Don't move, it's a robbery!

"What? You found it?"

"Um!"

"Really? This guy's worth a lot of money, do you think he'd be so easy to find? You must have mistaken him for someone else, right?"

"No! She looks almost exactly like the person on the wanted poster!"

Seeing my female neighbor's confident expression, I couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Sure enough! Lady Luck is on my side!

"Where is she?!"

"It's right next door."

"What?"

"Didn't two kids move in next door recently? When I flew past just now, I noticed there was someone in their yard, and it looked like they were trying to steal the kids. I took a closer look and realized it was the person you're looking for."

I stood there stunned for a full three seconds, unable to understand why a wanted criminal with a million-dollar bounty would kidnap a child.

But it's no big deal, I'll just go and see for myself.

I grabbed the Samsung stick and rushed towards my neighbor's house. I then discovered that my female neighbor was not lying. The wanted criminal was indeed standing in her yard, his eyes glowing red. The two little brats who used to live there seemed to have woken up as well.

However, their behavior was somewhat strange. The older boy was like a sleepwalker, pulling the girl beside him away. The girl seemed to be awake and was trying to break free from the boy's grasp.

"Wake up! Zack! Wake up! Wake up!"

The girl's voice was trembling with tears, and she seemed terrified. But her efforts were in vain. The boy even covered her mouth with his hand and dragged her towards the door in a more forceful manner.

Just as the two of them were about to come out of the house, the girl suddenly reached out and grabbed the door frame tightly, stopping the boy from going any further.

However, such petty tricks were futile resistance against the magical being outside. No one knows what she did, but the boy's forehead veins bulged, his muscles suddenly tensed, and he dragged the girl out with overwhelming force.

The girl was on the verge of a breakdown and started punching the boy repeatedly, trying to wake him up, but no matter how hard she tried, the boy didn't react at all.

During this time, the wanted criminal watched silently from the sidelines, a smile on her face, making no attempt to stop the girl. She let the girl struggle, silently watching as if she were watching a comedy, seemingly deriving endless amusement from it.

After hitting him proved ineffective, the girl found a stone on the ground. As if seeing a glimmer of hope, she began to throw the stone at the boy, hoping he would let go.

In an instant, the boy's forehead was broken by the stone, and the flowing blood dripped onto the girl.

She trembled suddenly, and the hand gripping the stone suddenly lost its strength to swing.

After hesitating for a moment, she actually dropped the stone and gave up resisting.

"Hahaha~"

The wanted criminal laughed, unable to contain his laughter.

Her smile was beautiful, like that of an innocent young girl, but the cruelty in her eyes sent chills down one's spine.

"Come here, come here, come to my side~"

"Okay~"

"Huh? Who's talking?!"

"Thump!"

Looking at the fallen wanted criminal, I couldn't help but shake my head.

What a nasty guy, he plays even more fancy games than I do!

"Alright, you two can go back to your rooms and go to sleep now."

I waved to the two kids in the yard, signaling them to hurry home, but they didn't react.

I immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly looked at them, only to find that the boy who had been bewitched was still sleepwalking.

What's going on? The caster was knocked unconscious, so why hasn't the spell been dispelled yet?

Could it be that this guy is faking fainting?!

I was so scared my hair stood on end. I quickly did a somersault to dodge, followed by a spinning jump and two and a half spins in the air. The moment I landed, I touched the ground with my palm to change direction and jumped again at an extremely tricky angle to dodge. Then I did a somersault and a mid-air spin to avoid the follow-up attack.

After a series of flashy dodges, I realized that the wanted criminal I had knocked unconscious hadn't gotten up at all.

"......."

"No problem. As long as we silence everyone who knows, no one will know I embarrassed myself!"

I silently walked back and struck the wanted criminal on each of her limbs with a stick. As she woke up in pain, I hit her head again, then took out a sack and stuffed her inside.

I was carrying a sack, ready to leave. To my surprise, this guy was surprisingly light, like a child who hadn't fully grown up, or a skinny old man.

"Wait! Please help us!"

When I saw that I was leaving, the girl in the yard immediately called out to me for help.

It seems that after the caster fell into a coma, the control over the boy was also weakened. He could no longer restrain the girl's resistance, nor would he react to the actions of others. He would just stand there blankly, like a walking corpse.

"Please! Help us! Zack suddenly became like this, I don't know what to do!"

The girl was crying very sadly, but I didn't know how to help her. However, I was just about to go find those guys from the Wind Chime; maybe they would have a solution.

"Fine, I guess I'm just too soft-hearted."

The girl looked surprised, and then she saw me hit her with a stick.

"Thump! Thump!"

Both kids collapsed, so I found another sack, put them in it, and then shouldered the sack and set off.

How can I describe how I feel right now? Let me put it this way, it's like I've found money, no, not just money, it's like I've found a mountain of gold!

With a burlap sack on my back, I happily climbed over the second floor of the hotel and came to the corridor.

"Open the door! Leos! Little one! We've really struck it rich!"

"Lady Fortune smiled upon me! You'd never guess, that wanted criminal we've been longing for actually came to visit me next door!"

In my excitement, I knocked on the door quite loudly, so much so that before Leos could open his door, the resident in the next room opened it first.

"Damn it, who are you? Why are you making such a racket in the middle of the night?! I have to go to work tomorrow!"

He's right; I do have some faults.

But just as I was about to apologize, the guy's expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly pulled out a stack of wanted posters from his pocket and quickly found the one that belonged to me.

He looked at me first, then at the wanted poster, then back at me, and then back at the wanted poster again.

Then, with an excited expression, he started knocking on the door of another guest room, banging on it frantically.

"Open the door! Rip! Garoway! We've really struck it rich!"

"Lady Fortune smiled upon me! You'd never guess, that wanted criminal we've been longing for actually came to visit me next door!"

That sounded familiar, like I'd heard it somewhere before, but I definitely couldn't let him keep arguing like that.

"Thump!"

The unknown mercenary was asleep, sleeping very soundly.

"Hehe, why are you making such a racket in the middle of the night? Other people have to go to work tomorrow."

Before I could finish speaking, two more doors opened, revealing two of this guy's companions. They looked towards the hallway, somewhat confused, trying to figure out what was going on.

"Thump! Thump!"

Okay, they're asleep now.

At this moment, Leos opened the door. He looked at me with a confused expression, then looked at the mercenary lying on the ground with astonishment. His expression suddenly became complicated.

"I worked so hard to build this reputation."

"What? Do you need me to silence you?"

"Please, I'm begging you, please don't do that! And stop shouting, let's talk in the stable."

Leos called out Little One and March, and then they came with me to the stable in the backyard of the hotel. Under their watchful eyes, I pulled three people out of the sack.

A young boy, a young girl, and an old lady.

Huh? An old lady?!

"What's going on? Brother Thief, why are you out here in the middle of the night playing tricks on us? This is really boring!"

"Who's playing you? I really caught them! That guy suddenly ran off to the deserted area and seduced a brother and sister. How could I let this opportunity pass? I caught all three of them!"

"But these people are clearly not."

"Yeah! I'm wondering the same thing. Where did my wanted criminal go? I'm such a big wanted criminal, what happened to me?!"

I was sweating profusely with anxiety, just like I had lost money—no, I had lost money, and a huge sum at that! I turned the sack over, but I couldn't find the person I was looking for. Looking at the suspicious looks on everyone's faces, I felt incredibly wronged.

Did she wake up in the middle of the game? And then she swapped places with an old lady, resulting in a complete reversal?

Can I stand being wronged like this? Of course not!

She actually dared to try to escape from me! She's utterly ignorant of her own limitations! Even if I have to work day and night, turning Lin Decheng upside down, I will find her.

When Leos saw me pick up the stick and try to leave, he quickly stopped me. He then checked the brother and sister, took out his weapon, and made a small cut on the old woman's arm. Then, as if he understood something, he reached out and patted my shoulder.

"Don't worry, I understand what's going on. The person you caught before was actually this old woman. She's not human at all, but a forest witch."

"What the heck?"

Leos didn't speak, but instead showed me the old lady's arm where she had just been cut. The wound was now oozing bright green blood, like plant sap.

"Although the forest witch looks like an old woman, she is actually not very old. Although these creatures have human intelligence, they are cruel by nature and especially like to eat human children, which is why she specifically bewitched this brother and sister."

Leos pried open the young man's eyelids with his fingers, then waved his fingers in front of them.

"Look, his eyes follow the movement of my finger, which means his body is conscious, but he is still like a walking corpse, completely at my mercy. This is a state that can only be created by the unique charm of the forest witch."

"Allure?"

Leos nodded and began to explain the forest witch's abilities to me.

"Yes, many monsters can use charm abilities, but the Forest Witch's charm ability is the strongest."

"They can transform into young women and seduce men with kisses. Once a man falls for their charm, he can become his puppet. Unless the manipulator gives up or kills the manipulator, the manipulator will not be able to escape the charm, even if he is beaten up."

"Of course, their allure isn't invincible. If your willpower is strong enough, you might be able to resist it. Also, if you can avoid their flying kisses, you can avoid the effect."

"If I'm not mistaken, this guy probably wanted to eat that little girl, but he could have just seduced her directly, but he deliberately didn't. Instead, he seduced the girl's brother, making the girl watch helplessly as her brother pushed her into the abyss."

Leos's eyes were cold, and his tone was full of murderous intent.

"What a cruel monster."

I nodded; this thing was indeed full of wicked humor.

However, according to the forest witch...

"Her hair should be usable in medicine, right?"

"Ah? Ah, it's like this. Actually, these things can't be considered hair, because strictly speaking, the Forest Witch is actually a kind of plant."

"Oh! I see, I see."

"The hair of the forest witch can grant people the ability to connect with nature. Eve used to use a potion made from the hair of the forest witch, which is said to restore magic power, but it requires some auxiliary ingredients."

"What is it? I'll write it down and buy it next time."

Seeing that the topic was getting further and further off track, March and Little One quickly interrupted our conversation.

"Stop! You two have gone off-topic, haven't you? Weren't we talking about Tina?"

Who is Tina?