The Wolf Hunter Hunts Wolves, with a Little Dragon in Tow / The Higher You Stand, the Farther You See...

"Tch. There were actually plenty of options, so why did you have to choose the worst one?"

Seeing the vicious-looking group charging at her, she helplessly spread her hands.

Against these ordinary Originium-infected patients with average physical abilities who had not even developed Originium Arts, Kanna did not need to use any skills. Relying solely on her terrifying physique and elusive speed, she easily knocked them all to the ground.

"Not bad moves. Want to learn assassination from me?" An eerie yet alluring woman leaned boredly against the doorway.

First, thanks to Chen Yueyu for the donation.

Section 51: Chapter 47: The Hunter Hunts Wolves, While the Young Dragon Lurks Behind

Kanna looked up, and the first thing that caught her eye was the woman's mountainous chest.

"She is a formidable enemy!"

Looking down at the two words on her chest, Kanna felt that this person must be her destined foe.

Though she did not know what the hatchling was thinking, she could clearly sense that the hatchling's first impression of her was not good. She decisively gave up on recruiting her.

"S.W.E.E.P. manager, Ascalon. Reinforcements will arrive here in five minutes..." With that, Ascalon turned and walked out.

By the time Kanna reached the doorway and looked outside, the other woman had already vanished.

"What a strange big-chested lady. Ascalon... Oh! I remember now—the head of SWEEP. Like LOGOS, she has quite the intimidating aura." Kanna hugged her dragon horns and thought for a while before recalling what she knew about Ascalon.

Not long after, a squad of operators hurried toward Kanna's location. When they saw that she was unharmed, they all sighed in relief. Then they turned to look inside and found several people sprawled haphazardly on the ground.

"Just these ones? Could there be any fish that slipped through among the people who left?" Though they trusted Kanna's strength, they still worried that she might have overlooked someone.

"Don't worry! I watched them for quite a while. I only acted after catching every single bug."

Seeing that the operators did not quite trust her, Kanna hurriedly patted her chest and promised that she had not missed a single bad person.

After they tied up the unconscious people and took them away, Kanna did not return to report on the mission. Whether she went back a little earlier or later made no difference, and what if they assigned her another task the moment she returned? She was only a hatchling; she did not want to start working 996 so early.

Even if Kal'tsit asked, she could say that she had thought over it and felt uneasy about some of the people she had let go, so she secretly observed them for a while. As for why her observations had somehow led her to the cafeteria or other places...

Well~ wasn't it perfectly normal for a child to get lost?

As she wandered about, Kanna noticed a strange gray shadow following several Lupo. Looking closely, she realized it was Red.

Come to think of it, although she and Red were neighbors, they had only met that one time over all this time.

Back then, she could easily sense Red's presence, but now, if she did not deliberately look for her, she would likely overlook her.

It seemed Red had improved quite a bit lately.

Kanna only knew that Red was very interested in Lupo tails, but she had never personally seen her "hunt." Curious, she quietly followed along.

After walking for a while, one Lupo girl separated from the others. Smiling, she headed toward the lounge area, unaware that a "wolf hunter" behind her was itching to make a move.

Suddenly, she stopped and looked toward a dessert shop beside her. A conflicted expression appeared on her face, as though she were considering whether to go in and try some sweets.

Just then, she suddenly felt a chill... Then someone grabbed her tail, and that person actually started tugging at it without permission.

With a startled cry and a flushed face, she looked behind her and discovered it was a little girl.

That immediately put her much more at ease. Having her tail tugged was not a pleasant feeling, but compared to turning around and seeing a greasy middle-aged man, seeing a little girl was undoubtedly the best possible outcome.

Seeing the other girl turn around, Red tugged down her hood and prepared to flee the scene.

But when she turned, she found a Little Dragon Person grinning right in front of her.

"Wow! What are you doing?"

Kanna had not expected things to get this exciting. Was this really something a hatchling like her was allowed to watch?

"Red hunts. Tails are the reward. Petting!"

Seeing that escape had failed, Red could only stop.

After examining Red in confusion, the Lupo girl suddenly looked enlightened.

"So you're the legendary person who roams all over Rhodes Island like a ghost, tugging on Lupo tails!

"I heard from my seniors that Lupo aboard the ship must avoid walking alone, or they would be followed by a mysterious person and punished with tail-tugging...

"I never expected that mysterious person to be such a cute girl! But touching someone without their permission is bad behavior, okay?"

Kanna took a look and saw that the girl also wore a Rhodes Island operator insignia, though hers marked her as a trainee operator.

"Sorry, big sister. I'll apologize to you on her behalf. How about I treat you to dessert?"

Kanna grabbed the girl and Red and headed for the dessert shop. As for why... naturally, she was not allowed to enter alone. But with two people accompanying her, she was no longer alone.

"Hey, hey..." The Lupo girl was dragged inside with a bewildered expression.

After entering, Kanna saw the approaching waitress and said grandly, "One of every dessert. Send the bill to Kal'tsit!"

"Uh... Can we really finish that much?" The Lupo girl looked slightly doubtful.

"Hm? No need to be polite. Order whatever you want. Kal'tsit is paying anyway." Kanna tilted her head in confusion. What did she mean, "we"? Kanna had only ordered for herself. After all, people had different preferences even when it came to desserts. She would not presumptuously order everything for someone she had only just met.

"???" The Lupo girl felt terrible. One of every dessert would probably make the three of them burst in this dessert shop... And the bill would be sent to Doctor Kal'tsit... Oh no, she was only a lowly intern doctor. She did not dare make the head of Rhodes Island's Medical Department pay for her meal.

"Red?"

"Desserts smell strong. Bad for hiding." After sniffing the air in the shop, Red seemed to want to retreat.

"Hey, since we're already here, have some. Desserts are food that makes people happy, you know."

"Red does not need them. Hunting and petting tails make Red happy." At the mention of petting tails, Red's own tail began swishing excitedly.

"Then try it. Just one bite?"

Thinking that Kal'tsit might not accept the bill if it was only for herself, Kanna kept coaxing Red. Red was Kal'tsit's "beloved dog," after all. Only with Red here could Kanna's plan to freeload succeed.

Finding that she could not escape, Red could only obediently sit down, open her mouth, and accept Kanna's feeding.

At first, the Lupo girl found the scene before her heartwarming, but gradually, something felt wrong...

The main reason was that after eating a few pieces, Red declared herself full. After that, dessert after dessert disappeared into the mouth of the child named Kanna.

By her calculations, even conservatively speaking, the amount of dessert Kanna ate would take her a full week of three meals a day to finish.

She had been considering paying the bill earlier, but at this price, she would probably have to sell herself to the dessert shop to afford it.

Forget it! On one side was selling herself, and on the other was having the bill delivered to her superior. Both were bad endings, so the girl stopped caring and flopped onto the sofa—she gave up.

Section 52: Chapter 48: Only Those Who Stand High Can See Far

Under the Lupo girl's lifeless gaze, Kanna calmly finished every dessert that was brought over. She even politely thanked the waitress before the group finally left the shop.

"Red is going to train. Hunt."

After leaving the shop, Red unusually took the initiative to say goodbye to Kanna.

"Mm-hm! See you next time!" Kanna, completely satisfied after eating, waved goodbye to Red, then slipped away on her own while the Lupo girl was still in a daze.

After wandering all the way to the upper levels, Kanna had originally planned to go play in the greenhouse and take a nap while she was there. Instead, she ran into Scout on the way.

He was leading Long Scorpion toward the outer section, and Kanna immediately called out to him.

"Hi! Uncle Scout, where are you going to have fun? Take me with you!"

Though she clearly knew he was heading that way to change shifts at the watchtower, Kanna deliberately asked anyway.

Seeing Kanna's eager expression, Scout pointed at the gate. "Want to go outside and play? Fine, but you have to agree to a few conditions!"

"Okay, okay! Name your conditions!" The moment she heard she could go outside, Kanna's eyes lit up.

"First, you may not leave the watchtower or leave my sight without permission. Second, if you get tired of playing and want to leave, you must return indoors under supervision. You may not linger outside. Third, you must obey instructions."

After getting to know her over this period, Scout knew it was better to guide than to block. With Kanna's strength, if she truly wanted to sneak out, it would be easy. The gate could not stop her at all. Yet she had never used that method, which showed that she still followed the rules.

That was why he agreed when he saw that Kanna wanted to go outside.

"Deal!" She had only intended to go up high and enjoy the scenery anyway. Several earlier attempts had been ruined by various problems, leaving her unable to enjoy herself properly.

After the previous incident, apart from going outside with a group of people to test their moves, she had not had another chance to visit the watchtower. This time, with Scout taking her up there, she decided to behave herself and stop causing trouble.

After all, adults might find the occasional harmless prank from a child amusing, but constant mischief was simply annoying.

Obediently following behind Scout, the group smoothly completed the handover with the operators stationed at the watchtower.

The operators on duty before them were startled when they saw Kanna arrive. After all, the title "Rhodes Island's Hungry Dragon" had long become famous among the operators.

But seeing that Scout had brought her, they relaxed. If the sky fell, the tall ones would hold it up. The captain had brought her here, so if anything went wrong, no one would blame little grunts like them.

Sitting at the top, Kanna could not help sighing as she looked at the surrounding scenery. She had only seen such endless stretches of wasteland, with nothing but wild beasts surviving upon them, on television before. This was her first time observing it so closely in person.

"Want to play a game?" Scout handed Kanna a bottle of juice and sat down beside her.

"Wow! You're playing games instead of working seriously. I'm telling Kal'tsit."

"...You little brat. Believe it or not, if you dare tattle on me, I'll tell Outcast about all the bad things you've done lately. Kal'tsit might only scold me a couple of times, but Outcast will spank you."

He had not expected this little brat to mistake his good intentions for ill will. He was trying to find something fun to keep her from getting bored, and she was taking shots at him.

"Tch! An adult who only knows how to tattle!" Kanna took the juice and gulped it down in several large swallows. Since the juice tasted good, she decided magnanimously to forgive Scout. It was definitely not because she was afraid of Outcast.

"What game is it?"

After tacitly putting their bickering behind them, Kanna looked at Scout. He had not brought anything with him, so she wondered how they were supposed to play a game.

"Heh heh! As snipers, our strongest weapons are these eyes of ours. Each person picks a nearby landmark and describes its rough appearance and approximate direction, then the other person has to find it. You get ten minutes. Whoever finds the other person's landmark first wins."

After hearing Scout explain the rules, Kanna could not help laughing. Her eyes had an incredibly long viewing range; she could clearly see an ant nest several kilometers away. Scout wanted to compete with her in eyesight? Winning would be ridiculously easy.

"Fine. For the first round, I'll take the left, and you take the right."

With that, Kanna climbed up from the ground, stood on tiptoe, and looked outside. Before long, she spotted two Originium slugs fighting on a small hill. The hill was roughly three to four kilometers from the landship. Though nothing blocked the view, Originium slugs were only about the size of a normal person's head. Even with equipment, finding two fighting slugs in such a vast area would be difficult. The surrounding terrain was also highly distinctive, so she was not worried about Scout cheating by randomly naming a location.

Soon, the two exchanged their locations and information. Scout's clue for Kanna was a crooked tree with a strip of red cloth hanging from it.

At first, Kanna was caught in her usual mindset and assumed Scout would choose something far away. She searched the distance for a long time without finding it. Just as time was about to run out and she lowered her gaze to admit defeat, she suddenly noticed that the crooked tree was less than a hundred meters directly below the landship.

That made her furious. That rotten Scout had tricked a child like her. He was simply inhuman—a demon.

No, Scout was Sarkaz. He was a demon. So that was fine.

On the other side, Scout was searching so hard that he was sweating. The clue this little brat gave him was two Originium slugs fighting on a small hill. He searched every inch within three kilometers of the landship and did not spot even a trace of an Originium slug.

Kanna could not possibly be lying to him, could she? Could they be farther away?

With that question in mind, Scout looked farther into the distance. Just before time ran out, he finally found the two Originium slugs fighting.

"What the hell, this is a 'fight'?" Kanna did not understand the movements of Originium slugs. Seeing the two bugs constantly bumping into each other, she instinctively assumed they were fighting. In reality, they were mating.

He glanced at Kanna and decided not to tell her that.

Still, he was deeply shocked. By his estimate, they were about four kilometers away. Kanna could clearly see the movements of two Originium slugs at that distance. She was practically born to be a sniper.

After all, a sniper could train their technique and skills, but eyesight was fixed by one's natural constitution. Without equipment, someone who could see farther and more clearly was simply more suited to being a sniper than someone who could only see nearby things.

Thinking of the rumors that quite a few Elite Operators wanted to take Kanna as an apprentice, Scout felt somewhat tempted himself.

Section 53: Chapter 49: A Divorced Mother Brings Her Daughter and Subordinates to Seek Refuge

"Ahem. Kanna..." Scout cautiously crouched down, wearing a somewhat ingratiating smile.

"No."

"I haven't even said anything yet..."

"Looking at you like this, it definitely isn't anything good. Since it isn't anything good, I won't do it no matter what it is." Kanna gave Scout a disdainful once-over and said.

Scout immediately grew anxious. "How is it not something good? I saw that you have talent and wanted to teach you how to become a sniper. I'm not bragging—if I announced that I was looking for an apprentice, the applicants would line up from Kazdel to Remupton."

"Downstairs, there was even a pretty big-chested sister who wanted to teach me assassination, and I didn't agree. How about you two fight, and I'll follow whoever wins? Though I think your odds aren't very good..."

After hearing that, Scout slapped the roof so hard it rang. "Impossible! There are only a few people in all of Rhodes Island who dare claim to be better than me at assassination and sniping. Tell me her name. I'll personally go compare notes with her."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!"

"Hmm~ Let me think. That sister was called Ascalon, I think. She looked a little fierce... Can you really beat her?"

"Isn't she As... As what was it? Ascalon... Cough, cough, cough... Kanna, the sun outside is a little harsh. I'm going to get some juice. Want some?"