Xing Tie: Wait a minute! How come Weng Xing has two saviors?

Xi Lian frowned and pushed the thick ledger in front of Bai Mo: "Bai Mo, come and take a look. This ledger... feels a bit off."

There were so many people yesterday, the turnover should have been enormous, but when I counted the Liheng coins deposited into the treasury... it seems like a large portion is missing.

Bai Mo took the ledger, his fingers quickly tracing the numbers, his brows furrowing more and more: "Indeed... the difference is outrageous. Even with losses and change, the discrepancy shouldn't be this large."

He closed the ledger, his eyes sharpening. "Let's go check the vault."

The room where the Liheng coins were stored was heavily guarded, but the mountain of Liheng coins inside seemed to be missing a "spire".

Bai Mo's eyes were sharp as he carefully scanned every corner of the room. Suddenly, he noticed an unusual reflection in a dimly lit corner.

He crouched down, stretched out his fingers, and picked up a... oddly shaped coin.

The coin is small, made of neither gold nor silver, and has a warm, smooth feel. One side is engraved with a cunning cat paw print, while the other side features an abstract outline of a cat's face that seems to be grinning.

Bai Mo held the "cat coin" up to his eyes, examining it closely against the light. A knowing, cold smile curved his lips.

"Ah... I see. It's that little cat that likes to steal things..."

That night, it was dark and windy (the "night" in Ohma is just a habit of the residents; in reality, it's just as bright).

The room where the Liheng coins were stored was completely silent. Suddenly, a slender figure, almost blending into the shadows, silently "slipped" in like weightless mist.

"Hehe, my little gold coins, I'm back again!" A girl's voice, filled with pride and anticipation, rang out softly, sounding particularly clear in the empty vault.

Just as she tiptoed toward the pile of gold coins—

"Om-!"

A pure, blazing beam of light, seemingly capable of purifying all darkness, suddenly erupted without warning! Instantly illuminating the entire room as if it were daytime! At the center of the light source was Bai Mo, who was using the "Oath of Radiance"!

The light dispelled all shadows and clearly illuminated the intruder's figure:

She was a girl who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a light and agile figure.

She wore an extremely peculiar outfit, as if woven from the deepest night sky and the finest starlight. A wide hood covered most of her face, revealing only her beautifully shaped chin and a sly smile.

However, what is most striking are the few strands of fine silver hair peeking out from under her hood, and the pair of fluffy silver cat ears with a tuft of conspicuous white hair at the tips that are turning slightly and alertly among the strands!

Behind her, a white tail with a black tip, incredibly flexible, was slightly ruffled and held high in the air, startled.

The girl (Sai ​​Fei'er) squinted instinctively as the bright light stung her eyes.

(=^*ェ*^=) Meow! ?

Bai Mo did not hesitate at all, nor did he have any intention of showing any mercy to the woman.

He had already adjusted the angle; most of this sword strike would hit the sky, without damaging too many buildings.

"EX—Cali…!"

"Meow—!!!!" Saifei let out a shrill meow, her voice filled with disbelief and the terror of "I've gone too far"!

Chapter 42 Sai Fei'er: The seamstress has lost the spark of knowledge?

Just 0.01 seconds before the devastating light cannon was about to unleash—

Bai Mo felt the scene before him suddenly blur and distort! An irresistible, irrational force enveloped him!

It wasn't teleportation! It was more like being dragged a great distance in an instant.

The next instant, a deafening roar exploded in front of Bai Mo! A stream of scorching light, like an angry spear of divine punishment, pierced fiercely into an unknown wilderness outside the city!

“Rumble——!!!”

The earth groaned! A blinding flash of light briefly dispelled the "night"! A terrifying shockwave ripped up vast swaths of earth like a carpet, whipping up dust waves tens of meters high!

The hard rocks in the distance groaned under the impact, and countless pebbles rolled down like raindrops!

Bai Mo landed steadily, his sword-wielding hand slightly numb. He looked around, his eyes filled with seriousness and astonishment.

One second he was still in Ohm, the next he was in the desolate outskirts of the city! He could even see the iconic halo of the Ohm Dawn Machine, which now seemed particularly small.

"Am I... caught in the pre-attack animation of a 'catch' skill? What a 'lightning speed'!" Bai Mo muttered to himself, his vigilance towards this "thief" instantly rising to its peak.

A few meters away, Sai Fei'er's figure appeared out of thin air. She patted her bulging chest, looking like she was still in shock, but a mischievous glint flashed in her eyes:

"My goodness! Kid, were you really planning to use that trick in Ohma City? Did you want to send the Holy City flying into the sky?" She tilted her head, her tail tip wagging playfully.

"However... considering that you knew to raise the cannon muzzle at the last moment, I'll reluctantly admit that you're a responsible guy."

Bai Mo remained expressionless, the tip of his sword once again pointing at Sai Feier. The light on the sword began to gather again, even more refined than before: "You little thief who stole my money, stop talking nonsense. Hand over the money, and then come back with me to explain yourself."

"Oh dear, Zagres (the Trick Titan), how can something as trivial as cats be called stealing?"

Saifei winked playfully, a naive smile spreading across her face. "This is called... um, 'a small tribute to those who get rich through hard work'? Okay, okay, I've had enough fun today."

She magically produced a special cat-shaped coin. "Bye-bye, chef! Ohmma is just fifteen kilometers to the east. With your skills, you can easily wander back by yourself! Remember to hide your coins better next time!"

Saifei struck a pose as if she were flicking a coin.

Just as Sai Fei'er's body was about to dissipate into a stream of light once again—

A portal to a hundred realms opened with perfect precision beside the coin! A long, powerful hand shot out from it like lightning, grabbing straight for the special cat coin!

"Meow?!" Sai Fei'er's pupils shrank sharply, and she twisted her body forcefully, narrowly avoiding the hand!

The coin grazed the edge of the portal and fell, only to be caught back into Sai Fei'er's palm by the startled girl.

Her figure re-emerged not far away, and for the first time, the relaxed and playful smile on her face completely disappeared, replaced by deep surprise and a hint of genuine seriousness.

She stared intently at the lingering trace of the spatial portal in Bai Mo's hand: "This is... Sister Tibao's Hundred Realms Gate?! Kid, who are you?!"

Her voice held a barely perceptible tension, "What did you do to Sister Tibo and the others? Or...?"

Her eyes turned incredibly dangerous. "The spark of the path, lost by that 'tailor' who only knows how to sew and mend and read minds?!"

Bai Mo remained expressionless, his sword tip still steadily pointing at Sai Fei'er: "Teacher Tibo and the others are doing very well, as for Ms. Aglaia..."

A meaningful smile played at the corners of his lips. "She is very competent. But you, Lady Saifeier, as a guardian, stealing seems a bit unworthy of the title?"

"Hmph! Smooth talker!" Sai Fei'er snorted coldly, clearly not entirely believing, but Bai Mo's natural tone when mentioning Tibo and Aglaia made her tense nerves relax a little.

She tossed the cat-shaped coin high into the air again! "Trying to catch me? In your next life!"

Saifei'er's figure blurred instantly, transforming into a streak of light almost invisible to the naked eye, shooting off in the opposite direction from Ohma! Her speed far surpassed anything Bai Mo had ever seen before!

"Hundred Realms Gate, chase!" Bai Mo did not hesitate. One spatial gate after another opened in front of him. He was like a ghost leaping in the folds of space, closely chasing the incredibly fast stream of light in front of him!

In the blink of an eye, they had traversed an immeasurable distance. But when Bai Mo stepped out of the spatial portal again, he was stunned.

Before my eyes... was the familiar silhouette of Ohmma's tall city walls again? Although it was in a remote corner in another direction, it was definitely near Ohmma!

"Why did she come back again?" Alarm bells rang in Bai Mo's mind!

In that instant of doubt—

"Bai Mo. What are you doing here?" A clear, calm, and extremely familiar female voice came from behind.

Bai Mo felt a sense of relief and subconsciously wanted to turn around: "Ms. Aglaia? You..."

"Oh no!" Although Bai Mo reacted instantly, it was too late.

Several threads, thinner than yarn yet shimmering with dazzling golden light, suddenly sprang out from the shadow beneath his feet and from the surrounding air without warning!

It was so fast that Bai Mo didn't even have time to react! In an instant, it wrapped around his wrists, ankles, and waist!

"Ugh!" Bai Mo felt an incredibly strong binding force coming from him. He was bound tightly by the seemingly thin but incredibly tough golden thread, like a rice dumpling, and fell to the ground with a "thump"!

"Hahahaha—!!!" Sai Fei'er's smug and mocking laughter came from behind, where was there any trace of Aglaia's aloofness?

"Kid! You're dumbfounded, aren't you? I'm still one step ahead! All's fair in war, understand?"

Bai Mo struggled fiercely, and with difficulty, he turned his head and saw that "Aglaia's" appearance was rapidly shedding its disguise, transforming back into Sai Fei'er's true form with cat ears and a cat tail, laughing hysterically.

"The power of trickery? It can even perfectly simulate Aglaia's appearance, voice, and even abilities?" Bai Mo's voice was cold, but he couldn't help but admire Sai Fei'er's bizarre methods.

"Ding-dong! You got it right!" Sai Fei'er skipped over to Bai Mo, who was tied up like a dumpling, squatted down, and playfully poked Bai Mo's cheek with her index finger, her eyes full of teasing.

"Too bad there's no prize! You'll just have to lie there obediently at the gates of the Holy City until dawn! Perhaps..."

She deliberately dragged out her words, revealing a wicked smile, "Will the guards on night patrol find you, this 'big dumpling,' sooner?"

Chapter 43 Bai Mo: It's always been others who eat me; when did it become my turn to eat others?

"Meow hahaha! Goodbye, little guy!" She stood up triumphantly, habitually tossing the crucial cat coin in her hand high into the air, ready to leave at "lightning speed."

The coin just slipped from my hand...

A tiny, incredibly precise portal to the Hundred Worlds quietly opened just above the coin!

The coin fell in with perfect precision! The portal closed instantly!

"Meow—?!" Saifei's throwing motion froze in mid-air, her smug smile instantly turning to ice. Her cat eyes widened in disbelief and terror, as if asking, "Where's my coin?!"

"Heh..." Bai Mo, who was lying on the ground unable to move, suddenly let out a low chuckle, carrying a sense of satisfaction at finally winning a victory.

"If I'm not mistaken, Lady Seifer, your prized 'divine speed' is, at its core... also part of your cunning powers, isn't it?"

Sai Feier suddenly turned her head to look at him, her eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Bai Mo continued unhurriedly, his voice echoing clearly in the quiet suburbs: "The so-called divine speed is not that you can surpass the light, but is based on a 'rule'—you can arrive at any place within the Onpharos range before the special coin you tossed lands."

Therefore, your true 'speed' is actually the distance you need to move divided by the time it takes for the coin to fall!

He paused, noticing the slight change in Sai Fei'er's expression, and emphasized, "A coin usually only takes two to three seconds to fall. That's enough time for you to cross mountains and seas. But..."

Bai Mo's lips curled into a sly smile. "What if I made your coin... never land?"

If you keep it in a 'falling' state, then the denominator approaches infinity, and your 'speed'... will also approach zero!

"Your Excellency, congratulations! You've been trapped in your own scheme!"

(Bai Mo: It's always been a system where others eat me, when did it become my turn to eat others?)

Sai Fei'er's face drained of color instantly. She tried to sense the coin, only to find it falling and rising repeatedly at an altitude of ten thousand meters! Her prized "divine speed" had been activated! But she couldn't leave!

"You little brat! I underestimated you!" Sai Fei'er was both surprised and furious, her cat ears standing straight up and her tail bristling like a feather duster. "Let me go! Give me back my coin!"

"Let me go first." Bai Mo lay on the ground, looking disheveled, but his tone was unusually self-righteous.

"How can I untie you if you don't let go of my coin?!" Sai Fei'er said angrily, pointing at the gold thread binding Bai Mo.

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it then," Bai Mo said, relaxing his body in a resigned manner, even adjusting his lying position comfortably.

"Anyway, the patrol will find me by dawn the next day."

As for you… a demigod of cunning, you might be forever 'frozen' at the gates of Ohmar, a living statue? That's quite interesting, isn't it? Maybe it'll even become a new tourist attraction?

"Meow—!!!" Sai Feier let out an angry and slightly frantic meow. Looking at Bai Mo lying on the ground acting like a scoundrel, and then at her own trapped situation, she experienced for the first time what it meant to "lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot"!

Her delicate face puffed up with anger, her blue-purple pupils filled with a mixture of rage and frustration, and for a moment she was truly frozen in place.

In the dim light of the dawn machine, a man and a cat, one bound like a dumpling and lying on the ground, the other standing motionless and fuming, created an extremely bizarre and dramatic scene against the backdrop of Ohmma's magnificent city walls.

An awkward standoff over "who will let go first" unfolded between two players who were not exactly naive.

Just as the faint light of the Dawn Machine was about to pierce the last vestiges of the "night" in Ohmma, Seifer finally gave up.

Her delicate little face was scrunched up, her blue-purple cat eyes were full of resentment and grievance, and her tail drooped listlessly.

"Meow...woof..." She let out a whimper with a thick nasal tone. "You're ruthless! You cunning human boy!" She wanted to stomp her foot in a fit of pique, but she couldn't even lift her foot. Instead, she could only draw her slender finger in the air in Bai Mo's direction.

“Swish—”

Those incredibly tough, golden threads, as if they were alive, instantly vanished from Bai Mo's body, disappearing without a trace.

With the restraints removed, Bai Mo stretched his stiff wrists and neck, making a slight clicking sound. His face remained expressionless as he calmly looked at Sai Feier, who had instantly switched to a "pitiful" mode.

Saifei immediately clasped her hands together and placed them under her chin, her cat eyes wide open, trying her best to squeeze out the most innocent and lovable tears, while the tip of her tail trembled slightly in coordination:

"Meow~? Look, I've let you go so obediently! Um... can we return the coin to the poor little kitten whose legs are numb from standing? Kind chef?"

I promise I'll never 'pay homage' to your gold coins again! Really! Zagres is my witness!" She tried to make her voice sound soft and sweet, attempting to awaken Bai Mo's "last shred of conscience."

Bai Mo merely raised an eyebrow, ignoring her "performance." Instead of taking out a coin, he took a step and slowly walked towards Sai Feier.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Sai Fei'er tried to back away warily, but her feet didn't move an inch. Her cat ears perked up alertly.

Bai Mo didn't say anything, but reached out and deliberately explored the pockets and seams of Sai Feier's strange outfit, which was woven from the night sky and starlight.

"Hey?! You, you stop! This is indecent assault!" Sai Fei'er was both ashamed and angry, and tried to twist her body to dodge, but Bai Mo's movements were faster and more stable.

He ignored Saifei's exaggerated screams and protests, his fingers deftly exploring her wide sleeves, the hidden pockets at her waist, and even the inside of her boots.