Chapter: Chapter 260
What should be done now?
Should I push Bai Ling away quickly?
Yes, I must push her away quickly.
Struggling to pull her head out of the gentle embrace, Reticia panted, trying to break free from the girl’s soft hold.
Her moist breath on her neck brought a blush to the white-haired girl’s face. She released her grip and let the girl out of her embrace.
The two stared at each other in silence, the same blush on both their faces, making them even more awkward.
“I… I’ll get going.” Reticia instinctively wanted to escape.
“Wait, you haven’t taken your shampoo yet.” Bai Ling quickly reminded Reticia that she hadn’t gotten the most important thing yet.
Handing the used shampoo to Reticia, Bai Ling whispered, “Well, if you like this feeling, you can come find me anytime.”
Reticia’s face turned even redder. Like it? How could she possibly like this kind of feeling?
Completely dislike it, yes, absolutely dislike it.
“Go away, go away, go away!” she shouted in annoyance, and Reticia, like a startled kitten, disappeared from the bathroom.
Although the process was a bit embarrassing, the result was quite good.
Seeing Reticia’s shy look, Bai Ling was clearly in a good mood. She even hummed a tune during her subsequent bath.
When she finished bathing and walked out of the bathroom, she was met by Xiao Ya’s big, curious eyes.
“Sister, sister, I think I just heard Qianqian’s voice!” Xiao Ya looked her sister up and down. She felt she hadn’t misheard and that her sister’s good mood must be related to Qianqian.
Bai Ling didn’t hide it, “I just borrowed some shampoo from her.”
Shampoo? Xiao Ya remembered that her sister’s shampoo seemed to have been accidentally knocked over by her not long ago. Her sister wasn’t there at the time, so she hadn’t had a chance to put a new one up.
Unexpectedly, her sister thought of borrowing from Qianqian.
“Then why didn’t sister just call me?”
“I didn’t think of it.” Bai Ling spread her hands. Her first thought was to borrow from Reticia, but she really hadn’t thought of a better way.
Ah, this reason is really in her sister’s style.
Confirming that this was indeed something her sister would do, Xiao Ya mentioned another matter, “By the way, sister, you had a phone call just now. The person on the other end seemed to be a very gentle sister. She said to send her a message after you finish bathing.”
A very gentle sister? Bai Ling thought for a moment and felt that there was only one person among those who would call her that could live up to that description.
Senior Sang?
What would she be looking for at this time? Did she want to know about that monster? Or did she want to understand the accident on the way back?
With doubt, Bai Ling returned to her room and sent her a message as instructed by Senior Sang.
The moment the message was sent, a reply came back.
“Let’s use video on the computer.”
At the same time, a contact request popped up on Bai Ling’s computer, displaying the information ‘Sang’.
After agreeing to the contact request, Bai Ling saw Senior Sang, whose mental state was not very good. Compared to the last time they met, Senior Sang had two big dark circles under her eyes today, looking like she hadn’t had a good rest for several days.
“Sigh, Bai, you’re finally back.” Senior Sang sighed, “Since you’ve been gone, quite a few troublemakers have appeared in Central City.”
“Ordinary troublemakers wouldn’t make Senior Sang worry to this extent, right?” Bai Ling smiled. Now she could even make jokes while chatting with Senior Sang, which was remarkable progress.
Senior Sang was clearly satisfied with Bai Ling’s change. She gave a somewhat forced smile, “Yes, ordinary troublemakers don’t need my worry, but some troublemakers are not ordinary.”
“Extraterrestrials?”
“I don’t know.” Senior Sang shook her head. “The opponent’s abilities are very strange. I suspect she might have some connection with divinity.”
Divinity?
As soon as she thought of divinity, Bai Ling immediately associated it with the organization God’s Throne. Were they causing trouble?
“God’s Throne?”
“Hard to say. I have some understanding of God’s Throne now. I think it’s unlikely to be them this time.” Senior Sang shook her head. According to the intelligence she had gathered, God’s Throne’s attention was currently focused on the West, and they wouldn’t be causing trouble in Central City for the time being.
“Do you need my help?”
“Yes, you’re on standby. If the Hero Association can’t hold on, you, Bai, will have to step up.” Senior Sang said helplessly, pressing her temples. “You’ve just recovered from your injuries, and it’s really unfair to ask you to do this.”
Senior Sang naturally knew what role Bai Ling played in the coastal monster incident and that Bai Ling was injured in that great battle.
Asking Bai Ling, who had just recovered from serious injuries, to go to the battlefield again made her feel that she was being unreasonable.
But there was no other way. Bai Ling was their last resort to ensure the safety of Central City. Facing that mysterious and powerful enemy, she had no choice but to do so.
Now, she could only hope that the heroes would step up and not always rely on Bai Ling to clean up after them.
“By the way, I heard your good friend also helped you this time?” After discussing current matters, Senior Sang turned to ask about Reticia. “At first, I thought that girl was just a potential candidate with good strength, but I didn’t expect her strength to be so strong.”
Being able to fight alongside Bai Ling was something most heroes couldn’t do, because they couldn’t even keep up with Bai Ling’s movements. Fighting alongside Bai Ling on the battlefield would just be fighting their own battles, and might even hinder Bai Ling.
But that Su Qianqian was different. She seemed to be able to truly help Bai Ling, which surprised Senior Sang.
She didn’t know that such an existence was in her Central City.
“Is she interested in joining the Hero Association? I guarantee that if she joins, I will promote her directly to S-class.” Senior Sang’s eyes sparkled with eagerness. If they could make this girl, who was always around Bai Ling, become one of them, then humanity would have more confidence.
Uh, inviting the Demon King to join the Hero Association?
Isn’t this a bit problematic?
“Senior Sang, actually, there’s something I’ve never told you… Qianqian is…” Bai Ling wanted to tell Senior Sang about Reticia’s identity.
“She’s a demon, right? I already know.” But contrary to Bai Ling’s expectations, Senior Sang continued, “At first, I really thought she was just a human, but your relationship with her made me re-examine her file.”
Upon checking, Senior Sang found a few clues. After a series of investigations and evidence gathering, she finally concluded that Su Qianqian was actually a demon.
After knowing this, she wasn’t too surprised. Wasn’t she just a small demon? Although her strength was good, given that she had been law-abiding in the human world for so many years and even had a decent relationship with Bai Ling, Senior Sang felt that this girl could be won over.
A demon who came to the human world for some unknown reason was either a spy or couldn’t stay in the demon world.
Sending such a powerful person to be a spy? Senior Sang thought this possibility was very low.
Moreover, with Bai Ling by Su Qianqian’s side, even if this girl had other intentions, she probably couldn’t act on them.
For such demons who could be won over, they should be treated differently. They couldn’t drive away a potential collaborator, could they? Senior Sang wasn’t that foolish.
As long as she was helpful to humans, what did Su Qianqian’s identity as a demon matter?
There were many beastmen living in this city, so one more demon wasn’t a big deal.
“So, Bai, go and tell that Su Qianqian to join the Hero Association. The benefits are great.” Senior Sang said to Bai Ling with a sly smile.
Bai Ling scratched her head. She still felt it wasn’t quite right. Senior Sang knew that Reticia was a demon, but her identity as the Demon King had not been discovered yet.
If Reticia were to sneak into the Hero Association like this, something major might happen.
If humans and demons were to fight in the future, and humans were desperately looking for their strongest hero, only to find that the person had defected to the other side, wouldn’t that be a disaster?
“I don’t think she’ll agree. Her relationship with humans isn’t good.” Bai Ling tried to convince Senior Sang to give up the idea.
“If her relationship with humans isn’t good, why did she choose to live in seclusion in Central City?”
“Because she was targeted by the Demon Princess and the Four Heavenly Kings…” Bai Ling embellished the story of Reticia’s expulsion from power and told it to Senior Sang.
She thought this would make Senior Sang give up her intention to recruit Reticia, but to her surprise, Senior Sang became even more excited after listening.
Oh my, Su Qianqian was driven away by the high-ranking officials of the demon realm! The moment she thought of the extremely bizarre coup in the demon realm years ago, Senior Sang began to imagine Su Qianqian’s story.
As everyone knows, many years ago, the Demon Princess Kira, in alliance with the Four Heavenly Kings, staged a coup. After this sudden coup, the Demon King disappeared, and the political affairs of the demon realm were taken over by Kira.
The outside world had always been guessing where the Demon King had gone. Some said she was killed by her sister, while others said she fled with her guards. There were many such rumors, but they all agreed on one thing: the Demon King would not return for the time being.
However, a few months ago, news came from the demon realm that the Demon King had reappeared, but she still didn’t have much real power. Most matters were still handled by her sister.
This situation led almost everyone to guess that the Demon King had probably been stripped of her power by her sister and was now just a figurehead and a mascot.
And Su Qianqian appeared in the human world at the time of the Demon King’s disappearance. At that time, Kira was aggressively purging some unclean nobles under her to establish her authority.
This Su Qianqian was probably a noble young lady who had escaped from the demon realm.
Look, she even had a personal maid to take care of her. This must be a young lady.
“Did she go back to the demon realm after she left Central City?” Senior Sang asked.
Bai Ling nodded. There was nothing to hide. It was good for Senior Sang to know that Reticia still had feelings for the demon realm. This way, Senior Sang might give up the idea of letting the wolf into the house.
“But why did she come back?”
“Um, because I invited her to come for a vacation.” Bai Ling replied.
Invited to come back for a vacation?
“How was her life in the demon realm?”
“It should be quite good, I’m not really sure.” Bai Ling didn’t know how to describe Reticia’s life. She couldn’t say that Reticia slept in a palace every day and was served by hundreds of maids, could she?
“She must be quite lonely. She doesn’t have any close friends in the demon realm.” Bai Ling scratched her hair, speaking half-truthfully.
Reticia’s life in the demon realm was very boring. A world without the internet was undoubtedly unbearable for someone who had experienced the joys of the internet.
Reticia had complained to her more than once about how boring her life was in the demon realm. She felt that life was so boring almost every day.
“Oh, I probably have an idea.” Senior Sang nodded. “I’ll consider this matter further. By the way, Bai, what reward do you want this time?”
“Reward? I don’t need a reward.” Bai Ling shook her head. Any reward was the same to her, as she lacked nothing.
“I knew you would say that. You need to learn to speak up.” Senior Sang said to Bai Ling helplessly. “But you really don’t need those worldly things. Alas, let’s end the conversation here for today. Bai, you should rest early.”
“Okay, Senior Sang, you should rest early too.”
The communication was cut off. Senior Sang, sitting at her desk, leaned back in her chair with her eyes closed. Was she being a bit too hasty?
Bai Ling’s unwillingness to let her recruit Su Qianqian was obvious, and Bai Ling would never do anything that harmed human interests.
In other words, Bai Ling believed that allowing Su Qianqian to join the Hero Association would be detrimental to humanity.
Or rather, it carried risks.
Risks… If it was just a small risk, it might not be a big deal to take a gamble.
“Sigh, there are still so many things.” Pressing her forehead, Senior Sang sighed, showing a weary expression. There were so many major events happening recently, and she simply lacked energy.
“Since you’re tired, why don’t you just get a good night’s sleep?” A pleasant voice sounded from behind Senior Sang.
!
Who is it?!
Senior Sang’s eyes widened abruptly. She had never heard this voice before, and a stranger had appeared behind her without her awareness!
But when she turned around, there was nothing behind her.
“Auditory hallucination?” Senior Sang frowned tightly. She felt that with her strength, she shouldn’t be experiencing auditory hallucinations.
But if it wasn’t auditory hallucinations, what could it be?
Could it be the mastermind behind these recent events?
Now things were developing in a troublesome direction.
