"Big sister, wake up!"
Something was bouncing on my chest.
I opened my eyes to see a blob of black jelly.
So heavy. Azura's high-density body was making it hard for me to breathe.
It was still pitch-black outside. Unless some strange celestial phenomenon had occurred, it was unquestionably the middle of the night.
"Why are you waking me up at this hour?"
Although I had no brain, if I failed to follow biological habits and get enough sleep, this hollow shell of a body would still teach me what it felt like to be "a corporate slave who worked overtime all night without any Ghost healing"-namely, half dead.
"We're heading out! Get up!"
"Cough, cough. Heading out for what?"
Barbara was sleeping with Jila tonight, so Azura had no reservations about making a racket to wake me, and she was practically crushing me in the process.
"Pfft-"
The jelly spat out a phone.
It was my phone. There were several missed calls on it, but with nighttime do-not-disturb enabled, it had neither vibrated nor rung.
They were from Liuzi, SpiCa's newly appointed secretary.
She had called more than a dozen times and left a few messages.
[The purification team for the lockdown zone has been assembled. Can we head out now?]
I checked the time. It was two thirty in the morning!
Suppressing my anger, I called her back.
"Hullo?"
"Miss Miluno, I finally managed to reach you."
Was she trying to soothe my displeasure with that refined, pleasant female voice?
"Do you really need to drag me out in the middle of the night for purification work?"
"Sorry, the Association has a heavy workload at the moment, and this investigation team has other assignments afterward. Could I trouble you to come out now?
Our vehicle is already waiting