A Little Spicy =?

(Notice: Don't forget Annihilation.)

"My Lady Leizi, what's going on today?"

Blaze followed Leizi out of the cafeteria. She had been having a great time, but Leizi had suddenly dragged her out.

"Shh, keep it down. Come with me."

Leizi lightly jolted the big cat with an electric current. Blaze shuddered all over and could only obediently follow Leizi outside.

They had not gone far from the cafeteria. Leizi merely found an empty spot and stopped.

"Well? Why are you being so mysterious..."

Blaze muttered as she leaned against the wall.

She and Leizi were about the same height, one 1.72 meters and the other 1.71. Standing together, neither young woman seemed to have any advantage in presence.

"Is that Bai Ye from Yan? His Yan accent sounds very authentic..."

Leizi leaned close and whispered into Blaze's ear.

Blaze rolled her eyes.

"What kind of question is that? Why don't you just check her—his file? Why ask me?"

Then, growing curious, she asked:

"Come to think of it, you've been acting strange today. Could it be... Bai Ye has something to do with my case—that matter?"

Blaze was no fool. Though she did not know why Leizi was asking about Bai Ye's birthplace, she roughly guessed that Leizi believed Bai Ye might be connected to her past and the case she carried.

Most Rhodes Island operators did not know why a Yan official, a high-ranking official already serving in the Investigation Department of Dali Temple, had come to Rhodes Island.

Only a few people knew.

During that chance encounter in Lungmen, Leizi had seen Blaze and immediately recognized her connection to a major case recorded within Dali Temple.

So, after the Chernobog incident ended, Leizi had not returned to Yan. Instead, she had chosen to come to Rhodes Island to