With Tadashi gone, Luna lost interest in wandering around.
Thinking that she had already met the officials of this world, she decided to believe that they wouldn’t be foolish enough to challenge her boundaries repeatedly. So, she turned and walked into a hotel on the street.
“I want the best room.”
“Sure, that’ll be 288 dollars a night.”
The woman at the front desk looked up and seemed surprised when she saw Luna’s face. Then, she seemed to recall something and displayed a flicker of fear.
“What’s wrong?” Luna asked.
“N-Nothing! You want the best room, right?”
“Yes, the best.” Luna confirmed, then casually handed over a stack of red bills and said, “Keep the change; I’m not sure how long I’ll be staying.”
“S-Sure, I’ll arrange that for you right away.”
The woman shot up straight when the hot tea scalded her, and hurriedly wiped the hot liquid off her clothes.
“Don’t worry, take your time,” Luna assured softly.
“N-No…, I’m happy to serve my customers unconditionally. After all, there’s a saying that customers are Gods…”
The woman forced a smile that looked uglier than her crying face and added, “We can’t possibly keep a God waiting.”
Luna smiled and replied, “True, though I don’t particularly like that God you mentioned.”
“Haha, I don’t like Him either.” The woman laughed awkwardly.
After a moment of searching, the woman finally found the key.
“H-Here… here’s the key to room 201. You can find it right away once you go upstairs.”
Luna took the key, raising her eyebrows as she asked, “Don’t you need an ID card to register here?”
“N-No… we prioritize service here, so an ID card isn’t necessary.”
“I see.” Luna nodded, albeit unconvinced, then turned to walk upstairs. But halfway up, she suddenly turned back and asked, “Is there a PC in the room?”
“Yes…” The woman awkwardly placed her hand on the landline phone, unable to decide whether to move or stay still. She forced a smile and explained, “Our best room comes with a computer. There’s also a chess and card room, as well as a cafe on the third floor. You’re welcome to use those facilities.”
“Nice.” Luna dismissed the woman’s odd behavior and continued walking upstairs. Once she disappeared at the top of the stairs, the woman sighed in relief and immediately dialed the number on her phone.
“Hello, 911? This is ** Hotel. A wanted criminal has just checked in. Yes, that’s correct. Is there a reward for the tip-off? Okay, I’ll do my best to keep her here. Come quick…”
In a smoke-filled office, a man frowned as he reviewed the information on his computer. The ashtray on the table overflowed with cigarette butts.
“Does such a terrifying person truly exist in this world?”
Luna was on the screen. The angle from which the video was captured made her appear slightly blurry, but it was still clear enough to show how she had defeated Goshawk. řäＮo͍βÈŚ
The man slowed the video, watching Luna’s movements frame by frame. No matter how many times he looked at it, Luna had seemed to simply “walk” in front of Goshawk at the beginning.
Yes, in that instant, her movements exceeded the speed of sound by multiple times.
The man felt an impending headache. To think that a monster like her had appeared in the area he managed, and he still couldn’t analyze her first move clearly after studying it for a long time.
He could already imagine the scene of being criticized by the group of old-timers, unable to hold his head high. More importantly…
“If they are going to cut this year’s budget again, my plan to go to the beach in the second half of the year to find a beautiful, fair-skinned lady with long legs will be ruined… But then again, this woman is also quite beautiful. Maybe I could use my charm to seduce her; perhaps it would work… Hehehe…”
The man, finding his plan somewhat absurd, leaned back in his chair, staring at the empty ceiling with unfocused eyes, much like a salted fish.
“I wish I could stop dealing with that kind of monster. I just want to slack off…” he sighed.
There was a series of knocks on the door. The man straightened up instantly, lacing his fingers and resting his chin on top of them, as his gaze turned sharp and eagle-like again.
The door opened, and a beautiful female secretary entered, holding a brand new file. She pushed up her black-framed glasses and reported, “Team leader, we’ve discovered the target.”
The man’s sharp eyes lit up as he eagerly asked, “Oh? Where?”
The secretary flipped through the file and replied, “She seems to have entered a hotel named **.”
“Did she do anything else?”
“Not yet. However, because the police had issued a warrant for her, the hotel owner recognized her and called the police.”
“If she recognized her, then so be it. Send someone to take over the hotel temporarily to facilitate surveillance. Don’t take any other actions.”
“Do you need to send someone with special abilities?”
The man pondered for a moment, then said, “Forget it. Given the power displayed by the target, sending someone with special abilities would likely be useless. Ordinary people are less likely to raise her suspicions.”
The secretary snapped the file shut and replied, “Understood.”
“Anything else?” Seeing that the secretary didn’t leave immediately, the man instinctively sensed that something unexpected had occurred.
“About the boy who’s very close to the target…”
“What happened to him?”
“He had been kidnapped.”
“Kidnapped?” The man was puzzled.
“Who would kidnap a little beggar? A human trafficker?” he asked.
“No, the perpetrator was a clerk at a jewelry store the target had visited before, a man named Wang Defa. The target sold high-purity gold coins worth millions there for only 300,000 dollars in cash. Wang Defa had worked as an appraiser in that store, but not long ago, he was fired by his boss after he and the manager embezzled the difference from the sale of the gold coins. The boss then called the police to recover the lost funds.”
The man pondered for a moment before saying, “In other words… that little beggar had been kidnapped because he was unlucky and got involved?”
“It’s very likely that Wang Defa’s true target was the target herself. However, when he attempted the crime, our people had just led her away. In his desperation, he turned his attention to the little beggar, who was close to her. This entire process happened to be captured by our roadside surveillance cameras; otherwise, no one would have noticed the little beggar’s disappearance and reported it to the police.”
“Heh, indeed. Who would care about a little beggar that has gone missing?”
“What should we do now? Should we send someone to rescue the little beggar?” the secretary asked.
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The man habitually tapped his fingers on the table.
“No. Send someone to pass this message to the target instead.”
“You are thinking to…”
“If a person has someone they care about, their invincibility can easily be shattered without direct confrontation,” the man explained smugly. “I believe we may have found her weakness.”