Go back? There's no going back.

The voice of the witch of national disaster sounded cold in his ears. In Su Wei's increasingly stiff eyes, the smile on the corner of the witch's lips became more and more beautiful: "I am in a good mood today. As long as you tell me where she is now, I will let you leave here safely."

"This deal sounds good, right?"

After offering such tempting conditions to a man whose life and death were in his own hands, the witch quietly waited for Su Wei's reply.

"…I'm sorry, but I refuse."

However, as soon as Eve finished speaking, Su Wei shook his head vigorously without hesitation under her gaze.

"Really? I suggest you think about it a little more."

However, as if she had already anticipated Su Wei's reaction, the smile on Eve's face did not diminish at all, but became even more captivating at this moment.

"Do you know? The so-called Pluto body... is a body that can imprison and enslave the soul of the dead for eternity, so that it can never be freed."

Like the devil's whisper, the witch said to Su Wei: "So, my dear brother, if you don't want to live in pain and torture for the rest of your life, you should just confess it yourself, okay?"

After saying this, as if it were some kind of warning, Eve stared at Su Wei leisurely.

"As you wish."

Looking at the witch in front of him who didn't look like she was joking at all, Su Wei took a deep breath and kept his expression normal.

He didn't check the almanac before going out today, so his luck was very bad. He just had to admit it.

However, if in the end there was one corpse and two lives lost, and even the Fox Fairy was dragged into it... he would never be able to accept this result.

"..."

Looking at Su Wei who had returned to his unresponsive look again, Eve fell silent for a moment.

Obviously, the method she had just thought of to scare the little mouse a little failed.

But, what exactly am I doing now?

After a moment of silence, this somewhat doubtful thought suddenly emerged in Eve's mind.

Come to think of it, the last of the dirt in this area has been dealt with, and the new mask has been made.

Next, Mingming only needed to get rid of the little mouse in front of him, so that he could take a short break and continue with his next plan.

But why... am I still here, worried about the reaction of a little mouse?

Even though the face and voice of this little mouse are unexpectedly to my liking, if that's all, wouldn't it be better to just make him an undead?

Why...waste time like this?

"Although I know very well that my life and death now depends on your decision, but... I hope you can let me leave here. This is not only for my sake, but also for your own good."

At this moment, Su Wei's voice suddenly sounded in the ears of Eve, who was a little distracted.

He took a deep breath, as if he had made some decision, then slowly lifted up his right sleeve and presented a golden bracelet in front of her.

"This is something from the First Royal Family, and was personally given to me by the great First Princess."

As he said this, Su Wei raised his left hand and pointed to the emblem of the First Royal Family engraved on the bracelet in the eyes of the witch in front of him:

"This is a bracelet that can directly connect to the First Royal Family. It also has life detection and positioning functions."

"To be honest, my current identity is somewhat sensitive. If anything goes wrong here, then the great princess might suspect that you have learned some secrets from me that you shouldn't know, and she might come to trouble you in person."

"You don't look well right now. Instead of getting rid of me here, I suggest you leave here and find a place to have a good rest."

For some reason the bracelet had not responded since a while ago, and Su Wei had been unable to contact the princess to pass on the message, he gritted his teeth and decided to go all out and confront the witch in front of him directly.

If what the scarred young man said earlier is true, then the witch is not in good condition now, and she definitely doesn't want to be an enemy of the princess at this time...

If this can scare her off, I can then use other methods to convey this matter to the princess.

However, Su Wei soon realized that imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

“…Oh my, that’s really, really scary.”

Facing his "threat", the witch in front of him just blinked her eyes and stared at him quietly: "I see, little brother, the relationship you are talking about is that princess?"

Although her expression changed subtly in an instant, this witch who brought disaster to the country did not seem to be worried about Su Wei's betrayal.

……what?

"Well, please?"

In fact, she took her time to urge Su Wei on.

For some reason, at this moment, Su Wei vaguely felt that his few words not only did not make the witch retreat, but made her even angrier, and her mood became even worse... ?

"…I'm not kidding you. I will report it."

Su Wei poked the bracelet with his index finger again, which actually had no signal. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "Although the princess is gentle, she will not give in to you, who will threaten the instability of the royal city. You are still injured, and you don't want people to know your hiding place now, right? I suggest you put your own safety first and leave here as soon as possible."

"Really? Then, why don't you contact them?"

However, the one who responded to Su Wei was still the witch who brought disaster to the country with a smile on her lips.

"Oh, by the way, the impact of the previous desperate situation has not completely dissipated. Little brother, there must be some problems with your bracelet. Is there any signal now?"

She even leisurely offered a helping hand to Su Wei: "Do you want me to help you?"

"……what?"

Hearing the voice, the expression on Su Wei's face froze little by little.

He suddenly realized that his bluff... seemed to have been seen through by the other party from the very beginning.

Next, without giving him any time to react, the witch in front of him left her desk, walked straight to him, grabbed his bracelet, and started operating it.

The slender fingertips kept jumping on the buttons whose functions Su Wei had not yet fully figured out. Although they were clearly the princess's things, the witch's operation seemed unusually skilled.

"How can this be?"

Su Wei was stunned when he saw the originally dim bracelet restarting and emitting faint light. Even the contact password he had just set was easily formatted.

"What's impossible?"

As if she was very satisfied with Su Wei's confused reaction at the moment, the witch in front of her showed him a beautiful smile: "I killed the creator of this bracelet myself."

"I have also carefully read his memory fragments. Of course I know how to operate this thing."

After saying this particularly creepy sentence, Eve pressed the final contact button as if the mission was accomplished.

beep—

However, in contrast to the witch's confident look, the bracelet did not react at all.

"..."

At this moment, the air around was briefly awkward.

"Hmm...? I remember that this is how it should be done, right?"

Seeing this, Eve rubbed her forehead in confusion.

Under Su Wei's increasingly vigilant gaze, the witch who brought disaster to the country closed her eyes slightly, as if trying to recall something.

"Hmm... By the way, we need to overwrite the previous program first."

After a moment, Eve opened her eyes again and started operating again while muttering this.

"it's OK now."

Half a minute later, the tip of her index finger pressing on the bracelet paused slightly, and Eve glanced at Su Wei with a half-smile: "I am now a little curious about how the 'great and gentle' first princess you mentioned actually thinks of you."

After saying this, Eve pressed the contact button on the bracelet again.

This time, the bracelet was no longer silent and began to vibrate little by little.

At the same time, a picture showing "Calling, please wait" was projected from the bracelet and presented in front of the two.

Seeing this scene, Su Wei's face became even uglier.

Originally, it was a good thing that the bracelet could reconnect and contact the princess.

But at this moment, looking at the witch who seemed to not take this matter to heart at all, and even for some reason had an inexplicable hostility towards the First Princess, Su Wei felt a little dry in the mouth.

Could it be that... there was something wrong with his judgment this time?

***

Royal City, Area 24, Border.

In front of a brand new ruin, cheerful laughter kept echoing, and several children were jumping around the collapsed house.

"Uncle, uncle, look, my house is gone!"

One of the little girls had a pink face. She grabbed everyone she met, pointed at the messy house, and shared her joy with a happy face: "We bought a house and moved into the royal city last year, and we still have many years of loans to pay!"

"..."

Then, whenever the people who were held back heard the little girl say this, their expressions would be stunned, and then they would subconsciously want to comfort the poor little girl who was forcing herself to smile.

"Luckily my dad said that he bought the maximum limit accident insurance at the time, and the money he received this time is enough to buy a bigger one!"

Then, when the little girl added this sentence with an innocent look on her face, the sympathy on the faces of most passers-by would instantly disappear, and they would instead spit viciously to the side.

"Thank you, thank you very much for your attention to our training camp..."

At the same time, on a high platform not far from the ruins, the empire's first princess crossed her legs and said nothing.

On the table in front of her, the freshly brewed tea was still emitting a little white steam.

On the real-time communication screen from the frog communicator, a middle-aged man with gray hair nodded timidly: "We have already received the financial support in your name..."

On the other end of the communication screen, although the middle-aged dean was still a little unsure, the reason why the princess of the empire chose to sponsor the special recruits of this year in the training camp was because.

However, facing this future queen whose fate was almost certain, he naturally had to nod first to show his attitude.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will pass on the standards for awarding scholarships to you later. Please follow them strictly."

Celsia unconsciously fiddled with the ring on her right middle finger with her left hand. She seemed to have thought of something and sighed softly: "I don't want to see anyone using the scholarship for anything other than spiritual practice."

"Please rest assured, there is only one specially-appointed student in our training camp this year. We will definitely urge him to devote his whole heart and soul to training so that he can become a pillar of the empire in the future!"

Hearing the First Princess's reminder, the middle-aged dean patted his chest vigorously with a solemn expression: "I believe that after knowing this, the student will definitely thank you from the bottom of his heart."

"Don't let him know."

"……what?"

The middle-aged dean was slightly stunned when he heard the words suddenly spoken by the princess in the picture.

This... He suddenly realized that the situation seemed a little different from what he expected?

Isn't it because the princess has taken a fancy to this year's promising young talent and plans to invest in him in advance so as to train him into a confidant in the future?

Why do we choose to keep it secret?

"..."

In the picture, Celsia stared quietly at the middle-aged dean with a puzzled look.

"I see."

Soon, under that gaze, the middle-aged dean suddenly came to his senses and nodded again: "Please rest assured."

croak——

After a while, the communication ended.

Celia sighed slightly.

At this moment, another slender figure came around the corner of the street and came straight back to him.

It was the maid she had just sent to the scene to investigate and collect evidence.

"Sir, the turmoil that broke out in the city not long ago did end here."

As she spoke, Elsie handed over the clues she had just recorded to her master: "Although the scene has been hastily handled, there are still traces of corruption, and the other victim is missing."

"Moreover, the military police's previous investigation was flawless. Based on the traces at the scene, we can infer that the creature that appeared this time was a severely degraded corpse."

"……Yeah."

After listening to Elsie's report, Celia was silent for a moment and frowned imperceptibly.

Today, in the royal city, in the area that she is currently in charge of, there have been some security problems that have not been seen for a long time.

Originally, if it was just an ordinary conflict among practitioners, there would be no need for Celcia to care.

The military police can handle it.