I talked with Huang Ting for a long time.
I could sense the conflict in her heart.
She hated this world. It made her feel suffocated, and she was deeply dissatisfied with reality, yet she could only bow her head and submit.
She lacked the strength to fight back, so she desperately wanted to escape.
"I need to return to headquarters. Stay at my house for now, and don't go out. Wait until I get you a new identity."
A few hours later, she changed into her military uniform and prepared to leave.
"Crimson Scorpion and Big Yellow both know you brought me back. Aren't you afraid the higher-ups will punish you for hiding me like this?"
"My relationship with them has always been good. I've already spoken to them. They won't reveal anything about you."
I narrowed my eyes, doubtful of her words.
It wasn't that I suspected she was lying. I believed she had indeed done that.
What I doubted was whether she had overestimated her relationship with Crimson Scorpion and Big Yellow.
Crimson Scorpion was hard to say, but Big Yellow held great hostility toward me. Especially after it realized I was a carnivore, its eyes looked as though it wanted nothing more than to kill me.
Besides, when she took me away, she had told Big Yellow she was bringing me back for interrogation. She had lied to Big Yellow from the start. Would Big Yellow really agree if she told it this afterward?
"But that wasn't what you told Big Yellow when we left."
"Don't worry. I can convince it."
"We've been here for so long. I think they may have already reported this."
"Impossible. You don't understand our organizational structure. Big Yellow and Crimson Scorpion are both members of my team. The decision-making authority