Just as Cui Ciyou was lost in thought...
Vera, standing nearby, picked up where Carl had left off.
The voluptuous female warrior added indignantly:
"Those damned bastards!"
"They specifically abduct homeless refugee children."
"Especially Demi-Human and Beastfolk children."
"Then they sell them on the black market for huge profits!"
Watching Vera, Cui Ciyou thought to himself:
Sure enough, women with hot bodies in this world have hot tempers to match.
Shera nodded as well and said softly:
"The city guards simply can't handle it all."
"Even when they catch those traffickers, there are often nobles backing them."
"They're released again after just a few days."
Carl's gaze sharpened.
"So, while carrying out our Search-and-Rescue Mission, we also do whatever else we can."
"Like rescuing abducted children from those traffickers!"
"Buzz and the others had just sneaked this child out of a trafficker's hideout."
"They used a sack to conceal the child so they wouldn't attract attention."
"We never expected to run into you here and cause such a huge misunderstanding."
Hearing this, Cui Ciyou thought:
This Rescue Corps has now evolved into a civilian organization that also acts something like a vigilante group.
Still, the Rescue Corps here has actually grown to a thousand members.
Even if most of them aren't capable of fighting.
And these trafficking groups have local nobles behind them, too.
Considering all this, Cui Ciyou formed a conjecture.
It seems Paul's Greyrat name has made a difference.
What the Greyrat name means in the Asla Kingdom goes without saying.
In a sense, the Greyrat surname carries no less weight than the name Asura.
With that in mind, Cui Ciyou asked tentatively:
"So, does Paul... know you're doing all this?"
"Of course Captain Paul knows!"
Carl's expression suggested that this was only natural.
"This was all the