"You..."
Fang Li frowned as he watched Mumei take his dagger away, feeling somewhat helpless.
In the original story, Mumei had always been rather willful and self-centered, leaving many people with no way to deal with her.
He had not expected that, when facing a stranger she had just met for the first time, this girl would still act like this, leaving Fang Li unsure whether he should get angry.
Meanwhile, Mumei began examining Fang Li's dagger. Her fingers lightly slid across the blade before she tapped its tip. Then she looked at Fang Li with great confusion and said, "This seems to be just an ordinary dagger."
"Yeah." Fang Li spoke as though it were only natural. "Is there a problem with that?"
"Of course there is!" Mumei put one hand on her hip and held the dagger in the other, waving it up and down as she said, "You clearly used it to kill so many Kabane just now. You even pierced their heart membranes so easily. How could this possibly be an ordinary dagger?"
Only then did Fang Li somewhat understand.
So Mumei had mistaken his weapon for some divine artifact capable of easily killing Kabane, which was why she had suddenly appeared before him.
Unfortunately, it was a misunderstanding.
The reason he could kill Kabane so easily was not because the dagger was particularly sharp, but because Fang Li's Magic Eyes were simply too deadly.
Naturally, Fang Li would not explain that to someone he had only just met.
Even if she was the original story's heroine and a rather cute girl, it made no difference.
Thus, Fang Li directly took his dagger back.
"Even if this dagger really were some divine artifact, the person wielding it would still need to be strong enough to use it against Kabane." Fang Li looked at Mumei and said, "I merely used a few little tricks. It does not matter if you do not care."
"Is that so?" Mumei seemed somewhat unconvinced, but she still nodded and said, "You really are weak, but you are smart. And since you can break through a Kabane's heart membrane, you can fight Kabane to a certain extent."
"That was about it." Fang Li moved past the subject and asked directly, "Why are you here?"
"Because this place is already finished." In a relaxed tone, Mumei spoke words that sounded rather cruel to others. "I was only passing through this station. I had planned to rest here for the night, but I did not expect something like this to happen. Since that is the case, of course I had to flee."
"Flee?" Fang Li said with a faint smile. "But from the way you look, it seems less like you are fleeing and more like you are sightseeing."
"It is not something as easy as sightseeing." Mumei turned around and said, "I still need to fight Kabane. Otherwise, I cannot escape."
Fight Kabane.
If those samurai heard those words, they would probably laugh their heads off.
Even proper samurai found it difficult to fight a single Kabane and could only use Steam Guns to snipe them. If such a young girl said she needed to fight Kabane, who would not laugh as their first reaction?
But Fang Li could not laugh.
Because he knew Mumei was telling the truth.
Until now, Fang Li had used little tricks to take advantage of the Kabane's lack of intelligence, sniping them one after another. Compared with ordinary people and even samurai, that record was terrifying.
However, compared to Mumei, that record was nothing at all.
While Fang Li needed tricks to fight Kabane, Mumei could simply break through them head-on and slaughter large numbers of Kabane.
After all, Mumei had been raised specifically to fight Kabane.
Forget a dozen or twenty Kabane. Even if hundreds of Kabane surrounded and attacked Mumei, she could probably break through their encirclement and kill every one of them.
In terms of pure strength, Fang Li and Mumei were not even on the same level.
Even against Kurusu Kunoichi, Mumei could probably defeat him with ease while giving him one hand.
Thinking of this, Fang Li could not help looking at Mumei again.
Ice-Blue Demon Eyes flashed within Fang Li's eyes.
Immediately, Death Lines resembling cracks emerged in his vision.
Those lines covered every corner of Mumei's body.
Moreover, nearly every one of them led toward a single place.
—Her heart.
Like blood vessels, line after line of Death Lines connected to Mumei's heart.
That was the place on Mumei's entire body closest to "death."
In other words, her heart was Mumei's weakness.
As expected?
Recalling Mumei's special nature, Fang Li felt that this was only natural.
At that moment, Mumei suddenly shuddered and forcefully turned around.
Before that, Fang Li had already closed his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Yet Mumei still furrowed her brows tightly, stared at Fang Li, and asked, "Did you do something just now?"
"What?" Fang Li said with an innocent look. "I did not do anything."
"Is that so?" Mumei's brows furrowed even deeper as she muttered, "Then why did I suddenly feel something really unpleasant?"
Unpleasant?
That was only natural, was it not?
After all, Fang Li had just directly seen the cause of Mumei's "death." As long as he rushed forward and slashed once, Mumei would be completely finished.
That was why Mumei instinctively sensed the threat and felt uncomfortable.
Of course, with Fang Li's current strength, if he really rushed at her, Mumei would probably notice immediately and kill him in return.
Besides, Fang Li had no grudge against Mumei, so naturally he would not actually rush forward and slash at her.
"Whatever the case, let us leave first." Fang Li shook his head and brought up the important matter. "Just as you said, this station is finished. We need to find the Iron Fortress used to escape."
"That is true." Mumei relaxed her tightly furrowed brows, glanced at Fang Li, and said, "Then hurry up and follow me. I can clear the way for you."
As she spoke, Mumei drew her weapons beneath Fang Li's gaze.
They were two Steam Guns.
They were roughly the size of pistols, entirely red, with bayonets mounted on their fronts. Rather than guns, they looked more like firearms.
They were Mumei's personal Steam Guns. If they repeatedly struck a Kabane's heart membrane, they could even pierce its heart.
"Your speed seemed pretty good just now. I hope you can keep up with me."
After saying that, Mumei ignored Fang Li and leaped forward, using jumping power no human could possess to vault onto the roof of a nearby building.
Without any hesitation, Fang Li followed after her.
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