Chapter 337: Bonding

As they continued to walk through the forest, Ninth actively ignored the Canzer. She was avoiding even looking back at her direction. She just kept her head forward and continued to walk through the endless forest.

Carmine recommended they take some detours to try and confuse their pursuers, which made their journey a lot longer.

It came to a point where they had to make camp to sleep for the night.

"We don't need shifts. I can keep watch all by myself. I'll make sure that no Canzer ambushes us in the middle of the night," Ninth said.

Even though she wasn't looking at the Canzer's direction, the implication was clear. Ninth was insinuating that the Canzer could betray them in the middle of the night and kill them in their sleep.

The Canzer understood Ninth's words, just from her hostility alone. She knew that Ninth hated her and Canzers to her core. But she didn't care.