Children Always Grow Up

"Han Jiang."

After Han Jiang ended the call, Seele called out timidly.

"What is it?"

Seele looked up at Han Jiang and asked softly, "Is there a mission?"

Han Jiang nodded. "There's new information regarding the Dominance Herrscher. I need to deal with it."

"Is... is it dangerous?" Seele asked worriedly.

Han Jiang considered it, then said, "Probably not. There aren't many of the Dominance Herrscher's puppets left, so there's basically no danger to me."

A large number of the Dominance Herrscher's puppets had self-destructed, while the major organizations had tracked down and eliminated the rest. Only a little over a hundred remained now; they could hardly cause much trouble.

She probably would not repeat something like the incident where more than a hundred puppets had exploded in Gaha State.

After all, explosions could not eliminate humanity's key fighting forces. Killing a few insignificant people would be pointless.

The Dominance Herrscher could surely calculate that much. Hiding in Storm City, she was probably trying to dismantle the city bit by bit.

"It won't be dangerous," Han Jiang continued. "You can take your training step by step. Remember not to rush it, understand?"

"Mm." Seele lowered her head, thought for a moment, then took a breath and puffed out her chest. "Han Jiang... could you take me with you on this mission?"

"Huh?"

Han Jiang was a little surprised by Seele's request.

Ever since returning to the real world, Seele had always stuck close to Bronya. For her to take the initiative and ask to go on a mission with him today was quite strange.

Under Han Jiang's questioning gaze, Seele clasped the fingers of her right hand with her left and fidgeted with them.

"It's... it's like this." Seele lowered her head as she explained, "Seele has always been with