Demon King – Chapter 368 – Demon Lord Disconnected

“Why hasn’t that girl come out yet? Should we go in and take a look?”

Outside a convenience store at the mouth of the alley, two young men were sitting on the public rest benches in front of the shop, glancing toward the alley from time to time.

“Let’s wait a bit longer. Could it be that she went back the way she came? Should we ask the group on the other side?”

On the premise of ensuring a certain girl’s personal safety, they had also been given this order from above.

‘Avoid direct contact with the target as much as possible, do not let her notice their presence, and do not interfere with her daily life.’

So in their day to day operations, they were all disguised as ordinary passersby, maintaining a considerable distance and concealing their presence as much as possible… At the same time, based on different regional positions, they would flexibly hand off responsibilities in groups according to the loli’s movements.

Narrow places like alleys made it very difficult to avoid being noticed by the girl if they followed too closely… So locations that were inconvenient to tail directly were designated as the group handoff points mentioned above.

Once they noticed that Eiru seemed about to enter a place like an alley, they would immediately contact the members stationed at the other end. Upon receiving the message, the people on the opposite side would arrive in advance near the corresponding exit to wait for her appearance and complete the group swap.

“What do you think she ran out for in the middle of the night? It’s already almost midnight, and she’s only wearing a nightgown…”

Thinking about the time, one of them really couldn’t understand the reason that loli had come out.

“Who knows what that little demon is thinking. Maybe her way of thinking isn’t quite the same as humans? Or maybe she’s nocturnal to begin with?”

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“Are you kidding? We’re the group that’s watched her the longest… If anyone knows her daily habits, shouldn’t it be you?”

The young man lightly tapped the table with his knuckles.

“She basically behaves like a good kid at home at night. Her nightlife is probably less exciting than us sitting here.”

“Exciting or not, it’s still pretty cold… And I don’t know if she’ll catch a chill dressed that lightly.”

The other showed a somewhat worried expression. After watching that loli for so long, feelings inevitably formed to some extent.

“Why are you worrying about her now? Want to go buy her a hot drink?”

Seeing his partner getting so invested, the young man couldn’t help teasing him.

“After all, we’ve been watching her for so long, and that girl is one of a kind in this world… Emotionally and logically speaking, none of us want anything to happen to her, right?”

While waiting for the loli to appear, the two kept an eye on the alley entrance while chatting idly with each other… Before long, the topic shifted to someone’s younger sister.

“Come to think of it, she’s the only one who gets this level of protection, right? What about her sister? Do we not need to worry about her?”

“Her sister isn’t that important. Just keep an eye on her on the side. And her sister usually isn’t even here. She only came over yesterday…”

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After noticing Eiru’s existence, the higher ups immediately locked down her identity information. As her biological younger sister, Eiya naturally also received a certain degree of attention.

Unlike Eiru, who had dodged physical examinations for N years, Eiya had complete physical examination records from the past few years… After confirming that Eiya was indeed just an ordinary human girl, the level of importance placed on her naturally dropped quite a bit.

But considering that Eiya was her sister, and to avoid Eiru developing any antisocial tendencies due to family members being hurt, Eiya was naturally also included within the protection scope. However, the priority was not high and could basically be considered incidental.

After all, Eiya normally lived in the much more stable Western District, and there were also many people looking after and caring for her… All available manpower resources on hand were still focused on the loli who lived alone.

It could be said that in order to prevent Eiru from going down a crooked path and to cultivate a healthy social personality for her, the people above had put in a great deal of effort… If it weren’t inconvenient to contact her directly, and if her parents were not still alive, Eiru probably would have been taken away long ago to receive specialized upbringing and education.

“No, I can’t wait anymore. What did the other side say? This has taken way too long. I feel like something’s wrong.”

After waiting nearly forty minutes with still no news from inside, one of them stood up, his patience clearly exhausted.

“Let’s go in and take a look… They said they haven’t seen anyone either and are planning to enter from their side too.”

With his brows tightly furrowed, the other looked at the reply from the other group on his phone and agreed with his partner’s suggestion.

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“Lu Brat, where are you?”

Holding the hand of a certain silver haired loli, Yuki led Eiya through the nearby alleys, searching for his girlfriend’s figure.

“Why are you dragging me along? Wouldn’t it be faster to split up and search separately?” Wearing a casual dress, Eiya couldn’t understand Yuki’s actions at all.

If they were in a hurry to find someone, why not use a more efficient method? Splitting up would definitely be better than the two of them running around like headless flies right now, wouldn’t it?

“How about I go to the milk tea shop area first, and you stay around the alleys…”

“No. I’m afraid you’ll get lost… If I lose you and then Lu Brat comes back, she’ll probably eat me alive on the spot.”

Yuki cut off Eiya mid sentence and directly rejected her proposal.

‘Even if you’re a bit better than your sister, you’re still a dumb girl. If I let go now, I’ll probably end up finding your sister later, only to have to repeat the whole ‘finding a lost loli’ process all over again. Then split up again, lose someone again, and stack the problem infinitely…’

And the Eastern District is this chaotic. Eiya doesn’t have the absurd level of self protection that Eiru does… Yuki never worries about Eiru’s personal safety. What he worries about is her brain going offline and her doing something stupid and getting herself into trouble.

“I’m not a child. How could I possibly get lost!”

Eiya immediately got upset. Even if she wasn’t as good as her sister, she still had a pretty decent level of self care ability, okay?

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“Yes, yes, yes. I already notified Jiaqi. He’s on his way.”

Yuki replied perfunctorily, one hand firmly holding Eiya by the wrist while fiddling with the phone in his other hand.

No matter how smart you are, you’re still just a fourteen year old loli. Not to mention you, even your sister gets treated like a kid by me… Because this kind of thing has never been about age or ability. It’s always about whether you make people worry.

“Isn’t it kind of bad to call Brother Jiaqi out in the middle of the night? What if he’s already asleep?”

“You don’t need to worry about that. His nightlife is extremely rich and colorful…”

Yuki complained a bit about that particular rival who had competed with him for his girlfriend and ultimately lost.

Jiaqi’s personality was relatively outgoing to begin with, making it easy for him to get along with others. Coupled with some overseas experiences as conversation material, he easily gathered a group of new close friends… When Yuki contacted him just now, the guy was still happily playing cards with others.

But no matter what, Eiru and Eiya were both his childhood friends. Or rather, childhood sweethearts now? In any case, their positions in his heart had always been firmly there.

So when he heard that Eiru had gotten into trouble, and that Eiya was also on site, he was so frightened that he hurriedly said goodbye to that group of buddies and quickly hailed a taxi to rush toward their location…