Demon King – Chapter 366 – Has the Demon Lord Become Prey

“A transnational illegal animal poaching organization, UG?”

Inside the local police station, the routinely working overtime Officer Li held a file in his hands. His brows were tightly knit with an expression showing a mix of headache and confusion.

“Yes… we recently received word that they’ve come to Huanghai City, so we’ve been told to pay attention and cooperate with the arrest.”

A young officer at the side handed over the documents while explaining the current situation.

“They illegally capture various protected animals or some rare individuals, then either sell them at high prices on the underground market or sell them to zoos or certain biological research institutes… They’re already jointly wanted by more than a dozen countries.”

“That name sounds pretty half-assed. Unicorn plus griffin? So they deal with both the underworld and the legitimate side? If they can get involved with zoos or research institutes like that, it means they must be secretly cooperating with some officially affiliated foreign organizations, right?”

“Possibly. Or maybe part of their business is indeed provided by those organizations… Right now the higher ups have only said for us locals to cooperate with the arrest. Aside from these few files, they didn’t say much else.”

Officer Li let out a sigh, lamenting that there really had been a lot going on in Huanghai City lately. First there was the home invasion robbery gang, then two different human trafficking organizations, and now a transnational group had shown up again. He could only hope it wouldn’t be over in the Eastern District, otherwise things there would really be too much.

“Since it’s an animal poaching organization, what are they doing coming to Huanghai? Do we even have an underground market here?” Officer Li pondered this. There weren’t any rare animals around here. These people could only be here to sell things, right?

Even though he had only been transferred back to Huanghai recently, that didn’t stop him from understanding the situation here. Even in the most chaotic Eastern District, if there really were such an underground market, it would have been wiped out by them long ago.

“And if they really were selling those rare animals, what are the customs people even doing? They didn’t catch this at all? The chance that they were smuggled in illegally isn’t that high, is it?”

Slapping the file he had skimmed through onto the desk, Officer Li was also quite puzzled. How did these people manage to bring all that stuff past customs inspections?

The file only contained a general overview of the organization. There wasn’t even a single suspect listed among the member information. It was obvious that this organization’s concealment work was done quite well. They weren’t an easy target to deal with.

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“The higher ups aren’t clear on that either. We’ve only heard that an informant caught wind of something… As for how many people they have, how they entered the country, or what they’re here to do, none of that is known.”

“Then how are we supposed to catch them? We don’t know anything. How are we supposed to start working?”

Officer Li complained irritably.

“They’re not giving us any key information at all. How are we supposed to cooperate with the people they send over?”

“First we have to figure out what they came here to do. If we don’t clear that up, we can’t carry out any work at all. Go report to the higher ups and say that the information is insufficient and it’s not convenient to begin operations.”

Knocking his knuckles against the tabletop a few times, Officer Li continued to pick up the files to study them after giving his instructions.

The purpose of this type of organization was nothing more than three possibilities. Making contact to do business, hunting a target, or conducting semi public sales in the local underground market. Judging from the overall situation, the latter two were not very likely.

Not to mention that Huanghai itself didn’t really have any rare animals. These people couldn’t possibly be here to harvest oysters, right? And they most likely entered through legitimate means. As long as customs was doing its job properly, whether it was hunting tools or their so called goods, they probably wouldn’t have been able to pass inspection at all. So the latter two possibilities were basically ruled out.

If it was making contact, then it was even more troublesome. There were too few leads and no information at all. The police side simply had no way to begin operations.

“All we can do is first ask customs whether there have been any clearance applications related to hunting… If they really came to catch something, they’d have to bring tools, right?”

Letting out a sigh, Officer Li picked up the file and left the office.

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“What… what the hell is this?”

Pain flared from several spots on her back. The sensation of being hit by something small combined with a needle-like sting immediately made the little Demon Lord feel that something was very wrong.

Very quickly, she realized that her limbs were starting to lose strength. The wings behind her also began to feel heavy, and the flapping motions grew more and more labored.

“What is this stuff…”

Relying on her inhuman night vision, Eiru noticed several unidentified objects on the ground that looked like bullets. Judging from the syringes attached to them, these were probably what had just hit her.

As if noticing that she was still able to move, the sound of something cutting through the air rang out again. This time, Her Majesty the Demon Lord reacted, hurriedly dragging her heavy body to the side, trying to dodge the unknown attack.

With advance preparation, relying on her naturally inhuman reaction speed, plus the enhancement to her reactions provided by magic, the little Demon Lord successfully avoided this round of attack.

Before she could steady her body, the third wave of attacks followed immediately after. Her powerless body was already showing signs of numbness. Her body couldn’t keep up with her reactions. Eiru could only watch helplessly as another bullet-like object struck her arm.

Even though she was hit, the sensation of something being injected into her arm immediately made Her Majesty the Demon Lord realize that what hit her was likely something similar to a tranquilizer dart.

‘Have I been discovered? Are they going to capture me and slice me up for research?!’

Fear instantly flooded her mind. Without time to think further, Eiru hurriedly spread her wings, intending to leave as fast as possible and find somewhere to lie low first.

“Hiss!”

The stabbing pain coming from several spots on her wing membranes made the little girl suck in a sharp breath… Once her wings were spread, her target became bigger. Those hidden attackers obviously wouldn’t miss such an opportunity and quickly followed up with several more cold shots.

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With a slap-like sound, Her Majesty the Demon Lord collapsed uncontrollably onto the ground. Clearly, the anesthetic had already begun to take effect… And seeing that she was finally subdued, two people hiding in the shadows revealed themselves.

“Down?”

“Definitely. The dosage we used is enough to take down two lions. This big bat girl really held out for a while…”

The two communicated in a foreign language. After circling around and testing a bit, they confirmed that the girl on the ground indeed showed no signs of getting up. They waved toward the distance, signaling to another accomplice hidden inside the building. That person put away the weapon in their hand, braced one hand on the windowsill, and flipped over.

“She’s still alive, right?”

“No problem. Looks like she’s breathing.”

“That’s good. Only a live one can sell for a good price…”

The three exchanged words while dragging out a fairly large empty suitcase, clearly intending to place the girl on the ground inside it.

“Will she fit? Those wings are so big. Won’t there be a problem?”

“If she doesn’t fit, we’ll make her fit. Worst case, we break her wings. As long as she doesn’t die, it’s fine…”

“Hurry it up. We finally caught this chance. If someone comes later, it’ll be troublesome.”

Worried that the people monitoring a certain loli might notice something amiss, the three didn’t dare to waste time. Dragging the suitcase, they came up to their prey. After spreading the suitcase open, one of them reached out, picked up the prey lying on the ground, and stuffed her inside the suitcase…

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However, the three of them failed to notice that the girl who should have fallen asleep due to the anesthetic, after hearing their words, suddenly had a faint curve appear at the corner of her mouth.

Translator Note

Hi, hi, InvisiblePain here~

I started taking over the translation of this novel because the previous translator was slacking too much~

I heard there were 2 translators of this novel from this website (another 2 if we count the very earlier ones outside this website) who had translated this novel.

Yep, there were that many predecessors, to the point that it feels like a cursed novel where anyone who involved with this novel will become a slacker like a certain little Demon Lord~

So, apparently I became the 5th translator of this novel~

To take note, honestly I dislike novels with gender bender + straight romance combo, to the point that my heart might feel disgusted whenever I read one (don’t judge me if my preference is different than yours, okay?). But the previous translator just dumped this one to me without giving me a chance to say anything, so let’s just hope I won’t be the next slacker~ (Hint: I love money more than my emotional heart, so you guys buying premium chapters can reduce the possibility of me being lazy, tehee~)

I don’t know if my translation’s quality can be as good as my senpais’, but I will try my best. You may notice some differences in our translation styles. At least I will try to use the same names and terms used by them. So, if you found any inconsistencies, you can just comment here or chat me on discord ya~

Enjoy reading~