“What’s wrong?” Bai Ling felt a little confused by Leticia’s pause.
“Just saw an acquaintance. So, Shen Zuo is also related to the Night Ravens… No, that’s not quite right. Perhaps it’s just a normal transactional relationship.” Leticia was curious why Shirley was here and what she planned to do, but she couldn’t just chase after her and ask, “Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing here?”
Their relationship wasn’t that close yet.
Besides, it was almost noon. After they ate, they would have to set off to stake out the abandoned warehouse.
There was no time to chat with Shirley anymore.
“Oh, I hope the food in the western district is better. My stomach is starting to rumble,” Bai Ling scratched her head. She wasn’t good at thinking. With Leticia by her side, she had completely let her brain go, only thinking about fighting, killing, and eating. She lived a very happy life like this.
After all, Miss Bai was quite easily satisfied. As long as she had enough to eat and could cuddle with Leticia, she was content.
…The girls ate lunch…
“It’s not good. We won’t come here again,” Bai Ling said unhappily on the way to the abandoned warehouse after lunch. She was very dissatisfied with that day’s lunch.
The taste couldn’t compare to the restaurants in other districts. No wonder she had never come to the western district when she followed Mage’s recommendations before.
“You’ve eaten too many good things, and your palate has become too picky.” Leticia didn’t think the meal tasted that bad. It wasn’t delicious, but it was edible, falling above average.
The lunch problem wasn’t important. What was important was where they were going.
Looking at the destination on the map, Leticia frowned slightly. For some reason, she felt that this place was a bit strange.
This abandoned warehouse was located inside a defunct factory. That factory had been bankrupt for many years, and no one had taken it over. Most of the buildings were in disrepair, almost like a wasteland in the civilized world.
Many organizations liked to conduct transactions in this place, and it was supposed to be the same this time.
“There are open spaces all around, so it’s impossible to set up an ambush. It looks like a very good place for transactions.”
This place was too normal, so normal that it felt a little eerie.
“You think there might be a problem here?” Bai Ling asked.
“Yes, I can’t see anything wrong, but the closer we get, the faster my heart beats, as if there’s something dangerous over there.” Leticia nodded with a solemn expression. “I think we should be careful.”
To have such a premonition at this moment, Leticia dared not be careless. She and Bai Ling were very strong, but they were not invincible. If they encountered an attack, they might capsize in the gutter.
As they spoke, they had arrived outside the abandoned factory. Before that, Leticia had changed their camouflage magic to invisibility magic. This magic could completely conceal their tracks optically. As long as they didn’t do anything reckless, they generally wouldn’t be discovered.
As for psychic detection devices? Leticia didn’t use psychic abilities, so it would be鬼才鬼he that it would trigger that thing.
Upon entering the abandoned factory, Leticia immediately noticed the black-clothed men guarding everywhere. Their clothes were uniformly embroidered with the mark of the Hundred-Legged Blade organization, so there was no need to guess their identity.
It seemed that the Hundred-Legged Blade organization took this transaction very seriously.
In Leticia’s perception alone, there were triple-digit numbers of black-clothed men roaming in the abandoned factory. The Hundred-Legged Blade organization was probably betting everything they had.
“It’s already past one o’clock. That big fish should be coming by now, no matter what,” Leticia glanced at the time and said in a low voice.
She had made up her mind. As soon as she saw the target, she would act directly and capture the person first.
But as she waited and waited, time had already passed two o’clock, and the man’s figure still hadn’t appeared in Leticia’s perception.
This made her suspect that the man knew someone was waiting for him and had canceled the transaction or was afraid to come.
But how could the patrolling black-clothed men here be explained? Could they just be here for show?
The Hundred-Legged Blade organization was in a critical situation. Under the lightning offensive of the Hero Association, almost all of its outlying strongholds had been eradicated. At this time, why would they make their elite forces go in circles here?
The organization’s leader couldn’t be that brainless. He couldn’t possibly make such a decision.
“Leticia, there seem to be a few more presences in the warehouse!” Suddenly, Bai Ling looked up, her gaze fixed on the warehouse.
Leticia immediately shifted her attention to the target. As Bai Ling said, in the warehouse where there were no human presences before, a few presences had suddenly appeared.
“Is it a secret passage? Did these people build a secret passage for the security of the transaction?” Leticia scratched her head. She didn’t know much about this place and whether there was a secret passage.
But those people had indeed appeared in the warehouse right under her nose.
“Let’s go take a look. If it’s really the target, we’ll just storm in and catch him.” The Demon King immediately made a decision. If they hesitated and let the big fish escape, it wouldn’t be good.
However, to be safe, she first cast two protective spells on herself and Bai Ling, in case they encountered any traps and were accidentally injured.
Stealthily approaching the wall of the abandoned factory, the black-clothed men patrolling outside the factory didn’t notice the arrival of Leticia and Bai Ling. Leticia didn’t intend to deal with these minor figures. She was sticking to the wall, trying to hear what was being said inside.
“…So much, we… discuss…”
“The price can’t be… the effect will definitely satisfy you.”
“No, we… money…”
“…Bottom line… can’t be less.”
Intermittent voices came from the warehouse, seemingly haggling.
The intelligence seemed to be correct?
After a period of bargaining, both parties finally reached a consensus and determined the price.
Leticia knew she couldn’t wait any longer. If she were to act, it had to be now.
“Bai Ling, get ready to act!” Leticia reached out and drew a black slit on the warehouse wall.
Leticia’s actions were very stealthy. Until she and Bai Ling entered the warehouse, the black-clothed men guarding the surroundings did not discover that someone had sneaked into the warehouse.
Was the security here a bit perfunctory? Leticia couldn’t help but wonder.
No, it was also possible that the gap between her strength and these black-clothed men was too great. Her stealth magic was insurmountable for these ordinary people who didn’t even have psychic abilities. Even if she wandered around in front of them, they wouldn’t notice anything unusual.
After entering the warehouse, the sounds around them became clearer. Leticia could even hear a hint of excitement in their voices.
“With these things, we will surely turn the tide and let those people know our power!”
The person who said this was likely the target this time, Leticia thought.
Judging by the direction and volume of the voice, she was now close to the target’s location.
“Get ready, we need to capture the target before they react,” Leticia crouched down and said to Bai Ling beside her.
Miss Bai also made preparations. A faint starlight lingered in her pupils. Before a battle, she habitually locked onto the target first in this way. In this state, she could gain a certain degree of X-ray vision, although it wasn’t very strong.
“Hmm? Something’s wrong.” However, it was this slight X-ray vision that allowed her to discover something was wrong.
Although she sensed several people standing there, what she saw now were several unconscious people tied to chairs.
Their faces were stained with blood, as were their clothes. They were tightly bound to chairs, their mouths gagged, looking like captured traitors.
“There’s no target there, only a few people tied to chairs,” Bai Ling told Leticia what she saw.
“What?” Leticia was stunned. She didn’t care about concealment anymore and rushed directly to the place where she sensed the target’s presence. As Bai Ling said, there was no target here, only a few pitiful people tied to chairs.
Then, she noticed several small instruments placed not far in front of these bound people. One of them was emitting a lifelike sound. The haggling Leticia had heard earlier was coming from here.
As for the other instruments, Leticia didn’t know their purpose, but she could guess that these instruments were probably used to interfere with perception.
“Zzzzt…” At this moment, the device that was still playing the recording suddenly emitted a crackling sound, and then a chilling voice came from the device, “You guys from the Silver Moon Association, die here!”
Leticia’s eyes widened. She had been discovered?!
Impossible. There wasn’t even a person here, and these instruments couldn’t detect her invisibility. How could she have been discovered?
But it was useless to dwell on this now. Since they had been exposed, and judging by the words from the device, this was a trap targeting the Silver Moon Association. Although she didn’t know what kind of organization that was, the best course of action now was to escape.
“Bai Ling, let’s go!” Leticia shouted.
The situation was urgent, and she instinctively wanted to use teleportation magic to escape the warehouse, but unexpectedly, the ever-reliable teleportation magic had no effect at all.
The surrounding space was sealed?
No, not just space!
The air around her seemed to have solidified, preventing Leticia from making any moves. In this situation, even if she wanted to run, she couldn’t.
“The power of a god? Damn it.” Leticia knew without a doubt that a god must be involved behind this matter. Otherwise, with human strength alone, it would be impossible to prevent her, a Demon King, from even being able to escape.
After sealing off the possibility of escape from the warehouse, what should be done?
Of course, it was to add insult to injury.
The Hundred-Legged Blade organization didn’t intend to capture them alive at all. Their goal was simple: to kill everyone who came here.
Therefore, they had prepared a big surprise under the warehouse.
Oh, it couldn’t be said that they prepared it. This time, it was purely a product demonstration provided by the supplier.
“Sir, are you satisfied with such power?” asked the blonde man in the black suit and black top hat with a smile.
Beside him sat a pale black-haired man, who stared intently at the raging pillar of fire on the监控画面 and nodded involuntarily.
This organization, which had recently approached the Hundred-Legged Blade organization for cooperation, indeed had some capabilities.
He clearly remembered that there weren’t many bombs placed in the warehouse, but such a small amount of bombs had caused such destruction, which was breathtaking.
“However, how did you know that people from the Silver Moon Association had entered the warehouse?”
“That’s a secret. You just need to know that their strength is very good, and they even possess advanced spatial abilities. And this kind of ability happens to be restrained by us.” The blonde man chuckled. “Alright, let’s see the results this time. If we explore carefully, we might even find some bodily frag…”
Before the man could finish speaking, the anomaly that occurred in the ruins made him unable to finish his words.
Because he saw a light suddenly appear in the warehouse that should have been completely turned into ruins.
No, it wasn’t light, but a very peculiar protective shield. The shield managed to withstand the close-range explosion of the bombs without any damage, and even the people who were tied up there were protected.
As the flames dissipated, the light shield also disappeared, revealing the entity that released it. It was a young girl in a white robe, with a mask on the side of her face, covering half of it, making her look exceptionally mysterious.
Her gaze was fixed on the surveillance camera not far away, her icy gaze making the blonde man unable to breathe.
“I see you,” the girl said, opening her mouth.
Although surveillance cameras couldn’t transmit sound, the blonde man clearly heard the girl’s voice, which was as cold as the solid ice of the far north.
Damn, could this be a member of an underground organization? Could an underground organization have such a powerful ability user?
The explosives he had placed in his warehouse were enough to kill an S-class hero more than ten times!
However, this girl survived without a scratch!
