The steward's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly led Xie Zhou into a room, said nothing, and quickly found the City Lord's Token. Holding the token, he approached Xie Zhou, bowed respectfully, and said, "Thank you for informing me, Miss. Please be careful during this time and make sure no one else finds out about this. We will investigate thoroughly..."
"Um…"
"May I ask the steward if he may grant me a request? What caused the city lord's serious injury?"
The butler hesitated and refused to answer.
"Butler, I have been impolite!"
Xie Zhou left the house and began to observe the surrounding environment of the city lord's mansion. The aura of the monster was extremely strong.
The steward, with a grim face, held the city lord's token left behind by the city lord's mansion and gave the order: "Where is the guard?"
Soon, a number of men in black appeared in front of the butler, all kneeling on one knee and bowing.
"The four major families are making moves. Keep an eye on them and make sure to protect the city lord! Report any suspicious persons immediately."
The group of men in black immediately replied in unison, "Yes!"
They treat the token as if it were the city lord; whoever has the token will obey their orders. Once a mission is assigned, they vanish like a gust of wind, seemingly never having been there, disappearing as quickly as a dragonfly skimming the water.
Xie Zhou walked slowly inside the city lord's mansion, but under the cover of night, he saw the group of men in black embark on their journey.
"Ha...uh..."
Xie Zhou felt dizzy and lightheaded, and her steps were unsteady. She was really tired. She didn't know how long she had been up all night. If the steward hadn't led her to a room that wasn't too far from the entrance, she would have gotten lost in this huge city lord's mansion long ago, given her current dazed state.
A cool breeze was blowing, and the night was enchanting. Xie Zhou yawned countless times before slowly opening the gates of the city lord's mansion, preparing to leave.
They were already on the street in a moment, and Xie Zhou even had some tears welling up because of a yawn.
She wiped her face lightly with her sleeve, forcing herself to stay alert. She couldn't afford to lose focus while walking at night; it would be embarrassing if she woke up to find herself sleeping on the street.
So, being wary, Xie Zhou, following his usual habit, unconsciously activated his mental energy and headed towards the inn.
Suddenly, as she passed through a small alley, Xie Zhou tensed up. She felt someone was following her, and her mental energy detected something unusual.
Xie Zhou was speechless. It was so late, yet someone was still following her. Perhaps it was because she had knocked out the first group of people, and they hadn't returned to report for a long time, so they sent people to harass her again.
She was a little annoyed, so she smiled politely, but the person behind her was walking very hurriedly, as if afraid of losing her.
Several men in black followed Xie Zhou in an orderly fashion. They were all dressed in night clothes and masked. Under the cover of some cover, their movements were very concealed and difficult to be discovered. But who was Xie Zhou? They were still too inexperienced!
Xie Zhou had a sudden inspiration. Seeing several forks in the road, he hid in a narrow alley, turned around, and entered.
The people who had been following behind also went over, and Xie Zhou's lips curled slightly as he thought to himself.
"These people think they can keep up with me? No way..."
"He disturbed my peaceful sleep; he'll be sorry..."
Xie Zhou then engaged in a cat-and-mouse chase with the person who was following him, but it was hard to say who was the cat. The sound of their footsteps seemed particularly crisp and loud in the quiet night, "tap tap tap..." as if each step was tapping on one's heartstrings.
Xie Zhou deliberately led the person following her to a secluded place in a small alley. She walked forward, but her pace was slow rather than fast. Soon she saw a shadow, smiled, and then ran forward, heading towards another corner. When the person following her caught up...
But they found it was a dead end, with no way out, though they didn't see the person who had been following them.
The stalkers were puzzled and looked around.
Then a beautiful figure flashed through the night, and Xie Zhou said, "Are you looking for me?"
Her tone was somewhat teasing as she approached the stalkers step by step. They were intimidated by her imposing presence and stood frozen in place for a moment.
Xie Zhou smiled slightly, rushed over, and delivered a swift chop, knocking one person unconscious. Then, like a night elf, Xie Zhou grabbed one person's arm, controlled the knife in his hand, and slashed at another person.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
With a few shouts, Xie Zhou easily killed them all.
"Clang..."
The sword of a man in black was in Xie Zhou's hand, which she casually tossed to the ground.
She stepped forward to probe the memories of one of her trackers, skillfully activating the power of inheritance.
The skilled Xie Zhou quickly found the most crucial scene from his many memories.
There were many men dressed in black like this, each with something in their eyes, and carrying something unknown in their arms. They were all very cautious and operated at night.
They kept lingering around the arena, and then Xie Zhou noticed something was different. The things that everyone took out of their pockets seemed to be magical artifacts, as if they could monitor others, because she overheard their conversations.
"Hey! Little Six, you'd better be careful this time. This thing is very valuable; it's a Western instrument that the clan leaders spent a lot of money to acquire. I heard it can monitor those people..."
"Yes, yes..."
Through the memories of the tracker, she learned another secret. No wonder someone had sent her a telepathic message, advising her to give up. It turned out that they were manipulating the competition and knew the condition of each contestant.
These four major families monitored all the contestants, clearly intending to place their own people in the actual competition so they could seize the opportunity to kill the Crescent Moon City Lord when he appeared.
Xie Zhou released his grip, deeply sensing the intrigue and backstabbing within the inner palace.
She quipped, "Tsk tsk tsk...this group is really something..."
Xie Zhou stretched, then yawned, and said slowly, "It's really getting late, I need to go to sleep. There's a match tomorrow..."
The system then said, "Host, none of your opponents tomorrow can match your strength, so why are you so nervous?"
"What? Their strength is nothing compared to those two from before. Those families are not to be trifled with. I have to be careful."
"Um!"
Xie Zhou, exhausted, finally arrived at the inn. Without even washing up, he lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep.
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