Chapter 109: 043

In the night, Lin QiYe and Nikes's figures reappeared on the rooftop of the dormitory building.

Lin QiYe had a faint smile on his face, sighed deeply, and turned around...

And froze in place.

Under the dark sky, Yuan Gang, holding a knife, was sitting on a nearby step, staring intensely at Nikes.

Suddenly, he noticed Lin QiYe standing beside Nikes and froze as well.

Nikes glanced at Yuan Gang, then turned to Lin QiYe and asked, "Is that your friend?"

Lin QiYe replied, "...Sort of."

Yuan Gang slowly stood up, releasing a strong mental pressure that surged outward. He walked step by step toward Nikes, speaking calmly, "Deputy Captain of the Daxia Night Watch's 006 Squad, Yuan Gang. May I ask your name?"

"Nikes."

Nikes narrowed her eyes, and an inexplicable aura radiated from her, completely overpowering Yuan Gang despite the absence of any divine power fluctuations. Her presence alone was enough to keep him firmly in check.

She looked at Yuan Gang with a slight air of condescension.

"Ah, so it's Lady of the Night, Nikes," Yuan Gang paused, then continued, "May I ask why you've come to Daxia?"

Nikes tilted her head, thinking for a moment, then replied, "I'm here to find my son."

Yuan Gang was stunned.

Lin QiYe coughed twice, his mind working quickly, and added, "She means... she's here to find her agent."

A look of realization appeared in Yuan Gang's eyes. "Ah, so the goddess is here looking for an agent... Has she found one?"

"Yes," Lin QiYe quickly answered before Nikes could speak.

"Where is he?"

"Me."

"…"

Yuan Gang stared at Lin QiYe in disbelief, his expression one of utter confusion. "You... you're not the Archangel's..."

"I'm playing both sides," Lin QiYe shrugged.

"…"

Yuan Gang turned his gaze to Nikes, his eyes filled with a hint of questioning. "Lady, what he said..."

"Whatever my son says, goes," Nikes replied seriously.

Yuan Gang was left speechless.

After a long pause, he finally regained his composure and spoke slowly, "Lady, since you've found your agent, I must ask you to leave Daxia territory."

Nikes looked at Lin QiYe, who coughed twice.

"Yes, the agent's been found, and you should... go home."

"Alright," Nikes answered without hesitation. "Dana Dous, remember to visit often..."

"Ah-choo! Don't worry! Goodbye!"

Lin QiYe waved his hand, and Nikes gradually faded from sight, disappearing completely into the night.

A breeze swept through, and only Yuan Gang and Lin QiYe remained on the empty rooftop.

Yuan Gang silently sheathed his knife, his back drenched in cold sweat. Facing a god's terrifying presence was much harder than he'd imagined.

He glared at Lin QiYe. "What the hell is going on here?"

Lin QiYe scratched his head. "I was just sleeping in my bed, then she pulled me out here, and we chatted. Then she made me her agent."

Yuan Gang: ...

The casual way Lin QiYe spoke made it seem like he was saying, "My friend came by, and we had a snack together."

Come on, this was the Lady of the Night, not your neighbor's little sister!

"Just like that?" Yuan Gang couldn't help but ask. "Then why did she call you Dana Dous?"

"She's a foreign god, so she couldn't pronounce my Chinese name, so she gave me a new one."

"…Wait, why does a foreign god speak Chinese?"

"Doesn't matter."

"Then what did she ask you to do as her agent?"

Lin QiYe thought for a moment. "Come home often?"

"?"

"Cough, cough, I mean... she asked me to find a bracelet for her," Lin QiYe said seriously. "It's gone missing, and she wants me to help find it."

"Ah, a missing item request... that's not too bad," Yuan Gang nodded.

"But... are you really the agent for two gods?" Yuan Gang frowned, looking at Lin QiYe. "This has never happened in Daxia's history."

"Well, now it has."

"…Alright," Yuan Gang sighed. "Go, get some rest. I'll handle the rest."

Lin QiYe nodded and walked down the stairwell alone, secretly relieved.

It seemed that letting a patient out for fresh air wasn't a good idea... Even if they were allowed, they shouldn't be using divine power, or the Night Watch would catch on, and that would cause a whole bunch of trouble...

At least, by using this opportunity, he found a good excuse to use the Night powers, and now he could do so openly, with two types of Superpower fields.

Thinking of this, Lin QiYe's mood improved considerably.

At the same time, on the rooftop of the dormitory...

Yuan Gang sat back down on the steps, lit a cigarette, and dialed a number again.

"Hello?"

"Shao Pingge, everything's been resolved. No need to send the human ceiling-level power now." Yuan Gang sighed in exhaustion. "Damn, facing a god for the first time was... the pressure was more intense than I thought."

"You spoke to her directly?"

"Yes, it was the Lady of the Night, Nikes."

"…Looks like tonight, a new god will be added to the observed god sequence."

"Yeah."

"Alright, get some rest. I'll report to the Commander."

"One more thing. The kid, Lin QiYe, has become both the Archangel's and Nikes's agent."

"…"

Yuan Gang detailed the situation to Shao Pingge, then hung up the phone. He looked up at the moon in the night sky, lost in thought.

"October 12, 2021, Night Watchman Yuan Gang, in Daxia's Cangnan City, 039 New Recruits Training Camp, observed the Lady of the Night Nikes. Suspected to have a damaged divine essence, entered the god sequence, sequence number 043."

—Night Watchman's Secret Divine Sequence Archives—

...

Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometers away from Cangnan City...

A large, boundless stretch of the Yangtze River. An ancient cart moved steadily across the river at an incredible speed, gliding with ease along the water's surface.

The ordinary chestnut-red horse pulling the cart seemed weightless, every step making the cart drift forward several dozen meters, its hooves tapping on the flowing river as if walking on solid ground.

At the front of the cart, a young boy in simple clothes sat, holding the reins, lazily leaning against the cart and yawning.

Suddenly, his phone rang. The boy picked it up, chatted briefly, then put it away.

"Chen Fuze, the Commander says the god in Cangnan has left. We don't need to go anymore."

A moment later, an old voice came from inside the cart.

"Hmph, running me around in the middle of the night... what a waste of time."

"Fuze, should we keep going or turn back?"

"Turn back. That cursed place in Cangnan... better not go there if we can help it."

"Got it!" The boy flicked the reins, "Giddy up!"

The chestnut-red horse immediately turned, making a sharp turn on the Yangtze's waters, heading upstream.