Unlike his casual approach when dealing with Liu Ma earlier, 'Androda,' now facing the mysterious masked man, was undoubtedly serious.
Clang—!
As a crisp string sound reappeared, a translucent outline of a pipa erged in the air around Androda, hovering by her side. Though no one plucked it, the pipa eerily played on its own. It stirred up terrifying crescent-shaped sound blades, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, sweeping towards Tendo and Chenkong.
In the nick of ti, Tendo single-handedly grabbed Chenkong's collar, lightly leaping onto a nearby abandoned concrete pipe. The sound blade barely grazed beneath their feet, slicing through the concrete pipe they had just been standing on. Behind them, on the wall, it left a deep gash.
Looking at the concrete pipe, which had been sliced as smoothly as cake by the sound blade, Tendo landed on the ground before the pipe could slide down.
"As expected of an Hidden Star Society cadre, such a temper. Going straight for the kill."
"So, how afraid are you... of your existence being known?"
Mid-sentence, Tendo seed to recall sothing, shaking his head with a smile. "No, it's not that you're afraid of being known. It's that you're afraid of that old monster, who's always been in a 'cage,' locking himself up, knowing about you."
Although Tendo didn't explicitly na this person, Androda imdiately understood. He wasn't talking about anyone else, but the old monster known as the strongest Star Envoy of the current era, the president of the Star Envoy Association—Einit.
It was well known that Einit had been through countless battles since his debut, yet he had never suffered a single defeat. The number of Star Envoys and Star Beasts who had died by his hand was imasurable.
It could be said that the Star Envoy Association commanded and restrained the vast majority of Star Envoys. This wasn't because the organization itself was powerful or well-organized, but because Einit, the association's president, was powerful enough. Powerful to the extent that even those who disliked him dared not easily disobey his words. This was Einit, an old monster whose great power resided within himself, supporting both the New Federation and the Star Envoy Association, two colossal entities, on his aging shoulders.
While Androda's face was as cold as frost, unable to discern Tendo's true intentions, Chenkong, hearing Tendo speak, suddenly widened his eyes. He had a strong feeling he had heard a similar voice sowhere before. But his hazy mory was like frosted glass. The harder Chenkong tried to recall, the blurrier the mory beca, never quite solidifying.
While Chenkong struggled in his mory to find the source of this voice, the Hidden Star Society cadre, Androda, was already preparing to make her move as if facing a formidable enemy. As the accumulated water beneath her feet continuously ford tiny splashes due to subtle, high-frequency sound wave vibrations, an invisible killing intent spread, quickly enveloping Tendo.
But before she could strike, Tendo suddenly looked upwards and exclaid, "No, my little ancestor, what in the world are you trying to do?!"
As his words fell, Tendo's figure instantly vanished, reappearing near the roof of the abandoned factory. He left a bewildered Androda standing there, not understanding what had happened.
When she finally saw what was happening on the factory roof, Androda finally understood.
She saw that in front of Tendo, a chubby green-haired 'little dumpling' had, sohow, managed to dangle herself from the edge of the roof. Panicked, her two short little legs flailed constantly in the air, and her tears had swollen her large eyes into the shape of fried eggs.
Seeing Tendo approach, the green-haired little dumpling imdiately burst into tears.
"Wuwuwu, M-Mister... Danica is going to fall!"
Hearing this, Tendo rubbed his forehead in exasperation. Then he picked up the presumptuous little one and placed her back on the edge of the roof.
Afterward, Tendo began to severely scold the green-haired little dumpling, who always caused him trouble the mont he let his guard down, just like scolding a mischievous kitten.
"Seriously, Danica, do you think you're a ninja? You dare to climb down from such a high place? What if you fall?!"
Little Danica looked up at Tendo, her face sared with snot and tears, and choked out, "D-Danica was afraid Mister would abandon her, so, so that's why..."
Hearing this, Tendo froze on the spot, his anger instantly dissipating. A mont later, he sighed, then lightly flicked little Danica's forehead.
He said helplessly, "Who said I was going to abandon you? Didn't I just tell you to wait here for a bit, and I'd co get you right away?"
"But... but..."
"Alright, alright. Just make sure you hold onto my pants leg later, and don't run around, understand?"
Hearing this, little Danica imdiately hugged Tendo's pants leg tightly like a koala bear, nodding frantically.
Tendo: "..."
I told you to hold my pants leg, not cling to my thigh!
That being said, Tendo didn't pick up little Danica. Instead, he simply let her hold onto him. After all, having gone through this, he no longer dared to let this silly little Danica out of his sight easily, because sothing was bound to happen!!!
anwhile, watching the hilarious scene between little Danica and Tendo, the dinsional viewers on Station 13 burst into laughter.
'Child, holding onto that thigh is the best decision you've ever made in your life!'
'Danica: As long as Lord Tendo and I are together, we are invincible!'
'Don't worry, child, Lord Tendo has rich experience in bringing along baggage. As for how rich that experience is, I can only say that if you're the only baggage, it's an epic buff for Lord Tendo!'
'To the previous comnter, I suspect you're implying sothing about certain people, but I have no evidence.'
Amidst the joyful comnts of the dinsional viewers, Tendo, with little Danica as his small baggage, lightly landed on the open ground outside the abandoned factory.
Looking at Tendo, who had returned, and the green-haired little dumpling clinging to his thigh, Androda's previously indifferent eyes now held a subtle change.
A change... nad fury.
"Are you... treating as air?"
Facing Androda's question, Tendo lowered his head to look at the little one clinging to his pants leg, smiling as he said, "Little Danica, did you hear anything just now?"
Little Danica was sotis clumsy, but other tis surprisingly clever. Understanding Tendo's aning, she imdiately began shaking her head frantically, indicating she heard nothing. This reaction instantly made Tendo burst into laughter. He secretly gave her a thumbs-up in his heart.
Because her response was essentially telling Androda, yes, we are indeed treating you as air. Otherwise, why would we hear nothing?
But this completely infuriated Androda.
Clang!
Accompanying another sharp string sound, a grotesque, spider-like Star Beast phantom suddenly appeared behind Androda. At the sa ti, a black 'Star Scar' similar to the scar on Liu Ma's forehead appeared on the back of her right hand. The appearance of this Star Scar also ant that Androda was a special existence, also possessing a Star Core.
"Though I don't know who you are, since this crucial 'key' has fallen into your hands, I must retrieve it no matter what."
"Not to ntion right now..."
Androda's figure slowly rose. Supporting her ascent were eight silver-white limbs, similar to spider legs, that suddenly appeared from her back. Androda looked down at Tendo from above, her voice cold as she said, "...I really want to eat you."
Facing Androda's undisguised threat, Tendo smiled nonchalantly.
"Eat ?"
"Well, that depends on how good your teeth are."
"After all, many people have told similar things, but their outcos... haven't been too good."
Although Tendo's tone was relaxed, both Chenkong and Androda, who was not far away, heard obvious disdain in his casual words. It was as if, in his eyes, a re Androda of the Hidden Star Society was not worth ntioning at all.
This was identical to Androda's previous tone towards Chenkong and the others. Now, however, the tables had turned, and it was Tendo saying such things to her. This was undoubtedly unacceptable to Androda.
After all, such words were usually only hers to say to humans!
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