Bait

"Rita, you shouldn't act like that."

Durandal spoke slowly, lecturing her sentence by sentence with a slightly blank expression.

"We are partners for now." Durandal lowered her voice and added, "You can't treat him like that. At least, not right now."

"Hehe." Rita covered her mouth and chuckled. "As you command, Lady Durandal."

"The Carbon-based Hunter isn't as capable as Bronya. We just need to follow Miss Bronya."

When it came to Bronya, Rita showed an entirely different side.

She liked cute girls. Although Bronya was a little too cold and not quite within Rita's preferences.

Still, she could never get angry at anything cute. Besides, Bronya's abilities were enough to earn her approval.

Bronya took the lead, guiding the three through the battlefield toward a military base in Gaha State.

For any faction, a leader could only make the greatest use of their advantages when safely positioned in the rear.

That was because leaders possessed a grasp of the bigger picture that those below them could not understand. Their role in command was far greater than their role in fighting on the front lines.

"We're here. It's right ahead."

The four quickly found the base where Auguchi was hiding.

Without another word, Han Jiang took the initiative to clear the way. He charged ahead, blasted open the base doors, then performed several backflips to evade the barrage fired from within.

Rita's Carbon-based Hunter rushed into the base during that opening, while the Steel Hound crawled onto the ceiling in an unimaginable posture and advanced deeper inside.

"Alarm! Alarm! Enemy intrusion! Enemy intrusion!"

The people at the entrance immediately descended into chaos. The battle outside with headquarters was already chaotic enough. Who could have expected intruders to break into their home base as well?

Han Jiang swept his gaze over