God Invasion: It's awesome to save the world with five problematic girls!

The true essence of giving, perhaps, means this:

Giving something that originally belonged to oneself to another, and after that, it no longer belongs to you, but to the person you gave it to.

Ye Shiyu could never understand such behavior.

To her mind, giving seemed more like a subtle "exchange."

I give you something hoping to get something else in return from you.

Like in a couple, giving gifts is to hope for emotional or physical reciprocation from the other person.

Adults give things hoping the other person will do something for them...

If that’s the case, why not just exchange directly, why call it "giving"?

Or perhaps the true meaning of giving is the selfless "offering"?

Then why has she never seen an example like this?

"..."

With these thoughts, Ye Shiyu stood up perplexedly, took out her room key card, and headed to the elevator, planning to return to her room.

The room was for two people, and Ye Shiyu didn’t know who her roommate was nor did she care much, so she just pushed the door open.

What she saw was a beautiful girl sitting in front of the dressing mirror, checking whether her mask and sunglasses were properly worn...

Or rather, Bai Yi.

"..."

"Hmm, who’s there?"

Ye Shiyu didn’t speak, but Bai Yi turned her head to look over, seeing Ye Shiyu standing expressionlessly at the door.

"Uwah!"

The sight gave Bai Yi a scare, she almost jumped up, nearly ready to strike a "Night Battle Hidden Knife Style,"

"Ye... Ye Shiyu, why are you sharing a room with me again?!"

"... Is that not okay?"

Ye Shiyu silently walked into the room, turned around the suitcase she had placed by the bed earlier, revealing the three big characters "Ye Shiyu," and calmly questioned,

"Moreover, you’ve reached the point where you don’t even bother to glance at the suitcase?"

This question left Bai Yi stunned, and she immediately looked at Ye Shiyu’s suitcase.

She recalled something, then suddenly realized something terrifying.

She spent the whole day with the members of the Spencer study group, but she hadn’t paid any attention to what others were wearing or carrying...

It seemed, today she was only focused on what she needed to do?

So, even though Ye Shiyu’s suitcase had already been placed in the room beforehand, she hadn’t noticed that her roommate was Ye Shiyu.

"..."

Seeing Bai Yi lost in thought due to her words, Ye Shiyu sat on the bed, momentarily silent, then changed the topic,

"Are you going out?"

"Ah... yeah."

Bai Yi regained her composure, her tone slightly softened,

"Going out to buy something, I’ll be back later."

She didn’t ask why Bai Yi always went out so heavily covered up, even wearing sunglasses at night.

But at the moment, she suddenly recalled what Yuanlina and the others said earlier,

"Are you going to buy a gift for the group trip?"

"How... how did you know?!"

Bai Yi was genuinely baffled, looking incredulously at Ye Shiyu, thinking she might be able to read minds, so she quickly covered her chest.

"... For Xiao Huan?"

Ye Shiyu’s sharp eyes scanned over, as if she was going to devour her.

And Bai Yi gulped, glaring back defiantly,

"What’s it to you? Don’t forget, you were the one who first broke the alliance, secretly joining Spencer’s study group behind our backs!"

"..."

Ye Shiyu didn’t bother to retort, as she had already started to doubt the usefulness of this so-called alliance at all.

Originally, she planned to make use of them to get through the downtime of her hypnosis app, but they both turned out to be useless.

They often spoke absurdly, giving off a sense of humor.

But Ye Shiyu didn’t understand humor.

"Suit yourself. But if I’m not mistaken, you don’t even know what Xiao Huan likes, your gift will be in vain."

"I’ll still give it even if it’s in vain! Don’t talk, I’m heading out."

Ye Shiyu took off her coat and hung it on the rack,

"Sounds nice, I’ve never seen anyone give something without expecting anything in return."

"Exactly, you’ve never seen it because you yourself would never do it."

Bai Yi glared at Ye Shiyu, muttering under her breath,

"You’re the first one to do it, haven’t you already seen it? You don’t give, but like to chirp about others giving..."

"..."

Though Bai Yi’s words carried a hint of dissatisfaction with Ye Shiyu, due to having a contrary spirit and excessive self-awareness.

For some reason, though, Ye Shiyu was taken aback by these words, even pausing in the act of hanging her coat.

"Alright, alright, I can’t be bothered to argue with you, I’m heading out, planning to take pictures at Shinsaibashi..."

"Wait a minute."

Seeing Ye Shiyu fall silent because of her, Bai Yi thought she had won the argument, and proudly turned her head, intending to leave.

However, the next second, Ye Shiyu suddenly spoke, freezing Bai Yi’s movement.

"Wh-What is it?"

Bai Yi cautiously turned back, afraid that Master Ye would pull a fast one.

To her surprise, she just saw Ye Shiyu putting her coat back on.

Then, she turned her head and said softly,

"I’ll go with you."

"Huh?"

Seeing Bai Yi’s surprise, Ye Shiyu tilted her head slightly, saying expressionlessly,

"Didn’t Sakuragi Yuri say we shouldn’t act alone?"

"But... I wanted to find someone else to go with, not you!"

"You don’t have a choice."

Ye Shiyu couldn’t be bothered to argue with her, directly bypassing Bai Yi, who stood frozen at the door.

Just as she gently pushed open the door and was about to go out, her peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of someone at the hallway, An Le, who had just stopped and was knocking on a certain room door.

"Knock knock~"

Seeing this, Ye Shiyu’s eyes narrowed, and she immediately paused inside the door.

"Hey, I haven’t agreed yet..."

Behind her, Bai Yi still didn’t understand what was happening and tried to follow up with the dispute.

But Ye Shiyu immediately turned back, giving her a serious look and put her index finger in front of her lips, signaling her to be quiet.

"What the hell?"

Although Bai Yi didn’t understand, she subconsciously complied.

Then, she peeked to look outside as well.

Seeing An Le knocking on someone’s door, she instantly broke out in a cold sweat, immediately retreating back into the room,

"It’s An, An, An, An... An Le!"

"..."

Seeing her reaction, Ye Shiyu couldn’t help but recall her answer on the plane today.

When she asked if Bai Yi also had superpowers, she said she didn’t know what superpowers were.

But now, based on this reaction, two things were almost certain.

First, Bai Yi definitely has superpowers.

Second, An Le had also attacked her.

Thus, a conclusion could be drawn:

An Le is currently hunting down other individuals with superpowers, and she seems fully aware of who possesses them.

Another inference can be made from this:

The person An Le is angrily looking for at the door now must also possess superpowers, just like herself and Bai Yi!

Ye Shiyu’s calm mind quickly pieced together most of the current situation.

"Kagami-kun, did you leave your room card?"

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At this moment, from the room An Le was knocking on came Sakuragi Hitomi’s voice.

Plus, the sound of the doorknob turning, and a subconscious motion to open the door.

"Click~"

In the hallway, the sound was crisp.

And inside the half-opened room, the breathing of Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi was almost at a standstill.