The mixture of surprise and disbelief slowly faded away from the woman’s face as she circled around the crimson-haired girl carefully.
She could tell that the little girl was confident, probably because she had been taught some self-defense, but a child was a child after all.
They were stupid and easy to deceive, and as someone who had been working in this field for nearly three years already, she knew just the right words to say in order to take the wind out of their sails.
“Listen, girl, since you can speak our language, let me teach you something very important today.” Her confidence rose with every word out of her mouth, and the lady slowly continued circling around the girl, eying her like a hunter would its prey. “Even if you somehow manage to get out of this room, there are over three hundred combat-capable, armed men waiting for you out there, and each one of them would be more than glad to put a few more holes into your body on my behalf.”
She grinned confidently. “Of course, you can still try to run out of that door if you don’t believe me, but wouldn’t it be a pity to die at such a young age? Trust me, as long as you’re obedient and come with me quietly, I can not only spare you the pain, but also make sure that nothing bad happens to you later.”
Even if the Nightingale clan had come knocking on the gang’s door, she felt like it shouldn’t be too hard for her to scare this little girl into obedience and escape out of the back door while they were busy dealing with the rest of the gang.
After all, the gang leader had already been knocked out due to his carelessness, and most likely no one else would even notice that someone insignificant like her had gone missing.
Once she got out of here, she would wait for the gang leader to finish appeasing the Nightingale clan, and only then return to negotiate her prices once more.
‘Boss will definitely appreciate me more for her now that he’s suffered at her hands!’ Just thinking about it now, she could already feel the increased rates of commission and a brighter future beckoning her.
Moreover, the money he had handed over to her earlier was still there, and she could just take it away now and later say that it had been lost while she escaped to get more later! With how dishonest some of the other gangsters here were, the boss would have no idea which one of them took it for himself, or if the Nightingale clan took it away instead.
With their difference in status, he would never be able to even question them about it! And as for her… the boss probably couldn’t even imagine that she would have the guts to lie to him.
“What is the name of your boss?”
The woman was stunned. “What?”
The crimson-haired girl pointed her finger at the man who had fainted on the ground again. “What’s his name?”
“Andrew?” After answering instinctively, the woman quickly shook her head in amusement. “What, don’t tell me you’re so stupid you think you can go complain about it to your parents now, right? Listen, just come with me obediently, or else…”
Emilia looked at her as if she was observing the biggest idiot in the world. “Although the way you think is interesting in a stupidly disturbing way, I can tell that you must have managed to deceive quite a few children based on your confidence.”
She smiled, but even with her cutely childish face, it was still cold enough to stun the kidnapping lady. “Unfortunately for you, I don’t believe everyone deserves redemption. Not without first being punished for their crimes, at least.”
Before the lady could realize what had happened, the little girl was already barely an arm’s length away from her, and a horrifying burst of pain exploded in her belly.
She realized in the back of her mind that she had been kicked, somehow. But with her body flying back like a rubber ball, she couldn’t even breathe, let alone curse.
Even now, she had no idea that her life was about to end in less than a second if the back of her head impacted the wall. Even if her skull didn’t shatter into a million pieces, she would still reincarnate on the spot.
Emilia didn’t want her to die so quickly, however, and easily got behind the woman before halting her momentum with another kick to her spine.
The kidnapper only felt the world blur around her before the pain she felt faded away with a dull crack, and then her mind sank into darkness.
Her last thoughts before she lost consciousness were filled with regret. ‘I should have never picked her up!’
Emilia knew that she didn’t have much time to waste, so she quickly made her way over to the piled-up ‘gang leader’ and goon before moving them along with the woman to a more hidden spot behind the table.
Once done, she quickly made her way to the pool table and tore off the side rail before making her way over to the unconscious trio.
With her super strength, there was little difference between metal and a soft rope as long as it wasn’t too brittle.
She simply tied their necks together, and after another thought, ‘gently’ knocked on their throats to rupture their vocal cords just enough so they could never scream, then nodded in satisfaction.
Taking a step back to observe the gang leader, she sighed. “The idiot’s even uglier on a closer look, but oh well…”
The unexpected arrival of a few people from the Nightingale clan wasn’t enough to ruin her plans, but it was still enough to put her in a bad mood.
Emilia quickly slid out of her blue sundress and undergarments and set them down on the sofa, and then suppressed her disgust before activating her shapeshift skill with a frown.
Cynthia couldn’t help but shudder. “Don’t tell me you’re going to—!”
-Ding!
—Used Skill: Shapeshift!
—Shapeshift is now in cooldown: 7 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds left till it is available again.
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