"Alita, we're going out to play, want to come?"
Before leaving, Ye Li knocked on Alita's door.
Click~!
The door quickly opened.
Alita poked her head out, her large watery eyes sparkling with excitement, "Going out to play? Daddy, are you taking me to find a new mommy again?"
Crystalia was right beside Ye Li, and upon hearing this, she gave him a strange look, "Among my people on the moon, there are indeed some beauties. Want me to introduce you to a few?"
"No need, let me introduce you."
Ye Li's skin was thick enough not to mind her teasing at all. Hugging the mischievous Alita, he introduced, "This is Alita, a mechanical girl, who loves to randomly call me daddy."
"It's cyborg!"
Alita immediately corrected him, slapping away the wandering hand on her silver body. A blush rose on her artificial face. "Don't touch randomly, I've got sensory modules, I can feel it!"
"Really?"
Ye Li was intrigued. "But when curled up you're just a metal can, all hard."
"What do you mean metal can!" Alita puffed her cheeks and angrily kicked him in the leg with her small foot~!
Crystalia, watching the two bicker, couldn't help reevaluating this man's bottom line…
'He doesn't even spare a machine girl…'
…..
After breakfast.
At exactly 8:56 in the morning.
Hu~
By a clear stream.
Three figures appeared.
Crystalia lifted her hands to sense it, surprised, "Your teleportation seems even faster than 'Lockjaw.' There wasn't even a blur, the scenery just changed instantly!"
"Don't compare me to your bulldog."
Ye Li's hand on her waist slid down, giving her rear a pinch, "Your first clansman is just ahead, let's go."
"Ah~"
The princess trembled at the squeeze, grabbing his hand and pleading, "When we meet my people, don't do that, I'll lose face."
"Fine." Ye Li smugly pulled his hand back to her waist, keeping her close as they walked forward.
…..
Rustle, rustle, rustle…
After only a short walk, they arrived at a hemp field with a small cabin and a few tents.
'Who could be here…'
Crystalia scanned hopefully, wishing it was Medusa.
"You there, who are you!?" The three made no effort to hide, and soon someone emerged from the cabin with guns raised.
Two men and one woman, and the woman wasn't bad looking—quite pretty.
"Don't be alarmed."
Crystalia explained, "We're only here to find someone. Have you seen a stranger?"
Hearing this, the three with guns grew more tense. One man even glanced nervously at the cabin…
"One of your clansmen is tied up inside."
Ye Li leaned to whisper in Crystalia's ear, "A bald man with face tattoos."
"It's Karnak!"
Crystalia immediately recognized the description, glaring angrily at the three, "You tied him up!?"
"In fact… I was just about to persuade my partners to release him…"
The woman, Jane, said helplessly, "But now that you've come, that's uncertain."
Jane, Reno, and Ted were illegal hemp growers, so they viewed anyone approaching their fields with hostility.
When the Inhuman royal Karnak had been transported to Earth, he fell onto a cliff, hitting his head. Dazed, he stumbled into their hemp fields.
The three, afraid of exposure, quickly captured him.
Now, seeing Ye Li's group, they thought the same way.
"Then we won't release him!"
Crystalia, being willful, stood in front of Ye Li and prepared to act.
Alita, who had tagged along, turned her eyes to Ye Li, clearly waiting for his signal.
"En…"
Ye Li thought it over.
There was no way he'd bring a male Inhuman back to the seaside villa.
Better to leave Karnak here for now.
"Alita, go. Just take their guns away."
With that decided,
Ye Li gave the order, and walked alone toward the cabin.
"Hey! Stop!"
Reno, seeing his arrogance, raised his gun and was about to fire—
Bang!
Clang~
The bullet was caught by a silver hand.
Then.
"Ahhh—!"
Ye Li heard the sounds of rushing wind, cries of pain, and the clattering of parts behind him.
Clearly, Alita had already finished the job.