At this moment, Ye Xingyao made a silent vow in her heart that she would absolutely never wear a dress or high heels again in this life. She and those things simply didn’t mix.
‘Hiss… my ankle, it hurts so much…’
Even though she already knew she had severely sprained her ankle, Ye Xingyao still stubbornly tried to move it a few times… The result, of course, was her grimacing in pain. After all, her feet were the only parts of her body that could barely move right now.
She, Ye Xingyao herself, had shed tears and blood, been injured and beaten since her debut as a Hunter under Hongye Qiu. However, being tightly bound by an enemy’s vines and rendered unable to move was truly her first time experiencing this…
Fortunately… she hadn’t been gagged with some mysterious object yet. At least her little mouth could still be used for breathing.
Otherwise, the name of this book would have changed to *TS Hunter: Captured by Elves*.
Currently, she was forced to lie in the backseat alongside another girl whose movements were also restricted. The two maintained a tacit silence, their large star-blue eyes merely staring into small crimson ones.
“Tch, how did the Human Alliance get here so fast this time… and that Magical Girl…”
Mite had somehow acquired a railcar that didn’t require a network connection. He was currently driving it toward the outskirts of Satellite City to make his escape.
“Uh… you guy, what exactly are you planning to do?”
Seeing that the young girl beside her had no intention of speaking, Ye Xingyao turned her attention toward the Elf man driving the car.
That guy probably didn’t have any physical designs on her. His motive for kidnapping her… likely wasn’t to silence a witness either.
That made his current behavior very ambiguous. Why had Fumier turned against him? Why did he insist on taking her instead of those helpless guests? And how did his true objective relate to his current actions?
“Heh, I’m actually a bit curious myself. Where did a little mouse like you and that Magical Girl pop out from? I checked the banquet guest list very carefully. Aside from Qiansui, there shouldn’t have been any other enemies inside.”
It seemed Mite wasn’t completely impossible to talk to. Even while on the run, he maintained an air of having everything under control. It was unclear where this confidence came from.
He didn’t even show any negative emotions. Instead, he asked about her and Jin Ming’s identities with great interest.
“I can’t answer that question. Who told the experts of our Satellite City to always hide in the corners?”
Ye Xingyao naturally wouldn’t tell him anything, so she just made up a random excuse.
However, she was indeed curious about Jin Ming’s identity.
After all, it was hard not to associate her with Miss Chen, who had looked so shocked and suddenly made a clumsy excuse about going to the restroom to leave the hall.
It seemed Lady Qiluo’s juniors were all quite excellent — Yunque, Jin Ming, Shuanghua… and what was the other one’s name? It seemed to be Qiansheng. She hadn’t met her yet, so she wasn’t very familiar.
One couldn’t help but wonder what the true identities of the other Magical Girls were.
For example, maybe Yunque was actually an older loli senior, and Shuanghua was just an ordinary high school girl with a bit of a chuunibyou streak.
‘Sigh, being a Magical Girl… with reliable seniors and cute juniors, being beautiful and possessing powerful abilities… aside from the profession not being very well-recognized by the Human Alliance, it’s almost a perfect life…’
Of course, it was also very dangerous.
“What are you thinking about? Do you think I’ll let you go?”
Mite didn’t respond to Ye Xingyao’s pointless remark. Seeing the girl’s thoughtful expression through the rearview mirror, he chuckled and teased her.
“Mite, let her go. She has nothing to do with our plan.”
Before Ye Xingyao could retort, Fumier, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them. Her eyes fixed intensely on Mite’s face in the rearview mirror.
“Let her go? You should worry about yourself first. Don’t think I don’t know… after tonight… I won’t be able to control you anymore, will I?”
Mite laughed again, opened the car window, and stuck his hand out, leisurely enjoying the evening wind as they sped along.
“As long as you know.”
Fumier didn’t seem to understand why he had such an attitude either, and she let out a cold snort.
“Hey, little girl, do you know who we are?”
Seeing that Fumier didn’t care for his teasing, Mite turned his gaze back to the other girl, who seemed willing to talk to him.
“Who you are? You’re Elves, aren’t you? What about it?”
Ye Xingyao used her uninjured foot for support and tried her best to turn over, only to find that pressing her chest down in that position was even less comfortable than lying on her back.
Unfortunately, she didn’t have the strength to turn back over.
“Oh? You’re the first human I’ve ever met who can say the word ‘Elf’ with such indifference.”
Mite opened his eyes wide and scrutinized the girl in the strange posture in the backseat, but he didn’t see anything particularly special about her.
However… the other party’s ability was also somewhat interesting.
He recalled the table knife that had flown toward his face…
“You’re at the Light-Containing Level, right? What was that throw about? Was it your superpower?” Mite pressed.
“Ha, you already figured it out, so why bother asking for confirmation?”
Ye Xingyao suddenly felt that being in a state where her hands were bound and she couldn’t even give a small shrug was incredibly frustrating.
“If it’s a superpower, then it’s not surprising… Judging by your experience in split-second decisions, you don’t look like an ordinary person either. I had already excluded the Human Alliance from the list long ago.”
“Little mouse, you’re a Hunter, aren’t you?”
Mite narrowed his eyes, deducing her identity.
“…”
Ye Xingyao remained silent. The way he spoke suggested he was almost certain of her identity, intending to kill the conversation and pressure her verbally.
“It seems I guessed right. When did the Satellite City Hunter’s Union produce such a little thing? I have no memory of you,” Mite remarked with a sigh.
“Humph, you talk as if you know the Hunter’s Union so well.”
Ye Xingyao curled her lip in disdain. She had always communicated with Hongye Qiu for her missions and had never gone through the official Hunter’s Union procedures.
Come to think of it, she didn’t seem to know much about the Hunter’s Union herself… Aside from the fact that they gave her money and reimbursed her for equipment needed for missions, she didn’t even know the top leader of the Satellite City Hunter’s Union.
“How would I not know? I’m a Hunter too.”
With a look of ‘bet you didn’t expect that,’ Mite pulled his Hunter Badge out of his pocket. He tossed it into the air as if showing off and then caught it firmly.
“Entering Dream Grade? You even reached this level?”
This time, it was Ye Xingyao’s turn to be shocked. If an Elf could hide their identity in the Hunter’s Union long enough to become an Entering Dream Grade Hunter… then with their abilities… it wouldn’t be unimaginable for them to reach an even higher rank.
Just how deeply had humanity been infiltrated…?
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