A Long-Sealed Ability: Jiang Menghan - Saintess of Misfortune - Countdown to the End

But at that very moment,

Jiang Menghan immediately identified the enemy lurking in the shadows—a woman in a combat suit, with traces of a dark purple insignia at the corner of her eye.

A flicker of surprise passed through the young girl's eyes.

She recognized that insignia, but immediately shook her head and dismissed her own judgment.

"An Emblem Bearer?

"No, she should be one of Lorenz Riel's people."

The iceberg girl murmured softly, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.

This woman who had suddenly appeared was nimble and ruthless, clearly far beyond an ordinary Emblem Bearer.

However, compared to Jiang Menghan's vigilance, the woman with the dark purple insignia held an extra trace of curiosity toward her.

But clearly,

She was Tier Three, while the iceberg girl was only Tier Two.

So rather than fear, what she felt now was probably more amusement.

"Who would have thought?

"Even a boring cleanup job would let me run into a 'lost Little Kitten.'"

The corners of Inoue Kiyomi's lips rose slightly.

"Darlos sent a Tier Three like me to finish Hazzard off, and I really did find an unexpected prize.

"What a shame.

"Hazzard looked down on Isaiah Life Science and Technology's gentler method of biological advancement because it offered too little of a boost in power. He believed the Abyss Insignia in his hands, capable of bearing multiple powers, was the strongest.

"But in truth,

"This is a contest between transcendents. Even in a place that has nothing to do with the borderlands, it was never going to be that simple.

"He could not see that he was merely another piece of kindling in the experiment.

"So, to erase our transaction with him and keep Lorenz Riel's name clean,

"I had to handle this cleanup job myself. I