Even Lady Sister Is Good at Making Money!

"Not for free."

Liang Bing raised a single finger.

"The bureau is currently collecting the whereabouts of a person across the entire city—Ziwei, as well as the Star Magical Girls organization."

"Actually, as long as you can provide exact movements regarding that Lady Ziwei, the Action Team can approve twenty thousand Federal Coins in tip fees on the spot."

"If you can facilitate an offline connection between the authorities and the magical girl herself—"

She paused.

"The bounty is one million."

Su Bai's eyes lit up.

One million!

He even wanted to report himself!

"Master!" Kabi's fur stood on end behind his back. "You don't want to report yourself again, do you?! You already had this idea for one hundred thousand back when you first transformed!"

Shut up.

Last time was last time, and this time is one million... Wait, one million still wouldn't do.

"Twenty thousand." Su Bai shoved the card into his pocket, clicking his tongue in disdain. "Officer, twenty thousand coins in Xinghai City can't even buy a toilet."

"One million is barely decent, enough for a down payment."

"Too bad, I'm just a food delivery guy. Where am I supposed to find you guys a magical girl? She flies in the sky while I run on the ground, never crossing paths in this lifetime."

Han Dong held the detector, making a final sweep around the room. The needle stayed put, completely motionless.

He shook his head at Liang Bing, put the recorder into his bag, and stood up.

"If you have clues, call the number on the card." His voice was rough. "If you don't, consider us as never having been here."

"Alrighty." Su Bai pulled open the door. "Take care, officer. The hallway light has been broken for two days, watch your step."

The security door closed.

The bedroom door was slammed open.

Su Xiaoxiao rushed out holding her phone, her twin tails shaking.

"Bro! Did you hear that! Official certification! Federal secret! Savior!"

"I didn't hear a thing." Su Bai said expressionlessly. "That was just checking the water meter."

"You're lying! I heard it loud and clear behind the door!"

"You heard crap." Su Bai shoved the remaining bento into the microwave. "Secret regulations, leaking means detention. Say one more word, and the Monster Hunting Bureau will come arrest you tomorrow."

Su Xiaoxiao's mouth hung open, her voice stuck in her throat.

She held back for three seconds, then squeezed out a sentence: "Then... then I'll secretly say it in my heart."

"Not even in your heart."

"Hajige, are you a devil?!"

Outside the door, in the hallway.

Han Dong's steps suddenly stopped.

Liang Bing walked two steps ahead and turned back. "What is it?"

Han Dong didn't answer.

He tilted his head, pressing his ear toward the direction of room 703.

A Three-Star Enforcer's hearing could distinguish breathing through two walls. Just a moment ago, he clearly heard a sharp, tiny sound inside that didn't belong to either of the siblings.

Listening again now—

"Hajige, are you a devil?!"

The girl's voice penetrated the door panel, full of vigor.

Then came the buzzing of the microwave, the boy's footsteps, and chair legs scraping against the floor tiles.

Two people. Just two people.

"Old Han?" Liang Bing stopped and looked at him.

"Nothing." Han Dong withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and started walking downstairs.

"Must have heard wrong..."

The sound of an engine starting drifted up from downstairs.

Su Bai parted a corner of the curtain. The black enforcement vehicle backed out of the parking space, rolled over the speed bump at the entrance, turned onto the main road, and its taillights flashed twice before merging into the traffic flow.

He let go of the curtain.

"They're gone."

"Bro!" Su Xiaoxiao rushed out of the kitchen with a bowl, sauce still staining the corner of her mouth. "I heard it all! One million! Provide clues and you get one million!"

"Can't food even plug your mouth?"

"Let's cooperate!" She slammed the bowl onto the table. "I'll play Lady Ziwei, and then you catch me! We'll split the one million!"

"..."

"How do we split it?"

"I take seventy percent, you take thirty! The intelligence is mine!"

"Fine." Su Bai walked toward the bedroom. "Remember to call me when you become a magical girl, I want that million too."

"Hajige, you're brushing me off!"

Su Bai closed the door with a backhand motion and locked it.

"Bro! Get out here! Sixty-forty! Is sixty-forty not good enough?!"

"Wash the dishes!"

It was quiet outside for two seconds before a long-drawn-out wail sounded, and slippers slapped away into the distance.

"..."

Kabi crawled out from the shadows, its fur bristling all over as it panted heavily in mid-air.

"This spirit almost suffocated!" It did a backflip. "Master, did those two cops really leave?"

"They left, their car is already two streets away." Su Bai sat down on the edge of the bed and suddenly chuckled. "Kabi, did you see the enforcer's expression just now?"

"Which one, which one?"

"When I slammed that magazine on the table." Su Bai stiffened his face, mimicking Liang Bing. "Using the fake notice they wrote themselves to throw back at them, I almost didn't hold in my internal injuries."

"I saw it!" Kabi rolled around holding its belly. "Her face turned green! She even stared at the seal herself as it was stamped! Master, how did you hold it in?"

"Pinched my thigh." Su Bai rolled up his trouser leg. "Look, it's purple."

"Awesome! Truly awesome!"

After a brief commotion, the room quieted down.

Su Bai stared at the ceiling for a while before speaking up suddenly.

"Kabi, tonight's business is a first, but it won't be the last."

"Hmm?"

"If they can search house by house once, they can search a second time." Su Bai counted on his fingers. "This building has no barrier, no hidden compartments, and the balcony is separated from next door by just a railing. All those cores and stones of mine are shoved under the bed."

"Under the bed is pretty good."

"Good my foot." Su Bai glanced at it. "What if Xiaoxiao does a deep clean one day and unearths two Lord Cores? How do you expect me to spin that? Say I picked them up as pebbles?"

Kabi imagined that scene and shrank its neck.

"Then what do we do?"

"Let's count our family fortune first." Su Bai nodded toward the desk. "Open the terminal."

Kabi floated over to the desk, its short hand waving, and the exclusive terminal light screen of the Star Magical Girls unfolded in mid-air.

Settlement notifications popped up one after another, ringing in a continuous chime.

"Two Lord Cores from the West District, Black Crow has already unloaded them, and the funds entered your private account."

"Six boxes of Spirit-Breath Primeval Stones, listed with an estimate, haven't heard back yet."

"Sugar daddy 'C' accumulated tips, seven million Federal Coins."

"Public Fund Pool settlement, six million six hundred and twenty thousand."

"Tips plus the pool, totaling—" Kabi paused. "Eighteen million six hundred and twenty thousand Federal Coins."

The hand holding Su Bai's water cup paused in mid-air.

"How much?"

"Eighteen million six hundred and twenty thousand!" Kabi turned the screen around and shoved it right in front of his face. "And that doesn't even count the six boxes of primeval stones! Master, we're rich!"

Su Bai stared at that string of numbers for three seconds.

"Where'd all this money come from?"

"Glad you asked!" Kabi swiped its short hand, pulling up the backend itemized list. "Look for yourself."

The itemized list scrolled down.

Recharge records were dense and packed, a few hundred per entry, a few thousand per entry, with the largest single entry being three million eight hundred thousand, all coming in from the exact same portal—

"Lady Ziwei Support Pool".

Initiator: Dark Dragon Pitch-Black Flame Envoy.