Lola's Disappearance (3)

As the mercenary climbed into the carriage, the lecherous mercenary who had been sitting there alone and looking sheepish immediately opened his mouth. "Ha! Dim, you're not bluffing, are you? The three of you caught someone from the Anomalies Bureau? And a real beauty at that?"

Dim said with a sly grin, "Of course someone from the Anomalies Bureau isn't easy to catch. But we had the secret drug the lord gave us. We blew it through the crack in the door while that woman wasn't paying attention, and she was dead asleep in less than half a minute! Forget carrying her out—we could've had our way with her right there, and she'd have lain there like a dead fish."

"Holy shit! You must've taken advantage of her plenty, you bastard! A woman from the Anomalies Bureau, too. I should've joined your group!"

"Don't get impatient. Maybe we'll all get a turn this time." Dim let out a leering chuckle. "I heard that besides the woman from the Anomalies Bureau, there are three other good-looking girls this time. Two of them are even nobles. After the trial, they'll probably all be eliminated. Lord Neva and the others get first pick, but we'll get to enjoy the taste of noble ladies afterward."

Through the Six-Headed Snake Woman possessing the mercenary, Green heard their conversation. Killing intent flashed in his eyes, but he also felt a measure of relief. "That woman from the Anomalies Bureau" was almost certainly Lola. They had become friends over the time they had spent together. And from what the two mercenaries had said, this had happened more than once. It seemed Mr. Cristiano was screening people for some purpose.

Mr. Cristiano had been planning this for a long time. At the very least, some kind of