Chapter 507: Emergency Support

"Lingyun, I just heard from Xiaona that she gave Sumire Muroto's commission to Satomi Rentaro." Busujima Saeko put down the mobile phone in her hand and said to Lingyun.

"Is that so? That's not bad. I remember that eccentric scientist also has some history with Satomi Rentaro, right?" Lingyun said. "Moreover, she is a top scientist researching Gastrea. Under these circumstances, the amount of Gastrea tissue consumed during experiments must be quite significant. With this stable source of income, I suppose Enju won't have to worry about financial difficulties in her daily life."

"Tch, so that was your plan? No wonder you set up that presence-erasing Array on that mission slip," Busujima Saeko said.

"Can't help it, who else is her brother?" Lingyun rolled over and said lazily. "By the way, has Ye Xi not returned yet?"

"How could she possibly return so quickly? You sent her to Osaka!" Busujima Saeko said.

"That's not right either. Even though the place she went to is quite far, no matter what situation she encounters, she should have sent me a reply by now!" Lingyun fished a Jade Talisman out of his pocket.

The moment Lingyun pulled out the Jade Talisman, a golden-red light suddenly lit up on it. Lingyun projected his divine sense into the Jade Talisman, and his brows suddenly furrowed.

"What's wrong? Did something happen on Ye Xi's end?" Seeing Lingyun furrow his brows, Busujima Saeko asked.

"We'll talk on the way. Saeko, come out with me right now!" Lingyun leaped up quickly, his figure darting toward the outskirts of the small town. "Also, have Xiaona get ready. The number of companions this time might be quite large, and the situation is rather serious. Notify Akame and the others, and have them bring a team to follow behind!"

"I understand!" Busujima Saeko took out a mobile phone, then quickly typed in a string of numbers and sent it out.

In the mission hall, Xiaona, who was receiving a pair of Civil Security Officers, suddenly felt her phone vibrate violently and picked it up to take a look. When she saw the string of numbers on the phone, her expression turned serious in an instant.

"Xia, come here for a moment!" Xiaona called out to another girl.

"Boss, do you need me for something?" The little girl appeared by Xiaona's side quickly.

"Help me cover the work here for a while; I have something to take care of and need to head out!" Xiaona said.

"Something to take care of? Could it be? I understand!" The girl named Xia nodded at Xiaona, then sat in her seat.

Xiaona nodded at her, then her pupils instantly turned blood-red, and her figure darted outward like a rocket.

In a forest, a plane that was constantly emitting smoke sat stationary. Luo Yexi stood before the plane's cabin door, the Nine Suns Heavenly Sword in her hand wantonly spitting out light. Around the plane, countless Gastrea had formed layers upon layers of encirclement, trapping the plane tightly within.

If it were only her alone, then even if the number of Gastrea here increased tenfold, it would be impossible for them to pose any obstruction to her. As long as she wanted to leave, even a Stage Five might not be able to stop her. But now, she had a reason why she could not leave this place.

Inside this plane, there were dozens of Cursed Children, and the condition of these Cursed Children was quite dire; several of them had even approached the brink of Gastrea-fication. These Cursed Children were all seized by her from a group of human traffickers in Osaka. After discovering the dire condition of this batch of Cursed Children, she snatched a small plane from that group, intending to bring these Cursed Children back to the small town.

But the bad thing was, she forgot to check the fuel gauge data when she left, which resulted in the plane falling directly from the sky halfway through the flight. If it weren't for her own strength being sufficiently powerful to protect the entire plane, this plane crash alone would have been enough to cause all these Cursed Children to lose their lives.

Even worse, the plane fell directly into a forest after the emergency landing, and this forest was clearly the territory of Gastrea. The aggressive Gastrea surrounded them all at once. Fortunately, when this plane was designed, the possibility of Gastrea attacks was considered, so a small amount of Varanium was mixed into the plane's outer shell, causing the Gastrea not to attack the plane first, but instead focus their targets on Luo Yexi.

At the plane's window, one Cursed Child after another looked through the glass at Luo Yexi, their eyes filled with worry. They knew that if this strange older sister wanted to leave, these Gastrea would not be able to stop her. Now that this older sister was staying here, it was clearly for their sake.

"Sister, please leave quickly, don't worry about us!" a Cursed Child said loudly to Luo Yexi.

"I promised you all before that I would definitely take you to a safe place!" Luo Yexi said. "You don't need to worry, our reinforcements will arrive soon!"

"Woo—" A strange screeching sound came, and from the sky not far away, strange-looking Gastrea appeared. These Gastrea clearly possessed the genes of flying birds or insects. Upon seeing Luo Yexi, these flying-type Gastrea could not help but accelerate again, flying toward Luo Yexi with aggressive momentum.

"Nine Yang True Fire!" Facing the aggressive Gastrea, Luo Yexi coldly flicked the long sword in her hand, and countless tiny rockets appeared around her, shooting toward this batch of flying-type Gastrea.

Although the rockets were tiny, their power was quite formidable; a single rocket could turn a flying-type Gastrea into ashes. In just a few breaths' time, this batch of flying-type Gastrea completely vanished from the world.

Having eliminated this batch of Gastrea, Luo Yexi did not feel the slightest bit of relaxation. What she was worried about was not the Gastrea surrounding them, but those few Cursed Children who were about to reach the Boundary.

"Master, you must hurry!" Luo Yexi muttered in her heart.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I can hold on anymore!" Inside the cabin, a scarred Cursed Child showed a look of apology to the companions around her; her right hand had already begun to deform, showing signs of Gastrea-fication.

Just at this moment, a ray of light appeared without warning, enveloping the girl. A hiss of unwillingness suddenly erupted from the girl's deforming right hand, after which it slowly recovered to its original state.

"Th-this is?" The girl subconsciously looked up; a young girl who didn't look much older than them had appeared in the cabin at some point.

Behind the young girl, three pairs of white light wings were emitting dots of light, and the light enveloping them was released from these three pairs of light wings. Under the illumination of the Purification Light, the Gastrea Virus rioting within the bodies of the Cursed Children in the cabin actually shrank back in an instant, not daring to show any further signs of rioting.

"Is this... an Angel..." a Cursed Child in the scene whispered.

"Qingxuan Dragon Sword!"

"Shura Chaotic Blade!"

Cyan Sword Qi and blood-colored blade aura swooped down from the sky simultaneously, instantly annihilating all the Gastrea around the plane. Lingyun and Busujima Saeko descended from the sky and stood by Luo Yexi's side.

"Master, Saeko, you came just in time." A hint of pleasant surprise appeared on Luo Yexi's face.

"Xia Yin has already used the Purification Light to temporarily suppress the Gastrea Virus in the Cursed Children's bodies. Xiaona has already organized the support personnel. We will guard here for a while, and once the vehicles arrive, we will send these children back together!" Lingyun said.

"Mm!" Luo Yexi nodded.