Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 407 - 205: Sis, You Look Like a Cop

Chains and Red Strings intertwined in the torrential downpour, weaving arcs of death.

Li Mumu and Xia Yubing teamed up to attack the Puppet Master hidden in the shadows, whose puppets seemed endless—some were human, others were evil spirits, and there were even cats, dogs, and rats.

Their goals were essentially the same.

The Puppet Master wanted to force Li Mumu and Xia Yubing to charge at the Garrison Soldiers’ defense line, while Li Mumu also aimed to push him into the line of fire for a firepower reconnaissance.

So though their battle was fierce, neither party was willing to advance an inch.

The visibility severely impaired by the night, the Garrison Soldiers had no idea what they were up to and thus stayed put. The surrounding troops, thinking they were attacking the last defense line, focused their firepower in their direction to suppress them.

The other hired demons and evil spirits failed to detect any issue. The concept that when snipes and clams grapple, the fisherman profits was understood by all. While they didn’t know why the two sides were fighting, it was obvious even to the most simple-minded that it was likely over competing for the richest part of the rewards, a common enough occurrence.

Fight on! Keep it up! You’re doing a great job attracting fire!

That was probably what they thought before they rushed in and got themselves killed.

Each side had their own thoughts, but in the end, the Puppet Master was the first to falter.

He was practically under simultaneous attack from three sides. The two young girls before him were cunning and troublesome, while the Garrison Soldiers, once in formation, were like a porcupine, hard to approach.

This made him lament in his heart that the morals of the world were declining, and that it was getting harder to get by in the Jianghu World.

So young, and yet they don’t know respect and affection for the elderly and young. Why must you persist in this deadlock with me? What’s the point of wasting all your energy on me?

Why couldn’t you just obediently be cannon fodder?

People like him never sought the problem within themselves and concluded that Li Mumu and Xia Yubing were simply impolite.

He knew that no matter how many puppets he had, they wouldn’t last under such attrition. Seeing that he was running out of trump cards, he began to consider retreat. Regrettably, he was firmly entangled by the two demonesses and could neither advance nor withdraw, finding himself in an awkward dilemma.

The sudden downpour gave the Puppet Master a glimmer of hope—he summoned all his remaining hidden puppets at once to encircle Li Mumu and Xia Yubing, using the opportunity to slowly retreat.

He relied on the Earth Escape Technique to hide underground, nearly impossible to be detected unless he chose to show himself.

Damn it, I didn’t check the almanac before heading out today, dealing with such unreasonable women is truly bad luck.

However, just as he had escaped a hundred meters away, thinking he had successfully gotten away and let down his guard to bitterly recount the events, a sharp sickle pierced through the soil with ease, piercing his back and hooking him out from beneath the ground.

Once out of the ground, the Puppet Master saw the owner of the giant sickle—an young girl cloaked in a black mantle obscuring her face, with invisible tentacles slowly writhing under her cloak.

They have allies!

The Puppet Master was shocked.

After two years of a special rectification campaign, it had become rare to see these kinds of demons and evil spirits in groups on the streets of Tianmen City. Moreover, the three women each had different styles, clearly belonging to different organizations and forces.

Isn’t there anyone in charge, anyone watching?

What are the useless bureaucrats of the Special Service Bureau doing, how can they let these demons and spirits run wild?

While he was stunned, Li Mumu and Xia Yubing also caught up from behind. It hadn’t taken them much time to deal with the puppets, and after the fight, finding that the Puppet Master himself had fled, they exchanged a glance and followed suit without saying a word.

A Puppet Master without his puppets wasn’t much better than a waste.

Just by looking at the styles of these three women, he felt his mind was being polluted.

"Cough cough... esteemed female heroes, today..."

He still wanted to force out a few polite words, but Xia Yubing walked over, raised her hand, and delivered a slap, "Whom are you calling a slut?"

The slap almost sent the Puppet Master’s head flying off.

Xia Yubing’s grudge was deep.

Why do you call Li Mumu a ’little girl’ and want to take her as your Cauldron when you see her, but call me a ’slut’ when you see me?

Because she has a physical body and I don’t?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. With a backhand, another slap sent two of the Puppet Master’s teeth flying straight from his mouth.

You guys have no martial honor...

The Puppet Master’s true form was that of a scrawny old man, virtually devoid of any combat strength. After two slaps, he was utterly dazed.

However, Xia Yubing wasn’t ready to let him off the hook. She grabbed his hair, hoisted his head up, and landed another slap, "Speak! Where are your accomplices?"

"Accomplices?"

Li Mumu was quite surprised, "He has accomplices?"

Xia Yubing nodded, "He definitely has accomplices. Otherwise, with his abilities, he couldn’t have set up the formation we saw earlier. That requires the skills only someone who has cultivated in the Geomancy Dharma Gate possesses."

So it was a 2v2 back there? Li Mumu didn’t feel the presence of her teammate at all; perhaps they had skedaddled after setting up the formation.

But on further thought, it made sense. Who of proper standing would accept such a task? Could she really expect them to have the noble quality of not betraying their teammates?

"Stop hitting me! I’ll talk...I’ll talk!"

The Puppet Master pleaded while covering his face. Once Xia Yubing released him, he slumped to the ground like a lump of mud, lifted his head while covering his mouth, and stared at them with a dead gaze, grinding his teeth as he asked, "Have you two sided with the Governmental Office already?"

???

Li Mumu was momentarily stunned before she grasped what he meant.

Her and Xia Yubing’s conduct didn’t quite fit the profile of wild demons and evil spirits.

No, it had nothing to do with her. Li Mumu believed she was entirely acting in self-defense.

The real issue was with Xia Yubing. Not only was she not earnestly completing their task, but she had even snatched away the grenade that was supposed to explode among the crowd.

Such behavior was indicative of an undercover cop...

No, that’s incorrect. She was indeed planning to take the public servant exam... join the City God’s Office, so there was nothing wrong in doing what she did.

Li Mumu quickly convinced herself.

No matter how frustrating her teammate was, or even if they acted poorly, one must not get angry. In the event of encountering a real big shot, one should immediately drop to their knees, offer them a light, and pour water for them—this is the fundamental virtue that a professional gamer should have.

It was precisely this good virtue that had helped her avoid a trust crisis with Wendy.

I am the woman who, for the sake of the team, can dwell under a Defense Tower for three minutes without taking a minion wave!

Confronted with the Puppet Master’s accusation, Li Mumu raised her head proudly.

"So what if I side with the Governmental Office? Someone like you, an old coffin-filler, shouldn’t even think about it. Even if you volunteered to go to jail for your meals, the prison would probably not want you. They’d be afraid you’d die inside and they’d have to dig your grave themselves!"

From the expression on the Puppet Master’s face, it was evident that he had suffered a massive blow.