Who's Playing Porn Out Loud?

Maybe I should go spend some time in the lab?

I went into the lab so rarely, yet the hypnosis research still progressed steadily. That would be far too suspicious.

After mooching a meal and returning to his own office, Ye Qing lay back in his ergonomic chair, sliding his feet across the floor and spinning in circles.

Spending time in the lab basically meant changing locations to play on his phone.

The organization computer's scripts had finished running, and he had done his dailies in every gacha game he played. Ye Qing knew it was time to make a choice!

"Anyway! First, a nap."

He had just eaten and was hit by a carb coma.

Ye Qing flopped onto his desk and fell asleep without a care.

When he had first joined Abyss Return, he had worried for a while.

But after discovering that the atmosphere here was even more pleasant and relaxed than at a normal company, that there had never been any bad office rumors, and that every one of his subordinates behaved properly—

He had completely let go of his concerns and relaxed as if he were taking an ordinary afternoon nap at home.

The nap did not go smoothly, because he did not naturally wake up after pretending to oversleep.

A seductive, pleasant female voice kept repeating, "You have a call," with a syrupy drawl that seemed ready to stretch into threads. It sounded like someone was playing Arcane Demon Blade out loud.

"Who the hell is watching porn in my office?!"

Ye Qing shot up and repeatedly scanned the room, searching for the source of the sound.

At last, he locked onto his backpack. He rummaged through it and pulled out a phone with its screen lit up, displaying the caller's name.

Youyue~~~

Holding the phone, Ye Qing could not help covering his eyes.

He had actually forgotten about this.

Naturally, he could not store the phone used for communication in the Heartglow Stone, or it would not receive messages.

He had specifically kept it in his bag, but Ye Qing had never expected Youyue to prank him like this.

That sickeningly intimate contact name.

That custom ringtone.

If he had been outside, passersby would definitely have given him strange looks!

Worse still, if he and Ye Yuyan had gone shopping together and this ringtone went off, who knew what might happen.

"Childish." Ye Qing rubbed his aching head and muted the sound.

In this situation, it was not very convenient for him to turn into a magical girl to answer the call.

He secretly cracked open the door and peeked outside like a thief. After confirming again and again that no one would disturb him, he quickly locked the door.

Turning into a magical girl inside an evil villain organization would make anyone nervous.

Magical girl, transform!

There were no flashy transformation effects. In the blink of an eye, the tall blond man became a delicate high-school-girl-like magical girl.

Transforming in his office felt like exposing his privacy, like an exhibitionist walking down the street in an overcoat with nothing underneath. The thrill of fearing discovery lingered in her heart.

Even as Qingyin, whose calm thoughts suppressed most emotions, she still felt quite nervous at this moment.

Qingyin swiped across the phone and answered the call.

"What?" Qingyin's tone shifted slightly, carrying a hint of accusation.

"Fuck." Youyue answered decisively from the other end, then asked curiously:

"You took so long to answer. Were you at the company? Did someone hear the ringtone?"

"Lowbrow." Qingyin could not help saying:

"I'm hanging up."

Her calm in magical girl form would be worn down by this woman sooner or later.

"Hey, hey, hey, I was wrong! I was wrong, okay?" Youyue immediately surrendered and apologized:

"I have serious business, serious business! It's about your contracted beast and forming a team. Can you come now?"

"I can." Qingyin replied.

"The same café. I'll wait for you there." After stating the meeting place, Youyue teased, "I never expected Qingyin to be a senior executive. You can just leave whenever you want on a Monday afternoon."

"Keep probing, and I'll beat you up."

"I admit I was wrong, don't meow, I..."

Not wanting to listen to Youyue's nonsense any longer, Qingyin hung up before the other woman could continue.

The next second, she hurriedly transformed back into her original appearance.

Every extra second he spent as a magical girl in Abyss Return meant another bit of risk and danger of being exposed.

Ye Qing turned the phone's sound back on. He absolutely had to change the ringtone—perhaps to a popular song sung by a magical girl idol.

Knock, knock, knock...

"Boss!"

The knocking came with a shout, startling Ye Qing so badly that he jerked like someone whose family had knocked on the door just as a flight was taking off.

He hurriedly stuffed the phone used exclusively for communication between magical girls into his bag, then casually unlocked and opened the door.

"Boss, why was there a woman's voice just now?" Ratman asked suspiciously from outside the door.

"I was watching some videos during lunch break. I'm always telling you all to balance work and rest, so naturally I have to lead by example." Ye Qing lied without batting an eye, then changed the subject. "Enough about that. What did you need?"

"Boss, it's about that Magical Girl Capture Plan you proposed earlier..." Ratman rubbed his hands together as he reminded him.

The Magical Girl Capture Plan.

Ye Qing had personally proposed it two weeks ago.

Zhao Xueshan had begun developing trap-type mecha for this plan as well.

The dark circles under her eyes were so heavy that she looked half-dead, and that was also thanks to this plan.

"No rush, no rush." Ye Qing deliberately put on an inscrutable air. "According to my intelligence, it's best not to launch the plan anytime soon."

Because he had just joined the Magical Girl Association, he would definitely need to remain active in Bailan City for a while and prove his worth.

He had to find ways to capture magical girls in Abyss Return while also protecting magical girls from being captured.

He could not be in two places at once. He did not know the Shadow Clone Technique, so he could not make a second copy of himself.

What if something happened and both Abyss Return and the Association demanded his presence at the same time?

A wise man did not stand beneath a crumbling wall. Delay it, delay it!

It was a perfectly legitimate excuse.

As for the truth? The Magical Girl Capture Plan was merely a countermeasure he had devised to avoid the boss's questioning.

If he kept pushing the hypnosis research alone, sooner or later he would no longer be able to keep up the act.

So he used all sorts of plans unrelated to hypnosis research to sabotage its progress.

Thus, the Magical Girl Capture Plan had been born at just the right time.

The capture plan was one small part of the hypnosis plan.

He had used the excuse of a bottleneck to indicate that the next stage of research required magical girls.

Then, to prove his initiative, he had brought up the capture plan.

Before they successfully captured a magical girl, he could keep his hypnosis research stalled at its current stage.

As long as he kept fooling the boss with different lines and his trust remained intact, he could coast in Abyss Return until retirement.

"Why isn't it a good time to launch it?" Ratman asked curiously.

"A new magical girl has appeared," Ye Qing said.

There was no need to hide intelligence that could easily be uncovered. He could use it to bolster his authority.

"A newcomer? Isn't that the best opportunity?" Ratman asked in confusion.

"You don't understand. In any case, don't make a move yet. What we need now is to wait and gather intelligence." Ye Qing replied. "Intelligence is the most important part of a plan.

Once the plan is formally carried out, a single failure will make things vastly more difficult. The magical girls will become several times more vigilant."

"Got it, got it, Boss." Ratman said with a face full of admiration.

"Alright, I still have things to do." Ye Qing left after speaking.

He was willing to explain so much to Ratman because Ratman worked efficiently and was loyal to him. He could be considered one of his key subordinates.

He could send Ratman to handle any miscellaneous chores, so he needed to maintain their rapport from time to time.

Intelligence? Intelligence...

Ratman wore a contemplative expression, red light gleaming in his eyes.

He would let those foolish organizations trying to curry favor with Abyss Return sound out the magical girls first.