【Side Quest Complete】

【Special Scenario Bonus Skill Value Reward: 200】

Feng Bujue's ultimate technique successfully shattered Saint Prince Shoutoku's mental defenses. The prince lost his ability to act due to the overwhelming blow and was taken away from the school by the girl.

Looking back on it, the difficulty of this side quest was average, no higher than the previous "Corpse-less Murder Incident," so the reward for this quest was also relatively average.

【One week later, on a small road near Myaami's house.】

After the quest completion notification, a scene transition immediately followed, and Brother Jue and Xiao Tan found themselves in the location mentioned by the system voice.

"Hmm...we're here again," Wang Tanzhi immediately said, "It was early morning when we were here last time..."

"I've been wandering around here for a long time in broad daylight..." Feng Bujue casually replied.

"Eh? Brother Jue," Xiao Tan suddenly remembered something and turned to Brother Jue, "We didn't immediately transition after completing the side quest before, why did we transition directly this time?"

"I don't know," Feng Bujue said, "Maybe it's related to the progress of the script..." His expression became serious, "Counting this chapter, there are only seven chapters left to reach the goal of thirty-three chapters. In terms of the tension of the plot... it's probably nearing the end."

"I see..." Xiao Tan nodded in response.

As they were talking, two "people" slowly walked toward them from the T-junction ahead.

Brother Jue and Xiao Tan looked closely and saw that it was Usami and Myaami, carrying their school bags.

"No cases have happened recently~" Usami said as she walked, "By the way, Myaami-chan, aren't there any dismembered bodies hanging from the trees in your garden or anything? About a hundred would be good."

Myaami glanced at Usami and said, "Even if you're filled with anticipation for that kind of hellish scene to happen at my house... I can't do anything about it..."

Their dialogue still showed the essence of *Hiyori*, stating strange things in a straightforward manner.

"Good morning, you two," A figure appeared a few seconds later. It was Kumakichi-kun, wearing a set of women's see-through negligee. He greeted the two girls nonchalantly and said, "The weather's really nice today~ Did you hear? We're getting another transfer student in our class today... Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Usami's sharp gaze locked onto him again.

"You scared me! Usami-chan's eyes have become sharp!" Kumakichi stopped in surprise. "This... could it be..." He once again spoke that explanatory line, "There's no mistaking it... that look means Usami-chan's inspiration is bursting forth, and her mental energy is focused on the case... Because of this trait, Usami-chan has also earned the nickname 'You Scared Me!'" He paused. "But... where is the case?"

"I feel like the content he says is different every time he introduces Usami's nickname..." Xiao Tan muttered, narrowing his eyes as he watched from the sidelines.

"It's similar to 'the words on Usami's chest are different on every piece of clothing,'" Feng Bujue replied. "Either it's an intentionally arranged gag, or the author of *Hiyori* forgets what he drew last time..."

As the two were commenting, Usami had already taken out her phone. Clearly... she wanted to call the police.

"Eh? Wait... that's not right!" Kumakichi exclaimed in a panic, "Are you going to arrest me again?"

"Where did you steal it from this time? You perverted bear," Usami asked, while her fingers didn't stop dialing.

"It's his own," Before Kumakichi could answer, Feng Bujue stepped forward and interrupted their conversation.

"That's right, I saw Kumakichi-kun wear it once before," Wang Tanzhi also walked up, supporting him with a straight face.

Having reached this point in the script, Xiao Tan's moral integrity had long been shattered. He was used to lying for Kumakichi.

"I see..." Usami said, "I thought wearing a bra during the last outing was already outrageous, but I didn't expect you perverted bear to have so many tricks up your sleeve."

"Yeah, this guy has a lot of strange clothes at home," Feng Bujue said.

"Right, right, didn't he also wear the exact same outfit as the phantom thief BeArs_eye from *Detective Tadpole* last time?" Xiao Tan added.

"You two perverts aren't trying to protect Kumakichi-kun, are you?" Usami retorted.

Ever since the "phantom thief BeArs_eye" quest, Xiao Tan and Brother Jue had been labeled as underwear thieves, and Usami often called them that, so Xiao Tan was no longer surprised by this kind of name-calling.

In addition, speaking of that incident, I must mention... after the quest, one thing puzzled Xiao Tan very much, that is... the universe's handling of such cases was ridiculously lenient. Xiao Tan had taken the opportunity to ask Kumakichi how long they would be sentenced for the last incident. As a result, Kumakichi told him that kind of breaking and entering and confronting the police... only gets you locked up for three days; and the kind of crimes that Kumakichi usually commits usually get him out after a day...

This is also in the *Hiyori* universe... if it were real life, you would have to pick up soap in prison for at least five years...

"How could that be?" Facing Usami's question, Feng Bujue replied shamelessly, "What benefit would we get from protecting him?"

"Hmm..." Usami pondered for a few seconds and put away her phone. "Forget it, forget it..." She shrugged. "If it really is Kumakichi's own thing, then it doesn't really count as an incident."

As soon as she finished speaking, suddenly...

【Successfully disrupted the investigation of the "Panda Teacher's Pajamas" incident】

【Special Scenario Bonus Skill Value Reward: 50】

【Kumakichi's hatred towards you +5%】

【Please note that Kumakichi's hatred towards player-Feng Bujue has reached 100%, hidden plot triggered】

【Main Quest has been changed】

A series of unfamiliar system notifications rang in the ears of the two players, and they quickly opened the game menu to check.

Only then did they discover that [Limit the number of times Kumakichi is arrested to within ten times (including the tenth time).] had changed to... [Before the end of the script, find a way to hide your 'Player' identity.]

"What!"

"What?"

At that moment, Brother Jue and Xiao Tan spoke the same sentence in their hearts, but their moods were slightly different.

Seeing this unprecedented, strange quest, Xiao Tan felt surprised and confused.

But Feng Bujue... almost the moment he saw the content of the quest, he realized something...

What he felt... was shock and unease.