Chapter: Chapter 333
Passing through the chaotic crowd, Leticia returned to the entrance of the burning restaurant. There, she saw Bai Ling standing with the captain and the others, looking solemnly at the restaurant spewing flames outwards.
“What’s going on, didn’t you disarm the bomb?” Leticia asked immediately upon arriving.
The captain answered Leticia, shaking her head, “My skills weren’t good enough, I couldn’t disarm the bomb before it exploded.”
“Fortunately, all the guests in the restaurant were evacuated before the bomb exploded. The only loss this time is one building,” Lu Siyu added from the side.
“Fortunately, among the misfortunes. Speaking of which, Miss Bai seems to have encountered many enemies. Which force dares to openly do such things?” The captain continued with a frown.
“I encountered at least three five-person squads, and each squad was equipped with excellent gear, even having large-caliber automatic firearms.” Bai Ling, frowning, finally spoke, “I’ve knocked them all out and brought them out. They are all piled up there now.”
Saying so, she gestured with her chin towards a place not far away.
Leticia looked over and saw a pile of knocked-out men in black. Beside them were a large number of firearms and weapons. It was obvious at a glance that these people were not to be trifled with.
“So, are we just going to stand here and watch the house burn?”
“Not necessarily. We can leave after the police arrive,” the captain shook her head. “Oh, the police are here. They’re quite fast this time.”
The sound of sirens from afar made the captain reveal a relaxed expression. Once the police arrived, their work as heroes would be done.
More detailed investigations would be handled by these professionals. They could now return to the association to report the specific situation, and this matter would have nothing to do with them.
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“This is the general situation, is it? Hmm, I understand.” The petite girl with long green hair sat on the sofa, holding a tablet computer that was slightly too large for her. She nodded while taking notes.
As expected, the one asking about the mission details was Leticia’s acquaintance, the girl named Xiao Lu.
What surprised Leticia was that Xiao Lu also knew the captain and the others, and their relationship seemed to be quite good.
At least, the captain spoke to Xiao Lu very openly and naturally, not like she was meeting someone important.
“Your performance this time was very good. You were able to evacuate everyone within such a short response time and captured so many criminal suspects. Although you couldn’t prevent the bomb from exploding in the end, it’s not your fault.” Xiao Lu tapped on the tablet a few times and sent the processed information to the association’s high-level officials. “However, this little girl…”
Her red eyes drifted to Yue Xiaoyin, who was sitting obediently on the sofa, pretending to be a doll. “You know where her house is, can’t you send her back on the way?”
“Come on, I didn’t take on a commission to send her home. Are you going to pay me for running around for nothing?” Leticia rolled her eyes and stated commercially that she wouldn’t do anything without compensation.
She wasn’t going to leave empty-handed. If they wanted to mobilize her, a noble S-class hero, they had to provide some reward. Besides, Yue Xiaoyin’s home was not close. The time it would take to escort her home would allow Leticia to do many other things.
“Can’t you have some sense of responsibility? You’re an S-class hero.”
“If you pay enough, I have plenty of responsibility.” Leticia shamelessly stated that her sense of responsibility was directly proportional to the amount of reward.
Besides, she was a human talking about responsibility with a demon like her?
If she really had a sense of responsibility, she wouldn’t be bowing her head for meagre paychecks and working at the Hero Association.
To Leticia’s attitude of everything being negotiable with money and nothing being negotiable without it, Xiao Lu was quite helpless. You could say Leticia is not good, but as long as she’s paid, she’s very reliable. You could say she’s good, but she wouldn’t proactively do good deeds.
The communication was fine, but the exchange felt strange, always giving a very materialistic impression.
However, speaking of which, this little girl was indeed a hot potato now.
Xiao Lu was well aware of what Yue Xiaoyin’s father was currently doing. The Hero Association, while publicly maintaining neutrality, had the same stance as before: “You can fight if you want, but don’t affect the lives of ordinary people.”
But compared to another, clearly more malicious organization, the Hero Association hoped that Yue Xiaoyin’s father would win this struggle. At least Yue Xiaoyin’s father knew that the Hero Association was powerful and not to be provoked. Didn’t he even entrust people from the Hero Association to escort his daughter home?
If the Hero Association acted despicably and captured his only daughter, wouldn’t that grasp his weakness?
This action of his was telling the Hero Association, “I trust you. I’ve told you my home and my daughter’s school. If I dare to do anything bad, you can arrest my daughter.”
It was equivalent to using Yue Xiaoyin as a hostage to gain the Hero Association’s favor.
This move had indeed produced results. How could the Hero Association not like such a sensible move? Moreover, the Hero Association had long been displeased with the other organization, and now that there was an opportunity to kick them while they were down, how could they not seize it?
For example, there were many cleanup missions that had suddenly appeared recently, targeting the organization that was fighting with Yue Xiaoyin’s father. Under the pincer attack from both sides, that organization was on the verge of collapse. It was no wonder they had crossed the line today.
Since they had crossed the line, the Hero Association now had a legitimate reason to intervene and formally enter the fray.
“You can prepare yourselves. The Hero Association will not tolerate such blatant rule-breaking,” Xiao Lu tucked the tablet under her arm and stood up from the sofa. “As for this little girl… are you really not planning to…”
“I don’t do childcare,” Leticia immediately refused.
Bai Ling also shook her head simultaneously. She didn’t want her and Leticia’s private time to be disturbed.
As for the captain and Lu Siyu, they lived in dormitories allocated by the Hero Association. Although the place was large, it was still difficult to accommodate another little girl.
“Fine, I’ll think of something else.” Xiao Lu was defeated. It seemed she couldn’t rely on the four people here. In the end, would she, a young girl, have to be the one to take care of the child? “Little girl, come with me for now. I remember the association has a children’s activity area. You can play there for a while.”
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“So, Big Sister is in trouble again?” during dinner, Kira exclaimed emotionally after listening to Leticia’s experiences today, “Big Sister really gets into trouble easily.”
“It’s just bad luck. But I met someone from the Divine Throne today. Do you have any insights into what she said?” Leticia felt it was just her bad luck. It wasn’t that easy to encounter such things.
As for the other issue, it was more important. Although Central City was very large, Leticia could only operate within Central City’s boundaries, like a bound spirit. It was always annoying, wasn’t it?
If there was a way to break free from the restraints, Leticia was very willing to try it.
“You can try it,” Infino, who had been following Kira, offered her opinion. “Your current situation is similar to ours, who are sealed gods. If that’s the case, then the way to get rid of this situation should also be applicable to you.”
After saying the previous sentence, Infino paused before continuing, “If you can really break the seal on you in a more peaceful way, then…”
Infino’s tone became a little excited. She also yearned for freedom, but the ritual she needed to perform was very difficult and essentially required the sacrifice of a key. Unfortunately, Infino currently only had two keys she could find, one called Leticia, and the other called Kira.
She couldn’t use either of them, so she hadn’t been very interested in breaking the seal before. But now, things seemed to have taken a slight turn.
Leticia’s current situation was very, very similar to that of a god. Infino even suspected that Leticia was already a god, she just didn’t have the power of a god.
If she had the physical strength of a god, then in her unsealing ritual, Leticia would have a high probability of not getting hurt, thus she could gain her freedom without harming anyone.
The reason why the key died after the ritual ended was essentially that the mortal body couldn’t withstand such a large amount of divine power flowing through it. The necessary condition for unsealing was to inject divine power into the seal through the key’s body. As for the other steps, they were not very important.
The total amount of energy required to break the seal could only be described as terrifying. A mortal body could not possibly endure to the end. Even gods would have to allocate some of their power to protect the mortal as a key from dying prematurely.
“I understand, but I’m still completely clueless about how to break the seal,” Leticia scratched her head. “How about I try to enter the dream world again tonight? I might get some clues there.”
After the mess caused by the Dream God subsided, Leticia had tried to return to the dream world to take a look, but she found that although she could still dream normally, she couldn’t enter that bizarre space.
Of course, she never knew how to get there, because her appearance there was illogical, and even if it was, she herself didn’t know.
She was currently in the state of “blind men touching an elephant,” completely unable to see the whole picture of the world.
“Speaking of which, Big Sister’s complexion seems to have improved a lot recently. Is this the charm of love?” After discussing important matters, Kira shifted the topic to emotional matters.
Kira had long been prepared for the progress of Big Sister and Bai Ling’s relationship. She had felt long ago that her Big Sister probably really liked Miss Bai. It was actually beyond Kira’s expectation that these two would only confirm their relationship after knowing each other for so long.
If their identities weren’t so awkward, they probably could have happily played some little games in bed the second day they met.
And now that they could put aside their grudges and hold hands, it was probably also due to the closure of the world passage. If she couldn’t return to the demon world, how could Leticia remain single and torment herself?
Was a Demon King who couldn’t return to the demon world still a Demon King? Probably not.
“Yes, I think the main reason is that there’s no pressure anymore,” Leticia didn’t deny that her complexion had improved. “Haven’t you also become much more energetic recently, Kira?”
Compared to Leticia, Kira’s transformation could be described as earth-shattering. Without the worries of those trivial matters, Kira’s condition became visibly more vibrant. The dark circles that were faintly visible before had completely disappeared, and the slight haggardness on her face had also faded.
The current Kira and the Kira from a month ago could be described as two different people.
“Then, did Big Sister and Big Sister Bai play any little games tonight?” Kira showed a shy smile. “Like rubbing the bean curd or something.”
“Cough cough cough, you wicked girl, are you looking for a beating!” Leticia started coughing crazily, with a faint blush on her face. “You’re making trouble after three days without a beating?”
“Big Sister, don’t be shy. I’m an adult too, it’s normal to talk about these things, okay?” Kira giggled, showing that there was indeed a big difference from her previous self. “Do you want me to help Big Sister find some clothes and toys? I can definitely make Big Sister have a more enjoyable time tonight.”
“If you can, please do provide it,” the one who answered Kira was not Leticia, but Bai Ling, who had arrived in the dining room through teleportation. When she came down, she happened to hear what Kira said, so she replied instinctively.
Leticia, with black lines forming on her forehead, slowly stood up. Her face was as red as a ripe apple, making people want to take a bite. However, the voice that came out of her mouth sounded incredibly sinister: “You two, accept your punishment obediently!”
With a wave of her hand, the demonic sword hanging on the wall as decoration flew into Leticia’s hand.
Kira realized something was wrong and was about to slip away when several green vines wrapped around her small legs, instantly thwarting her escape plan.
Then, several vines descended from the sky, binding her hands tightly. Finally, these vines slowly rose, suspending Kira in mid-air.
“You wicked girl, stay up there and reflect properly!” Leticia said to Kira indignantly. Then, she looked at Bai Ling, “As for you, stretch out your hand.”
“Oh,” Bai Ling obediently stretched out her hand.
Snap!
Leticia reached out and gave Bai Ling’s hand a hard slap. The crisp sound proved that Leticia hadn’t held back this time.
“It hurts.”
“Serves you right for speaking carelessly.” Leticia had a “you deserve it” expression. “Tell me, what do you want from me?”
