Chapter 80

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As Mute and the other four stepped onto the deck of the floating boat, Ikaros, who was following behind Mute, suddenly paused. Her indigo pupils constricted and turned deep red, and almost instantly, the deep red pupils turned back to indigo, as if nothing had happened, as if it was just an illusion.

Ikaros' pause was naturally noticed by Mute and the others. Mute turned to look at Ikaros and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Ikaros?"

Ikaros lifted her head and looked at Mute, saying, "Master, there is a highly dangerous life form present!"

"Hearing this, Mute and the others exchanged glances, and Mikoto walked up to Ikaros.

"Ikaros." Mikoto gently tugged at Ikaros' clothes, drawing her attention away from Mute. She said, "You mean you sensed a very strong presence on this floating boat, right?"

"Yes!" Ikaros replied softly, then turned her gaze back to Mute, as if she would disappear if she didn't see him for a second.

"Ikaros, how strong is the presence you sensed?" Mute also walked up to Ikaros and asked in a low voice.

Ikaros' gaze followed Mute's movement. Hearing Mute's words, Ikaros was stunned for a moment, then said, "Quantity: three, strength: A, danger level: unknown, recommend master to eliminate!"

Mute's eyelids twitched, and he quickly said, "Well, let's not act rashly for now, Ikaros. Let's wait and see what happens!"

"Yes, master..."

After Ikaros became呆呆的 again, Mikoto and Chrysanthemum came to Mute's side and asked, "Well, the quantity of three is understandable, Ikaros sensed three dangerous life forms, but what is the basis for the strength and danger level?"

"That, in Ikaros' settings, strength A means the same level as her. So, on this floating boat, there are three people at the same level as Ikaros, which means eighth rank!" Mute's expression turned serious as he explained to Chrysanthemum and Mikoto.

"Finally, eighth rank has appeared..." Mikoto exhaled, eighth rank, that was her current goal, a presence she had to look up to with her current strength.

"I didn't see any eighth rank people appear just now, I thought our previous guess was wrong, but it turns out they were hiding beforehand." Chrysanthemum activated her system perception to scan the floating boat, but found nothing, and said a bit dejectedly.

Mute smiled. "That's understandable. After all, they are eighth rank. The auction house gathers strong people to raid treasure sites, how could they let eighth rank people wait on the square with others?"

"Three eighth ranks, Ikaros, can you tell us their specific levels?" Mikoto groaned a bit and asked Ikaros.

Ikaros' pupils constricted again, but this time they didn't turn deep red. After glancing around, she said to everyone, "Identity unknown, specific strength unknown, location being determined, not yet scanned."

"Ikaros, since you haven't found them, don't look for them. They will naturally appear when the time comes!" Mute patted Ikaros' head and said with a smile.

Ikaros turned to look at Mute, paused, and replied, "Yes, master..."

"Hmph..." Seeing Mute's affectionate gesture towards Ikaros, Chrysanthemum and Mikoto couldn't help but snort, expressing their displeasure.

Mute laughed awkwardly and reluctantly withdrew his hand.

The floating boat began to rise slowly as Mute and the others conversed, flying into the air. It circled for a while, seemingly confirming its direction, then adjusted its course and headed south.

"Truly amazing, first time sitting on a flying boat..." Mikoto bounced on her toes, a bit curious.

"Actually, it's my first time too..." Mute chuckled, holding Lilin, who had jumped into his arms at some point, and said to Mikoto.

"Of course, I've never seen a floating boat in Academy City, except for a weather balloon, and you, coming from such a backward place..." Mikoto pursed her lips and sneered.

Mute was speechless, but Mikoto wasn't wrong. Although Mute came from a world of technology, the technology of the 21st century was far behind the technology of Academy City, which was thirty years ahead of the outside world.

Seeing Mute's silence, Mikoto turned her head in dissatisfaction and said, "So, what's next? Wait here until we reach our destination, or go look for those three eighth ranks?"

Mute pondered for a moment and said, "Let's not. We don't want to alert them prematurely."

"Shouldn't they have already noticed us?" Mikoto looked at Mute in confusion and said, "Since Ikaros can sense their presence, and they are also eighth rank, even if they are not as strong as Ikaros, they should be able to sense our presence, right?"

"This time, you're wrong!" Mute chuckled and waved his hand in rebuttal.

"Wrong?" Mikoto frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Mute glanced at Ikaros and said with a smile, "Ikaros can sense them because her system has a scanning perception ability, which allows her to detect their presence!"

"Is that so?" This time, it was Mikoto's turn to rebut. "Even if Ikaros' perception is better, how can you be sure they won't detect us?"

"No, I'm sure they haven't detected us!"

"What makes you so sure?" Instantly, Misaka became even more displeased.

Mute smiled bitterly and explained, "You don't know, in this world, people cultivate magic and martial arts. Warriors and mages have martial arts and magic power in their bodies. According to my knowledge, cultivators in this world discover other cultivators by sensing martial arts and magic power."

"I see!" Mikoto suddenly understood, clenching her fist and hitting her palm. "Since they discover others by sensing martial arts and magic power, we, who haven't cultivated martial arts or magic power, won't be detected by them!"

"Smart!" Mute praised Mikoto with a smile. "Although we can't generalize, after all, we don't know if the Sparill world has any other special perception methods, but one thing is certain!"

"What?"

"Even if they can detect us, they absolutely won't detect our strength!" Mute said confidently. "Since we haven't cultivated martial arts or magic, how can they confirm our strength? Unlike us, they don't have a system to perceive levels!"

"Well, I'll give you some credit for that!"

This stubborn girl!

Glancing at the scenery flowing backward outside the floating boat, Mute suddenly felt something was off.

"Mikoto, don't you feel like something is missing?" A very strange feeling suddenly surged in Mute's heart, making him feel like he had forgotten something.

Mute's question made Mikoto pause, as if she had also thought of something. She pondered, "Well, now that you mention it, compared to usual, something does seem to be missing..."

Just as the two were racking their brains, Lilin, in Mute's arms, tugged at his neck and said, "Brother, are you looking for Chrysanthemum?"

"Right, Chrysanthemum!" Mute and Mikoto suddenly remembered what they had forgotten.

It turned out they hadn't heard Chrysanthemum's voice since just now...

"Where is she?" Mikoto looked around but couldn't find her.

"There..." Lilin pointed with her small hand to a corner where Chrysanthemum was slumped on the deck, her forehead covered in black lines, and her face pale.

"What's going on?" Seeing Chrysanthemum's pitiful state, Mikoto was stunned.

"Uh..." Mute slapped his forehead and sighed to the sky.

"Almost forgot... the president has acrophobia..."

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