Before long, Chichu Tianyi fell silent again. Mori snorted coldly, threw the water pipe to the ground, and walked deeper into the area without looking back. Xu Xiaoyou glanced at the trembling man on the ground and followed the girl forward.

"Aren't you going to deal with this guy directly?" Xu Xiaoyou asked casually.

"Judgment day hasn't arrived yet. Letting him die so easily would be too much of a mercy," Mori replied.

Xu Xiaoyou nodded, looking around. This prison might have once held many people and existed long before the Dark Night Walker was established. If you listened carefully, it seemed as if countless cries echoed above the prison.

The two reached a door. As they pushed it open, a fierce gale blew in. Xu Xiaoyou remained composed, lifted her arm slightly to block the gust, ducked to avoid a solid glove punching forward, and tapped the neck of a young man wearing a Night Owl mask. He let out a scream and collapsed, unable to move.

"This guy!"

A clear female voice rang out in the darkness. Xu Xiaoyou felt the two remaining people in the room charge at her simultaneously. She didn't dodge but instead swiftly kicked the girl away. Her golden hair floated gracefully in the darkness, transforming into a streak of light that dashed in front of another person amidst a dull thud.

The lights came on at that moment. In front of Xu Xiaoyou, Sparrow, with her large bow, sat on the ground, staring in shock at the golden-haired girl before her. Those mysterious black gloves now rested on her neck, a slight pressure away from claiming her life.

Owl crashed into the corner. Even though the girl's sweeping kick had been restrained, its force still left her unable to recover for a while, frowning with a muffled groan.

She couldn't believe that the opponent's combat skills far surpassed her own. After years of street fighting, she had long honed her combat abilities. Ordinary people, let alone four or five professional fighters, would be no match for her, but Owl was confident she could take them all down.

Night Owl clutched his neck, screaming, as the intense pain caused his body to convulse. It was only when Xu Xiaoyou chuckled softly, bent down, and tapped his neck with her fingers that the piercing pain gradually subsided.

Within just a few seconds of facing off, the golden-haired girl had taken them all down, and no one could claim to have fully seen Xu Xiaoyou's moves.

"What are you trying to do?" Mori's face showed a hint of anger, her eyebrows nearly standing upright.

"Who are you really?" Owl didn't answer the girl's question, forcing herself to sit up as she stared intently at Xu Xiaoyou.

"I was just acting in self-defense," Xu Xiaoyou replied calmly. "It was you who launched the surprise attack on me first."

"Damn it, Big Sister, this guy is definitely not ordinary. She must be the association's Cleaner!" Night Owl muttered.

It wasn't until Xu Xiaoyou pulled her up from the ground that Sparrow snapped out of her shock, shaking her head vigorously. Her right eye, surgically modified, functioned like a small precision computer, allowing her to hack into most networks directly or analyze a person's combat style and strike patterns through movement analysis.

But she had just witnessed an extremely bizarre scene. This ordinary-looking golden-haired girl in bartender attire had multiplied into countless duplicates at one moment, all striking simultaneously like a dandelion exploding. Her mechanical eye nearly overloaded and broke down.

Mori was also shocked by Xu Xiaoyou's skill, thinking the other was just an ordinary netizen. She suddenly remembered what Xu Xiaoyou had said initially—that she had fled to Chichu Heaven to escape pursuers and had to live under a pseudonym to start anew.

Could it be that the other really had an unknown past? Yet she didn't appear much older than herself...

In her memory, such powerful individuals, aside from Evergreen Ivy and Sister Tao, were only the old butler who always stayed by her side. She had witnessed the first two fighting like phantoms harvesting lives unseen in the night. As for the butler, she could only infer from people's reactions that he used to be formidable...

Mori shook her head with a rising tone:

"How about that? The person I chose, impressive, right?"

"Impressive, You. Who would've thought your skills were this good?" Mori nudged Xu Xiaoyou playfully.

Xu Xiaoyou said nothing. By this time, the others in the room had more or less recovered. They exchanged glances, contemplating whether to invite Xu Xiaoyou to join their Dark Night Walker.

The opponent's strength was unquestionable. Having such a person on their team would make future operations smoother. But the enigmatic means she displayed raised questions about her intentions in joining them until they could uncover her background more clearly.

Suddenly, Xu Xiaoyou's words interrupted their thoughts.

She first looked at Night Owl and said, "Boiler fumes, yellowish fingertips, and a layer of grease on your body. Calluses on your knuckles—you're a chef. Judging by how you handle oil and smoke, your workplace isn't a luxurious hotel, but probably a small eatery in the slums."

Night Owl instinctively covered his hand, his body betraying him.

Xu Xiaoyou then turned to Owl: "White Pigeon Seven Star, the smell of cheap women's cigarettes. From the irregular bruises on your body, it's clear you have no profession, but are a street gangster and delinquent girl."

Owl didn't object and crossed her arms with a huff. Although the words were true, they were harsh to hear.

Lastly, Xu Xiaoyou looked at Sparrow, the girl with the large bow: "Pencil smudges on your hands, chalk dust in your fingernails, Zhutai High School's uniform, and accidental pen marks on your clothes—all indicate you're a student in the vicinity, but you're not."

Everyone, including Sparrow, paused.

"You initially attacked me with your left hand and instinctively rubbed the painful spot with your left hand. Since then, you've been using your left hand to adjust your mechanical eye. You're left-handed."

"How can a left-hander have chalk dust in their right fingernails? It's just a disguise. You're an unemployed vagabond like the girl wearing the owl mask."

Xu Xiaoyou explained her deductions, and no one refuted her.

Because they knew, the girl's words were true. She deduced all their identities from subtle details without intentionally hiding her profiling ability. This was her olive branch, showing her sincerity.

"I will only stay in Dragonfly Town for a little over a month. Once the time is up, I'll naturally leave," Xu Xiaoyou said softly.

Mori paused, and Xu Xiaoyou continued.

"I won't pose any threat to you. If danger approaches, I will leave before it affects you."

"For this one month, I can join your operations and provide assistance, provided you don't try to uncover my background. That's my bottom line."

"As for whether to let me join, that's your decision."

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