Chapter 191
by Need_More_SleepChapter 191: Personal Bodyguard
At Yiwen’s Home
With Heli now living under the same roof, Yiwen—who had just officially started dating Mi Xiaoliu—was consumed by guilt.
Even sitting together on the couch to watch TV, she didn’t dare get too close.
At night, she dreamed of sneaking into Mi Xiaoliu’s room, only to lift the blanket and find Heli lying there, giving her a death glare.
Over the past few days, Yiwen had noticed one thing—Mi Xiaoliu was obsessively clean. She changed her panties every single day.
—
Today, Heli was giving Mi Xiaoliu a lesson as usual—but the content was anything but ordinary.
Dressed in boy’s clothes again, Mi Xiaoliu sat across from her.
They had to maintain this disguise for now. Just because “Easter probably already knows” didn’t mean they could recklessly expose themselves.
Thanks to Humpback Whale’s efforts, Mi Xiaoliu’s name had never appeared in the news regarding the governor’s assassination. Even the federal database hadn’t updated her records. But how long could that last?
Ever since Wei Shi’s warning, Humpback Whale saw Easter agents everywhere—especially that damn Devil. Why does he keep shooting at minors?!
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“Let’s start simple.” Heli placed a wrapped hamburger in Mi Xiaoliu’s hands. “This has a tiny amount of mayo. Try extracting it—without unwrapping the burger.”
Easy in theory. But between the bun and patty, Mi Xiaoliu couldn’t see the mayo. Worse, the hamburger was still fully wrapped in paper.
And Heli blindfolded her.
Mi Xiaoliu succeeded—storing the mayo in her system space.
It was like how a person could grab something only if they knew where it was. Even blindfolded, if told “it’s right by your hand,” they could still pick it up.
Heli was testing Mi Xiaoliu’s abilities—and figuring out how to develop them further.
Schools only taught students to control their powers to prevent accidents. Enhancing abilities? That was police academy material.
Heli might as well be teaching Mi Xiaoliu how to make illegal weapons and sharpshooting.
Yiwen has similar training now. Humpback Whale called her in daily to study her newly discovered time-slowing ability.
With Mi Xiaoliu no longer under Night Owl’s protection—officially under government watch instead—Heli couldn’t relax. So she took over Mi Xiaoliu’s training personally.
She knew Easter had infiltrated the government to some degree.
Experiments? They’d been postponed for a month already. A bit longer wouldn’t hurt. The Chairwoman had assigned her assistants—let them handle the busywork for now.
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“Good. Now for something harder.” Heli handed her a bottle of coke. “Try extracting just the caffeine. Caffeine is—”
“What the hell, Mom?!” Sasha interjected, as if someone had gone from “1+1=2” to “calculate the sun’s mass” in one step.
It failed. Heli removed the blindfold, but Mi Xiaoliu still couldn’t do it.
“Then try just extracting the water first.” Heli patted her head, unfazed. “Succeed, and I’ll let you video call Circle (Quanquan).”
Circle (Quanquan) was at a pet hotel, but the staff could arrange a call.
Mi Xiaoliu concentrated.
The process was slow—nearly invisible to the naked eye. After ten minutes, only a dark red residue clung to the bottle’s bottom. The sealed bottle collapsed inward as the liquid vanished.
Mi Xiaoliu deposited the extracted water into a bowl Heli had prepared.
Heli fell silent, thinking.
Then she left—returning with a toy borrowed from Raven’s kids.
A Russian nesting doll.
One of the few things not stolen over the years—probably because it looked too ugly, mistaken for a roly-poly toy.
Mi Xiaoliu tugged her sleeve. “Cirlce.”
“Patience.” Heli demonstrated how the doll worked.
Instantly, Mi Xiaoliu forgot about the cat, mesmerized by the magical shrinking dolls.
“Remember this.”
Heli showed Mi Xiaoliu the smallest doll inside, then reassembled them one by one.
“Now, use your ability to take out the innermost one.”
Easy.
Heli took the nesting doll away, tinkered with it, then returned.
Since Yiwen and Toby’s toys had to be distinguishable, the dolls were designed as a boy and a girl. Earlier, Heli had only shown Mi Xiaoliu the girl doll—keeping the boy one hidden.
Now, Heli disassembled the boy doll, placed its smallest piece inside the girl doll, and handed it back to Mi Xiaoliu.
“Take out the smallest one inside.”
Mi Xiaoliu retrieved it—but instead of the tiny boy doll, she pulled out the second-smallest girl doll.
After repeated tests, Heli gathered far more useful data than Sasha ever had.
Key findings:
– Mi Xiaoliu could only separate things she had seen or could visualize accurately in her mind.
Heli secretly placed a coin inside without showing Mi Xiaoliu—but told her it was there. Mi Xiaoliu successfully retrieved it.
But when Heli repeated the test, this time lying about the coin’s date, Mi Xiaoliu failed—even though she’d succeeded earlier without knowing details.
Maybe Easter understands her abilities better than I do now.
But Heli had quit long before Mi Xiaoliu killed her sister.
“Abilities grow with training. You’re still young—plenty of room to improve.” Heli patted her head encouragingly.
“Cirlce.” Xiaoliu remained laser-focused.
“Fine.” Heli called the pet hotel.
Circle (Quanquan): “Old Liu! Old Liu!”
Staff: “Hold still! Your mom’s calling.” (Struggling to get the cat out of its cage.)
Mi Xiaoliu appeared on-screen.
Circle (Quanquan): “Meow~” (Rubbing its face against the phone.)
Mi Xiaoliu reached out, touching the screen.
Ritual complete.
The staff member smiled—until another call interrupted the moment.
Even with Mi Xiaoliu staring up at her expectantly, Heli had to hang up.
The Chairwoman was calling.
Mi Xiaoliu pouted, fiddling with the nesting doll.
“I’ll still be busy this month.” Heli ruffled her hair.
Chairwoman: “You’re in Sunshine City, right?”
Heli: “Yes… why?” (A bad feeling crept in.)
Chairwoman: “So am I.”
Heli: “??”
Is she really chasing me down for skipping work for a month?
Chairwoman: “Gloria ran off here, and…” She trailed off, voice strained.
Heli: “Huh?” (This didn’t sound good.)
Chairwoman: “If you’re free, catch her ASAP. Knock her out with sedatives if needed.” (Genuine fury.)
Heli knew the Chairwoman doted on her daughter. What did Gloria even do?
Chairwoman: “I’ll send her likely location. Consider your absenteeism forgiven.”
The call ended.
Heli: “…”
I have my own kid to look after.
She gave Mi Xiaoliu a few more head pats for comfort.
Before she could check the address, another call came in.
Unknown number.
Caller: “Hello, Mrs. Heli? This is Sunshine City’s police force. Given your son’s importance, we’re assigning a high-tier LV4 as his personal bodyguard. Please stay reachable for the next two days.”
Most officers knew little about Mi Xiaoliu—her files were LV5-classified.
This “protection” was also surveillance. No one wanted a miracle herb factory roaming free like last time.
A single guard was ideal—too many would raise suspicions. Even the governor only had three LV4s.
Why no LV5? Because LV5s don’t take orders. They’ll fight crime, but acting as bodyguards?
They’re not urban fantasy protagonists.
(When the Demon King resigned, even her family didn’t dare stop her.)
Remembering how the governor’s LV4 squad failed against the Black-Clothed One, the caller hastily added.
“You may have heard of this officer—‘Strange Grass,’ an elite from Metropolis University.”
Sorry, Heli hadn’t.
After hanging up, she immediately checked Night Owl’s database for intel on Strange Grass.
Worth every penny.
But the info was pricey—already over a million.
Real Name: Nikita Lasvedo.
Lasvedo…?
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