Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 525 Mysterious Woman

While Tang Zijun and Suo Lin were resting, Lei Sen was not idle either. After saying goodbye to Tang Zijun, he went directly to the building where people could enter the city so as to resolve the formalities as soon as possible.

Donning his linen robe again, Leisen concealed his face. Unlike the others, his identity was rather special. His experiences fighting against the omnics and escaping from the prison area had landed him on the wanted list within the omnic sphere of influence.

Although the gods of the era wouldn't actively seek out someone as insignificant as him, being targeted by someone with ulterior motives would still cause considerable trouble. Before arriving in the City of Glory, Leisen knew that this place had most likely already submitted to the gods of the era, so he still needed to be cautious and at least not show his face too much.

The doors to the processing area had reopened, indicating that the closure hadn't lasted long. As he approached, he saw prosecutors maintaining order.

The long metal platform was divided into sections by fences, and queues formed at each entrance. No one would cause trouble or cut in line here; those prosecutors really would shoot.

Leisen quietly moved closer, just like most people here, stiff and low-key, attracting no attention. The prosecutors only glanced at Leisen before looking away.

They didn't care who was behind the face veiled by Leisen; their only task was to maintain order.

After what seemed like an eternity, it was finally Leisen's turn in line. He stepped into the cubicle and his sharp eyes fell on the clerk opposite him.

"I need three entry permits and a certificate for carrying the smart system, preferably for the first trip tomorrow morning." The clerk, a portly middle-aged man, glanced at Leisen and spoke casually. "Do you have any certificates from known shelters, and test reports?"

"No, sir, we are just scavengers from the wasteland, wandering aimlessly throughout the wasteland, never having entered a shelter." The middle-aged man frowned. "Then what is your purpose in entering the inner city?"

Leisen remained calm, silently placing a gold necklace on the counter. "We're here to do business; the gentlemen of the inner city should like this."

The appearance of the gold necklace instantly widened the middle-aged man's eyes. He sat bolt upright, his hand swiftly sweeping across the table to snatch the necklace. He then glanced cautiously at the prosecutors not far away, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw they hadn't noticed. He then smiled smugly at Leisen. "So you're here to make a fortune. Looks like you've found quite a few good things."

"Can you do it, sir?" Leisen asked calmly, his tone devoid of emotion.

The middle-aged man did not speak immediately, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Leisen raised his hand, and the middle-aged man immediately and knowingly slipped his hand under Leisen's sleeve.

Feeling the sensation of a ring-shaped object being put on his finger, the middle-aged man's smile widened.

Leisen quickly lowered his voice and said, "Please, sir, the expenses after we enter the inner city will be quite high."

"Alright." Knowing when to stop, the middle-aged man didn't get too greedy. He immediately turned around and tapped a few times on the virtual screen next to him. Soon, the device spat out three cards.

He stamped the card twice and placed it in front of Leisen. "May any wish of yours be fulfilled in the City of Glory." "Thank you." Leisen picked up the card and turned to leave the counter without pausing.

Although he had obtained the permit to enter the inner city, Leisen showed no joy. On the contrary, his face was extremely gloomy, and one hand reached for the gun at his waist.

He turned into a dark alley, walked a short distance, and then stopped.

"Why are there so many visitors today? I don't remember having so many 'old friends'?"

Slowly turning his head, Leisen looked at the figure in black robes that had appeared not far behind him with hostile eyes, and muttered coldly. The person in black robes was not short, and looked like a woman. Even the wide robe could not hide the person's good figure. Leisen tried his best to see through the person, but the person was perfectly hidden in the darkness.

"Tell me your identity?" Leisen pointed the gun at the woman in black. "You only have one chance to answer."

"I am not your enemy." The woman in black robes slowly stepped forward from the shadows, then raised her hand and removed her hood, revealing a stunningly beautiful face. "And what you hold in your hand cannot harm me."

Upon hearing this, Leisen frowned even more deeply.

Because he was disgusted by the same rhetoric just today.

"Who exactly are you?" Leisen pressed.

At first, he thought the guy following him was a lackey of the gods of the era. He suspected that he might have exposed his identity somewhere, which was why the other party discovered him and was trying to assassinate him for the bounty.

But he quickly dismissed the guess, because he didn't sense any killing intent from her. Having wandered the wasteland for many years, he had long been able to sense killing intent. Although he didn't know her intentions, she didn't seem to have any intention of harming him.

Leisen then suspected that the other party had her eye on the gold in his hand, because the other party had obviously been watching him when he was going through the entry procedures. But thinking about it carefully, that didn't make sense. No one would dare to rob someone here unless she was confident that she could deal with all the prosecutors.

Seeing the wary look in Rayson's eyes, the woman simply smiled and then said softly, "I have many names, but I've forgotten most of them. You can call me Skadi. I'm here to ask you a few questions."

"A question?" Leisen scoffed. "I'm not some information broker, and I don't have anything you want to know. Even if I did know, I have no obligation to tell you. Now, get out of my way!"

Despite Leisen's blunt words, the woman's smile remained unchanged.

However, those eyes suddenly became somewhat dangerous.

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat oppressive.

The deathly silence tightened Rayson's nerves. The ironclad rules of wasteland survival told him never to relinquish the initiative to the enemy, and that an unknown, calm stranger was often the most formidable presence.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and his index finger on the trigger tightened abruptly. His muscles bulged, and power was instantly transmitted.

And in the instant the trigger was about to be pulled...

The woman in black moved!

That wasn't a simple dodge or block; it was an explosion that surpassed the limits of visual perception.

Without any preparation, her body transformed into a black lightning bolt that tore through the air in the blink of an eye.

boom!

Gunshots rang out in the alley, and a beam of eerie blue energy pierced through the metal wall behind the woman. She herself had vanished from her original spot before the gunshot even rang out.

Leisen felt a black wind rush towards him, so fast that his battle-hardened instincts didn't even have time to issue a complete warning.

Before his eyes could see anything, the dark figure was already inches away. He hadn't even seen the other's movements when he felt an unimaginable, excruciating pain in his right wrist, which was holding the gun, as if he had been hit by a high-speed spinning drill.

The excruciating pain caused his fingers to detach instantly. The heavy quantum pistol was flung away by an irresistible force, spinning in the narrow alley before crashing against a nearby wall with a "thud," then falling into the sewage and completely falling silent.

Before the shock of losing his weapon had fully taken hold of Leisen's mind, a shadow of death had already enveloped him.

The wasteland legend scavenger, now unarmed, reacted instinctively—shortening, twisting his waist, and with a desperate, ruthless thrust of his left hand, aimed straight for the opponent's abdomen!

That was a killing move he had honed countless times on the brink of life and death, powerful enough to break the spine of a mutated hyena.

However, the woman in black seemed to have anticipated his movements, and at the moment he exerted force, her body completed a slight side slide with incredible flexibility.

Oops!

Leisen's eyes widened as he watched his fist graz his opponent's side and strike empty air. His heart sank to the bottom. A tremendous sense of crisis suddenly overwhelmed him; in this game of wits, any fleeting opportunity could render him incapable of retaliating.

Before he could even readjust his balance, an even stronger and more precise force slammed into the back of his right knee! The pain and loss of support caused him to completely lose his balance. His burly body leaned back uncontrollably, his vision suddenly shooting upwards, followed by the pain of his back hitting the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a foot wearing the same jet-black, hard combat boots, seemingly made of some kind of carbon fiber, stepped directly onto his right arm, instantly thwarting his attempt to draw his weapon again.

"Pfft...cough cough..." Leisen let out a painful cough, and stars flashed before his eyes.

His pride and joy—his strength, speed, reflexes, and wasteland fighting skills—were as fragile as a toddler when facing the woman before him.

He didn't even get a proper counterattack before being knocked to the ground in a single move. Even if he had to do it all over again, he wouldn't know what to do.

It felt like I hadn't made any mistakes, but I just couldn't break through the opponent's offensive.

Above him, the woman still smiled, her cold voice clearly piercing through his panting.

"Save your energy, Mr. Raesen."

Leisen gritted his teeth. In all these years, apart from being surrounded and utterly defeated by a group of omnics, he had never been so humiliated.

"What...what exactly do you want to do?"

"I told you, I just came to ask you a question."

"What's the problem?"

"I want to know"

The woman narrowed her eyes slightly, staring intently at Leisen at her feet.

Why do you retain an aura that doesn't belong to this world?

(End of this volume)