1212 Group Battle 2 (1/2)

After he disembarked, he wandered around the harbor for half a day. Garen couldn't find a stall that sold food. Under such circumstances, he could only head deeper in and take a turn to the streets leading into the city.

There were food bars all around the street. The crowd that was coming and going was beyond massive. Couples were holding hands while many young children were held by their family members walking in and out.

Garen picked one of them and headed in. He found a place to sit and ordered a few dishes. He waited for the dishes to be served.

The person in charge of greeting the customers in the shop was a seventeen to eighteen years old young girl. She was wearing a pair of pale blue skin-tight jeans, revealing her figure in all the right places. The little white bunnies under her yellow T-shirt that were doing the hoppity hop, in addition to her pretty face, attracted quite a fair amount of male customers into the shop.

Ring ring.

Garen's mobile phone rang. He took it out to have a look. It was a message from Double-tailed Scorpion. The position of Mind Reader had most probably been determined, and the regional location could be narrowed down to the range of neighborhood. Any more accurate than that couldn't be achieved.

”The neighborhood range is good enough,” Garen was quite satisfied as he deleted the message.

Just as he sat down, a few young girls dressed as university students entered the shop. One of the girls was puzzled as she swept a glance at Garen.

”What's wrong, Cammy?” Another girl patted her shoulder.

”Nothing, I think I saw someone I know.” The girl, Cammy shook her head and smiled.

The three young girls sat at the table not far from Garen and ordered a few dishes.

Cammy turned her head and seemed to recall something. She turned her head to look at Garen once again.

”Kong Xiaofei?” She called in a soft voice.

”Mm?” Garen was momentarily stunned. He didn't think there was anyone here who would recognize him.

He followed the voice and looked over. He instantly recognized the girl.

”Cammy Ning?”

It was his classmate back in high school at Lily of the Valley. Who would have thought they would meet at such a place.

When he left the school, he announced that he was recommended another location for university and ended communication with the classmates at high school. He was, after all, not the real Kong Xiaofei.

”Why are you here?” Cammy Ning was overjoyed. She did not expect to meet an old acquaintance here.

”What about you, how did you end up here?” Garen politely exchanged the topic.

”I go to the university here. Where else, if not here?” Cammy Ning replied with a smile.

Her two besties immediately giggled as they moved closer.

”Who is he? Your old boyfriend?”

”No way! Do you think of anything else other than that kinda stuff?” Cammy Ning rebutted with a laugh.

”Then he must be your current boyfriend, haha. It's no wonder you're giving the cold shoulder to the Filt brothers. It's because your man is here!” Another bestie chuckled.

”Nonsense. We're just normal classmates.” Cammy Ning had a good impression of Garen. He was an honest lean boy, but now he had grown tough in such a short time.

The two tables were naturally combined together.

Garen sat by the three girls.

”What are you doing here? Holiday?”

”Yes, I heard that Ocean Capital is a world-renowned tourist spot, so came to check it out,” Garen smiled as he responded. ”You're attending Ocean University of Lance Royal Family, right?”

”How do you know?” Cammy Ning was baffled.

”Isn't she wearing the school emblem?” Garen pointed at one of the girl's chest. There was a delicately-made, silvery white mermaid emblem pinned there.

”What about you? Where are you studying?”

”I'm no longer attending,” Garen casually replied.

”Not attending?” Cammy Ning was stupefied. It should be true, as it wasn't a semester break yet Kong Xiaofei had the time to travel. There must have been some issue.

Hearing these words, the other two girls were struck. Although they did not immediately put on the display, their faces became slightly dull.

Initially, when they heard that Garen was here to travel for leisure, he must be well off to be able to travel alone with ease. However, now that he was a dropout, their enthusiasm had dampened.

”Did you drop out?” One of them asked in a low voice.

Garen nodded. How could an old fart that lived a few hundred years not see the change in the attitude of the two girls? He wasn't the least bit bothered. He was way past the stage of flaunting.

The dishes that they ordered were quickly served. They ate together. Garen kept his head down as he swiftly pigged out, clearing the dishes in a few gulps. The dishes' load was quite small, so he swept them clean without leaving any scrap.

This made the two girls look down on him even more.

Cammy Ning was speechless. However, judging by Garen's large build, she could understand his huge appetite.

******

”I have a bad feeling,” In a coffee shop not far away, a man dressed in a black windbreaker whispered to a lady beside him.

The woman was also dressed in the same black windbreaker. Wearing windbreakers on a hot day was definitely something eye-catching. The woman had purple hair while her purple iris and pale white skin set her apart from the crowd.

”Your ability of premonition can't be wrong. I suspect we are being watched,” The woman calmly mentioned, ”it could be those dregs from Vulture. They didn't dare go after Slayer, yet they came to play the bully and look for us instead.” She gave a scornful look.

”No... This time, the feeling is stronger than previous times,” Mind Reader spoke in a low voice. ”I suspect it may be someone more troublesome on the go.”

”It could be from Lighthouse. Only they can avoid your mind reading to get close to us!” The woman knew of Lighthouse and told Minder Reader frankly.

”Why would Lighthouse seek me out! Why won't you tell me in full?” Mind Reader frowned.

”You only need to know that there's a really really bad organization and they're after your Sacred Sigil,” The woman took a sip of coffee.

”Then what do you say we do?” Mind Reader asked in a low voice.

”Now, there are the three forces, Black Federation, Vulture and White Crab, which are after us. We will remain here for a few weeks to lure these three forces over. Now, as long as we play our cards right...”