Rainy night, at home.
This might be Luo Di’s last night at home, the only regret being that she did not get to sleep in her own bed.
After finishing five hundred one-finger push-ups in the living room area, she too lay on the sofa.
Faintly, laughter and chatter could be heard from the firmly shut bedroom, where her sisters were gathered, giving off a dormitory-like atmosphere. Luo Di hadn’t expected that the class president would have such a deep bond with Eye Sister, deep enough to take the risk of meeting with her.
"I thought the class president would incite infighting among the sisters or use the sisterhood’s resources for individual promotion, not that she would get involved in this kind of trouble.
"Wanted List" by Corner, Monster Avatar.
Without the sisterhood platform, I wouldn’t have any access at all... Being able to encounter Monsters early and slay their Avatars might allow me to fill up my spine in one go.
Just as the class president said, perhaps it could lead to obtaining a special pituitary Beyond Pseudo-Person.
With that, my efficiency in killing would be heightened, steadying my stance when I go to the Capital City."
An inexplicable excitement spread throughout her body,
Indeed, during today’s early banquet, when grandmother brought out the so-called Warrant specifying a target more superior and dangerous than a Pseudo-Person, a Monster Avatar, Luo Di was already excited.
Human aspirations always rise higher.
And so is the Murderer’s pursuit of their prey.
Luo Di had long wanted to try killing a higher existence; during the massage sessions for her grandmother, she often felt Killing Intent streaming from her mind, which she managed to mask well with her massage techniques and the release of pain.
Now, having this chance to encounter a Monster Avatar in advance,
It would satisfy Luo Di’s own Hunger for Hunting and serve as a warm-up for the future venture to the Corner. After the class president’s lessons, she was eager to set foot on the overseas island hiding the Monster Avatars.
Luo Di began to search on her bracelet for Saiwei Vacation Island, the destination she was bound for tomorrow.
The island is about twenty sea miles from the port of Mingwang City.
The island’s location is beyond the maximum impact range of the Corner,
Meaning that although it’s under United Nations’ jurisdiction, it’s essentially not within the influence of the Corner. It bears no threat from the Physical Corner, and humans on the island do not create Thought Corners.
That’s why this island has been turned into a vacation zone that is almost always filled to capacity with daily visitors.
There are several other vacation islands not affected by the Corner.
*Once Pseudo-People leave the influence range of the Corner, their ’time limit’ stops increasing, their pituitaries stop developing or even regress, and they will receive warnings from the Corner.
After all, the vast majority of Pseudo-People aim to head to the Corner eventually, and wouldn’t act against it. As such, there has never been news of Pseudo-Person attacks on vacation islands.
Every day, tourists from different districts come to the port of Mingwang City to join tour groups and take boats to the vacation islands, enjoying a life of peace, free from the Corner’s threats.
It also serves as a way to relieve stress for the citizens.
Using a normal search method, Luo Di found no problems with Saiwei Vacation Island; it’s still operating normally, and you can even book a discounted ticket for two days later.
Afterwards, with the high-level access granted by the Investigation Bureau, she logged into the Bureau’s Intranet to check for any news about the island.
She found that the security rating for the island had been set to green and that a comprehensive inspection conducted a week ago unearthed no issues, no disappearances, and not even a single case of unnatural death.
"The ’Monster Avatar’ hidden behind the island must be a very cautious entity.
The four members selected by the sisterhood share a trait: they are skilled in disguise and concealment and could embark on the island as ordinary tourists to gradually carry out investigations and tracking.
If I report this to the Investigation Bureau and have them send people to the island, it would surely alarm the Monster Avatar who might then move away; the sisterhood would also immediately know there’s an internal leak, exposing my identity.
This matter definitely shouldn’t be reported to the Investigation Bureau,
I should either go to the island alone or..."
Just then, Luo Di thought of someone, a special investigator who could also hide his identity without leading to other issues.
With that thought, he began to compose a text message, deleting and editing for a good half-hour before finally sending the completed version.
He assumed the other party would be busy at this hour and wouldn’t reply to his message.
Ding! An instant reply.
The reply contained no words but merely an emoji.
The next day, which was also the day specified by the Warrant.
[Mingwang City. Blue Ocean Travel Agency]
A six-seater VIP car stopped at the entrance of the travel agency,
and with the opening of the automatic doors,
a pair of black dress shoes stepped out, above which were white leg stockings and a student uniform.
Almost simultaneously with getting out of the car, the security guard at the entrance of the travel agency and the passersby all cast focused gazes her way.
Both men and women were attracted by her appearance,
or rather, were drawn by some intangible force that directed their thoughts, making them feel only goodwill towards the young girl, compelling their brains to forcibly remember her face and unable to harbor any negative emotions.
a pair of white flats stepped down, paired with meat-colored stockings, a little white skirt, and an off-white hoodie with a hood, slender and pale, even a bit too pale.
This was still after makeup had been applied, in an attempt to give as much of a ’meat color’ as possible.
Her eyes too were adorned with realistic-looking colored contacts.
The white short hair had been slightly dyed yellow, draping lightly over the ears.
Her face had a cold, tomboyish feel to it.
a pair of extra small sneakers stepped down, above the small white socks was a loose pair of denim overalls, paired with a white long-sleeve shirt.
The straight black hair had already fallen to the back.
However, this time the black hair no longer completely obscured the face, but exposed a cute little round face.
The round, big eyes, both as clear as spring water and as deep as ancient wells.
The overly beautiful eyes even completely overshadowed her other features, creating an illusion where it seemed only the eyes were on her face.
Petite and frail, even making one doubt whether she had reached eighteen.
down came a pair of black boots, paired with a leather skirt, a black turtleneck sweater, and draped over it a white thin coat.
The black curly hair rested on the shoulders,
and unlike the previous few women, this Italian woman was leading someone by the hand as she got out of the car.
Wearing Oxford shoes, paired with a casual suit, the young man appeared younger than the woman, looking to be only about twenty years old.
one man and four women entered the travel agency together,
and the tourists in the hall who were also processing their sea travel procedures cast envious glances towards this young man.
The leading schoolgirl did not jump the queue, but instead followed the order of the line. When her turn came, the lady at the counter blushed upon making eye contact.
A whisper crept into the lady’s ear at the counter and crawled into her brain.
"Hello, I’d like to book five standard weekly tickets to Saiwei Vacation Island, with a preference to depart before one o’clock this afternoon. There are five of us in our group; we hope that the boat and accommodation can all be arranged together, thank you!"
"The standard tickets for Saiwei Vacation Island aren’t available until next week at the earliest, though we might still have some top-tier tickets available."
A faint red light flickered in the girl’s pupils as she checked the time on her bracelet.
"Standard tickets are fine, you might want to check again after ten seconds... twelve seconds from now, just try again."
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"There are tickets available now! I’ll process them right away for you, and the travel agency’s car will take you to the dock in twenty minutes."
"Good girl," the girl responded.
The praised lady at the counter became immensely excited, as if it was the happiest moment in her week. Her efficiency in getting work done also increased tremendously, with her mind completely filled with the image of the schoolgirl from before, especially the beauty mark near her Eye.