ILLIMITABLE UNTIL DEATH

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On the other side, about half an hour later, help finally arrived at Sky Tree. 

The newcomers were Jeanne, Tamamo, and Shirayuki, all members of Deen.

It was clear that all three had noticed the situation and rushed over one after another.

This was only natural.

Since the battle began, the area had been filled with lightning and thunder. With the successive unusual occurrences, Jeanne, Tamamo, and Shirayuki, being experts in supernatural abilities, would have sensed something was wrong immediately.

It was likely that the heavy rain had delayed their arrival.

Upon reaching the scene, the three saw Fang Li being entangled by Riko and Hilda, and Watson, who had been bound tightly and left on the side.

Seeing this, Jeanne and Tamamo quickly understood what had happened.

"I didn't expect Hilda to be so impatient and launch an attack so soon, especially since the Far East Warfare had just begun."

"It's also our fault for only setting up the anti-ghost barrier on Academy Island and not including this city. That was a serious oversight."

This was the thinking of Jeanne and Tamamo.

Meanwhile, Shirayuki didn't care about these matters.

Seeing Riko entangling Fang Li, Shirayuki, in her Yamato Nadeshiko persona, immediately turned into a berserker mode and drew her sword, charging at Riko.

However, Riko seemed to be in high spirits as well, revealing her battle-maniac side and also drawing her guns to counter.

Just as the two were about to clash, Fang Li gave a fierce head knock on both their heads, ending the pointless skirmish.

Subsequently, Jeanne and Tamamo took Hilda and Watson away.

"This is our first victory in the Far East Warfare, and it's thanks to you. Since you've handled the combat, we'll take care of the subsequent tasks."

"We'll also take care of the envoy from Liberty Mason. We'll make good use of it for negotiations with Liberty Mason."

With that, Jeanne and Tamamo took the two away.

Even Shirayuki was dragged away by Tamamo, looking at Fang Li with tearful eyes, nearly on the verge of crying.

"L-Li Sama! Please, don't be deceived by that thieving cat number three! Otherwise, I'll kill her! And then commit seppuku!"

Leaving this chilling statement, Shirayuki was taken away by Tamamo while sobbing.

In the end, only Fang Li and Riko remained.

Of course, they didn't stay behind for long.

Under Riko's guidance, Fang Li arrived at the girls' dormitory of Butei High and entered Riko's room.

Riko's room was not large but was covered in pink wallpaper and anime posters. Everywhere were clothes racks and wardrobes filled with cute clothes, creating a distinctly girlish atmosphere.

Even the bed in the center of the room was pink.

On this pink bed, a pink-haired girl was lying on it.

"Hehe... peach bun head..."

Murmuring such sleep-talk, Aria was sound asleep with an incredibly sweet appearance.

Fang Li didn't know how to describe his feelings at that moment.

He had fought desperately because of this girl's kidnapping, and now she was simply sleeping here?

However, judging by Aria's appearance, she probably wasn't truly asleep.

Most likely, Riko had used some method to render Aria unconscious.

"Who could blame Aria for having so many flaws?"

Riko seemed to read Fang Li's thoughts and said, "After all, she is just too careless."

"Knowing we're arch-enemies, yet still drinking the beverage I prepared— there's no saving you."

Indeed, while Aria typically has a very decisive and action-oriented personality, she also has a remarkably careless side.

It's likely that in Aria's mind, she had already considered Riko to be harmless, which is why she fell for Riko's trap so easily.

"But why did you do this?" Fang Li asked. "Rendering Aria unconscious, then disguising yourself as her and getting captured by Watson— what's the point of all this?"

"Huh? Why, indeed?" Riko said, pretending to be confused as she looked around, but continued, "Li Li is so smart. Could it be that you haven't guessed?"

Fang Li remained silent.

As Riko had mentioned, Fang Li did have some suspicions.

Riko is the descendant of France's legendary Phantom Thief Lupin.

However, Riko's family had fallen on hard times, and she was deceived by Vlad, who treated her as a breeding tool, planning to wait until she matured and then use her to produce outstanding offspring.

Three months ago, Fang Li defeated Vlad, killing his second vampire form and imprisoning him. 

But Riko had not gained true freedom.

After all, Vlad had a daughter as well.

Hilda.

Once Fang Li confirmed Hilda's identity, he wondered.

Since this vampire, who despises humans like her father, had come to Academy Island, it was impossible for her not to seek out Riko, right?

That's why Riko's behavior that night had been so unusual.

"Hilda wanted me to join Grenada (Servant) as a spy, to infiltrate Li Li's group and assist her," Riko suddenly said. "The reason I went to Li Li's room that night was because Hilda instructed me to gather information on you."

That night, however, Riko had merely spent the night playing with Fang Li.

"But who told Li Li to say such unsettling things to me all of a sudden?" Riko laughed as she continued, "So, I changed my mind, hoping to escape Hilda's control and achieve true freedom."

Riko's plan was to disguise herself as Aria.

Using her channels, the Phantom Thief had learned in advance that Watson was planning to make a move on Aria and understood that Watson and Hilda had allied. So, Riko disguised herself as Aria, got captured by Watson, and was taken to Hilda.

"I also knew that Li Li would definitely come to the location," Riko said with a somewhat lonely smile. "After all, Aria is important to you."

Riko's plan was to take the opportunity during Fang Li and Hilda's battle to launch a surprise attack on Hilda.

"Although Hilda is an old fart of a vampire, vampires still have weaknesses. Vlad used human genes to compensate for his shortcomings, but Hilda, who looks down on humans even more than Vlad, refuses to incorporate human genes into her body, considering it a stain on her noble bloodline."

Therefore, Hilda retained the weaknesses of a vampire.

Specifically, silver weapons.

"If Li Li hadn't defeated Hilda, I was planning to use this to kill her."

With that, Riko took out a bullet.

It was a silver bullet.

(End Of This Chapter)