“Is this the reason you hurt yourself?”
MEI had just finished breakfast when she received the photos taken by the housekeeper.
The trash can was covered in blood, looking almost like a crime scene.
Because Yuji had exhausted himself the night before, he did not wake up early.
By the time he woke up, the housekeeper had already cleaned out the trash can in his room.
After waking up, Yuji had planned to deal with the trash can before MEI got up.
He suddenly discovered that the trash inside had already been cleaned.
Yuji saw that MEI was still lying in bed and felt a little guilty.
He prayed in his heart that MEI would not discover the “good deed” he had done.
Even while cooking he felt nervous.
Only after finishing the meal with MEI without anything happening did he finally relax.
However, not long after, MEI had just stepped out the door when she received the photos from the housekeeper.
She then pulled Yuji straight into the car, completely ignoring the driver’s thoughts, and planned to forcibly take off Yuji’s clothes to check him.
“Wait, MEI, what are you doing? Hey, stop for a second!”
Yuji was caught completely off guard by MEI’s actions.
He was so startled that he did not even dare to move.
Then MEI held her phone in front of Yuji’s face.
“Explain this to me. What is going on here? If you cannot explain it clearly, then today you can walk to school by yourself!”
“Uh… that… listen to me, MEI. Calm down first. Things are not what you think.”
“Not what I think? So you’re saying you clearly knew what I would think and still deliberately did this?!”
“MEI, your current posture is very dangerous… can you…”
“And the driver… she…”
Only then did MEI realize that she had pulled Yuji into the car before he had even sat properly, then directly straddled him and was about to check whether he had any wounds.
So their current position looked more like a domineering president trying to take advantage of a delicate little flower.
“Don’t worry about the driver. The car is very well soundproofed. Even if you shout for help today, she won’t hear it.”
The moment she finished saying that sentence, MEI regretted it.
Great, now it looked even more like that.
After continuous persuasion from Yuji, MEI finally allowed him to sit properly and listened to his explanation.
“…That’s what happened.”
“You did that just to test a superpower? Do you know how worried I was when I received those photos?!”
“I’m sorry… MEI. I won’t do it again next time.”
When MEI received the photos, she had truly been frightened.
After all, she was not yet the Dr. MEI who had experienced all kinds of things in the future.
She was still just a student with extraordinary talent.
“But seeing you this worried about me… it really moves me.”
“…You idiot.”
The small quarrel on the way ended.
When MEI and Yuji arrived at school, they headed to their respective classes.
In the time before the meeting with Mobius, Yuji read through every textbook he could find.
If nothing else, MEI’s home was like a small library.
All the books MEI had used before were there, and various notes were neatly organized.
Combined with the fact that he frequently went in and out of the school library, he had already raised the knowledge levels he could currently learn to Lv.3.
Lv.3 was already enough for the vast majority of people.
Ranking at the top of the class was no problem.
But for Yuji, this was only the beginning.
During this period, his relationship with MEI continued to rise steadily.
At the very least, the first thing MEI thought of when she saw him was no longer studying.
“How were today’s classes?” MEI asked Yuji this question for the first time in a while.
“Very easy. A little too easy, actually.”
“Is that so? It seems you’re not far from me now.”
“What?”
Ever since MEI met Yuji, she felt that Yuji was the true genius.
The current Yuji was just like the past MEI.
Any subject was easy for him, and any difficult problem was solved without effort.
For MEI, difficult problems were only divided into those she had already solved and those she was about to solve.
And now she had personally witnessed a genius whose learning ability was not inferior to hers, and who was even stronger than her in certain aspects (not cooking), approach in just a few short days the level that MEI had reached after studying for more than ten years.
(Even if he was sometimes a little silly.)
“MEI, don’t forget that tomorrow is the day we meet Mobius.”
“Mm. Let’s go according to the plan we made earlier. Have you finished the things I asked you to prepare?”
“I finished them long ago.” This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
As he spoke, Yuji took out two pairs of glasses from his pocket.
These two pairs of glasses were a matched set.
One was the main pair and the other was the secondary pair.
When the glasses were activated, the real-time image and sound from one pair would be transmitted to the other.
They could even allow both sides to talk.
“When the time comes, you will wear this pair. After it’s activated, I will watch your conversation and help explain things from time to time.”
As for why they were going through all this extra trouble, it was because Mobius had reached her current position and could not possibly be without methods.
Before she came, she would definitely make preparations.
Whether it was “bringing an army” or “coming alone,” they also had to be prepared.
MEI herself was a genius who had long been noticed by The Flame-Chasers.
If she was truly captured, they would not do anything to her.
Instead, they would directly invite her to join The Flame-Chasers.
But Yuji was different.
He had no power, no influence, and no qualifications.
He had not even published a single decent paper.
The Flame-Chasers would not treat Yuji the same way they treated MEI.
So MEI had proposed this plan: let MEI act as Yuji’s eyes and mouthpiece to communicate with Mobius, all for the sake of protecting Yuji.
For this, she had made quite a few sacrifices in order to persuade Yuji to agree to the plan.
For example…
“We agreed on a date after school this afternoon.”
“I won’t forget. Even if I forget other very important things, I still won’t forget this.”
Speaking of which, MEI was truly very emotional in certain aspects.
Although she originally appeared very rational, MEI was actually a romanticist.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for school to end.
MEI and Yuji arrived at the café where they were supposed to meet.
“Have you been here before, MEI?”
After sitting down, Yuji casually ordered a few desserts and coffee.
“Before… I came here when I was reading, but a date… this is my first time.” MEI thought carefully.
In the past, she had not attached much importance to other people’s invitations.
Someone had invited her before, but she had still prioritized reading.
“Is that so? Then that means I’m MEI’s first?” Yuji chuckled lightly and took the complimentary couple’s dessert from the waiter.
“Ah? If you put it that way…”
“But I remember the prices at this shop shouldn’t be cheap.”
Indeed, it was not cheap.
Of course, this was for ordinary people.
The shop was in an excellent location, the space was spacious, and the food was also very good.
But for MEI, it was merely a drop in the bucket.
Yuji saw at a glance what MEI wanted to express.
She wanted to pay the bill herself.
“But sorry, I’m not pretending anymore. I’ll lay my cards on the table! I’m a millionaire!”
Yuji took out a bank card and placed it on the table.
“This card has more than two million in it (purchasing power calculated according to red tickets).”
“Oh~ So my long-hidden millionaire, why did you rent such a cheap apartment?”
He clearly had money, yet his first thought was to rent a cheap apartment.
MEI could not understand this kind of behavior, unless…
“Wait, could it be…”
“MEI, extinguish whatever is in your head right now! Today is clearly a date. Thinking about those terrible things at this time makes things so uncomfortable.”
“Sorry, I accidentally…”
“Alright, stop talking. The food is all here. Try the taste first!”
Yuji ate his own and then placed MEI’s dessert in front of her, taking a bite along the way.
MEI watched Yuji eat the dessert, then also took a bite from the same spot Yuji had eaten.
“Here, try mine too.” Yuji also placed his own in front of MEI.
To be honest, the taste of these two desserts was truly quite good.
They just did not suit Yuji’s own preferences.
Yuji’s cooking skill had completely reached Lv.4 and was even about to rise to Lv.5.
It was all thanks to MEI constantly wanting to learn cooking these past few days.
She had first finished reading the book Yuji gave her and successfully raised her level to Lv.0. The source of this chapter is novelping.com.
Finally, cooking would no longer explode.
Then she found many more books and even dragged Yuji to read them together.
The result was that MEI made no progress at all, while Yuji’s level kept rising.
In exchange, Yuji had been spoiled by his own cooking.
“Don’t feed me anymore. I feel like my weight is going to increase again.” MEI had no choice.
No matter how she cooked she could not learn it.
Later she even had Yuji hold the pot and cook together with her.
Whatever Yuji did, MEI followed.
The result was that the things they made were completely different.
MEI could only tearfully eat what Yuji made.
Even though she had been training with Yuji these days, she still had the feeling that she was going to get fat.
“Mm… do you think that compared to cooking, I might have more talent for desserts?”
“MEI, are you trying to take away my position in the kitchen?”
Hearing Yuji’s joke, MEI had no way to refute it.
Then she returned the half-eaten dessert that belonged to Yuji.
As for anything indirect… after living together for so long, the things that should make one shy had already been finished long ago.
“Actually, coming here has another purpose.” Yuji observed everything nearby while drinking coffee.
“What?”
“Tomorrow this will be the place where you meet Dr. Mobius. Because the glasses cannot transmit very far, I will be in a room in the hotel next door.”
Yuji pointed at the hotel next door, signaling MEI to take a look.
“I can’t see clearly.” MEI saw nothing and looked at Yuji in confusion.
“Yes, not being able to see clearly is correct. That place is the only spot from this position that cannot be seen. At the same time, that place can clearly see here.”
“I understand what you mean.” MEI suddenly realized.
“So today just properly enjoy the date. Don’t think about anything else.”
On the other side, Mobius had finally given the hardworking Klein a day off.
Dressed neatly, Mobius walked along the path leaving the laboratory.
“Oh my~ Isn’t this the dear Dr. Mobius? Dressed so formally, where are you going?”
A pink-haired, cute, lively, and beautiful girl blocked Mobius’s path.
“Elysia! Hah… what I do has nothing to do with you.”
“Oh? So you’re saying you really are going to do something?”
Mobius tried her best to suppress her voice.
The moment she saw Elysia, she felt that nothing was going smoothly.
Especially the previous times when she had been sold a pink dress and had her badge tricked away.
But… this time she truly needed Elysia.
“Don’t cause trouble. I have a date to rush to.” As she spoke, Mobius walked around Elysia and left without looking back.
“Eh? A date? Mobius?” The abandoned Elysia tilted her head and carefully thought about who could possibly have taken down this unattainable flower.
The result was that after thinking for a long time, she could not think of a single person among all of The Flame-Chasers.
So she secretly followed Mobius.
“Who could it be? I’m so curious, so curious. I always said Mobius is still very charming. I really want to know who it is soon!”
She continued until she saw Mobius board a plane to Nagazora City.
She also secretly followed Mobius onto the plane.
“She doesn’t actually think she’s hiding well, does she?” Mobius looked at Elysia behind her, who was holding a newspaper and quietly following.
Mobius had deliberately let Elysia follow her.
She was not a fool.
Going alone to a place that was clearly a trap was one thing, but finding more people still could not compare to having Elysia.
And she was even less likely to actively look for Elysia, so Mobius had deliberately drawn Elysia’s attention.
Sitting on the plane, Mobius looked at the intelligence in her hands.
Before coming, she had already investigated MEI’s situation and learned that a man had approached MEI and moved into MEI’s home at lightning speed.
If this was not forced, Mobius would never believe it even if she was beaten to death.
She had also investigated that man thoroughly.
Unfortunately, she found nothing, or rather, the things she found were too clean, as if such a person had appeared out of thin air.
“Forget it. Since I’m already here, I might as well make the best of it. No matter how strong the other side is, they cannot possibly be a match for Elysia.” Mobius had to admit that although Elysia was annoying, her strength was also beyond doubt.
Mobius stared at the photo in her hands.
It was clearly a photo of Yuji.
The blurry image was obviously captured by some surveillance camera.
“Let me see just how many surprises you can give me…”