The Thoughts of All Sides

While Zhu Yufeng was thinking, Ying also looked at Xila on the surveillance video with a serious expression.

Sakura knew Xila's strength all too well. She had heard of Xila's name when she was still an assassin, and Xila was ranked among the top assassins. Sakura even thought that if given more time, Xila might become the strongest assassin.

In the previous the Tragedy of Binding, in the extremely disadvantageous environment of the Xila Divine Blessing Barrier, she sacrificed herself to kill the Eleventh Herrscher's companion, the Honkai Beast Gabriel.

Before Xila Fusion Warrior, Shira had already surpassed the achievements of countless veterans of the Fire Moth in just half a year after joining Zhu Yufeng's team.

If she were to face the Present Xila, she absolutely could not be careless. Moreover, she would have to be prepared to either kill Xila or die Xila in a desperate fight. Only in this way might she have a chance of winning.

But she couldn't do it. She still had her younger sister, a younger sister she couldn't bear to leave behind...

A life-or-death struggle with Xila is not a necessary option, so... she can't do it.

Without such awareness, it would be even more impossible for me to fight Xila, right?

Mostima closed his laptop and looked at Zhu Yufeng: "So, boss, shall we settle the bill?"

"Huh?" Sakura was taken aback. Didn't Mostima say she would help? Why is she asking for payment now?

"I understand. Name your price," Zhu Yufeng said calmly. Mostima's willingness to help was one thing, and his willingness to pay was another; the two were not mutually exclusive.

Mostima wouldn't even bother with anyone else. Mostima is more interested in having fun. She'll only take money to do things if she's so broke from partying. The Present she's hooked up with Lilith, she can do whatever she wants. Lilith is a rich girl, after all. Even if Mostima is a social outcast, she can still support him.

"Hmm... let me think... how about we exchange contact information?" Mostima tilted his head and said, "I think you're quite pleasing to the eye. Maybe we'll even have a collaboration in the future."

Zhu Yufeng held his phone out to Mostima. Mostima glanced at it, then looked at Zhu Yufeng again, and without saying anything, took out his own phone and wrote down Zhu Yufeng's contact information.

Just then, Lilith and Elysia returned.

Zhu Yufeng turned around. "How did your talk go?"

Mostima glanced sideways, looking at the two of them like this... it didn't seem like they were fighting? Wait, could it be that Elysia actually believed what Lilith said about lovers and lovers not being incompatible?

"Let's just say we had a pleasant conversation," Elysia said, squinting at Lilith. "Lilith is indeed a very kind girl, but..."

Lilith smiled, "It's just that we don't seem to have reached a consensus on your issue."

Zhu Yufeng & Mostima: "..."

It would be a miracle if you guys could reach a consensus.

"So, has Sophia been found?" Elysia asked.

"We found her." Zhu Yufeng shifted his gaze to Mostima's computer. "Unfortunately, she's already dead."

"Eh? Won't her sister be heartbroken? That's really... bad news." Elysia said with some regret. As for this outcome, well... she wasn't particularly surprised, but she still felt sorry for the girl. From now on, the girl would probably have to face the future alone.

She has no blood relatives, so she doesn't think she can fully understand the grief of someone who has family when they lose their only loved one. Just like her conversation with Sakura before the Tenth Herrscher incident, she can only do her best to help them.

However, she had also experienced the sorrow of loss if her loved ones could be with the people she wanted.

"Now that you've finished talking, let's go back to the question I wanted to ask at the beginning..." Zhu Yufeng looked at Lilith with some confusion, "Lilith, why are you here?"

"Oh, that's a long story..." Lilith looked at Mostima.

Mostima understood immediately. She put away her computer and said casually, "It might be complicated for Lilith, but to me it's just that her fiancé cheated on her and then her father threw her out to manage business affairs."

"How can your fiancé's infidelity be considered a trivial matter?" Lilith frowned. "Actually, I had many other thoughts at the time..."

"Then it's not necessary for Mr. Yu Feng, right?" Mostima said, looking at Lilith with narrowed eyes. There was something else she didn't say: a fiancé's infidelity is no small matter, but you're trying to steal someone's boyfriend right after meeting them, which is a small matter?

Besides, Adams didn't cheat at all...

Tsk, I'm getting more and more excited to see what Lilith's expression will be when the truth is revealed.

"Fiancé cheated on?" Zhu Yufeng looked at Lilith, then at Mostima. Adams cheated? If he remembered correctly, Adams had always loved Lilith, and he never doubted Lilith until she killed Lilith.

It seems Mostima was just looking for fun and deliberately sowing discord, only to be used by Lilith... The person who was the Present fun probably still thinks he's sitting on the sidelines like the mastermind.

"That Adams... he cheated on me?" Elysia was quite surprised, because she remembered that when they last met, that young man's eyes were clearly full of Lilith... Considering Lilith's nature, Elysia felt that things were probably not that simple.

Adams was definitely used by Lilith, who then used Lilith as a springboard to try and meet Maple ahead of time...

"Yes, it's something I the Present find unbelievable." Lilith sighed sadly. "Mostima found evidence, and my old butler Simon confirmed it."

Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng and got the answer from Zhu Yufeng eyes. Well, the Present was Lilith's acting skills going into play. More than half of what she said was probably a lie.

Sakura glanced at Elysia, then at Zhu Yufeng. Completely misunderstanding their interaction, Sakura interpreted the situation as: So, the reason Lilith underwent such a drastic change last time was because of this incident, almost as if her personality had reversed.

After all, we have the evidence, right? So it must be Adams cheated.

"Please accept my condolences," Sakura said. "You will definitely be able to... um... move on from this past."

Zhu Yufeng and Elysia both looked at Sakura with indescribable expressions. Mostima lowered her head to pack up her computer, feeling almost overjoyed. Another one had fallen for it. Even Lilith was slightly taken aback, then hid the mockery in her eyes and said, "Then thank you for your comfort."

Since Sakura has said that, shouldn't I also go along with her and "comfort" Lilith a bit?

Zhu Yufeng was still considering when Elysia looked at Lilith with a complicated expression. She should have offered words of comfort, but Lilith's true condition...

She was sorry, but she couldn't bring herself to say those words, so Elysia decided to put it another way. "Sakura-neechan is right, people can't always dwell on the past."

Cherry. "..."

So you still remember the setting that you are the Present my sister?

Lilith laughed and said, "That's right, that's what I think too. Actually, when I first met Kaede, I felt my heart race a little. The Present Adams is in this situation, I think I can start to fall for Kaede~ Kaede, how about we consider it? We could even share a kiss~"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Lilith played consistently well.

Mostima: "..."

This... I just thought things were starting to get a little normal, how did it change again?

Elysia crossed her arms in an "X" shape and stood in front of Zhu Yufeng, saying to Lilith with a displeased look, "I refuse!"

She's still here!

Didn't I say I wouldn't do it in front of her... oh wait, I almost got swayed by Lilith, I can't do it whether I do it in front of her or not!

"Hmm, it seems they're just pretending to be lovers this time." Lilith thought to herself, looking at Zhu Yufeng's speechless expression behind Elysia.

That makes sense. After all, her relationship with Zhu Yufeng was somewhat special. Lilith knew quite well what kind of feelings Zhu Yufeng had for Elysia later on. She even tried to help him, but she couldn't get him to cooperate.

"Keep it up, Elysia," Lilith thought to herself with a smile. "At least, the fact that Feng was willing to accept the false identity of being her lover is already a significant improvement."

She had tried the fake identity of being a lover countless times in her past life, and Feng's attitude was always indifferent.

However, Elysia's situation is different from hers. Elysia is too special to Feng, so much so that even if he only accepted the arrangement of a fake identity once, it would be more useful than if he had done it several times himself.

As for her own feelings, Lilith's thoughts have always been consistent: you be my lover, I'll be my mistress, is there a conflict? No, there isn't.

Elysia stared at Lilith with narrowed eyes. Although she didn't know the specifics, she had a feeling that Lilith was thinking something rather strange.

After chatting for a while, when it was time to say goodbye, Lilith once again sneakily kissed Zhu Yufeng on the cheek. Then, Elysia dragged Zhu Yufeng away with a black line on her face.

Before leaving, Zhu Yufeng gave Lilith a look. He looked at Lilith first, then at Mostima, before being dragged away by Elysia.

Watching the three figures disappear, Mostima looked at Lilith and said, "Lilith, these three old acquaintances of yours seem to have complicated backgrounds. Could they be from some secret military unit?"

The contact information was different from what she had investigated, and the way he looked at the surveillance footage was not something an ordinary young man would do. There was also that girl named Sakura, who claimed to be Elysia's older sister, an ordinary wage earner, but her eyes were also strange when she looked at the surveillance footage.

Lilith looked at Mostima and smiled, "Did you leave Maple's real contact information?"

Mostima didn't hide anything; she always thought the more fun the better. She had just enjoyed eating melons. She held her phone in front of Lilith and said, "Here, this is his contact information."

Lilith looked at the number on the screen. It turned out that Feng had changed his number this time. She said that she had dialed all the numbers Feng had used before, but they were either not in service or the person was not the right person.

On the way back to the hotel, Sakura spoke first, "That organization's secret base... I just wrote it down. But if we act ahead of time, we will inevitably have to fight with Xila."

Is Guo Xin Xila? Lilith guessed right. Elysia nodded slightly. And then...

"Personally, I think..." Zhu Yufeng glanced at Elysia and said, "Let's postpone the operation for now. Either we bring Qianjie over, or we'll have difficulty dealing with the Present..."

"Lilith told me everything," Elysia said. "Maple, you mean we can't show any mercy to Xila, and we have to make sure she's completely incapacitated, right?"

Zhu Yufeng paused for a moment. So Lilith had already deduced that Xila was related to this mission? He continued, "That's right, if necessary..."

Then kill Xila.

He should say it like this... he remembered how Xila had gently lifted Astaroth's butterfly form in his hands.

Xila may indeed lack the emotions that ordinary people should have, but spending a long time together can change many things.

"If necessary, postpone the mission," Zhu Yufeng changed his mind.

Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng. Just now... Feng definitely wanted to say that if necessary, they should kill Xila, right? But faced with the memories of the past, Feng's rationality unusually gave way to his emotions.

"Don't worry, leave it to me~" Elysia said with a smile, "Dealing with Xila is just like we did with Qianjie before~"

Zhu Yufeng said expressionlessly, "Xila is naturally immune to anesthesia, and at least she is still a human. The Qianjie Honkai Energy Blocker has little effect on her."

Moreover, the Present Honkai Energy inhibitor hasn't even been developed yet.

Elysia: "... Well, we do have other options, though they might not be suitable for a girl."

It's just... a slightly less friendly approach.

Looking at Elysia, Zhu Yufeng still seemed a little worried and said, "Elysia, if it's not working out, you don't need to force yourself..."

"Maple," Elysia said, "I just don't like it, that doesn't mean I can't do it."

After all, she was one of the dozen or so elite warriors who joined the Fire Moth after the Second Herrscher incident, and she wouldn't hesitate when she shouldn't.

Elysia shifted her gaze to the distance. "Besides, ending this mission sooner would be a better outcome for the other innocent people in this city, wouldn't it?"

"But I'm more afraid of you getting hurt," Zhu Yufeng said frankly. "You and Xila have never fought, and her fighting style is different from Qianjie's. Whether it's you, or Sakura, Kevin, Padokos... I don't want any of you to suffer harm that you shouldn't have because of Xila."

Who else lives in this city? It doesn't matter, it's none of his business.

"But, Maple, now that we've come all this way, we should also be prepared to accept the risks that haven't appeared before," Elysia said.

"If the opponent's main fighting force is only Xila, our chances of winning are actually not small," Sakura said. "Maple, I think we can give it a try."

This is not as simple as just giving it a try.

Zhu Yufeng wanted to say this, but in the end, he said, "Okay, we must make full preparations."