Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 251 Miss Hunter is in a panic
"The brain of a man-lion and the compound eyes of a black spider hunter..."

In the bar of the Esco family in Indo Port, Vinata, who was wearing pajamas, was staring at the small box in front of her in a daze.

The box contained a shrunken pink wrinkled object, and even through the stone box, one could feel the heat it was emitting. This was good news for those who didn't want to get out of bed in winter. If it weren't for it, Winata, who had just drunk a bottle of Nepos yesterday, didn't know when she would get up.

That is exactly one of the main ingredients of Hunter Path Sequence 6 "Conspirator", the brain of a human lion.

"I don't know when I can get the other main material..."

After mumbling to herself for a long time, Vinata realized that she was wasting time.

No, if I go on like this I'll get sick sooner or later, I have to do something!
Vinata clenched her fist and waved it vigorously, then said to herself with determination, "Let's go out for a walk."

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Adele was gone, and now Vinata was the boss of the Esco family, so she had to be respectful when she went out. Even if she didn't plan to take the family carriage this time and just wanted to take Sophie out for a walk, she still had to be a little careful.

Vinata took down a loose double-breasted trench coat from the wall and put it on, smoothed the wrinkles on her deerstalker hat and put it on, and finally wrapped herself tightly in a red plaid wool scarf.

She then left a note on her desk, telling the maid that she was going out, and then used her hunter's agility to arrive at Sophie's door without alerting anyone.

Vinata knocked gently on the door. Sophie's "criminal" potion was being digested, so this noise should be enough for her to notice.

However, to Venata's surprise, she stood at the door for two minutes and there was no response from the room.

Vinata instinctively felt that something was wrong and quickly took out the master key from her pocket.

Apartment buildings in the Feysac Empire often have a master key that can open all the rooms in the building, but the keys of each house cannot be interchanged. It is said that the official who promoted this building system reform was an administrator, and he thought it was stupid to carry a bunch of keys every time he checked the room, so he came up with this method.

Because she had received relevant higher education, Vinata would not use the master key to enter other people's rooms casually (of course, it was another matter when she attacked Adele at night). Especially Sophie, Vinata always felt that children should be given enough privacy, but now it was urgent and Vinata could not care so much.

Opening the door, Vinata found that no one was inside.

The bed was made very cleanly, and the daily necessities were neatly packed away. Sophie even opened the window to ventilate before leaving. The picture book she had read last night was neatly placed on the desk.

"Annie took her out to play?"

Vinata thought a little strangely. After all, from the tidy room, it didn't look like there was any accident. To confirm, she knocked on the wall at the other end of the room that shared the same room with Anne.

"What's wrong Sophie?"

Anne's voice came over quickly, "Do you want me to read you a story?"

"Sophie isn't with you?" Venata asked in surprise, "I thought you took her out to play!"

"what?"

Soon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps coming from the next room, and then Anne appeared at Sophie's door in a light green nightgown. "I have been in the room the whole time, and she has never come to see me?"

"She went out by herself?"

Vinata's expression froze for a moment. She and Anne looked at each other, then rushed down the stairs at the same time.

die, die, die...

Vinata's nervous heart almost jumped out of her throat.

To be honest, she was not too worried about Sophie being bullied by some bad guy. After all, she was a Sequence 9 Beyonder who was skilled in combat. The power hidden under her small body was enough to knock over an adult man.

However, at this critical moment, if Sophie's identity as a Demon Path Beyonder was exposed, it would be very likely that someone with ulterior motives would link it to the disaster in Backlund, and Adele's previous preparations would be in vain.

If Adele knew that Sophie ran out alone, she would be furious... Thinking about the expression Adele might make, Vinata couldn't help but shudder.

Vinata rushed to the first floor, looked around, grabbed a waiter and asked:
"Have you seen Sophie, the little girl who's been following us?"

"She just went out an hour ago. She said you told her yesterday to go out and play today."

Faced with the aggressive new boss, the bartender was obviously a little flustered and spoke haltingly.

Vinata immediately noticed that Anne's eyes were fixed on her back, which probably meant something between "is there such a thing" and "when did you say that?"

"Nonsense, when did I say..."

Vinata, who wanted to deny it outright, became embarrassed because she might have really said this. Last night when she was drinking alone and almost blacked out, Sophie seemed to come over and ask her something. She didn't pay much attention at the time and just agreed casually.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and go find it!"

Anne urged impatiently, "Find it first, then think of other things."

"Okay!" Vinata nodded heavily. "Jeremy, go to the backyard and get all the family members who are watching the dog catching mice. I have something for them to do!"

Seeing Vinata's anxious look, the bartender did not dare to delay and hurriedly ran to the backyard in two steps. Accompanied by panic shouting and the sound of pulling tables, chairs and benches, dozens of gang members dressed in different clothes hurriedly ran out from behind the gate and formed a circle in front of Vinata.

"Now you two will go in groups to look for Sophie in the surrounding areas. After you find her, one of you will keep an eye on her, and the other will come back to find Anne and ask her to pick Sophie up."

Glancing at the gang members standing around, Vinata continued, "During this time, I will also look around. I must find Sophie and ensure her safety, otherwise I will..."

Venata waved her hand and made a rude gesture, "Move right now, don't dilly-dally!"

After the gang members dispersed, Venata said to Annie, "You stay here and wait for someone to come back and tell you something, or for her to come back after having enough fun. I'm going out now."

After hesitating for a moment, she added, "There's no need to telegraph this to Adele. I guess she doesn't have anywhere to go."

(End of this chapter)