NOVEL NEXT Chapter 312: The Secret Weapon's Power
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On the flip side, in the thick forest:
"Senior hunters, sor... sorry, I'm late!"
A tiny figure face-planted into the ground.
She quickly scrambled up, eyes all watery like she was holding back tears.
The 'secret weapon' just popped up between Timira and Kana's crew.
Dell's eyes went huge:
"Are... are you freaking kidding me? This is Whale Fort's secret weapon against Timira?"
Edrin pinched Dell's cheek hard. The pain made Dell launch a rocket headbutt.
Edrin rubbed her aching chest, muttering:
"This isn't a dream!"
Melinda was taking care of the two knocked-out Sequence 2s, but her eyes were also full of confusion.
The tiny girl tried her hardest to pull herself together and frantically greeted her seniors:
"Sequence 15, Doris, reporting for duty!"
"Se... Sequence 15???"
Dell and Edrin's faces showed total disbelief.
The top sequence for Whale Scale Hunters was 0, the bottom was Sequence 15—all brand-new hunters.
Forget joining hunting squads, even when dealing with monsters, they needed babysitters to lead them.
Now a Sequence 15 was showing up to help besiege a fallen Sequence 0. Had Whale Fort's brass lost their damn minds?
"Kana, is there some mistake?"
Even the usually quiet Melinda couldn't help asking when looking at that sweet, clueless face.
Kana's expression was blank as she said slowly:
"There's no mistake. She really is the best weapon against Timira..."
The wind picked up...
In the distance, Timira watched this tiny figure and her movements instantly froze.
Do... Doris...
How could it be Doris!
After the little woman greeted all her seniors, she turned to face Timira and softly called:
"Mama."
"What the hell!!!" x5
Dell and Edrin looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other's eyes.
The newly awakened Ursula and Julian thought their ears were playing tricks on them.
Melinda looked confused—could Whale Scale Hunters even have kids?
Kana said with zero emotion:
"She really is Timira's daughter..."
The five women were stunned, then heard Kana continue:
"An adopted daughter..."
Oh, she was adopted...
All five women felt kind of let down.
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"Doris..."
Timira's mind drifted way back.
It was when she was young, training at Whale Fort.
Unable to stand the boring drills, she secretly snuck out to play and found an abandoned baby.
Out of curiosity, or maybe instinct, Timira felt the urge to raise her...
Later, the baby slowly grew up.
But Timira didn't want her to follow the same path, so she secretly left her with a farming family to raise...
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Little Doris looked at her long-missed mama, tears streaming down:
"Why did mama abandon Doris? All these years, Doris missed mama so much..."
In the distance, the six women perked up their ears—they were also dying to know the answer.
Timira went quiet. She opened her mouth wanting to explain, but any explanation would sound pathetic.
"Sigh, mama screwed up with you..."
But Doris wiped away her tears, her little face suddenly turning ice-cold:
"Timira, you abandoned Doris. You're not worthy of being Doris's mama anymore!"
"Now, in Whale Fort's name, Doris will execute you!"
Her voice was childish, but that killing intent was dead serious.
Hearing Doris speak so coldly, Timira was floored.
"Doris, what the hell are you saying?"
Timira was pissed.
She had busted her ass to raise you, so how did the relationship suddenly get cut off?
Doris's little face was ice-cold:
"Timira, you're about to die. If you've got any last words, spit them out!"
In her words, she completely blew off the former Sequence 0, her adoptive mother.
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"Hey hey, this little brat is way too cocky."
Dell exclaimed.
Even someone as ballsy as her wouldn't dare talk to Timira like that.
Where did this kid get the nerve—just from being a former adopted daughter?
But didn't she just cut that tie too?
Edrin rarely agreed with Dell:
"Really don't know who taught her to mouth off to her adoptive mother like that..."
Though they were teammates, the surrounding Melinda, Ursula, and Julian all nodded in agreement.
Right then, Kana spoke with a grim expression:
"I taught her."
!!!
Dead silence...
The five women looked at each other, clearly not expecting Kana to be this kind of person.
Kana added:
"I only told her some stuff about Timira. Her words weren't my orders..."
"Oh, so that's it..."
But from the five women's faces, they obviously weren't buying it...
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Timira's face was black as thunder.
After not seeing her for years, how had this kid gone so wrong?
"Doris, looks like you've forgotten what used to scare you!"
Hearing this, Doris instinctively grabbed her butt.
Seeing her adoptive mother's mocking stare, she suddenly snapped back to reality and said in embarrassment and rage:
"You only knew how to pick on Doris when she was little and spank her.
This time, Doris will pay you back and hang you up to whip your big butt!"
Timira dropped her whale hammer and gently cracked her knuckles, her eyes full of 'murderous intent':
"Is that right?"
Step step...
Timira approached step by step...
Doris shook with fear as childhood terrors came flooding back.
She backed up several steps, trying to keep it together:
"Timira, die!"
Her little whale tail rose up with pathetic whale magic rushing toward Timira...
Then...
SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!
"Wuu wuu~ Mama, I was wrong!"
"Wuu wuu~ Mama, I'm sorry!"
"Wuu~ wuu wuu~ sorry!"
Doris was pinned down by Timira's single hand while the other hand came down like hail.
"Now you know you screwed up?"
"Too late!"
"Wahhh!!!"
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In the distance, all that bawling made everyone's eyes twitch.
"Kana, what've you got to say now?"
Edrin's face was ugly.
This was the secret weapon? Had anyone ever seen a secret weapon getting spanked and crying like a baby?
Kana muttered to herself and couldn't help slapping her own face:
"This shouldn't be happening... why is there no reaction..."
Dell suddenly said:
"I get it! This is playing weak to fool the enemy, when Timira lets her guard down..."
As she spoke, the crying from the beating got louder. Dell flopped down in defeat:
"Everyone, let's just wait to die!"
But Ursula and Julian looked totally chill, chatting casually:
"I think Doris has potential."
"I think so too—loud voice and really tough!"
Melinda looked curiously at the two:
"Aren't you worried?"
But both women shook their heads together:
"Timira hasn't gone dark! She won't kill us."
Hearing this, the others shot them curious looks.