was that even working for a god required this kind of method to allocate funds… it really wasn't like what was described in novels.

“Oh, I forgot something!” Hao Ren suddenly slapped his forehead. “I haven’t asked about Vivian’s blood magic failing!”

The previous two days, Vivian had tried to use blood magic to soothe Hao Ren’s "nightmares," but neither the magic nor the vampire blood had worked. Instead, both things had been absorbed by Hao Ren, which had been bothering him. But this time, when he met Raven 12345, he was led by the other party's rhythm and he didn't even bother to ask.

Looking at the clear and bright sky above, and thinking that Raven 12345 seemed very busy, Hao Ren shook his head and decided to ask next time.

Taking a bus back to Baishi Road in the southern suburbs, he was relieved that his house seemed fine. There was no thick smoke, and no suspicious explosions could be heard. It seemed that the two superwomen hadn't fought when he went out—of course, it was also possible that Lily had gone out for a “consultation” and hadn’t returned yet. Hao Ren went forward, took out his key, and opened the door. Before he even saw anyone, he called out to the living room, “I’m back!”

The house was quiet, completely without any human voices. Hao Ren entered the house and closed the door, finding that there was not a sound to be heard. The air conditioner in the living room was also turned off. Hao Ren poked his head around for a long time, and in the end, only Gun slipped out of the kitchen to greet him.

“Holy crap… those two superwomen didn’t go out for a duel, did they!”

Hao Ren immediately thought of a very terrifying possibility—originally, he wasn’t such a negative person, but ever since Vivian and Lily almost drew blood over the question of whether a Tibetan Mastiff could beat a wolf, he realized that as long as those two superwomen lived in his house for one day, he would have to develop the habit of thinking the worst of everything. As long as those two weren’t in his sight, anything was possible!

Hao Ren felt a burst of unease in his heart. The weather was already hot today, and he had walked all the way outside in the sun, so now he felt like he was sweating all over. He found the air conditioner remote control and wanted to cool himself down, but found that—the power was out.

“What’s going on today… just when I accepted a mission, everything started going wrong?” Hao Ren thought superstitiously.

Just then, he suddenly heard two very familiar girls’ voices from the door, and immediately felt a weight lifted from his heart: it was Vivian and Lily returning, so it seemed that the two hadn’t dueled.

“Oh, Landlord, you’re back?” Lily was the first to jump into the house, and when she saw Hao Ren, she started to make a fuss. “It’s almost noon, Landlord, let’s eat!”

…This wolf girl’s brain is probably made of noodles and rice. As soon as it’s mealtime, her brain won’t think about anything else!

“Where did you guys go?” Hao Ren wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Vivian (at this time, Lily had entered a state of waiting for food and had basically no communication value). “I thought you went out for a duel.”

“The power went out just now, and I thought it was time to pay the electricity bill,” Vivian said with a smile. “Then I went out and found Dahu (Big Dog) to go together.”

It was rare for Lily not to jump up and argue with Vivian: this idiot was called "Dahu, Dahu" by Vivian all day long, and now she couldn't react anymore.

“You need a team of two just to pay an electricity bill?” Hao Ren gave Vivian a strange look, but quickly reacted. “Oh right, you can’t touch money.”

The smile on Vivian’s face suddenly froze. The feeling of having a fatal wound poked must not be good, but in the end, she shrugged indifferently: “The transformer in the community burned out, the power’s been out for half a day.”

Hao Ren said "oh," and picked up the magazine next to him to fan himself. "Damn it, it's so hot… this power outage is really bad timing. Hey Lily, what's wrong with you?"

Lily was squatting on the sofa on all fours, panting hard with her tongue sticking out. "I ran a little too fast when I came back just now, I'm a little hot."

Vivian and Hao Ren were both dumbfounded: usually saying that Lily was a big dog was not wrong at all, this heat dissipation method was too high-end!

Although watching a beautiful girl reveal such a silly look had a unique charm, Hao Ren still felt a little unable to watch, so he euphemistically reminded Lily: "In your current form… do you still need to stick out your tongue?"

Lily thought for a moment, felt the fine sweat on her body, and then realized it. She quickly returned to a normal sitting posture and put her tongue back in. "Oh, habit, I always forget, I haven't changed it after all these years."

Hao Ren chuckled dryly, not knowing what to say at this time, but just then, a gust of cool wind suddenly blew in from the side.

He turned his head in surprise, and saw that Vivian had transformed into a vampire state, surrounded by a faint red mist visible to the naked eye, fanning herself vigorously with two small folding fans while releasing cold air…

“Landlord, do you think this will work?”

Hao Ren's eyes widened: "I went, is this okay too?!"

Lily didn’t even care that the other party was her mortal enemy at this moment, and rubbed over in a few steps, asking while enjoying the cool breeze: "Hey, winged one, don’t you usually have a weird smell when you release cold air?"

Vivian raised an eyebrow: “That’s only used when fighting. Can’t I just blow some pure wind when I’m cooling myself down?”

Hao Ren felt his eyes opened to the correct way to use the otherworldly girls, and his face was full of smiles: "That's great, Vivian, you can be an air conditioner from now on, the electricity bill saved is enough to cover half a month's rent!"

Then he announced the mission he had just received from Raven 12345: "By the way, I have something to say. In a couple of days, I will be traveling on official business—it’s that mission from the Space Administration, I have to go to Europe, for an indefinite amount of time. You’d better come with me, what do you think, are you free?"