Really? I'm fighting the Dark Emperor.

Chapter 271 This is mine! Mine!!!

Rui Bu Si waved her hand: "Oh, I already said it was back then."

"What's the point of bringing up the past? We all live in the present, so the present is definitely the most important thing." With a sudden thought of some business-related matters, Bi Chengda put down the food in his hand.

She was already very impatient, but instead of asking questions, she warmly invited Xiao Fudie to sit down and also took care of Wuyan, who was sitting in the inconspicuous corner.

"Everyone, eat quickly! Only when we're well-fed will we have the energy to face the torment when the old witch returns. What if we starve to death before our teachers and classmates come to our rescue?"

His tone and gestures revealed a deliberate exaggeration, but unfortunately, no one he was facing had the energy to laugh along with him.

"Hehe." A future mature businessman would certainly not care about such a small embarrassment. After the warm-up was over, Bi Cheng Daqi quietly pulled Rui Bu Si aside.

"I have a question for you."

"Okay, go ahead and ask."

The most important customer was much more cooperative than anyone else, and Bi Cheng immediately put aside even the slightest unpleasantness.

"I want to know, how did you manage to hide so well that even the gloomy duchess couldn't find you?"

"Hmm? Why would Bi Cheng ask this question?"

“Just call me ‘Bi Cheng Daqi,’ no need to be so formal, right?” As he spoke, he glanced around furtively, as if afraid someone might be eavesdropping.

"I was thinking, since you are also a spirit stone in form, and so is the gloomy duchess, there can't be no connection between dark spirit stones, right? And there can't be no connection between you and the gloomy duchess, right?"

As he recounted his discoveries, Bi Chengdaqi felt increasingly radiant with wisdom.

It's a pity that the Moe Academy already has a Star of Wisdom, otherwise maybe he could... If he becomes the Star of Wisdom, then the products of their Bi Cheng family... cough cough.

"Ah."

To his surprise, Ruibusi showed no surprise at being discovered; instead, she seemed to be looking forward to hearing what else he might say.

What else can be said?

Anything else?

“What I wanted to ask,” the conversation finally got to the point, “was you able to remain undetected by anyone by using some… magical artifact?”

Pause appropriately and observe the customer's reaction; the customer's reaction does not develop in the direction he expected.

“A very good hypothesis. Bi Cheng is indeed a member of the Bi Cheng family,” Rui Bu Si praised. “However, it is not a magical artifact.”

“Well…you could say that,” she straightened up, no longer playing along with Bi Chengdaqi’s obviously secretive actions, “It is… a magical artifact that belongs solely to me.”

"Hmm," he said, pleased with the adjective he had found, "At least for this period of time, it truly belonged to me alone."

"So it's a pity, Bi Cheng, that we can't work together to make big money."

"It's okay, it's okay. Let's be friends. There will be plenty of opportunities for us to work together and make big money in the future."

He reached out his hand expectantly, and the other person responded to his expectation very readily.

When the gloomy duchess returned with her spoils—two slaves she had seized—she was met with a scene of merriment and joy.

The dark soldiers guarding her and her slaves played together, their dark aura filling the air and enhancing the atmosphere.

Ah Fei was telling jokes, and a group of people around him were laughing.

"What are you doing?"

All the commotion came to an abrupt halt with her shout.

With a casual wave of his hand, the two slaves he had snatched fell to the ground under the influence of magic.

He bypassed everyone else and went straight to the mastermind: "These slaves are mine, and the Dark Aura is mine too..."

“Yes, the Dark Soldiers are yours too.” Rebecca agreed, picking up where the sinister duchess left off.

The dark soldier swiftly went to his post, the dark aura pretended to be busy and flew away, and the remaining slaves began to clean up, while secretly helping up the new slaves.

"Relax when you have nothing to do, so you can do your job well when you have something to do, right?"

"you……"

What are you guys doing? Where's what I asked for?

The Dark Emperor's voice arrived unexpectedly, and the two people who were disturbed frowned almost simultaneously.

"I……"

Before she could even open her mouth, the gloomy duchess was once again robbed of her chance to speak by someone else.

"Your Majesty, we searched very diligently. As soon as Yin Sen arrived at Meng Academy, he started working overtime without any rest. From the principal's office to the teachers' offices to the auditorium to the library to every corner of Meng Academy, we searched every nook and cranny. We even dug out the offspring of the cockroaches living here, but we still couldn't find a trace of Hai Ti Si."

She rattled off a whole bunch of things, her voice rising and falling in intonation, leaving the sinister duchess momentarily stunned.

During the brief pause in her speech, she realized she finally had time to say something, but she didn't know what else she could say.

If she doesn't speak, the other person has plenty to say.

"And another thing, that cowardly Princess Naya is being protected too well by the timid Quark Clan. Although we, who are diligent and hardworking, would love to immediately offer everything that you, the Great One, desire, we are simply too limited in our energy and strength. Of course, if it were you, the Great One, who were to do all this, no matter how many tricks the Quark Clan used, you would definitely be able to handle it in an instant. Unfortunately, even if the two of us were combined, we would not be a fraction of your strength."

No one dislikes being flattered or having their nemesis denounced.

Yin Sen could tell that the Dark Emperor no longer had the anger he had at the beginning; even his voice was "gentle" than she had ever heard since he came out of the shadows.

[Is this the kind of eerie duchess she is?]

"……Yes."

Is that so?

[I don't care what the Quark Clan has done, you must bring me Hades and Princess Naya as soon as possible. Don't keep me waiting too long!]

"Okay, okay, of course, of course, we have been working hard and will work even harder right away."

When the call ended, the gloomy duchess realized she had only uttered two words.

And after the conversation ended, Xu Xingchun, who was delivering water, pushed her aside.

"How diligent and conscientious are you in your work? And what kind of attitude do your subordinates have towards me?"

"Hmm? I meant 'we,' which means 'I' plus 'you.' You did it, so of course we did it. Otherwise, would we tell the Emperor we didn't do anything?"

"Our relationship isn't that close! You are you, and I am me. Don't lump our actions together!"

“Oh,” Ruibusi took two sips of the magic drink, which she quite liked, “then go and explain things to the Emperor.”

"I..." She had already said everything, so what was she supposed to say to the Emperor now?

"What are you all looking at? Don't you have anything to do?" She vented her anger on those she had plenty of ways to punish. "Did you sweep the floor? Did you wipe the table? Can't you see all these things?"

Those around them could not hear their conversation with the Dark Emperor.

But the sounds of them suddenly arguing could still be heard—there wasn't a single hearing-impaired person here.

After being pulled repeatedly by Gui Gongzai, Jianni reluctantly made a move.

I have absolutely no desire to do anything for this old witch.

But Director Pa had given him some instructions, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Rui Bu Si.

Seemingly aware that he was watching her, while sitting down in the gloomy atmosphere to catch her breath and not noticing him, Genny saw Rabbi give him a thumbs-up gesture.

His smile was almost identical to the one he wore when he was visited by Principal Pa when he was punished to sweep the school.