Rebirth in the Civilization Before the Collapse: Heroes and I
Chapter 163

Elysia: ???

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"Please help me, thank you!" The girl, holding an umbrella, handed out missing person posters in the crowd. "Please help me!"

"What? You should call the police for this."

"I still have to go to work."

"Get out of my way! Move aside!"

The girl was pushed into a puddle, her missing person notice scattered on the ground, soaked and trampled, while her umbrella was blown away by the wind, and a light drizzle fell directly on her.

People came and went around her, but no one stopped for her.

She bit her lip, looking at this indifferent world, her heart turning cold. Just as despair began to spread, suddenly, as if the rain had stopped, the rain no longer fell on her. At the same time, a voice like that of an angel entered her ears. "You are... that child from yesterday?"

The girl looked up, and a pink-haired girl smiled at her. The girl knelt down, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the mud off her face. "Such a pretty face, you can't let it get dirty~"

Beside the girl was a black-haired boy holding an umbrella. The boy tilted the umbrella towards the girl and her, and half of his body was soaked by the rain.

"Thank you..." the girl said softly.

"This is your umbrella, don't lose it next time." Another pink-haired girl took the umbrella that had been blown by the wind and handed it to her.

The girl took the umbrella, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "Could you... help me?"

The boy then took out his phone, glanced at the screen, and his eye twitched. The girl, who was wiping the mud off her face, picked up a missing person poster that wasn't completely soaked and said, "Is this... your sister?"

A hopeful light shone in the girl's eyes. She nodded and said, "Her name is Sophia, we..."

"Alright, we understand." The boy glanced at the missing person poster, took a picture with his phone, and said in a somewhat indifferent tone, "If you can stand up, stand up and hold your own umbrella. Don't just sit on the ground. Afterwards, hurry home, take a shower, and change your clothes; you're all soaked. We still have things to do, and we'll contact you later."

Is it just another excuse? The girl thought with a hint of despair.

"Um... don't mind him, Feng just sometimes doesn't mince words," the girl said with a hint of helplessness. "Can you stand up?"

The girl looked up at the boy, nodded silently, then stood up from the ground and opened her umbrella again. The girl also stood up after her.

Seeing that she was still standing still, the boy, whom the girl called "Maple," withdrew his gaze and calmly said, "Okay, Elysia."

Elysia... Is that the girl's name?

The girl called "Elysia" seemed to be adding to what Feng hadn't finished saying, "We'll take care of your sister. You should go home and change your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

"That's enough, we still have other things to do." Feng repeated his words again.

The girl looked at the indifferent boy and remembered that when they met yesterday, he seemed to be the same way, asking about her family situation as if it were just a casual question.

"How could someone like you, someone like you, possibly understand... the plight of us, the people struggling at the bottom of this city?"

Before the three of them left, the girl suddenly broke down in tears.

The three of them turned around.

The girl continued talking to herself, "Sophia and I have relied on each other since we were little. Although it's tiring to work outside every day, at least we still have each other... How could you possibly understand how much she loves me?"

For people like you, this kind of anxiety might just mean going home and waiting for news, but...

"I can't think about it, but what does that have to do with my relationship?" Feng said coldly. "First of all, you need to know that we are just strangers. We will help you out of goodwill. We also have our own responsibilities. And if you really care about her, then take care of your own health first. Don't die before you even find her."

"Maple..." Elysia looked at Maple and frowned slightly.

"I'm just stating the facts." Feng turned back to his seat. "Bare-faced to those who are willing to lend a hand, how are you any different from the indifferent people in this city that you consider to be?"

"I..."

"Get a good night's sleep and adjust your mindset," Feng said. "Hopefully, it's not someone else who gives you this advice; it depends on your own mindset. We'll contact you later if we have time."

Elysia sighed softly and said nothing more.

The girl looked at Feng, who had already started walking. Elysia, who shared an umbrella with him, could only follow. Another girl with pink hair glanced at the girl again and said, "You are an older sister like me. I can understand you, but... if I were in your sister's shoes, would she want you to be like this?"

After saying that, she left.

The girl stood there for a while, watching the three people disappear into the crowd, before she slowly walked towards home.

On the other side, after traveling some distance, Elysia couldn't help but say to Zhu Yufeng, "Feng, wasn't what you said a little too blunt?"

She doesn't deny that Zhu Yufeng said something, but language is also an art. Isn't Zhu Yufeng's way of speaking, which directly stabs people in the back, a bit too hurtful?

How come she didn't know they had priority in handling this?

"I just don't want to get involved in this pointless trouble." Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia. "The way she looked at you before was like she saw you as her only hope. But what can a few strangers like us do with that kind of feeling? Besides, we can't possibly go with her to look for people. It's better to be straightforward and let her give up her budding dependency."

"But the way you spoke hurt her a lot too. She already has a younger sister who depends on her for support. If you continue to talk to her like that, she might..."

Before Elysia could finish speaking, Sakura said with a strange expression, "Kaede, you want to become Kaede, but you still think she needs to get out of her dependence on her younger sister Kaede, right? Just like when you told me about Kaede in the eleventh case."

That incident left a deep impression on her; she couldn't even awaken her own sister's consciousness, but Zhu Yufeng successfully awakened the last vestiges of humanity in the Twelfth Law...

Then he and his younger sister educated him together. He was very handsome at that time. Even after he finished educating her, he collapsed and was rushed to Mobius for emergency treatment. He was still very handsome.

Overall, I have mixed feelings.

Elysia looked at Sakura. What had she missed this time?

"Perhaps that's a factor," Zhu Yufeng said noncommittally. "I think it's more about the unequal standing. Because of the disguised identity, she's assumed we're not on the same side and wouldn't understand her situation. It will take a lot of time to resolve this gap, and I've just chosen a more suitable method, even if it's a bit too direct... At the same time, we might indeed have something to do."

Moreover... perhaps the main reason is that he really doesn't care about what will happen to this girl who is unlikely to have much interaction with him in his life, and he doesn't want to spend too much time on her.

Moreover, he felt there was something important here that he had to address as a priority.

Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng with narrowed eyes. "So, may I ask what our next task is?"

Sensing Elysia's gaze, Zhu Yufeng took out his phone and showed Sakura and Elysia the message he had just received. "Long time no see! I didn't expect you to be in this city too, Feng. Let's meet again. I have something to show you, please come over~ The address is..."

The signature is Lilith.

Elysia: "???"

What's going on? Why would Lilith send me a message?

Zhu Yufeng put his phone away. "I don't know why Lilith sent me this message, but there's no doubt it was Lilith who sent it. Although I can handle it on my own..."

He was more worried that Lilith might cause trouble for him.

"Please let me come with you." Elysia answered very decisively.

That's Lilith!

The last time we met, he pretended to have amnesia and acted like her, and then he directly took advantage of her and forcibly kissed Lilith!

She couldn't even imagine what might happen if she just stared at it, especially after learning that Lilith had once tried to drug Maple...

That's something you absolutely have to do.

After a moment of silence, Sakura said, "Indeed, this matter has a higher priority."

In a private room of a hotel.

Lilith sipped her coffee elegantly, while Mostima sat beside her, leaning back in her chair without any regard for her image. Mostima squinted at Lilith and said, "Lilith, even though it was my suggestion to find someone to play a trick on them, you didn't have to target a couple directly, did you?"

Last night, Lilith agreed to her suggestion to find a "lucky" man to "prank" him. She then screened all the hotel guests in the city and Lilith chose that person.

She hacked into the security camera and saw that the guy Lilith invited had a girlfriend. She wanted to have some fun, but she didn't intend to get herself involved!

And at that time, Lilith's answer was...

"Wouldn't that be even worse?"

God the hell, that's even worse!

Lilith put down her coffee cup and said casually, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

At most, you'll have something to do.

"Then I'll wait and see," Mostima said, glancing at the doorway. "Oh, he's coming..."

Mostima didn't say anything more because she saw that the man who came in was followed by two women whose expressions weren't quite right... She wanted to slip away as fast as she could.

She hacked the surveillance cameras a long time ago, so even if she were beaten to death, probably no one would know how she got away with it.

Why is it a little exciting to think about?

As soon as Zhu Yufeng entered, he saw Lilith and Mostima beside her.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Well, although I don't know why Mostima is here, the fact that Lilith can send me messages is definitely related to Mostima.

Elysia and Sakura exchanged a glance, somewhat surprised that Mostima was there. However, once they thought about Mostima's hacker identity, it became easy to understand how Lilith had found her.

While Mostima was still figuring out how to feign innocence, Lilith stood up with a smile, walked up to Zhu Yufeng, and kissed him on the upper lip.

Elysia: "???"

Lilith, are you really not going to act this time?!

(ノꐦ๑´Д`๑)ノ┻━┻

Cherry. "???"

Is this Lilith's true skill? She thought that Lilith's sneak attack and kiss on Zhu Yufeng last time was already the limit of her feats, but it seems she underestimated it.

Mostima: "???"

Oh no, I'm doomed. Did this rich young lady suffer a personality reversal after being traumatized? This is completely unlike her usual behavior when she caused trouble. Did I dig my own grave?

Zhu Yufeng: "???"

WTF? Lilith, what are you doing...?

I feel like I'm going to die.

Lilith only gave him a light kiss this time before pulling away and saying, "It's been a long time, Kaede~"

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Mostima, Mostima, as expected, exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, you two know each other?"

Zhu Yufeng withdrew her gaze.

Poor child, in her previous life when she was one of the Thirteen Fallen Angels, she was toyed with by Lilith every day, and this time it will probably be the same.

He was sold out without even realizing he was counting money for Lilith.

To be fair Mostima is quite intelligent, after all, she is one of the world's top hackers, but it is also a fact that she can't outmaneuver Lilith, who is a skilled actress.

"I met you at a Miss Eden concert~" Lilith said with a smile, then looked at Elysia, "But back then, Elysia, you and Kaede weren't a couple yet, right?"

Elysia's face darkened, but she still managed a smile as she looked at Lilith and said, "Isn't this enough now? Lilith, wasn't what you did just now a little inappropriate?"

She's always by Lilith's side, how dare Lilith do that? If she doesn't come, will Lilith bring a child next time Lilith meet?

"Really?" Lilith tilted her head, looking thoughtful, and said, "You and he are lovers, and I and he are lovers. Doesn't that seem contradictory?"

Mostima: "..."

Oh no, Lilith has been too devastated and is completely broken. So... isn't this even more ridiculous? And since they know each other, isn't that even more troublesome? She decided to keep watching and maybe she could find a way to add fuel to the fire.

Elysia: "..."

Is this the other side of Lilith that Kaede mentioned? I wanted to refute her, but...

Elysia was actually somewhat in the wrong against Lilith, after all, to some extent, she had stolen at least half of Lilith's conquest target, not to mention that Lilith still had memories.

Sakura, on the other hand, had a thoughtful expression on her face.

Lovers and lovers are indeed two different concepts...

Elysia decided to set her sights on Zhu Yufeng.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Why are you looking at me? I can't do anything about her.

"Kissing, it really feels so fresh." Lilith started acting. "Actually, after that kind of thing happened, I was disappointed in Adams. But I don't dislike Maple either. So, I have to thank Mostima for suggesting it. I've learned something new."

Everyone looked at Mostima.

Mostima: "???"

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