"That makes a lot of sense." Long Xiao Qi nodded in agreement...
"Whew, Miss, we should get going." Zhu Hao let out a long breath. She had actually been suppressed by Jiu Ming this time. Turning her head away so she would not have to look at that smug, infuriating face of his, Zhu Hao restrained the urge to smack him across the face. If only I could beat you...
"Mhm, let's go. I never expected this underground world to be like this. I thought it would be similar to the one we ran into last time." Noticing her maid's spirits suddenly plummet, Long Xiao Qi nodded.
"Hehe, Little Shopkeeper, even your nonsense sounds so reasonable." After they returned and saw Long Xiao Qi off, Yakumo Yukari said this to Jiu Ming with a smile. Jiu Ming's brow twitched slightly. He reached out and tugged at the air beside him, forcibly pulling out a tiny black dot no bigger than a pinprick. "You're peeping through Gaps! Enough already!"
In Yakumo Yukari's hands, the power of Gaps had been wielded to a truly miraculous degree. Movement went without saying—that was the most basic of basics—but now it even had this peeping function, like a pinhole camera. Oh, right, there seemed to be other things inside her Gaps too... apparently a bunch of naked muscle freaks?
Jiu Ming's Gaps leaned more toward offense.
"Now, I was just worried that, with a lone man and a lone woman together, Little Shopkeeper, you might suddenly have a screw loose and make a mistake."
"...If I believe you, I'm an idiot." Jiu Ming shook his head. "Looking around, I'm going to sleep for a while. If nothing's wrong, you can keep playing mahjong or whatever. Just don't disturb me."
Sleeping was the quickest way for