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Although there's no need for a direct confrontation, as an assassin, Sakura only needs to plunge her longsword into Yomi's heart from behind.
However, while it sounds simple, it's incredibly difficult to actually do it.
Lost in this dilemma, Sakura didn't even notice Pado standing in front of her.
She only came to her senses when the girl stopped her.
"Yes, this is my first time here, so I'm not very familiar with the place yet."
Sakura looked at the other person and nodded.
"Okay, I understand. In that case, ma'am, would you like a tour guide? I've lived on Twilight Street since I was a child, so I know this place very well. How about it? For just a small price, you can hire me and I'll take you around the streets and alleys!"
Padofilis's eyes gleamed as she looked at Sakura in front of her, as if she were looking at a fat sheep.
"Then trouble you."
After hesitating for a moment, Sakura nodded. Being new to the area, having a local would make things easier.
Moreover, it's easier to make a move when there's a disguise.
"Excuse me, ma'am, let me carry your bag for you."
"No, no, no."
Sakura's handbag was heavy with weapons needed for this mission. However, now that she had become a fusion warrior, she no longer needed them; a knife would suffice.
"Oh dear, I'm a professional tour guide. If you don't let me take it, my colleagues will look down on me. In our line of work, reputation is the most important thing!"
"That's... troublesome."
Sakura sighed, looked at Pado, and then handed the bag in her hand to her.
Thirty minutes later...
Sakura waited blankly at the crossroads.
Ten minutes ago, Pado said the ice cream here was delicious and recommended trying it. However, the enthusiastic Pado was also afraid that she might give herself away, so Sakura nodded and started queuing.
And then...and then nothing more.
Padofilis disappeared without a trace, along with all the weapons in her bag.
Clearly, it was stolen by the little thief cat.
The little thief was agile and extremely fast. By the time Sakura reacted, she had already disappeared.
To be honest, Patto is quite a character to be able to render a fusion warrior helpless.
......
"Hehe, my intuition tells me there's definitely something good in this bag!"
You've already run quite a distance, and now you're looking at the bag in your hand with a drooling expression.
Her treasure radar told her that there must be something very valuable inside this bag.
As she spoke, she unzipped her zipper, and then... her hands trembled.
"My God, no way... so many weapons, what is she going to do? Is she going to slaughter the entire Twilight Street?"
As Padofilis spoke, her body trembled slightly. She was a timid little thief, so how could she not be afraid when faced with something like this?
Moreover, during the brief conversation just now, Sakura mentioned the sanatorium intentionally or unintentionally.
In other words, the other party's destination might be a nursing home?
While thinking about it, Pado shook her head.
"Forget it, I'd better find somewhere to hide... This is terrifying, something a little cat like me shouldn't get involved in..."
As she spoke, Pado ran wildly into the distance, as if she were heading to find a sanctuary.
However, without realizing it, she was still walking towards the sanatorium.
"Mei-nee, Airi-nee, you have to wait for me! Please be careful! Waaah... It's okay, it's okay, we're so lucky, everything will be alright!"
......
"I can't wait to see these children happily embracing the sky after they've been freed from the torment of their illness."
Looking at the children in the sanatorium, Alicia couldn't help but smile with anticipation.
"We have to thank that doctor for his contribution. I look forward to meeting him."
Aponia, standing to the side, couldn't help but smile.
Just now, she reached an agreement with Huang Quan and Alicia that she would join the Fire Moth.
These children are her concern. If they can be properly taken care of, even if Aponia joins the Firemoth, it won't be a big problem.
Aponia's abilities are exactly what Alicia and the Firemoth need now.
Such a powerful mental ability user is rare even among the Fire Moths.
This innate mental ability is already stronger than that of Destobia, who became a Fusion Warrior. If Aponia were to become a Fusion Warrior as well, her abilities would probably reach the level of a Herrscher.
If this level of combat power were added to the Fire-Chasing Moths, the success rate of people overcoming the Honkai would increase again.
Of course, that was before. Now that the Yellow Springs exist, the difficulty of humanity's collapse seems to have decreased by a lot.
Although the appearance of Herrschers has become more frequent and their strength has grown stronger, Yomi is like a bottomless pit. No matter how strong their combat power is, it seems that Yomi can only kill them with a single strike.
The current strategy for dealing with Honkai using the Fire Moth has changed to deploying warriors for small-scale Honkai attacks, while allowing Huang Quan to instantly kill Herrscher-level large-scale Honkai attacks.
However, it's worth mentioning that, perhaps due to the influence of Huang Quan's appearance in this world, small-scale Honkai events are occurring more and more frequently, and these Honkai events often involve powerful Honkai beasts.
Recently, Kevin has already killed three Emperor-level Honkai Beasts, not to mention countless other Honkai Beasts of all sizes.
Moreover, apart from Kevin, the other fusion warriors were also busy.
In fact, if we really want to talk about it, the current Honkai strength has increased by more than a little bit. Back then, there weren't so many Emperor-level Honkai Beasts active in this world.
However, there was nothing that could be done. For Huang Quan, no matter how many enemies of this level came, they would just be easy prey. Huang Quan had already taken care of the strongest Herrscher-level enemies. As for the remaining Honkai Beasts, if they were only Emperor-level, they wouldn't pose much of a threat to the Fusion Warriors. However, if they were End-of-Dharma-level, they would need time to grow stronger.
For a time, the pace of this world's collapse seemed to have entered a vicious cycle.
"Qianjie, you should join us then. You're a powerful warrior; if you join the Fire Moth, you'll definitely succeed!"
Alicia looked at Qianjie with anticipation in her eyes.
She had her eye on Qianjie a long time ago. Her interactions with him over this period of time had made Alicia realize that Qianjie was no ordinary person. If Qianjie joined the Fire Chaser, then the Fire Chaser might produce a warrior of the same level as Kevin!
"I am not interested."
Upon hearing Alicia's invitation, Qianjie paused for a moment, then snorted and shook his head.
Due to certain experiences in his early years, Qianjie was actually not very willing to reveal his power to others.
For him, being an ordinary porter was just fine.
During the day, I just work and take care of those annoying little devils.
However, Qianjie was still very happy when he heard that the children's illnesses could be cured. It wasn't because he had been worried about the children all along, but because the children had wiped his sweat and handed him water while he was carrying things, and he just wanted to make their lives a little better.
Master Qian never says anything nice.
"Oh? What a pity! Qianjie is clearly very powerful!"
Alicia looked at Qianjie with some resentment, but she didn't force him.
Just then, Pado rushed in from the perimeter of the sanatorium.
"No...this is terrible!"
Pado, carrying a bag, looked at everyone, panting heavily.
"Pado? What's wrong? Why are you so scared... Could it be... that you got caught stealing? Is there someone chasing you with a kitchen knife right now?"
Seeing Paddo's flustered appearance, Alicia couldn't help but tease her.
"Sister Ellie, you were absolutely right. But this time it's even more terrifying than that one! An assassin has come to Twilight Street!"
Pado quickly recounted what had happened after she met Sakura.
"Everything I said is true...look!"
As he spoke, he tossed his briefcase onto the ground, revealing all sorts of weapons inside to the crowd.
Seeing this, Huang Quan couldn't help but frown.
She guessed that Sakura must have arrived.
But the key point is... I've already come here personally to arrange this matter, but I didn't expect that those higher-ups still wouldn't let go of the kids from Twilight Street.
To be honest, Huang Quan was losing patience. How could he possibly save the world while working with these scoundrels?
The other party knows my whereabouts. Sending Sakura over at this critical moment, are you treating Sakura like a Japanese person?
Oh wait, strictly speaking, Sakura is actually from that side...
Faced with Pado's warning, Huang Quan had lost her patience. She decided that after returning this time, she should plot to change the ownership of the Fire Moth. It was getting cold, and it was time to give Dr. Mei an extra layer of clothing.
Huang Quan was too lazy to play any political games with those high-ranking officials. To her, these parasites should be crushed underfoot.
"If I'm not mistaken... this assassin's target is this nursing home."
After pondering for a moment, Huang Quan briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter.
Of course, she didn't say anything about the Siwon incident.
After all, even in this world, not many people know about this.
"what!"
Before Aponia could say anything, Qianjie, who was standing to the side, roared, "Who did this? I'll twist their head off and shove it down the toilet!"
"You can't put your head down the toilet..."
Hearing Qianjie's words, Huangquan reminded him.
Unexpectedly, Huang Quan gave a very formal and methodical answer.
Upon hearing Huang Quan's voice, Alicia couldn't hold back and immediately covered her cheeks.
But just then, a somewhat familiar footstep came from outside the door. The footsteps were neither fast nor slow, but they sounded like a death knell.
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