here is chapter 20!
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“I just became a regular today.”
Louis said with a hint of pride, though only a little.
After all, this job was not a regular nine-to-five office position where he could just sit around and get paid.
It was more like being an outlaw, a line of work where you put your life on the line every day.
“This is a combat uniform, the kind you wear when risking your life inside a Hollow?”
Belle recognized the clothes Louis was wearing.
Only those who needed to enter a Hollow at any moment would go around in such a uniform.
When Louis had come to the video store before, he had mentioned that he wanted to become a Security Officer.
“Yeah, I was fighting for my life against an Ethereal in a Temporary Hollow this morning, and I came back alive.”
Louis said in a calm tone.
This was nothing to brag about.
He had already transformed.
If he were still smug about beating those small fry, there would be something wrong with his head.
In Louis’s eyes, the high-level monster Dullahan was nothing more than small fry.
Its strength was too low.
Still, this was a good thing.
Truly encountering those top-tier monsters would mean the Hollow was becoming increasingly dangerous.
“Amazing.
Just like I’d expect from you.”
Belle gave Louis a thumbs-up in praise, but this compliment made Louis’s eyebrow twitch.
He really wanted to give Belle a friendly body slam.
“Don’t call me by that title, you two.”
“Pfft, hahaha.
You didn’t go to the Temporary Hollow in Crete, did you?”
Belle was amused by Louis’s retort, and after laughing for a while, she asked casually.
“How did you know?”
“It’s all over the news.
Didn’t you see?
The armed helicopters from the Sky Police were dispatched.”
Belle said with an exaggerated expression.
Louis felt her explanation was reasonable, so he admitted the location where he had carried out his mission.
Although this matter was supposed to be confidential, he didn’t feel that Belle and Wise knowing about it would pose any threat to him.
“I was inside a Hollow at the time.
How could I watch the news?” Louis said.
I still respect Security Officers like you.
If it weren’t for all of you holding back the Hollows, how could we ordinary citizens stay safe?”
Belle nodded slightly, and Louis was very touched upon hearing this.
Although Belle could be mischievous at times, she still knew how to say the right things.
Just as Louis was feeling happy, he heard what Belle added next.
“So next time if there are any movies like that, I’ll have Brother Wise save them for you.”
“So you really do have them!
Forget it, forget it.
I’m a civil servant now.
I can’t knowingly break the law.
You keep them for yourselves.”
Louis tried hard to retort, but still waved his hand.
Previously, when he came looking for movies, he wasn’t part of the Security Bureau.
If he had been caught by the police, he could have brushed it off by saying he accidentally rented restricted items, then found a good lawyer and paid some protection money to get through it.
But now he was an official employee.
If Zhu Yuan found out he was renting those kinds of movies, his life would definitely be over.
How would he ever be able to share the same household registration in the future?
“Hey!”
Belle stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Louis without speaking.
What did he mean by “keep them for yourselves”?
Only the two siblings lived in this house.
Was that something they could watch together?
“Although it feels unlikely, if you encounter any danger in the future, you can come to me for help.
After all, Security Officers are supposed to protect ordinary citizens.”
After getting back at Belle, Louis’s mood recovered.
He waved his hand, then took the movies and prepared to leave, leaving this sentence behind.
“Okay.
From now on, we’re people who have a Security Officer looking out for us.”
Belle waved at Louis and spoke.
After watching him leave, Belle went to the stairs and peeked upward.
A gray-haired young man was standing there, not resting as she had claimed.
“Confirmed.
The ones who took care of the Dullahan must be the Criminal Investigation Special Response Team from the Security Bureau.”
Belle nodded at her brother.
The only people who knew about the Dullahan’s appearance were the Special Task Force and those who had raided the Hollow.
Since Belle was not with the Security Bureau, her hidden identity was practically revealed.
“This is tricky.
If the Special Task Force gets involved, our commission to find the box will become much harder.”
Wise spoke up.
They were the helpers who had previously assisted those two people in escaping from the Hollow.
Now, their commission was still ongoing, and the stolen goods Zhu Yuan had mentioned were exactly the target of this pair of siblings’ mission.
“Fortunately, the space inside the Hollow is constantly changing, and the box’s location is moving too.
Good news is that the Special Task Force members have already clocked off.
Let’s take advantage of this time to have Nicole and her team enter the Hollow and secure it in one go.”
Belle said with a relaxed expression.
She didn’t want to meet the Special Task Force at all, especially not Zhu Yuan.
In her mind, she had subconsciously assumed that Zhu Yuan had easily taken care of that powerful Dullahan.
If she and her brother were to go up against someone like that, they’d be kicked to pieces in an instant.
Thus, in a good mood, Belle shouted their family’s slogan.
“We are the legendary Proxy Phaethon…
Mmph!”
“Stop shouting that slogan all the time.
Walls have ears.”
Wise covered his sister’s mouth helplessly.
Although the video store was their safe house, it was also open to the public.
If someone were to walk in, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“In Sixth Street, who doesn’t know we’re Proxies, besides the new arrivals?”
Belle pried his hand off her mouth and said casually.
If it weren’t for the fact that everyone knew, she wouldn’t be shouting that slogan.
Wise suddenly felt that it wasn’t just “walls have ears,” but “walls have eyes.” He turned to look at their front door, only to see Louis, carrying a box of videotapes, having walked back at some point, looking as if he had forgotten something.
“Hello there, legendary Proxy.”
Louis greeted them politely in his hometown dialect.
The siblings were petrified on the spot.
Although they were legendary Proxies, the sister looked like she wasn’t very bright.
Bonus chapters
200 – Stones
400 – Stones
600 – Stones
And so on, do you best!