Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 197 Finding Something to Do During Summer Vacation (1)

Four people thudded back up to the office upstairs.

Nobody was willing to sit on the long office sofa, so three of his underlings brought in chairs from another room. They sat around Brother Bin’s desk, planning to replace the sofa as soon as it was light.

Brother Bin discussed with them the matter of the boss demanding 12 million in cash and how to persuade their own boss to agree to pay.

They had leverage, not to mention the little bit of IOUs from the mahjong parlors—most importantly, the delivery routes from the Gaofei Internet Cafe to the Skyfire Association.

Brother Cai reported everything he knew, even though it was only the part he was responsible for, but it was enough for Feiyang to consider intercepting the delivery.

After the discussion, even though it was midnight, Brother Bin still called up his own boss, explained the bizarre events of the night, and sent him the photo to prove he wasn’t just talking in his sleep.

The boss upstairs was decisive and agreed to pay.

When an opportunity literally lands on your face, if you don’t take it, you’d be laughed at for not having the guts. When you’re in this kind of business, you need courage.

Plus, giving the Skyfire Association a tough time was another delight.

12 million in cash, no need to pack it, just place it in Brother Bin’s office on Wednesday evening, and someone would come to collect it.

Only an internet cafe like Feiyang, which also ran gambling and money-lending businesses, could come up with such a large sum of cash on short notice. Although it was tight, with authorization and extra resources from the boss, they could make it happen.

Brother Bin and his people stayed busy all night, watching over business and scrambling to gather money, so busy that their heads ached. As breakfast stalls gradually set up on the streets, they quickly grabbed an early meal, washed up, and caught up on sleep.

Ye Nai, of course, slept in his hotel room until he woke up naturally.

It was Tuesday, a day with nothing much to do. Sitting in his hotel room, he turned on his computer to surf the internet, intrigued by the gossip Sun Guangjin mentioned.

Two months had passed, and with a search for the keywords, heaps of information popped up—commentaries, videos, and a variety of YouTubers posting their take on the matter.

Apart from insulting others, the focus of netizens was on whether superpowers could disappear?! Was there a hidden danger of young teenagers prematurely Awaking and thus losing their superpowers?

Some netizens also suggested that even if the mutants in these young people disappeared, it might be man-made. Natural occurrences would be random, but because it happened to them all at once, human intervention was more likely.

Once this comment went out, it naturally sparked a terrifying speculation.

Has the world seen the emergence of a superpower that can make others lose their superpowers?

Or, as in internet novels, it’s not just disappearance that’s the concern, but rather the fear of stealing and absorbing others’ superpowers for oneself, or even transferring them to another, thus creating a new black market industry.

This speculation was frightening but provided Ye Nai with a reminder and inspiration.

Stealing superpowers?

It seemed like something worth trying~

As he continued scrolling through gossip, a breaking news alert popped up about a Space Awakened burglarizing a private home. Everything except for the female victim’s essential IDs and electronics like her phone and computer was moved out. Not a single change of clothes, a hairpin, or a hairband was left behind. Fortunately, the victim’s bank account suffered no losses.

Only a Space Awakened could pull off this method of theft, avoiding the traditional risk of being caught in the act of rummaging through someone’s belongings. They could take everything to a safe place for sorting. The process was quick and unlikely to attract the notice of others.

A space of over 200 cubic meters could engulf a residence of 60 or 70 square meters. Most registered Space Awakeners could manage that. Even with just a closet-sized space, one could steal a few confidential documents, so this kind of theft case is quite difficult to handle.

The news did not reveal that the female victim’s cohabiting boyfriend did not seem to be on the right path. With such an incident occurring, the boyfriend also disappeared at the same time. The police would naturally consider other possibilities and, upon closer inspection, would discover that the couple of Brother Cai upstairs were in a similar situation, eventually causing a bit of trouble for the Skyfire Association.

Who asked them to trouble her?

After scrolling through gossip all morning and killing a few leisurely hours, she lazily went out to find food and packed up several meat dishes.

She headed back to the hotel for an afternoon nap and, seeing that it was after three o’clock, rode her electric scooter to her mother’s house, taking a detour to the supermarket to buy some groceries.

When dismounting, she conveniently stowed the scooter into her space, and after leaving the supermarket, she carried her purchases and walked all the way home.

Common sense dictated that the charge of a small electric scooter’s battery couldn’t withstand the long journey from the danger zone to the city district. If she were to show up riding a scooter in the neighborhood, she’d have to explain to her mom how she rode it back, which would open up a topic she’d rather have too much to say about.

So, to save trouble, it was best not to let anyone see anything and not have to explain anything.

The last time she’d ridden the scooter to bring Yu Jiao back was over two months ago, and that had nothing to do with the present.

Upon entering the community and walking towards the building, she indeed attracted the gazes of many old and young neighbors walking children and pets, until she entered the building and took the elevator to her floor, where even the neighbors cooling off with their doors opened stared at her.

Her mother had given her a key to the house on her last visit. Under the curious watch of the neighbors, Ye Nai first set down the groceries to free her hands, pulled her chest bag open, fished for the key, opened the door to enter, then turned to shut it, refusing all curious glances and small talk.

She took out her own slippers, changed shoes, and then Ye Nai went into the kitchen to put down the groceries. She opened the fridge’s freezer drawer and placed ten portions of the pre-packed Spider Legs Meat.

It was the meat from the egg-laying mother spider legs. After the loss of energy, the meat dried up and the texture wasn’t good. Awakeners didn’t like it, but it was less stimulating for ordinary people.

That day, when she was clearing stock in the military camp, she thought of letting her mom and little sister try it, saving them from buying unpalatable Mutant Beast Meat.

She came out of the kitchen and put the several large boxes of meat dishes she had packed at lunch on the dining table. After passing through the living room and walking around the two bedrooms, she found no air conditioning, only fans, although the landlord left holes for window air conditioners on the windows of both bedrooms.

With the current weather, one really couldn’t stay without air conditioning. Ye Nai fanned her collar and took out a popsicle from her space.

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After finishing the popsicle, the sound of keys turning in the door outside came through, followed by her little sister Yu Jiao entering the house with her backpack.

The moment she stepped in without changing her shoes and saw Ye Nai standing in the middle of the living room, Yu Jiao excitedly threw down her backpack and launched herself at Ye Nai.

"Big sister!"

Ye Nai raised her arms high to let her jump, but she absolutely did not want any physical contact with her.

Yu Jiao was sweaty, her hair damp from perspiration. Ye Nai really did not want to touch her.

"Alright, alright, get down, it’s so hot. Don’t rub your sweat on me. Close the door, put away your backpack, and I’ll get you a popsicle," she said.

"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"

Yu Jiao quickly closed the door and changed her shoes, then clattered back to her room with her backpack, and clattered out again, went to the bathroom to wash her hands, and only then did she take the popsicle from Ye Nai’s hands, happily taking a bite.

Only then did she notice the packed meal boxes on the dining table.