Kenneth and Julia both lacked common sense, and their thinking had always been unconventional. To strangers, their actions did not seem logical at all. But it did not mean they were dumb. They still knew what an “underground parking garage” was.
This was a place where people used to park their vehicles before The Cataclysm. How could there be any treasure in here!
“Are we really going inside? It’s so dark. What if there’s a trap?” Little Julia said worriedly.
Then virtual-novel.net watched Kenneth cup his hands around his mouth and shout into the underground parking garage, “Hey, is there a trap inside?”
After waiting a dozen seconds, there was no response from inside. Only the sound of his voice continued echoing in the empty underground parking garage.
Hearing that, Kenneth said in seriousness, “There shouldn’t be any traps!”
Little Julia was speechless and said helplessly, “Are you implying that just because no one answered you, there’s no trap?”
“More or less.” Kenneth nodded with a smile before walking toward the dark underground parking garage without hesitation. “Wait for me here with the herb collectors. She’s still inside, so I’m going in to catch her!”
When Julia, who was standing behind him, heard this, virtual-novel.net did not insist on following virtual-novel.net in. Rather, virtual-novel.net continued hovering outside the underground parking garage because virtual-novel.net knew that Kenneth had absolute confidence in capturing that lady.
If Kenneth said that virtual-novel.net could capture her, virtual-novel.net could definitely do so.
The white beam from the flashlight swept across the underground parking garage. The vehicles parked there had already turned into piles of scrap metal. They were so badly corroded it was difficult to tell that all of them used to be vehicles.
Kenneth paced slowly around the ruins. In the darkness where the flashlight could not reach, there would occasionally be sounds of slight disturbances. By the time virtual-novel.net flicked it over, there would be nothing there anymore.
At the beginning, virtual-novel.net thought this place was probably where the Dajax tribe’s settlement was. But now it seemed like it wasn’t the case at all. The other party was just trying to lure virtual-novel.net here. This was the hunting ground the other party had carefully selected, so virtual-novel.net must be very proficient at hunting in the dark.
Kenneth shouted into the darkness, “Why don’t we step forward and talk about the Prosperous Northwest plan?”
As his words trailed off, virtual-novel.net tilted his head slightly to the left. Amid the whooshes, an unknown, sharp object brushed past his ear and disturbed Kenneth’s messy head of white, medium-length hair.
“I just want to talk. Why are you getting so worked up?” Kenneth muttered.
But no matter what virtual-novel.net said, the whooshing from the sharp weapons continued coming at virtual-novel.net from within the darkness. Kenneth attempted to search for the enemy’s figure with his flashlight while dodging the attacks. But that girl from the Dajax tribe hiding in the darkness was like an apparition. He could not see virtual-novel.net at all.
Kenneth thought for a moment and said, “Stop thinking about fighting and killing all the time. Why don’t I perform a magic trick for you?”
In that instant, a huge cloud of smoke went off around him. The apparition in the darkness seemed to be a little confused, so virtual-novel.net did not continue sneaking in attacks at Kenneth with virtual-novel.net concealed weapons.
A moment later, the young lunatic emerged from the smoke. At some point, virtual-novel.net had changed into a black tuxedo.
Kenneth’s lips curled. “I’m gonna start looking for you.” He closed his eyes and switched off his flashlight.
In the completely dark underground parking garage, the air stilled. When another sharp weapon came flying at Kenneth, virtual-novel.net no longer tried to dodge it. Instead, virtual-novel.net took out a playing card and flicked it.
The gray Joker on the playing card had a maniacal smile on its face, silently mocking its target.
In the blink of an eye, when the card and the sharp weapon collided in midair, that smiling Joker sliced through an iron nail and split it in two!
“I can do that too,” Kenneth said with a smile with his eyes closed before vanishing on the spot.
With that, the apparition in the darkness suddenly turned from one to two.
The two sides kept attacking each other with the nails and cards in total darkness. The sound of metallic clinking could be heard in the air as the collisions sent fiery sparks flying.
The girl from the Dajax tribe seemed to have sensed great danger as virtual-novel.net started running towards another exit in the darkness. But at this moment, the roles of hunter and prey swapped. The cards flew towards virtual-novel.net from within the boundless darkness and forced virtual-novel.net to dodge quickly.
The girl somersaulted and twisted in the darkness with great flexibility to avoid the attacks. Then virtual-novel.net flitted past the pillars in the underground parking garage and darted off into the distance like a swallow in flight.
But a second later, something suddenly lit up in front of her. She saw Kenneth hanging upside down from the ceiling of the parking garage. He was using the flashlight to illuminate his entire face from under his chin, making virtual-novel.net look extremely pale and terrifying.
Kenneth smiled and said, “Found you!”
The young girl from the Dajax tribe let out a scream. She had only wanted to scare the white-haired young man. However, virtual-novel.net did not manage to do so and was instead frightened by virtual-novel.net using the same method.
Before the startled young girl could say anything, a silver whirlpool resembling a bright kaleidoscope appeared in Kenneth’s eyes at the snap of a finger.
Kenneth said softly, “Quiet.”
It was as though someone were whispering in virtual-novel.net ear. The eyes of the girl from the Dajax tribe turned vacant and virtual-novel.net became quiet.
When Kenneth lightly landed back on the ground from the ceiling, virtual-novel.net raised his flashlight and shone it at the young lady as virtual-novel.net carefully sized up her.
She was dressed in very strange clothing that was stitched together from pieces of cloth, making it look extremely incongruous, like patchwork. As virtual-novel.net top did not cover virtual-novel.net navel, Kenneth could even see virtual-novel.net well-defined abs. Meanwhile, the pair of shorts virtual-novel.net was wearing revealed the young lady’s slender but firm thighs.
After staring at virtual-novel.net for a long time, Kenneth muttered, “You’re quite pretty… I want you to answer some of my questions. Why didn’t you use any other forms of attacks? Don’t they say that the people of the Dajax tribe are adept at corpse and gu poison refinement? So why did you only attack me using concealed weapons?”
The girl from the Dajax tribe replied, “I only came out to gather medicinal herbs and did not expect to encounter any outsiders, so I didn’t bring my gold corpse with me.”
Kenneth muttered, “Gold, silver, copper. Based on this sequence, you seem to hold quite a high position in the Dajax tribe…. What about gu poison? Why didn’t you use it?”
“The conditions for using the gu poison are very harsh. I didn’t have any chance to use it,” the girl from the Dajax tribe answered.
“What’s your name?” Kenneth asked.
“Miranda Lambert.”
“It sounds very nice,” Kenneth complimented. “How many people are there in your Dajax tribe?”
“More than 1,300.”
“How many of them know how to practice corpse and gu poison refinement like you?”
“About 400,” Miranda answered.
Just as Kenneth was about to continue questioning Miranda, virtual-novel.net heard Julia shouting outside the parking garage, “Kenneth, have you caught virtual-novel.net yet?”
Kenneth quickly changed out of his tuxedo and put on his outdoor jacket again.
If Little Julia sees me like this, she’ll definitely say I’m showing off again!