CH 376

“Lin Xiao? Yao Zi? Why did you guys just get here now!”

The man ran over emotionally like he saw an old friend and hugged Lin Xiao as he was about to stand up. Then he began complaining tearfully to him.

“Hey, hey, hey, wait a moment, you can cry, but stop wiping your snot on me! … Also, stop squeezing me so hard! Molesting shotas is illegal in Gotham Kingdom!”

Lin Xiao jumped when he was suddenly hugged by an unknown man that didn’t have any evil intention, he would have already given him a good electrocuting.

“S-sorry I was too excited…”

The man realized he lost his composure and let Lin Xiao go. Then he got a chair and sat next to them like he was going to have a good chat with them.

Lin Xiao and the others were confused and didn’t get what was going on.

“Sorry to ask, but… who are you?”

“Hm? It’s me! Don’t you recognize me?”

The man was shocked and looked at the others but got a similar blank look.

“We met at the alliance office at Nighttown! I’m Tom White, did you forget?”

The man realized they were all staring at them blankly and felt a bit awkward and tried to get them to remember him.

“We had a powerful magician in our team, Archer, do you remember him?”

“Oh, I do! So you’re Archer? No, I thought he was bald… bro, your hair grows pretty fast.” Lin Xiao looked at his head of dense black hair and couldn’t help but joke.

“No, no, I’m not Archer, I’m his friend!”

“Oh… I still don’t remember.” Lin Xiao scratched his head awkwardly and reassured him, “Well, now I know who you are… so, what did you need me for?”

“Lin Xiao, I’ll just make a long story short… something happened to Caesar!”

“What?”

Lin Xiao exchanged a glance with ShenDai Ying and they both had a wry smile.

They were just guessing about what Caesar was doing and something actually happened to him…

“Lin Xiao, you definitely have to help!”

Finally getting to the point, he told Lin Xiao everything he knew.

Perhaps it was out of shock or he just didn’t want anyone to know, his voice was very quiet, even when he initially called out to Lin Xiao. So no one in the room other than him knew about their identities.

LIn Xiao didn’t care about a small detail like that, but at the same time, he didn’t know that Abra secretly recommended them as a special investigation team to Claire, which caused the misunderstanding later.

But that kind of misunderstanding wasn’t enough to cause any trouble for Lin Xiao…

“So you’re saying that Caesar and the others are trapped in Yellowstone by some unknown monster and you don’t know if they’re dead or alive?”

“Y-yes…”

“Sigh, you… how should I even put it?”

Lin Xiao sighed as he looked at this man in his thirties who was panicked and scared out of his wits.

He didn’t want to rebuke him for escaping, though it may sound cowardly, with a whole team trapped, there has to be someone to come back and report the information and ask for help. If everyone was trapped, then there was no hope of rescue.

What really pissed Lin Xiao off was that he didn’t provide any useful information!

Other than focusing on escaping, he didn’t know anything, he might as well have died…

“Lin Xiao, I-I’m useless, but you have to save them! Those monsters were terrifying, if you don’t save them, then it’s all over for them!”

Although Claire also heard the information and was already preparing people for a rescue, he wasn’t an idiot and those people clearly didn’t realize the severity of the situation. A rescue team led by Andre also wouldn’t be too useful, even if Claire personally went, she might not save Caesar in time.

Now Lin Xiao was the real savior!

He personally saw how strong Lin Xiao and Yao Zi were at Nighttown! Though they may look still young, he knew that they were far stronger than Andre’s group of shameless bastards!

So what if they’re E-rank investigators? Their rank far surpasses Andre’s B-rank that he got shamelessly!

“Sigh, how troubling… but he’s my friend so I can’t just leave him, Rosie also helped me before… okay, I’ll help!”

Lin Xiao spoke while also getting everyone else’s opinion.

Nothing needed to be said for Elena, since she’ll go wherever Lin Xiao goes. ShenDai Ying did want Caesar gone so the marriage could be annulled… but those evil thoughts just passed by her thoughts, since Lin Xiao already promised to help her with the marriage, so she had no reason to not help.

As for the siblings… of course, they would be clinging to Lin Xiao and would go wherever he goes.

“Since that’s the case, then let’s not delay and talk about the details on the way… let’s go!”

Although Lin Xiao would like to rest and sleep before leaving, but it was urgent, so he had to move quickly.

Tom White was delighted and didn’t hesitate, but they unexpectedly got stopped when they got to the door.

“Hey, where are you guys going?” The person who stopped them was the manager.

“What does that have to do with you… hm? What’s the meaning of this?”

Lin Xiao wanted to ignore him and walk out the door, but the investigators by the door blocked them.

“Princess Claire is about to assign tasks, where are you going?”

“None of your business… move!”

Lin Xiao wanted to leave and didn’t want to waste any more time, but the four or five investigators weren’t budging.

“Princess Claire hasn’t given orders yet, you can’t leave now!”

“Oh? … And what if I leave?”

“Hehe, boy, you have a lot of nerve.”

As he spoke, that investigator looked at a couple of others around him and they all surrounded Lin Xiao.

The atmosphere became extremely stiff and hostile frightening Yao Zi and Xiao Tian as they each grabbed one of Elena’s sleeves and hid behind her.

What happened, why did it suddenly become like this?

“Tsk… good dogs don’t get in the way. So you guys want to fight?” Lin Xiao took a step forward and faced those fierce investigators without showing any weakness.

“Brat, you’re quite arrogant… even if we fought, how many punches do you think you can take?” An investigator clenched his sandbag-sized fist and smiled.

“Hehe, at least your punch won’t hurt me… forget it, I’m short on time. If you want to fight, you can all come at the same time.” Lin Xiao didn’t want to waste any more time with them, Caesar was still waiting for him, he didn’t have time for these riffraff.

He looked back and exchanged a look with the two beauties, Elena and ShenDai Ying nodded in understanding. The former shielded Yao Zi and Xiao Tian while the latter drew Snow and stood back to back with Lin Xiao.

Seeing that, the surrounding investigators were stunned and didn’t think he was that strong-willed and ready to fight, so they all drew their weapons and the entire room became a battlefield.

“Hey, hey, hey, what are you all doing? Have you gone mad!?”

This time, the manager’s roar echoed through the room and shook everyone.

“What are you bastards taking this place to be!? Are you still taking me as a manager? Watch out I don’t dock you points and revoke your investigator qualifications!”

He rushed out from the front counter and cursed out all the investigators.

“Put all your weapons away! Horace, is that axe not heavy? If it isn’t, then go move the rocks in the backyard! Willard, your magic scrolls are very cheap, is it? How about you sell it to me for a gold coin each? … And you! Don’t think I’m afraid of scolding you just because you’re pretty!”

“Uh… w-what’s wrong with me?”

“You brat wearing high heels, I thought you were a magician yet you’re holding a sword… put that away, this isn’t the place for you to fight!”

“O-oh… okay.”

ShenDai Ying hesitated a bit, but since all the other investigators obediently put their weapons away and Lin Xiao also nodded at her indicating that she didn’t need to be nervous, so she listened and put her sword away. But she still cautiously stayed by Lin Xiao, ready in case anyone attacked.

“Sigh, kid, what’s your name?” When he finally quelled this unnecessary fight, the uncle stood in front of Lin Xiao and asked.

“Me? I’m Lin…”

“Forget it, it doesn’t matter who you are…” He shook his head and interrupted Lin Xiao, “Princess Claire hasn’t appeared yet, where are you going?”

“I’m going to save Caesar.”

“Caesar? That small team from earlier? That won’t do either! … You can’t act on your own, you have to wait for orders!” Although he was worried that Lin Xiao might explode, he still vetoed him.

“Why? Caesar is my friend, I’m going to save him, who are you to stop me?”

“Because…”

“What are you arguing about?”

Just when the manager was about to patiently explain, a slightly deep female voice came from behind.