Chapter: Chapter 344
“You’re going to work right after recovering? When did you become so diligent?” The white-haired girl tapped the door frame with her hand, trying to get the girl’s attention, looking at the girl who had already gotten dressed and was about to go out.
Hearing the crisp knocking sound, the black-haired girl turned her head helplessly and said to the white-haired girl, “I have to earn money to support the family. Besides, this mission is quite simple, just patrolling a certain street.”
Three days had passed since the confusing bank robbery. During these three days, Laeticia felt like living death every day. Chi La would bring a bowl of dark potion to her room on time every day, and with Miss Bai’s help, she would force the potion down her throat.
Laeticia still felt her mouth was numb. Her sense of taste seemed to have left her. No matter what she ate, she could only taste a hint of flavor.
Except when drinking medicine.
What a sad story.
And today, three days later, Laeticia felt that her body had fully recovered and she could go out to do some missions to supplement the family’s income.
In fact, she felt she could go out yesterday, but under her sister’s gaze of “You should just stay for one more day,” Laeticia still gave in.
Buttoning up her clothes one by one, Laeticia looked at the heroic girl in the mirror and nodded to herself. She looked much more handsome like this, although she still looked quite “young.”
“Are you coming with me?” Laeticia asked casually.
She was prepared for Bai Ling to answer “yes” and then verbally attack Miss Bai, but Bai Ling’s answer was truly beyond her expectations.
“No, I have some things to handle today.” Bai Ling shook her head.
“Since you say so… Huh?” The black-haired girl’s eyes widened. She looked suspiciously at the white-haired girl leaning on the door frame, trying to see something she wanted to see in those bright red eyes, but she was disappointed. The white-haired girl’s eyes were clear enough to see through at a glance.
In other words, Bai Ling really had something to do and wasn’t just making excuses.
“What is it? Is it related to what happened a few days ago?”
The only thing that could make Miss Bai move during this time seemed to be the bank robbery a few days ago.
The conflict between Yue Xiaoyin’s father and the Hundred-Footed Blade had begun to show clear results. The winner was naturally the Silver Moon Society, which had received support from the Hero Association. The Hundred-Footed Blade had been defeated and the entire organization had gone into a state of silence.
Now, it was basically a mop-up operation. With the secret assistance of the Hero Association, the man Laeticia had never met should be able to stabilize the situation quickly and bring this matter to a close.
It was a pity that none of the high-ranking members of the Hundred-Footed Blade were caught.
“Yes and no. Senior Sang asked me to further strengthen the defenses at the place where the prophecy book is stored.” Bai Ling shook her head. This matter could not be said to have nothing to do with the previous robbery. If it weren’t for the super-spatial abilities shown by the robbers in that robbery, Sang Ziqing wouldn’t have thought of strengthening the defenses of the place where the prophecy book was stored.
And Laeticia definitely couldn’t go to that place. No matter how much Sang Ziqing trusted Bai Ling and her judgment of people, she wouldn’t let a demon go openly into one of humanity’s most important places.
Not only was the prophecy book stored there, but also a divine artifact, “Misty City,” which was still sealed.
If humanity collected more divine artifacts in the future, they would likely be stored there.
“Oh, speaking of which, how is the analysis progress of your prophecy book?” Laeticia immediately showed understanding. She wasn’t an unreasonable little girlfriend. Since Bai Ling really had important business to attend to, she wouldn’t throw a tantrum.
In fact, it was a good thing for Laeticia that Miss Bai wasn’t following. With Miss Bai watching, Laeticia felt hesitant to do other things, which was not a pleasant feeling.
“I haven’t paid much attention to it. It should be close to completing the analysis of the entire book.” Bai Ling wasn’t very concerned about this matter. “If they found any information worth noting, Senior Sang and the others would definitely inform me.”
She was a brute, and everyone who knew her knew that.
Since Senior Sang hadn’t told her, it meant that there was nothing worth noting in the analysis of the prophecy book, which was also good.
Nodding, Laeticia glanced at the time and found that the mission was about to start. “Then I’ll be going. I’ll be staying there for the whole day today.”
There was no clear regulation on the arrival time of heroes for this kind of patrol duty, as long as the heroes could arrive in time when something happened. But who was Laeticia? Would she do such slacking off?
Of course not! The Demon King, sitting at an outdoor seat in a coffee shop, holding a cup of fragrant coffee, said so.
It’s called patrol, but it doesn’t necessarily mean walking around everywhere, right?
Her mental power had formed a large net, and the block she was in charge of was completely monitored by her. Here, all evil could not hide!
Thinking so, Laeticia took a sip of coffee with enjoyment. Alas, this was the good life: basking in the sun, drinking coffee, and browsing her phone. Why would there be so many bad people causing trouble?
Although it looked like she was slacking off, and in reality, she was indeed slacking off, Laeticia’s thoughts weren’t wrong. Under the shroud of her mental net, she could detect everything that happened within the patrol range, and if something happened that required her intervention, she could react immediately.
This coffee shop wasn’t randomly chosen. It was the center of her patrol range. From here, she could provide support to the surroundings at the fastest speed, without worrying about the awkward situation where she had just patrolled one side, and a problem suddenly occurred on the other side.
Although she did look like she was slacking off.
Just as Laeticia was happily browsing her phone, a familiar aura suddenly entered her perception. That aura with a natural fragrance immediately reminded her of a green-haired girl.
The supervisor assigned to the East District, a high-level ability user named Xiao Lu. *”Little Green”*.
Was she here to supervise her work? Without any fear of her slacking off being caught by her superior, Laeticia thought curiously.
…
“I didn’t expect you to be so brazenly sitting here slacking off. If I report this honestly, you might be disciplined.” Xiao Lu sat opposite Laeticia with a helpless expression, picked up a cup of coffee that Laeticia had ordered for her, and said with a tone of exhaustion towards Laeticia’s behavior, “At least act seriously when your superior comes to inspect.”
“Don’t be so rigid. Walking around the streets is the most inefficient method, isn’t it?” Laeticia laughed heartily. “Not only does it waste physical strength, but it also makes you easily noticed. Like me, using mental power to cover the entire area and staying here to wait for an opportunity is the most efficient method, don’t you think?”
She elegantly sipped her coffee, which had a lot of sugar added, and narrowed her eyes, like a lazy black cat.
In response, Xiao Lu could only shake her head. She also knew that Laeticia had stronger strength than herself, and the method Laeticia was using was also being used by herself, but the accuracy of the monitoring was not as high as Laeticia’s.
So she could understand Laeticia’s actions. This appearance, which looked like slacking off but was actually slacking off, was not really slacking off.
“So you plan to stay in this coffee shop all day? That will also attract attention.”
“Of course not. I’ll move to that place in the afternoon.” Laeticia pointed to a teahouse across the river, indicating that she had made all the preparations. “Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon. What a perfect arrangement.”
Xiao Lu’s eyes twitched. Meaning, this “great ancestor” would sit here for the entire day, eating and browsing her phone?
Although she also knew that this was not slacking off and that the safety of this area was indeed under Laeticia’s protection, it still looked strange no matter how you looked at it.
Alas, forget it. She should go to other places to check on the work of other heroes. Xiao Lu wisely chose to ignore Laeticia’s idleness. After all, Laeticia’s abilities were trustworthy, and she had her own way of working, so she couldn’t say much.
“Aren’t you staying any longer?” Seeing Xiao Lu quickly finish her coffee and prepare to leave, Laeticia immediately asked.
Isn’t Xiao Lu also not a busy person?
“Due to the bank robbery a few days ago, our security has been significantly strengthened… Of course, the most important thing is that a convoy escorting a large amount of precious instruments will pass through here today, heading for the Central Ability Academy,” Xiao Lu stealthily looked around, confirmed no one was eavesdropping, and then shared some news with Laeticia.
“Worried that someone might want to repeat the feat?” Laeticia took another sip of coffee, showing no expression. It was just a lot of precious instruments, what could be done with these things if they were stolen?
Sell them on the black market? Wow, who would dare to buy these things? Who could afford to buy these things?
“Yes, but I don’t think it’s very likely either.” Xiao Lu scratched her head. She could tell what Laeticia was thinking, and in fact, she thought the same.
“But what exactly are those instruments? Precious instruments, I wonder how precious they are.”
To Laeticia’s surprise, Xiao Lu, who should have known, spread her hands. “I don’t know.”
“Huh?” Laeticia’s eyes widened. Even Xiao Lu didn’t know?
This was the head of the East District of the Hero Association. If even she didn’t know, how high would the security level be?
“I only received this news this morning. I didn’t have any prior information, which also shows how important that thing is.” Xiao Lu tucked a strand of unruly green hair behind her ear. She also felt confused about this. According to logic, the transportation of such important items should have informed her in advance, and then the Hero Association and the police would jointly plan the transportation route and arrange escort measures along the way.
But this time, she didn’t receive any information. She didn’t even know when the convoy would arrive, nor did she know anything about the convoy’s security measures. The heroes along the route completely didn’t know what their real mission was.
In other words, they were completely excluded.
Alas, it felt a little unpleasant to think about it.
“But since those old men in the association didn’t tell me, it’s probably really unnecessary for me to know.” With a sigh, Xiao Lu left her seat. She still had many places to visit, and she had already delayed a bit too long at Laeticia’s place.
Seeing Xiao Lu leave the coffee shop, Laeticia rubbed her chin, wearing a thoughtful expression. A highly confidential transportation mission?
Transporting from the East District to the Central District, and by convoy… With a convoy, how could it not be concealed?
As soon as she thought of expensive precision instruments, Laeticia immediately thought of those equipment that occupied a huge area and required large trucks for transportation. How could such things be transported discreetly?
It’s not like the entire convoy could be invisible, right?
Hmm, it seems… If there were professionals with matching abilities, they could indeed do it.
Forget it, why think so much? Her next mission was to maintain the safety of this area. As long as that convoy passed through her area safely, everything else had nothing to do with her.
With such a decadent thought, Laeticia spent the morning lazily, and after having a delicious lunch, she went to the teahouse she had chosen to continue her seemingly slacking off but diligent work.
Until the sun slowly descended from the center of the sky, and the hands of the clock were about to form a right angle, a strange aura suddenly entered Laeticia’s perception.
That aura was unstable, giving the feeling that it might dissipate at any moment. But corresponding to that poor stability was its terrifying intensity. The owner of this aura was very strong, no weaker than Xiao Lu.
Following the direction of the aura, Laeticia saw a short figure hidden under a long black robe. “Heh, sneaky, looks like he has bad intentions.”
Just as Laeticia was sizing up the short figure, the figure seemed to sense something, lifted his head, and glanced in Laeticia’s direction.
Their eyes met for an instant across the vast distance. Laeticia immediately withdrew her gaze. Those lifeless silver eyes made her heart skip a beat. What kind of mysterious existence was this?
“Things are getting complicated…”
