"Uh, fine, fine, I'll help you. But let's make this clear first.
Nicole, if you don't pay the commission this time..."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Don't worry."
Skillfully picking up Eous beside her, Nicole headed toward the rear garage.
Sighing, Wise said to Belle.
"Let's begin, sis."
"Mm. I just have a feeling something unexpected will happen with this commission. Why is that?"
"Don't overthink it. Although Nicole really is unreliable, let's trust her one more time."
The two began adjusting the equipment.
"Done. Let's go. With Phaethon's help, we'll take the money and run."
"Ooh~ As expected of Boss Nicole. You convinced the legendary Proxy to help so quickly."
Leaning against the car door, Billy praised her.
"Of course. Who do you think I am?"
In the backseat.
A white-haired woman wearing headphones held a hamburger in both hands.
She silently ate.
Suddenly, the car door opened, and Eous was tossed beside her.
Nicole's laughter followed.
"Anby, be more ruthless with that blade later. I'll treat you to a bucket meal tonight."
"Don't worry, Nicole. I will."
The car began driving toward the Hollow.
Meanwhile, Cui Ji put on a half-face mask and had already met with a man in black.
"The agents are here."
"Mm."
"Hehe, feel free to make your move later. Once you take down Cunning Rabbit House, we'll pay double the commission."
"No problem."
Looking at the many helmeted accomplices around her.
No emotion could be seen in Cui Ji's eyes.
She leaned against a nearby pillar and quietly waited.
Just then.
A burly man crackling with electricity, holding an electrified axe, walked over.
"Hey, girl, I heard the boss spent a fortune hiring you.
Why do you look so frail to me?"
Cui Ji frowned and looked up, clearly annoyed.
Cui Ji raised a hand, and Hundred Birds Ask Heaven appeared. Before the brute could say another word.
She punched him directly.
His entire body was sent flying over two miles away.
The commotion was loud enough to draw over the boss from before.
"What happened?"
"I'm frail, so I proved otherwise. You don't mind, do you?"
"Th-this... Hahaha, it's fine, it's fine. Do whatever you want."
The little incident ended.
After a beautiful drift, Cunning Rabbit House's motorcycle came to a stop.
The three got out of the vehicle, while Eous popped up at the window to peek.
The instant its two big eyes noticed Cui Ji on the other side, they froze.
"Huh!? Brother."
"I saw her. No need to shout. I never expected the powerful agent to be her."
"This is going to be fun."
Nicole shouted at the boss wearing a black shirt.
"Hey, here are your goods. Where's the money?"
She pointed at the bust Billy had just taken out of the trunk.
"Hehe, uh, don't rush. The money's right here.
But if I remember correctly, your Cunning Rabbit House still owes us a debt, doesn't it?"
Watching people surround them, Nicole frowned and demanded.
"What? You planning to use force?"
"Oh, you guessed right. So what? You're already surrounded."
"Hahahaha..."
After laughing wildly, the boss vanished.
Bang—!
Not long after, half his body was embedded in a distant wall.
Before anyone could figure out what was happening, Cui Ji's voice rang out.
"I've wanted to send this fat bug flying for a long time."
Rolling her wrist, Cui Ji curled her lips in boredom.
"Y-you weren't the agent hired by the boss!? Why..."
Seemingly the gang's second-in-command, this punk-styled man pointed at Cui Ji and demanded.
Then he looked at Cunning Rabbit House and angrily shouted.
"I get it! Cunning Rabbit House, you're such babies! You actually planted a spy—"
"Hey! You can fling shit wherever you want, but don't aim it at us. We don't know her either."
Nicole waved her hand in rebuttal.
"What kind of joke is that! With the ratings you have on the Inter-Knot, even a dog by the roadside ranks higher than you."
Bang—
With another punch, Cui Ji sent the punk-styled man flying too.
She picked at her ear in disgust.
"So annoying.
Hehe, haha. All right, Anby~ Now it's our turn."
Her gaze fixed on Anby, who had kept her hand on her blade. As Cui Ji finished speaking.
She charged straight at her.
Anby's pupils shrank. She had only just enchanted and drawn her blade.
When Cui Ji's fist was already right before her.
Clang—!
The sound of metal colliding rang out, and Anby was sent flying by Cui Ji's punch.
After spinning three or four times in midair, she adjusted herself and landed steadily.
Pulling her blade from the ground, she frowned at Cui Ji.
"Who are you—"
"Shh~ Secret. If you want to know, beat me first~"
After finishing with wild laughter, Cui Ji lowered her body slightly before suddenly diving forward.
Clang, clang, clang—
The sounds of gauntlets colliding with a blade came one after another.
Billy held up his guns toward the two, hesitating over whether to help.
Nicole, on the other hand, had more to consider.
Before anyone could react.
She quietly slipped over to the enemy camp.
And swiped the two suitcases filled with money.
After successfully returning to the car and opening the rear door.
Nicole saw Eous watching the fight with great interest and asked.
"Hey, Belle, what's the deal with that white-haired girl?"
"Hehe, not telling you. Anyway, she's not an enemy."
"Really? Then that's fine. She won't hurt Anby, right?"
"Uh... probably not?"
"No, Anby's my treasure. I have to stop them."
Just as she stood up, Cui Ji's figure flew backward toward her.
After adjusting herself and preparing to land, she was knocked down by Anby's flying tackle.
The two white-haired girls rolled around on the ground several times.
Anby pinned Cui Ji beneath her.
Her blade swept down and stabbed into the ground beside Cui Ji's cheek.
Crack—
The mask cracked apart, revealing a face very similar to her own.
Anby's body trembled slightly.
Her pupils constricted as she said in disbelief.
"Y-you're Cui Ji?"
"Hehe."
Without saying more, Cui Ji wrapped an arm around Anby's waist and forcefully reversed their positions.
After rolling several more times, offense and defense switched.
Pinning Anby beneath her, she reached out and caressed her face.
"Captain Anby, we meet again."
"It really is you, Cui Ji. You..."
"What? Are you surprised I'm alive?"
At that moment, the second-in-command, who had been pulled out of the wall, ignored the wound on his head that was still spurting blood and pointed at Nicole as he yelled.
"And you said you don't know her! Cunning Rabbit House, you're so despicable—"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guy collapsed from excessive blood loss.
Shaking her head, Anby spoke in a somewhat complicated tone.
"No. I'm happy, Cui Ji. It's wonderful that you're alive."
"Captain Anby, same for you. It's wonderful that you're alive."
Leaning down, Cui Ji rubbed her face against Anby's before getting up.
After patting the dust from herself, she swiftly slipped something into her pocket.
"All right, Captain Anby. We'll meet again~"
With that, Cui Ji ran off.
"Cui Ji—"
Seeing that things were over, Nicole came over and pulled Anby to her feet. Just as she was about to ask something.
She suddenly froze.
After feeling around her chest, her face turned red.
"E-empty—"
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