Chapter: Chapter 256
Central City, the largest city in the human world… Oh, I think I’ve said that before.
In an airport somewhere within this unbelievably vast city, which could practically be called a small country, a plane from the distant seaside city landed steadily on the runway.
Entering the main cabin, Leticia looked at the giant city she hadn’t seen in a long time, and felt like shouting, “Central City, your emperor has returned!”
However, for the sake of her own dignity, she eventually gave up on this idea.
It would be better to let Bai Ling shout something like this, as she was the true emperor of Central City.
“It feels like so much has changed since I’ve been back,” Leticia couldn’t help but sigh as she got into the car Bai Ling had called.
In less than a year, she felt like she could barely recognize this city. She wondered if it was because the city had changed too quickly, or if her memory had deteriorated.
Of course, there was another more likely reason: “You’ve never even been here before, have you?”
Hearing Miss Bai’s words, Leticia’s expression froze.
Ah, that’s right. Her original place of residence was on the outskirts of Central City, and as a homebody, she rarely went out. It was normal that she had never been to the area where the airport was located.
“Our home is here, and it’s quite a distance from here,” Bai Ling opened her phone and brought up the map. “See, we’ll be in the car for several hours.”
Looking at the map, Leticia showed a look of sudden realization. No wonder she found this place so unfamiliar; she had arrived in a district she had never been to before.
It was really quite far from where she originally lived. If there was nothing else, she definitely wouldn’t have come this far.
“Couldn’t you have chosen a closer airport? Look, this airport is closer to our home, isn’t it?” Leticia pointed to another airport on the map.
Bai Ling immediately raised her hand and pinched Leticia’s face: “That plane isn’t mine. Do you think I can make it land wherever I want it to?”
“It’s not impossible,” Leticia rolled her eyes. Who was Miss Bai? She was a person of immense wealth and influence, someone whose stomp could make Central City tremble.
It was not a big deal for such a powerful figure to own several private planes.
“You should just behave. It’s only a short while. You’ll be there after playing on your phone for a bit,” Bai Ling said helplessly. “Or it would be nice to learn from Xiao Qi and take a nap.”
To give her sister and Sister Bai some private space, Qia La consciously sat in the front passenger seat. As soon as she got in the car, the girl put on her earphones, closed her eyes, and gave off the vibe of being offline, leaving the two of them to do as they pleased.
As for the driver, the driver Bai Ling had called was quite trustworthy in terms of professional ability.
“That sounds so boring. Besides, I’m full of energy right now,” Leticia said with a big smile, her eyes involuntarily drifting to Bai Ling’s waist.
Today, Bai Ling was honestly wearing a snow-white dress, so her slender, snow-white waist was hidden. However, Leticia knew very well why Bai Ling had changed into this outfit today.
There were still quite a few red marks on that delicate waist.
Leticia’s gaze was too undisguised, and Bai Ling guessed her thoughts without even thinking about it. The girl glared at Leticia resentfully, as if saying that this guy hadn’t exactly fared any better.
Leticia was now wearing much thicker clothes than the revealing summer outfits from a few days ago. Just looking at the black long skirt with its intricate patterns made one feel like they were dying of heat.
Below the black hem of the skirt were her calves wrapped in black stockings. The pale flesh color visible through the stockings gave Bai Ling the urge to touch them. Her small, delicate jade feet were wearing a pair of beautiful black boots, and the heels of the boots were slightly high, seemingly custom-made for Leticia.
Leticia’s current attire gave her a very noble aura. When walking with Bai Ling, the Demon King’s aura was clearly more attractive.
Of course, there was also the effect of the height-increasing heels. Otherwise, given Leticia’s stature, she wouldn’t be able to exude much presence no matter what.
As for why she was dressed like this?
The reason was similar to Bai Ling’s; there were still some bruises on her waist that hadn’t healed.
Speaking of this, Leticia felt wronged. This person named Bai really couldn’t play fair. It was just ordinary playful roughhousing, but later this person actually used force.
With that scratch, a greenish mark instantly appeared on Leticia’s waist. It no longer itched; it had directly become painful.
“What are you looking at? Do you believe I’ll grab a pair of pliers and do the same to your waist!” Seeing Bai Ling’s gaze also drifting to her waist, Leticia immediately remembered yesterday’s events, and her tone soured considerably.
Casually shifting her gaze guiltily, Bai Ling weakly defended herself: “I didn’t do it on purpose.”
“Are you saying you did it on purpose?” Leticia tilted her head. If Bai Ling dared to nod, she would have to teach Bai Ling a lesson, even if it meant crashing the car and dying together.
“No, no, you know me. How could I bear to see you get hurt?” Bai Ling showed a fawning smile.
However, such words had little effect on Leticia, a girl with extremely high defense.
“Yeah, only you have the nerve to say that.” Leticia glared at Bai Ling. Who was the person who had hurt her the most in this world?
Wasn’t it the white-haired, red-eyed, fairy-like Miss Bai in front of her?
Bai Ling naturally understood the meaning behind Leticia’s words, but there was no way to explain the matter.
“That was then, this is now. It’s different,” she muttered softly.
The former Sword Saint and the current Bai Ling were different.
“I do agree with that. You’re much more likable than before,” Leticia said with a smile and tapped Miss Bai’s forehead. “You used to be an ice sculpture, but now you’ve become a sand sculpture.”
Compared to an ice sculpture beauty and a sand sculpture beauty, Leticia preferred the sand sculpture beauty.
After all, Leticia leaned towards the “iceberg” type. If two icebergs were together, it would be too cold. At this time, one person needed to become a sand sculpture, and Miss Bai was very suitable for becoming a sand sculpture.
Well, that was Leticia’s own idea.
“You like me…” Bai Ling had only said half of what she wanted to say when a deafening explosion came from not far away.
A car driving in front suddenly exploded for some unknown reason. Looking at the sky-high flames, the passengers in the car were likely beyond saving.
“Ladies, hold on tight to your armrests!” The dashing young lady in black gripped the steering wheel and slammed on the brakes. After avoiding several cars that were rear-ended due to the explosion of the car in front, she brought the car to a steady stop.
As soon as the car stopped, Leticia immediately opened the car window and poked her head out (good children, don’t imitate this!). A burnt smell drifted over from a distance, and the wreckage of the exploding car had completely blocked several lanes.
Fortunately, the traffic flow on the road was not large at this time, otherwise the impact would probably not have been so small.
At least, there wouldn’t have been so few cars involved in the chain-reaction collision.
“I don’t think that car exploded due to normal reasons,” Leticia retracted her head into the car and whispered to Bai Ling, “It was too artistic. Normal cars can’t explode like that.”
The car was almost completely destroyed. Even if a normal car caught fire, it wouldn’t explode so quickly, let alone explode suddenly while driving normally.
It must be that the car was fitted with something like a time bomb. Only a bomb could instantly destroy a car like this.
“It seems the public security in Central City isn’t that great either,” Leticia hadn’t forgotten to comment on Central City. In broad daylight, a car driving normally on the highway was blown up in the sky, which was like something out of a crime movie.
“Do you think the car might have contained a traitor being chased by the underworld? They wanted to escape but were caught, so the people trying to kill him planted a bomb in the car. As soon as he drove for a certain amount of time, the bomb would explode.” Leticia began to think, immediately coming up with a dramatic underworld story.
This wild guess caused the corners of the driver lady’s mouth to twitch. This young lady’s imagination was truly quite rich.
It was likely she had watched too many movies or TV shows.
“Don’t look at me with that kind of expression. Don’t you think it’s very possible?” Not only the driver lady, but even Bai Ling felt that Leticia’s thinking was a bit too erratic, which made Leticia quite unhappy. “Isn’t eliminating witnesses something the underworld loves to do the most?”
“But it’s unlikely that the underworld would cause such a big commotion when killing people. Not every underworld organization is like the Black Organization in a certain detective comic book, which likes to solve problems with bombs at every turn,” the driver lady shook her head with a serious expression. “They prefer to use knives or other things that don’t attract attention and are easier to clean up afterward.”
This young lady was so professional.
Leticia gently nudged Bai Ling and quietly asked about the driver lady’s background.
Bai Ling’s answer also resolved Leticia’s doubts. This young lady was recommended by One-Eyed Dragon, so she was clearly an official.
Perhaps she had some dealings with the underworld, which was why she could so confidently say that this wasn’t the work of the underworld.
“It’s not really related to us,” Qia La also opened her eyes, but she wasn’t very concerned about this matter. “We don’t even know who the deceased is. Do you still want to be a great detective and solve the case, Sister?”
Solve the case? Forget it. Leticia didn’t have that much free time to bother with the affairs of a stranger.
At most, she would only pity the person who was killed verbally. As for other matters, it was better to leave them to the police.
They were professionals, after all.
“However, you ladies might have to stay in the car for a while longer. This road is almost completely blocked by the car wreckage, so we can’t drive any further,” the driver lady sighed helplessly, looking at the burning car wreckage several hundred meters away. “Should I contact other vehicles?”
“Yes, how long will it take?” Bai Ling nodded. She wasn’t too interested in this matter; it was just infighting among humans, and she was too lazy to bother.
Even if there were any secrets involved, others would have to uncover them before she had any reason to intervene. Otherwise, asking her to find the secrets hidden on the deceased in the car would be too much of a challenge for her.
Miss Bai’s brainpower had always been mediocre.
“It won’t be long, at most half an hour,” the driver lady took out her phone, dialed a number, and recounted what had just happened.
The person on the other end of the phone seemed to say something to the driver lady, causing her to keep saying “uh-huh.”
A few minutes later, the driver lady put down her phone and said to Bai Ling, “A new car will arrive within fifteen minutes. As for the incident here, Miss Bai doesn’t need to worry about it. We will handle it.”
“They weren’t specifically here to deal with her?” Leticia nudged the white-haired girl beside her with her elbow, asking curiously.
Bai Ling gave a speechless expression. If someone really wanted to deal with her, they wouldn’t use this method.
What was the point of blowing up the car in front of her? If they wanted to blow something up, they should blow up her ride.
Besides, with this level of explosion, Bai Ling was confident that Leticia could throw up a shield to protect her before she got hurt.
Sending a few S-rank esper to surround and kill Bai Ling would be more reliable than using bombs.
“I’m not some big shot. Who would want to deal with me?” Bai Ling shrugged, indicating that she had no reason to be attacked.
Although everyone present knew that Miss Bai was a very, very important figure, very few people knew about this matter. It was almost impossible for an insider to leak the information.
If it really leaked… no fool would want to test how sharp the Sword Saint’s sword was, right?
So, this was really just an accident. Leticia and the others just happened to run into an unexpected incident.
“So, it means we’re unlucky,” Leticia said with a look of disappointment, shaking her head. She quite wanted to see a scene where Miss Bai was targeted by bad guys and went on a killing spree.
That scene, she thought, should be quite awesome.
“Mm, it’s probably just bad luck,” Bai Ling nodded. “But there’s someone in front of us who’s even unluckier, right?”
Yes, there were quite a few people with worse luck than them here, including the owners of the cars involved in the pile-up, and that poor person who had already become a cooked dish.
Compared to them, the girls who could still sit in the car, enjoy the air conditioning, and chat could truly be considered incredibly lucky.
