The Bitter No. 1

"So, next time we run into some illegal immigrants, we should just kill them, right?" Luo Yifang casually tossed the envelope, and bright flames engulfed it, instantly turning it to ash.

"Whatever you say," Paqi knew Luo Yifang's personality of not wanting trouble. Asking him to manage a coffee shop? Might as well kill him. "So, what are you planning to do now? Sell this place, or destroy it?"

"Hoo, she gave me a ring, how could I refuse?" Luo Yifang said irritably. He really disliked trouble, but the spatial ring Lilith gave him was clearly more than just a reward for catching Corpse Fire. It was more about hoping he would accept this coffee shop. Since he had accepted the gift, Luo Yifang wouldn't disappoint anyone. "I really need to be careful in the future. Necromancers are indeed all bad guys!"

However, now wasn't the time to run a business. Firstly, he still had the Absolute Ability User Project to deal with. Secondly, Luo Yifang had no idea how to make coffee. He wasn't afraid of no customers; he wasn't afraid of losing money, and he didn't need to pay anyone's salary. Although, with the storage function of that ring, he already had a similar portable space. But perhaps in Lilith's eyes, this coffee shop was the real gift.

There were also some items in the ring that looked like healing potions, which Lilith probably stuffed in before she left. He didn't see any equipment, but even with just these, it was enough for Luo Yifang to help Lilith look after the shop.

"This shop is really not small," Luo Yifang casually looked around and found that the coffee shop was only on the first floor of this building. It should be said that this three-story Western-style building was entirely gifted to Luo Yifang by Lilith, and there was even a basement. The living environment here was much better than his ordinary apartment. However, Luo Yifang had no plans to move in yet. Why? Because he was too lazy! Moving in would mean packing everything again, which was really troublesome.

Seeing that it was getting late, Luo Yifang decided not to go back to his apartment and planned to stay here for the night. The second floor had a great environment, decorated in a very retro European style. Combined with the unique high technology of Academy City, it wasn't abrupt but rather harmonious, fitting Luo Yifang's aesthetic.

"Mmm, this building is nice!" Paqi said somewhat excitedly.

"What are you happy about? You can't live here."

"You don't know anything. The environment on my side is simulated based on your living space. Do you think I want to live in your dump of an apartment?"

Fine, this guy was quite picky. Wait... she said the place she lived in was simulated based on his living environment? Considering her recent frequent disappearances, Luo Yifang raised an eyebrow. "Do you also have a bunch of gaming equipment over there?"

"Of course, I do. Anything you install in your room can appear in mine. Otherwise, how do you think I catch up on my shows?" Paqi answered as a matter of course. Luo Yifang covered his face. So, the things he spent money on also benefited this guy? Well, he was one of his own, so no loss!

Luo Yifang collapsed on the sofa, feeling a headache coming on. Lilith's problem was solved, but he had bigger troubles. Thinking calmly, besides this damned Absolute Ability User Project, Luo Yifang wondered if he should just take down the Roman Curia and quietly slit Right Seat's throat to avoid future complications.

"Speaking of which, why was I thrown into this world..." Luo Yifang's head was pounding. "Can't I just live peacefully as a shut-in? Thankfully, I don't have to go to school... Wait, school?"

"What are you daydreaming about now?" As Luo Yifang, who held the title of Academy City's Number One Brain, he had already been freed from school. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so bored every day. So, Paqi was curious about what this scatterbrained, mischievous guy was thinking now.

"I remember... there was someone in a school who participated in the Absolute Ability User Project..." Luo Yifang flipped off the sofa like a carp. "Chōtenjōki... that school I was supposed to go to after I was crippled. Thankfully, I don't have to go now."

Hearing Luo Yifang say this, Paqi knew who he was referring to. Luo Yifang took out his laptop from his portable space and quickly typed on the keyboard. He successfully pulled up a girl's profile—Busu Dixin! This genius girl, who had shown promise in the fields of biology and psychiatry since childhood, was a third-year student at Chōtenjōki Academy but was participating in the Absolute Ability User Project. As long as he found her, he would find a breakthrough.

"I'm only remembering such important information now..." Luo Yifang regretfully tapped his head. If he had remembered earlier, he wouldn't have wasted so much time wandering around these past few days. "Did the previous incident really have too much of an impact?"

"Alright, stop being chuunibyou here," Paqi interrupted Luo Yifang's chuunibyou declaration. Luo Yifang then put away the computer. "What, looking at you, are you going to find her now? Tsk tsk, sneaking into a high school girl's dorm late at night. I bet this would get a lot of clicks if it were published in the newspaper."

"Why wait for a better day than today?" Luo Yifang cleared his throat. "Besides, she's probably in the research institute during the day. If I don't go at night, where will I find her during the day? This Lord... Pfft, let me go to Chōtenjōki first and ask someone."

Luo Yifang recalled the map of Academy City in his mind—this was naturally something he already knew. After confirming the location of Chōtenjōki, Luo Yifang immediately left the coffee shop and rushed towards Chōtenjōki in the darkness. Hmm, our dignified No. 1, the Vector Manipulation user, had to get busy again without even a moment's rest... Have you ever seen Academy City at four in the morning?

About ten minutes later, Luo Yifang's figure appeared out of thin air in front of a dormitory building at Chōtenjōki. As a precaution, he distorted the surrounding light. No one or machine, except for those within the distorted range, could "see" Luo Yifang's presence. Thus, Luo Yifang openly walked into the dormitory building.

"Hey, hey, this is a girls' dormitory," Paqi whispered a reminder. "I'm telling you this time..."

"Ahem, don't worry, I won't be discovered this time," Luo Yifang moved through the hallway. He planned to find someone to ask. Busu Dixin should be quite famous at Chōtenjōki. What? You ask why he didn't go to the boys' dormitory or ask the security guard? If I said it was because the girls' dormitory was closer, would you believe me?

"Eh? What a coincidence, this is it," Luo Yifang stopped in front of a door and controlled the airflow to open it from the inside, easily walking in. The room was pitch black, and it seemed no one was there.

"Isn't no one here?" Paqi asked, somewhat puzzled.

Closing the door casually, Luo Yifang turned on the indoor light. "I was going to ask someone, but it seems I don't need to now."

He cast his gaze on a notebook on the desk not far away. The owner's name was written on it—Busu Dixin!