“Sister Firefly, could I please have some more limited-edition cakes?
Everyone loves them.” Soukaku had been coming every day since the shop opened, and Firefly naturally welcomed her warmly.
“No matter how delicious they are, don’t eat too many, okay?” Firefly would always advise her like this, but still couldn’t stop Soukaku.
After getting the cakes, Soukaku greeted her and left, as it was still working hours for the Hollow Special Operations Section.
Watching Soukaku leave, Firefly got back into the zone.
Two days had already passed since the opening, and Firefly Cake Shop remained immensely popular, with many people visiting every day.
Just this morning, some troublesome guests had shown up.
About ten people swarmed into the shop, packing the small storefront.
They didn’t buy anything, just stood there, and repeatedly made teasing remarks to harass Firefly.
The ringleader was the student she had seen that day, but Firefly couldn’t tolerate it anymore.
When someone tried to touch Firefly’s face, his fingers were grabbed by the maiden and twisted.
A sharp scream echoed from the shop out into the alley.
Once a conflict broke out, these people dropped the act and directly started smashing the shop, but Firefly couldn’t just sit back and watch.
She took out her phone and immediately called the police.
While on the call, she took down the punks one by one as they tried to rush up and snatch her phone.
When the Public Security officers arrived, they only saw a room full of people lying on the ground and a chaotic cake shop, while Firefly calmly cleaned up the ruined cakes and display shelves.
These people were taken away, and by the afternoon, a post appeared online claiming that the clerk at Firefly Cake Shop was a violent woman who would beat people up at the slightest disagreement.
It was attached with a few pictures of them beaten black and blue.
However, this one-sided statement was immediately boycotted by the public.
Someone exposed their actions, and a wave of collective mockery and revulsion mercilessly washed over the punks.
Unable to handle the pressure, these people deleted their posts and went offline.
Don’t underestimate Firefly’s strength.
Although she lacked the power of pomegranate the Path, she possessed enough combat Remembrance of her own.
Just by revealing a sliver of it, she could take down those good-for-nothing punks even without any ordinary physical strength.
This was just a minor interlude.
After tidying up, Firefly resumed business.
However, Firefly’s attention wasn’t on the business, but rather on that special reception commission.
She didn’t know what to do because this was her first time.
Even HQ was unwilling to reveal much more, leaving Firefly feeling a bit deflated.
However, people who saw Firefly out of sorts simply assumed she had been frightened by the punks this morning, and the customers successively condemned those people with harsh words.
The Miss Firefly Fan Club stated regarding this: “All evil shall eventually be brought to justice!
We will never tolerate any malicious acts against Miss Firefly!” “Firefly-1, your special reception client has arrived in this world.
Please set out to receive them immediately.” HQ’s voice shattered Firefly’s peace.
She had no choice but to suspend operations and post a suspension notice online, then head off in the direction provided by HQ.
This post further ignited the fan club’s fury, and upon seeing it, those punks didn’t dare show their faces in any corner of the internet anymore.
…
A day earlier.
Inside the Dead-End Hollow, a Bangboo and two people were searching for a way out of the Hollow.
These were none other than Phaethon, Nekomata, and Corin, a green-haired twin-tailed maid who had accidentally gotten trapped in the Hollow.
However, Phaethon’s purpose wasn’t just to leave the Hollow; mainly because Corin had gotten separated from her team and wasn’t carrying any luobo, though fortunately she ran into Eous and Nekomata.
Rumble—loud noises echoed from time to time within the Hollow, and the three of them keenly noticed that the loud noises were getting closer and closer.
“What’s that commotion?
It seems to be heading this way?” Nekomata furrowed her brows.
With her keen hearing, she had heard the distant roaring long ago.
“Could it be…
some powerful Ethereal…?” Corin timidly hugged her huge chainsaw, trembling all over.
Eous emitted a chime-like sound to comfort her: “It’s fine.
The signal of a powerful Ethereal nearby is still quite far away, so there’s no need to worry.” “Thank you, Investigator.” Corin knew the Bangboo was comforting her, and thanked it immediately in accordance with her etiquette as a maid.
However, Nekomata’s ears twitched; she had just heard another loud crash.
“No!
Something is approaching fast.” “Master, the Dead End Butcher’s Ether signal is rapidly approaching.” Fairy’s reminder was also transmitted through Eous.
“What?” The Proxy, whose words had aged like milk at the speed of light, let out an exclamation.
Following that, the few of them frantically chose to flee in panic.
But before the three of them had run two steps, a huge Ethereal plummeted from the sky, appearing right in their Path.
However, it wasn’t like a boss making a grand entrance, but rather more like a plane crash.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”