Kanna instantly became a mischief-maker, eager to see how Kal'tsit would handle this situation.
"Ace, you say? I understand…" Although she sounded calm, the gritting of her teeth didn't escape Kanna's ears.
At this moment, Ace, far away on Rhodes Island, felt a chill for some unknown reason. He couldn't help but look around. Finding nothing, he muttered, wondering if he had caught a cold and if he should go to the Medical Department for a check-up.
"We are lawful citizens from Laterano. We only just learned of what happened in this town. Your suspicions are baseless, and your statements are full of holes. Godfather Corleone was a great man, but your actions will only bring shame upon him in death…" After getting out of the car, Kal'tsit, using her "extensive" knowledge, immediately launched into a tirade.
She verbally lambasted the other party for a full ten minutes without a single curse word. Even the two factions nearby, who had been fighting fiercely earlier, put down their weapons and curiously looked over. Passersby were even more drawn to Kal'tsit, forming a circle around her.
Looking at the three-deep, three-out circle of onlookers, Kanna couldn't help but sigh, observing that joining in on the excitement was human nature.
"Enough, you bitch! I challenge you to a duel!"
The leader's face was flushed with anger. If being cursed at initially felt a little satisfying, being surrounded and cursed at for half a day was utterly humiliating.
Hearing the man's words, the onlookers gasped in an uproar. It was one thing for a grown man to lose a verbal argument to a woman, but to shamelessly pull out a weapon and challenge her to a duel?
Given that woman's physique, she didn't look like someone who could fight at all.
"Fight! Fight!" Kanna, at some point, had climbed onto the car roof, holding melon seeds in one hand and watermelon in the other, happily playing the role of an innocent spectator.
"Don't forget you're my guard! If he challenges me to a duel, you have to stand in front of me!" Seeing Kanna's provocative demeanor, Kal'tsit unceremoniously ordered her.
"Oh, this…" Kanna couldn't help but scratch her head. It seemed she really had come along as Kal'tsit's guard.
The people nearby were even more startled upon hearing their conversation. This woman's tongue was venomous, and her heart was even crueler, sending a child who looked barely ten years old into battle.
Such behavior, in their eyes, was something only the evil Sarkaz would do.
The man was even more enraged. It was one thing to be cursed at just now, but to be told to duel a child? Did she think he couldn't even beat a child?
"Damn it! How dare you look down on me!" With a roar, the man completely lost his reason, brandishing the long saber in his hand and slashing towards Kal'tsit.
Just as he was about to enjoy the woman's desperate wails and the splashing blood, a door panel suddenly blocked his path.
A door panel?
Although he wondered where the door panel came from, his hand movements didn't slow down. Instead, he tried to cut through both the obstacle in front of him and Kal'tsit behind it.
However, his wish was not granted. Accompanied by a clang of metal, the long saber in his hand broke against the "door panel."
It was then that he realized what was in front of him wasn't a door panel at all, but an unusually wide greatsword.
Those further away saw it even more clearly: the moment the man attacked, Kanna, from atop the car, pulled out an extravagantly designed greatsword from beneath her. With a swing of her hand, the greatsword cut through the air and, in an instant, plunged between the man and Kal'tsit.
Kanna lightly jumped down from the car, landing on the greatsword's hilt.
Judging by how the greatsword remained completely still after being struck hard by the saber, and even broke the opponent's weapon, this weapon was definitely not ordinary.
At this moment, the man stared in disbelief at the little dragon-human who had suddenly appeared before him. Before he could react, Kanna lightly flicked his forehead.
The man dramatically tumbled in a circle before collapsing to the ground unconscious. The others looked at the fallen man, utterly bewildered.
"Aren't you going to move aside? We have no grievances or grudges; there's no need to fight to the death!" Even though killing these people would be effortless for Kanna, she still didn't do it. After all, going on a killing spree over such a small matter would be too excessive; she wasn't some kind of serial killer.
The few men also realized that Kanna had held back. After exchanging glances, they lifted the unconscious man from the ground and retreated sullenly towards the church.
The surrounding onlookers, seeing one side leave, also dispersed. Only a few individuals carefully observed Kanna and Kal'tsit, and after realizing they didn't recognize them, quietly departed.
No one pursued them after the vehicle left the town, which relieved Kal'tsit considerably. After all, if they had truly killed someone here, entering Laterano would become troublesome. She had previously heard from Outcast about Kanna's brutal killings in Victoria, and this was a test. The result was quite satisfactory to Kal'tsit: Kanna did not have the personality of a brutal killer, and her previous actions were likely just extreme behavior after witnessing a tragedy.
Not long after, a silver-haired Rupo girl suddenly darted out from the roadside, blocking the car.
"Yo! Looks like we're fated. Are you heading to Scone Town (the next destination)? How about giving me a ride?"
The girl's expression was quite wild. Kal'tsit scrutinized her for a moment, then frowned slightly. "Infected?"
"Ha! Don't worry, I won't die anytime soon. I'll just sit on the roof and hitchhike; I won't bother you." Hearing Kal'tsit's words, the girl awkwardly scratched her head.
"Get in!" Before the other party could finish speaking, Kal'tsit opened the back door.
"Ah, hahahaha, thanks! It's much more comfortable sitting inside the car…" The girl wasn't one to fuss; she quickly jumped into the car and leaned back in the reclining seat with a look of contentment.
"Thanks for earlier!" As the car continued to drive, the girl suddenly spoke.
"Earlier? We didn't do anything earlier; we just passed by." Kal'tsit's gaze remained steady as she calmly replied.
"Alright, but you guys attracting those idiots' attention really helped me out. If you have any enemies, you can come to me for help. I'll give you a discount, considering today's favor." The girl grinned, her eyes emotionless despite talking about killing.
"You're a killer! Did you kill Corleone, the godfather in town?" Kanna asked, thinking of the other party's profession.
Hearing the question, the other party didn't hide it and admitted it openly, "That's right, I did it. That guy looked like a diligent old man on the surface, but he was actually involved in child trafficking, taking advantage of the border between the two countries. He was usually very cautious; I've been watching him for a long time, but only recently found an opportunity to act."
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