Chapter 51: Three-Person Squad

A scorching sun hung high in the sky, the afternoon sun dazzling and the wind dry.

From all directions the wind blew, and the droplets of sweat on people's skin quickly evaporated into mist under the sun.

Jiang Xia was walking down the street with the gravely wounded Ci Lang, preparing to look for allies to deal with the Lion Tooth Blood Vampire.

After a while, Ci Lang finally found his current companions.

Jiang Xia lifted his gaze from Ci Lang and turned to look at the ice‑cream cart selling treats.

"Ice cream is the best remedy for the scorching summer, but the stuff that makes ice cream is a bit clunky," Jiang Xia said.

Ci Lang, standing beside him, stared at Jiang Xia with a surprised expression, glanced at his companion, and said:

Jiang Xia looked around, seeing Hong Yin Ye and the three‑person sealed squad.

After speaking, he released the struggling Hong Yin Ye. Jiang Xia casually tossed the First Edition ixa to Hong Yin Ye.

"Ah, why are you messing with our ice‑cream cart when you haven't paid yet! Hong Yin Ye, you didn't stop him either."

She even stayed in Jiang Xia's room, touching every item he had ever owned.

He spoke while constantly searching Hong Yin Ye's body, occasionally dodging Hong Yin Ye's resistance.

Another slightly more robust one, De Ga, is a descendant of the Science Monster Clan, whose human form is called Li.

Beside them, Ba Xia and Li, seeing the stranger bullying Hong Yin Ye, instantly prepared to transform and help Hong Yin Ye.

Then, the startled Hong Yin Ye slipped and fell backward.

Just as Hong Yin Ye turned his head, Jiang Xia said, "Hong Yin Ye, long time no see."

She has cleaned every object here more than once, sometimes to ease the melancholy in her heart.

Ba Xia saw Jiang Xia still eating ice cream and, in a slightly childish voice, said to Hong Yin Ye:

"Alright, we need to make a plan," Jiang Xia said.

Seeing his reaction, Jiang Xia said, "It seems Ma Sheng You Li said a lot of bad things about me to you after I left."

"How do you know enough?" Hong Yin Ye, who caught the ixa Gauntlet, asked Jiang Xia seriously.

Even so, he did not give up pointing his hand at Jiang Xia.

Her inner fury was burning; who dared to break in here, how could he be so bold, this is the last trace he left.

The three of them have not yet been sealed and are still in a state of freedom.

Ma Sheng You Li began angrily checking every corner, trying to see what that damned thief had stolen!

A moment later.

"You two idiots, didn't you see anyone else beside me?" Ci Lang shook his head helplessly, leading Jiang Xia toward them.

Ma Sheng You Li had calmed down, at least on the surface.

Instead, she made herself an ice cream and began eating it.

It's!!!

She opened her mouth, the melancholy in her heart unbearable, her eyes quickly reddening,

Her trembling hands carefully pulled the thick coat from the wardrobe and greedily tucked it into her arms.

"I see, I roughly understand now."

Jiang Xia looked at the soaking‑wet Hong Yin Ye and said, "The First Edition ixa should be on you now."

But when Ma Sheng You Li entered the room, she suddenly felt that something unimaginable had changed here,

In the evening, Ma Sheng You Li, as usual, took her cleaning tools, put on a white coat and mask, and prepared to continue cleaning the room.

"You know their true identity is non‑human; you can see through our disguise!"

In human memory, the sense of smell remains the most stable and long‑lasting; a specific scent can instantly trigger recollections of related past events.

Olfactory memory is closely tied to emotion and holds a particularly special place in human recollection.

Squatting by the pond, with his back to them, Hong Yin Ye ate ice cream with a carefree expression and said nonchalantly:

"Little Ba, ice cream is the summer's cure; being liked by people is quite a happiness."

He pressed Hong Yin Ye's arms together with one hand, a typical prisoner's shackles style.

Without waiting for Jiang Xia to answer Ci Lang's question, the two ice‑cream sellers had already seen Ci Lang,

waving their hands, they shouted loudly at Ci Lang, "Ci Lang here, we're here."

But the problem is, he clearly has returned; why doesn't he come looking for me?

Ma Sheng You Li wiped away her tears, forcing herself to say, "How did he disappear before, why did he vanish, what does he intend this time, and will he disappear again?"

"He's back, he's back," Ma Sheng You Li murmured, clutching the coat in her hands.

Speaking, Hong Yin Ye, wearing a white short‑sleeve shirt, stood up, trying to see who was behind him.

"Y‑you‑you!" Hong Yin Ye's eyes widened, staring at Jiang Xia in surprise, his whole body trembling, the ice cream in his hand dropping to the ground.

The one who looks like a high‑school student is Ba Xia, a descendant of the Fish People Clan.

Hong Yin Ye isn't stupid; at least his intelligence is comparable to a normal person's.

With each sentence she spoke, her emotions calmed a bit, until she finished the last line,

Jiang Xia arrived at the ice‑cream cart, ignoring the reunited three‑person squad,

Hong Yin Ye struggled out of the pond, and Jiang Xia unhesitatingly pulled Hong Yin Ye out of the water.

"Because I have witnessed his combat ability before, and that time his power was several times stronger than ixa, yet it fell short."

Then Jiang Xia gave a slight smile and said:

"Even if you've seen me before, you don't need to be this shocked now; why do you look as terrified as if you saw the dead rise?"

If it weren't for this place, he would have completely vanished from this world.

The not‑so‑distant memory kept resurfacing in her mind, even recalling his long‑unseen appearance.

Jiang Xia glanced at the First Edition ixa in his hand and said, "ixa may be powerful, but to defeat the Lion Tooth Blood Vampire with it—

It's still far off; this thing can only serve as an aid; wanting to completely kill it is still far from enough.

Hong Yin also revealed an ugly smile and said.

Swish

Someone has been here; Ma Sheng You Li's face darkened, her hands clenched tightly, one can tell she is truly very angry; this place is her secret.

But Ci Lang raised his right hand, stopping the two people who were about to fight; he wanted to see what this person's background was.

The splashing water turned into a string of droplets in the air, and under the sunlight they shone with a seven-colored radiance.

That's not it, Ma Sheng You Li said you're already dead; even the Blue Sky Society's report says so.

Splash splash splash

Looking at the wrinkled clothes in her hand that she had crumpled, she loosened her grip, refolded the clothes neatly, and put them back in the wardrobe.

Of course, she only kept a calm exterior; her inner turmoil was far more turbulent than she imagined.

(End of chapter)