Yurina's Predicament

"What kind of people abducted her?"

"They looked like a few thugs. They had been lying in wait at the entrance to the shrine, and then..."

Black Eye described the surveillance footage from beginning to end. Although the image quality was somewhat blurry, and some events had happened far from the cameras, it was still enough to roughly reconstruct what had occurred.

"After abducting the girl, they drove to the suburbs west of the city. There were barely any surveillance cameras there, and there wasn't enough time. After that, I lost their trail."

For Black Eye, using her ability in those few short seconds to locate Yurina, understand the situation, and track them all the way to the west side of the city had already been her limit. If she had been able to use her ability a little longer, she should have been able to narrow down the area further.

After listening to Black Eye's account, Lin Qiye's expression gradually darkened.

"I understand." Lin Qiye nodded and looked at Hong Yan. "Go to the last place they were seen in the west of the city. Then we'll search outward from there, bit by bit."

Warehouse.

Yurina lay weakly in The Dark Room in the corner of the warehouse, her hands tied behind her back, unable to move. Horrific bruises covered her body.

In the darkness, she endured the pain while doing her best to observe her surroundings.

Judging from its furnishings, this was probably an abandoned warehouse office. The space was cramped, with several rusted metal racks against the walls on either side, covered in cobwebs and dust. There were no windows, and aside from a few nearly rotten cardboard boxes, nothing had been left behind.

Yurina took a deep breath, curled herself up, and inched closer to