Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 373: Shura Road

"Joining forces here... I think it's a good proposal." Di Liu Ye did not consider himself an outsider at all and sat down cross-legged in front of Jiang Ming.

Xia was silent for a moment, then said: "...your proposal is indeed very attractive, but don't you think the timing of your appearance is a bit too coincidental?"

"So what? Do you have any other choice now?" Karin seemed to be sure of this and appeared very confident.

After spending some time together, Xia subconsciously wanted to leave the matter to Jiang Ming to decide. After noticing the girl's behavior, Jiang Ming was silent for a moment and then nodded.

"Although we don't know your purpose, at least our current interests are the same. Since you are sincere in cooperating with me, it is just right for you to be the one to gather information on this mission, Sixth Night."

Xia knew that Jiang Ming had the ability to transmit sound, so she said to herself, "Is it really okay to trust her?"

"According to my simple calculations just now, a thief also has his own aesthetics. I'm afraid she would not bother to fall into such an obvious trap. If we don't hurry up, the only clue that leads to Jizi will be lost."

"...It seems we really don't have a choice."

Xia was convinced and immediately looked at the white-haired girl in purple: "Sixth Night, I'll leave the tracking of Ji Zi to you, but I still have a question... Why are you wanted by the Lord of Yunchen City? Did you offend the Lord of the City?"

The Sixth Night trembled for a moment, but soon recovered and shrugged: "To be precise, I stole something from the city lord, something she couldn't live without, and your presence can ensure that this thing will never be found again."

As if afraid of being asked any more questions, the Sixth Night stood up and walked to the window, then turned around and said: "Let's stop here. I will convey the message to you with the crow feathers. See you later."

"..."

"Let's get some sleep first and recharge our batteries."

Jiang Ming suddenly suggested that they sit down with their backs against the wall and close their eyes to rest. Xia had no choice but to nod and lie back on the bed, thinking about the situation that might arise next.

But late at night, Xia still couldn't fall asleep, as she always felt that there were some clues she had forgotten.

"There are indeed some areas that are worthy of suspicion." Jiang Ming suddenly said.

"..."

Xia looked over and said, "So you are awake too, but can you please stop doing this and try to find out what the other person is thinking?"

"Sorry, I was sorting out the information I had, and I noticed that you had some psychological problems, so I investigated. But I did find something that we had overlooked."

Jiang Ming propped his chin with his hand, thinking and talking at the same time: "After the dojo was closed, Fu Hua abandoned the mechanical puppet and opened a clinic. Such an important experimental subject was lost, but Raiden Mei, who was the leader of the Shadow Guard at the time, did not bother her for a long time. What does this show?"

"Does this mean that this experimental subject is not important?"

Jiang Ming shook his head: "Of course you can think so, but the original intention of Raiden Mei to give the mechanical puppet to Fu Hua was to obtain actual combat data. Compared to her voluntarily giving up the puppet, I am more inclined to another possibility..."

A bold guess suddenly came to Xia's mind: "...Has Raiden Mei already found this mechanical puppet?"

"Well, do you remember what the talking mechanical puppet said to us at that time? - [One day... I will return to the dojo, defeat her with my own hands, and tell her what the true way of martial arts is.]" Jiang Ming glanced at Xia.

After Xia briefly pondered, she suddenly realized: "Sure enough... the two-seal-in-one mechanical puppet we have been looking for is the one that Fu Hua discarded at that time."

"That's right, but there is still one suspicious point. Why did the Sixth Night cooperate with us without proposing his own conditions? Of course, we don't have any clues about this, and next, we are likely to meet that mechanical puppet again, so be mentally prepared." Jiang Ming closed his eyes again after he finished speaking.

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The next morning, a crow feather fell on the windowsill. After Jiang Ming picked it up, the crow feather burned and magically showed a place name.

"...Let's go."

Following Crow Feather's guidance, Jiang Ming and his companion arrived at the place outside Yaemachi and met the Phantom Thief Sixth Night who had been waiting for a long time.

"There is evidence of Ji Zi's sighting here, so we can conclude that this is where she ended up. In addition, I found something interesting."

Kallen didn't hesitate. She spread out her palm, revealing a Shadow Guard badge, which Jiang Ming and Xia had seen on Raiden Mei.

"I think this is the person you're looking for, compared to Himeko... right? Coincidentally, I've also met this former Shadow Guard leader a few times."

Kallen analyzed based on her own intelligence: "But... Based on my understanding of her, she is more cautious than ordinary people. It is unusual for her to drop the Shadow Guard badge that symbolizes her identity here. And after a careful inspection of the area, there seems to be traces of fighting."

"It seems that Miss Raiden Mei has indeed been here, but something unexpected happened..."

Jiang Ming looked somewhere vaguely: "For example...she was kidnapped by someone."

"You mean... Himeko was the one who kidnapped her?"

Recalling the previous intelligence, Xia had an idea: "Fei Yehua said that she introduced a black market merchant to Raiden Mei. I'm afraid this black market merchant is most likely Ji Zi. According to the style of Nevernight, it's not uncommon for black to eat black..."

Thinking of this, there might be other clues nearby. Di Liu Ye walked in front, Jiang Ming and Xia followed behind, and as for Lin, he was arranged to other places.

With the help of the Shadow Guard Badge, Jiang Ming continued to calculate and found Raiden Mei's sword and some mechanical parts one after another.

Only half a minute later, they calculated the location of Raiden Mei. The three of them followed the direction and found Raiden Mei in the ruins, with Himeko standing beside her.

"You guys are really pestering me so much that you come after me so quickly." Raiden Mei sighed, feeling a little bitter in her heart.

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