Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild

Chapter 669 - 331: Hidden Room

"...So, I need to speed up the process."Standing in the corner, Li Ang and Andasu stood together with Meluna.

Crook was right beside them. Although he said nothing, he essentially created a space separating the three from others. With his uncharacteristically friendly smile, he suddenly changed from a bully to a neighborly older brother, drawing occasional complex glances from the group of speedboat racers.

Li Ang could understand that, from their perspective, this was indeed terrifying.

"Stop smiling," he said.

"Yes." Crook immediately restrained his expression, his face going deathly still.

Li Ang sighed. Although spiritual driving was close to mind control, the other party’s behavior couldn’t be freely set as needed. The way he acted so stiffly was purely because he was just that dumb.

"Master, are you leaving?"

Andasu’s expression was calm. Although she was cold by nature, after spending so many days together, Li Ang could already tell her thoughts from her micro-expressions. She wanted very much to stay by his side.

"This is the most stable arrangement. I’ll have Meluna protect you first."

As soon as Li Ang spoke, Meluna took a step forward, her lips moving as if she wanted to act with him.

Li Ang pinched her face, making her lips purse, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face.

He had always wanted to do this when they were together before. After all, she had that slightly plump face, which made her cute. But back then, she was too freewheeling, and doing so could result in one of two outcomes: a puzzled look or a move that would knock him down, so he never dared to try.

Now, she understood things a little better and was more inclined to follow him, so he wanted to take the opportunity to have some fun.

Meluna didn’t understand what Li Ang’s purpose was, but seeing him smile, she let him pinch her face. However, she seemed to associate it with her earlier behavior and took hold of her collar, pulling out a great depth.

"Hey, hey, stop."

Li Ang quickly fastened her collar: "These two things are not connected."

He withdrew his hand, noticing Andasu’s deep gaze.

"Master needs to release tension in the morning; why not call me?"

"You’ve misunderstood. Ahem, let’s get back on topic."

Li Ang said to Meluna, "We agreed you’d listen, right?"

"Hmm." The dark-haired girl nodded.

"Having you protect my teammates is also a kind of trust. If you do these things well, we can, at least, make you not seem like an unnecessary person."

"I understand. She’s your plaything, I won’t let others get near her."

"How did you arrive at that realization?"

Li Ang’s temples throbbed. He was grateful that Crook, beside him, was already under spiritual driving’s control, and he would later have him forget everything he saw.

Even earlier, Meimei had mentioned when talking about Meluna’s position regarding his younger white-haired self, it was utterly absurd!

Meluna agreed, stepping forward once more, looking up at Li Ang pitifully.

"Will there be a reward afterward?"

Ah, she had learned to negotiate as well.

"It depends on the results," Li Ang said, rubbing his temple.

"That’s unfair," Andasu said, "I complete Master’s tasks diligently, and I never asked for that."

"You will surely have one; that should suffice." Li Ang laughed, stroking her white wolf ears.

Andasu obediently nodded, her gaze silky, seeming more like a fox than a white wolf.

Leaving Andasu and Meluna to coordinate with Reid and Ryder on the relevant speedboat celebration tasks, Li Ang took Crook with him out the door.

In the seven coerced shipyards, a total of seven Soul Apex main forces were stationed separately. The three resolved last night, besides guarding the shipyards, often gathered to liaise with the Eye of God and the Empire, as they were the main Soul Apex organizers for this event.

Because they had to conduct matters at the five previous shipyards, their stationed shipyard was in the deepest part, surrounded by other shipyards.

Boliya was the leader, so Li Ang controlled him first.

His original plan was for Boliya to delay as much as possible until evening, when Li Ang would then control the other two, contemplating the next steps, but his conflict with Crook made him want to abandon that plan.

Resolving these thorns during the day always had loopholes, making the plan lean towards conservatism. However, Li Ang hadn’t anticipated the power of the Demon’s Hand had grown to such a degree: it could silently choke a foe in the Excellence Realm and complete spiritual driving control in a short time.

He wasn’t sure, though, about its effects against true strong opponents, like Morales and Farina, who had unique skills at Tier 8, or someone like Melegon, the Order Knight Commander, who specialized in spiritual grasp and spiritual asphyxia.

With Crook leading the way, he could travel between the shipyards.

But, while passing between the shipyards, they still faced questioning; Li Ang noticed that even under control, Crook felt dissatisfied.

He hadn’t asked Boliya much last night, but Li Ang knew the Empire was not entirely trusting of the Soul Apex. They always felt there were things the Empire wasn’t telling them.

"What are you here to do?"

"Who is this?"

"What do you intend by crossing into your responsible zone?"

Clearly, Crook was a collaborator, yet it was like he was under Empire monitoring as well.

The checkpoint on the main path between the shipyards was manned by an Annihilation Knight and someone who seemed to be a researcher.

Judging from the researchers Li Ang had seen while exploring the shipyard initially, they seemed to be personnel specifically controlling the Annihilation Knights within the Empire.

If the powerful forces of the Holy Speriel Empire, the main antagonists in the mid-preliminary stages of "Nebis Fantasy," required the Eye of God to activate, it would seem a little odd. Secret organizations like them shouldn’t have too many members.