“Oh, you’re back already?” Leticia said, opening her eyes slightly at the movement outside the door. “Since you’re surnamed Bai, you should be able to handle it, right?”
She had a trump card with her, so if Ms. Bai couldn’t handle it, Leticia would honestly doubt her intelligence.
Bai Ling nodded, stood up, and tidied her slightly messy clothes. “Then I’ll go out for a bit. You should rest well.”
Leticia didn’t reply, instead lying down and turning her back to Bai Ling.
Leaning against something to sleep wasn’t as comfortable as lying down to sleep.
Seeing this, Bai Ling’s eye twitched. Come to think of it, this seemed to be her room. Why was Leticia acting so naturally, as if this room belonged to her?
Never mind, it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Bai Ling chose to stop thinking. She quietly walked to the main door, pushed it open, and went out.
The previously quiet hall was now incredibly lively. Several crew members, called to help, were struggling to move the unconscious burly men onto chairs. The captain and the tour guide, rushing over after receiving the news, were whispering with the An family sisters.
As for Deng Li, the girl who almost never showed her true face, she had disappeared again. She was probably protecting Leticia.
Seeing Bai Ling emerge from the room, An Xi immediately waved at her. “Miss Bai, over here, over here.”
Bai Ling walked over to join An Xi and the others, nodding to them. “Qianqian is still resting, so I’ll be in charge for now.”
It didn’t matter who was in charge, An Xi thought to herself. Although Miss Bai was low-key, her combat power was definitely not low. Otherwise, how could she have become good friends with the terrifying Miss Qianqian?
It was a good thing to have such a powerful figure as a backbone at this moment.
“Um, Miss Bai, how do you plan to deal with these people?” the captain asked hesitantly.
He didn’t want any deaths on his ship. Although these people would definitely come looking for trouble if they survived, it was best not to have any casualties if possible.
Otherwise, what if his ship became a haunted ship, and no tourists dared to come anymore?
Even if this matter was handled discreetly, with so many crew members here, someone might secretly leak the news. The crew could find new jobs, but it would be difficult for him as the captain.
“Let’s wake them up and ask them about the situation first,” Bai Ling said, not thinking about all that. She just wanted to figure out what these people’s intentions were.
“Should we ask them here?” An Xi blinked her eyes. In such a bright place, there didn’t seem to be an interrogation atmosphere. “How about we drag them to a darker place and interrogate them one by one?”
Bai Ling gave An Xi a strange look. With An Xin as a trump card here, was it necessary to make things so complicated?
“Cough, cough, I don’t really want these people to know about Xiao Xin’s abilities. Although it wouldn’t be a big deal if they knew, but…” An Xi leaned in and whispered an explanation to Bai Ling.
So that was it. Bai Ling suddenly understood. Just for An Xi’s thoughtfulness in protecting her sister, she had to help.
There was no need to trouble the crew to move people around. With a wave of Bai Ling’s small hand, the space they were in seemed to change in an instant.
“Wow!” An Xin’s eyes widened. This was the first time she had seen such a beautiful starry sky.
A brilliant galaxy, like a silver ribbon, stretched across the sky, casting a cool light onto the ground. Everyone was standing directly under the galaxy, but their feet were not on the ground, but on a mirror-like surface.
Looking down, it was as if they could see another galaxy, but that galaxy was different from the one overhead, yet equally magnificent.
“This, this is?” An Xi was also speechless with shock. Bai Ling’s move was completely beyond her imagination.
Could this be the domain skill that frequently appeared in novels?
So domain abilities really existed.
“It’s just an illusion. Hey, be careful, the chairs over there are still there!” Bai Ling said halfway through her explanation. Seeing a crew member startled and rushing blindly due to the scene, she quickly reminded him.
But the crew member still tripped over a chair. Judging by the sound, he fell quite hard.
“Everyone, don’t move around. Everything originally in the room still exists, you just can’t see it now,” Bai Ling said, covering her face with a hint of无奈. She had just wanted to show off, but she didn’t expect this to happen.
“It’s so magical. The walls are still here,” An Xi reached out and touched the space next to her. Where there should have been nothing, she felt a cold touch.
It was indeed a wall.
Although it wasn’t the highly sought-after domain skill of legendary experts, being able to create such a realistic and magnificent illusion with a wave of her hand meant that Miss Bai’s strength should not be underestimated.
“Cough, let’s get to business. Wake these people up, I’m going to interrogate them.” Bai Ling waved at the sky, and the brilliant starlight that fell from the sky transformed into terrifying monsters that surrounded the burly men.
If they hadn’t known it was an illusion, the crew members present would have been scared to death.
However, now that they knew these monsters were just special effects for show, some of the bolder crew members became much more composed. They picked up the buckets of water prepared at their feet and splashed cold water onto the faces of the burly men.
Stimulated by this, the burly men immediately woke up.
As soon as they woke up and saw the star monsters baring their teeth at them, the burly men almost fainted again. What were these things? Were they dreaming?
“Who are you, and why did you attack my people?” At this moment, a cold voice came from not far away.
The burly men looked up and saw a girl of otherworldly beauty standing in the air not far from them, clad in starlight. Her face was frosty, clearly, this girl was somewhat angry.
Was this the girl surnamed Bai? The burly men immediately thought of the form they had directly flipped over.
They didn’t expect this ship to be filled with hidden talents.
“Miss, it’s a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding,” the leader of the burly men said obsequiously. “We just saw acquaintances, so we wanted to say hello.”
Bai Ling frowned. Were they still trying to muddle through this matter? It seemed she needed to put some psychological pressure on them.
She raised her hand and pointed at a burly man who hadn’t figured out the situation yet. A tiger-like monster immediately pounced on the burly man. In the burly man’s terrified gaze, the monster opened its mouth and swallowed the burly man, chair and all.
After swallowing the burly man, the monster lazily lay down where the burly man had been sitting, as if digesting its meal.
“I think this should make you realize the reality,” Bai Ling’s gaze couldn’t help but drift towards the tiger. In her vision, the burly man was still completely inside the tiger’s belly.
However, the burly man was so scared that he couldn’t say anything. Before he recovered, she had to quickly pry some information out of him.
An Xin was standing behind her, using her abilities to probe the minds of these burly men. Judging by the displeased expression on the young girl’s face, it was likely that these burly men were not hiding anything good in their hearts.
“Sister Bai, ask them who sent them and where their boss is.”
“Okay,” Bai Ling nodded and repeated the questions An Xin had just asked in a very calm tone.
The burly men exchanged glances, not daring to speak. Although they were facing the threat of death now, if they survived by betraying their boss, they would likely face a fate worse than death afterward.
What they didn’t know was that the moment that answer flashed in their minds, their boss had already been completely sold out.
“They are subordinates of someone called Mercenary. My sister and I are the prey they are targeting. They want to capture us to break a seal in a certain place.” An Xin processed the information from the burly men’s minds and told Bai Ling the final result.
An Xi, standing beside her sister, heard a very familiar name. “Mercenary? I know this person. He’s a big shot in the underworld in our Binhai City. I’ve even delivered things to him. No wonder these people looked so familiar. I should have thought of it earlier.”
Among the various forces in the Black Alley, only Mercenary’s subordinates were burly men with bulging muscles. Regardless of their actual combat effectiveness, just standing there exuded an aura of pressure.
“He’s a cautious person and generally doesn’t act against the original inhabitants of the Black Alley. But why is he targeting me and Xiao Xin? Is it just to break that seal?”
“That’s probably it. I think I know what Qianqian felt.” A trace of worry flashed in Bai Ling’s eyes. Once that monster, whom Leticia called terrifying, was released, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Even from such a distance, it could cause Leticia so much mental strain. If it were truly released, she might have to resume her old profession.
“Wait, they sent a message to Mercenary not long ago, telling Mercenary that we are on this ship. The time, the time is almost up, and that Mercenary is almost here!” An Xin said softly.
Oh? Bai Ling raised an eyebrow. Mercenary was coming to them himself. That was great.
With a wave of her hand, she dispelled the illusion. The burly men looked at their companion who had suddenly reappeared after being swallowed, and for a moment, they couldn’t tell if they were dreaming.
The white-haired girl had only asked a few questions, and they hadn’t answered them at all. Was this… was this the end?
The captain was also full of doubts. Clearly, those people hadn’t said anything, but why did Miss Bai look so satisfied?
It was truly strange. Could it be that this lady actually had the ability to see through people’s hearts, and the interrogation was just for show?
To this, Miss Bai replied, “You guessed right. I, Bai Ling, do have telepathic abilities.”
Clearing her throat, Bai Ling told the captain all the information she had learned, word for word. After all, their ship would likely have several more captives soon, so they needed to make some space.
“The mastermind behind this is someone named Mercenary. Do you know him?”
“Mercenary?!” the captain exclaimed, then quickly covered his mouth, afraid of letting others hear the name. “Of course I know him. Who in our line of work wouldn’t know that person? I didn’t expect these people to be his subordinates.”
It seemed the captain wasn’t completely in the dark about Mercenary. Moreover, the captain seemed to hold quite a deep resentment towards Mercenary.
“You know that Mercenary?” Bai Ling asked with some curiosity.
The captain nodded bitterly and recounted a little-known past incident.
The story was quite simple: a small gang was annexed by a large gang. And the captain was a member of the small gang.
“I haven’t seen my good brothers since that day,” the captain sighed. “If our enemy is that Mercenary, this single ship might not be enough.”
“You don’t need to worry about the fighting. For now, Captain, all you need to do is sail the ship towards the shore as much as possible. Don’t stop, no matter what you hear,” Bai Ling said to the captain.
According to the information An Xin had just given her, the seal was only one step away from being broken. Mercenary didn’t have enough people from last time, which was why he had these burly men looking for previously marked targets.
Coincidentally, the burly men on this ship were part of the group responsible for the An sisters. One of the burly men, after glancing at the An sisters enjoying the scenery on the deck from afar, immediately recognized them.
Then, after confirming with the captain again, they sent a message to Mercenary, telling their boss that there were two ready targets here, and they couldn’t escape.
Judging by the time, that Mercenary should be arriving soon.
Bai Ling didn’t think that Mercenary would cause her much trouble. She had absolute confidence in her own strength.
Moreover, according to An Xin’s intelligence, Mercenary himself was not a very powerful superpowered individual. The number of superpowered individuals under him was less than five.
Such little strength wouldn’t even stir up ripples in Central City. People would consider them too weak to be subordinates.
As long as the culprit was controlled, this matter could be largely resolved. At most, after returning to shore, she would have the cleanup crew reinforce the seal at that location.
If absolutely necessary, she would go to that place and give that monster a few sword strikes.
However, she wasn’t sure about the effectiveness. Although her sword energy could wound gods, she wasn’t sure if it could kill such a monster.
If, only if, Leticia could help her… No, no, she couldn’t always think of Leticia helping her.
This was a matter for humans themselves. Humans should resolve it themselves. It would be shameful to ask the Demon Lord to help.
Besides, she had invited Leticia for a vacation this time, not to have her risk her life with her.
…
Several small boats advanced rapidly across the sea, leaving trails of white waves behind them like arrows.
A man named Mercenary sat in the foremost small boat, his eyes fixed on the distance, his hand tightly gripping a black communicator.
He had just received a report from the small team he had dispatched before sunrise. The two girls he hadn’t captured earlier were on that tourist boat that had been driven away.
He had searched high and low without success, but now they were right there. It saved him quite a bit of time. He thought it would take him a while to capture enough sacrifices to take back.
“Has the fifth team sent any news yet?”
“Not yet, but boss, look, that fishing boat is heading towards the shore at full speed. I estimate that the fifth team failed.” A burly man holding binoculars pointed at the small black dot in the distance that could only be seen with binoculars. “It seems the people on that fishing boat were uncooperative with the fifth team.”
The previous report from the fifth team had stated that the captain, crew, and even tourists on the fishing boat had不满情绪 towards them. However, their actions had not yet touched the bottom line of those people, which was why they were able to easily drive them away.
But if they had torn off the mask and forcibly captured people, it was likely to touch some people, at least the bottom line of the tourists.
The young girl named An Xi was a pretty good superpowered individual. Her speed was quite fast, making her excellent for surprise attacks.
If a few people cooperated, it wasn’t hard to imagine the fifth team failing.
“Hmph, alarming the enemy unnecessarily. A bunch of useless trash who can’t do anything right and are only good at messing things up,” Mercenary snorted. Because of the rash actions of the fifth team, he had to spend some time chasing the fishing boat.
Wouldn’t it have been better to obediently wait on the boat and do nothing? Were they so desperate to achieve merit?
He never liked subordinates who were too independent. And those in the fifth team had already been blacklisted in his mind.
He believed these people were loyal to him, but he would definitely not re-employ them in the future.
As time ticked by, the shape of the fishing boat gradually became clearer. Soon, Mercenary’s speedboat team would be able to catch up to this fishing boat.
These people saw the fishing boat, and the people on the fishing boat naturally saw the white wakes chasing after them.
“Yoho, they’re finally here.” Leticia, who had recovered a lot after sleeping, stood at the stern of the boat, looking out. Seeing the approaching white wakes, she showed a confident expression.
If she couldn’t be confident against these small fries, she might as well bury herself in a hole.
However, it wasn’t just those few small boats chasing them. In Leticia’s vision, there was something even more terrifying behind those small boats.
It was dark clouds, clouds filled with terrifying power.
The origin of this power was unknown. Perhaps only when they reached the center of this dark sky and met the mastermind behind it would they be able to answer this question.
“Get ready, we’re going in!” Yang gripped the control stick tightly and lowered the aircraft’s altitude slightly.
Flying into those dark clouds was not a good choice. The white lightning that circulated within the cloud masses alone was not to be trifled with.
Compared to those things, strong winds and heavy rain were more acceptable.
“I hope Black Wing’s quality is as good as the engineering department guys said,” Yang muttered softly, pushing the control stick. Black Wing turned into a black light and rushed into the terrifying downpour.
