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

However, Maria did not notice this. After thinking for a while, she stood back silently and looked at the man in front of her.

And Chen quickly adjusted his mood.

"Then what is your purpose? How many companions do you have in Longmen?"

Chen immediately asked, while Maria suppressed the man silently.

"I...I don't know."

The man's face was extremely pale, and he even looked desperate, as if he was about to cry.

"I really don't know... We haven't received any information. We were just filmed here and asked to infect a few influential people in Longmen. We really don't know anything else! Really! I'm not lying to you! Really!"

The man kept emphasizing that he was not lying, but he said very little, which made Maria a little dissatisfied.

But after hesitating for a few moments, she frowned again as if she had thought of something.

"So...Sora was chosen by you, not assigned to you by the higher-ups?"

"Mmmmmmm!"

The man nodded as if he was pounding garlic.

After receiving the news, Maria was silent for a while, then sighed.

"If that's the case, then there's no point in me staying here... I'll leave these people to you. I'll be leaving first."

"what……"

Seeing Maria decisively turn around and leave, Chen was stunned for a moment.

After hesitating for a while, she also turned her head hesitantly.

"You're not going to interrogate me?"

"Ok?"

Maria turned around and looked at the dragon girl who was hesitating to say something, and she also laughed.

She stopped and approached the other person step by step.

Under the other person's stunned gaze, he slowly lifted her chin and moved his face closer.

The delicate cheeks were fully displayed in front of her.

"Just now, you didn't seem to want me to interrogate him?"

Maria spoke gently, and the rich fragrance she exhaled hit Chen's face.

Chen subconsciously took a deep breath because someone was approaching, but he inhaled all the air Maria exhaled into his lungs.

When Chen came to his senses and realized what he had done, his face turned red.

She took a few steps back in panic, broke free from Maria's fingers, and forced herself to remain calm.

"I'm just reminding you, if you give up this time, everything after that will be transferred to our Longmen Guard Bureau for handling, and you won't have a chance!"

As she spoke, her eyes were panicked and she didn't dare look at Maria.

But Maria just smiled.

"very funny."

"Hmm..." Chen made an unhappy sound.

"I've already learned almost everything I want to know from his memory. Continuing to interrogate him won't yield any more information, so there's no need to waste time here..."

Maria withdrew her hand, slowly straightened her back, and looked at Chen.

"Compared to these, Miss Chen, you seem more interesting... Consider this my personal request. If you uncover any additional intelligence later, please let me know."

"I would be grateful."

After saying that, Maria turned and left without giving Chen any chance to refuse.

And Chen wanted to catch up and say something.

But the members of the Integration Movement who were gradually waking up around him also brought Chen back to his senses.

Putting aside other things, these people have to wait until their colleagues from the Guard Bureau arrive and take them away.

And around her, the rich fragrance still lingered.

This made her recall Maria's slightly intimate behavior just now...

"Tsk...Maria..."

Chen gritted his teeth shyly, looked at Maria walking away, and slowly clenched his fists.

Chapter 45 Can you do it?

"This is the situation...Emperor, you..."

"I see, thank you."

"Um... okay, no, I didn't discover this alone."

"Actually...ah, okay."

When Maria arrived at Texas's side, Texas was also standing on the rooftop not far from the concert, having finished his call.

Although it was Black Steel International that provided security for the concert, it was Siren Records that invited them.

They are a group of businessmen and will not spend more money to strengthen their defenses just because of Texas' one-sided statement.

But fortunately, the boss of Penguin Logistics, the Emperor, does have a certain reputation in Siren Records.

With him taking charge, many things become much simpler.

As Maria approached, Texas' face showed a hint of joy.

"The concert venue will be reinforced soon... How's it going on your end?"

"They were caught... Although those guys were taken away by a detective girl in the end, I also understood the general situation." Maria nodded, and then told him everything she knew.

Including integration movements, personnel selection, and things in between.

After hearing all this, Texas frowned deeply.

"So... these guys attacked Sora simply because he was more famous, and not for any other reason?"

"From the current perspective, it's like this... I came back because I was worried that there were other members of the Reunion Movement targeting Sora."

Maria nodded, and in front of her, Texas's face sulked.

Is it simply because the other party is famous that you attack him?

What’s the difference between this and indiscriminate killing!

Texas clenched his fists.

Maria glanced at the other person and turned her head away silently.

"Are they all like this?"

"Hmm?" Texas turned his head and looked at Maria.

"The infected...are they all like this? And why are they being ostracized like this?"

Maria spoke up, expressing her confusion.

To be honest, even now, she still couldn't understand what all this was for.

From the current point of view, she only knows that the infected person has an incurable terminal disease, but she cannot understand where all this came from.

Are those infected people...all so crazy?

"this problem……"

Hearing Maria's question, Texas didn't know where to start for a moment.

But I still honestly integrated the thoughts in my mind.

"Not all infected are so crazy... Rather, under normal circumstances, those infected in the early stages are still the same as ordinary people. Only those with very severe infections that affect their brains will behave strangely."

"The reason people are so afraid of the infected is, on the one hand, because their emotions are extremely unstable and they often commit violent acts. At the same time, the Originium crystals in their bodies empower and enhance their Originium skills, causing them to go crazy and cause much more damage than ordinary people."

"On the other hand, in the later stages of Originium disease, the infected person's body will become highly crystallized. Once they die, they will explode, scattering Originium dust... This dust can easily infect those around them. Some research has reported that the Originium dust generated by a single explosion is enough to infect a small or medium-sized town!"

"Although the final result may not be ideal due to various external reasons, it is enough to terrify others."

"Additionally, the attitude of branches in various countries towards those infected is repressive, which has resulted in many Originium patients not receiving normal treatment and struggling to survive... The extreme situation has exacerbated their mental changes... Although not everyone hates them, everyone is indeed afraid of contracting Originium..."

After Texas finished speaking, he turned and looked at Maria.

Speaking of which, isn’t this question common sense?

Why did Maria ask this?

"Is that right?"

After listening to Texas' question, Maria remained silent.

She stood by the rooftop fence, letting the wind blow across her face and lift her snow-white hair.

"So, Originium disease is incurable?"

"……Yes."

“So how do you avoid getting infected?”

"This... there's no definitive answer at the moment. Even people who haven't come into contact with an infected person could potentially become infected someday... This is something that's unavoidable."

Texas said this, also looking at Maria carefully.

She could feel that the other person was in a bad mood.

"Are you... angry?"

Texas asked cautiously.

"No... I just feel like I seemed to have made some mistakes before."

Maria turned her head and looked down at the rooftop.

In the lively concert, several young and beautiful girls were jumping and singing the songs that gave Maria a headache... Although Maria did not understand this form of artistic expression, looking at the cheering crowd around her, she could truly feel their happiness.

In some corners in the distance, people in tattered clothes were walking through the intricate alleys. There were fights among them, lonely children, and even more desperate people who had lost even the strength to move...

and so……

Isn't beastification the calamity of this world, but Originium disease?

Maria pondered.

Even faster, the puppet's voice rang out in Maria's mind.

"Good hunter, I have sorted out the memories of that man..."

"How about it?"

"There are still enemies..."

"Ok?"

"There are still enemies on the move, Hunter."

The puppet's voice is very soft, like singing a nursery rhyme, gentle and tender.

"In the man's memory, I heard the enemy's arrangements... In a place called the Slums, their people will gather there."

"The slums..."

Maria raised her head and looked into the distance.

In a trance, one can see human figures surging.

"Isn't it over yet?"

She murmured.

Texas on the side looked confused.

"What's wrong?"

"nothing."