Bei Qiaojue and Xiao Qianxia searched the entire house, but they didn’t find a second surveillance camera.

The fact that it was only in my room made me feel even more unsettled. Xiao Lei’s transformations from Zhao Zhao all happened here, not to mention the use of the Avatar Bookmark. This body of mine comes out completely unclothed!

That means it might’ve all been caught in crystal-clear footage by that camera. Wouldn’t that make me the star of some scandalous leaked video? If that happens, I’m done for! My life as a bishoujo is ruined!

According to Qiaojue, this kind of camera needs its battery and SD card swapped out regularly. The worst-case scenario was that whoever set it up had already entered my room more than once.

Which also meant—someone out there, whose identity I didn’t know, might already be in possession of all my secrets. It was like a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Just when I’d finally let my guard down a little, my nerves were yanked taut again.

“Aaahhhhhhh!!!”

So annoying!

Go ahead and explode, Earth! Burn it all down, world!

I was spiraling into panic from the anxiety.

“Take a breath, Commander. Once Qiaojue brings the camera back, Cangyu should be able to find something,” Haitang tried to calm me down, though even herself was grinding her teeth in frustration. She tugged at her side ponytail, wrapping it around her finger over and over—clearly stressed.

On the screen, Qiaojue nodded. “Alright, I’ll head back to school now.”

“Well… putting the break-in aside, thanks for catching the camera.”

It was annoying how she snuck into my room in the first place, but if she hadn’t, we never would’ve found that hidden camera. So I gave her a proper thank-you.

“Oh, you’re too polite, little bro. But say, is it okay to leave this little girl alone in your room?”

“It’s fine, we’re neighbors. She lives next door. No need to worry.”

Though crawling through windows is a bit risky, that kid’s athleticism is top-notch—scaling two stories is nothing for her. Honestly, with how good she is at wall-climbing, I’m starting to wonder if Brother Zhu trained her in some assassin’s guild.

“When’s the sister with the breasts coming back?”
Qianxia popped up in front of the phone camera.

“Big sis will be back by noon, so sit tight and behave, okay? Don’t go wrecking the house.”

“Okay!”

Qiaojue hung up the call.

“You’re getting used to calling yourself ‘big sis ,’ huh?”

Haitang bopped me on the head with the Bishoujo Notebook, then added, “We student council members will take care of investigating the camera. I’ll make sure we find whoever’s behind it.”

“Um, about the SD card… could I have it first?”

There’s definitely stuff on there that’s… hard to explain. The kind of video I absolutely don’t want anyone else seeing! If that thing ended up in Haitang’s hands, it’d be blackmail material for life.

“Sure~!”

Her answer came surprisingly fast, but then she grinned mischievously.

“But in exchange, until your leg heals, you’ll listen to Rinka and attend school at the girls campus. Fair trade, right?”

“Wait—why are you bringing that up too?!”

What benefit do they even get from dragging me into the girls campus!?

“If you want someone to help, there’s always a price. What could you possibly manage investigating this on your own?”

“You’re taking advantage of me!”

She batted my hand away with a sly smirk. “Yup, I sure am.”

Damn it. I hate to admit it, but she’s right—I’ve got no leads. I’m completely on the back foot here.

With that same smug confidence, Haitang pressed on:
“So, Commander? What’s it gonna be?”

“…Like I have a choice.” I clenched my teeth and stood up, grumbling, “But what about my real body? I can’t just leave it home starving every day!”

Rinka jumped in, sensing my hesitation:
“Oh come on, that’s nothing I can’t handle! If you’re willing to come, leave the rest to me.”

“Then let me make one thing clear—my real body is not wearing a skirt. That’s non-negotiable!”

“No problem! I’ll handle it!”

I don’t know what Rinka plans to do, but with that, the decision was made.

After all that stalling, I still couldn’t escape my fate of becoming a JK.

Qiaojue brought the camera back to the student council office, and right in front of me, Cangyu wiped the SD card clean. But Haitang insisted on keeping the physical card “because it might still be useful.”

Then she suggested we all go out for lunch, but I turned her down, citing that my real body was still home and starving. In the end, Xiao Lei and I went home together.

On the way back, I was feeling pretty down.

I’d just finished unloading all my lies, barely had time to breathe, and now I find out someone’s been spying on me? Who wouldn’t be depressed? Who the hell set up that camera anyway?

“Commander… do you think everyone hates me now?”

Xiao Lei was clearly just as down.

Ever since her identity was revealed, everyone—including even Fei—had been keeping their distance. Even Sis Xi, who usually loved clinging to people, now seemed hesitant to get close. They wouldn’t even invite her to lunch anymore.

No one had said it outright, but this was basically silent treatment. Schoolyard cold-shouldering.

Honestly, I was kind of avoiding her too. I even regretted sleeping next to her before—like I’d lost something important in my sleep.

I tried to comfort her:
“It’s not that they hate you. They just don’t want Zhao Zhao copping a free feel. You two are still technically the same person, you get that, right?”

She puffed up indignantly and retorted, “But you transform too! And they don’t seem to mind touching you! So it’s okay if you get a free feel on them?!”

How dare she lump me together with Zhao Zhao!

I’m not some creepy muscle-bound pervert. I don’t give off any sleazy vibes. I’m an upstanding citizen—and beauti… handsome, too!

Someone like me obviously wouldn’t be unwelcome around girls. They should be throwing themselves at me, honestly!

“You say that, but deep down you know what the real problem is, don’t you? So why not use this chance to let Zhao Zhao turn back into a proper human again?”

“He is a human!”

“Huh? I thought he was a gorilla?”

“He’s human!! How many times are you going to run that joke?!”

But arguing with Xiao Lei did lift my mood a bit. We picked up three lunch boxes from Mifeng Street.

Even so, the thought of that camera still left a shadow over my heart. Qiaojue said she searched the whole house, but what if there was still one hidden somewhere?

That fear gnawed at me like an itch on the back of my neck.

So the moment I got home, I already felt uneasy, like something invisible was watching me. The more I thought about it, the more real it felt—wet, sticky, icy… like a slimy gaze crawling down my spine.

Would a higher Spirit Vision level let me see some kind of eldritch horror hiding in my house?

Thankfully, Qianxia was still around, and she felt like a balm for my frayed nerves. The moment I walked in, she pounced on me with a cheerful grin.

“Big sister with the breasts is back!”

Can this girl please find a better nickname for me?

I’d only just corrected her saying “boobs”, and now she’s latched onto this.

When she saw Xiao Lei following behind me, holding the lunch boxes, she shouted, “It’s the gorilla-turned big brother!”

Xiao Lei instantly deflated, her head drooping like a wilting flower. She mumbled, “That’s right… I’m just a flat-chested ape. Please ignore me,” then curled up in a corner, sobbing quietly while eating.

Through Qiaojue’s phone earlier, Qianxia had overheard most of what happened. Who knows how much a ten-year-old actually understood, but she definitely got that Xiao Lei and Zhao Zhao were the same person.

Of course, she had no clue what kind of guy Zhao Zhao was—and she didn’t care either.

So seeing Xiao Lei all sad, Qianxia went over to comfort her. She even clung to her for attention.

This kid is an angel.

I gave Qianxia a gentle reminder:
“Hey, Qianxia, you’ve gotta keep everything about your big sisters a secret, okay? Not even to your dad.”

“Okay! Qianxia understands!”

She was quick to agree… but just earlier she’d spilled my secret to Qiaojue.

You can’t really take a ten-year-old’s promise seriously—especially not an innocent, free-spirited rascal like her.

Still, she doesn’t wander around and her activity area was always within my room, so Dad hadn’t noticed her. That's one good thing.

I raised the lunch boxes in my hand and asked, “I brought lunch. Want to eat together?”

She nodded. “I already ate at home… but I’ll eat again!”

Wait, what? You already ate but still want more? …Well, she’s ten. Growing kids need food.

The three lunch boxes were originally for Xiao Lei, me (the avatar), and my real body. Since Qianxia wanted to eat, I decided to give her mine, erased the name on the bookmark, and returned to my main body.

Just as I sat up in bed, I heard Qianxia sigh in disappointment:

“The sister with breasts disappeared again.”

With this kid’s obsession with boobs, she’s definitely going to grow up into something… formidable.