Goblin Reincarnation in Another World (Anime/Manga)

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However, somewhat awkwardly, nothing happened that night.

As dawn approached, the maids, exhausted, carried Niu Zida back to the inn to rest. Niu Zida was extremely embarrassed; had he made a mistake this time?

Absolutely not. Niu Zida believed that no normal person would use Morse code to transmit information in broad daylight. There must be something wrong. Maybe the agreed date wasn't that evening. To maintain his prestige in front of the maid, Niu Zida decided to continue staking out the location.

For three consecutive nights, Niu Zida and his group went to stake out the location, but nothing happened...

Niu Zida knew that the maids were starting to distrust him, especially since he had to stay up late every night to keep watch over them, just like a policeman arresting a criminal. But things had already come to this point, wouldn't it be even worse for Niu Zida to admit that he had misjudged the situation? Like a gambler, Niu Zida could only believe that his judgment was correct and continue to increase his bets.

Yoel still trusted Niu Zida to some extent, but Misato Shizuku and Kuroyukihime had already become suspicious. However, since it was their master's order, the three maids had no choice but to continue staking out the location.

However, perseverance pays off. Thanks to Niu Zida's persistence, the ambush that night finally yielded results. Just when the three maids thought they were going to get nothing again, they suddenly saw a dark figure sneaking towards the Chiori-ya. Niu Zida, who had been playing with Yoru and Daiyukiko and was almost asleep from boredom, suddenly perked up.

“These people are definitely suspicious. Keep an eye on them.”

The other three maids also perked up. After all, they had been watching outside the Chiori-ya for a week and had finally made a breakthrough. They even hoped that these people were agents or spies, otherwise it would be a waste of their hard work over the past week.

After surveying the surroundings, several dark figures quickly entered the Chiori-ya house through the back door along the wall. Watching them go in, Niu Zida pinched Yoru's large snow-white stalk and said:

"Rush up there quickly and see what these people are up to."

With a breakthrough finally achieved, the maids dared not slack off and quickly followed, entering the Chiori House. The Chiori House was pitch black and no one could be seen. Joel instinctively hugged Niu Zida tightly, afraid that something might happen to harm his master.

"Everyone, please pay attention, something's not right."

Although Chiori-ya is a high-end clothing store, it is honestly not very big inside. When Niu Zida went in last time, he secretly observed the place, but it was pitch black inside and he couldn't see anyone. It felt a bit strange. If there were no traps, a small room like this shouldn't be able to hide anyone.

After Niu Zida's reminder, the maids also became more alert. Fortunately, Yole herself had the ability to stealth, so she quietly told Misato Shizuku and Kuroyukihime to wait for her where they were. Holding Niu Zida in the dark night, she was able to quickly detect people's presence. It was then that Yole realized that the people who had entered earlier were all gathered on the second floor.

Joel quickly sneaked up to the second floor, only to find that there was another row of rooms above the stairs. The space below was not large, but the upper part was not open to the public if it were for business purposes. What was the point of leaving such a large empty space? There was clearly a problem with the design.

Where exactly are these people?

The second floor was also pitch black, and Niu Zida couldn't see anything. He could only pinch Yoru's big snowball to ask her what was going on. After all, in this environment, only Yoru could know what was happening around them. Misato Shizuku and Kuroyukihime were downstairs and no longer with Niu Zida.

“Master, it seems they are all gathered in the innermost room on the second floor, and there are many people in there.”

Joel carefully discerned the other party's aura and then pointed out the location of those people. At this point, Niu Zida also wanted to know what the other party was doing, so he whispered an order for Joel to sneak over and find out who these people were.

Quietly slipping into the room filled with people, Joel listened intently. He could hear what sounded like a woman's voice inside, which only fueled his curiosity. Even Niu Zida could faintly hear sounds coming from within.

"Where did you put the things? Tell me now..."

"It's been almost half a month, and you still don't want to talk about it?"

"Our patience is limited. If this continues, don't blame us for running out of patience and doing something outrageous."

What's going on? Is this a kidnapping? Hearing these sounds, Niu Zida became even more curious...

Chapter 106 Nel's Kidnapping

Chapter 106.

Niu Zida listened intently to the sounds inside. The intermittent sounds were a mix of a woman's pleas and a man's rebukes. The more Niu Zida listened, the more uneasy he felt, so he simply ordered Joel to go in and check the situation.

Joel, naturally, did not hesitate to obey the order. She had already suspected that something was wrong inside, so she simply kicked open the door and entered the room by physically unlocking it.

Sure enough, a beautiful girl was tied to a chair in the room. Her long, flowing hair was styled into red twin ponytails, topped with a cow-horn headdress. Her bright, large eyes blinked, revealing a pitiful expression, and her delicate face was captivating at first glance.

Chapter 118

You'll fall in love with her at first glance. Although her breasts aren't particularly large, they appear firm and shapely against her slender waist.

At this moment, the beautiful girl was sitting on a chair, her arms were tied behind her back, and a wad of cloth was stuffed into her tender red mouth.

Below the slender, snow-white calves of the beautiful girl were a pair of jade feet painted with light blue nail polish, dangling limply on the side of the chair. Niu Zida, who was riding on Yor's snowy neck, took a closer look and realized that this was Nel from Genshin Impact. How did she end up here?

"Who are you? Ah...the guests from that day..."

The people inside the house were taken aback by Joel's sudden intrusion. Then one of them seemed to recognize Joel, after all, Joel's beauty was so unforgettable that it would leave a strong impression after just one look.

"This is kidnapping! Release that lady!"

Actually, Joel wasn't quite sure what was going on, but he needed a pretext to get in, and seeing Nel tied to a chair, he naturally used that as an excuse.

"I advise you to mind your own business."

"This girl is really pretty..."

"Yes, although Nel is already very pretty, this little one is not bad-looking either. The boss will definitely be happy to hand her over."

"How come she's carrying a goblin on her back? It's really strange to see goblins in the capital."

The people inside the house naturally wouldn't respond to Joel's request. Rather, seeing that she dared to come in and cause trouble for them all by herself, they saw Joel as a lamb entering a tiger's den, so they began to speak rudely.

Hearing their words, Joel glanced coldly at them and asked in a low voice:

"Master, may I take action against these people?"

"That's possible, but we need to leave them alive. I still have information to ask them."

Now that Niu Zida had given his permission, Yor naturally wouldn't hold back. The Thorn Princess used her kunai and almost instantly began a killing spree inside the room. The relatively narrow and enclosed space actually allowed Yor to operate more freely. In just two or three minutes, everyone in the room had died under Yor's attack. Of course, because of Niu Zida's orders, Yor specially left one person alive for interrogation.

When Joel stopped a few minutes later, the room was filled with the smell of blood. This terrified Nel, who was tied to a chair, and her face turned pale. The man who was left behind was so frightened that he lost control of his bladder and lay on the ground with his legs trembling. He never imagined that a slender and beautiful woman could wipe out his entire group in just two or three minutes in such a room.

Joel stepped forward and removed the gag from Nel's mouth. The freed girl was finally able to breathe deeply, as if she had been suffocating from having her mouth blocked for so long.

"It doesn't matter to you, right?"

"Um...I'm alright...but please hurry and save Miss Chiori...cough cough cough..."

"Please speak slowly, don't rush."

Seeing that Nel was speaking in a hurry and even choked and started coughing, Joel quickly stepped forward to comfort her. Unfortunately, there was no water around, otherwise Joel would have given Nel a sip to let her catch her breath.

"It's alright, let me ask about the situation over there first."

Niu Zida wasn't in a hurry to ask Nilu, but instead gestured for Joel to ask the survivor first. It was only then that Nilu noticed a small goblin clinging to Joel's beautiful back. The girl was a little stunned, probably because this was the first time she had ever seen a goblin, and she was probably a little frightened by its appearance.

"Answer the master's next questions honestly, unless you don't want to live anymore."

"I...I understand...I understand..."

After threatening the man, Joel handed over the interrogation authority to Niu Zida. At this moment, Kuroyukihime and Misato Shizuku, who were downstairs, heard the fighting sounds inside the house and came up as well. When they entered, they saw the situation in the room, which was filled with the smell of blood. It seemed that the battle had been resolved smoothly.

"Very good. If your answer satisfies me, I will spare your life."

"I see."

The man was trembling with fear, completely unlike his earlier rudeness towards Joel. After all, the fact that a group of people had been cleanly and efficiently dealt with by a beautiful woman in just a few minutes was a nightmare-level shock.

"First of all, what organization do you belong to?"

"We...we are an organization affiliated with the Abyss Order..."

"Nonsense, would the Abyss Order want trash like you?"

The other party was immediately refuted by Niu Zida. The Abyss Order was full of Abyss Mages and Apostles, not such useless trash. Niu Zida had seen it in the game, especially the Abyss where the Ice and Water Apostles teamed up to fight the Permafrost event, which left a deep impression on Niu Zida in his original world. Now this bunch of trash dares to call themselves the Abyss Order? It's a joke. Besides, these people don't look like they know how to use Abyss power at all.

"I...I didn't lie, I'm telling the truth."

Seeing that Niu Zida didn't believe him at all, the man worried that he might be in danger of losing his life if the other party thought he was lying, so he quickly started to defend himself.

"Then why don't you know how to use the power of the abyss?"

"It's precisely because we can't use the power of the abyss that we had to kidnap Nel and Chiori..."

Niu Zida became increasingly confused as he listened, so he simply asked the man to explain in detail. The man calmed himself down and then...

Chapter 119

The whole story was explained: after these members of the Abyss Order were transported to this world, they discovered that they could not use the Abyss Power and forbidden knowledge that they originally possessed on the continent of Teyvat, and they could not unleash the power of the Apostles.

"Then what does this have to do with kidnapping Nelchiori?"

"Our research suggests that the inability to use forbidden knowledge is likely due to a lack of elemental power. So when we saw someone in Teyvat who possessed a Vision, we thought that perhaps that Vision could restart elemental energy and allow us to regain our power."

Chapter 107 Secret Base

Chapter 107.

"This stuff isn't a medicinal ingredient."

Upon hearing what the other party said, Niu Zida felt it was outrageous. How could the people of the Abyss Order be so unreliable? How could they come up with such a terrible idea?

"There's no other way. Without power, the Abyss Order can't do anything in this world. This is the only solution we can come up with."

"But if you don't have the power, how could you possibly kidnap someone who truly has the Eye of God? Or rather, isn't this a paradox? If you really have the power to deal with someone who has the Eye of God, it means you don't need to kidnap them, and the people you can kidnap are probably powerless."

Niu Zida's rant left the man speechless. Judging from his expression, he probably hadn't thought about this question either.

"Well... this is the only way we can think of for now. Maybe they still have some elemental energy left on them."

"They're not elemental beings..."

Feeling that the other person was talking more and more outrageous, Nel didn't care about that and instead pleaded:

"No matter what, please save Miss Chiori first."

"Miss Chiori has been kidnapped too?"

"Yes, I was originally performing here with the Zuber Theatre Troupe when I met Ms. Chiori. She invited me to be a model. I didn't want to accept, but Ms. Chiori insisted. Just when I hesitated and wanted to personally thank her for her kindness, I unexpectedly encountered this kidnapping. To protect me, Ms. Chiori was willing to leave with them first and leave me here."

Why did they leave you here alone?

"I heard it's because of the experimental subjects or something..."

"Hmm, what exactly is going on?"

Nilu couldn't explain it clearly at this point, so Niu Zida naturally asked the captured man, who then added:

“We used our existing knowledge to create an underground factory that manufactures the technology for the Evil Eye. So if we can’t get the Eye of God, we’re thinking of trying to use the owners of the Eye of God… But the place is quite secluded, and we can’t transport too many people there at once, so we’re thinking of sending them there one by one.”

"Oh no! If we don't hurry, won't the beautiful Chiori be used as material to create the Evil Eye?" Upon hearing this, Niu Zida quickly said to the man:

"Tell me where the factory is right now, or you're not going to live."

The man naturally dared not disobey and gave the address. However, Niu Zida also had questions in his mind. The technology to create the Evil Eye should belong to the Fools, so why did the Abyss Order have it here as well? The Fools and the Abyss Order should have been adversaries, so how could the Abyss Order have obtained the Fools' technology? But now was not the time to ask these questions; rescuing people was the priority.

"Take us there. If we can't save Chiori, you shouldn't pray for your own survival, but for how quickly you can die."

Niu Zida left Kuroyukihime to protect Nel, while he, along with Misato Shizuku and Yoel, escorted the captured men to their Evil Eye Factory. On the way, they inquired about the date of the escort, and thankfully, it was only today during the day. They hadn't moved for the past few days. The day Niu Zida's group went to Chioriya was the day they were going to operate. They used Morse code to contact the mole working as a waiter at Chioriya. No wonder they felt something was off at the time. After receiving the Morse code note, the waiter sent Niu Zida and his group away; it turned out they were preparing for the operation.

According to the man, their secret Evil Eye factory was outside the capital city, but it was late at night, and getting out of the city would be troublesome. Fortunately, the man reminded them that they all had passes. They indeed found quite a few on the corpses, but none of them matched the individuals. However, the man, desperate to survive, said:

"As long as you pay the city gate guards, there shouldn't be any problem. We got these things by paying money in the first place."

Upon hearing this, Niu Zida quickly ordered a search of the corpses. Fortunately, there was some money on the corpses, and with what he had brought with him, Niu Zida could only scrape together this much.

Seeing how enthusiastic Niu Zida was, Yoel was fine with it, but Misato Shizuku was a little unwilling. She had felt that she didn't have enough money when buying clothes for them before and couldn't spend it recklessly. Now, she was so concerned about saving a woman named Chiori whom she had never met. Wasn't that a bit too much?

However, since she had to follow her master, Shizuku Misato could only hide her dissatisfaction and went to the city gate overnight. As expected, the other party would not let her go easily if she showed the wrong documents. Following the method the man had previously provided, she took out money as a toll before she could leave the city.

Chapter 120

"Just as you said, the guards of Altaïr's capital really do fit the stereotype."

Once outside the city, Misato Shizuku chimed in with a complaint. After all, the money she had spent bribing the guards had already exceeded the amount she had spent on buying herself nice clothes, so the beautiful girl must have been quite resentful.

They hadn't gone far out of the city when it grew increasingly dark, as if they were enveloped in thick ink. Niu Zida knew it was just before dawn, and if they didn't hurry, daylight would begin. So he urged the man, "..."

"When are you finally going to get there? If you keep dawdling and don't get there before dawn, I'll cut off one of your hands, no matter what."

"How could I possibly dawdle... We're almost there, we're really almost there."

Hearing Niu Zida's threat, the man was so frightened that he almost cried. He quickly begged for mercy and quickened his pace, explaining to Niu Zida all the way that he really hadn't taken a detour. Niu Zida was extremely annoyed and could only urge him to hurry up. They argued and bickered all the way until they finally arrived at a cave.

"This is the entrance to the Evil Eye Factory. Hmm? That's strange. There should be lookouts here."

The man scratched his head, puzzled, after giving the password but no one opened the door. Niu Zida, however, said impatiently:

"You're not lying to us to stall for time, are you? I told you what the consequences would be if we found out you were lying to us."

"How could this be? It's really strange... Wait, how come the entrance door can open by itself?"

Seeing that Niu Zida was really angry, the man was so frightened that he paced back and forth trying to find out why. Unexpectedly, the hidden door in the cave opened by itself, without needing any secret signal to activate it.