Gang Case

Since they had passed each other, they had been moving towards each other. In other words, this man, who appeared completely empty when observed on the mental level, had walked out from the Film and Television Special Effects Production Base.

Was he an employee here? What a joke. Ronan recognized him at first glance:

Luo Yuan!

He had once built an Aberrant Nest in downtown Xia City, infiltrated the Shang Ding Building to assassinate President Ouyang, and had nearly blasted Ronan to death with an incredible Plane Crossbow. Though that entire series of operations had ended in failure, it did nothing to diminish his strength—he was a terrifying Extraordinary Species, the only person Ronan's ever-reliable mental perception had been unable to detect or monitor.

Just as in Xia City, the mental perception network Ronan had spread out had failed to catch this man's movements in advance. Ronan suspected that Luo Yuan's current body was like the one he had used in Xia City: a rapidly proliferated clone shell that had never formed an imprint on the mental level.

But regardless of what form or state Luo Yuan existed in, his appearance in this area at this time almost certainly meant that he had a direct and close connection to the Horned Demon, Grandfather's notes, and this kidnapping-and-extortion incident.

Was he the Horned Demon's accomplice?

Hmm, wasn't "accomplice" giving the Horned Demon too much credit?

Luo Yuan's stride was steady and swift. Since he had not noticed the focus of Ronan's consciousness, he followed his own pace, quickly leaving the building that housed the soundstage and boarding a black flying car already waiting at the entrance. The vehicle immediately started up, soon leaving the base and merging into Lake City's equally congested traffic.

At the same time in Xia City, Raven