Chapter 22

"Y-You..."

Fang Li frowned tightly, somewhat helplessly, as he watched Mumei take away his dagger.

In the original story, Mumei was quite whimsical and did as she pleased, making many people unable to do anything about her.

Unexpectedly, even when facing a stranger for the first time, this girl still acted this way, leaving Fang Li unsure whether he should be angry.

On the other side, Mumei began to examine Fang Li's dagger, gently sliding her fingers over the blade and tapping the tip. Then, with a look of great confusion, she said, "This seems to be just an ordinary dagger."

"Of course," Fang Li said matter-of-factly, "Is there a problem with that?"

"Of course there is a problem!" Mumei placed one hand on her hip and held the dagger with the other, waving it up and down as she said, "You clearly used it to kill so many Kabane, even piercing through their heart membranes easily. How can this be just an ordinary dagger?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Li finally understood.

It turned out that Mumei had mistakenly thought his weapon was some kind of divine weapon that could easily kill Kabane, which was why she suddenly appeared before him.

Unfortunately, this was a misunderstanding.

The ability to easily kill Kabane was not due to the sharpness of the dagger but because of Fang Li's magic eyes.

Of course, Fang Li would not explain this to someone he just met.

Even if the other party was the heroine of the original story and a rather cute girl, it was the same.

So, Fang Li directly took back his dagger.

"Even if this dagger is some kind of divine weapon, to use it against Kabane, the person holding it must be strong enough." Fang Li looked at Mumei and said, "I just used a bit of cleverness. You don't have to care if you don't want to."

"Is that so?" Mumei seemed somewhat unwilling to let it go but still nodded and said, "Your strength is indeed weak, but your mind is very clever. Plus, you can pierce through the heart membranes of Kabane, so you can fight them to some extent."

"That's the case." Fang Li changed the subject and then directly asked, "Why are you here?"

"Because this place is no longer viable." Mumei spoke in a light tone, saying something that sounded cruel to others. "I was just passing by this station, planning to rest here for a night. I didn't expect this to happen, so of course, I have to escape."

"Escape?" Fang Li said with a half-smile, "But from your appearance, it seems more like you're on a trip rather than escaping."

"It's not as easy as a trip." Mumei turned around and said, "I still need to fight the Kabane to escape."

Fighting the Kabane.

If the samurais heard this, they would probably laugh out loud.

Even genuine samurais find it difficult to fight a single Kabane and can only use steam guns to snipe them. A young girl like Mumei saying she will fight the Kabane—wouldn't anyone's first reaction be to laugh?

However, Fang Li couldn't laugh.

Because Fang Li knew that Mumei was telling the truth.

So far, Fang Li had used clever tricks to take advantage of the Kabane's lack of intelligence, sniping them one by one. Compared to ordinary people and samurais, his record was quite impressive.

However, compared to Mumei, this record was nothing.

Unlike Fang Li, who needed to use clever tricks to fight the Kabane, Mumei could use direct methods to slaughter a large number of them.

After all, Mumei was specifically trained to fight the Kabane.

Even if a hundred Kabane surrounded her, Mumei could break through and kill them all.

In terms of strength alone, Fang Li and Mumei were not on the same level.

Even if the opponent was Kuchiki Reki, Mumei could easily defeat him with one hand tied behind her back.

Thinking of this, Fang Li couldn't help but look at Mumei again.

The ice-blue magic eyes flashed in Fang Li's eyes.

Instantly, numerous crack-like death lines appeared in his vision.

These lines spread across every part of Mumei's body.

And almost every line connected to one place.

——Her heart.

Like blood vessels, the death lines all connected to Mumei's heart.

That was the place on Mumei's body closest to "death."

In other words, her heart was Mumei's weakness.

(As expected, huh?)

Recalling Mumei's special qualities, Fang Li found this to be quite reasonable.

At that moment, Mumei suddenly shivered and turned around forcefully.

Before that, Fang Li had already closed his Dead Apostle eyes.

However, Mumei still frowned deeply and stared at Fang Li, saying, "Did you do something just now?"

"What?" Fang Li feigned innocence, "I didn't do anything."

"Is that so?" Mumei's frown deepened, and she muttered, "Then why did I have such an unpleasant feeling just now?"

Unpleasant?

That was to be expected, right?

Because just now, Fang Li had directly seen Mumei's "cause of death." If he had rushed forward and slashed, Mumei would have been finished.

So, instinctively sensing the threat, Mumei felt uncomfortable.

Of course, with Fang Li's current strength, if he really rushed forward, he would probably be detected by Mumei and killed.

Moreover, Fang Li had no grudge against Mumei, so he wouldn't really rush forward and slash.

"Anyway, let's leave this place first." Fang Li shook his head and brought up the main topic. "As you said, this station is no longer viable. We must find the Ironclad City to escape."

"You're right." Mumei relaxed her frown and glanced at Fang Li, saying, "Then follow me quickly. I can help you clear the way."

Saying this, Mumei, under Fang Li's watchful eyes, drew her weapons.

They were two steam guns.

About the size of a pistol, they were entirely red and had bayonets at the front. They were more like rifles than guns.

These were Mumei's specialized steam rifles. If used to attack the heart membranes of Kabane multiple times, they could even pierce through their hearts.

"Your speed seemed pretty good just now. I hope you can keep up with me."

With that, Mumei no longer paid attention to Fang Li and leaped onto the roof of a nearby building with a jumping power that no human could achieve.

Fang Li did not hesitate and followed her immediately.

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