"Miss Bronya, isn't this contrary to etiquette? We were clearly having a good discussion at the table yesterday. How can you turn hostile so suddenly today?" Dan Heng tried to find some room for reconciliation.
"There's no need for further pointless arguments. The Supreme Guardian has already seen through your hypocrisy and ordered me to arrest you," Bronya was completely unreceptive and began advancing towards the group with the Silvermane Guards.
Perhaps due to Tian An and FrostNova's presence, the number of deployed troops was significantly greater than in the original story.
"Everyone, please move a little closer to me," Tian An called out to the group.
Although the others didn't understand Tian An's decision, they obediently moved closer.
Tian An closed her eyes, mumbling something under her breath.
"What new tricks are you trying to pull?!"
"Help me! Sister Theresia!" Tian An's plea roared internally, the thought transmitting like an electric signal through her entire brain.
Shortly after, a massive black barrier enveloped the entire area around the hotel and began expanding rapidly.
"Engage combat stance!" Bronya, assuming they were about to fight, quickly adopted a defensive posture.
But before the Silvermane Guards could figure out the situation, a shield constructed of black magic rose from around the Express crew, enveloping all of them.
"No!" Bronya fired first, but her bullet struck the barrier without any feedback, as insignificant as a stone tossed into the ocean.
The others began to follow suit, but clearly, it was useless.
When the barrier dissipated, everyone realized that the group who had been at its center moments ago had vanished.
"Where did they go?" The Silvermane Guards looked at each other, unsure what to do.
"Hey, over there! Over there!" The stall vendor, like someone with glaucoma, immediately spotted Tian An's group fleeing in the distance.
"After them! Quick, chase!"
"I hope your stall gets robbed every day!" Tian An cursed the vendor inwardly, then quickly broke into a run.
"Xiao Te, analyze the fastest route out of here!" Tian An called out to Theresia. That single cry seemed to have directly awakened Theresia from her slumber.
"Okay, Little Tian An." Theresia responded swiftly, and a woven thread rapidly extended before Tian An's eyes, guiding her forward.
This is.... a navigation route!
Xiao Te Brand Navigation, you deserve it... wait, how does Xiao Te know the routes here?
Guess~
Tian An ran at the front, leading everyone along the designated path. Silvermane Guards "spawned" to her left, right, and behind, and shouts even echoed from the buildings above her head.
"Teacher Theresia, how do you think I should capture that pretty grey-haired Silvermane Guard and take her to the Underworld?"
"Someone will naturally help." Theresia seemed to understand all of Tian An's thoughts.
"Then can you help me find that gentleman with the sly-looking face?"
"Right ahead." The woven thread suddenly twitched, splitting into several branches that quickly shot into a small alley. A miserable scream immediately followed.
Sure enough, directly ahead of them, Bronya had also led a team to intercept, finally completing the encirclement.
"Sigh... Locals really do know the roads better..." Tian An had no choice but to stop, standing together with the others.
"Intruders, you have nowhere left to run!" Bronya shouted loudly, her gun aimed at them.
"Wh-what do we do, Theresia?! Quickly, use your invincible threads and think of something!" March 7th said anxiously. She really didn't want to be locked up in prison like this.
"Theresia, are you ready?" Tian An called out internally.
"Ready anytime."
In Tian An's vision, invisible woven threads wrapped around everyone present, poised to strike.
"Hee hee," Tian An revealed a sunny smile. The threads instantly materialized from the darkness, grabbing Bronya and the others. Some threads even extended deep into the alley.
"Everyone, see you next time! Sampo!"
"Righto, my sister!"
Pfft....
A cloud of smoke instantly covered the tense scene. The Silvermane Guards coughed continuously, trying to clear their vision.
But when they could see again, the intruders, along with their Lady Bronya, had all disappeared.
"Lady Bronya!"
.....
"I say, sister, I did help you escape a dangerous situation. There's no need to keep me tied up like this, right?" Sampo, entangled in woven threads, was being controlled by Tian An and dragged along the ground.
The others, however, were floating in the air, though they had already fainted.... The scene resembled a balloon vendor holding a large bunch of balloons..
"No. In my eyes, you are a dangerous person." Tian An held a grudge. Ever since Sampo gave her that white-haired version of himself model, she hadn't forgotten it.
"Oh, my beautiful, generous, kind, and charming sister! Please spare me! If old Sampo arrives in the Underworld like this, I'll lose all face!"
"Don't you deal with Seele regularly? Haven't you already lost all face?"
"..."
"Speaking of which, Big Sis, you actually took my smoke bomb without issue! Truly a hero!" Sampo tried to change the subject.
Correct, Tian An had asked Theresia to communicate with Sampo earlier, but Sampo himself probably didn't expect Tian An to be immune to stun.
Crowd Control Immunity!
There were far too many Silvermane Guards deployed. They stood densely packed in the distance, seemingly the entire city's forces mobilized.
"Sampo, how did you know I had this special stone on me? My being teleported here, that wasn't your doing too, was it?" The threads around Sampo tightened slightly. In truth, if Theresia wished, these seemingly delicate threads could instantly transform into sharp spikes.
"What are you saying? Old Sampo was just curious about Big Sis, how would I know where you came from?" Sampo put on a pitiful expression, looking completely innocent.
"I don't believe you."
"Heaven and Earth are my witness!"
"I just don't believe you."
"Unless you put down the 78 grenades and 100 smoke bombs and two daggers from your pockets, then kneel on the ground and sing 'Conquer' for me."
"....."
Then you are guilty!
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"Theresia! Kal'tsit is missing!"
"Don't panic, speak slowly, take a breath first."
"Kal'tsit just suddenly disappeared. I went to her office and only found a pile of her clothes!"
"Mm.... Do you know who entered her room today?"
"Um..... Seems like only Amiya."
"Doctor, sometimes, you can't deceive yourself too."
"What do you mean by that, Theresia?"
"Doctor? What are you doing here?"
"Blaze? You...."
"Doctor, why are you talking to the air?"
"......"