Colonia Storm Tour

Damn it! You bunch of intelligence agents actually chose this shady, disreputable place as the meeting location! No wonder that black-haired fox girl's smile froze instantly!

Lin Haiyuan cursed the entire female family of the Astoria intelligence agents in his heart, for they had actually tricked him, who wanted to carry out a covert operation, in such a place.

"Asking a girl where those shameless brothels are is already impressive enough, but now you want her to take you to those places! You shameless pervert! You lecher!"

The black-haired fox girl blushed and slashed at Lin Haiyuan with the katana in her hand. Judging from the sound of the katana cutting through the air, she clearly did not control her strength.

Damn it, even if I were possessed by some old lecherous Florentine, I couldn't possibly tell it was a brothel just from the name "Huaxiaolou"! What the hell!

"Damn it, I'm innocent, Miss Ranger! How was I supposed to know that guy would ask me to meet him in that kind of brothel? Calm down, please don't fight!"

Clang! Lin Haiyuan swung his arms and slapped both palms against the katana, applying a certain amount of force to disarm the blade with his bare hands, preventing the reckless black-haired fox-eared girl from cutting him in two.

Following the street chase scene, the "hammering knife" spectacle immediately attracted the attention and stares of passersby, and a number of rumors and stories that disregarded objective facts quickly took shape!

"Ask me any more questions! I'm going to teach you a lesson today, you shameless bastard! Put down my knife!"

As the black-haired fox girl spoke, her long, white over-the-knee stockings accentuated her slender legs as she viciously kicked Lin Haiyuan in the groin area between his thighs.

"That groin kick is really vicious, trying to make someone infertile, huh? Fine, I'll put down your knife, but don't use it on me! Listen to me, I asked where that place is because some guy arranged to meet us there. I had no idea it was a brothel!"

Lin Haiyuan wasn't the kind of protagonist in light novels/galgames who could easily have his pace interrupted by girls, so he deliberately brought up his question repeatedly and used his mental power to lure her into unconsciously remembering the route to the pleasure town north of Anle District. Once he got the definite route information, he could make a run for it.

"Who would listen to a perverted lecher's explanation on this matter! Shameless bastard!!" The black-haired fox woman swung her knife, slashing and hacking at Lin Haiyuan, who was constantly dodging.

"It's really too much to put two hats on me right away, and do you really want to kill me?! I'm not the kind of person who wants to go to those kinds of places to have fun."

Lin Haiyuan continued to pretend to be the male protagonist of light novels and Galgames, dodging her attacks, while constantly reading her inner thoughts and analyzing the information related to the route to the north side of Anle District's Happy Town. As for why he didn't want to seek pleasure in such a place, besides having a low libido in that area, it was because he had been drained by Shinonono no Isamu and had no interest in doing too much.

The little fox boy, who was hit on the chin by being lifted upside down and fell to the ground, was unlucky enough to be stomped on several times by the black-haired fox girl. There were obvious black shoe prints on his face and clothes, making him look very dirty.

"Are you asking about places like that because you're looking for shameless women to do...do...do that kind of shameless thing? If you and that guy you're talking about weren't going to do that kind of thing, who would want to go to such a dirty and chaotic place? If you've got the guts, don't try to dodge my attacks, you perverted lecher!"

The black-haired fox girl, after hearing Lin Haiyuan's words, realized he had a conscience. She flipped the hilt of her knife to the back of the blade, preparing to use the hard back of the blade to strike Lin Haiyuan.

OK, I've got the route information to the north side of Anle District's Joyful Town. I know how to get there now. This performance should end. Time to retreat into the shadows!

After organizing his thoughts, Lin Haiyuan immediately stopped reading her mind, which was putting considerable pressure on him. He ducked to avoid the back of her katana as she slapped his neck, and then darted behind the black-haired fox girl like an arrow. That was the route to the north side of Huanle Town in Anle District.

As soon as Lin Haiyuan disappeared from sight, the black-haired fox girl noticed that he had already darted behind her. She was shocked to see that this guy was faster than she had imagined. She turned around and tried to grab the hood of Altaïr's armor to pull Lin Haiyuan back, but for Lin Haiyuan, who was a veteran of many battles and had an overwhelming advantage in physical fitness, the black-haired fox girl was simply too slow.

"If that's what you want to think, there's nothing I can do. Goodbye, kind girl."

After saying this, Lin Haiyuan stomped on the ground and leaped over the crowd of onlookers who had not yet dispersed like an eagle. He dashed left and right with a running speed that would make even the record-breaking sprinters of the Olympic Games feel ashamed and look down on him. Of course, this was inseparable from the boost brought by his mental power to manipulate the airflow.

What a handsome eagle spreading its wings! That was her only thought when she turned around and saw Lin Haiyuan leaping and taking off over the crowd. To create this impression, the unique structure of the Altaïr armor was indispensable.

Just then, a series of somewhat chaotic footsteps reached her ears. A cat-eared girl with yellow eyes, wearing a black sweater, a red skirt, and black knee-high socks, huffed and puffed as she walked through the crowd in round-toed shoes and came up behind the stunned black-haired fox-eared girl.

"Tsubaki! Tsubaki! You're running too fast, I can't keep up!"

The black-haired cat-eared girl pressed her knees, panting weakly. When she raised her head and opened her orange cat eyes, she saw the little fox boy lying unconscious on the ground with several shoe prints on his body.

"Ha, didn't we catch that cunning fox thief? Hmm? Tsubaki, what are you still looking at?"

The black-haired cat-eared girl looked at the strange girl standing there in a daze and felt puzzled. She then put her hand on the girl's shoulder and shook her, trying to bring her back to her senses.

"Uh, ah, Kazuha, you've caught up already. Oh, right, your wallet is here."

The black-haired fox-eared girl, called Chun, also came to her senses, turned around to face her friend, and handed her the wallet she had just put away from her pocket.

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Altaïr's armor is so cool! It's a shame there's no way to order it now, otherwise I'd love to wear it and show off.

The fox and catgirl images were just randomly selected.

Chapter Thirty: Trip to the Cherry Blossom Islands (Part Five)

"Thank you, Tsubaki. But why are so many people watching here? And why does this thief have so many of your shoe prints on him? A thief isn't enough to make you this angry, Tsubaki, is he?"

The black-haired cat-eared girl named Kazuha took the wallet, looked at her with a puzzled expression, and then looked at the little fox-boy thief lying on the ground. She knew her friend's personality very well.

"I'll tell you after I call the security team to take this thief away."

Just as Chun was about to take something out of her pocket to call the police, the commotion she and Lin Haiyuan had caused had already alerted the patrolling officers.

Five minutes later, Tsubaki and Kazuha emerged from the modern, reinforced concrete entrance of the police station.

"Haha, if that perverted lecher hadn't said those things, things wouldn't have gotten this complicated."

Chun put her hands on her hips, lowered her head slightly, and sighed. The environment and procedures for taking statements and conducting investigations inside the police station were far too oppressive for a free-spirited wanderer like her.

"So what exactly was this perverted lecher that Chun mentioned during the statement recording? Did he say those lewd and shameless things to you?"

Kazuha did not get any specific information about the perverted lecher she mentioned from what she had just overheard.

"Kazuha, at first glance, this guy was surprisingly handsome because of his low-key appearance. Although he was a little suspicious, I was grateful for his help in catching and knocking out that little fox thief. But then he actually asked me how to get to Huaxiao Tower and asked if I could lead the way for him. So I angrily picked up my katana and started slashing at this shameless pervert and lecher."

When Chun recalls that scene now, a blush of shame and anger rises on her face, and she looks sullen.

"Huaxiao Tower... Waaah, isn't that one of the brothels in that den of thievery for rich, lonely women on the north side of Anle District? This guy actually asked a girl this kind of question on the street. It's not wrong for Chun to call him a perverted lecher. But locals usually don't ask this kind of question. Why did that guy ask where Huaxiao Tower was and even ask someone to take him there?"

As a local, Kazuha was naturally familiar with the entire Eastern Prefecture, and as an outsider, she quickly realized the bigger problem.

"The male wants to go to that kind of place, not to do that kind of shameless thing or something. This guy did mention in the conversation that someone asked him to meet at Huaxiao Tower. Hmph, the person who asked him to meet there is definitely not someone who is planning to do anything good."

Chun didn't have enough courage to suppress her shame and tell her friend the common term for "mating".

"Putting aside those embarrassing things, judging from the question he asked, that guy must be an outsider who knows nothing about the local situation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked you how to get to a brothel like Huaxiaolou as soon as he met you, and even asked if you could take him there. It's just that there are quite a few people with dirty eyes who come to visit the Prefect of the East. Chun, how well does that person speak Dieyingyu?"

Kazuha naturally began to analyze this sudden event. She felt that the guy in the cool black outfit that Tsubaki mentioned was not suspicious, but she needed more information to determine exactly why he was suspicious. Therefore, she started by examining his Sakura language to determine whether he was from the Sakura Islands or a foreigner.

"That person's Cherry Blossom Language? Hmm... I can't detect any accent from anywhere. The pronunciation is perfect and standard, and the voice is magnetic and pleasant to listen to. What's wrong?"

Chun failed to notice anything amiss in Lin Haiyuan's overly standard, embroidered speech.

"Do you remember that investigation commission we received from the Ranger Guild? Recently, there have been more and more cases of missing women and girls in the district. The preliminary investigation by the police force suggests that a group of foreigners who are not from the Dieying Islands are lurking in Anle District and committing crimes. Chun, don't you find that suspicious? We can't pronounce the standard Dieying language at all; it must have an accent."

Although Kazuha wasn't carrying any weapons or equipment, she was indeed a wandering knight who hung out with Tsubaki. However, compared to Tsubaki, who relied on her brains to fight, she was clearly a strategist. As for why the security team believed that a foreign gang from outside the Cherry Blossom Islands was lurking in the designated area to commit crimes... that's because the gangs that control those industries also have their own rules. They wouldn't randomly arrest people on the street and attract the attention of righteous wandering knights and police officers who need to perform their duties and enforce the law. Sending people with unpayable debts and penniless poor people to those places would not only make them obedient but also avoid any trouble. Why would they go out of their way to randomly arrest people instead of using these "voluntary" unlucky people and poor bastards?

"Huh?! Could it be that the perverted lecher with the really nice voice is connected to that criminal gang that preys on girls everywhere?!"

Chun let out a small gasp, then her two fox ears perked up as she watched her companion warily.

"Without further investigation and evidence, it cannot be determined whether the guy you bumped into by chance is related to that criminal gang; we can only say that he is very suspicious."

He Ye shook her head; she had no concrete evidence or logical reasoning to prove that Lin Haiyuan was connected to that criminal gang.

"Then we'll go and follow that guy to investigate... Just thinking about the kind of place he goes to makes me not want to go at all. If people find out, it will affect my reputation."

Chun knew that the north side of Anle District was not a place that normal girls could come and go as they pleased.

"Thinking about it, that makes sense. But considering the generous reward for this investigation, if we can actually pinpoint the location, position, and members of that foreign criminal gang through the suspicious man, instead of letting the police handle it, it will not only make our lives more comfortable, but also allow us to indulge in extra meals and treats like strawberry daifuku for a while."

Kazuha crossed her arms, lowered her head, and pondered, starting to consider how much fresh and plump seafood she could buy with the reward from the investigation commission, along with a variety of seasonings. As for traditional sweets like strawberry daifuku, she could have them as desserts after the meal. Western desserts, on the other hand, were much more expensive than traditional sweets, so she couldn't eat much of them.

"If I could really afford to eat such a luxurious meal just once, I would be content even if I died... Besides, all the easy commissions this month have been snatched up by others. If I don't get the commission for this one, I'll have to cut my meals in half this month to pay rent and other miscellaneous expenses."

Chun couldn't help but smile bitterly as she recalled their meager financial situation.

"I have to cut my meals in half, which means I'll be starving for a week every month. How can I do those dangerous missions if I'm not full? What can I do? Should I do it?"

Kazuha didn't want to experience that kind of hunger pangs again, but she still needed to see if her friend and part-time partner, Tsubaki, would agree.

"Sigh... There's no other choice but to do it this way. And if we want to get firsthand information, we have to follow them immediately. There's no time to disguise ourselves."

Chun didn't want to experience the feeling of not having enough to eat. She could only risk being misunderstood and track down Lin Haiyuan. As long as she got the commissioned investigation report and confirmed that she was arresting a foreign criminal gang, all the bad words would fall apart and she would be respected. If Lin Haiyuan had nothing to do with that criminal gang, then there was nothing she could do but accept her fate.

"That guy should be pretty fast. It's possible he'll ask someone else to go to the Flower Pavilion on the north side of Huanle Town in Anle District, and the shikigami - Torio."

Kazuha took out a bird-shaped paper cutout from her pocket and patted it. She recalled the information Tsubaki had told her about Lin Haiyuan and organized it into a character image in her mind. Suddenly, a blue flame emerged from her palm. Then, she opened her palm, and a small bird burning with blue flames flapped its wings, shook its head and looked in the direction before flapping its wings and flying in front of her.

"Use the paper shikigami artifacts directly to track that guy down! We absolutely have to succeed!"

After Tsubaki clasped her hands together in prayer, she and Kazuha exchanged glances and nodded before following the blue firebird flying in front of them.

As mentioned before, magic exists, so don't be surprised, although the magic appearing here isn't magic in the traditional sense...

Chapter Thirty-One: The Trip to the Cherry Blossom Islands (Part Six)

Lin Haiyuan was unaware that he was being tracked by a mysterious and seemingly magical spell. However, even if the tracker using the spell were to arrive at his location now, without exceptional perception and eyesight, they would be unable to detect the invisible Lin Haiyuan, given that he had activated his optical invisibility device. Instead of walking through crowded streets, he was weaving through alleys and low-rise buildings, taking unconventional routes like a true assassin, scaling walls and moving through buildings. With his genetically modified and enhanced body and mental abilities, manipulating air currents was not difficult for him. However, as the capital of the Dieying Islands, Dong Taishou's city had a considerable size, so it still took Lin Haiyuan some time to reach Huanle Town.

"I descend from the shadows."

On a whim, Lin Haiyuan recited a line from the Chicken Hunter's entrance, then deactivated his optical cloaking device and emerged from the dimly lit, narrow alleyway between the ancient-style high-rise and low-rise buildings.

Emerging from the shadows into the open, in this large-scale, industrialized red-light district, Lin Haiyuan once again saw more women and men with different animal ears and tails emerging from the streets. Their attire presented two distinct extremes: either wealthy individuals seeking pleasure, or ordinary people who occasionally scraped together a little money to indulge in revelry. The women walking on the streets were either dressed in geisha costumes and creaking wooden clogs, or in various brightly colored and unique outfits. There were also some women with bizarre attire. In short, they were all women in the sex industry. Of course, where there are prostitutes, there are inevitably male prostitutes as well. However, no normal man would want to look at those male prostitutes with animal ears and tails, unless he was a person with an abnormal sexual orientation.

This damn perfume smell is so strong! I've never liked the scent of these artificial perfumes. Lin Haiyuan covered his nose slightly and manipulated the surrounding airflow to reduce the perfume smell as much as possible. If it were him in the past, he would definitely feel nauseous and dizzy from this perfume smell. Now, after being genetically modified and enhanced, he would only feel disgusted and would not experience nausea or dizziness.

Alice and Shinononozuka, who had been in close contact with him, were not fond of wearing perfume. The scents of shower gel, shampoo, and hormones were already enough. Moreover, they both knew that Lin Haiyuan did not like the smell of perfume, so Lin Haiyuan would not want to smell the perfume he disliked and have his mood affected when he was about to do that kind of thing.

Lin Haiyuan, emerging from the shadows, quickly attracted the attention of those around him with his understated yet handsome Altaïr armor and aimless wandering. Of course, those who thought life was too short to care much about him, while the prostitutes soliciting customers and the men and brothel owners, collectively known as pimps, noticed Lin Haiyuan looking around.

When you encounter a customer who seems lost and unsure of where to go, how could you not try to call out to them and win them over to increase your sales or earn more referral fees?

Sure enough, this kind of thing happens here. Being greeted by these overly flamboyant and glamorous brothel girls is incredibly unpleasant. You can ignore those calling out from afar. Those who dare to come closer can obtain information about Huaxiao Tower through their mind control.

Just as Lin Haiyuan was thinking this, a fox-shaped male half-orc dressed in ancient style with a cool and stylish look that seemed to belong to this era stepped forward and greeted him in a familiar tone.

"Hey, you handsome young man wandering aimlessly, don't you know where's the best place to find ladies?"

"Yes, that's right. I really don't know where the best place to find women is. Do you have any recommendations if you come over and strike up a conversation with me?"

Lin Haiyuan turned around and took the handsome fox-like man from the hood, his eyes, hidden beneath the hood, emitting a strange light that seemed to emanate from his spiritual power, which surged into the other man's heart like a tidal wave.

The handsome fox spirit was completely unaware of the terrifying being he had recruited. Caught off guard, he immediately opened his eyes wide as Lin Haiyuan took control of his mind and body.

Think carefully about which path leads to Huaxiao Tower.

A mind expert doesn't necessarily need to give commands to a puppet through speech; they can control the other party directly through their thoughts. Otherwise, how could they remotely control the victim to act according to their wishes? Moreover, Lin Haiyuan is stronger than ordinary mind experts; he can control the minds of more people for his own use.

This handsome fox spirit had a very weak will and was unable to resist Lin Haiyuan's mind control, so he began to recall how to walk to Huaxiao Tower as Lin Haiyuan had instructed.

This recollection didn't take more than 30 seconds; the fox spirit had already recalled and shown him the complete route it had taken.

Forget the orders you just heard and recall the journey to Huaxiao Tower on foot. Then, assume that your attempt to get me to act as a pimp failed, return to where you were and wait for the next person. And then forget about me.

Lin Haiyuan waved his hand to send the fox spirit who was acting according to his wishes away. Then, without giving the pimps and brothel owners around him a chance, he quickly headed to Huaxiao Tower. On the way, he released the fox spirit from his mind control. The fox spirit's whole body and tail twitched involuntarily the moment the mind control was released.