In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

Hearing Texas' call, Sora's dilated pupils gradually shrank.

She turned her head and looked at Texas, who was holding her body and showing concern, and her lips curled up slightly.

But when faced with the question about Texas, she seemed a little hesitant.

"This one……"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Ms. Maria...she didn't get out..."

“…” Texas fell silent.

She turned her head blankly, looking at the heavy concrete that had collapsed and squeezed together in front of her, and a terrible guess suddenly came to her mind.

Lappland on the side just curled her lips.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"This little thing can't faze her!"

"Compared to this... do you know what happened here? This building can't collapse so easily, right?"

Lappland asked.

But obviously, no one at the scene could answer her question.

Lappland didn't care when he saw that his question was not answered. He turned around, retracted his sword, and slowly walked towards the ruins.

Texas also remained silent.

"What do you want to do?"

"Go find her."

Laplander's answer was simple.

"With all this commotion, there's no chance Ms. Maria would even be injured... something must be restricting her movements, preventing her from coming out for the time being."

She said this and began walking through the dangerous rubble.

Texas, who was standing by, hesitated for a while, then left Sora to the care of Archangel, and decisively followed Lappland and began to look for Maria.

But even at this time, Lappland did not stop chattering.

"What a surprise... Did you just mention that woman's name?"

The white-haired girl lowered her head slightly and sniffed the air around her, trying to find the familiar sweet and greasy scent.

"...You obviously know everything." Texas bent over and searched through the large rocks around him.

She knew what Lappland was referring to.

Obviously everyone had been deliberately suppressing themselves from mentioning that woman's name, but in the end, she was still the first to speak and expose herself.

This probably makes Lappland very proud.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

She also knew that she couldn't keep it a secret from Lappland forever.

The previous delay was simply because I wanted to occupy a little more of Ms. Maria's time.

And since Lappland already knows it, there is no need for me to hide it anymore.

"Hmm~" Lappland still had that calm expression. Seeing that Texas was finally defeated, she didn't say much. She just squinted her eyes and continued to search quietly.

But obviously, their help is not very meaningful.

Just a moment later, accompanied by the shaking and twitching of the stone, the tall woman slowly pushed away the boulder and walked out of the ruins. In her arms was an unconscious woman.

It was the waitress they had met before.

Just after the chaos happened, Maria threw several girls out on the spot, and she herself went to look for the last waiter.

Although she did not run out immediately due to environmental reasons, she successfully protected the other person.

He is just unconscious due to the shock, and overall, he is fine.

After walking out of the ruins, Maria first confirmed the people present.

Exia, Croissant, Sora... and Texas, no problem...

Then...

Turning her head, Maria looked at the white-haired woman beside her who was full of excitement.

After a quick search of her memory, she quickly recalled who the other person was.

Lapland...

Why is she here?

The person Texas just met...is she?

After hesitating for a while, Maria finally said nothing. After quietly placing the waiter next to Archangel, she turned around and continued to search for something in the ruins.

This action also made the people around him look puzzled.

Everyone in the room has been rescued, so there shouldn't be anything valuable here, right?

Maria...what else are you looking for?

Is there something left in there?

Everyone hesitated.

But at this moment, not far from them, the Longmen Guards rushed over...

Chapter 132: Arrangements for the Integration Movement

A lot of people from the Longmen Guard Bureau came this time.

Among them, there are also faces familiar to the Angels.

"Hey, we meet again."

Exia smiled and carried the unconscious waiter over to seek help, and the medical operators of the Guards Bureau did not hesitate. After evacuating the crowd, they turned around and began to help with the treatment. Their skillful movements seemed as if this was not the first time they had done this.

Xingxiong and Chen on the side also looked at Penguin Logistics helplessly.

"What happened to you guys this time?"

"Well~" Exiah scratched his head and smiled.

This time she was indeed embarrassed to say that Penguin Logistics was just passively counterattacking.

Because from what she saw, it was indeed Maria who caused the building collapse, and Maria was indeed a member of Penguin Logistics.

That is indeed their problem.

"It's really troublesome..."

Chen spoke a little tiredly, and his voice was not as confident as before.

During this period, they worked overtime every day and didn't even have time to go home. Although she felt that she could continue to hold on, her body did give her the most realistic reaction.

She began to feel a little weak.

But work is work after all. No matter how exhausted she is, she has to continue. She took out her notebook and began to ask what happened to the Archangel.

Xingxiong, who was standing by, saw that Chen had started, so she had no need to interfere and turned to look at Maria who was looking for something over there.

"meet again."

She smiled and waved to Maria in front of her with a relaxed attitude.

Compared to Chen, her work pressure is not as great, but sitting in the office all day does make her feel a little uncomfortable.

It’s more relaxing to go out for a walk.

"Well... nice to meet you again, Miss Hoshiguma."

When Maria saw Xingxiong, she nodded politely. After hesitating for a while, she looked around again.

"You...why are you here?"

"It's work."

Xingxiong smiled.

"Although the building collapse is not within our scope of work, since it happened, we decided to stop by and take a look. Anyway, we don't have any other missions right now."

"……Thanks for your hard work."

Maria nodded to Xingxiong.

Although she still didn't really understand what the Longmen Guard Bureau did, judging from their actions of evacuating the crowd and investigating the scene, their job should include protecting citizens... and jobs that protect others are always worthy of respect.

"I'm just doing what I can do." Seeing Maria's frank praise, Xingxiong felt a little embarrassed.

She scratched her hair, then looked at the stone in Maria's hand curiously.

"Then what are you doing here?"

"……Have a meal."

"Eat?" Xingxiong looked at the stone in Maria's hand with a subtle expression.

"this?"

"...No." Maria noticed that the other party's eyes were fixed on the stone in her hand, and she was silent for a few seconds.

Although she is indeed a little special, she is not strong enough to chew stones.

It’s not that she can’t eat it, but simply eating stones has no benefits for her.

So, after Xingxiong obviously misunderstood, she silently threw the stone away, then turned around and continued to search.

"This was just a... dessert shop. I came here for breakfast, but... someone behind me wanted to declare war on me. I accepted it and launched an attack."

"But... my attack shouldn't be able to cause a building to collapse. I have to control my strength carefully."

Maria continued speaking, ignoring the incomprehensible look from Xingxiong behind her.

"I noticed that after I attacked, there were several explosions... But I didn't attack at those times. Something was triggered by my attack."

"trigger?"

After hearing Maria's words, Xingxiong, who was originally relaxed, suddenly became serious.

After thinking for a while, she turned around, put on gloves from the car not far away, and turned around to help Maria search for stones.

"Are you sure?"

"...I'm not sure, but I know exactly what my attack was like. The force of my punches wasn't enough to destroy a building like this."

Maria's words were very serious, and Xingxiong's expression was silent at this time.

After hesitating for a while, she helped Maria while speaking softly in her ear.

"We intercepted intelligence from the Reunion Movement today..."

"Ok?"

"Although they have temporarily retreated, they haven't given up their attack on Longmen. The information we've received so far is that the integration movement is now divided into two parts. One part is being handled by Chernobog's mobile platform and is moving towards Longmen."

"The other part is moving inside the dragon gate, preparing to meet the opponent."

Xingxiong's voice was so soft that only Maria, who was standing next to her, could hear it.

Obviously, this was not news that could be shared, but out of trust in Maria, Xingxiong still explained his understanding to her.

Maria quickly realized what the other party meant.

"Are you trying to say... do you think this time, it might have been done by those Reunion members hiding in the Dragon Gate?"

“…Not sure, but possible.”

Xingxiong shook his head and said, "I remember that during the last Reunion Movement, there was someone who could use a similar Originium technique, right?"

"...Alex?" Hearing Xingxiong's whisper, Maria instantly remembered Misha's younger brother, Alex, who was called Bone Breaker.

Although at first Maria thought it was some kind of professional industrial product... maybe gunpowder or something.