The Vixen's Gambit: Tonight We Hunt

Perhaps it was a common trait among geniuses, but Lee felt that people in research like Mei and Mobius mostly seemed lonely—or to put it more bluntly, friendless.

However, unlike Mobius, Mei's treatment as a student in school was even worse than hers. After all, Mobius was a top scientist in the organization, no matter how much others disliked her, it wouldn't affect her much.

They even had to respectfully bow and greet her, at most, it was harder to recruit laboratory personnel.

But Mei at Chiba Academy was just a student. Although her father was a famous scholar, most of those who could enter Chiba Academy were either rich or noble, so her family background wasn't anything special. And Mei's cold personality and excellent grades attracted some unnecessary trouble and exclusion.

When Lee, the transfer student who attracted everyone's attention, showed unusual interest in Mei, things got even worse—of course, this was quickly resolved after Lee noticed it.

Even without resorting to violence, she still had too many ways to deal with these teenagers in puberty.

More accurately, Lee could completely nip these problems in the bud before they even bothered her, but… as everyone knows, the value of effort is always realized after it's been noticed.

If Mei hadn't felt any hardship from the beginning, how would she know that Lee was helping her from behind the scenes? After all, with Mei's personality of being oblivious to everything outside of her studies, she would never notice the small changes in her surrounding social environment.

Although it was a bit scheming, for Lee, grinding affection was a war from the start!

And today, three months later, Lee could at least confidently say that her plan was half completed.

Mei's affection level had reached level seven.

As long as she continued the offensive, Lee was 100% confident in maxing out the other party's affection before the Third Honkai outbreak.

But unfortunately, the wooing of Mei needed to be temporarily put on hold. As for why, because the situation had changed—that man was coming!

If Lee's memory was correct, the time from Mei's paper being noticed by Fire Moth to Kevin transferring to the school was three months. And according to Lee's secret hacking into Chiba Academy's database, the situation was indeed as such.

Probably within these few days, Kevin would come to Chiba Academy to report for duty.

Digging at Kevin's wall—this was a big challenge for Lee.

After all, although the wooing battle for Mei was already halfway successful, who knew if Kevin would still fall in love at first sight with Mei and launch an offensive?

If Kevin fell in love with Mei at first sight and made it impossible for Lee to get in and grind affection, then the operation would be a failure for Lee. Whether Kevin could successfully woo Mei was secondary to her.

If that was the case, Lee's plan could only be changed from grinding love affection to grinding friendship affection… But Lee didn't know if Kevin valued friendship, after all, she only knew that Kevin loved Mei deeply, so deeply he couldn't forget her even after fifty thousand years.

Therefore, if possible, she still wanted to play it safe.

For the success of the plan, Lee had been scheming for a long time.

Just to seize the first impression and leave a good impression, she had put in so much effort. The other sheep in the flock had never enjoyed this kind of treatment!

Three months of planning, success or failure hinged on this moment…

On a late night rooftop, Lee stood alone on top of Nagazora City's tallest building, her eyes flickering with uncertainty as she gazed at the brightly lit city below.

Today, a small-scale Honkai outbreak occurred again in Nagazora City. As a special action force of Fire Moth, she naturally had to take action.

"Captain, mission completed." A male voice came from the earpiece, interrupting Lee's thoughts. "The Honkai beasts in the eastern direction have all been cleared, no omissions."

"Ato, are you still calling me captain? You're so much older than me." Lee chuckled as she answered the communication. "Or are you resentful about being changed from my captain to my teammate, so you're deliberately emphasizing it?"

"You can't say that kind of thing, Lee. If people nearby hear that I resent you, there will be big problems." Ato said helplessly from the other side. "Being transferred into your squad is an honor in the entire combat force, okay? As for being your captain… I only acted as your temporary captain once, when you first went to subjugate the Herrscher of Reason, okay? That doesn't count."

"A teammate who doesn't want to be captain is not a good soldier, Ato, you can't give up so easily." Lee teased. "You have to set a good example for Griseo."

"Spare me, please. I have neither the courage to challenge human heroes nor the combat power to solo Herrschers, okay? As for Griseo, I just hope she can be happy, she doesn't have to become the most outstanding."

"Usually so nonchalant, but you're actually a pretty good dad, no wonder Griseo likes you."

To cope with the possible birth of the Third Herrscher, Fire Moth temporarily filled Lee's special action squad with a batch of elite combat personnel, and Ato, Griseo's father, was among them.

It was quite a coincidence, when Lee went to subjugate the First Herrscher, the squad leader on the plane was him.

Although still significantly weaker than Lee and Elysia, Ato's strength was undoubtedly at the top human level.

And tonight's small Honkai outbreak, under the encirclement of such an elite force including Lee, the only outcome should be silent disappearance—or was it?

"Report, a Temple-class Honkai Beast in the southern district has broken through the encirclement and rushed into the residential area!"

A tense report from a team member suddenly sounded in the earpiece, and even faint gunshots and sounds of battle could be heard.

"Temple-class Honkai Beast?! The Honkai reaction in the southern district was the weakest, how could there be a Temple-class Honkai Beast!?" Ato's voice, which had been so relaxed just moments ago, instantly became anxious.

After all, personnel were limited, and they had divided the cleaning areas according to the strength of the Honkai energy generated.

Because the Honkai energy reaction in the southern district was the weakest, the personnel they dispatched was also the least.

Originally, they thought they would at most be clearing out some Vanguard-class Honkai beasts, but now they were saying a Temple-class Honkai Beast had appeared?

And it had rushed into the residential area?!

What a joke, even just a Chariot-class Honkai Beast was enough to turn an entire street into ruins, and now they were telling him a Temple-class Honkai Beast had rushed into a densely populated residential area? That thing could kill a large group of people with a wave of its hand!

"Calm down, Ato. If Honkai really allowed us to predict all its movements so easily, it wouldn't have become the great enemy of humanity," Lee said calmly, without a trace of anxiety. "How is the encirclement now? Are there any injuries?"

"No, no injuries. After that Honkai Beast suddenly appeared, it rushed straight towards the residential area. We didn't have time to stop it…"

"That's good. That area in the southern district is a demolition zone waiting to be torn down, the residents have all been evacuated. You guys continue to maintain the encirclement and execute the operation as originally planned. I'll handle that Honkai Beast."

"Don't worry, with me here, no one will get hurt."

Ending the communication, Lee's calm and indifferent expression from the previous second suddenly turned into a plan successful smile.

After all, this thing was released by her.