43: Righteous Senior Sister

Cen Qingci’s voice was clear and sweet, but when it reached Xiao Shi’s ears, his heart trembled slightly.

At this moment, Xiao Shi was not wearing the Night Watch’s uniform.

He was dressed like an ordinary person.

Yet, Cen Qingci recognized him as a Night Watch at a glance, which surprised Xiao Shi.

“Senior Sister… you know me?”

Cen Qingci smiled.

“I’ve seen you a few times in the city. Your last mission was to patrol Jin Yun City, wasn’t it?”

Xiao Shi nodded.

He hadn't expected her to have noticed him.

Indeed, during that period, he had appeared near Cen Qingci quite often.

He had thought that a genius like Cen Qingci wouldn’t pay attention to a small fry like him, and even if she did, she wouldn’t remember him.

He hadn't expected her to recognize him at a glance.

This was somewhat different from the other Night Watch of Team A.

The Team A Night Watch Xiao Shi had met were almost all arrogant, always looking down on the Night Watch of Team Ding, and mostly ignored them when they met.

Cen Qingci, as the most prominent and dazzling genius in Team A,

was different from those Team A Night Watch.

She didn't possess that overbearing pride.

She treated every Night Watch with normal respect.

There was no sense of superiority in her thoughts or demeanor.

She had some impression of the Night Watch she usually saw in the city.

Even if she couldn't recall their names, she knew they were Night Watch.

This also changed Xiao Shi’s perception of her.

“Is Senior Sister’s mission also here?”

Now, both Team Ding and Team A had begun their next round of missions. Her appearance here at this time most likely meant she was here to carry out a mission.

Xiao Shi just hadn't expected their missions to be in the same place.

“Mm!”

Cen Qingci nodded, not hiding anything, and whispered to him,

“I’m here to kill Zhuo Fu, the leader of the Silver Scale Gang. This person secretly harmed many Night Watch, thinking we wouldn’t know. Hmph, he underestimates the intelligence capabilities of our Night Watch Division too much.”

“Zhuo Fu, the leader of the Silver Scale Gang?”

Xiao Shi was stunned.

Based on the intelligence he had, he knew clearly that this Zhuo Fu was a strong warrior at the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

He hadn't expected Cen Qingci, an Entering Martial Realm Seventh Level, to directly dare to kill an Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

Are Team A’s missions all this exciting?

“Senior Sister is truly amazing!”

Xiao Shi said with a look of admiration.

“Actually, with my current strength, I can’t kill an Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level warrior yet. I need to prepare some powerful methods. By the way, what’s your mission?”

Cen Qingci asked curiously.

Xiao Shi immediately told her about his mission.

“Is that so…”

Cen Qingci pondered for a moment.

“I need to leave for a while now to prepare a powerful weapon that can help me kill Zhuo Fu. It will probably take about three hours. How about you wait for me, Junior Brother? Once I kill Zhuo Fu, I’ll help you find that wanted criminal. I’ll cripple him first, and you can deliver the final blow.”

“It’s still very dangerous here. Perhaps the wanted criminal from your mission has accomplices in this town. Acting alone will always be risky. Since we’ve met, I have no reason to sit by and do nothing. Let me help you.”

This talented Senior Sister was warm-hearted and spoke very forthrightly.

Xiao Shi was somewhat surprised by this.

He hadn't expected this Team A genius to not only lack the arrogance of a genius but also to be quite righteous.

“Thank you, Senior Sister!”

Xiao Shi immediately expressed his gratitude.

“It’s nothing.”

Cen Qingci waved her hand dismissively, then said to Xiao Shi with a serious expression,

“Junior Brother, you’d best wait for me outside. It’s a mess here, and there isn’t a single good person. I’m worried someone might target you and harm you. It’s safer to wait for me outside.”

Xiao Shi nodded repeatedly.

Like an obedient younger brother from next door.

He followed Cen Qingci out of the town.

“Junior Brother, be careful. Wait for me to return here.”

After Cen Qingci cautioned Xiao Shi a few more times, she left.

Xiao Shi watched her disappear from sight.

He hadn't expected her to have such a personality… This was completely different from what he had imagined.

However, upon closer thought, it seemed quite reasonable.

As a genius who had had things too easy and lacked the harsh trials of a chaotic world, her world was still too simple, too pure.

But Xiao Shi mused that since she was so righteous, it would be unseemly if he were too stingy.

“She even offered to cripple the target for me and let me deliver the final blow. If I don’t help her take care of Zhuo Fu, would I even be human?”

Xiao Shi felt he was a person who repaid kindness.

It definitely wasn’t because he had found a suitable target to kill.

Nor was it because he coveted the high-quality items dropped by an Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

And it certainly wasn’t because he wanted to test his current strength against an Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level Warrior.

“I just simply want to help my bait!”

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

No!

What bait, that’s Senior Sister!

Xiao Shi quickly corrected his wording… The sky grew darker.

Under the cover of night, Bai Mu Town became even uglier and darker.

Shouts, curses, hawking, and some gasps intertwined, echoing throughout the entire town.

Located in the very center of Bai Mu Town,

stood a relatively tall building.

Actually, it was only three stories high.

But in the entire dilapidated town, it was already considered the tallest structure.

On the top floor of the building,

Zhuo Fu, the tall and burly leader of the Silver Scale Gang, bare-chested and covered in various scars, stood by the window, looking down at the town below.

He greatly enjoyed the feeling of looking down from above.

It was like he controlled everything.

At least in this town, he was like a local emperor.

Bang!

Suddenly.

The room door was kicked open.

A person wearing a black bamboo hat, black clothes, and a black scarf covering their face walked straight in from outside.

“Hmm?”

Zhuo Fu’s eyes narrowed.

The person’s attire already indicated his identity… a Night Watch!

“So, I was discovered after all…”

Zhuo Fu wasn’t too surprised by this.

From the moment he secretly harmed Night Watch and exchanged their bodies for bounties with the Senluo Organization, he had anticipated that the Night Watch Division would eventually find out.

He just hadn't expected it… to be so soon!

Xiao Shi dragged his long saber with one hand, leaving a long mark on the ground, his gaze fixed on Zhuo Fu, filled with killing intent.

Compared to the wanted criminal he was looking for, this leader of the Silver Scale Gang was much easier to find.

After they met, not a single superfluous word was exchanged. An invisible killing aura continuously clashed in the air.

The blood qi of both men was released from their bodies almost simultaneously, enveloping their forms.

Boom!

Xiao Shi stomped the ground.

With the Arc Flash movement technique, his entire being seemed to transform into a bloody streak of lightning, dragging his long saber, and charging forward with astonishing speed.

Zhuo Fu also immediately grabbed the black broadsword beside him and charged, howling.

Like two rapidly flashing streaks of lightning, they crashed into each other with a roar.

Clang!

The collision of the long saber and the broadsword sparked a dazzling shower of fire.