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Before they could react, the adjutant, who was standing without saying a word behind the young woman, seemed to notice something, tilting his head and staring behind them.

"That's ......"

Seeing the adjutant's reaction, the blonde woman in a single ponytail standing in front of Alex and Hill also looked there.

After seeing the remains of the huge puppet that fell more than ten meters behind them, her pupils dilated significantly.

"Devon."

Her eyes swept lightly over the faces of Ciel and Alex in front of her, then glanced to the side and let out a quiet voice.

"Yes, Captain."

She was called by her name, but the adjutant next to her seemed to understand what she meant, and he turned his head to look at the straight line standing behind him.

"Cylie come with me, and the others will stand by."

"Yes, yes...... Whoa! ”

Hearing "Davin's" words, a young girl who looked a little weak and slightly hooked her back squeezed out of the gap in the team next to her in a panic, because she was so flustered that she accidentally tripped over the foot of her teammate next to her, and fell to the ground in a face-down position after losing her balance.

““……””

While his companion was slamming his companion to the ground with a heart-wrenching momentum, the rest of the group, including the seemingly serious "captain", blinked as if nothing had happened, forcing himself not to look there.

“…… Well, are you alright? ”

Because the place where the girl fell was in front of Alex, the girl couldn't help but ask with concern.

"It's okay! Nothing! ”

The young girl known as Sally lifted her face and replied aloud with considerable effort—if it weren't for the dust on her face and tears in her eyes, it might have been a little more convincing.

"It's not going to be okay, I feel pain just listening to the sound of you falling to the ground."

"I—I didn't fall!"

Hearing Alex's words, Selie, who had slowly climbed up, blushed and asserted loudly.

What does this thing say? As Alex thought this, Ciel spoke softly.

"But your clothes are still stained with dust and leaves."

Seli lowered her head and saw that her pure white uniform had turned into a miserable gray and white complex. She stammered an explanation as she blushed and slapped the dust.

"It's—it's not a fall! Is it a ritual or a personal habit...... In short, this is my personal way of walking! You see, isn't there the kind of person who always steps on his right leg when walking? I'm the one - I have to kiss Mother Earth before I walk, or I won't be able to have peace of mind...... Something like this! So that one wasn't a fall just now! And I'm not clumsy at all, and I'm not a natural idiot! ”

““……””

In the face of Seli's large statement, Hill and Alex did not know how to react and remained silent.

Fortunately, Dai Wen, who was already walking in front at this time, turned his head and showed an unbearable expression on his face.

"What are you doing, hurry up and follow me."

"Yes, yes! Well, it's rude! ”

Selie bowed to Ciel and Alex before running past them and chasing in Davin's direction.

“…… I'm sorry for letting you see the unsuccessful side of my subordinates. ”

The blonde woman with a single ponytail, the captain, smiled wryly and said to Ciel and Alex.

"It's okay."

"I think it's hard work over there."

Hearing Alex's words, the "captain" smiled slightly.

"Don't look at her like that, she's still pretty reliable at work."

"...... I see."

At this time-

"Wow-"

Bang.

A familiar sound came from behind them, and Alex and Ciel blinked together, neither turning their heads, but just looking at the woman in front of them, known as the captain, holding her forehead weakly.

"Happy Hill, it seems that you are not the only organization in this world full of weirdos."

Seeing the scene in front of her, Alex touched Ciel's arm and whispered.

"There are no weirdos in our organization."

"Wow, what are you talking about on behalf of a serious person? Rather, there is nothing in the kiss of death except for the weirdos. ”

"There's no such thing, I'm and everyone in the town, super ordinary."

"Really? It seems that the two of us have as much disagreement as the meaning of the word 'ordinary' in the Brahmaputra Gorge. ”

Just as the two of them were whispering together, a handsome blonde beauty on the other side coughed to get their attention.

"My name is Susia and I'm the captain of this squad." She said as she took off her gloves and held out her right hand.

"Ah, I'm Alex."

Alex, who was not good at dealing with this kind of formal etiquette, panicked and shook the other party's outstretched hand.

"Ciel."

Susia's eyes swept over Alex and Ciel at once, then paused for a moment on Ciel's face. Just as Alex was confused, she withdrew her gaze and pointed at the remains of the puppet behind them.

"Miss Alex, Ciel...... Mr. As if sensing that the title of Mr. did not match the image of Ciel, Susia paused slightly: "Do you know anything about the 'thing' behind you?" ”

“.…..‘ What do you know' and what do you mean? ”

Ciel blinked and asked softly.

"Well, for example, the reason why it changed from its original form to what it is now."

"Ah, that's what we did."

Alex held up a hand.

"Huh?"

Hearing her words, Susia blinked her eyes and made a voice that was far from her own capable and calm aristocratic image.

At this time-

"Captain, it's been checked."

Devin and Cylie walked up behind Hill, the cuffs and knees of Cylie's uniform covered in dust.

"Cylie, you explain."

"Yes, yes!"

Despite her ashen face and a leaf standing in her hair, Sally still stood up straight with a serious face.

"That...... We found a corpse inside the golem, and the cause of death was shock caused by massive abdominal hemorrhage. The sex of the corpse was male, and its appearance was basically the same as what we knew...... In addition, the characteristics of the Amperti race were detected in the blood. ”

"That is......" Susia looked at her with an inquiring gaze.

“…… It can be assumed that it is Anderson himself who is our target. ”

"Yes." Susia's eyes were slightly twilight: "I didn't expect that we didn't do anything, and the target was already dead......"

After a moment of silence, she opened her eyes and looked at Alex and Ciel earnestly.

"You two, can I delay you a little bit?"

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More than ten minutes later, Hill and Susia's action team moved to the castle.

"I see, is this where the target is hiding?"

Susia whispered as she looked left and right.

Alex didn't respond to her words, and she was looking at the lighting equipment in the hands of the team next to her.

It was a small magical device, and the tip of the cylinder was shining brightly. Upon entering the castle, the team showed their qualities and equipment as professionals, and without verbal communication, they automatically split into four parts and proceeded in their respective directions.

The passages on both sides of the castle were illuminated by more than a dozen strong light sources, and the crushing of this equipment made Alex very unbalanced inside.

Ignoring Alex, who cast a jealous glance at the equipment in the hands of the team members, Hill looked at the blonde woman in a single ponytail walking on the other side.

"Susia, also here for 'that person'?"

Hearing Ciel's words, Susia was stunned for two seconds - not because she was confused by "that person" in Ciel's mouth, but because of the way the teenager called her. Miss Susia, Captain—she had always been called that, and she hadn't been called by her first name like this since she had been an adult.

Judging from the boy's expression, he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with such a name. Being screamed like this, Susia's heart didn't even feel uncomfortable. It seems that this teenager has a special ability to cross the sense of distance from others at will.

"Yes, that person is indeed our target. And we've been tracking him for almost a year...... I didn't expect the mission to be completed so suddenly......" Susia said as she shook her head with a wry smile before she suddenly looked up at Ciel.

"I'll confirm again, both. Was Anderson really killed by you? ”

"No, to kill, he is suicidal."

Hearing Ciel's words, Susia looked at Seri with an inquiring gaze.

"Ah, yes. The target did indeed penetrate the abdominal cavity with glass, which is obvious - woo! ”

Turning her head to explain this, Seli's head hit a sculpture.

It's a familiar scene.

"Well! It was a suicide, but we were the ones who brought him down - by the way, my gorgeous and handsome heroic posture played a crucial role, and if you were to divide it by credit, it would probably account for seventy percent. ”

Alex leaned over from the side and bragged.

"No more kidding!"

-- It wasn't Hill who protested, but Devin, who looked like an adjutant.

He continued as he looked at Alex and Ciel with suspicion.

"How can two people kill that kind of monster in one go!? All of us are professional combatants who have passed the exam, and even then we have failed once before. Two people, just two people...... And it's a little ghost of this age, although I know that you are in the stage of self-consciousness, but you lie casually like this will cause us a lot of trouble! ”

"Hey—"

"Apologize to them."

Alex was about to protest when Susia heard a quiet voice from the side.

"Captain—"

"Devon, do you have any evidence that they lied?" Susia interrupted her lieutenant again.

"That...... Yes and no. ”

"Shouldn't you apologize for your faux pas if you accuse others without evidence?"

"But! According to common sense—"

"Because it doesn't match our own perception, we assume that it's a lie—Davin, can our work allow for such a way of thinking?"

Susia said in a voice that was not cold at all, just flat and calm. Throughout the process, she kept looking into Devon's eyes with her golden eyes.

"......I'm sorry!"

Under that kind of attack, Devin bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"If you can't tell who you should apologize to, I'll be disappointed."

"--I'm sorry for the self-righteous suspicion of you!"

Devin lowered his head and bent deeply towards Alex and Ciel.

"It's okay, I don't care."

"Well, I'm not so angry that I need to apologize......"

Faced with the sincere apology of this man in his twenties, Alex felt a little uncomfortable.

"In that case, Devon, you can take Sally and the others to investigate the passage over there."

Presumably thinking that it would be awkward to continue to stay together, Susia gave a sensible directive.

"Yes."

Devin saluted them again and turned to leave.

"I'm really sorry, the last battle was led by Devon's brother, but in the end, he was seriously injured because of it. Maybe I can't accept the failure of the brother I have always admired, in fact, Davin's emotions are usually calmer..... in short, it's really embarrassing to let you see the ugliness of your subordinates all the time. ”

Watching Devin slowly walk away with the figures of the others, Susia turned her head and said apologetically.

"Oh, no, we don't really care that much!" Alex waved her hand in a panic: "That's the one, you just said that the target is still fighting or something...... I remember you said before that you're from the Seed Management Council—"

"It's not a species management committee, it's a 'racial harmony management committee.'" Susia corrected.

“…… Isn't that the same? ”

"No, in fact, there is a difference. It is true that people on the outside have always referred to us as 'Seed Management Council', but this kind of title is strictly forbidden within us. After the evolution from the 'Race Harmony Management Committee' to the 'Race Management Committee', people may have the impression that 'Race Management Committee' is equal to 'Race Management Committee', and this conceptual shift has some dangerous implications. ”

"It's not like I don't understand what you mean......"

But it's really troublesome to call the "Racial Harmony Management Committee" or something. Alex thought.

"Of course, Miss Alex is not our insider, so it's your freedom to call it however you want."

As if to see what she was thinking, Susia added.

"Hmm...... I mean, since you're targeting that prisoner, that is, ......"

"You mean Anderson?"

"Probably, we don't know his name either."

"I see...... Since Anderson was defeated by you, of course you should have the right to know. ”

Susia closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then opened them again.

"First of all, he is not human."

"yes."

That being said, it doesn't really mean much. The population of non-human races on the continent had reached 74 per cent in the last count...... The key is another point. Susia said, raising her index finger, "Anderson, not a resident of the continent. ”

"Not, on the mainland?"

In the midst of Ciel's and Alex's quizzing gaze, Susia pointed to the top of her head with her index finger.

"Up there, Floating Island 303, where Anderson was a native until the day he fled to the mainland when he was ten."