Chapter: Chapter 385
“No, I can’t reach her, her phone is switched off,” Little Green said, putting down her phone and pressing her temples in frustration. She reported to the elders displayed on the screen, “After the rescue operation was completed, she said she was going home for a visit, and I haven’t seen her since.”
Little Green had received a communication request from the Hero Association headquarters a few minutes ago, asking her to contact Su Qianqian immediately. However, when Little Green dialed Latitia’s number, she found that Latitia’s phone was completely unreachable.
Because she had installed a chip with a positioning function, Little Green knew the current location of Latitia’s phone, but the location was completely unbelievable.
Staying at home honestly? Who would believe that? You can even turn off your phone at home.
“Then, we have to prepare for the worst,” a middle-aged man with a stern face on the screen propped his chin with his hands, and the cold light flashed from his gold-rimmed glasses. “I suggest issuing an arrest warrant immediately!”
“No, she just made a great contribution. To treat her like this for a future vision of unknown truth or falsehood would chill the hearts of other heroes. And don’t you know who recommended her?” another seemingly kind elder retorted, revealing his gentler thoughts.
Regarding this issue, the other big shots also expressed their opinions, and finally, the situation was a tie, with neither side convincing the other.
At this time, Little Green had also arrived at Latitia’s home. She had started on her way when she received the communication. After rushing for almost ten minutes, she finally arrived.
She knocked lightly on the door twice and was surprised to find that the door slowly opened by itself.
The door wasn’t locked at all!
Did Qianqian forget to lock the door before leaving? Little Green didn’t find this joke funny at all.
There was only one answer: Qianqian intentionally left the door unlocked.
Pushing the door open and taking off her shoes, Little Green saw a pair of slippers placed neatly by the side. She sighed; she was very familiar with these slippers. The last time she visited Latitia’s home, she wore this very pair.
Undoubtedly, these were intentionally prepared for her by Qianqian.
Were all her actions predicted?
It made sense, after all, according to the intelligence, the precognitive ability user had told Qianqian about her discovery before reporting it. It was likely that Qianqian had made such arrangements anticipating that Little Green would follow the定位 (dìngwèi – GPS location) to her home.
“Qianqian, are you home?” Little Green, finding the elders’ debate noisy, quietly pressed the mute button. It would be difficult for these big shots to reach a consensus. Instead of listening to this nonsense, it would be better to focus on searching for anything Latitia might have left behind.
In fact, there was no need to search. Latitia had left something placed conspicuously on the table. Little Green immediately saw a mobile phone; it was Qianqian’s, she was sure of it.
Walking to the table, Little Green picked up the phone and pressed the power button.
The phone had no lock screen password. On the main interface, there was a prominent note prompting Little Green to go to the laptop.
Following Latitia’s instructions, Little Green opened the laptop and saw the note created just about ten minutes ago.
Little Green read the entire note at a glance, took a picture of it, uploaded it to the scene of the elders’ argument, and then gave her opinion, “I believe Qianqian. Based on my understanding of her, it’s unlikely she would do such a thing.”
“But you know she’s a demon. Do I need to elaborate on the enmity between demons and our human race?” The stern middle-aged man’s expression became even colder. He had a deep hatred for demons.
This was also the reason for his firm stance. In his opinion, all demons were wicked scoundrels who deserved to be hanged. Allowing a demon to become a hero of the Hero Association was simply nonsensical!
Unfortunately, his influence was lower than those who made decisions. Regarding his grudge against demons, he was definitely not the deepest one, and in terms of magnanimity and vision, he was certainly not broad-minded either.
The person who recommended her was the Sword Sage, and the one who agreed to the recommendation was Sang Zhitong, who had already retreated behind the scenes. With these two great figures present, all disputes were enough to be quelled.
If you have the guts, go challenge these two.
“Has this situation been reported to the Sword Sage? What is her opinion?”
“I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. The Sword Sage’s reply was, ‘I believe her.'” The gentle elder chuckled. Compared to the middle-aged man, he had a better relationship with Bai Ling and was more willing to believe Bai Ling’s judgment.
That young girl might appear young, but on matters of great importance, she was more trustworthy than all of them. They might still harbor selfish intentions, but the Sword Sage was truly impartial.
Trust the Sword Sage in any situation; this was the valuable conclusion they had reached over the years.
What you think might not be right, but what the Sword Sage thinks is definitely right.
Bai Ling’s attitude immediately tipped the scales in the evenly matched debate. With the Sword Sage’s stance, the radical faction was completely defeated. In this era, the Sword Sage was such a golden signboard.
As long as her words were not too outrageous, everyone would believe her.
Since the Sword Sage was willing to believe that demonic girl, what reason did they, the elders, have to doubt the Sword Sage? After all, the Sword Sage might be the one who knew that demonic girl the best.
“Speaking of which, why did the Sword Sage stand up for Qianqian? Is their relationship very good?” Little Green was unaware of Bai Ling’s true identity. Although she knew Bai Ling was a very powerful ability user, she hadn’t guessed Bai Ling’s true identity.
Human concealment was too effective. Even high-level ability users like Little Green didn’t actually know the true identity of the Sword Sage.
“Little Green, you still…” One of the gentle elders was surprised that Little Green didn’t know Bai Ling’s true identity yet. If it weren’t for an old friend next to him quickly coughing to interrupt him, he would have probably revealed the secret that Bai Ling was the Sword Sage.
“Ahem, the Sword Sage has always been by our side, protecting us, and this girl Su Qianqian was also recommended by her,” the coughing elder picked up where the previous elder left off and continued, “That’s why we are willing to believe her. Believing her is believing the Sword Sage.”
Little Green felt that this elder seemed to have something more to say. She frowned and heard some underlying meaning from this seemingly ordinary sentence.
This sentence should mean that the Sword Sage is hiding by my side, right?
“So, what do we need to do now? Do we still need to take care of Qianqian?” Shaking her head, Little Green temporarily put aside this matter. The most important thing now was to resolve the crisis faced by the government building. “Do I need to go to the central district?”
“No, the eastern district is already lacking in high-level combat power and needs someone to take charge. Little Green, you should stay in the eastern district. The defense of the central district is already sufficient. Even if the demon’s elite guard legions were to come, they wouldn’t be able to capture the government building fortress in a short period.” The gentle elder shook his head. The central district was indeed important, but under the current circumstances, the central district no longer needed Little Green to come over.
After all, a few minutes ago, that person had already arrived at the scene. With that person there, there would be almost no problems.
“Okay, I understand. Contact me anytime if needed.”
As the communication was hung up, Little Green breathed a sigh of relief. Was this the end?
Of course not.
The moment the communication was hung up, the air around Little Green suddenly fluctuated. A fair hand emerged from the air and gently patted Little Green’s shoulder.
“Whoa!” Little Green was so startled that she almost bumped into the chair behind her. “A ghost!”
“My dear sister, saying that would make me very sad.” The owner of the hand revealed her true form from the air. She was a white-haired girl wearing a black robe, with a pair of watery golden eyes and a smile that Little Green was very familiar with. “Hello, do you recognize me?”
“Qianqian?! Why are you here?” Little Green was stunned. Didn’t Latitia ‘flee in guilty conscience’? Why was she here? Could it be that she never left in the first place?
Then, the air behind Latitia began to fluctuate again. A silver cat-like beastman with similar attire to Latitia appeared in the room in the same way as Latitia.
“No, who is she?” Little Green pointed at Silver, with a “you won’t let me go unless you explain” expression.
She felt like she had seen this beastman before, but she couldn’t remember where she had seen her, which made her feel a bit annoyed.
“My partner, a temporary one,” Latitia introduced Silver briefly. “Her abilities are very useful. In fact, she and I just returned from the central district.”
“Do I look stupid?” Little Green asked indignantly. Just returned from the central district, meaning that Latitia had traveled back and forth between here and the central district in these short tens of minutes?
How was that possible!
Even by flying, one couldn’t fly that fast.
“I’m really not lying to you, and we came back this time because we discovered some things that must be solved after returning.” Latitia beckoned Little Green, signaling her to follow her.
The place Latitia was taking Little Green to was her bedroom. Little Green had only caught a glimpse of it from the outside when she visited before. This time, her impression was very different from before.
The previous room was very tidy, clearly organized intentionally. The current room, however, was messy and full of the atmosphere of daily life.
“The room is a bit messy; I didn’t have time to tidy it up after I woke up this morning.” Latitia bent down and fumbled under the bed, pulling out a black suitcase from underneath.
After entering the password, Latitia opened the suitcase and took out a glasses case. “As expected, it’s here.”
What is this? Some kind of secret weapon? Little Green was full of confusion.
Fortunately, Latitia didn’t let her remain confused for long. “This is a magical item that can see through enemy disguises. Of course, it’s only effective when looking directly. Little Green, try it.”
Taking the pink-framed glasses handed to her by Latitia, Little Green playfully criticized the girlish color in her heart.
After putting on the glasses, Little Green curiously looked at Latitia. She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she felt her vision had become much clearer. And when her gaze fell on Latitia, she was surprised to find that the white-haired, golden-eyed girl had returned to her original black-haired, black-eyed appearance.
Turning to look at Silver beside her, Little Green regretted to find that this beastman lady had not disguised herself at all; she looked the same as before.
“What a magical item, Qianqian. Did you come to get these glasses because someone used their disguise abilities to infiltrate the government building?” Little Green was a very intelligent girl. After understanding the function of these glasses, she immediately grasped the current situation.
If Latitia hadn’t discovered a mole in their team, would she have come back to get these glasses that could see through enemy disguises? It was impossible to think about it.
“Indeed. However, this is not for me to use. After all, the enchantment on it was done by me, so I can just use magic. It’s just that there’s someone who doesn’t have this ability, and to prevent her from being deceived, I had to come back.” Latitia shrugged. Meeting Little Green here was purely accidental. When she and Silver teleported to the room, they happened to encounter Little Green having a video communication with those big shots.
Then, she was half-forced to finish watching and listening to the conversation of those big shots. As for the final result, Latitia could only say that Bai Ling’s influence was indeed significant. As soon as she spoke, everyone had no more objections. Such influence was indeed formidable.
Back then, it was the same when she was in the demon race. Alas, thinking about it now, she really missed that feeling of being invincible.
“Qianqian, are you referring to Little Bai?” The person Latitia referred to in such a tone, Little Green only knew one, and perhaps there was only one in this world, and that was Bai Ling.
That mysterious and powerful Sister Bai. Speaking of which… Qianqian and the Sword Sage also seemed to have a good relationship. Then, would the Sword Sage and Sister Bai also have a relationship?
Were they siblings? Or some other relationship?
“Hmm, Qianqian, I heard you have a very good relationship with the Star River Sword Sage. Is it true?” With the person in question right in front of her, instead of overthinking, it was better to ask directly!
So, Little Green bravely asked!
“Uh, how should I put it? Good, and not good.” Latitia naturally knew that Little Green was unaware of Bai Ling’s true identity, and those Hero Association leaders hadn’t intended to tell Little Green this secret, so there was no need for her to say it.
The fewer people who knew such secrets, the better.
It would be best if only she knew.
