“Came to the wrong place again.”
Su Ya narrowed her eyes, hands on her hips by the side of the road on the Old Street, staring at the Coffee Shop that was currently closed.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t break in, but the main issue was that Tang Nai was not currently inside.
“That means she changed her location. As far as I know, she has several strongholds in B City that she can switch between at any time. This is just the most commonly used one. If we search them one by one, we’ll find her sooner or later.”
“Are you sure she’s staying inside?”
Su Ya looked at Tang Mo with suspicion, her eyebrows uneven, but the latter simply answered with certainty: “There’s no mistake. She can’t stay outside the barrier of a stronghold for long. In places where Magic Power is thin, she runs the risk of losing control.”
“Then let’s go. To the next place.”
Hearing Tang Mo’s explanation, a strange light flickered in Su Ya’s eyes.
‘As the one among us who has gone the furthest, what exactly have you seen?’
Regardless of seniority or age, in terms of Magic Power and authority alone, she definitely wasn’t Tang Nai’s senior.
She could hardly even see her back, even though she had once been the one to introduce and guide her.
She couldn’t even see her own path forward.
If not for Yang Siqing—the lifestyle Witch whose accidental masterpiece gave her a temporary lease on life—she would probably still be working as a hostess in some small town, living in a daze.
That was the price of losing control over one’s authority, so she understood better than anyone that everything Tang Nai faced would only be more agonizing than her own experience.
But what needed to be done still had to be done, just as she had once warned her —
“I’m no longer qualified to be your senior, but if the day comes when you’re about to break or if you do something terrible, then I’ll still come back and beat you up. I promise.”
***
It would be about two hours before Tang Nai’s hiding place was found.
However, at the same time, another person was trembling with fear.
The framed Clown, the unjust trial…
Although no names were mentioned, just looking at that face she could never forget was enough to make her remember everything.
When she saw Justice’s nearly frenzied expression and that demonic goat head, she was so terrified she couldn’t control herself.
Initially, it was just curiosity that led her to click on the livestream, but how did it develop to this point?
The lights and noise outside the window never stopped for a moment.
Someone like her, who had squeezed her way into the “social elite” class, could barely afford to support her life in this place.
But this was the area closest to the prosperity of the entire B City, with heavy traffic and a constant flow of people.
She only had to lean her head slightly out from the balcony to look down at the dense, ant-like crowd moving below.
But even with so many people, it couldn’t give her a sense of security.
She bit her lower lip, her hands clutching her black-screened phone trembling uncontrollably.
‘Why? Clearly, there are so many people and cars down there, yet why can’t I hear a single sound?’
‘Why is it so quiet? To be honest, no matter how good the soundproofing is, it shouldn’t be to the point where I can’t hear anything at all.’
‘Why, why… I clearly didn’t do anything wrong. The evidence was solid, not a single flaw. I was just doing my job, without any bias… Taking care of the victim’s emotions is also part of a judge’s duty. That man’s eyes were too terrifying; he was definitely the criminal.’
Countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
The woman only felt a sharp pain in her head, irritated by the bloated questions, but mostly she was terrified of the so-called judgment.
Having originally judged others, after falling into the position of being judged, she had completely lost her sense of security.
She had no idea where the danger would come from anymore.
Even if she could get through tonight, she didn’t know if the next cup of coffee she drank would be poisoned, or if a Strange Person holding a weapon would be lurking in some small alley she entered…
‘No, no, I absolutely can’t endure this. This kind of thing is like that ship in Sherlock Holmes that never dares to dock—fearing for a lifetime, I’ll die, I’ll die.’
Unable to suppress the growing unease in her heart, the woman finally pushed the window open and leaned her head out.
Fresh air flooded into her lungs, and the high-altitude air currents kept sweeping against her face.
Wearing only thin clothes in the room, she couldn’t help but feel a chill.
She was alone in the room.
Even with the lights on, she couldn’t find security.
At least here she could hear some human voices.
But a moment later, she discovered with horror that she still couldn’t hear any sound.
She pinched her thigh hard.
A piercing pain immediately climbed up her skin, making her clearly understand that she was indeed in reality.
However, she did see those former criminals in her dreams, especially the moments when they locked onto her with shocked, confused, hateful, and poisonous gazes.
She would feel her heart being tightly gripped, and she would be so worried that she couldn’t eat or sleep.
Generally speaking, an ambitious and conscientious judge wouldn’t worry about retaliation for handing down a verdict, unless she knew from the start that it wasn’t just.
But there was no point in worrying about that now.
What should she do?
The guy on the livestream was definitely a Strange Person.
That goat head was definitely real, not some so-called mask.
She could tell.
When she went to the grasslands before, she had seen many sheep, and those lifeless rectangular pupils were exactly the same.
She wouldn’t be wrong about that!
Being targeted by a Strange Person, she would definitely die.
Maybe it was the one playing tricks right now…
Just as her unease was about to reach its peak, a shadow quietly enveloped her, accompanied by the gentle sound of the wind.
“Hello there, miss.”
The sudden voice scared the woman half to death, not only because it was too abrupt, but mostly because she shouldn’t be hearing a human voice so close in this place.
Especially coming from above her head.
The woman almost fell out of the window in shock.
Fortunately, a powerful hand grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her back to a safe area.
“Who… who are you? What do you want?”
For a moment, the woman couldn’t even speak properly.
She could only force her trembling voice to question the man.
However, after noticing that the other party did not wear that signature goat head, her heart settled down quite a lot.
“Those aren’t within the scope of my answers for now. You only need to know that I’m here to protect you.”
The man in the suit, 007, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, was currently straightening his collar.
Even though the woman in front of him was disheveled, he didn’t forget to tidy up his own image.
It was just a simple professional habit, but he did leave a good impression on the woman.
With a calm and mysterious tone and a clean-cut appearance, although his looks weren’t outstanding, his physique was very standard.
Even without any favorable impression, he wouldn’t be disliked.
To be precise, ordinary people wouldn’t dislike him.
When Lando first met this guy, she felt a bit speechless.
And after Lando left, he became the most reliable person in B City on the surface, besides Miti.
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