Chapter 23: First Meeting with Phaethon Siblings

Ye Qingfeng shook his confused head, ran to the intersection, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat.

"Sit tight, let's go!"

Before Ye Qingfeng could even fasten his seatbelt, Nico slammed on the gas and started, driving rapidly toward 14th Street.

Ye Qingfeng fastened his seatbelt at the first opportunity, then opened the car window on the side. The wind brought in by the fast speed finally made him feel better.

There were no more accidents along the way, and the Cunning Hares group arrived at Sixth Street smoothly.

Nico parked the car and took the three to the entrance of a video store.

Ye Qingfeng looked up at the plain-looking video store in front of him and thought: The saying that experts are among the people is really true...

At this moment, a man and a woman walked out of the video store. Nico saw them and greeted them, "You're here! Just in time!"

【Beep! Capturable targets: Ling and Wise】

【Initial favorability for both: 0%】

Ye Qingfeng was a bit surprised to hear the system's prompt. Since running into that green-haired little loli at the Public Security Bureau, it had been a long time since a new capturable target had popped up...

"Nico, you guys came back too fast." Ling tilted her head slightly, supporting her chin with one hand. "You didn't run a red light again, did you?"

"No~ We just passed through ordinary green lights and green lights with an R-value of 255!" Nico crossed her arms. "Confirmed, no tails followed us."

"Anbi, what does a green light with an R-value of 255 look like?"

Billy asked Anbi beside him in a low voice.

"Same as your jacket."

Anbi's answer was still simple and direct.

Red light...

"Nico, we've already rescued the people. Can you pay the debt now?"

At this time, Wise, who had been silent, looked at Nico and asked.

"Wait a minute! The matter isn't over yet, is it?" Nico's fox eyes, which revealed cunning, lit up slightly and she kindly reminded: "My commission was: bring my people and the things I want out. Now only the first half is completed!"

"There's also the matter of bringing things back. Brother, do you remember?"

Ling pretended to be stupid and looked at Wise beside her.

"Hey! You just said something that really affects business reputation, didn't you?!" Nico raised a hand slightly to block her mouth. "Before we retrieve the safe, the commission is not considered complete!"

"According to the sightings before evacuation, the target safe is within the activity range of a high-threat Ethereal."

Anbi explained the situation of the safe at this time, and Billy added afterward:

"That's right, it's that boss of the Chiya Gang who was eroded by Ether material and turned into a high-threat Ethereal."

"Anbi and I tried to grab the safe hard, but that guy's strength is extraordinary. We didn't get it back until we evacuated."

Anbi must be talking about that white-haired uncle... but now he should be considered an Ethereal.

Ye Qingfeng recalled the situation in the Hollow at that time, and the more he thought about it, the more dangerous it felt...

"Boss Nico, by the way, what exactly is in that box? Why is it worth us risking our lives?"

Billy asked Nico sincerely.

"Hehe!" Nico chuckled twice. "You'll know soon. Look at this!"

Nico took out a tooth-shaped pendant and displayed it in front of everyone. One end was a red beast tooth, but the other end was clearly a USB flash drive in Ye Qingfeng's view.

"Tooth necklace? Is it for me? So happy!"

Ling squinted her eyes, full of joy, and even her tone was light and lively.

"What are you thinking!" Nico extinguished Ling's idea without a moment's hesitation. "This is a small storage device. It's the white guy's thing. I picked it up in the building before I came out of 14th Street."

"I investigated before, that stinky uncle always carried this data terminal on him. There must be important information hidden inside!" Nico said confidently: "I believe it must be related to the password of the safe!"

Ye Qingfeng on the side felt a bit bored for some reason. Although he didn't look at the safe carefully at the time, he roughly remembered that the safe used a numeric password.

It just so happened that he wasn't very good at safes with numeric passwords.

And they probably have to go to the Hollow again. Even if he took the initiative to suggest going with them, Boss Nico definitely wouldn't agree, right...

Even if he really went, it would just be adding trouble. Simply put, it's actually none of his business now!

"However, it seems to have suffered some damage."

"The disk body part is charred."

Anbi and Billy added respectively.

"Phaethon! Can you guys think of a way? Use that complex computer in the store."

Nico looked at Ling and Wise in front of her with expectation. After all, she wasn't good at this kind of thing, and she didn't have a computer she could use, so she could only count on the Phaethon siblings who were Proxies.

"The HDD's performance is basically used to process Hollow data. However, if it's just to export the content in the disk..." Wise crossed his arms and silently confirmed the feasibility, then suddenly looked up at Ling beside him. "Sister, I might be able to try to repair it with the help of the Inter-Knot's computing power."

"Great! Then it's settled!" Seeing it was feasible, Nico clenched her fists with excitement. "We'll try to investigate the location of the safe in the Hollow first, and find you after we have clues!"

"Before I contact you for the recovery operation, just do your own business!" Nico didn't forget to remind before leaving: "Don't forget about exporting the data!"

"See you, Store Manager!"

"See you."

Anbi and Billy also greeted the two and left. No one realized to introduce these two siblings to Ye Qingfeng...

"Buddy, first time meeting, what's your name?"

"Just call me Wise." Wise pointed to Ling beside him and introduced: "This is my sister, Ling."

"Hello! Hello! Brother Wise looks like a talent at first glance."

Ye Qingfeng extended his right hand generously with a smile.

"You must be the Ye Qingfeng Nico mentioned. You're too kind."

Wise was a bit surprised by this person's performance in front of him, but still reached out and shook it unhurriedly, with a faint smile on his face as well.

The two just shook hands lightly and let go of each other's palms one after another.

"First time meeting, a small gift, please don't mind." Ye Qingfeng pulled out a videotape as if performing magic and handed it to him. "After all, you two saved my life."

Because Ye Qingfeng liked to stroll around, he often bought some interesting things. This videotape was something he happened to encounter in a second-hand store. Not only was it covered in a layer of dust and looked plain, but after he wiped off the dust, he searched for this videotape on his phone.

He found that it had been out of print for a long time, and there was nothing special about it other than being out of print. At the time, thinking it wasn't expensive anyway, he bought it.

That night, when he returned to the Cunning Hares, he finished watching this videotape. It was a documentary with an artistic atmosphere. For someone like him who had never had any entertainment activities from childhood to adulthood, it was quite interesting...

Can't say he liked it very much, but it was a feeling of not hating it.

And it just happened to be useful! ===== CHAPTER 24 =====