New Reinforcements (Continued)

"I'll come back once I've taken care of things over there. Until then, be careful."

With that, Li Ke vanished in an instant. Lucy had wanted to ask him what exactly her job was supposed to be, but all she saw was his figure abruptly disappear!

"What kind of cyberware does he even have?"

He hadn't turned invisible or left in a flash. He had simply vanished like that.

Lucy grew more and more certain that the people she'd run into were no ordinary folk. Wary, she eyed the shotgun shells mounted on Yang Xiaolong's armguard. After thinking it over, she turned to Lux Klein.

"So, Miss Lux Klein, what do you need me to do? Just so we're clear, I won't get involved in your affairs."

Lux Klein merely smiled before replying.

"Then, Miss Lucy, please tell us about this world."

Lucy paused, then remembered that Li Ke had outright told them they weren't from this world. Steadying herself, she began explaining the situation to Lux Klein and the others.

The scavengers scraping by on the streets, the gangs in the cities, the world splintered apart after the nuclear war, and the rogue AIs that had driven people mad and set human technology back countless years.

Every detail left Lux Klein and the others amazed. Pepper in particular was struck by it. She wasn't yet part of America's upper class, but everything that had happened in this world fit all too well with her own American predictions about the future.

Meanwhile, on Li Ke's side—

Li Ke appeared beside Tsunade in an instant. She reflexively swung at him, but once she sensed his presence, her fist—powerful enough to split mountains and shatter stone—stopped short and landed softly against him.

"What on earth happened, Li Ke?"

Tsunade asked sternly. She