Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Belle: You Can't Handle This Already?
"Hey, don't just randomly touch my head! At least... don't touch it when there are other people around."
When Koleda said the second half of her sentence, she deliberately lowered her voice and carefully observed Belle at her side. Seeing that the latter was still looking at the chip and not paying attention to this side, she also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ahem, anyway, I'll leave this chip to you. I still have to go meet a supplier later. Looking at the time, if I don't set off now, I'll be late. I'll be taking my leave first!" After saying this, Koleda also quickly left. However, before meeting the supplier, she still went home to take a shower first.
"Mmm, I feel like Koleda's aura is different from before. She's a mature president now." Wise couldn't help but sigh after she left. And Belle, after hearing this, deliberately let out a long 'Oh~' and then made a sarcastic sound.
"She has indeed matured a lot, in all sorts of ways. Wouldn't you agree, brother..."
Belle's expression, as if she had seen through everything, made Wise break out in a cold sweat. But before he could say anything, Belle spoke again. "Speaking of which, you're really amazing, brother. To have another cute girl fall for you in such a short time. Have you explained the situation to her?"
"That, not yet..."
"Huh? Brother, are you really going to lose all humanity and become a scumbag?!" As she said this, Belle also deliberately showed a look of disgust. If it were some other people being treated like this by a beautiful girl, they would probably have gotten excited already. And Wise, naturally... was not like that. After all, he was still agonizing over how to tell Koleda about this matter.
"Although your brother is indeed a scumbag now, I haven't reached the point of losing all humanity. Don't worry, I'll explain it to her in detail later." If he told her directly, with that 92 favorability, he probably wouldn't be treated too badly. Uh, probably? Thinking about it carefully, with Belobog Heavy Industries' technical capabilities, it shouldn't be difficult to build a basement that no one could detect. At that time, if Koleda really couldn't accept it, and even developed strange thoughts... Mmm, to be on the safe side, it's better to wait until her favorability reaches 100 before telling her.
"Hmph, you'd better! And! For you to do this kind of thing without explaining beforehand, brother, if Koleda isn't as accepting as Anby and the others, you'll be in for it!"
Wise also understood this threat from Belle. The main reason was because of his constitution. At that time, he had accidentally been in contact with Koleda for a little too long, which led to that situation. He had to be more careful in the future. (Although, as long as the author wants, he will still forget.)
"Mmm, I understand. Also, speaking of that monster, its abilities were so special. Maybe it's related to the matter we've been trying to investigate. Anyway, let's hand over the remains to the Public Security Bureau for now. Our main task at present is still to crack the information inside this storage unit." At this time, to prevent Belle from continuing to dwell on that issue, Wise also chose to change the subject.
"Mmm, you're right, brother. But speaking of cracking information..." Belle showed a smug smile and looked at the artificial intelligence image on the computer screen at her side. "Fairy~, we're supporting you with a five-fold electricity bill. You should be able to crack it, right?"
[Master, I am more than happy to serve you. But considering the current surplus of your system's computing power, and your requirements for decryption time and power consumption, I do not recommend that you use me to perform this work alone at home.]
"So you're saying you can't do it?" Listening to Fairy talk for half a day, Wise also understood what she was trying to say.
[Negative, Master. It's not that my ability is lacking, but that the current environment limits my performance.]
"Come on, if... uh, anyway, if you can't do it yourself, don't blame the road for being uneven. The strong never complain about the environment, right, brother?" Belle didn't forget to take a jab at Fairy at this time. The latter, as an artificial intelligence, was clearly a bit unconvinced after being told this.
[Master, there is a hacker on the Rope-Net with the codename 'Wrench'. From her past record, she is very suitable for your current needs. Moreover, this person has also had business dealings with Nicole of the Cunning Hares.]
Wise had some impression of the name 'Wrench'. The other party was indeed very skilled in cracking encrypted systems and data. And since they had decided, the natural course of action was to contact 'Wrench' through Nicole. He figured Nicole wouldn't miss such a good opportunity to use her connections to pay off her debt. So he would talk to her later and see if he could contact the other party. But Nicole was probably still agonizing over the residents' lawsuit right now, so it might take some time.
"Mmm, I've already contacted Nicole. There should be a reply in a little while. I'll take this time to go to the convenience store to buy some things first. The ingredients at home are also running out." Wise glanced at his phone, then left the video store. Belle just told him to come back early, and then began to check if there were any places in the first-floor room that hadn't been cleaned yet.
And Wise, after arriving at the convenience store, found two familiar figures there, picking out things. Seeing this, he had an idea. He then slowed down his steps and quietly approached the two of them.
"Anby, do you think this would be delicious to make? Meow."
"I don't know. But if it's Wise who's making it... hm?" As Anby was speaking, her peripheral vision seemed to have noticed something. And Nekomiya on this side had not yet discovered anything unusual.
"Mmm, if he makes it, it will definitely be delicious... meow!" Before Nekomiya could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt her tail behind her being grabbed. She let out a subconscious cry, and then turned her head angrily to question the person. "Meow! Who dares to grab my tail! It's... Wise? Why is it you?" After seeing that her tail was being held in Wise's hand, Nekomiya's angry emotions also immediately turned into shyness.
"It's me. Because I saw Nekomiya was so serious about picking things out, so I thought I'd scare you a little."
"Meow, this isn't an easy way to win a girl's heart, you know."
"Then is Nekomiya angry?"
"Mmph... n-not really. After all, I am magnanimous. And my tail... can you let go first?" Nekomiya wanted to retract her tail with some concern. It wasn't that she was repulsed by being held by Wise, it was just that being like this on the street, if an outsider saw, it would be very embarrassing.
"Mmm, alright then." After noticing Nekomiya's thoughts, Wise also gently smoothed the fur on her tail and then decisively let go. "Meow!"
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