Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 95 Mission: 02-9 Clues
The enemies fled one after another. Aine and Deng were still unconscious. Now, only Riki and Nero were left standing in the field. However, Riki did not rush to put away his weapon. Instead, he looked at Nero warily and asked:

"Who the hell are you?"

Her attitude was clear: my gratitude for saving the lamp was one thing; my inability to trust a masked, unidentified guy was another.

"Samael." Nero used this "stolen" name without hesitation—though to call it stolen wouldn't be accurate. When Samael dissipated, Nero had been by its side, inheriting the lion's share of its legacy. Even if Nero used this name now, calling himself the "Angel of Trials," no one would say anything.

But just a name doesn't count as an introduction, so Nero continued, "You don't need to know me. I was simply drawn to this city by the devil's aura."

This was indeed Nero's true purpose—she wanted to capture the master of the demonic energy that carried the aura of original sin in the city. Judging from the current situation, this target was most likely in one of the two camps, and no matter which side he was on, he was extremely cautious.

Therefore, Nero could not alert the enemy. She had to control the strength of her attack, adding weights to the scale little by little, and let the other party increase the bet as well, until she was exposed.

"Then it's not your turn to interfere in these matters."

After hearing Nero's self-introduction, Li Xi responded unhappily: "This is our city, we will protect it."

This kid really has a talent for irritating people. Nero shook his head, only feeling amused.

"Protect?" Since the other party was being rude, she didn't bother to act like a gentleman. Nero scoffed and said, "You clearly don't even know where the enemy is, who they are, or what kind of power they have. You're really arrogant."

Without giving Lixi time to respond, she continued, breathless, "Let me be frank, young lady—you are weak, extremely weak. For someone like you to talk about protecting the city is laughable."

"You!" Li Xi glared, her cheeks flushed, and she was about to raise her bow. But Nero's Yama Blade was one step faster than her, tearing through the space in advance and crossing her neck.

"Don't move." Nero sneered, "My hands will shake."

Feeling the cold touch of the blade so close to him, Shiina Riki suddenly became silent, his whole body stiffened, and he stopped all movements.

"After seeing the performance of that double-knife guy, I thought you guys had some good points, but now it seems that I was probably wrong." Nero said to Li Xi half-seriously, then he retracted the blade in his hand and snapped his fingers to wake Aine and Deng.

"Dual blades... could it be Shuangshi?" Li Xi had just breathed a sigh of relief, clutching her throat, but upon hearing this, she immediately became nervous again. However, she didn't dare to take the initiative to provoke Nero again, and this time she only talked to herself.

As soon as the sleepy Aiyin regained consciousness, she faintly heard Shuangshi's name. She immediately opened her eyes and asked, "Shuangshi?"

"Looks like you all know each other?" Nero pretended not to know. As he slashed the air with his Yama Blade, he held down his hat and stepped back to salute. "Then I won't interrupt you guys from reminiscing. Goodbye."

As she spoke, she looked at Aine and said with a half-smile, "It seems like we may have many opportunities to meet again."

She cut through space and gracefully exited from the deep space crack.

At the last moment, she could still hear Aine's whisper in her ears: "Wow... so handsome."

But Nero didn't really leave. She still had a good show to watch. The crack opened by the Yama Blade only sent her to the roof of a nearby building.

Then, she cast her gaze downwards—

Following Aine, Deng also woke up completely. The first voice she heard after standing up was a familiar one: "Deng?"

She looked up and saw her former teammate, the Exorcist Girl named Shiina Riki, standing not far away.

No.

I will kill her.

This thought flashed through Deng's mind so quickly that she turned around and ran away as soon as she stood up and hadn't even stood firmly.

"Wait, Deng!" Li Xi still called out from behind her: "Don't go! I have something to say--"

The light didn't stop. It just kept running forward as if it hadn't heard anything.

As if this way I won’t be caught up by the past.

"Ah..." Aine let out a short sound. She wasn't surprised that Deng ran away immediately, after all, Deng had behaved the same way when facing her and Nero. However, the difference was that Deng had just woken up from her coma this time, so even though she ran away, she had forgotten one thing.

Aine leaned over and picked up a notebook with a photo printed on the cover from the ground.

"Wait, that's for the lamp..." Riki quickly reacted, walked towards Aine, and said in a very commanding tone: "Give it to me."

Of course, Aine wouldn't be happy to be spoken to like this: "Hey, shouldn't you add the word 'please' before saying something like this?"

"That's my friend's stuff." Li Xi refused to give in and insisted, "It has nothing to do with you."

"Why is it irrelevant? Xiao Deng is also my friend!"

Nero, who was upstairs, almost laughed out loud when he heard this. You see, less than two hours ago, Aine had been calling Takamatsu Deng "Takamatsu-san." And now, without even a single word of communication, she had so naturally changed to "Deng-chan." Even Nero could only admire her audacity.

Nero had anticipated that Denghui would leave the notebook behind, which was why she didn't steal it, which might contain important clues. According to the plot, the next development should be that Aine, Riki, and Soyo brought the notebook to Yuze Coffee Shop to discuss it—at this point, Nero could easily learn the contents of the notebook.

"Huh?" Li Xi made a dissatisfied sound: "Friend?"

"We're just friends! Xiao Deng and I are in the same class, and I also know Shuang Shi—"

"You said you knew both Deng and Shuangshi?"

After all, it would be incredibly slow for Li Xi to not notice anything after all this. She froze in her tracks for a moment before erupting into a louder "Ha!": "Really? Could it be that you—"

"Damn it, isn't that too rude?"

Aine showed her contact list and said word by word, "I'm also a Derby girl!"

Although the labor contract has not been signed yet.

(End of this chapter)