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Something was wrong… Even through her enhanced vision, Xiao Ling could not see anyone within the container, yet she could still clearly hear a crying girl. As a precaution, Xiao Ling took a small knife out of her sleeve, then took a step in, the sound of her boots echoing slightly in the container. In response, the crying faded and stopped, followed by an apologetic, feminine voice. It seemed like the girl was also a Savant, specifically an invis – nothing Xiao Ling hadn’t seen before. “It’s fine. Are you here t-“
Suddenly, the container shook to the side, taking Xiao Ling by surprise and leaving her on the floor, as the container lifted off the ground. While she started recovering her balance, a metal clang alerted Xiao Ling to the man climbing up the side of the container. Another sudden movement caused the container to shake once more, catching Xiao Ling off-balance again and leaving enough time for the man to climb up the container. The trenchcoat-clad man looked clearly flustered, but was calm enough to pull out a revolver and aim towards Xiao Ling, who had just got back on her feet. Realising there was nothing to be done at this point, Xiao Ling started lifting her hands up to show that she did not intend to fight, but not before the man suddenly flew to the right and into the wall of the container. Out of thin air, a small girl with neon pink hair materialised, still in a throwing position. The container shook once more as she ran towards Xiao Ling, before briefly explaining that they didn’t have much time.
“Look, I have no clue what’s going on right now,” Xiao Ling responded, “but I’ll follow your lead for now, tell me what I need to do.” Xiao Ling had no reason to trust the young girl, but she had nothing to lose at this point. Stowing away to Brazil probably wasn’t an option now, not with the crane operators having most likely spotted a man crawling into the side of the open container. The man himself seemed to still be conscious, despite the bleeding at his head and was yelling what was presumably the name of the girl next to her. If need be, she was willing to kill the man if she got the go-ahead from “Trixie”, but at the very least she would try to knock the man out before leaving the container. Xiao Ling had a lot of questions for “Trixie”, but now wasn’t the time. For now, her priority was getting out of the situation she had landed herself in.
Suddenly, the container shook to the side, taking Xiao Ling by surprise and leaving her on the floor, as the container lifted off the ground. While she started recovering her balance, a metal clang alerted Xiao Ling to the man climbing up the side of the container. Another sudden movement caused the container to shake once more, catching Xiao Ling off-balance again and leaving enough time for the man to climb up the container. The trenchcoat-clad man looked clearly flustered, but was calm enough to pull out a revolver and aim towards Xiao Ling, who had just got back on her feet. Realising there was nothing to be done at this point, Xiao Ling started lifting her hands up to show that she did not intend to fight, but not before the man suddenly flew to the right and into the wall of the container. Out of thin air, a small girl with neon pink hair materialised, still in a throwing position. The container shook once more as she ran towards Xiao Ling, before briefly explaining that they didn’t have much time.
“Look, I have no clue what’s going on right now,” Xiao Ling responded, “but I’ll follow your lead for now, tell me what I need to do.” Xiao Ling had no reason to trust the young girl, but she had nothing to lose at this point. Stowing away to Brazil probably wasn’t an option now, not with the crane operators having most likely spotted a man crawling into the side of the open container. The man himself seemed to still be conscious, despite the bleeding at his head and was yelling what was presumably the name of the girl next to her. If need be, she was willing to kill the man if she got the go-ahead from “Trixie”, but at the very least she would try to knock the man out before leaving the container. Xiao Ling had a lot of questions for “Trixie”, but now wasn’t the time. For now, her priority was getting out of the situation she had landed herself in.