Scar

Lu Li asked, "I see. What is the goal of the Fractsidus, then?"

Yangyang sighed. "I don't know what their actual goal is. Some members claim they want to destroy the world, while others claim they are pursuing eternal power."

Seeing Yangyang clutching a few red cards in her hand, Lu Li pointed at the items and said,

"You said earlier that the Fractsidus did this just because you saw these?"

Yangyang nodded. "That's right. There is an exceptionally crazy Overseer within the Fractsidus, mad enough to stand out even among a bunch of maniacs."

"Treating all order as nothing, destroying and committing evil for fun-he is the representative of Chaotic Revelry... I've seen these cards in files related to the Fractsidus."

"They come precisely from one of the Fractsidus Overseers, Scar."

"If it was him, then what kind of cruel, perverted things did he do to the people in the village..."

Lu Li muttered, deep in thought, "Could the leaf given by the Magistrate refer to the Fractsidus? Or perhaps this village..."

"...What was that sound?" Yangyang suddenly spoke up.

"Huh? Is there a sound?" Lu Li looked at her strangely.

"My Resonance Ability allows me to clearly sense the flow in the wind."

With that, Yangyang walked toward a patch of grass. After taking a few glances, she picked up an orange cat from the bushes.

Lu Li and A Piao breathed a sigh of relief at the sight. They thought it was some Remnant...

Yangyang smiled as she held the orange cat, a very picturesque scene.

Yet in the very next second, a dark red gate abruptly appeared behind Yangyang.

All three of them were stunned by this sudden turn of events. Lu Li even gripped the Mingyu tightly in his hand.

The orange cat in Yangyang's arms instantly bristled and leaped out of her grasp.

A Piao reacted swiftly, instantly rushing forward in an attempt to grab Yangyang.

However, the red gate contracted even faster. In just the blink of an eye, Yangyang and the red gate vanished together.

"It seems... the carefully prepared self-introduction won't come in handy."

A man's voice rang out from behind the two. They whipped their heads around to look, only to see a man dressed in red sitting on the rooftop.

A sinister smile hung on the corners of his lips as he toyed with a dark red card in his hand.

The next second, he clenched all the cards in his palm, then spread them out once more.

Every single card was stained with flames, fluttering through the air as if cheering for his entrance.

The man jumped down from the roof, and only then did Lu Li notice the scar on his face.

"You're... Scar?"

He sported a head of white hair with red highlights inside.

Lu Li noticed his eyes were two different colors-one red, and the other a lifeless gray.

"If you need me to introduce myself again... yes, I am Scar."

"That 'cruel, perverted maniac'."

Lu Li drew the Mingyu and aimed it at him. "Where is Yangyang?"

Scar stared at Lu Li and sneered, "What a pity I couldn't send the two of you away together."

Lu Li's eyes narrowed slightly. Send them away together?

Since he used the word "send away," Yangyang should not be in any major danger for the moment.

And furthermore... did Scar want to meet A Piao alone?

Scar spread his arms. "A rare meeting shouldn't have any strong interferences, right?"

"That girl..." Scar pointed at the tense Lu Li, "And you, you'll affect the Rover's judgment."

A Piao stepped forward to stand shoulder to shoulder with Lu Li. "What on earth do you want to do?"

Lu Li cried, "Give Yangyang back to me!"

Scar said to A Piao, "Rest assured, I don't intend to make you treat me as an enemy just yet... So, she is very safe right now."

"Let's first thoroughly enjoy our time alone in the present, and cast all irrelevant people to the back of our minds. After all, we still have a lot to say."

Seeing Scar directly ignore him, Lu Li tightened his grip on the Mingyu, wanting to strike.

Even though he had no idea whether he could defeat such a Fractsidus Overseer.

Yet Yangyang's life or death was unknown right now, not to mention who knew if the man in front of him was lying.

Yangyang had said before that he was a madman.

However, just as Lu Li wanted to step forward, A Piao reached out and pressed down on him.

Lu Li looked at A Piao in confusion, only to see that she didn't speak, merely shaking her head slightly.

Seeing this scene, Scar laughed with a hint of unhinged mania:

"Hahaha..."

Stopping his laughter, he looked at Lu Li. "It seems you really do care about her."

"Though failing to send you away from here along with her was my blunder, it's of no great consequence. After all, someone like you who popped out of thin air isn't part of our plans."

Hearing this, Lu Li calmed down slightly. How did he know he had popped out of thin air?

While the few girls around him knew he wasn't from this world, he didn't think anyone would tell the Fractsidus about it.

He still remembered when he had first crossed over; it was on the cliffside beside Die Shiping.

At that time, there was no one around except Bai Zhi.

Lu Li pondered for a moment and turned to look at A Piao. Perhaps it was because of A Piao...

After all, he truly had no connection to this world whatsoever, while A Piao was an amnesiac who, judging from the events of the past two days, at least had deep ties to Jinzhou.

Perhaps ever since then, the people of the Fractsidus had been monitoring A Piao, and along the way, they had also targeted him for being close to A Piao.

And since he said he wasn't in their plans, according to general principles, saying something like that meant he would very likely be eliminated by them.

In that brief instant, Lu Li thought of many things and finally reached a conclusion: the Fractsidus could not be left alone!

Lu Li took a deep breath and looked at A Piao once more.

He saw that she was still watching him. A Piao's expression right now was exceptionally calm, and Lu Li understood the meaning in her eyes.

Let's see what he wants to do first.

Lu Li nodded slightly, reversing his grip on the Mingyu and concealing it behind his elbow.

Do not forget, he still had Comrade's Hammer and Red Skies • Shadowless.

He also currently possessed the Walking with Rover talent, which would increase all skill levels by one.

After running through his trump cards in his mind, Lu Li settled down a little.

Scar clapped his hands, drawing the attention of the two back to him.

Scar looked at A Piao. "I heard you lost your memories?"

A Piao's expression was aloof. "You've been tailing me?"

Scar smiled. "You noticed? Now that's more like it."

Hearing this, Lu Li thought to himself that as expected, A Piao's identity went far beyond what they had uncovered so far.

"Don't hold such deep hostility toward me. Since you sensed it, you should know that I am merely one of the onlookers."

One of the onlookers?

What kind of identity could possibly draw the covetous eyes of numerous factions?

Scar stepped forward. "Yet I am the only one who has walked up to you in the open."