As a Sequence 7 "Nightmare" of the Sleepless pathway, Clement, captain of the Enmat Harbor Nighthawks Squad, possessed considerable close-combat ability. But the shadow rushing toward him and the arm reaching out from such close range left him no time to defend himself, forcing him to retreat rapidly.
Seeing the slender, blood-tipped fingers about to grab Clement by the neck, Angel raised her revolver, quickly aimed, and fired, a Demon Hunter Bullet striking Mr. C's arm.
With a muffled smack as the bullet hit flesh, a two-finger-wide hole was punched through Mr. C's right forearm. Blood and flesh sprayed from the wound on the other side, yet most of it clung to his arm as though stuck together rather than falling to the ground.
Using the strike to hinder him, Clement took two quick steps back and left the shadow's range. He repeatedly pulled the trigger, emptying every bullet in his gun in one go.
Two of them struck the shadow floating in the air without affecting it at all. The remaining bullets passed straight through the shadow, vanishing who knew where.
Only at this moment did Mr. C step out from the shadows. He still wore that black robe, and the wound on his shoulder where Clement had ambushed him had already stopped bleeding, posing no hindrance to his movements whatsoever.
Such terrifying regenerative ability... Ordinary attacks seemed to have little effect on him...
Angel frowned as she observed his injuries, but did not immediately fire again.
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
A strange squirming sound rose. The flesh on Mr. C's wounded arm wriggled as it rapidly filled the missing portion. The flesh hanging from the wound as though glued together seemed to possess lives of its own, crawling and leaping back into the injury. In the blink of an eye,