Nest City is so vast that if Yun You wanted to hide, Yang Lie and Xie Kang might never find her in their lifetime.

But Nest City is also so small that there is nowhere offering an antidote for "Arisou," and no hospital can relieve the stabbing pain in her heart.

So, although she has regained her freedom, the little girl did not relax.

It's far from time to rest, at least not now.

"Frost Moon, can you check where this is?"

Looking at the surrounding muddy ground and the drainage pipes scattered everywhere, Yun You quietly instructed, "Besides 'Ethernet,' don't connect to the regular network, and don't enable electronic positioning. Our signals may have long been under surveillance."

"Alright, I'll give it a try."

Frost Moon nodded and then looked around the environment.

They were in a small undeveloped woodland inside the city, facing a sewage river. Drainage pipes coming from all directions led to it, discharging chemical fertilizers and household waste.

In the distance, under a small bridge near the pipes, several tents were pitched, seemingly a dwelling for the homeless.

The pipe they crawled out from was wedged tightly in the concrete cracks, with its other end extending to the upper city walls.

The concrete blocked people's view, and the high-voltage grid and surveillance cameras scattered on the walls deterred most people from climbing over the wall freely.

This place was likely a "no man's land," but it hadn't left the city's range.

"After a quick look at the offline map, we're currently at the junction of G District and H District."

Frost Moon picked up a stick and drew a diagram in the mud.

"They're all part of the 'Midtown Area.' In theory, the monitoring and identity registration are done quite thoroughly here, making smuggling quite difficult."

"But luckily, an election for the district head is currently happening in H District, reducing the level of alert significantly compared to usual. If we want to get through the checkpoints, a small bribe should suffice."

Hearing this, Yun You let out a long breath.

"Still in Midtown... that's good."

"That's good..."

The little girl's biggest worry was that the pipe could have, by some special means, sent them straight to the Lower District or Upper District.

This would make it much harder for them to take action again.

"I just accessed the Ethernet to call over a drone I left in the Lower City. It has some food and emergency medicine that can quickly heal my injuries."

Frost Moon motioned to the wound near her heart and said softly, "So we don't need to waste any more time looking for a prosthetic body doctor now."

"Boss Lady, if you have any plans, you can start arranging them now, and I'll help as much as I can."

"Hmm..."

Seeing this, Yun You did not refuse, but quietly said, "Thank you."

The little girl indeed had no time to spare now.

She silently called out to the analysis chip by her ear, bringing up the information panel.

[Arisou toxicity active, predicted to cause heart failure shortly, estimated onset deadline --]

[1 day 16 hours 51 minutes]

The crimson text hurt her eyes.

She only had a little over a day's worth of time left to act.

The most urgent task at present is, of course, to find a way to dispel Arisou, or else not only revenge but even surviving would become a daunting task.

But the problem lies precisely here.

To remove the Arisou toxicity, Yun You can only rely on "completing a mission" to get the antidote from the Death God Organization.

Yet her mission was precisely accepted from that guy Yang Lie of Black Tiger.

This means that to apply for mission completion, she must get Yang Lie's consent.

Yun You could, of course, appeal to the Apprentice Death God Organization, after all, this world does have those who enjoy delaying the Apprentice Death God's mission progress to withhold rewards.

The organization naturally won't allow this to happen more than a few times, so as long as she appeals, they will definitely send someone to investigate and, after the investigation, return the deserved reward to the Apprentice Death God.

This method is ideal, but its problem lies in its extremely slow execution efficiency.

The entire appeal process would take several weeks at least, and Yun You obviously can't wait that long.

Moreover, once an appeal is made, Yang Lie will certainly find out that she's still alive.

By then... the advantage of the enemy being in the open and her in the dark will disappear.

Revenge will become even more difficult.

So from the beginning to the end, Yun You has only had one plan.

Find a way to infiltrate G District and kill those bastards Yang Lie and Xie Kang, using his corpse to write "agree to mission completion."

This task might seem daunting... after all, Yang Lie is two whole levels above Yun You, and has a lot of subordinates and bodyguards.

But... if the plan is tight enough, it's not entirely impossible for a rank-breaking kill.

Yun You also thought about whether to ask Old Jin for help.

But after a bit of consideration, she dismissed the idea.

Old Jin is elusive, usually taking several days to reply to even a single message, and often disappearing without a trace, can only be contacted through "leaving messages."

Asking him for help... forget it.

By the time he leisurely arrives, Yun You would be long gone.

Moreover, regarding matters of revenge, the little girl doesn't hope for others to interfere.

Otherwise, when Old Jin accepted her as an apprentice, she could have asked him to take out the assassin.

"These matters are best handled personally."

She pondered, then took out an electronic watch from her pocket.

Jack had handed it to her before his death.

The internal structure of the watch had long been damaged during the battle, making it unable to boot up.

But Yun You noticed a sentence on its glass surface.

[Joint, his weak point, attack here]

The abrupt sentence seemed somewhat inexplicable.

But Yun You knew that Jack wasn't the type to engage in mysticism.

The information he left must have its own purpose.

The little girl stifled her sorrow and sadness, recalling Jack's last battle.

He detonated the nanometer Vajra Bone, sending countless tiny nanometal shards into Yang Lie's body.

"Could it be... those nanometals will affect Yang Lie's movement?"

Yun You bit her lip, pondering hard.

Although this intelligence held several pitfalls, like whether Yang Lie might have already removed the fragments ahead of time... or whether he might weaponize the nanometal...

In the end, Yun You chose to trust Jack, to trust this... elder brother who sacrificed his life for her.

...

"Anyway, the nanometal issue has at least increased my odds a little."

Yun You shook her head and then made a decision.

"Let's go, Frost Moon."

The little girl patted the dust and mud from her body, stood up, and gazed at the city walls towering into the clouds, ordering, "I've made a plan, but I'll need your help."

"I've heard 'TigerHead Heavy Industries' has been recruiting those without identity, 'black households' and child laborers, for the lowest wages constantly."

"Let's sneak in under this identity... I'll discuss the subsequent plan with you on the way."

"However, the risk of this plan remains high, possibly even nine deaths and only one life, so... if you want to back out now, I won't blame you either."

"I believe Jack wouldn't blame you too..."

Yun You's tone wasn't forceful, instead carrying a rare gentle hint.

She wants to avenge herself, and Jack as well.

But she knows how dangerous this operation is, so she wouldn't force Frost Moon.

"What sort of nonsense is this?!"

However, the expected hesitation did not show on Frost Moon's face.

The little hacker stood up angrily, voice filled with rage, even trembling slightly from anger.

"Revenge isn't just your business! Jack wasn't just your elder brother either!"

"Do you want to take away my chance for vengeance?!"

"I'm not a coward! I'm also human! I also want to blow those bastards' heads off! You think you can exclude me... you can't!"

Tears of bitterness slid down the hacker's cheek.

"..."

Yun You was stunned for a moment, then shook her head with a bitter smile and murmured, "Sorry, Frost Moon, I misunderstood you."

"Let's go together, together... to achieve our revenge."

"Yes!"

The little one wiped her tears away, and then took Yun You's extended hand, stepping on this path of revenge alongside the girl.

The road ahead may be perilous, but so what?

As long as they don't betray their hearts, as long as they follow their most inherent emotions, they won't regret it.

They will never regret it.

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