The King of Scavenger City

The little girl's thoughts drifted far away.

In front of her carriage, a creature that looked like a dog yet also like a qilin was pulling the vehicle forward at high speed.

However, the creature was already dead, devoid of any life.

Yet the energy radiating from within it was terrifying.

Clearly, the little girl's sudden move was something the two investigators had never expected. You fucking had a vehicle and didn't use it sooner?

They had fucking walked across the Wasteland for two days, and only now she remembered she had a vehicle?

Was she playing with them?

Watching the deluxe Kirin vehicle vanish before their eyes at an astonishing speed, the two looked at each other, utterly numb.

How were they supposed to catch up?

They were only investigators. They could try chasing it with their leg-based abilities.

But—

She was using a bit of fodder, while they would be using their lives.

Not worth it.

In short, the two of them were dumbfounded.

"Call the minister and see what he says."

The slightly older investigator said with a headache.

The other nodded, took out his phone and fiddled with it for a while, then said helplessly, "There aren't any of our signal stations nearby. I can't get through."

"After all, we've gone deep into the Wasteland. We're too far from the city."

The two gradually fell silent.

What the hell was this?

They had protected her all the way, only to lose her in the end.

Or had that little girl noticed them long ago, and everything before had merely been deliberate?

Had she decided the timing was right and shaken them off?

Given the intelligence that woman had displayed before, she shouldn't have been capable of that.

In any case—

They couldn't figure it out.

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