Go Deceive Someone

"Have you forgotten what we talked about online? You have a problem with arresting you for that?"

"It's you?"

Vil-V raised an eyebrow. "You're trying to hook me?"

The current Vil-V isn't oily enough.

"You've taken the bait."

Liu Bai answered leisurely—an attitude that made Vil-V pause.

Asshole...

After cursing under her breath, Vil-V became defiant again.

"I don't know anything about this. I just came here to spend money!"

Vil-V continued to argue forcefully.

Liu Bai was slightly taken aback, then understood what Vil-V meant.

Although Vil-V had thoroughly exposed herself, her current intention was to get Liu Bai to prove that she was the one who had been chatting with him online.

Hmm... Although it's a useless idea, it's still somewhat interesting.

Since both sides are using alt accounts, proving it is still a bit difficult.

"Miss Vil-V, do you think we didn't record the conversation?"

Liu Bai sighed.

Vil-V's two sentences just revealed all her secrets, didn't they?

If this were a police station, those two sentences alone would have been enough to get her arrested.

Unfortunately, they couldn't catch them.

Therefore, Liu Bai didn't mind arguing with Vil-V some more.

"First of all, Miss Vil-V, this is not a coffee shop open to the public. This is our staff canteen. There's a sign outside that says 'No Trespassing.'"

Staff canteen?

Vil-V instinctively glanced at Pardofelis behind her, Pardofelis gave Vil-V a smug smile.

... Well, this was a trap I set for myself all along, so it's perfectly normal for them to treat me to a meal.

As for that brand... Vil-V subconsciously felt that she wasn't someone who was just sitting around doing nothing—after all, she was about to have a secret meeting.

But seriously, who would put the staff cafeteria on the first floor?! Are they crazy?! Shouldn't the first floor be the company lobby?

She never expected that this was actually a trap.

"I... I just wasn't looking where I was going."

Vil-V continued to hold on.

"You really are stubborn..."

Liu Bai sighed as he looked at the overly young-looking Vil-V.

"Alright, then let's bring out the irrefutable evidence. Pardo, take the laptop out of her bag."

Upon hearing this, Vil-V breathed a sigh of relief.

I know perfectly well what I'm doing online, so how could I not clean up the mess?

"A computer... a computer... this one?"

"Yes, yes, I'll see if I can recover some of the records, and also see what our Miss Vil-V does online every day."

"..."

Vil-V's eyes widened.

She wasn't afraid of recovering the records; after all, those weren't things you could just recover at will. But it was up to her...

"I plead guilty!"

Vil-V fell to her knees with a thud.

"I am guilty, I am utterly wicked! I have committed murder and arson, indulged in all sorts of vices, including drinking, gambling, prostitution, and drugs. Just kill me, or feed me to the zombies! I admit it! I admit it all! I only have one request: after I die, please burn my computer, I beg you!"

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Vil-V's reaction was so strong that even Eden was somewhat taken aback.

"Oh... judging from your reaction, you have quite a lot of embarrassing stuff on your computer? Those little websites are your cringeworthy creations from when you were a kid?"

Liu Bai shook the laptop in his hand.

"..." Vil-V's expression gradually turned ashen.

How do you know so much?!

"Okay, okay, I've already said, we're not some evil organization."

Liu Bai patted Vil-V's head.

"We just want to invite you to join the Moth Chasers to Fire."

"I'll join! I'll join!" Vil-V nodded repeatedly. "Then my computer..."

"I'll keep it for you for now, and I'll pay it back to you as long as you work hard—Miss Vil-V, you don't want your embarrassing chuunibyou history to be played on TV around the world 24/7, do you?"

"Gurgle..."

Chapter 324 Going to Deceive People

"So, we now have three people in our department, and we can get some real work done."

In the conference room on the second floor, Liu Bai summarized.

"Hey, wait a minute, you, me, her, her... aren't there four of us in total?"

"Vil-V raised her hand and interjected."

"Or... is someone a temporary worker? Me?"

"What are you thinking about, Vil-V? Didn't you just sign a contract to sell yourself into servitude?"

"Please call that a labor contract!"

Vil-V angrily slammed her fist on the table—not because of the employment contract, but simply because she was upset that she had been cheated.

During the meeting, she whispered to the two people next to her and finally realized why she had lost.

This bastard created over a hundred alternate accounts and three forums to scam me?

Vil-V was simply not convinced. If Liu Bai had spent money to hire a hundred or so people to cheat her, she would have accepted it. But with your overwhelming power, she knew she couldn't escape.

But you created a hundred alt accounts by yourself? Are you crazy?! You're crazier than me, okay?!

Well, if others said that about Vil-V, Vil-V would definitely be unhappy, but if Vil-V were to give an honest self-evaluation, Vil-V would actually think that she was somewhat ill.

After all, a normal person wouldn't suddenly develop a new consciousness just because they feel self-loathing at the age of four or five.

But no matter what, she's only sick and has three or four personalities. Her limit is already having seven or eight alt accounts to perfectly role-play. This guy on the other side has more than a hundred alt accounts to amuse himself... This is already terminal, isn't it?

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Liu Bai looked at Vil-V with great surprise.

Does she really like the idea of a contract of servitude?

"Say whatever you want, that's the gist of it."

Liu Bai picked up the backpack beside him and shook it at Vil-V.

"..."

I'm so angry!

"As for why we said there were three people..."

As Liu Bai spoke, Eden and Pardofelis couldn't help but look at Vil-V, wondering how this newly joined lady would react after hearing Liu Bai's true identity.

"—Of course it's because I'm not human."

"...?" Vil-V looked at Liu Bai, a look of confusion on her face, which then turned to pity. "I know you're quite ill, Minister, but no matter what, you don't have to berate yourself like this, do you?"

Vil-V had shown such pity that she was willing to use honorifics.

Hmm... in a way, could this be considered a way to get closer to someone?

Eden's lips curled up slightly, as if he was suppressing a laugh.

"No, I am literally not a person."

Liu Bai's lips twitched as he looked at the pity on Vil-V's face. He didn't need to use this method to get closer to Vil-V yet.

To prove the truth of his words, Liu Bai silently floated into the air.

"...ha?"

Vil-V's face finally betrayed her undisguised astonishment.

"No, wait, is there some mistake...? This is an anti-gravity device? No, this doesn't seem like something an anti-gravity device could do..."

"To put it simply—I am a ghost, a ghost that only a select few can see."

Liu Bai said, burying half of his body in the ceiling.

Vil-V: "..."

Seeing Liu Bai with only half his body remaining, Vil-V's expression became complicated.

About half a minute later, Vil-V's expression gradually calmed down—no, it should be said that she became excited.

"—cool!"

Vil-V made no attempt to hide the excitement on her face.

"...This reaction isn't right, is it?" Pardofelis nudged Eden beside her.

Even though she now knows her boss is a good person, shouldn't a normal person be a little afraid of ghosts?

"What makes you think this young lady is a normal person?"

Eden maintained a calm expression.

So what if I'm not surprised by ghosts? That's nothing. I know two people who want to marry ghosts.

—Although one of them was myself.

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Eden wasn't surprised at all by the mere presence of Vil-V. The sense of crisis she evoked was less than one percent of Mobius's.

"..."

Pardo paused for a moment.

Well, actually, she thinks this lady is quite abnormal.

From her hair color to her personality, everything about her is quite strange.

But then again, isn't their department pretty strange?

"Cough cough."

Liu Bai pushed away the approaching Vil-V and coughed twice.

"Go back and sit down. We need to get down to business."

"Serious business? Invading Earth?"

Vil-V obediently sat back down, but a restless look could be seen on her face.

"No, I meant selling albums—it's not our turn to save the world yet."

"Huh? Minister, you're a fan of celebrities?"

"It's selling, not buying."

Liu Bai picked up a ruler and tapped Vil-V on the head.