Laskey's Key Target!

[Click-clack, click-clack]

"Wake up."

At the stern of the black Armored Train, a slightly tired Laskey gently nudged Mata, who was leaning against the outer wall of the carriage and sleeping with her eyes closed. Marta slowly opened her eyes, and it took her less than two seconds to go from being drowsy to being fully awake.

"Is it already morning?"

"Um."

For the next three days, due to their height, the two of them were unable to change their clothes and blend in with the Hunters. Left with no other choice, they had to play the game of stealth with these people.

When soldiers came to patrol the end of the train, they would jump onto the carriages to hide, and if they needed food and water, Laskey would sneak into the carriages.

With his 'shaving' speed, 'Paper Arts' micro-control over his body, and the professional skills of a secret agent, he can remain silently in the blind spot of human eyes at all times.

If there are many people, use your ten fingers to pry open the metal sheet above the carriage, sticking to their heads like a gecko, and then find an opportunity to get water and rice balls.

To be honest, the difference in strength is so great that Laskey hasn't been discovered yet.

As for the three urgent needs...

These Hunters weren't always on the train. Every evening, they would stop along the way. After two people secretly observed them, they would replenish the steam boiler at the front of the train with fresh water, check the condition of the train, hunt and store meat, and let people get some fresh air.

This is enough time for the two of them to resolve their own issues.

There's one particularly annoying thing: when the train passes through areas with hills on both sides, many Kabane always jump over wildly.

This forced them to take action to ensure the cleanliness of the small spaces at the end of the chain.

Fortunately, the two adapted quickly, and after discussing it, they decided that one of them would sleep while the other kept watch.

Trusting in the opponent's strength and having long been accustomed to dangerous environments, the sleeping person had nothing to worry about and their sleep quality was generally fine.

It is morning.

"Wow, I never expected that our height would cause us so much trouble. Why are all the people in this world so short?"

Mata grumbled as she stood up and straightened her clothes, but Laskey didn't respond, because he had already been complaining to himself.

"There's something wrong with this Biba Amatori!"

"Last night I ran up to the front of the car from the roof and found a lot of Kabane aura below. One of them had a very special and strong mental fluctuation, full of unpleasant negative emotions. Considering their previous capture of Kabane, he must be planning to use these Kabane for something."

[Waaaaah----]

Just as he was about to continue speaking, a whistle sounded from the front of the train, indicating that the train was about to stop.

"Hey, what's going on?" Mata looked over in confusion, because this black train had never stopped this early in the past few days.

Looking at the azure river that appeared before him and the city that was gradually becoming clearer in the distance, Laskey reminded him, "We've arrived!"

"Great! We finally have a chance!" Mata exclaimed excitedly.

"Let's get off the vehicle first and then walk into the city, otherwise we'll definitely be discovered by the soldiers inside."

After saying that, Laskey jumped off without saying another word, completely ignoring that the train was still traveling at high speed. Seeing this, Mata did not hesitate and decisively turned into a blur to follow him.

The black train continued along the tracks toward the city gate of the post station. As it approached, the massive city gate slowly descended, and the tracks on it connected perfectly with the tracks at the broken bridge.

A clear river meanders beneath the bridge, its surface shimmering in the morning sunlight, welcoming this noisy visitor.

Its arrival awakened the people in the city who were still dreaming.

"They are the Hunters!"

"Long live the Liberators!!"

"Ah, being with the Hunters again, it feels so safe!"

Whether it was the armed soldiers guarding the city or the residents who poured out upon hearing the news, everyone's face was filled with bright smiles of excitement and admiration as they cheered for the black train that was slowly entering the city gate.

"What's going on? Who are those people?"

However, it was clear that some people in the crowd did not recognize the Hunters, and they asked the people around them with puzzled expressions.

"The Hunters."

"An independent force formed to eliminate the Kabane."

"They achieved victory after victory against the Kabane, sweeping away Kabane wherever they went, and the land returned to human hands!"

Just then, a group of imposing, armed soldiers in black uniforms stepped off the black train that had come to a stop. Each of them had an indifferent expression, showing no regard for the enthusiastic welcome from the people on both sides.

But people didn't mind their attitude either; on the contrary, they felt that this was how masters should be.

When a handsome man with long pink hair, holding a red-sheathed longsword in his right hand, walked over, accompanied by a beautiful woman with short blonde hair and a group of capable officers.

The atmosphere immediately reached its peak.

"It's Lady Mima!"

"What a heroic figure!"

"Truly worthy of being the General's son!"

Laskey and Mata, who had been hiding in a corner, had somehow put on loose-fitting kimonos, making themselves less out of place in the city.

At the same time, the two carefully observed every detail around them.

What's the next step?

"First, contact the base and listen to the intelligence gathered by the other groups. Then, report the situation of the Hunters to the base, especially the aura I sensed at the front of the vehicle."

"Um?"

As soon as Laskey finished speaking, his gaze suddenly focused on Red-Clad Girl who ran up to Biba Amatori, and he squinted as he said, "Another one exuding the aura of Kabane."

Even on the train, he and Mata had noticed that Biba Amatori and the blonde woman exuded an aura that was quite different from others.

After comparison, the two discovered that this aura was very similar to that of the Kabane, and judging from their combat performance when they first saw them eliminating the Kabane...

Biba Amatori and the Short-Haired Blonde Woman with her hair tied up were clearly 'extraordinary' in terms of strength, speed, and reaction time—that is, they surpassed the level of everyone else in this world.

"She seems to call Biba Amatori 'brother'," Mata said after listening for a moment.

"No, there's one more!"

Laskey, however, paid no attention to this. His sharp gaze, like an arrow, was fixed precisely on a boy standing at the back of the crowd opposite him.

It was a boy with gray-green hair, wearing glasses with a light green lens only on his right eye, and a bright green shirt. He was looking at Biba Amatori, who was talking to the girl in red in the middle of the field, with a serious expression.

"What's wrong with them, or are there actually quite a few people like them?"

At the same time.

A beautiful young woman, dressed in a pink kimono dress and with her hair in a Black Horse ponytail, approached Biba Amatori and the Red-Haired girl, accompanied by a black-haired Samurai with a similar ponytail, dressed in blue and black clothing, and carrying a sword at his waist.

"You must be Lord Biba Amatori? I am Ayame, the Ayame of the Yomogawa family."

"Yomogawa is where the Senior Councilor are."

Laskey squinted at the newly appeared girl, his interest piqued by her self-proclaimed title of leader of the Yomogawa family.

"A young girl as the head of the family?"

Seeing that the group followed Biba Amatori toward the black train, Laskey had already determined that this group of four people exuding the aura of Kabane was a key target.