(o▽)o Encountering a Bounty Hunter Squad
In the blink of an eye, Annie brought the two of them to their destination. She reminded them to keep an eye on the Ghost Suit's built-in communications system so they wouldn't miss the time to return, then went off to wander around by herself.
However...
As she wandered, Annie soon realized that there wasn't much fun to be had in a city that had been abandoned for decades.
Apart from crumbling walls and ruins everywhere, there were only vast patches of "flesh soil." It was practically a ghost town.
Anyway, the place was gloomy and terrifying, no less frightening than some of the haunted domains in that strange supernatural world she'd visited before. The only difference was that one place teemed with all kinds of monsters and demons with bizarre abilities, while the other had horrifying beasts that fed on people's souls and life force.
So, after wandering around for a while and deciding there was nothing much to see, Annie decided to head back.
After all, between Dragonbone Village, where there was food, drink, and fun, and these bird-shunned doomsday ruins covered in terrifying flesh soil, she knew which one was more fun.
But who could have expected that, right then—
Just as Annie was running out of patience and was about to go see how Xia Dou and Maiduo were doing with their scavenging...
She unexpectedly caught the faint sound of a commotion.
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
Boom—!
Boom—! Boom—!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
Dense gunfire and explosions rumbled faintly in the distance. From the sounds of it, there had to be quite a few people involved.
"Hmm..."
(ｏ‵-′)
After listening for a moment and pinpointing the direction, Annie quickly figured out what was