National Guardian's Gone and We're Done

To better hide their identities in this perilous foreign land,

Liu Yuzhu had specially arranged a cover for the two of them.

They were to be a young couple from the Great Xia Empire, visiting the Lighthouse Empire as tourists.

In the eyes of any onlooker, this was the most ordinary thing in the world.

This arrangement was designed to lower the suspicion of the Lighthouse Empire’s local powers.

After all, during this period, the Werewolf Clan and the Vampire Clan were in a state of fierce, irreconcilable conflict.

The authorities in Jinshan City were bound to be closely monitoring the movements of everyone coming and going.

While the Vampire Clan certainly held considerable influence in Jinshan City,

the Werewolf Clan was equally powerful and not to be underestimated.

Along the way, Xia Chengli seemed to be thoroughly enjoying her role as the girlfriend.

And she couldn’t get enough of it,

constantly initiating public displays of affection with Chu He,

looking as if she were hopelessly lost in the throes of a passionate romance.

Seeing this, Chu He could only shake his head with a wry smile.

However, the moment Xia Chengli rested her head on his shoulder,

Chu He’s Perception Power, as sharp as a falcon’s, noticed something.

The gaze that had been quietly watching them from the shadows

instantly grew incredibly sharp, like a physical blade that threatened to pierce right through them.

This subtle change gave Chu He pause.

’Why would the observer’s gaze show such an emotional shift?’ he wondered to himself.

Originally, Chu He had just planned to play along and probe the situation a bit,

but now, he suddenly changed his mind. He was done wasting time.

He quickly pulled several hundred-dollar bills from the Lighthouse Empire out of his wallet

and casually tossed them onto the back seat of the car.

Then, with lightning speed, he gripped Xia Chengli’s wrist tightly with one hand.

In the next instant,

the two of them vanished from the cramped space of the taxi like a puff of smoke,

leaving not a single trace behind,

only the empty seat and a few hundred-dollar bills, as if they had never been there at all.

"My two guests from afar, where would you like to go?"

The taxi driver had just started the car and was about to ask for their destination as usual.

But when he instinctively glanced at the rearview mirror, his eyes widened in shock.

The two people who had been in the back seat were gone without a trace.

He hurriedly turned his head, only to find the back seat completely empty.

The driver’s face was filled with astonishment, his mind rife with a confusion he couldn’t resolve. "When did they get out? I didn’t notice a thing. Have I been too tired lately? But still, these two foreign guests were really generous."

Muttering to himself, he took the hundred-dollar Lighthouse Empire bills that had been tossed onto the back seat,

carefully inspecting them and finding them to be genuine.

A joyful smile immediately spread across his face,

and he happily pocketed the money right away.

As for where those two customers had actually gone,

the taxi driver no longer cared.

In his mind, he’d made his money, and nothing else mattered.

...

On the rooftop of a skyscraper that soared more than thirty stories into the clouds,

a bitter wind howled past, as if trying to sweep everything in the world away.

Here,

stood a slender figure completely wrapped in a cloak.

The gale surged in from a distance,

but it couldn’t make the slender figure’s cloak flutter in the slightest.

The cloak seemed to be one with his body,

or perhaps held fast by an invisible force, utterly still.

In the midst of this silent and mysterious atmosphere,

two people suddenly appeared behind the slender figure without any warning.

The entire process was completely silent,

like phantoms, sending a chill down one’s spine.

"You’re the one who’s been watching us."

One of them spoke first,

their voice calm yet filled with an authority that could not be questioned.

This sudden voice

made the slender figure’s shoulders tremble slightly.

It was as if they were startled by the sudden appearance of the two,

or perhaps a hidden, unspeakable secret had been instantly exposed.

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