"I've come to investigate the prophecy note your mother left behind. May I come in and talk?" Li Chengyi said.
Elsa nodded.
"One hundred dollars an hour. Is that okay?"
"...It's fine." Li Chengyi, seeing how practiced she was, knew this person must have done this sort of thing often.
Clearly, many had come to her to inquire about her mother.
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On the other side, at the opposite end of the port in Naxi Town.
A blood-soaked figure was frantically dashing through the forest, weaving in and out of trees.
It was Yang Chengxi, the pirate who had just snuck off the boat.
Gasping heavily, she kept running while constantly looking back.
It was as if some monstrous flood or wild beast were chasing her.
But shortly after disembarking, she had felt something following her.
She left the port and tried to dodge the pursuers by ducking into the forest, only to find that the sense of danger had intensified and drawn even closer.
Whoosh!
