“Everyone’s tailing cute girls, but I’m tailing a high school boy who’s head is full of trashy thoughts?”
Looking at Issei Hyoudou’s figure in the distance, Xia Yan couldn’t help but self-deprecate.
To be cautious, Xia Yan didn’t rashly approach Issei Hyoudou as soon as he left his house.
Instead, he chose to have a casual encounter at the supermarket to avoid any possible demons or fallen angels secretly watching.
Although, it might just be him overthinking.
However, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Inside the supermarket, people were coming and going.
Issei Hyoudou was inside buying groceries, and Xia Yan followed naturally.
Xia Yan found an opportunity to approach, pretending to accidentally brush against Issei Hyoudou.
“Beep! Congratulations, host, you have acquired 500,000 Dimensional Points.”
Upon hearing the system’s notification, Xia Yan was stunned for a moment. After checking the system information and confirming that it was a six-digit number starting with 5 followed by five zeroes, he couldn’t help but feel overjoyed.
Five hundred thousand?
That’s too much.
Yuuto Kiba, as a major supporting character, only had a little over 50,000 Dimensional Points.
He didn’t expect Issei Hyoudou, as the protagonist, to have almost five times the amount of Dimensional Points that Yuuto Kiba possessed.
He initially estimated it to be only a little more than double Yuuto Kiba’s, but he never imagined it would exceed his expectations.
Five hundred thousand!
This is truly a sudden fortune!
He no longer needs to be stingy with his Dimensional Points.
He can freely copy both Yuuto Kiba’s talents and the fallen angel’s talents in the future.
However, the next moment, Xia Yan felt as if he had been splashed with a bucket of cold water, his excited and exhilarated mood instantly cooling down.
Issei Hyoudou.
Full Copy: 1,010,000 Dimensional Points.
Sacred Gear·Boosted Gear: 1,000,000 Dimensional Points.
Ignoring the rest of Issei Hyoudou’s miscellaneous copiable items, Xia Yan’s gaze only fell on the number with a long string of zeros.
One million?
Xia Yan’s heart twitched.
He was just overjoyed about gaining five hundred thousand, but it turned out to be completely insufficient to copy a single Sacred Gear.
“Fortunately, I never had any hope of obtaining the Boosted Gear through copying.”
Xia Yan comforted himself in his heart.
This is freaking...
The wealthier you are, the poorer you feel?
This is a truly hellish reality!
“The next step is to see what the fallen angel’s side has.”
This was Xia Yan’s primary plan.
Utilize the fallen angel’s side’s Sacred Gear Removal Ritual to forcefully take the Boosted Gear from Issei Hyoudou.
Compared to directly copying the Sacred Gear, this robbing approach would save a significant amount of Dimensional Points.
Xia Yan calmed himself down, his face showing no fluctuations, just like his previous expression.
He casually bought a few items in the supermarket and then left.
As for Issei Hyoudou, he didn’t notice anything at all, choosing the items his mother had asked him to buy.
After all, there were people coming and going in the supermarket, and some inevitable touches were too normal.
Plus, the system’s absorption of Dimensional Points was silent and invisible, impossible for anyone to detect.
Leaving the supermarket, Xia Yan went to the office he visited yesterday.
After going to the church yesterday, Xia Yan asked the people here to help him buy a set of surveillance equipment.
Originally, Xia Yan wanted to use surveillance cameras to better observe the church’s every move.
However, installing cameras was too troublesome, and the church didn’t have the conditions.
Returning to the church, Xia Yan checked the church’s various places as usual.
Just like when he left yesterday, there was no trace of the fallen angels, nor any trace of magic.
This means the fallen angels didn’t return to the church last night.
He doesn’t know where these fallen angels have gone.
Is this Koma Town their stage?
Why aren’t they hurrying back to dance?
After mentally complaining about these missing fallen angels, Xia Yan began installing the listening device.
“Alright, just waiting for the fallen angels to return.”
Xia Yan connected the listening device to the network and his phone.
After a few adjustments, he confirmed that he could clearly receive the church’s signal and then turned to leave.
This listening device’s battery could last for a month.
In other words, for a month, Xia Yan could keep track of the church’s every move at any time.
If the fallen angels don’t appear within a month...
Just replace the battery.
“Yuuto, are you free? I want to thank you for yesterday. Let’s have dinner together.”
After getting so many Dimensional Points from Issei Hyoudou, it wouldn’t be right not to spend some.
There were still things on Yuuto Kiba that Xia Yan coveted.
After returning to the hotel, Xia Yan sent a text message to Yuuto Kiba.
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Koma High School, Occult Research Club.
The quiet room was empty.
After a while, the magic circle in the center of the room lit up.
Rias was the first to appear. Seeing that no one else was in the room, she sat on the sofa to wait.
Soon after, Koneko Toujou, Akeno Himejima, and Yuuto Kiba also appeared one after another from the magic circle.
“How is it, have any of you found any suspicious figures?”
Rias sat gracefully on the sofa, her legs crossed and tilted, her Koma High School uniform’s short skirt covering the base of her legs, revealing her fair calves.
“Everything is normal on my side.”
Akeno Himejima spoke first.
“President, I haven’t found any suspicious figures either.”
Koneko Toujou answered with a blank expression.
“What about Yuuto, have you found anything?”
Rias placed her hopes on Yuuto Kiba.
“Sorry, I haven’t seen any suspicious figures in the area I’m responsible for either.”
Yuuto Kiba said apologetically.
“Sorry, President, I’m so useless.”
Koneko Toujou felt a little guilty. After all, she had assured Rias confidently last night that she would definitely find the person who killed the lost demon, but after searching for a long time, she couldn’t even find a single clue.
“It’s okay.”
Rias smiled without concern: “I haven’t made any progress either.”
“After all, Koma Town is so big. It’s not easy to find a person. You don’t have to feel guilty.”
Rias analyzed: “Besides, it’s only been a day. We can’t possibly check every corner of Koma Town.”
“You’re right, Rias.”
Akeno Himejima said with a smile: “If this person is still in Koma Town, they’ll eventually reveal themselves.”
“Ding-dong——!”
At that moment, Yuuto Kiba’s phone rang with a notification.
He opened it to take a look.
“Yuuto, is something wrong?”
Rias noticed the change in Yuuto’s expression.
“It’s the new transfer student I met yesterday. He wants to treat me to dinner, thanking me for being his guide yesterday.”
Yuuto Kiba gave a wry smile and reported truthfully.
“Treating you to dinner as a thank you for such a small matter, it seems like a worthwhile person to get to know.”
Rias nodded with a smile: “Then go ahead, Yuuto. There’s nothing else to do here anyway. We’ve all been busy all day, it’s time to rest.”
“Then I’ll take my leave.”
With Rias’s permission, Yuuto Kiba said goodbye and then left Koma High School, heading to the restaurant where he had made an appointment with Xia Yan.