124: Section 124

"Should we bring this woman along?"

"Up to you!"

Su Ming waved his hand and walked toward the empty space by the roadside. He had no interest in Rose, this 'tool' of a heroine.

Pipi Xi didn't care either, watching with great interest as the heroine slowly woke up.

With a soft groan of pain, the heroine weakly lifted her head.

Just as she was about to lean back in the seat to recover, she caught sight of a silver-haired figure outside the window out of the corner of her eye.

Of course.

The silver hair wasn't the key.

But that noble and elegant silver armor was very much a problem!

Even more terrifying was that the mysterious woman before her was staring at her with an indescribable gaze... a gaze that even had a somewhat non-human quality to it!

"Who are you?"

Believe me, if it weren't for the intellectual and elegant aura Pipi Xi naturally carried, Rose would have called the police immediately.

"Don't be nervous, little girl. You can think of me as... a scholar!"

"A scholar?"

Rose looked stunned.

When introducing oneself, shouldn't one give their name first?

What was the point of only mentioning a profession?

Sighing, she let it go. A woman with such excellent temperament and appearance probably wouldn't make things difficult for her.

With this thought, Rose pushed open the car door to get out, while also introducing herself: "Rose, I'm Rose Da Silva... Holy shit!"

Rose's eyes widened. Looking over Pipi Xi's shoulders, she stared at the empty space opposite them as if she had seen a ghost.

Pipi Xi followed her gaze and was immediately stunned by the sight before her, her thoughts momentarily stalling.

A rocket?

A blue King's Cloak fluttered.

Pipi Xi turned and walked toward Su Ming:

"Wait, what are you... doing?"

Without even turning his head, Su Ming continued frantically stuffing satellites into the rocket.

"Launching satellites, what else?"

Rose was dumbfounded!

"You can even do that in the Inner World... Oh right, you definitely have a way to break through the barrier between the Inner and Outer Worlds. But while rocket launches are understandable, this rocket of yours... tsk, it won't have any problems, will it?"

It wasn't that Pipi Xi was being skeptical, but mainly because the three-meter-high, half-meter-thick rocket before her was far too crude.

At a glance, its primary feature was a full-blown wasteland aesthetic.

Su Ming had even improperly sprayed a Capybara emoji on the rocket.

Patting the rocket's hull, Su Ming was full of confidence:

"Absolutely no problem. It's a disposable item anyway, no need to make it too detailed..."

"Those satellites... Ho, I see. I thought they were just surveillance satellites, but it turns out you've also added Fusion Power Modules and Laser Strike Modules..."

Rosa was flabbergasted!

"Hehe, cool, right!"

Pipi Xi sighed, touching her forehead:

"I wasn't planning on praising you. The intensity of those laser strikes can't even compare to a casual swing of your heavenly dimension giant hammer. I don't know why you're putting in so much effort."

Su Ming shrugged helplessly:

"What else can I do? This satellite system is an old product from half a month ago. I didn't expect then that I'd be so successful half a month later... Since they're already built, right? It would be a total loss if I didn't bring them out to show them off."

"I'm actually not surprised at all..."

"Right, right? I'm quite good at being thrifty... Besides, who says a satellite isn't a celestial body!"

"Wait!" Pipi Xi couldn't take it anymore and hurriedly interrupted: "Setting aside the thriftiness, don't tell me you can even form a contract with man-made satellites?"

"Man-made satellites also have the word 'star' in their name, so don't go discriminating now."

Pipi Xi was so amused she laughed.

Fine, fine! —

So anything with 'star' in its name that floats in space counts as a star to you!

---Requesting Flowers 0---

Have some limits to your absurdity, will you!

While Pipi Xi's ability to accept this was still being developed, Su Ming himself happily slapped a red button on the rocket's hull.

With a 'ding'.

The fuel ignited.

A fierce flame suddenly erupted.

The high-temperature heat, accompanied by a shockwave, was about to sweep across the land.

But Su Ming pressed down with his hand, using his Creator Status to forcibly terminate the impact of the high-temperature air currents.

The rocket flew higher and higher, faster and faster.

Amidst the booming sound of air exploding, with a 'pop', the rocket trailing its fierce flames suddenly broke through the barrier between the Inner and Outer Worlds—and vanished without a trace!

Rose began to question her reality.

Wait, what?

He really launched a rocket!

...

An Asian man in casual clothes, who seemed like the most unfathomable kind of 'black tech' boss from a sci-fi novel!

A silver-haired lady who was dressed like a queen galloping across a medieval battlefield!

And... the Desolate Town surrounding them, whose vibe looked incredibly macabre at a glance!

God...

Just what kind of place have I...

Eh!

Wait!

As if a keyword had been activated, Rose immediately remembered something.

She slammed open the car door.

"Sharon?"

She hurriedly searched the car from front to back, but the result...

Confirming her daughter wasn't in the car, Rose stumbled toward the middle of the road. After looking around in a daze, she cupped her hands around her mouth and screamed with all her might:

"Sharon! Where are you? Answer me! Sharon!"

Su Ming, who had just finished launching the rocket and was watching the satellites enter orbit like a school of fish, exchanged a look with Pipi Xi.

"The trouble you caused, you solve it yourself."

"Nonsense! I just wanted to study whether a creature like a 'protagonist' really has some kind of destiny... What did I do wrong!"

"Sigh! Such an evil woman!"

"Watch your mouth! Who are you calling evil? I don't care, you handle this woman!"

Ah, this...

Woman, thy name is unreasonable! —

Silently complaining, Su Ming turned to Rose, who was staring at him with a suspicious gaze:

"Ms. Rose, right? Relax..."

Chapter 142: DelMayCry Agency

"Ms. Rose, relax... When we arrived, we saw you unconscious in the car alone. As for your daughter, sorry, we haven't seen her."

Rose still had some doubts:

"Then... who exactly are you? What are you planning to do here?"

It was quite exasperating.

If not for the plan to kidnap Alessa, Su Ming wouldn't have even bothered to respond to such brainless questioning.

But there was no choice.

Who told our Midnight to be so capable!

He reached into his dark red trench coat and pulled out an exquisite license.

He thrust it in front of Rose and said indifferently:

"We are private detectives from a place called the DelMayCry Agency! As you can see, we are here for an investigation."

The photo on the license was indeed Su Ming, and the name of the agency was written on it in a flamboyant artistic font.

However...

DelMayCry... what the hell was that?

Well, although she had never heard of that agency, but...

An institution officially stamped by the USA should probably, maybe, perhaps... have a bit of credibility... right?

"Then you just..."

"Shh! —"

Su Ming's gaze was calm as he raised an index finger to his lips, signaling Rose not to say it out loud.

Only then did he speak:

"Ms. Rose, I believe that has nothing to do with you, right?"

A chill ran down Rose's spine.

Though these words were spoken calmly.

It was precisely this calm, almost non-human tone that completely extinguished Rose's curiosity. At the same time, it made the image of this pair before her seem more reliable.

Taking a deep breath to suppress her inner trembling, Rose mustered the courage to seek help:

"Can... can you help me find my daughter?"

Su Ming: "..."

Pipi Xi: "..."

"Uh, I mean, aren't you private detectives from that agency? I have a request for you. Help me bring back my daughter, and I'll pay whatever it takes!"

Su Ming: "..."

Pipi Xi: "..."

Exchanging a look, the two remained silent.

But a massive amount of information was being transmitted silently through their gazes.

"This woman is quite resilient. Pipi Xi, what do you say?"

"It's up to you... I'm more curious about something else. Where did that agency... come from?"

"Uh... if I said it's a perk that comes with being a transmigrator, would you believe me?"