The Little Brave Leaps

Bede City, City Defense Garrison, prison.

"Elsa, how does he feel? Is he a pureblood demon?"

After being out of the picture for ages, Sally, the Third Young Master of the Bede Family, and Hero Elsa made their grand appearance!

They were in the most heavily guarded prison. A young man was tightly bound to a cross, and gentle holy light continuously healed his body while also suppressing his transformation.

If Si Telan had learned Shadow Clone and could appear here as well as in Zane Dungeon, she would definitely have recognized the man tied to the cross as Ya Er, Morgan's other lackey.

The classic trio setup was never absent. With Morgan and Ya Yi around, it was hardly surprising that these demons also had a Ya Er.

Hero Elsa circled Ya Er, baring a mouthful of sharklike teeth with a fierce glare one moment, then looking confused the next.

Sally could not quite make sense of the situation.

Because of her childhood experiences, Elsa had developed a sharp sensitivity to demons. If a demon or monster's aura was nearby, she could detect it immediately.

But what did her current indecisive attitude mean?

"This person seems like one, but also doesn't," Elsa said, pinching her nose as she moved away from Ya Er. In her eyes, demons were shit, while Ya Er was a person covered head to toe in the smell of shit who occasionally even turned into shit.

Call him human, and he could turn into a demon. Call him a demon, and yet he was human at his core.

"Even you can't tell?" Sally leaned against the wall, his thoughts drifting into the past.

When the demons had been thrown out by the dungeon and knocked his useless second brother unconscious, the guards swiftly arrived, brought the situation under control, and captured all the demons for transport to prison.

But during the transfer, one of the demons suddenly melted away, revealing the person inside—Ya Er.

No one had ever seen a demon turn into a human before. The captain of the guard immediately decided to detain Ya Er separately from the other demons, so Ya Er was locked up at the most heavily guarded City Defense Garrison.

Sally's father, Count Philip, should have come personally for this matter, but the old man had personally taken a batch of Blood Therapy Potions to the royal capital a few days ago, leaving only his most trusted son, Sally, to watch over the house.

If the eldest young master, Ka Rong, had been around, this task should have fallen to him. Unfortunately, he had not sent a single letter home since leaving, so the Bede Family had no idea what he was doing.

Sally had rushed over the moment he received the news, bringing Elsa along with him.

A demon had turned into a human. It was truly unbelievable.

Ya Er's identity was quickly investigated. He was merely a street-roaming thug. How had he come into contact with demons? Unless he had somehow been secretly swapped out by demons at some point—but that explanation did not hold up either. Why would demons replace someone with a petty thug?

So the guards continued investigating Ya Er's social connections and finally found a lead—

The Anti-Dungeon Organization.

Ya Er and all his good friends were members of the Anti-Dungeon Organization.

In truth, they did not even count as peripheral members. At most, they were supporters of the Anti-Dungeon Organization's ideals. But following that lead further revealed that Tai Mu Da had been in contact with them.

Tai Mu Da was a genuine member of the Anti-Dungeon Organization and had organized two marches. Some time ago, members of his organization had committed murder in the street, an act so egregious that the Bede Family had just been preparing to deal with them.

But the sudden emergence of the Gourmet Area disrupted those plans. By the time everyone came to their senses after the lure of delicious food, Tai Mu Da had already sold off all his property and fled far away.

This world was one enormous amateur operation.

After a long, speechless silence, the guards investigating the matter immediately began looking into everyone connected to Tai Mu Da. No matter what kind of connection it was, anyone who had contact with him was to be brought in for questioning!

"Let's see once the priests from the Holy Light Church arrive," Sally said, rubbing the bridge of his nose and wondering why there had been so many strange incidents lately.

"Let's go, Elsa." He decided to check on the guards' interrogations.

Elsa left the interrogation room while looking back every other step.

She was considering whether to kill Ya Er, but she was not sure whether he truly counted as a demon.

To Elsa, demons were to be killed without mercy!

"Guard this place carefully. Don't let anyone enter," Sally instructed the guards before walking near the interrogation room. Looking through the window, he saw a black-haired young man being questioned.

"What is his relationship with Tai Mu Da?" Sally asked the guard beside him.

"He rented Tai Mu Da's shop," the guard said. "It should just be a coincidence. He doesn't seem suspicious."

Sally shook his head. "Even the slightest suspicion must be investigated carefully. This concerns demons. We absolutely cannot let our guard down."

"Yes!"

They needed to ask the mages to conduct demon detection throughout Bede City as soon as possible. As Sally thought this over, he absentmindedly listened to the conversation in the interrogation room.

"Name?"

"Ma Lei Da."

"Race?"

"Completely, absolutely human."

"Gender?"

"..." Gong Qiying lowered his head to look, then said, "Bull Owner."

"What the hell?" The interrogator gave him a strange look and wrote "male" on the paper.

"So you know I'm male."

Gong Qiying grumbled. He wanted to add, How dare you assume my gender? But then he remembered this was another world, where no one would understand the joke, so he let it go.

"How did you come to know Tai Mu Da?" the interrogator continued.

"I saw his rental advertisement in the newspaper. It was that simple."

"Every inch of White Whale Street is worth a fortune. Tai Mu Da's rent was so low. Didn't you suspect a scam?"

"I'm poor." Gong Qiying looked at the interrogator gloomily. "When someone is poor enough, they don't have time to think about whether there's a trap. They just want to get a bargain."

"What kind of crooked logic is that?"

The interrogator and Sally outside said it in unison.

The interrogator asked a few more questions before finally reaching a conclusion: Gong Qiying truly had no connection to Tai Mu Da. He was simply a tenant, and Tai Mu Da had been his landlord.

"You may leave. Thank you for your cooperation." The interrogator waved a hand.

"It's nothing, it's what I should do," Gong Qiying said politely.

Unexpectedly, that answer greatly pleased the interrogator. The people questioned earlier had all been seasoned troublemakers who refused to cooperate in every possible way. Gong Qiying's attitude, by comparison, was excellent—he was practically a perfect gentleman.

So he said, "Wait a moment. Go to the finance office and collect compensation for your lost work time."

"Thank you kindly."

This trip had actually gained Gong Qiying quite a lot.

From the interrogator's words, he learned of the Anti-Dungeon Organization. "Hundred Faced Horned Snake" was the name of the tattoo on the members' necks.

That confirmed it: his enemy was the Anti-Dungeon Organization, and his landlord Tai Mu Da was also a member.

"But he ran away, so he can't be caught. The other members have gone into hiding too."

Walking down the corridor, Gong Qiying considered how he could catch a conscious member of the Anti-Dungeon Organization.

"Thud, thud, thud."

A flurry of footsteps sounded behind him, along with an urgent, boyish shout: "Elsa, stop!"

Gong Qiying turned around in confusion, and a shadow fell over him.

A young girl was charging straight at him!

It was Elsa.