Those who hide in dark corners and only think about ambushing are called rats.
Even if they are rats, when they find an opportunity, they will bare their fangs and bite hard, even if doing so exposes them.
Kill in one strike, otherwise flee thousands of miles away, then ambush again.
If they don't run and just go on a rampage there, remember that is not a rat, just a berserker wearing a rat's skin.
However, being a rat is not that easy either.
For example, at this moment, Kaede was watching the three men in black below, and then sent their locations to Asuna and Kirito.
When someone wanting to be a rat is discovered, they are no longer a rat, but prey.
Immediately after, Kaede discovered a few more figures. After sending the coordinates to Kirito and Asuna one by one, she arrived at a position where, if any of those people moved, it wouldn't escape her eyes—this observational ability was called "cheating" by Heathcliff.
Kaede had absolutely no interest in the pleas of the man in armor below.
As for how Kaede trained this ability? If she, who could be called a reptile, didn't know how to hide herself, she would have died long ago.
Although she didn't want to be a rat, only by being a rat could she survive—stealing food when no one was around, hiding in the dark, struggling in despair.
Above, Kaede told Asuna and Kirito about every move of the people around, while she herself was puzzled by some changes appearing in her vision.
"What exactly is your sister? A spy?" Kirito looked at the messages Kaede kept sending, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. If this were a spy, it would be truly terrifying.
"I don't know either." Asuna smiled bitterly. She had heard of Kaede's experiences, but she didn't know about this ability.
"..." Kirito looked at Asuna, a bit confused.
"She... is not my sister." After a long while, Asuna said.
"..." Even Kirito couldn't help but show an expression of "Are you kidding me?". Their appearance was definitely that of identical twins; there could be no mistake.
However, looking at Asuna's somewhat dejected appearance, Kirito raised an eyebrow and lowered his voice.
"Really?"
"Do I need to use this to lie to you?" Asuna closed her eyes.
"This is really a bit surprising, no, it's something people wouldn't even believe." If he didn't know Asuna and Kaede's personalities, Kirito stated he definitely wouldn't believe it either.
However, if that was the case, Kirito finally understood why he felt it was so strange between them before.
They used to seem like mother and daughter, now they seemed a bit more like sisters, but they seemed more like... Thinking about it, a strange look appeared in Kirito's eyes as he looked at Asuna. Why did it feel more and more wrong the more he thought about it?
"What are you thinking about?" Seemingly noticing Kirito's gaze, Asuna suddenly felt an unpleasant feeling arise in her heart.
"Nothing!" Kirito quickly turned his head away. He wouldn't admit he almost let his thoughts go astray~ However, two identical people, with no blood relation—thinking about it really made one's blood boil.
As a teenager in a restless period, although Kirito had controlled himself much better than others, there were still times he couldn't stop.
Seeing the message Kaede sent, Asuna said: "They are starting to move."
And at this time, Kaede finally found the reason why her vision had become a bit strange in her skill bar.
"Weakness Analysis (Passive): Increases the chance of observing an enemy's weakness. When attacking a weakness, it is a guaranteed critical hit and deals an additional 50% damage."
"When did this appear?" A look of confusion appeared in Kaede's eyes, but undoubtedly, with this skill, the problem of her insufficient damage was completely solved. Perhaps when facing some bosses with low defense, she might even deal explosive damage.
When Kaede was observing the skill, the farce below that made Kaede feel bored finally came to an end.
"Hmm?" Kaede watched the throwing knife that quickly cut through the air, finally sticking into the armored man's shoulder.
The armored man was stunned for a moment, then saw that his status showed paralysis, and he fell straight down.
"Schmidt!" Yolko and Caynz couldn't help but exclaim.
"Ihee hee haha~"
Suddenly, an extremely eerie laugh reached the ears of the three people.
"This is..." The three couldn't help but widen their eyes.
As a high-ranking member of the Holy Dragon Alliance, Schmidt naturally knew more than the other two. Seeing the three people's cloaks and the symbols on their hands, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, recognizing them.
"Laughing Coffin! That murder guild!"
"Yo yo Boss, we didn't expect to run into a big fish The shield captain of the Holy Dragon Alliance." At this time, the person who made the laughing sound said.
"Yeah, we ran into a big fish."
"Who!" The three men in black were startled at the same time, then saw two figures walk out; it was Kirito and Asuna.
Kaede saw Kirito and Asuna walk out and stopped hiding. Honestly, if it were just her, she would definitely have chosen to ambush.
"I have to say, you guys are really bad." Kaede had already sat on a tree branch, but when she found that the few people below still hadn't discovered her, she couldn't help but say.
"Hm?"
"I've been watching you guys for a long time." A smile appeared on the corner of Kaede's mouth.
"What!" The three men in black were shocked at the same time looking at Kaede sitting there. Their every move was indeed observable from that position! But that was relative; how did Kaede evade their sight?
"When it comes to hiding, you guys aren't quite there yet." Kaede said only this, then jumped down to join the others.
"Kirito, Asuna, sorry." Yolko was also pleasantly surprised to see them, but thinking that she had deceived them, she couldn't help but feel a bit dejected.
"It's okay." Kirito said, "What you did wasn't wrong."
"You guys step back, now it's time to take them to prison." Kaede said as she took out her weapon.
"Woohoo! Haha! Boss, what did I hear? A little girl actually wants to send us to prison. Haha!"
"Be careful, these three are the Black Swordsman and the flower of strategy!" The leader said while laughing as well.
Fear? It didn't exist. He was even excited. The ones appearing now were far more valuable than the few just now. If they died here, thinking of this, the leader's mouth pulled to an exaggerated angle.
"flower of strategy? That legendary mother-daughter pair?" The man in black touched his chin, revealing a wicked smile, and looked at Asuna, "Tsk tsk, such a pretty person turned into damaged goods when she was young, and now she is still the high and mighty Vice Commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath, tsk, how lewd~"
"You!" Asuna's face turned red with anger, and the eyes of Kirito beside her also turned cold.
However, Kaede next to them was hanging her head at this time. When she raised her head...
What shocked everyone was that there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth, but that smile was unspeakably creepy.
Seeing Kaede staring at the person who spoke, her gloomy eyes seemed as if water could drip from them, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
"You! Try saying that again!!"
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