Amid the crackling sound of collapsing wooden structures and the flying wood chips and debris, she stared at Qi Ji's profile, trying to judge his intentions from his expression, but the hood of her cloak completely blocked that beautiful face.
Through the completely shattered shell of the carriage, Daisy saw with the corner of her eye... Where and what was the force that crushed the carriage...
There were countless black tentacles as thick as arms! The surface was smooth and not rough, and it shone with a white luster.
They were like the tentacles of an octopus or maggots crawling in rotten flesh, entangled and coiled with each other, surging powerfully yet wildly, crushing the remaining frame of the carriage with unimaginable force, pressing down heavily like the sky was falling!
In less than a second, these strange and terrifying tentacles would crush them all into minced meat!
"There must be a balance here; illegal operations should be revoked."
At the last moment, a clear and pleasant yet slightly awkward, unnatural, yet extremely familiar female voice rushed into Daisy's ears.
But that was not the voice of the Master Sister, nor did it come from inside the carriage...
Instead, it came from the outside world, penetrating through countless oily tentacles that twisted and turned like pythons, penetrating through the remaining wreckage of the carriage structure, and reaching her ears directly!
Chapter 159 The Protagonist Appears
The moment these beautiful yet unnatural words rang out from the outside world, the dark tentacles hovering overhead and all around suddenly stopped.
As if receiving an order, it completely solidified into a statue.
"This……"
Daisy was stunned when she saw this scene, and then she recalled the cry from the outside world a moment ago:
"…There must be a balance here; illegal operations should be revoked."
The voice is very ethereal and pleasant, like the singing of a lark, and the tone is extremely steady and calm, as if it has the power to soothe people's hearts, making the audience involuntarily let go of negative emotions and enter a peaceful state of mind.
But the pronunciation and articulation were very awkward, a little stuck, and seemed very unnatural, slightly disrupting the harmony of this string of syllables that should have been perfectly harmonious and balanced.
Just like... the person who said this, his native language is not the common language of mankind, and he is not very proficient in it.
"Could it be..."
Daisy's mind raced, and suddenly she seemed to remember something. Her pupils suddenly contracted, and she subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Unfortunately, although the black tentacles as thick as an adult's arms and thighs stopped moving and no longer contracted and crushed inward, they did not loosen up, but continued to wrap around the entire carriage.
This completely blocked Daisy's vision, preventing her from seeing what the outside world was like.
"Balance must not be destroyed, and those who violate it must be punished."
The next second, the female voice that Daisy felt extremely familiar with sounded again!
"boom!"
As the pleasant but unsmoothly pronounced words fell, dull and violent explosions broke out from all directions at the same time. The volume was not loud, but it was extremely penetrating, as if it came from inside the body, breaking through the eardrum and rushing out of the body.
"Well!"
Daisy, Youer and Gary and his wife were shocked by the sudden loud noise.
It was as if there was a huge heart beating heavily inside the body, and the internal organs were twisted for a moment and almost dislocated by the strange and violent vibration.
Daisy's vision went black for a few seconds and she lost all sense of her body instantly, but fortunately, she wasn't seriously injured and she fully recovered after just a few breaths.
The mortal couple and their younger brother Youer recovered a little slower, but they did not suffer any substantial harm. They just felt sick from a strong feeling of nausea, and they had to endure the urge to vomit that was rising in their throats.
"Miss Yaoliuliu, take the children away quickly!"
"If there's really nothing you can do, just leave us alone!"
The moment the couple regained consciousness, they hurriedly stood up and tried to push the two children sitting opposite them towards Qi Ji's position.
However, just as they turned their eyes to the opposite side, they found that Daisy seemed to have been shocked by something, and her eyes were staring in one direction in disbelief.
The couple's heart tightened immediately, thinking that she was injured, but Gary, who had sharp eyes, immediately noticed... that their daughter's face looked healthy and rosy, and there were no scars on her body, and she didn't look like she was hurt.
Her reaction... was more like she had seen something completely unexpected, and she was unable to react in such a short time that she was stunned.
He subconsciously moved his gaze in the direction his daughter was staring at, and finally saw clearly... what it was that made his daughter so surprised.
The moment the figure at the end of his sight came into his pupils, he, like Daisy, widened his eyes in shock.
The carriage, which should have been completely wrapped by the thick and twisted tentacles, had lost its cover at some point. The fading afternoon sun was slanting down from the west, illuminating the surrounding environment so that there was almost no darkness at all.
Their current location was a path leading out of the city of Loen. They had already left the city and were located in a remote and desolate suburb.
There was a vast expanse of open space all around, with only a few clusters of low bushes dotted across the wild plains. The view was very broad, and one could see quite a distance at a glance.
A large number of broken black tubes were scattered on the surrounding ground, arranged radially, as if they were originally gathered together, but exploded because of some huge force generated from within.
These were the same huge tentacles that had just crushed the carriage and almost crushed everyone into minced meat!
But now, these tentacles, whose strength, speed and flexibility far exceeded those of mortal creatures, have all been broken into irregularly sized stumps, like the internal organs of slaughtered pigs and dogs, scattered on the ground, having lost all vitality and no longer moving.
However, what really surprised and shocked Gary and Daisy was not this picture full of weird and violent beauty...
Instead, he stood quietly under the setting sun, with that figure who appeared at some unknown time!
This is a slender woman who is not too tall. She has long blue hair that is so dark that it is almost black. She has no hairband, but lets her hair fall freely down to her thighs, with the ends of her hair naturally curled slightly outwards.
She wore a dark-colored, hooded short cape on her upper body, the hem of which extended down to her waist; on her lower body, she wore a pair of straight-leg trousers with a masculine style, which were very fitting but not too tight to wrap around her long and slender legs.
The unidentified visitor slightly parted his legs, tilted his body slightly, raised one hand, spread his five fingers naturally, and pointed his palm directly in the direction of the carriage.
The other hand hung at the side of his leg in a very relaxed manner. He stood on a small raised mound several dozen meters away, looking down at the situation here from a high vantage point.
Seeing her husband's performance, Mrs. Gary also realized something. She looked in that direction as well, and the figure standing quietly on the mound came into her sight. A look of surprise and astonishment appeared on her face.
Although she did not wear the hood that came with the cloak, her face was slightly blurry because her back was facing the sunlight, and her facial features could not be seen clearly.
However, based on her figure, her temperament, and her voice, Mrs. Gary remembered her identity in a very short time...
"Nancy?!"
A name came out of her mouth without hesitation.
"Ha ha……"
Qi Ji, who was sitting next to Daisy with one leg raised and resting on the other in a very casual and relaxed posture, laughed with a hint of playfulness and slowly moved his eyes to the figure that suddenly appeared:
"The 'protagonist' of this story has finally appeared..."
What, the "protagonist"?
In creative theory, "protagonist" is synonymous with "core of the story", the center of all major contradictions, the answer to all suspense, and the key to resolving the final contradiction.
What exactly happened to Gary's family?
Why would this perfectly peaceful and ordinary family be targeted by a mysterious evil organization during an ordinary trip?
Why did the evil cult that called itself the "Church of Life" attach so much importance to this family that even after getting a "puppet" that was obviously worth a lot of money, it still sent high-ranking officials of the organization to continue to cause trouble?
And in this "story" that belongs to Gary's family and Daisy, who is the core of all these mysteries and the "protagonist" who is the key to these doubts?
Now, the answer may be about to surface...
"Nancy..."
Qi Ji's dark brown eyes were shining with interest as he stared at the figure, narrowing his eyes slightly.
Chapter 160: Reporting Dafa is Good
The name "Nancy" is actually quite unfamiliar to Qi Ji.
From the time she left Stio and arrived at the Glorious Plantagenet Empire until now, she had only heard this name once.
That was when Gary and his family were preparing to check into the hotel last night, before they went to bed and were attacked by the assassins in black, the couple had once told Qi Ji with a fearless attitude...
If something really happens to the couple, what will happen to the two children?
Although it was only mentioned once, with his strong memory, Qi Ji was able to clearly recall Gary's heavy and serious words:
"...Please take Daisy and Youer to the Super Management Bureau in Sunset Harbor and find a captain of the Execution Team named 'Nancy' and entrust the children to her."
And this was the first and only time Qi Ji heard this name.
Afterwards, she took the time to ask a few people what this "Executioner Team" was, and they enthusiastically explained it in detail to her, a "foreigner".
The so-called "executor" is actually a special position under the Super Management Bureau, which is jointly governed by the government and the royal official power.
Their duties are to supervise and handle abnormal and extraordinary events occurring within a certain area.
For example, those who use supernatural powers to commit crimes, those who believe in evil gods and carry out cult activities, etc., are all targets of monitoring and crackdown by the executors.
As for the "Executor Team", as the name suggests, it is a team composed of multiple executors with a considerable degree of autonomy. On some less important matters, they have the right to arrange plans and take actions on their own.
The executor team usually has a dozen members. Except for the civilian workers, the rest are basically extraordinary people. The specific strength level requirements depend on the conditions of the area under their jurisdiction.
And Nancy is the captain of the enforcement team of the Sunset Harbor Super Management Bureau. The team under her command is the enforcement team responsible for supervising the core metropolis of Sunset Harbor!
The moment he learned this information, the doubts in Qi Ji's mind immediately evaporated like morning mist under the scorching sun. In a moment, his mind suddenly became clear and he almost understood the cause and effect of the whole matter.
The Church of Life is an illegal organization that can extend its tentacles into the official power of a city. Needless to say, its size and depth are huge.
What is the purpose of such an organization that is willing to spend so much effort, even sacrificing the life of a senior manager, "Deacon" Rice, to capture Gary's family of four?
The family did not carry any high-value items, nor did they know any particularly critical or confidential information.
In other words, what the Church of Life is targeting them for is not “money” or “affairs”.
After ruling out these, there is only one last option left...
What the Church of Life needs is this family itself, they want "people"!
Strictly speaking, it is their "interpersonal composition" and their "social relations"!
The Church of Life needs to kidnap this family to threaten someone or some people who care about them very much and are willing to pay a considerable price to save them...
Thus forcing him, her or them to do something in order to fulfill certain expectations of the Church of Life itself.
In other words, the Church of Life is targeting Gary's family on the surface, but in reality, they are targeting that one or those who cherish this family so much!
Who is the person that the Church of Life wants to threaten? Who is qualified to be targeted by such an organization, and who cares enough about the Gary family to be willing to sacrifice his own interests in order to save them?
As the captain of the Sunset Harbor Enforcer Squad, Nancy undoubtedly has such qualifications.
As for the latter...it's actually very clear.
If Nancy's relationship with Gary's family was not close enough to that of siblings, how could Gary dare to entrust his beloved children to her in the event that he and his wife were unfortunately killed?
And this is indeed the case.
The relationship between Nancy and Gary's family is indeed extraordinary, not just that of ordinary friends...
"Sister, why are you here?!"
Seeing Nancy standing in the distance, Mrs. Gary exclaimed in surprise at first, and then her eyes revealed a deep sense of relief, as if she had finally gotten a chance to let go of her worries, like a drowning person who had finally grabbed a straw on the shore:
"Great! We are saved!"
She let out a long sigh, then waved her arms eagerly at the other person, indicating her presence and attracting his attention.
"Stay where you are, don't move!"
At this moment, that beautiful and pleasant voice came from Nancy's direction again, but this time it was no longer as stuck and unnatural as before, and became quite normal.
"Forehead?"
Hearing her sister's call, Mrs. Gary was stunned for a second, then calmed down, restrained the urge to jump off the carriage and run towards the other party, and sat down immediately as instructed. She did not move, but looked around anxiously, hoping that she could come quickly.
"It seems like you trust her?"
Qi Ji looked at Mrs. Gary's performance and couldn't help but asked with a smile.
After Nancy appeared, not only Mrs. Gary, but also her husband and Daisy all seemed relieved, as if any crisis could be averted as long as she was there.
This trust is so strong that it is almost to the point of worship. Even Qi Ji is probably not that reliable in their eyes... Of course, given Qi Ji's naughty nature of loving to have fun, this is probably true in a sense.
"Sister Nancy is amazing!"
Daisy stroked her chest with her little hands and explained on behalf of her mother:
"She passed the assessment of the Super Management Bureau and became an executor at the age of 18. In less than two years, she became the captain. She is smart and powerful, a genius!"
As she spoke, her eyes revealed a look of longing, and she stared in a daze at Nancy, who put down her arms and walked towards her with slow and cautious steps.
"Hmm... But I still think Sister Mage is stronger. The... uh, spells you taught me are very powerful!"
At this moment, she seemed to realize something, glanced at Qi Ji awkwardly, and weakly explained a few words, but soon revealed a puzzled look:
