Back at his rented apartment, Qi Wu leaned back on the sofa and cracked open a bottle of chilled cola from the fridge.
Glug, glug, glug.
The cold, sweet fizz washed down his throat, and Qi Wu let out a satisfied sigh.
"Showing off and then making a clean getaway-now that feels good!"
"With this school uniform, the people from the 749 Bureau should be able to find me."
Qi Wu looked down and patted his black school uniform.
Before taking action, he had deliberately changed into it.
Of course, Qi Wu hadn't done that to bring glory to his school.
He had done it to give the 749 Bureau a clear clue to his identity!
That way, as long as the 749 Bureau kept investigating, they were bound to discover who he was.
Exactly!
He wanted to join the 749 Bureau, the agency that handled special incidents.
His goal was to obtain his next [Villain Character] card.
Villain character cards were generally obtained by checking in at special locations.
The location displayed on his panel for the next villain character card was [Abyssal Grand Prison].
The Abyssal Grand Prison was the 749 Bureau's containment facility for powerful Demons.
The facility was shrouded in mystery.
Even Qi Wu didn't know its exact location.
So, to check in and obtain his next villain character card...
He had to join the 749 Bureau.
And attain a certain standing within the organization!
"Now that I've shown up and saved Jiang Qingyue, the bureau should come looking for me soon."
Qi Wu murmured to himself, a hint of anticipation in his eyes as he thought about the 749 Bureau.
There were three major superpowered military organizations within the Great Xia Empire.
They were:
The military, the 749 Bureau, and the Imperial Guard.
The military handled external threats, the 749 Bureau handled internal threats, and the Imperial Guard protected the imperial capital.
In his previous life, he had joined the military after graduating.
Feng Yuyao, on the other hand, had joined the 749 Bureau.
Joining the 749 Bureau in this life would be an interesting experience for him, too.
As Qi Wu mulled this over, his phone buzzed.
He checked it and found a message from his best friend, Li Yunpeng.
Li Yunpeng was Qi Wu's childhood friend, and they had attended the same elementary and middle schools.
He also had an older sister named Li Ruoxue, who was Feng Yuyao's best friend.
Both girls were among the school's most beautiful students.
They were also Qi Wu's classmates.
Qi Wu swiped his phone screen, and Li Yunpeng's voice message immediately played:
Young Master Qi! Something's happened!! My sister said you somehow offended Feng Yuyao, and now she's absolutely furious!!
After listening to the message, Qi Wu scoffed and casually sent a reply:
"How's that my damn problem?"
Li Yunpeng replied instantly:
[Holy shit! You really don't like her anymore? Weren't you still...]
Qi Wu took a swig of cola and typed one-handed:
"No women in my heart, and my blade draws like a god."
Li Yunpeng sent a thumbs-up emoji:
[That's the spirit! You don't need her at all! Sigma!]
Qi Wu couldn't be bothered to reply again and tossed his phone onto the sofa.
Feng Yuyao was angry?
Ha. He had spent years being her doormat in his previous life, and she hadn't even given him a proper glance.
Now that he had been reborn, he had long since seen the truth-this woman would only get in the way of him growing stronger.
Qi Wu stretched and rose from the sofa.
The black cloth wrapped around his eyes loosened and fluttered to the floor.
"Come to think of it, I can't keep wearing a scrap of curtain forever."
He looked out the window at the modern city crowded with high-rises.
"Time to go buy some sunglasses."
The shopping street in the central business district.
As Qi Wu stretched out his legs and stepped out of the taxi...
The sky was gloomy, and rain suddenly began falling from the gray clouds.
Shoppers opened their umbrellas one after another.
A few high school girls who hadn't brought umbrellas hurried into a nearby convenience store to shelter from the rain.
Only Qi Wu strode down the street on his long legs as if nothing had happened.
The fine, steady rain automatically stopped as it fell around his body.
The high school girls sheltering at the convenience store entrance suddenly fell silent, and a cup of bubble tea slipped from a twin-tailed girl's hand and hit the ground.
"Look at that guy...!"
Yet the girls' eyes remained fixed on Qi Wu as if drawn by a magnet.
With every step he took, a visible ripple spread through the air beneath his feet, and the raindrops automatically parted before touching him.
"He's so, so handsome!"
"Is he a Psychic?"
With trembling hands, the twin-tailed schoolgirl opened her phone's camera, hoping to capture this devastatingly handsome Psychic.
The girls gasped in admiration one after another.
Their unusual reactions drew even more eyes toward Qi Wu.
When the onlookers saw the raindrops suspended around the tall, slender, silver-haired young man, they were stunned.
Some of the society ladies, in particular, simply couldn't look away.
Qi Wu stopped in front of an affordable luxury eyewear store.
"Welcome, sir!"
The female manager, who had been arranging the shelves, looked up with a soft smile.
For an instant, her smile froze.
Standing outside was a handsome young man with the physique of a manga character.
A crowd of female pedestrians had also gathered outside, frantically snapping pictures of the silver-haired young man.
The manager was baffled.
What's going on?
Has some celebrity come to the store?
Qi Wu removed the black gauze, revealing his azure eyes.
Everyone—the society ladies, the young girls, the wealthy women, the sophisticated beauties outside, and even the manager—stopped breathing the instant they saw Qi Wu's full face.
His azure eyes resembled the deepest crevasses of a polar glacier, yet also the first glimpse of clear sky after a torrential storm.
Holy shit! Holy shit!
He's way too handsome!!
Did he really step out of a manga?
[Popularity Points +100] [Popularity Points +200] [Popularity Points +250]
At that moment, Qi Wu's Popularity Points skyrocketed.
"I'd like to buy a pair of sunglasses."
Completely unperturbed, Qi Wu strolled over to the display counter, his elegantly jointed fingers brushing over a limited-edition pair of dark sunglasses.
Qi Wu leaned forward slightly, his short silver-white hair falling over his forehead.
"Would... would you like to try them on?"
The tips of the manager's ears turned crimson.
Just as Qi Wu picked up the sunglasses, a chorus of phone camera shutters suddenly sounded outside.
Several high school girls crowded against the display window, practically pressing their faces to the glass.
Qi Wu casually slipped the sunglasses onto the high bridge of his nose, and a deep blue sheen instantly rippled across the lenses.
They made his face look even more exquisitely sculpted.
High-end sunglasses really did look different from a scrap of cloth.
"I'll take these."
Under the manager's almost lovestruck gaze, Qi Wu paid.
When he stepped outside, the entrance was already packed with women hoping to catch a glimpse of the outrageously handsome young man.
Who said women weren't lustful?
Like an idol, he was surrounded by a crowd begging to take pictures with him.
"Can we take a photo together?"
"Just one!"
"Please, handsome!"
With his Popularity Points steadily rising, Qi Wu naturally had no reason to refuse.
He posed for photos with the married ladies, petite girls, and mature beauties gathered around him.
[Popularity Points +100] [Popularity Points +150]
System notifications refreshed at a frantic pace.
Just as Qi Wu was about to leave, a white-haired girl with twin tails, holding a transparent umbrella, suddenly squeezed to the front of the crowd.
"Um... could I take a photo with you?"
Her voice carried a sweet hint of shyness.
At first glance, Qi Wu thought she looked a little familiar.
He took a closer look.
Wasn't she Feng Yuyao's best friend, Li Ruoxue?
To think he'd run into her on the shopping street.
And despite being his classmate, Li Ruoxue hadn't recognized him.
His entire demeanor had changed, and he was wearing sunglasses, too. No wonder Li Ruoxue hadn't recognized him.
Qi Wu gave a slight nod.
Then, with a faint blush on Li Ruoxue's face, the two posed for a photo.
From beginning to end, Li Ruoxue never recognized Qi Wu.
[Popularity Points converted. Current Satoru Gojo fusion level: 30%] [Ability unlocked: Teleportation]
"I wonder what expression Li Ruoxue will make when she sees me in class tomorrow."
After the photo, Qi Wu watched Li Ruoxue walk away with a spring in her step and smiled faintly.
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