Selene had already heard the voices of Red Guardian, Alexei Shostakov, through her earpiece. Though she had not seen him in person, she decided he was worth taking a chance on and followed him. "Let's go. I'll come with you."
By saying "come with," she was actually implying that she could leave whenever she wanted. Black Super had no interest in correcting her. "Then keep up." He led the way, displaying impressive parkour skills and crossing any difficult terrain by the fastest route possible. The only thing he would not do was pointless flips. They simply wasted too much time.
Selene followed behind, watching this newly appeared stranger. The scent coming off him was strange, unlike anything she had ever smelled before. Yet instinctively, she felt as though she had encountered him somewhere before.
Of course, she could not have known that when Alexei had seized the raw materials for manufacturing UV Bullets, the armored squad that had rescued people from the encirclement had included Black Super. The armor's seal had been too effective for Selene to smell anything, so she had no memory of him.
Selene quickly cast that inexplicable feeling aside. She had not forgotten what a dangerous situation she was in. If the man leading her had ulterior motives and the road ahead was a trap, she had to notice quickly enough to have time to react.
But as they moved, Selene suddenly found something strange. She had not encountered the military police hunting Vampires again. Before this, no matter how careful she was, whether she traveled through ordinary alleys or passed through buildings, she would always run into enemies somewhere.
It was as if she were trapped in a huge net. No matter where she went, she would still be within it. Yet now that she