"Mr. Ronald, I'll go up and knock on the door."
Arriving at the entrance of the snow cone shop, Oak was just about to knock on the door like before.
But this ti, just as he was about to speak and before he could take a step forward, Ronald caught up from behind and firmly pressed down on his shoulder, preventing him from advancing.
"Huh?"
"Ronald... sir?"
Oak cast a surprised glance at Ronald.
The next second, he saw the powerful holder of the original text nod at him. Then he stepped forward alone, standing between Oak and the snow cone shop's door.
"Oak, we don't need to be so formal for this visit."
As he said this, Ronald also gave Oak a gentle smile.
And imdiately following that—
Bam!
Ronald instantly lifted his right foot and kicked forward.
With a loud crash, the imnse force not only broke the latch and hinges but also sent the door itself flying from the fra, smashing into the wall deep inside the room, shattering into several pieces before helplessly falling to the ground.
"..."
Seeing Ronald's powerful way of breaking the door, Oak was montarily speechless, and his expression was quite remarkable.
This aggressive and rough approach...
Who exactly is the real agent of Entrode between him and Ronald?
"Oak, be careful from now on, and stay behind to avoid danger."
While Oak was stunned for a few seconds, Ronald had already walked into the snow cone shop.
It wasn't until Ronald's shout ca from inside that Oak, the agent of Entrode, ca to his senses and quickly followed.
It was nightti.
No lighting equipnt was turned on inside the snow cone shop, making the environnt darker than the sky outside.
However, at the seemingly empty storefront entrance,
Ronald's extraordinary vision noticed a figure sitting behind the counter.
It was a man with his head down.
He wasn't particularly burly, but he also wasn't the kind of malnourished slimness common in this era.
At this mont, the man sat in place, as if exhausted from a day's work and had dozed off right there behind the counter.
...
Following closely behind Ronald, Oak also entered the snow cone shop.
He noticed Ronald's serious gaze and deduced the silhouette sitting behind the counter in the darkness.
"Mr. Ronald, is this...?"
Ronald replied in a low voice,
"He's not human, and he's exactly what I was looking for tonight."
With the aid of spell perception, Ronald was certain the man sitting there wasn't human, not to ntion that the noise from his violent breaking of the door hadn't awakened the guy at all.
At this mont, all the evidence ca together.
Ronald was very sure that his target for tonight was right before him.
And with such an answer in front of Oak, the agent of Entrode also imdiately had a thought:
"Not human... so the thing we're looking for tonight is the summoned creature lurking in the shopping district!"
Oak's expression was a mix of excitent.
The issue of summoned creatures had been a hot topic in Waterfall City, or rather in the mysterious field of Entrode, and even abroad had received related news. As a legit agent, Oak was naturally aware of its impact.
According to what he saw and heard walking with Ronald tonight,
he naturally connected the dots to this aspect.
Oak even had a bold guess—
Perhaps the Batty master whom Ronald ntioned several tis tonight was actually an inside agent implanted in Entrode by summoned creatures, which is why he held Kangdingrant's token.
After all, things that could alarm these figures in the country weren't many.
"..."
"You're not far off."
Ronald nodded slightly at Oak.
Tracing it back, the origin of the true nuclear creature indeed was the Summoned Creature Rebellion incident in Twin Creek City.
This explanation wasn't wrong.
"..."
"Gentlen, we aren't open at night."
As Ronald and Oak whispered to each other, the man sitting behind the counter finally reacted.
He seed to realize that his identity had been exposed.
So, although he began speaking as a snow cone shop employee, his movents were nothing like a normal human's.
Sitting there, he raised his head with quite rigid movents, tilted his head, and with a cold and harsh gaze, stared intently at Ronald and Oak.
"If you want to try our shop's rchandise, please follow the promotional thods to make a reservation, or wait until the store officially opens to receive custors."
"Co over here first!" The man was still introducing the snow cone shop's operations when Ronald suddenly spoke up.
At that mont, Ronald extended his right hand.
As he cast a manipulation spell across the air on the shop assistant, the body flew from behind the counter, straight into Ronald's outstretched hand.
"Ugh..."
The assistant let out an unpleasant sound in Ronald's grasp, his body continuously struggling.
During this process, Ronald began gathering more physical information about him.
—Skin cold.
—The blood flowing through the neck's veins felt different from a normal person's touch.
—Even in complete darkness, special pupils and whites of the eyes were clearly distinguishable.
This guy had been completely overtaken by a true nuclear creature.
And unlike Batty, who needed to disguise his appearance externally, this guy mostly interacted with ordinary people, so there wasn't much external concealnt.
"This is enough..."
Ronald's tone was terrible, and his expression was quite grim.
The power of the Sun rose sharply within his hand, imdiately setting the struggling true nuclear creature host ablaze.
Boom—
Instantly, the dark snow cone shop was lit up like daylight by the flas.
Utilizing the burning process of the true nuclear creature host, Ronald and Oak could see everything inside the snow cone shop more clearly.
The counter, shelves, even so small baskets placed around the storefront.
Everywhere in here, they could see small boxes of packaged goods ready for sale.
And the contents inside these small boxes were the smooth, delicious 'snow cone' promoted by the shop!
Sizzle—
Suddenly, Ronald heard so faint sounds beneath his feet.
Without thinking much, he defensively followed his instincts in the blink of an eye. As he slamd the burning body onto the floor, he spun around and swiftly retreated to another part of the store.
Imdiately after, Ronald witnessed what had been hidden in the darkness.
In the corner of the counter wall he approached, so white 'snow cones' were creeping along the floor's gaps, extending toward where his feet had been!
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