She was being hunted down, so she became a magical girl.

"You must be 'Cliff,' the affordable information broker."

This is Airport No. 5, a major thoroughfare for those leaving the downtown area, with extremely high foot traffic, making it ideal for underground transactions.

An intelligence broker named "Cliff" frequents this place, exchanging information with other clients.

Compared to other intelligence brokers, Cliff was really unremarkable, and his professional skills were quite questionable.

But Xu Ting had no better option.

Skilled intelligence brokers have strict entry requirements and will only sell intelligence to those they approve of.

They did accept the person who had lost their color, but this identity is no longer usable.

The less mediocre intelligence brokers prefer to hang out in bars and nightclubs.

After Xu Ting transforms into a beautiful girl, she obviously can no longer go to these places.

So she had no choice but to settle for this guy who was famous for his cooking.

Even if Cliff is useless, surely he can open a normal person's box?

However......

"Where did this little girl come from, learning to buy information from others?"

He glanced at the gun in Xu Ting's hand and smiled contemptuously.

"It's the model for home self-defense."

Xu Ting looked down on Cliff, and Cliff actually looked down on Xu Ting in return.

"I'm serious, and the compensation is negotiable," Xu Ting tried to communicate with him.

Cliff looked Xu Ting up and down, and said flirtatiously:

"serious?"

"If you're serious, sleep with me for a night; otherwise, go back to your mother's milk."

Sure enough, this kind of person is impossible to communicate with properly.

Xu Ting was prepared for this. She took out an apple she had bought on the way and crushed it with one hand.

Fruit pulp splattered everywhere, and some of the liquid splashed onto Cliff's face, staining it a deep reddish-brown.

"I have a prosthetic right hand."

"Do you understand?"

"Understood, understood." Cliff, a burly man with scars, bowed repeatedly. "What do you require?"

"I need information about one person."

"A middle-aged woman, surnamed Luo, has at least two daughters and one son. Her eldest daughter is named Luo Ruowei..."

Xu Ting described the characteristics of Luo Ruowei's mother, and Cliff immediately took out his equipment to start investigating.

He quickly handed over the equipment with a fawning expression and asked:

"These are some of the targets that match my criteria."

Which one do you prefer?

Xu Ting flipped through the information on the device. Cliff seemed to be very professional in the field of unboxing, as each item had a commonly used online ID and profile picture.

Xu Ting and Luo's mother had met once in real life and knew each other's appearance, so they quickly found the corresponding person.

"Continue searching for information about Luo Shanshui, focusing on her current residence and activity area."

The investigation results came out quickly.

Cliff not only provided Mrs. Romney's address and daily activities, but also diligently listed other intelligence.

For example, Luo Ruowei's mother is often active on a niche forum.

This forum is most likely an online base for followers of the Giving Church.

"Alright, here's your payment."

Xu Ting handed several banknotes to Cliff as payment for purchasing intelligence.

This is something Xu Ting casually grabbed from the counter of the coffee shop before leaving.

Although the people of Her City are used to online transactions using credits, paper money still has a certain purchasing power, and there are also conservatives who use paper money to make payments.

Cliff counted the number of banknotes and looked troubled.

"Ma'am, this amount of money is a bit too little, and it's paper money that's easily depreciated..."

The paper money was issued by the government of Hertz City, and its value retention was far inferior to that of the credit points issued by the Business Federation, so it was understandable that Cliff was in a difficult position.

But Xu Ting ignored Cliff and turned to leave.

Recalling Xu Ting's actions of crushing the apple, Cliff didn't dare to say anything to stop him.

Once Xu Ting had disappeared from his sight, he slapped himself hard across the face, half scolding and half regretting, and said:

"So you can look down on others!"

"Serves you right for not making a name for yourself after more than ten years in this line of work!"

......

After leaving Airport No. 5, Xu Ting went straight to the residential area.

According to Cliff's records, the Rosie family has lived here for more than ten years.

If Luo Ruowei was indeed kidnapped by her mother and the Zengli Sect, she was likely taken home.

Security in the residential area is fairly good for the Xiacheng District, but it's practically non-existent for Xu Ting.

Without much hesitation, she knocked on the door.

She had hidden the gun beforehand to avoid startling the people inside and causing them to refuse to open the door for Xu Ting.

Xu Ting was quite confident about whether he could trick his way into opening the door.

She doesn't look threatening at all right now.

Cliff's previous performance has confirmed this.

The door opened.

The person who opened the door was Luo Ruoshan, Luo Ruowei's younger brother, as listed in the documents.

He is one year younger than Luo Ruowei, but ten centimeters taller.

Luo Ruowei was originally more than ten centimeters taller than Xu Ting.

Combined, Xu Ting was a full head shorter than Luo Ruoshan.

Luo Ruoshan looked down at the petite Xu Ting and asked:

"Who are you? What brings you here?"

"I'm Luo Ruowei's colleague. She didn't come to work today, so I came to her house to look for her."

Luo Ruoshan's pupils suddenly contracted:

"Sister? She left this family a long time ago, and nobody in the family knows where she went."

"I met her mother yesterday... She should also be your mother, right? Sister Ruowei told me she has a younger brother."

Xu Ting deliberately used intimate terms of address to create the illusion that the two had a close relationship.

She clenched her fists again and placed them in front of her chest, feigning unease.

"I heard that Ruowei's relationship with her family is a bit strained, and now that she's disappeared, I'm really worried about her."

"Are you telling the truth?" Luo Ruoshan's breathing became rapid as he spoke at an extremely fast pace.

"Did my sister and mom really meet?"

He paced anxiously in place, then finally waved his hand sharply and said:

"Don't get involved in this. Going deeper won't do you any good."

"Don't meddle in our family matters, you're an outsider."

This change in attitude is a bit strange.

Luo Ruoshan lived with his mother, so he had naturally been drawn into the Gift-Giving Cult, and might even be a believer.

But he didn't know that Luo's mother had found Luo Ruowei again.

I didn't have time to say it...

Or did Luo's mother think it was inappropriate to tell Luo Ruoshan?

Furthermore, Cliff's records state that Luo Ruoshan did not post on the niche forum of the Gifted Church.

In contrast, the youngest sister in the family registered an account early on and was frequently active on that forum.

Xu Ting decided to take a gamble.

She pressed down on the closing iron gate, stepped forward, and said:

"You don't actually want your sister to get caught by the Gift-Giving Cult, right?"

Luo Ruoshan stared in shock at the unmoving door and asked, "Who exactly are you?"

"Don't answer questions with questions." Xu Ting snatched the door from Luo Ruoshan's hands. "Are you planning to side with the Doomsday Cult, or have you decided to side with me?"

"this......"

Luo Ruoshan's hesitation had already given Xu Ting the answer.

If he were truly a cultist who disregards family ties, he would only be condemning Xu Ting at this moment.

Just like how Luo's mother scolded Luo Ruowei yesterday.

Seeing that Luo Ruoshan was still hesitating, Xu Ting decided to make a bold statement.

"I don't know what Ruowei went through in the past..."

"But she would often mention her younger brother casually, then gaze into the distance with a complex expression."

Luo Ruoshan's tall body began to tremble violently.

Finally, resigned, he lowered his hands and answered:

"I still want to save my sister after all."

"Just like back then."