On the small path to the left, the blonde loli slowly walked to the roadside, looked at the narrow alleys around her, and finally snapped out of it.
“How did I end up here… Where’s Aya?”
She looked around.
Aya was nowhere to be seen, but at the intersection further to the left, she spotted Bai Xia’s figure.
The other party took a few more seconds to come to her senses, then also turned her head to look over.
As for the crowd that had “escaped” from the plaza, they had drifted even farther away.
Most of them were squeezed into the dead-end at the far left, still trying to push through even though there was no way out.
Su Qingyu realized something was wrong.
“Crap, Aya!”
***
Bad!
This was Bai Xiaoya’s first thought after getting into the car, and also her last, because the sleeping gas inside made her pass out instantly.
She had dodged Old Guai in the trading area, but couldn’t avoid the taxi on the roadside.
When she woke up again, she was already dumped in a pitch-black room, lying on what seemed like a sofa.
There were no windows, she couldn’t tell what time it was outside, and her phone had been confiscated.
At least her clothes were still intact.
Bai Xiaoya struggled to get off the sofa.
Because of the gas, her body felt weak and unresponsive.
After fumbling around for a while, she finally found the door, but of course, it was locked from the outside.
She leaned against the door and heard someone talking on the phone outside:
“Captain, we’ve got her. That’s right, it’s a super water spirit, a gorgeous woman with huge boobs.”
“Very… big?”
On the other end, Sen Kui, who had just left the Xinglong International Building, frowned.
He remembered the family traitor’s description of Su Qingyu.
It was true she was a water spirit and a little beauty, but the adjective used was petite and cute.
“You two stand guard. Don’t do anything. Wait for me to confirm!”
***
Bai Xia and Su Qingyu couldn’t find any trace of Bai Xiaoya.
They searched all around the building.
Since it was suspicious, they didn’t call Bai Xiaoya immediately, so as not to alert anyone before they were ready.
“There are cameras around the main road. We can go to the nearby police station and check the surveillance footage.”
Bai Xia’s expression looked calm, but she was actually already anxious.
What she said didn’t sound human—do you just walk into the police station and watch the surveillance as you please?
Su Qingyu knew this bad habit of hers and just rolled her eyes.
Some time had already passed.
The people who had crowded into the dead-end on the far left earlier were now gradually returning to the main road.
They didn’t think anything was strange, only that they’d been panicked and lost earlier.
When running with a group, sometimes you just follow those in front and forget the normal route.
That kind of thing happens.
“Everyone, today was too wild! The Owners of Xinglong International died on the stage from vomiting blood! Both of them! Completely wiped out!”
“Brothers, I took the wrong route earlier. You almost never saw me again! Wuwuwuwuwuwu! (A very fake sob.”
“Ma! Guys, ma, today, this, ma, Xinglong International…”
Watching a bunch of social media users walking up the road with selfie sticks, Su Qingyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
“We don’t need to look at surveillance.”
She took out her phone and searched for videos across the entire internet, using the keywords #Xinglong International and #General Assembly.
There were a lot, but most were unrelated.
Su Qingyu sighed and added another keyword—#Big Boobs Woman.
“Found it.”
Bai Xia immediately looked over.
“Where?”
The video started from the beginning of the General Assembly.
The livestream host introduced the background to the viewers, then suddenly saw a big, big, big beauty and ran over to film Bai Xiaoya.
For the rest of the video, the camera stayed on Bai Xiaoya.
Long Shenyuan and Xing Luo’s speeches became background noise—the lens never left her.
It was only when the accident happened, and the two Owners of Xinglong International collapsed on the stage, that the camera moved.
“Oh my god, everyone, someone’s dead! The scene is chaotic! Let’s run! Call the lady to run—oh, the lady is already running.”
The camera returned to Bai Xiaoya and gradually zoomed out, farther and farther away…
Su Qingyu pressed pause, rewound a bit, and showed Bai Xia.
“See it?”
“The number of people around her is getting fewer,” Bai Xia quickly caught the key point, “And they’re all moving to the left.”
So they were calming down a bit.
“After coming out, everyone crowded into the dead-end on the left, including us. Only Aya walked onto the main road as originally planned.”
Su Qingyu spoke each word clearly.
Guided by her, Bai Xia also began to recall the details.
“We were closer to the main road than the others, and not far apart. You were even closer than me.”
“Wait a moment. I’ll make a call.”
Su Qingyu let out a light breath, took her phone, and walked to the side.
A few minutes later, she returned.
“It’s ‘Ren Sheng Qi Lu,’ an interference item with a large area of effect. It went missing during the family’s internal conflict a few years ago.”
Ren Sheng Qi Lu.
People affected within its range unconsciously veer off course while walking.
If used in the northern hemisphere, people veer left; in the southern hemisphere, right.
The actual effect varies from person to person, or rather, it depends on each individual’s resistance to the supernatural.
Su Qingyu told Bai Xia about the item’s effect.
Now they both understood.
It had to be someone behind the Two Brothers of Xinglong, the black hand of the Association.
They possessed at least one mysterious item.
Bai Xia pinched her fingers and paced along the roadside.
“We have to find out where they’re hiding. With so many people along the way, it’s impossible that no one saw them. Find the location, then…”
She wasn’t sure if she was calm anymore.
Her heart was pounding, but her mind was still subconsciously searching for possible solutions.
“Bai Xia, Bai Xia!”
Su Qingyu called her name loudly.
Bai Xia stopped, and for the first time, saw such a serious look in her eyes—and something representing determination.
“Their target is me, and what I have. So they’ll be prepared for me,”
Su Qingyu said slowly,
“But they don’t know about you. They don’t know what you have, or your abilities.”
Bai Xia vaguely guessed what she meant.
“You mean…”
“I’ll create an opportunity for you, using the most dangerous method,”
Su Qingyu gritted her teeth.
“You take them out!”
A gust of wind blew, scattering dappled shadows under the noonday sun.
Bai Xia’s mood inexplicably calmed.
Her mind cleared.
She realized Su Qingyu was right.
She didn’t need to think about so many things—just one.
How to take them out.
“Are you ready? I’m starting.”
Receiving the girl’s nod, Su Qingyu picked up her phone again.
She gently opened the contact list.
Her small finger hovered over the only special contact.
It was Bai Xiaoya’s number.
Given the current situation, there was no doubt it was now in the enemy’s hands.
Su Qingyu was going to call them.
Beep, Beep, Beep.
“Hello?”