Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 417 Pursuit
After briefly dealing with John's affairs, Vinata quickly rushed along the street towards the company's headquarters building, which was located at a commanding height on the dock.

Instead of becoming clear, the sky became even more gloomy and dark, which was not like the weather that should appear in spring.

Unlike Backlund, Pritz Harbor, and Constant City, there was a severe shortage of gas in Indo Harbor after the war. In addition, Vinata had just caused a serious gas explosion, making the entire street gloomy.

Amid the growing rain, a thin mist gradually spread. The doors and windows of the surrounding two-story houses were tightly closed. The residents had already locked themselves in their rooms in accordance with the arrangements made during the evacuation drill and were ready for action.

In this kind of weather, Vinata realized that even if she wanted to track Vice Admiral Shadow, it would not be an easy task. In the wind and rain, both the hunter's tracking ability and the arsonist's iconic fire control ability were greatly weakened. Vinata felt that the chances of defeating Vice Admiral Shadow in this state were slim.

From the information vaguely revealed by John, it seemed that Vice Admiral Shadow was preparing to deal with Sophie alone, so he sent "Conductor" Henry Fuller and three others to hunt down Vinata, but they did not expect to be killed by Vinata in the disadvantageous terrain.

However, Vinata did not show any anxiety at the first moment. Instead, she discussed the conditions with John in a leisurely manner.

This was not because she did not care about Sophie, but because the protection around Sophie was not weak. There was Anne, a seasoned Sequence 7 Extraordinary, and Elaine, who decided to temporarily join the Extraordinary team of Indo Port after repeated consideration. What's more, Sophie was at the company headquarters, where the company's last fresh force was stationed.

Although these ordinary people are still not strong enough when facing Extraordinary People, they have participated in the Esco family's hunting activities for Extraordinary People before and have considerable experience in fighting against Extraordinary People. A shadow lieutenant general who infiltrated may not be able to do anything alone.

Finally, Sophie herself is now a Sequence 7 "serial killer" and has taken a very strong combat path. In the shadows, she is only a Sequence 6. Facing three Sequence 7s and more than a hundred adult Feysac men with guns, let alone taking advantage, she might end up staying here if she is not careful. So Vinata is not worried about the headquarters.

But what is the purpose of sneaking someone in from the shadows?
On the way, Vinata couldn't help thinking about this question.

With the ability of a Beyonder, I'm afraid that what Admiral Shadow should do most is to engage in the frontal battlefield and use his own sequence advantage to help the pirates on the front line expand their victory, instead of doing it like now, where the pirates are engaged in a fierce head-on attack battle with Edwina's fleet and are in a very embarrassing situation under the attack of shore defense firepower.

Although Edwina's "Golden Dream" is not a huge ship, it is flexible. In addition, the mystical cannons on board are not limited by the size of the ship and are extremely powerful. Combined with Edwina's wide variety of spells, it caused considerable trouble to the invading pirates.

However, the only reason why Vice Admiral Iceberg achieved brilliant results was probably that those vicious pirates were almost not in the front, leaving only the "Sea Devil" Drake, who was also Sequence Five, to command the pirates to fight Vice Admiral Iceberg.

Even if there is just one more pirate general-level strongman on the front line, I am afraid Edwina will find it very difficult to resist. At least she will not have the spare time to provide fire support to the land battlefield as she does now, leading the fleet to fight against many enemies alone.

The only explanation for the other party's command is that he does not care about the success of the pirate invasion. He even does not care much about his own subordinates. His only purpose is probably to come to Indo Port to carry out a task entrusted to him by the Moss Ascetic Order.

Thinking of this, Vinata felt a little uneasy in her heart. She quickened her pace and ran quickly towards the company headquarters at the dock.

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Indo Harbor, headquarters of Queen Island Shipping Company.

Sophie wore a plain, solid-colored dress and let down her long hair that had been tied up with a red hairband. Her pair of red eyes did not dim in the gloomy sky, but instead became even more lively.

"Feeling excited?" Cecilia asked suddenly.

During this period, in order to avoid the anti-predictions of the "Death Announcement", she seldom took the initiative to communicate with Sophie, so this sudden greeting still made Sophie a little stunned.

"...Yes, I feel like I am longing for what is happening outside the window from the bottom of my heart, longing for blood and killing."

Sophie rubbed her hands nervously. Although this action made her look like a middle-aged woman, she often used this action to hide her suppressed desires since she became a serial killer.

"No way, this is what the devil has to go through."

Cecilia's tone was still nonchalant. "However, after the ordeal of that saint, you retained a lot of precious emotions and were not overwhelmed by the sudden evil thoughts in your heart during the serial killer stage. If it weren't for these episodes, you would have given up your emotions and become a real serial killer, and you wouldn't have suffered so much."

"But, as I've said, if I really forget about Mother Adele and Sister Venata, they will be very sad, and I don't want to forget Dad either..."

Sophie's tone softened subconsciously. Every time she said this, she would have an inexplicable sense of guilt, as if she had done something wrong by rejecting Cecilia's proposal.

"Stop, stop, stop."

Cecilia immediately interrupted Sophie and said, "I've also told you that since you are a Beyonder of the Demonic Path, you should act tougher. Especially when rejecting my proposal, don't act as if you feel sorry for me. I find it disgusting."

Sophie shut her mouth obediently and said no more.

She had fully understood Cecilia's speaking style after spending so much time with her, and she didn't feel angry or aggrieved by her words.

"Sometimes I don't know if you've listened to me, whether it's the devil's roleplaying rules or anything else."

Seeing Sophie's appearance, Cecilia sighed, "But that's how it is. It's hard to complain."

Then, Sophie found that Cecilia had once again taken control of her body. She rummaged through the drawer skillfully, took out an exquisite copper whistle, put it to her lips and blew it hard.

"Just have a good sleep from now on. When you wake up, I won't be around to worry about you anymore."

(End of this chapter)