91: Thick Fog
"Are there so many alleys in Central City..." Pulling Qila along, Leticia quickly shuttled through the dark alleys of this cold district.
She had gotten separated from Bai Ling. She didn't know why, but that white-haired girl had indeed disappeared behind her.
Faint mist enveloped the two girls. If one concentrated, they could occasionally see several black shadows flashing through the fog.
"Sister, something's not right." Qila frowned at the mist surrounding them. How could there be fog in this kind of weather?
"I know, but I've indeed lost my sense of direction now." Leticia gripped Qila's hand tighter. This unknown situation gradually brought back her old feelings.
To be able to cloud her perception, this mist was definitely not ordinary.
Whoosh—an arrow shot out from the mist, aimed directly at Leticia's forehead.
Leticia's eyes contracted. Before her brain could react, her body autonomously constructed a magic shield with complex patterns in front of her.
Bang!
The arrow hit the shield. At the moment of impact, the unstable substances in the arrow underwent irreversible transformation under the powerful collision.
A small explosion—not much pressure for the magic shield.
"Tsk, a sneak attack?" Looking around, Leticia still couldn't find where the attacker was hiding.
The mist severely interfered with her perception. She could only use the most primitive methods to search for her enemies.
This feeling of having her sight and hearing obscured made Leticia quite displeased.
At the same time, she was searching through her memories, trying to figure out what this mist was and how it could trap even her, a Demon King.
Ordinary illusions couldn't trap Leticia. Even illusions cast by Qila could only restrict Leticia for a few minutes at most.
But this mist had been interfering with Leticia's cognition for over ten minutes, and she felt she might be trapped even longer.
Because up to now, she still hadn't found even the slightest way to break free.
"Sister, calm down." Qila said softly. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be 'Fog City,' an ancient artifact lost for a long time."
"I didn't expect there would be someone among humans capable of activating it."
"Artifact?" Leticia was stunned. She had heard this term before, but weren't these all just deceptive items?
The throne she used to sit on was called an artifact, but wasn't it just an ordinary big chair?
"Although I'd like to tell sister everything, this doesn't seem like a good place to talk." Looking at the white monsters gradually emerging from the mist, Qila couldn't help but frown.
These things were truly nauseating.
"Are these built into the mist?" Leticia casually waved her hand, and those monsters were blown into snow-white sculptures by the howling cold wind.
"According to recorded investigations, 'Fog City' only has the ability to make people lose their way. These things should all be released by the mastermind behind this." Qila shook her head.
According to recorded investigations?!
Wasn't that book only filled with seemingly plausible mythological stories? Where were these proper records?
Hearing Leticia's suddenly obvious breathing, Qila roughly guessed what her sister was thinking. "The true content of the investigations requires certain methods to reveal. What sister saw was only the disguise of the investigations."
"Also, can't sister take off the mask? I can't see sister's expression like this."
"Wearing it is indeed a bit uncomfortable." Leticia didn't object to her sister's suggestion. She really didn't have much fondness for the mask on her face.
Although it was quite pretty, having something covering her face always made her somewhat displeased.
Removing her hood and moving the mask to the side of her head, Leticia's expression appeared quite serious.
But Qila wasn't as tense as Leticia. "Sister can rest assured. Although 'Fog City' is difficult to break, its attack power is almost zero. Those sneak attacks are all the handiwork of the person activating 'Fog City.'"
"Moreover, I feel those people's main target isn't us here."
Main target isn't us here? Leticia was stunned.
Then she widened her eyes. No wonder she couldn't find where Bai Ling was!
Who would sneak attack them? This answer was very, very easy to guess—it could only be that Parliament Member whose book was stolen.
The Hero Association was on their side. Leticia believed Bai Ling wouldn't tell the Hero Association or other official human forces about her identity.
If she really did that, Leticia would accept her fate.
But now, Leticia had to admit she trusted Bai Ling.
This was mutual trust between mortal enemies—a kind of trust that was even purer and more solid than trust between close friends.
"Their target is Bai Ling, no, it should be said, that book." Leticia said coldly.
"Although I thought those people would come to disrupt the transaction, I didn't expect they'd have this kind of thing." Qila sighed, but her gaze couldn't help constantly looking toward Leticia's head.
The hair clip sister was wearing seemed to be the birthday gift she had given to sister.
At that time, sister had said with disgust that her craftsmanship was poor. Unexpectedly, sister would actually wear this hair clip.
Hmph, saying the craftsmanship was poor—her hair clip was clearly made super well!
Qila was obviously misunderstanding something. In fact, Leticia was just a hopeless trashy sister.
If Xue'er hadn't reminded her, she wouldn't even know she had such a hair clip.
"Isn't sister worried about Sister Bai Ling?" Qila composed her emotions and asked. She discovered that although sister had guessed the opponent's target was Bai Ling, there wasn't a trace of worry in her emotions.
It was as if she trusted Bai Ling greatly and knew that girl absolutely wouldn't have any problems.
"She's quite capable." Leticia rolled her eyes. These sneak attacks that even she could easily handle should be simple for Bai Ling to deal with.
"Sister, who exactly is Sister Bai Ling?" Qila finally asked a question she had always been curious about.
So strong, and having such a strange relationship with sister—this identity was truly mysterious.
"With Qila's intelligence, you should have some guesses, right?" Leticia patted her sister's little head. "You're good friends with Little Ya. She must have complained to you about that person surnamed Bai."
"Mm, she said her sister left for a long time and only recently came back... recently..." Qila's eyes slowly widened. All the clues connected together, and an answer appeared in her mind.
No way, right?
Wasn't that sister's mortal enemy?