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Both the superpower user and the big man focused on the source of the strange sound and rushed into that dark corner.

…This is bad…

Ravyn, in a desperate situation, crouched down to retrieve the gun. But before the girl touched her shoe, a hand grabbed her from behind first.

*Meow!!*

A cat shrieked in shock, leaping through a fist and a blade that had stopped in front of it.

"Just a cat?"

The unkempt-haired man said this before pulling two sickles from his trouser pocket that appeared too small to fit and hurling them at the warehouse wall in front of him.

"Do you think I'm going to get fooled by this?!"

*thud!* *thud!*

The blades of those two reaping hooks stuck into the tree, which has two people hidden behind.

"Or maybe I'm just imagining things?"

After what he heard didn't resemble the sound of the target's flesh slicing, the person who threw weapons turned his attention back to his conspirator.

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Then, when the runaways left the warehouse area, Ravyn turned to her savior, who was also a tree girth away from death like her.

"Who are you and why did you help me?"

In front of her was a tall and lean guy wearing a dark brown leather jacket.

"I knew our intel newcomer was going to be an eager beaver, but going out on the first day does exceed my expectations."

…This voice, I think I've heard it somewhere before…

Taking a closer look, Ravyn discovered that he was the drunk man in the prison who gave her the AB application. However, his face now looks clean and his clothes are well-groomed, completely different from the one she saw last time.

"So, it's you. Thanks though."

Because she first met this man inside the jail as an alcoholic, Ravyn decided to keep a distance from him and walked away.

"Wait! Don't you think of getting us to know each other for a bit? I mean, we are on the same side anyway."

"I have to hurry back to the lab with a sample of the liquid I got…"

The purple-haired girl raised her bare hand, which should be holding a small, sealed container.

"You mean this sample?"

The hard-earned packet of liquid she had collected from the bombers' crates that were bounced off from the clash in the storehouse was now in the hands of the man in front of her.

"Give it back."

Ravyn attempted to take what was in her hand but was unable to take it from him no matter how many times she tried.

…The movement of his body is more nimble than mine. Plus, all this time, he has shown none of the vulnerable spots at all…

"That's cold. I've thought of coming to wish you good luck in working as an AB Assistant. Now I've felt sorry for myself."

The girl, realizing that she couldn't get it back by force, stopped her ineffective action.

"Ravyn"

"Huh?"

"My name is Ravyn."

…Even if you secretly follow me like a stalker, you still pretend to not know my name. What a creepy professional…

She grumbled in her head and held out her hand, waiting to have her sample back.

"Oh, that's a beautiful name. I'm Jae. It's nice to meet you again."

A well-proportioned man in a jacket returns the sample packet to Ravyn with a friendly smile.

But that expression made her somewhat irritated because his body language undoubtedly told her that…

…This guy didn't lie…

" Speaking of you, you are really not an ordinary person, right? Even in such a situation, you are still capable of collecting the evidence. In addition, an AB Intelligence that Mr. Charles took in himself...Who exactly are you?"

Ravyn thought for a moment before replying.

"I see… It would be strange if a person on your level didn't notice. For the sake of inviting me to AB, I'll tell you. Bring your ear closer…"

Although he's still baffled by Ravyn's changing manner, Jae slowly turned his side head towards her.

"It's a SeCRET."

The purple-haired girl speaks into the man in the jacket's ear and sucker punches his abdomen.

*oof!*

The tall and graceful figure of Jae, who had been completely fooled, sank to the ground.

"Don't go around grabbing anyone or snatching people's stuff like a thief... Do you miss the prison so much?"

The girl arranges her shirt's hem once before walking away.

"Hahaha, I like her!"

Erios laughter rang out from the communication device in Jae's ears.

" Are you done with enjoying your eavesdropping? It's time to continue our work."

The young man on the ground, still recovering, couldn't reply with his full voice.

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