Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Before long, all the reward hunters from Sunny Town rushed over after hearing the news.

The news of the slum fire was known throughout the city.

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"Have you heard? Emilia, the fox girl from the Quest Guild, is so amazing! She actually defeated the second-level monster, the giant black rat that eats carrion, all by herself!"

"I heard about it a long time ago! And there's more than just one. We even found the carrion-eating black rat carcasses at the scene. Fighting a pack of rats is just as difficult as fighting a pack of wolves."

"I really can't imagine how a girl can fight those monsters."

"Don't you know? Emilia used to be a magician, and she went on missions with the branch chief, Master Ao."

"So that's how it is, no wonder!"

"..."

Jiang Ran was eating his late lunch alone at the Cat Girl Restaurant, and he nodded secretly as he listened to the conversations of the people around him.

That’s right, what Jiang Ran wanted was for all the credit for his achievements to be attributed to Emilia, and now he has succeeded.

Originally, Jiang Ran planned to spend some effort to transfer the credit, but to his surprise, Emilia actually ran to the scene by herself, and was the first one to arrive except him.

So Jiang Ran saved himself the trouble.

Jiang Ran calculated that Emilia would accept his request:

First, there was the previous incident of concealing the Dryad mission;

The second is his mysterious background and good relationship with the branch chief;

The third one also has the Level 9 "Trickster" skill blessing;

If you round these up, that's a 100% success rate.

Now, Emilia has fallen into Jiang Ran's trap, and Jiang Ran has also prepared other subsequent "traps".

In order to make Emilia fall in love with him and confess her love to him, Jiang Ran must not make any mistakes in his next step.

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When Emilia returned to the quest guild, the staff and reward hunters in the quest guild all surrounded her.

Everyone praised her wonderful performance today, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

Emilia still maintained her usual expressionless face, thanked everyone politely, and then returned to the front desk to continue working.

Only Emilia herself knows how much regret she feels in her heart now.

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4.23 - Finding the Truth (Update)

Emilia is now filled with regrets.

She regretted not rejecting Banning's request sternly, and regretted not explaining the situation as soon as others arrived... Then, things could not be clarified amidst wave after wave of misunderstandings.

Now no matter what Emilia says, everyone will say she is modest.

And she had no evidence to prove that today's achievement was actually the work of Mr. Banning.

If it were someone else, they would be overjoyed at such a good thing that fell from the sky! But Emilia was stubborn. Since it wasn't her own credit, she felt more uncomfortable than anything else.

——(What on earth is this guy Banning?)

Emilia is now becoming more and more confused about Banning. Whenever she has free time, she begins to recall the details of her several encounters with Banning, trying to figure out what kind of person he is.

When they first met, Emilia thought that Benning was just a know-nothing dude who wanted to do whatever he wanted with the golden badge of the Scarlet Qi family.

But what Emilia didn't expect was that within two days, Ben Ning actually solved the tree demon mission that had been on the bounty for half a month and no one had been able to solve it, and he did it single-handedly.

To be honest, Emilia suspected that Banning had cheated.

If he was a child of a prominent family, it wouldn't be hard to imagine him paying someone to deal with the tree monster and then falsely claiming he had done it on his own.

But after meeting for the third time today, Emilia dispelled this doubt.

Emilia had followed Oleg on many missions, and she could see that the scene at the garbage dump today was the work of Banning alone.

Moreover, if he were a child of nobility, he would want to show off his achievements, but Benning refused to take any credit twice and just acted as a hero behind the scenes. Why is that?

——(Come to think of it, his profile only lists the name Banning, not his family name…)

——(Perhaps it was a pseudonym? He didn't want to reveal his noble identity? But if that was the case, why did he even bring out the golden emblem of the Scarlet Qi family in the first place?)

Emilia was tired. She hadn't thought about such a complicated problem for a long time.

Ever since her parents disappeared, she hadn't bothered to think about it.

——(Well, there’s no point in thinking about it anyway, so forget it.)

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The reward hunters continued to talk about Emilia until the end of the day.

"Emilia retired early to help Master Ao. You didn't even witness the power of her fire magic back then."

Nassar was the person who praised Emilia the most. He described how the giant black carrion rat was burned by fire magic no less than ten times today, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

In fact, he only saw the charred corpse of a giant black rat that ate scavengers.

The more Nassar praised her, the more embarrassed Emilia became. Today was a really difficult day for her.

After finally waiting until the end of get off work, Emilia avoided Nasar who wanted to talk to her and went straight to the slums where the demihumans lived.

After asking the demihumans, Emilia finally confirmed her suspicions:

Banning indeed fought against the rat monster alone, and even refused the help of the demihumans.

As a staff member of the mission union, Emilia is well aware of the horror of the carrion-eating black rats.

A complete black rat population includes at least:

bottom-feeding black rats;

the giant black rats that feed on scavenging food in the middle layer;

the scavenging, violent black rats of the upper levels;

There is also the Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King, the leader of the carrion-eating black rats at the top.

Such a complete black rat tribe has at least more than a hundred rat monsters in total. If you are not careful, they will attack you in groups and you will be eaten to the bone in minutes.

This time, before the mission union received any intelligence, Banning was the first to detect the traces of the carrion-eating black rats and nipped the threat in the bud before the situation worsened. He is truly a hero of Sunny Town.

But now, the credit for this hero's achievement was attributed to Emilia, making her feel ashamed.

"Brother Banning is a good man! He even brought us food these past two days!"

"Yes, that's right! There's also a bunny sister with him. They're all good people!"

——(Bunny Man?)

After hearing what the demihuman children said, Emilia was even more surprised. Firstly, she hadn't expected Banning to be so kind, and secondly, not many humans would work with demihumans these days.

"I want to trouble you all with a favor..."

Emilia thought about it and decided that if she wanted to give the credit back to Banning, she could only ask all the demihumans to help clarify the matter.

But when the words came to her lips, Emilia was unable to speak when she saw the ragged demihumans.

——(Yes, if it could be clarified, everyone would have come out to clarify it at noon today...)

Before clarifying the truth of the garbage mountain incident, the social problems of the subhumans need to be resolved.

"Sister Emilia, you've been helping us for so long, don't be so polite."

"Yeah~ If there's anything we can do to help, just tell me~"

Looking at everyone's enthusiasm, Emilia felt even more sorry.

"Next time, if that Banning comes, could you please pass on a message for me? I want him to come to the Mission Guild to find me."

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The mission union is very quiet at night. Generally speaking, no one comes here after work.

Unless it is someone with special purpose.

Nassar, who usually has a sunny smile on his face, now came to the door of the Task Union with an expressionless face.

After confirming that there was no one around, he inserted the key, quietly opened the door, and walked in.

—(Alas, how long do I have to endure this humiliation... this crappy job...)

Nasar glanced at the branch director's room on the second floor. What he wanted should only be found there.

However, Nassar had already sneaked into the union three times at night, but each time he returned empty-handed.

Tonight, Nasar sneaked into the room of branch chief Oleg again and searched inside and out, but still couldn't find it.

——(Thirds of a time, this is the fourth time. It seems the old man really didn't keep it himself... In that case, my guess is correct. The item was indeed entrusted to Emilia.)

Nassar returned to the first-floor lobby and walked to the front desk where Emilia usually worked.

——(Emilia, Emilia...why are you so hard to pursue...)

Nassar slapped the front desk lightly, his eyes gradually becoming vicious.

——(Master Kuo-ben is so persistent in trying to please you. This is not a treatment that everyone can get...)

——(If you don’t obey me, don’t blame me for using force.)

As he was thinking, Nassar threw a punch in the air where Emilia usually stood, as if venting all his resentment.

After throwing this punch, Nassar felt refreshed. He returned to his usual sunny smile, turned around and walked out of the mission union, locked the door, and left as if nothing had happened.

After a while, a masked man in black climbed out from the inside of the window of the Mission Union.

He squatted down to confirm Nassar's footprints on the ground, followed the direction he left, and quickly followed him.

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4.24 - Secret meeting in the suburbs

Jiang Ran has been waiting for Nassar to show his true colors.

This wait has lasted for two days.

As early as the day Nassar returned to Sunny Town, Jiang Ran discovered this guy's duplicity through mind reading.

[See "4.19 - Light Thoughts and Shallow Plans"]

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Nassar was extremely upset after being rejected by Emilia. However, he still maintained a gentlemanly smile on the surface, which immediately caught Jiang Ran's attention.

Combining Nassar's good image among the people in Sunny Town, Jiang Ran immediately deduced that this guy was a smiling tiger type.

Generally speaking, people will not hide their true nature without a purpose. Since Nassar is disguising himself so seriously and has been disguising himself for so many years, he must be preparing some conspiracy behind the scenes.

Tonight Jiang Ran did not follow Emilia. Instead, he put on a black robe, covered his face, and followed Nassar all night long.

Jiang Ran didn't dare to follow the level 67 mercenary master, but he was not afraid of the level 36 swordsman.

Unfortunately, Nassar has not yet revealed what "that thing" is in his heart.

This also aroused Jiang Ran's curiosity even more.

The more Nassar commits suicide, the more he can assist Jiang Ran.

To put it more extremely, if Nassar was not "bad" enough, Jiang Ran would label him a bad guy even if it was a sting operation - as long as he was indeed a person with bad intentions.

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Following Nasar's footsteps, Jiang Ran came to the outskirts of Sunny Town.

The eastern suburbs of Sunny Town are close to the Sunny Forest, so there are many insects (zhi4) and it is very lively with rustling sounds; while the western suburbs are close to the Sangbei Wasteland, so it is correspondingly colder and more silent.