Whoosh.
When Mo Bai emerged from the shadows and saw Gabriella again, she was standing on a rooftop with an ice cream in her hand.
He remembered how surprised he had been when he first learned that the Demon Hunter liked ice cream.
Back then, he had assumed someone with a title and outfit as cool as Gabriella's would have more unusual tastes in food, too.
As it turned out, he had simply overthought it.
"Well, well. A wanted fugitive from Star Torch Academy dares to come see a Demon Hunter like me?"
Seeing Mo Bai stroll right up to her, Gabriella couldn't help teasing him.
While wandering around the Academy as usual, she had heard the rumor that Mo Bai and Mo Hei were spies within it.
Before returning, she had been happy for Mo Bai, a junior she had once taught, and proud of him.
It wasn't just because of the time they had spent together. News that he had defeated the Threnodian Aleph-1 had already spread beyond Lahai Luo.
But just as she returned to celebrate her former pupil's achievement, she heard that he was a spy.
As for how credible that rumor was...
She certainly didn't believe it.
Her memories of the time she had spent with Mo Bai were still vivid.
Simply put, she trusted that Mo Bai wasn't that kind of person.
Some of Star Torch Academy's students apparently found the claim unconvincing, too. It hadn't spread nearly as far as the news of Mo Bai defeating the Threnodian.
"What wanted fugitive? I'm a trainee Threnodian of the Black Shores, sent here by its boss to deliver your orders in person."
With that, Mo Bai brandished the new Terminal in his hand.
He had received the gourd-shaped Terminal after passing Rover's assessment.
Gabriella examined