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

Deliver a package to a gangster on the edge of Longmen.

The work was not complicated. I didn't know what happened on the road. It was very quiet and there were no other gang members wandering around.

It only took half a day for the team to reach their destination.

As soon as Texas stopped the car, the idle Archangel couldn't wait to jump out and picked up the package.

"Let me deliver this package. I'm so sleepy I almost fell asleep in the car."

The Angel said with a smile,

Texas, who was driving, still had a Pocky in his mouth. He nodded in agreement and turned to look at the sleepy Croissant beside him.

"Croissant?"

"Eh?"

"You follow Exiah, so she won't cause any more trouble."

"Eh~ This is so troublesome. Shouldn't Exia be able to handle it?"

Croissant complained, but still stood up obediently, carrying the shield and approaching the Angel.

He is a typical example of someone who says one thing but acts another.

Maria also wanted to go with him, but the Archangel refused with a smile.

"Texas will be bored guarding the car alone, so you stay with her and leave this matter to the two of us."

After saying that, she left without looking back.

After a moment of silence, Maria turned around and sat back in her passenger seat.

For a moment, they were the only two people sitting quietly in the car.

Texas placed his hands nervously on the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the Archangel entering the factory outside the glass window, and from time to time he would use the rearview mirror to peek at Maria beside him.

Appearing restless.

This strange attitude made Maria fall silent.

After pausing for a moment, she looked at the other person hesitantly.

"Miss Texas..."

"Yes!"

Texas suddenly spoke very loudly.

"..." Maria was puzzled, and suddenly remembered the encyclopedia she had read on the road. She turned her head and looked at the other person's tail.

Stretch straight...

"Are you nervous?"

"……No."

"Yeah……"

Maria was gentle and didn't expose the other person's feelings, but she was a little strange.

"Your attitude towards me...seems a little different."

"Have it?"

"...I'm not a dull person, Miss Texas. Your companions have shown that. Your attitude is not usually like that."

"..."

Texas is in a dilemma.

Maria thought for a while and then suddenly spoke.

"Do you have time now?"

"..."

"I have a story I want to tell...but it needs an audience."

Although he is only a temporary member of the team, considering that he doesn't know how long he will be teaming up with the person in front of him, it is still necessary to get along well with him.

After thinking for a while, Maria decided to tell a story to bring the two closer.

"Perhaps I can take on that responsibility."

Maria's way of speaking was strange, but Texas agreed decisively, as if he had long been accustomed to such behavior.

"I once knew a girl from the Lupo tribe. She was still a child at that time."

After making sure that the other party was willing to listen, Maria slowly began to tell the story of herself and the silly puppy girl.

"She's very silly and dumb...sometimes I just call her a puppy...because I think she's just a little thing like a dog."

Texas was a little shy, his hands awkwardly gripping the steering wheel, his tail swishing slightly.

"I wasn't very nice to her at first, but that was mostly because of my own reasons."

"She's full of wildness. Although she doesn't talk to me much, I can see that it's her self-protection due to loneliness... I don't resist this."

Texas' ears began to twitch, and his tail softened, swishing unconsciously.

"She is very simple and stupid, but not bad. It's just that her long period of loneliness has made her speech abnormal."

"We didn't spend a lot of time together, because I went there for a purpose... But even so, in the end, we still developed a certain friendship."

"But in the end, I left her without explaining anything clearly... Until now, I don't know how she is doing."

"The reason for all this is the lack of communication between us... If there had been enough communication, perhaps we would have had a different outcome."

Maria said this, turning her head again and looking at Texas beside her.

Texas also turned his head and looked at Maria.

There was a hint of surprise in his wide eyes.

"So, Miss Texas, if you have any questions, you can just ask. Communication is an essential step in interpersonal relationships... That's what I think."

Maria looked at Texas and reluctantly turned the story to what she wanted to say.

She felt that there must be a reason for Texas's strange attitude towards her... She wanted to know the reason.

The reason why she told about her experience with the puppy girl at this time was simply because these stories were closest to her and they did have the theme of communication.

It is a good choice.

But Texas had already widened his eyes at this time.

Is this... talking about me?

Maria...Maria must be talking about me!

Sure enough...it was her! It was Maria!

Maria really did remember herself...and recognized herself.

That's what she said...

I was a little young at that time, but... was it as terrible as she said?

And the puppy, is this how Maria sees herself?

Unexpectedly, Texas did not feel that this name was disrespectful, but instead felt a warm feeling in his heart.

I thought memories of the past were all disturbing.

But...it seems that's not entirely true.

Thinking about it, Texas turned his head to look at Maria.

She just sat quietly in her seat... just like the first time I saw her, strong, cold, but with a gentleness hidden that ordinary people could not perceive.

Texas lowered his head as he thought about it.

And it was when she mustered up the courage and wanted to say something to the other person.

Maria suddenly frowned and raised her hand.

“There’s a sound…”

"Um?!"

Texas was stunned and turned his head decisively.

Just as Maria said, Texas could clearly sense those strange people lurking in the side alleys through the one-way glass.

They were all dressed in black suits, peeking over here and behaving strangely.

but……

"They're not coming for us."

Maria made a quick judgment.

Although these people were approaching this side, their attention was not on the car at all. Instead, they were staring at the factory in the distance...

This incidates that……

"Bam—!"

Flames instantly burst out from inside the factory!

"Everyone! Charge!"

It's like a starting gun.

All the men in suits rushed into the factory.

It was at this time that Maria understood the goals of these people.

Their target is the gangster hiding here!

"Oh no! Exia!"

Texas' eyes widened instantly.

Chapter 31 I, Maria, am definitely not a good person!

As long as the money is in place, Penguin Logistics can deliver anything.

This is the rule set by the Emperor when Penguin Logistics was first established.

Of course, the fun-loving Penguin never sets any troublesome rules and regulations for its employees. It just means that Penguin Logistics is very tolerant and you pay what you pay for.

However, through word of mouth in Longmen, Penguin Logistics has become some kind of mysterious organization like a jack of all trades. Some people even say that as long as you pay the right amount, Penguin Logistics can even deliver your letter to Wei Yanwu, the person in charge of Longmen!

But this is true, the boss of Penguin Logistics, Dadi, does know Wei Yanwu.

But that’s beside the point.

In short, because of Penguin Logistics' somewhat omnipotent abilities, they were soon noticed by the dark forces active in Longmen.

Occasionally, they will use the features of Penguin Logistics to do things that are inconvenient or difficult for them to do.

For example...delivering bombs!

"Om-!"

With the accelerator pressed to the floor, the quiet armored vehicle suddenly roared.

Texas didn't hesitate and rushed into the factory that was burning in the flames of the explosion.

After the explosion, she sort of understood what was going on.

There is no doubt that this is another gang fight.

One party must have known that their opponent would come to this factory warehouse today, so they specially filled out this order to Penguin Logistics, and the cargo was the bomb that just exploded!

Although this kind of thing has happened before and everyone has overcome it, Texas still can't help but worry.

After all, not every time you face a bomb head-on and survive.

The roaring armored vehicle rudely smashed through the blocked iron gate. Various flying props smashed madly on the body of the armored vehicle, interfering with the judgment of the two people in the car.

But even so, Texas still managed to defeat Exia and Croissant who were resisting stubbornly on the second floor.

"Texas~this way~"