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Chapter 396 Accurately Stepping on a Landmine? But the Landmine is Fake
Feng Xue walked along the streets of Abilat Island with an umbrella. It was sunny when she went ashore, but as soon as she left the port, it started raining.

This also made him understand why, upon reaching the shore, the local head of the Reid family who came to greet him handed him an umbrella instead of a weapon.

"Achoo!" Caught off guard by the stench of blood in the air, Feng Xue rubbed her nose and sighed.
"This is the first time I've ever seen rainwater mixed with the smell of blood."

“Perhaps it’s because every inch of this island is stained with blood?” Fina, still wearing the Bessie suit, gave a literary answer that seemed out of character, causing Feng Xue to raise an eyebrow. But then, he suddenly realized something and narrowed his eyes, saying:

"Aren't you describing something?"

“No,” Fina said casually, while Sarah’s explanation came through the nanomembrane simultaneously—

“Abilat Island was originally the core territory of the Lubo family. A year ago, there were more than 6,000 direct descendants of the Lubo family living here, and nearly 100,000 people from collateral branches and peripheral branches. A third of the people on the island were related to the Lubo family. But now, apart from us, you will never find anyone with Lubo blood. And all of this happened in one day. To put it this way, if you go to the roadside trees now and scoop up a handful of soil, you will most likely not smell the earthy smell.”

"..." Feng Xue immediately shut her mouth, which she wanted to ask again. Fina, who knew so much about this and was trained to be the key host, must also live here.

After all, the "Samurai Awakening" incident had just occurred in Youta not long ago, so Feng Xue could easily imagine what the situation was like on the island that night.

In fact, if we take into account the pre-civilization technology possessed by the twelve families, their killing efficiency is probably much higher than that of the commoners who were endowed with martial arts abilities by the Emperor's Dew.

Seeing Feng Xue suddenly shut up, Fina was a little speechless. I, the person involved, didn't feel anything, so why are you empathizing?
Yes, in reality, Fina didn't really feel the tragedy that Lubo's family had suffered. What she truly cared about weren't those strangers who were nominally family to her but actually had virtually no connection to her.

But Feng Xue obviously didn't know what Fina was thinking. Putting himself in her shoes, he felt he had stepped on a landmine, so he simply stopped discussing the topic and silently walked towards his goal, facing the unpleasant rain.

"I'm starting to believe this guy is an ancient relic from a previous civilization. People living in this era couldn't possibly be as sentimental as him," Fina muttered to herself, watching Feng Xue's retreating figure. Sarah, hearing this, corrected her:

"To be precise, he was a test subject from a previous civilization. His DNA differs considerably from the human genome, suggesting he was the product of genetic modification experiments. It's just that we don't know why the more it's modified, the weaker he becomes."

"What a coincidence, a gene modulation experiment from a pre-apocalyptic civilization has run into a gene debugging experiment from a post-apocalyptic civilization..." Fina thought to herself, marveling at the absurdity of fate, but she still took small steps to catch up with him.

Despite the torrential rain, the streets were not short of pedestrians. Men and women in formal attire, each carrying a black umbrella, walked silently, their eyes wary, as if a fight would break out the moment their gazes met.

Feng Xue had no intention of causing any trouble, but just as she brushed past the passerby, the other person's umbrella suddenly started spinning.

The raindrops on the umbrella swept directly into Feng Xue's eyes, and at the same time, a short sword pierced through the rain.

Although it was just a simple, unadorned sneak attack with a cold weapon, Terra Superman's terrifying power made it seem as if even rainwater would avoid its edge.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Yingbao immediately came into play. Before the attacker could even react, the short sword in his hand suddenly vanished without a trace.

The next moment, Feng Xue pushed her hand forward, feeling the sharp weapon pierce her flesh, and shook off the raindrops clinging to the high-tech fabric. Her body then collapsed.

Rainwater washed away the blood flowing from her heart, flowing into the earth that was already soaked in blood. Fina glanced at the insignia on the fallen dead body, hesitated for a moment, then squatted down and took off the brooch.

The two disappeared into the rain. A moment later, someone approached the corpse. Looking at the clean and swift strike, the group exchanged bewildered glances.

"What incredible speed! I didn't even see how he snatched the knife!"

"It's not just about speed; the fact that he was able to snatch the knife from Skaven without even a scratch on his hand shows a huge difference!"

"Looks like the Reid family sent a tough nut to crack this time!" "Heh, which family doesn't have a tough nut to crack these days?"

The body collectors chattered amongst themselves about the new assassin from the Reid family, while swiftly collecting all the valuables from the corpse.

When everything belonging to the deceased is divided up by the hyenas, his traces will be completely erased. Only news of his death and the information about the person who killed him will be brought back to the hyenas' lair and put on a price tag.

Although it sounds like a chaotic place, the four families on the island are currently maintaining restraint. No one wants to rebuild the deserted island after a victory, so the gang fights are confined to the shadows, and not affecting the normal operation of the island is their bottom line.

The civilians were certainly aware of what was happening on the island, but compared to starving to death, the occasional murder or two happening around them didn't seem like such an unbearable thing.

……

The hustle and bustle inside the tavern and the torrential rain on the street created two distinct worlds. With the downpour, the dock could not operate, and the boatmen could only huddle in the tavern, waiting for the rain to stop.

"Welcome! What would you like to order?"

As they entered the shop accompanied by the sound of bells and rain, the noise in the tavern seemed to stop, but then, as the wolf head emblem on the chest, which was not concealed, came into view, everyone became wary.

"You wolf cub from the Reid family, this isn't your place..."

"puff!"

Before the words could finish, all that remained was the hissing sound of blood seeping into the trachea. As the body fell, an indescribable silence began to spread.

"The Reid family's affairs are not for outsiders..."

"Boom!"

A sailor's knife was drawn from under the table, but it was stopped by Fina before it could reach Feng Xue. Seeing the murderous gazes filling the bar, Feng Xue shrugged and said:
"Very good, it seems there are no unrelated parties."

"court death!"

With a roar, the overturned table stood like a shield in front of Feng Xue, followed by the sound of wind breaking as hand axes, daggers, and short guns were aimed at him almost simultaneously.

But amidst this remarkably swift reaction, Feng Xue's voice, seemingly detached from time itself, rang out slowly and deliberately—

"To be honest, I quite like rainy days like this."

The voice sounded slow, yet it was faster than the clash of swords and the firing of bullets; it seemed that the leisurely tone was faster than everything in the world.

As the Skull family butler, clad in a golden cloak, leaped from the second floor, the once brightly lit hall suddenly went dark. The guests, who had been alive and well just moments before, lay dead in pools of blood. And he, in this astonishment, stood before the two Reid family assassins.

"Hey, can we talk?"

(End of this chapter)