When the vehicle finally stopped at the gate of the City of Sighs, Rita and the others on board finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After spending quite some time in the desert, they had finally arrived at their destination.
"So this is the Wall of Sighs..." Theresa, who got out of the car with Susannah, looked up with wide eyes, a sigh of admiration escaping her lips.
"Hehe, this is a great masterpiece that the City of Sighs has accumulated over nearly a hundred years!" Susannah stood at the front of the car, her hands on her hips with pride. "My grandpa, and my parents, have all put in a lot of effort for this city!"
In the car, Susannah, who had been coaxed by Rita until she was a little lost, had already revealed her background completely, even giving them her birth date and time.
Unlike those who had fled to the City of Sighs after the Great Honkai, Susannah was a native of the City of Sighs, born and raised.
However, unlike the people of the City of Sighs in Rita's impression... Susannah had a strong sense of innocence, like a child who had grown up in the top guild of [Peach Blossom Spring], with a face full of worldly inexperience.
Rita would only give a second glance to such a person appearing anywhere, but she had appeared in the City of Sighs, and was a child who had grown up in this gray area...
To keep a child born and raised in the City of Sighs so pure, there was only one group in the City of Sighs that could do this.
The leaders.
Coupled with Susannah's firm statement, "Grandpa is my biological grandpa!", the little secret Susannah had wanted to keep was completely exposed.
The only remaining second-generation... no, third-generation official in the entire City of Sighs.
"It's even more magnificent than what Sister Susannah said..." Li Sushang, who had jumped out of the car, was already looking down on people, but a cold wind blew against the sun, making her shiver. "It's just a little cold..."
After saying this, she closed her mouth herself.
To say it was cold in the desert under the sun... she herself felt it was absurd!
"It is a bit cold," Theresa looked at the gate of the City of Sighs, her brows slightly furrowed. "There shouldn't be this kind of cold air in the desert... Rita?"
"There really shouldn't be this kind of cold air in the desert," Rita shook her head. "The low temperature in the desert is caused by the low heat capacity of the sand, and it will never produce this kind of cold current that is itself low in temperature.
"And... this low temperature gives me a sense of familiarity," Rita said, her hand unconsciously placed on a small bag at her waist.
Since the battle with Parvati, the number of incendiary bombs Rita usually carried had almost doubled, and she had also brought a lot of special equipment, just in case she suddenly encountered an enemy with special abilities like Parvati.
And this cold air blowing from the city made Rita smell a hint of danger.
"Miss Susannah, can you take us into the city?" After calming the restlessness in her heart, she smiled at Susannah.
"Ah? Oh, oh," Susannah was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded and led the group towards the gate.
The conversation between Theresa and the others was not actually avoiding Susannah or anything, but Susannah only thought it was the difference between foreign friends. She had heard that the north and south of Shenzhou were completely different people. It was normal for these people from foreign countries to have nothing in common with her.
As for the cold they mentioned... maybe they were from the equatorial region? Wasn't it said to be hotter than the desert there?
Susannah thought so, completely ignoring the rain belt and the tropical rainforest climate.
But when she reached the gate, Susannah also felt the cold air that the others had mentioned. And the people on duty at the gate were sparse, completely different from when she had set out.
Something had happened.
Even a slow person like Susannah understood at this moment that something must have happened in the city. Otherwise, her grandpa and parents would never have moved the people on duty from the gate.
"Miss Susannah!" The team leader, who was standing in for a guard and standing ramrod straight, spotted the group Susannah was leading. He quickly gave some instructions to the team members next to him and ran over. "You're finally back..."
"Lord Tafira said that if you come back, you don't need to go to the supply center, just go home directly."
"Huh?" Susannah was stunned for a moment. "But I still need to sign for this batch of goods..."
As she spoke, Susannah leaned closer to the guard captain with some pride. "Let me tell you, I'm the team leader for this mission~"
A drop of cold sweat trickled down the team leader's forehead. "Miss Susannah can authorize someone to sign on your behalf, but Lord Tafira can't wait now..."
Susannah blinked, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. "Could it be..."
"Is grandpa dying?!"
The moment he heard such outrageous words, the team leader almost fainted.
"Lord Tafira is in good health!!"
If Lord Tafira knew that he had led Miss Susannah to say such a thing, his skull would be pried open and he would be turned into a plate of "monkey brain"!!
"But now there is a terrifying creature called a [Herrscher] in the city. Everyone has been mobilized to find its whereabouts. Lord Tafira is worried about your safety, so he asked us to inform you immediately..." The team leader didn't care what he could or couldn't say, and just blurted out everything he knew.
"Herrscher?" Susannah tilted her head, with a "what are you talking about" expression on her face.
But behind Susannah, Theresa's expression instantly collapsed.
"What Herr... Mmph!" Just as she called out, Theresa's mouth was covered by Rita's quick hands. She looked up and saw that Rita's face was also grim.
"Lord Theresa, the top priority is to find Siegfried, Cecilia, and the others from the Snow Wolf Squad and meet up with them," Rita said in a low voice. "The Fire Moths have not yet disclosed information about the Herrschers on a large scale. Looking at this person, it seems that they don't know what a Herrscher represents either."
"If we ask, it might arouse suspicion and even expose us to the Herrscher's eyes," she paused and added the last sentence.
"Captain Theresa, you are probably the person in this city who has the most complete information about [Herrschers] right now. We must prioritize giving all the information you know to the Snow Wolf Squad..."
"Or Miss Susannah's grandfather, Mr. Tafira," Rita's gaze turned to Susannah again.
No one noticed that just as Theresa and the others entered the city, a black shadow shot out from the passage, swayed, and rushed into the distance. And following closely behind was a small, almost invisible white shadow.