Which mental hospital did this lunatic escape from?
Before she could react, the first leader raised his sword and slashed down at her—
Huo Shaoying closed her eyes, thinking to herself: Oh well, let her learn a lesson. Maybe it will change her impulsive nature...
The expected sounds of fighting did not rang out; in fact, the silence was eerily quiet.
Huo Shaoying opened her eyes, took in the scene before her, and her mouth formed an "O" shape—
Nan Xian remained calm and unmoved, easily catching the sword that was about to strike her head with just two fingers.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
With a slight twitch of her eyelashes and a gentle twist of her wrist, the sword snapped in two with a crisp "crack" and fell to the ground with a clatter.
The first leader was completely stunned. She seemed to lose her voice, frozen in place as if rooted to the spot, staring blankly at the sword that was still half-broken in her hand.
At this moment, if the First Leader's inner thoughts were displayed as a live stream comment, the screen would be filled with "This is impossible, this is impossible, this is impossible..."
Nan Xian blinked, looked at her, then at the broken sword, and finally at her own hand.
Hmm... She didn't know what was wrong with her just now, but when she saw the sword coming down at her, she wasn't flustered at all. Then, as if she had done it many times before, she subconsciously reached out her hand.
Others catch blades bare-handed, but when it came to me, I caught one with my fingers...
Oh dear, but it seems, perhaps, maybe, should, indeed... that I accidentally broke someone's weapon... and this sword looks so expensive, I have to pay for it, sob sob.
Nan Xian touched the tip of her nose and smiled somewhat embarrassedly: "How much did you buy this sword for?"
Huo Shaoying, who was about to step forward to explain: ...Huh? What are you talking about, Boss Nan? ??
The first leader, who had just recovered from his shock, thought: ...Is this woman trying to humiliate me? Damn it! I—forget it, I can't beat her.
**
Half an hour later—
After being scolded by Huo Shaoying, the First Leader realized that he had misunderstood her relationship with Nan Xian and almost offended her because of his recklessness. He felt ashamed and embarrassed, and went to apologize to Nan Xian with a very sincere attitude.
Nan Xian didn't feel anything was wrong, but she felt a little embarrassed because she had broken someone's precious sword and the person wouldn't let her pay for it.
"It's alright, it's alright, we became friends after our little misunderstanding!" She quickly helped the first leader, who was bowing to her at a ninety-degree angle, up and laughed heartily.
Seeing that she remained calm and indeed didn't seem to be holding a grudge against him, the first leader felt a little relieved and couldn't help but admire Nan Xian even more.
As expected of a god, she wasn't angry at all even after I offended her so much, and generously forgave me. She truly has a broad mind!
Nan Xian saw her starry-eyed gaze and touched the tip of her nose, puzzled, but didn't ask any further questions.
She was unaware that the leader and strategist had already firmly believed in her "true identity."
As they were talking, the guard upstairs came to report again that the people trapped in the other two secret passages had also been rescued and were now being housed in private rooms on the fourth floor.
The three of them then went upstairs.
Nan Xian noticed that there were many more bloodstains in the corridor, some of which were quite fresh. Obviously, after they left, there had been several more "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" incidents.
Those who could enter the private rooms on the fourth floor were either rich or powerful, and Huo Shaoying knew many of them, especially those who held official positions. They all had spies and informants sent by various forces around them. Huo Shaoying probably knew their daily whereabouts better than they knew themselves, and had long since thoroughly investigated their backgrounds. Since most of them had no motive to kidnap Ruizhu, Huo Shaoying ruled them out first.
She needs to pay even more attention to guests she doesn't know or who are completely unfamiliar with her.
She called all these people into the same private room and carefully scanned each of their faces.
The Dark Zone is a melting pot of all sorts of people, and naturally, there are many talented individuals. There are many ways to transform someone into someone unrecognizable to others, and disguise is just one of the simplest methods. Controlling an ordinary human with no spiritual power to speak and act according to one's own wishes is even simpler.
Even if we take them aside for individual interrogation, it will be difficult to get anything out of them, and time is of the essence, so this method is not feasible at the moment.
Huo Shaoying certainly wouldn't rely solely on her eyes and ears to make a judgment. She and Ruizhu were twins and had an innate connection with each other—although they had never met when they were young and had spent most of their lives apart, the blood ties rooted deep in their souls would never be changed.
Every time they are near each other, they can magically feel each other's heartbeats.
Huo Shaoying stood before these people, slowly lowering her eyes, holding her breath to sense them—
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
A moment later, she looked up with a solemn face, then turned away silently.
Her expression showed nothing unusual, but the First Leader caught the fleeting panic in her eyes.
Ruizhu was not among these people.
Seeing her like this, the first leader felt a pang of anxiety. She opened her mouth to say something comforting, but she was always a straightforward and outspoken person with low emotional intelligence. She was not good at comforting people and was afraid that if she got anxious, she would say something wrong and make her even more upset. So she kept her mouth shut and followed behind her like a shadow, staring at the back of her head with worry and unease, silently saying, "I'm right here with you."
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