It was most unfortunate that by the time Su Mu reached the main street and looked at the bustling crowd, she finally realized a serious problem.
She didn’t know where Tang Nai was.
To be precise, she had no idea where the headquarters of Heaven’s Secret Tower was located.
As the leader of the second-largest intelligence organization and the number one assassin organization, Flower Full Tower, she actually didn’t know the whereabouts of her arch-rival. No wonder she kept getting drugged.
She couldn’t win by playing dirty, and a head-on confrontation was out of the question. It was utterly infuriating.
After calming down for a moment, Su Mu decided to disguise herself.
Although she couldn’t find Tang Nai, others from Heaven’s Secret Tower might know. As long as she disguised herself as someone else and went to a Heaven’s Secret Tower branch to buy information, it would work.
Yes, Heaven’s Secret Tower even clearly priced and sold information like their own boss’s hiding place. It was truly embarrassing…
But most of Tang Nai’s enemies believed that the cunning, powerful old demon Tang would never leave such an obvious flaw.
It must be a trap!
In the past, Su Mu wouldn’t have believed it either. But after recovering her memories and repeatedly pondering this information, she concluded the intelligence was genuine.
This was clearly a backdoor Tang Nai left for herself. Because most others would have reservations, only Su Mu could take the risk with the mindset of “even if I step into a trap, nothing too bad will happen.”
Even if she was drugged unconscious, trussed up, and delivered to Tang Nai, what would that woman do to her? Nothing more than a bit of malicious amusement. Taking it a step further, even if this really was a trap and she accidentally…
‘Let’s get moving.’
Shortly after, Su Mu had acquired a decent disguise. Even a martial arts master skilled in this art couldn’t surpass her level. With her threads, her disguise was seamless. It would probably be convenient for any other Magical Girl as well.
For ease of movement, Su Mu disguised herself as a charlatan. It was indeed convenient. But when Su Mu arrived at the Heaven’s Secret Tower and saw the price listed on the plaque, she was dumbfounded.
What did it mean, “Exchange intelligence for the bearer’s personal bellyband”? You!
Su Mu couldn’t help but curse at the price list, leaving the people on either side staring blankly. They didn’t understand, but this person was cursing quite filthily.
A moment later, Su Mu calmed down.
Deep breath in, deep breath out…
Mentioning the bellyband made Su Mu wonder: was she even wearing something like that now?
Although she could probably go out and buy a new one to use, Su Mu couldn’t help but be curious.
And so, she decided to find a secluded place to investigate.
After roughly the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, Su Mu reappeared, her pretty face flushed red as she clutched the hem of her clothes.
This time, she cursed even more filthily, because she finally understood what the effect of Tang Nai’s drug was.
Now she couldn’t wear proper trousers; she could only wrap herself with thicker cloth for now.
‘Dammit, why didn’t ancient times have convenient things like sanitary pads…’
Actually, similar things did exist, but Su Mu didn’t know about them.
Now she understood why Tang Nai had set such a strange price. That wretched woman was indulging her malicious amusement again.
As for that bellyband she wanted, hah, Su Mu would probably smack her in the face with it after they met.
“Greetings, what would you like to know?”
“I want to see that bitch Tang Nai.”
Facing the Heaven’s Secret Tower diviner, who wore a fake smile and pretended to be mysterious, Su Mu perfectly displayed the demeanor of a street ruffian. She directly placed one foot on the table between them, speaking without any reservation.
“The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed…”
Su Mu looked up and, without any courtesy, waved her hand. Threads sliced the tabletop into uniform cubes the size of a pinky finger. Her words carried a hint of threat.
“If you keep playing dumb with me, I’ll cut that thing of yours into pieces too.”
This guy was clearly another one Tang Nai had placed in front of her to disgust her. Threatening this riddle-speaking NPC didn’t give Su Mu any sense of guilt. But seeing his face pale with fright, Su Mu couldn’t help but grow suspicious.
‘Would a phantom in a Dream World have such a vivid reaction?’
Su Mu suspiciously leaned in for a closer look, making the man tremble like a sieve.
“I’ll talk, I’ll talk… But you must first tell me Tang Nai’s birth date and time. Otherwise, I can’t perform the divination.”
“Huh?”
You can divine with that? No, what kind of logic is this Dream World operating on?
Hearing this, a trace of confusion appeared on Su Mu’s face again.
“Forget it… I’m looking for your boss.”
Su Mu actually wanted to try using Tang Nai’s birth details, preferably to divine the color of her underwear. But the key issue was she didn’t have them. Helpless, she could only honestly proceed with the intimidation phase.
Come to think of it, did this guy not even know his own boss’s name?
As Su Mu was pondering this, the other party’s abrupt statement nearly made her die of anger.
Seeing Su Mu raise her hand again, the diviner hurriedly begged for mercy.
“Ah? Looking for our boss? Oh, oh, you must be Miss Su, the Flower Courtesan.”
“Miss Su, I don’t mean anything else. It’s just what our boss told us. Her exact words were, ‘If someone comes asking you to divine my location, that person must be Su, the Flower Courtesan from Flower Full Tower. Whatever she says, you just do it.'”
Su Mu’s expression shifted through a spectrum of emotions. She couldn’t be bothered to complain about the “Flower Courtesan” title anymore.
“Don’t call me that.” Su Mu arched an eyebrow. “You said you need a clue? What kind of clue?”
Remembering that awful “clue,” Su Mu felt both embarrassed and annoyed.
“The clue is already written on the plaque outside.” Hearing this, the diviner made a bitter face. “Bearer’s personal bellyband…”
“If you also have no leads, perhaps allow me to perform a divination for you, using that clue…”
“Get lost!”
Su Mu decisively flicked her sleeve, about to send the diviner flying out. But then her eyes shifted, and she thought of a method.
“Wait, come here.”
The diviner looked at Su Mu’s unfriendly expression and felt apprehensive. But the boss had instructed them to follow Miss Su’s arrangements, so he could only tremble and step forward with his eyes closed.
The next moment, Su Mu’s threads silently landed on his back, beginning to search for memories related to divination arts.
Sure enough, upon closer inspection, something peculiar was discovered.
The so-called divination wasn’t some strange trick or lewd skill; it was a projection from Authority.
By using an extremely minute amount of Authority dust, the diviner could briefly resonate with that Authority and obtain the desired information.
But to activate this Authority, besides offering Magic Power, a medium was also required to obtain information about a specified target. And according to Tang Nai’s clue, this medium was…
Su Mu bit her lip, extracted that portion of Authority dust from the diviner, and then manipulated him to leave.
Looking at the tiny, semi-transparent speck of dust in her palm, Su Mu felt conflicted again.
After a long while, she still took out her own peach-pink bellyband and placed it on her knees (the table had been destroyed by her).
Due to the cold weather, the undried parts of the bellyband felt exceptionally chilly, but that was the medium required for the divination.
‘It’s all interconnected. What a Tang Nai. First, she dissolved the medium into the drug and fed it to me. Then she uses this method to extract it, forcing me to have to use it for divination… You’ve really outdone yourself.’
But Su Mu still resolutely activated that speck of Authority dust.
‘When I find you, I… I… I’ll make you taste the bitterness of being drugged!’