Smack!
"Ouch, what are you doing!!!"
Clutching the hit spot, the Tuna glared at the newcomer and waved her pink fist, giving off a vibe of "If you don't give me an explanation, this Miss will give you one!"
Don't you know how much psychological trauma such a big slap can cause to an underage girl!
"Your eyes were glued straight to her. There are so many people here, aren't you ashamed?"
Silver-gray hair, as pure and cold as snow, cascaded down like tassels. Gem-like, clear, and shallowly exquisite eyes rippled with breathtaking beauty.
The culprit who sneak-attacked Kiana possessed artistic-level peerless beauty. Extremely curvaceous lines stretched the white shirt under the women's suit taut. Her graceful and slender lotus legs were fully wrapped in 30D black silk pantyhose, and further up was a seductive OL pencil skirt.
Kiana's eyes went straight again, almost forgetting that she had come charging over with an aggressive stance to demand an explanation.
Fortunately, Miss Mei seated next to her wasn't like a certain Paramecium who chanted heaven-defying things all day like, "What is marriage? Both characters (婚姻) have the 'woman' (女) radical, which proves that marriage is a ceremony for two women to be together!"
She spoke up: "This lady."
"Blair." Bronya, disguised as an adult, said faintly, "You can address me as such."
"Alright, Miss Blair."
Mei revealed a flawless, formulaic smile, clearly having no intention of introducing herself. "I admit, our family's idiot's reaction just now was indeed a bit rude, and I will lecture her accordingly afterwards to avoid making similar mistakes... However, considering we are all strangers, yet you singled her out—a weak girl—to lecture in public, doesn't that make you look like someone who bullies the soft and fears the hard?"
As she spoke, her gaze swept across the surroundings.
It was as if she were saying, 'So many ill-intentioned guys are virtually raping this poor widow with their eyes. Since you are so courageous, why don't you beat them all up?'
As the saying goes, "If you want to be pretty, wear mourning."
Setting aside the half of her face hidden by the black veil, the kneeling young woman's figure was quite formidable.
Coupled with the fitted Western-style mourning dress, many men were attracted precisely because of this. They gathered around with lewd and obscene looks, seemingly planning to 'get a share of the pie.'
Similar developments were common here. There is a special group in Far East society called "God-waiting girls" (Kamimachi Shoujo). These girls leave their families and wander the streets for various reasons. As long as someone can provide free accommodation and meals, that person becomes the 'God' in their eyes, and they will drag their luggage home with them.
As for what happens after going home... Ah, it doesn't matter, there won't be any 'warts', believe me, the probability is 'gonorrhea' (zero)!
Therefore, in the eyes of many onlookers, the reason this person was grandstanding so flamboyantly was merely to add some chips to the upcoming negotiation.
Simply put, driving up the p—price.
"These guys really know how to play. Right now, that is what you are thinking, right?"
Blair crossed her arms. Her silver-gray hair, tied in a ponytail, hung naturally, splitting into two Roman curls at the ends.
"I didn't say that."
After the initial astonishment, Miss Mei, realizing the Far East had its own national conditions here, smiled faintly.
"Regrettably, you guessed wrong." Blair snapped her fingers. "Kiyono isn't that kind of dirty woman who would casually sell her body. Being forced to the point of selling herself on the street is simply because she really has no other way."
"How so?"
Kiana, coming back to her senses, scratched the back of her head. Hearing that the other party was forced into such a plight, a blue flame symbolizing justice and axioms immediately burned in her crystal-clear eyes.
"The Raiden Ryoma embezzlement case, do you know it?" Blair answered herself, "You should know. In Nagazora City, where ME Corp is deeply rooted, this matter has reached the point where everyone knows about it."
Kiana froze, subconsciously glancing at Mei beside her.
The girl's face suddenly turned pale.
Four months ago, on November 16, 2013, ME Corp President Raiden Ryoma was arrested by the police on charges of "defrauding approximately 3.4 billion US dollars under the guise of financing the development of ultra-high frequency electromagnetic field confinement."
3.4 billion US dollars—what kind of concept is this?
To put it bluntly, if a small to medium-sized country like Cambodia took such a hit out of nowhere, there is a high probability the government would go directly bankrupt.
And since it was fraud, there would certainly be a large number of victims.
"Kiyono's husband was relevant personnel on that project. Because he believed too much in the business myth created by Raiden Ryoma over the past decade, he not only mortgaged their house deeds and savings but even borrowed more than one high-interest loan."
Looking at Kiyono kneeling there, Blair couldn't help but sigh in a low voice. "Until the financial thunder struck and Raiden Ryoma was arrested and imprisoned. Her husband never recovered from the setback and, under pressure from multiple sides, hanged himself."
The death of a scumbag gambler made Kiana instinctively want to clap and cheer, but she forcefully swallowed it back after glimpsing Mei's pale face filled with guilt out of the corner of her eye.
She comforted, "This Miss Kiyono is so pretty, she can totally find another good man to marry!"
"I say, you." Blair rubbed her temples, feeling speechless at the length of this girl's reflex arc. "Did you not hear what I just said? That dead ghost borrowed more than one sky-high usury loan before he died?"
Kiana suddenly realized, "So Miss Kiyono, having no way out, ran to the street to seek help?"
"Exactly."
"This won't do." Kiana frowned, muttering to herself, "We have to help her."
"Mn." Mei nodded softly.
She absolutely could not ignore the karmic debt committed by her father.
Seeing this, Bronya, using the alias Blair and transforming her body into an adult appearance, raised an eyebrow. She gave a meaningful look to the pot-bellied man on the right who was making frivolous remarks.
The man grinned upon seeing this and retracted the step he was about to take.
According to the previously established plan, the next step should have been for him, the 'wealthy' mine boss, to step forward and spend heavy money to take Kiyono, thereby disrupting the girls' thinking and prompting them to draw their swords to help without thinking.
Now it seemed that this white-haired little girl's sense of justice was simply bursting through the roof, and there was no need for him, an extra, to provide additional stimulation.
However, thinking about it carefully, it was precisely because this girl was a Kaslana and Commander Bronya feared her formidable strength that she chose courtesy before force. Instead of arresting Raiden Mei directly, she used the other party's guilt and sympathy to set a trap, luring them into the dragnet to catch a turtle in a jar.
In a sense, this was an inevitable development.
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