Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start-Chapter 101: Siege

"Are they abducting for talent? Then why kidnap them? To train them as Death Soldiers?"

"Damn! Don’t tell me they’re selling them to barbaric territories for procreation!"

"That’s not right either, if they’re selling to barbaric territories, they should’ve taken all those with high talent as well. How do we explain those with lower talent?"

Liu Yuan was getting more and more confused as they discussed.

"Those with lower talent, perhaps there’s a special demand for them, or maybe they’re used as decoys to deliberately mislead the investigation," explained Xiao Zhan.

That made some sense when he put it that way.

"So, you’re saying this is a group offense, premeditated," Liu Yuan said.

"We can’t be sure, but it’s almost certainly the work of a group. One or two people couldn’t have done this without leaving a single trace."

Xiao Zhan then added, "The small park is connected to a forest area, right? That forest is undeveloped and accessible from outside. It’s very likely they’re taking people away through the forest."

"Now that you mention it, that is possible. The other side of the forest connects to the barbaric territories, which would be convenient."

"In any case, if we want to find a breakthrough in this case, I think we should start with what’s nearby."

"What do you mean?" Liu Yuan’s voice became quieter.

Xiao Zhan chuckled lightly, "With so many people missing, you’re telling me there’s not a single useful piece of information? I don’t buy it."

Liu Yuan understood then.

...

In the following days, instead of investigating information in the academy, Xiao Zhan spent his time with the people from the Special Service Bureau, chatting and patrolling, to see if he could tease out some useful information.

Meanwhile, Liu Yuan began investigating the forest outside the small park.

And after that night, the person who had warned Xiao Zhan did not appear again.

This forced Xiao Zhan to be more cautious, sensing that a crisis was looming over him.

On the fourth day.

Long Jiang suddenly sought out Xiao Zhan and the others, informing them that a suspect had been sighted again, and this time was spotted by people on patrol, who were now in pursuit.

Asking if they wanted to join.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan and his companions, of course, did not hesitate to head to the scene.

The incident occurred once again in the small park, and just as Xiao Zhan had speculated earlier, the suspect’s escape route was indeed through the forest.

The group immediately chased after.

However, halfway through the chase, they encountered a fork in the path.

"Shall we split up to chase?" Long Jiang immediately proposed.

"Okay," said Liu Yuan.

Long Jiang immediately arranged, "Captain Yang, you take Comrade Xiao Zhan to follow the left path, while I will pursue with Comrade Liu Yuan to the right."

"Yes."

Xiao Zhan listened to his arrangement but a hardly noticeable cold sneer flashed in his eyes.

"Alright, make sure to keep communication open!"

After saying this, Long Jiang quickly followed Liu Yuan into the path on the right.

"Mr. Xiao Zhan, let’s hurry after them as well," Captain Yang immediately said.

"Okay, you lead the way," Xiao Zhan replied.

The group split into two teams.

Xiao Zhan’s group chased for about ten minutes, still not spotting the suspect, and the further they went, the less clear the paths became.

It was clear that although there was some foot traffic, it was sparse, and most of the paths seemed to be made by playful couples.

Captain Yang seemed to have a clear objective, moving with determined steps.

Xiao Zhan followed behind him, neither too fast nor too slow, but the cold light in his eyes was becoming more apparent.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhan stopped in his tracks.

Captain Yang in front noticed that Xiao Zhan wasn’t following and stopped as well, looking at him, "Mr. Xiao Zhan, what’s wrong? Did you detect something?"

"Nothing much, just have a feeling that something’s off."

"Off? What’s off?"

Xiao Zhan walked in front of him, looking at the road ahead with a solemn expression.

Suddenly, he said, "It’s you who’s off."

"Me..."

Captain Yang was not even finished speaking.

Xiao Zhan abruptly turned around, and at the same time, a black light flashed in his hand. A streak of blackness instantly tore through the air, drawing a cold beam across, slicing past Captain Yang’s neck and spraying bright red!

Captain Yang was caught off guard, his head moved to a new home.

It rolled several times on the ground, his eyes wide open in death!

The other team members were stunned, the abrupt scene left them yet to react!

When they looked at Xiao Zhan again, they found that he was already charging towards them.

They struck out in panic.

But they were too weak, a mere sweep of Xiao Zhan’s scythe took a life directly!

All these team members were of the First Grade Realm, only Captain Yang was of the Second Grade Realm, but he had already been preemptively slain by Xiao Zhan, so these men were utterly incapable of resisting Xiao Zhan’s terrifying killing spree.

However, Xiao Zhan had killed only two or three people when a group of twenty or thirty men suddenly emerged from the dense forest around him!

Each one of them wielded an Artifact Spirit, and upon seeing Xiao Zhan, without a second word, they charged toward him.

But Xiao Zhan wasn’t panicked at seeing them; instead, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and a hint of a cold smile played on his lips.

With his talent for Perception, he had long been aware of their presence.

And the fact that he had ventured in alone, knowing there was an ambush, showed that he had absolute confidence that he could kill all of these people.

"Seven Second Grade Spirit Masters, twenty-seven First Grade Spirit Masters, you think such strength is enough to take me down?"

Xiao Zhan scoffed.

With a sweep of his Perception, he knew these people’s strengths clear as day!

This much?

Who are you looking down on?

He slew the team member in front of him with a sweep of his scythe, then targeted the nearest Second Grade Spirit Master and charged forward, engaging him directly.

This Second Grade Spirit Master, a man around thirty years old, seeing Xiao Zhan being surrounded but not running away and instead taking the initiative to attack, seemed to realize something, rage boiling from within.

"Damn it, think you’re great just because of your high talent? The people I hate the most are those like you with high talent!"

"Everyone get out of the way, I’ll personally render him useless!"

The Artifact Spirit in his hand was a Sound Ring Saber, and combined with his exuberant momentum, he even had the air of a solo warrior holding a pass.

Unfortunately, this behavior seemed like a death wish in Xiao Zhan’s eyes!

Bang!

The Death Demon Scythe swung out, clashing violently with the Sound Ring Saber.

One would expect a standoff, but to everyone’s surprise, the Sound Ring Saber was sent flying by Xiao Zhan’s blow in less than a second.

The next second, the Death Demon Scythe whirled through, cutting the Second Grade Spirit Master in half at the waist!

This spectacle deeply shocked everyone present, the First Grade underlings froze in their tracks!

In the span of one single face-off, a Second Grade Spirit Master was slain!

Is this guy, really also a Second Grade Spirit Master?

The remaining six Second Grade Spirit Masters also became grave, exchanging serious glances.

"It feels a bit strange, this man clearly has only an E-grade talent, but his Artifact Spirit is B-grade. How could they have made a Contract?"

At that moment, Ye Youlong’s puzzled voice entered Xiao Zhan’s mind.