Chapter 438: Encounter
Above the unknown woods in the wilderness of Lingyuan City, a tall figure descended from the sky with a strong wind-breaking sound, moving at an extremely fast pace that was completely inconsistent with its agility.
But suddenly, the rapidly leaping figure seemed to realize something, stopped the footsteps it was about to take, turned its head to the bend of its right arm, and asked with some confusion.
“What’s wrong?”
“I… Mr. Cangjie… Ugh—”
The young boy, who was hanging from Sato Shinichi’s arm like a wilting dog, was Mizuki Tomohisa, the young divine officer who had delivered important information to Kawa River Hiroshi before. The young divine officer was not in good condition, his face was pale, he put one hand on Sato Shinichi’s shoulder, and raised his head to say something, but he couldn’t hold on and vomited.
“I’m sorry, because this is just your speculation, if this target is wrong, I also have to rush to the next place as soon as possible, so I can’t slow down, sorry.”
Seeing Mizuki Tomohisa’s condition, Sato Shinichi also apologized. In order to better locate the target, Sato Shinichi not only brought the communication device given by Kawa River Hiroshi, but also directly brought Mizuki Tomohisa, who had tracking abilities. However, it seemed that at his speed, Mizuki Tomohisa could not withstand such bumps.
“How about… we change the way of advancing before?”
After thinking for a moment, Sato Shinichi still presented his plan, after all, the most important thing now was to confirm the authenticity of the information brought by the other party.
“The way before… No!! I’m almost recovered now, Mr. Cangjie!”
Mizuki Tomohisa, who had just recovered, turned pale again when he heard Sato Shinichi’s suggestion, and quickly denied it. You should know that the super-speed feeling of rapidly advancing in the woods as if you were about to hit something at any moment was also hard to accept, as if riding a high-speed train without any protective measures. Compared to this, Mizuki Tomohisa would rather choose the current advancing method like riding a free-fall elevator, and at most vomit a few more times.
“Then I’ll have to trouble you to confirm the direction, Divine Officer Mizuki.”
“Okay.”
Mizuki Tomohisa nodded, and the long conch wrapped in spiritual energy slowly flew out, and the blue thin line reappeared in their sight. After carefully confirming the direction in front of him, Sato Shinichi grabbed Mizuki Tomohisa, stomped his right foot to create a gust of air, and leaped towards the direction indicated by the energy again.
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“Why do I always feel uneasy…”
On the skeleton throne in the graveyard hall, the thin, short-haired girl sat on the seat, playing with a crystal-clear pale blue crystal with her fair and sickly little hands. Her cold little face was furrowed, and she unconsciously tapped her chin with the other hand, muttering to herself.
The girl never believed in sixth sense. However, after transmigrating, whether it was because of her abilities or because she became a girl, her body was always swayed by inexplicable emotions. And in a sense, this feeling seemed to be quite accurate, and unlucky things always happened, which was the source of the girl’s unease at this moment.
“There shouldn’t be any problem, right? Am I overthinking this time?”
After carefully reviewing what she had done recently, Kazumi pouted with dissatisfaction. Putting aside Sato Shinichi, this super unstable factor, all other developments seemed to be within her plan. There was no danger of her identity being exposed, her position within the organization was further consolidated, her strength was steadily advancing, and there were no unexpected incidents in this mission.
It could be said that apart from the breakup that did not know when it would happen, she should have no worries now. After thinking for a moment, Kazumi decided to put aside this bad feeling for the time being, took out her phone and replied to heal her wounds, and then called Lei, who was busy outside, intending to give him some instructions.
“Rumble—”
But before she could get Lei’s reply, a sudden violent vibration directly interrupted the girl’s mental link, and the continuous shaking even affected the entire graveyard hall, and even the skull chandeliers at the top of the hall swayed from side to side.
“What’s going on!”
She stood up abruptly, her relaxed body instantly tensing up. You know, the [Black Coffin] territory was her most important ability and reliance. Now that the situation inside the entire territory was affected, there must be some problem somewhere.
[Is it a splicing problem caused by the new territory? Or the rejection of the previous ice energy injection? Or… something happened outside!!!]
Several thoughts flashed through her mind, and she quickly dismissed them. The girl suddenly thought of something, and the mental link that had been broken was re-connected, and this time it was connected to a poor Corpse Crow trapped in the gap of the Black Coffin, acting as an “eye”.
A blood-red vision appeared before the girl’s eyes. The darkness in the underground confinement space had been dispelled a lot, and specks of light, accompanied by splashing soil, penetrated into it. From the blurry vision of the Corpse Crow, a tall figure waving its fists could be vaguely seen.
[Discovered?! How is that possible!]
In just that moment of glimpse, the girl quickly ascertained the current situation. Her escape route was definitely fine, she had deliberately avoided all the routes that others avoided, and she had chosen a dead end that others would definitely not be able to pass through by using the burrowing characteristic of [Black Coffin]. How could she be chased by someone? Judging by her appearance, she seemed to be a hero from the Association.
[Wait?! Avoided all other routes.]
“Damn it! I’ve been tricked!”
Although she didn’t know why the other party could get such precise information about her location, if she still didn’t know that she had been tricked in this situation, then Kazumi’s undead brain was probably useless.
This perfectly explained why Igarashi Aya was so kind in helping a stranger she had never met before. She was used as a bait without her knowledge. In fact, Kazumi should have thought of it at the time. No matter how friendly and special the other party appeared, this was still within [Shadow].
To be blunt, even if they had such special beliefs that were different from other bad guys, if you were to think from their perspective, if you had to choose between teammates who had been getting along day after day and strangers you had never met, I don’t think anyone would choose the latter.
“Hoo— The situation was too chaotic at the time, and I didn’t have time to think clearly.”
Taking a deep breath, Kazumi forced herself to calm down. Judging from the current situation, if only one hero came, it meant that the other party was short of personnel, and their goal was always to rescue the one who was rescued by Igarashi Aya. No, it should be the prisoner who was still imprisoned. In this case, there was still a way to solve it.
Moreover, if worse came to worst, the girl could let the [Black Coffin] burrow directly into the void. Although the exit position of the mobile territory would not change if the Black Coffin was not in reality, with Kazumi’s own undead characteristics, she could stay in the territory for ten days and a half months, which was enough to wait for the surrounding personnel to decrease before seeking an opportunity to break out.
Not everyone could have the ability to traverse space like Shun Muto (laughs).
However, this method would sacrifice the life on the surface that Kazumi had been managing for a long time, and there were too many things to give up, so she would not use it easily unless it was the last resort.
With this in mind, Kazumi stopped the [Black Coffin], strengthened her resolve, and the ghostly green [Oni Gate] appeared with the girl’s steps. In the next moment, the girl was already on the ground that was already in disarray.
Looking at the tall figure that retracted its attacking movement and turned around to be vigilant almost at the same time, the slender girl under the cloak slowly raised her head and asked in a voice that could not detect any change in tone.
“Your Excellency, are you looking for me?”
