"High-risk targets?"
Milton, intrigued by the words, asked curiously, "For example?"
"Many," Su Shijun replied calmly as she gazed ahead, fiddling with the bracelet on her wrist. "For example, demons featured on the arrest warrant, or the Black Wizards unwelcome in the academy; and also certain existences in the depths of the Starry Sky... like the black tide sweeping out from the Silent Forest and crashing into the campus."
She thought about Korma, whom she had recently encountered; thought about the Outer God projection Zheng Qing had encountered in the North District; and visualized Poseidon, perhaps still curled up in bed indulging in his laziness. Worried shadows flickered through her eyes.
Milton laughed awkwardly.
He remembered the wizards from the Dark Council who maintained ties with the Moon Council, and that sneaky Big Mouse. Feeling nervous, he glanced around cautiously.
