Zhao Bai gave him a puzzled look. The gloomy clown made Fu Hua feel physically uncomfortable. "What lewd nonsense are you trying to say now?"
"Quick, carry her bridal style."
"..."
That did seem to make sense. Fu Hua considered it carefully, and it did indeed seem perfectly reasonable.
She stepped forward.
With her left hand supporting Kiana's neck and her right beneath the girl's thighs, she gently lifted her up.
As if she were picking up a box of fragile goods.
"S-Squad Leader?!"
"Kiana, please do not harbor unnecessary fantasies about me. You are not Teacher Himeko."
"Got it."
The mischievous Kiana was unexpectedly obedient in front of Fu Hua.
Zhao Bai took out his phone.
Click.
He left behind evidence that the Fu Hua-Kiana faction regarded as spiritual nourishment.
They were not the only outsiders in this city. Others were silently watching everything unfold.
Siegfried.
The white-haired man had lost an arm, and no one had tended to his face. Scruffy stubble covered his cheeks, but that was hardly important. The dust of travel could not conceal his charm.
"I'm so scared."
The moment Siegfried opened his mouth, he utterly destroyed the charm of a weathered old man.
"I just wanted to give this thing to Fu Hua. Why is Kiana with her?"
"And what's with that clown?"
He pressed the spherical button tucked into his ear. After a series of quantum encryptions, he connected to Dr. Einstein, who was far away in North America.
"Einstein!"
"Hmm?"
"I'm in Singapore, but I can't find a chance to give the thing to Fu Hua."
"Don't you always say you're very strong?"
Einstein's eternally unruffled voice came through the call. "Besides, you're an experienced mission operative. You're good at infiltration, assassination, and head-on combat. You'll definitely find an opportunity