American Comics: The Op-Op Fruit
Chapter 33

Anomaly Point (Part 2)

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"You really are a rare guest. Are you her boss?" After a brief moment of surprise, Shen Fei immediately set down the suitcase in his hand. Wesker's appearance had come far sooner than he had expected.

Whoosh.

Just as Shen Fei was about to say something else, Wesker, who had been sitting on the sofa, instantly appeared in front of him. His right hand shot toward Shen Fei's throat with such speed that an ordinary person probably would not have had time to react.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Unfortunately, Shen Fei was no ordinary person. He immediately threw a punch at Wesker's palm, and the two began exchanging blows at lightning speed. In that brief instant, their fists collided dozens of times. In the end, each landed a punch on the other's shoulder, forcing them both to stagger backward.

Wesker retreated four steps and only managed to steady himself by bracing a palm against the sofa behind him. However, the sofa cracked under the force of his grip.

Shen Fei, on the other hand, slammed directly into the wall with a bang, making the entire wall tremble before he stopped. As Wesker stared at him in shock, Shen Fei brought his hands together. At once, what seemed like countless shards of glass appeared in the air and spread outward—the magical Mirror Dimension.

The sudden change kept the cautious Wesker from attacking again immediately. Instead, he carefully observed his surroundings. Only after finding that nothing seemed to have changed did he turn his gaze back to Shen Fei.

Just as expected of Wesker. Chris and Jill really are lucky. Shen Fei felt the pain radiating from his shoulder as he thought this.

The real world was not a game. With Wesker's speed just now, Chris would have had no chance to fight back against him. Wesker would not even have needed a gun to kill Chris and the others; a knife would have been enough.

"Interesting. No wonder she failed. You developed the Super Soldier Serum." For once, Wesker removed his sunglasses, revealing his crimson eyes.

The instant he tossed aside the sunglasses in his hand, he charged at Shen Fei again.

"Hmph." Shen Fei sneered as he watched Wesker rush toward him. With a lift of his right hand, the sofa, walls, and floor before him began to distort, forming a wall directly in Wesker's path.

Bang.

The wall then shattered into countless glass-like fragments that scattered through the air. Wesker had smashed it apart with a single punch.

The objects inside the Mirror Dimension were not real; they were merely reflections. The wall-like boundaries around the Mirror Dimension were indestructible, since they were reflections of an entire world. However, the reflections controlled by Shen Fei were not nearly as sturdy.

"Don't be in such a hurry. Wait a moment." As Shen Fei spoke, he swept his hands outward. The surrounding walls began twisting like countless gears, and the somewhat cramped living room instantly transformed into something like a training hall.

The sight left both Wesker and Ada stunned. Then they immediately noticed something strange: through the room, they could see the outside world. It was as though the surrounding walls had become mirrors. What was even stranger was that the people outside seemed unable to see them at all and continued about their business.

"My turn." Wesker was still somewhat alarmed, since this was his first time encountering such a situation, but Shen Fei did not care. He immediately launched his attack.

At that moment, Shen Fei could have ended the fight instantly by using the Op-Op Fruit's abilities. Without energy-based defenses, its cutting ability ignored hardness. Even Vibranium could be cut apart.

As for opponents with energy defenses, that depended on the strength of both sides. Shen Fei had tested this when he first entered Kamar-Taj and again when he left. When he had first arrived, he could not cut through Mystic Items, but after leaving, he could already slice through ordinary Mystic Items.

But that would have ended the battle too quickly. Having finally encountered an enhanced human like Wesker, Shen Fei wanted to test his own strength.

So there really is a reason villains always get themselves killed. At that moment, Shen Fei felt like one of those villains who could have finished someone off directly but insisted on playing around instead.

Facing Shen Fei's attack, Wesker immediately calmed down. He had no idea what was happening around him, but as long as he captured Shen Fei, he could figure it out.

To Ada, who was watching from the side, the two seemed evenly matched in battle. Their speed, strength, and reactions all appeared nearly identical.

"Huff... huff..." After kicking Wesker away, Shen Fei took several deep breaths. Combat truly consumed far more stamina than ordinary training.

I thought I'd be much stronger than Wesker, but we're actually about the same. Though he had landed plenty of hits on Wesker, Wesker had landed just as many on him.

I'll never do something like this again. I'll just treat this time as a moment of recklessness. Feeling the pain in his body and head, Shen Fei made his decision.

Having made up his mind, Shen Fei immediately retreated. At the same time, a Saber appeared in his hand.

"ROOM, Trafalgar Law's abilities." As Wesker charged toward him, Shen Fei immediately swung the Saber in his hand. In an instant, Wesker seemed to have been torn apart by five horses. His body split into six pieces and scattered through the air—his limbs, head, and torso separated in a single moment.

Shen Fei then waved his hands, casually piecing together Wesker's limbs and torso. As for Wesker's head, it flew in front of him.

"You've seen enough. Time to leave." With that, Shen Fei put on the Sling Ring, opened a Portal, and returned to his room. Ada followed behind him, carrying Wesker's body.

"Now we can have a proper talk, can't we, Mr. Wesker?" After placing Wesker's head on a table nearby, Shen Fei spoke calmly.

"You're still alive even like this. What a peculiar ability." Perhaps he had resigned himself to it, but Wesker's expression was remarkably calm.

He accepted that quickly. Then again, that makes sense. This is a ruthless man—not just anyone would gamble his own life on the future.

"It seems you know quite a lot. I don't recall ever telling you my name was Wesker." Wesker's head smiled as he spoke.

I slipped up. Shen Fei immediately realized it, but it no longer mattered.

"Of course. You were one of the masterminds behind the Raccoon City incident. I nearly died there, so how could I not investigate everything thoroughly? You understand your situation, don't you? This time, you're definitely going to die."

"If I'm definitely going to die, why would I give you what you want?" Wesker was very intelligent. Naturally, he could guess that Shen Fei had some other purpose in keeping him alive like this.

"You know about something called Truth Serum, don't you? If you still had a complete body, you might have had a chance to resist it. But with only a head, you can't resist. There's also hypnosis. I have plenty of ways to get what I want from your mind; I just don't want to make things so troublesome. Wouldn't it be better for both of us to save some effort?"

"What do you want?" After a short silence, Wesker finally spoke.

"Everything you know," Shen Fei said.

"You really are greedy. Fine, but I have one condition. Help me kill Chris, and I'll tell you everything I know." Wesker sneered.

"Impossible." Shen Fei shook his head directly. "You're not in any position to make demands. Besides, I don't absolutely need what's in your head. As far as I know, after all your years of research, you still never obtained a qualified Enhancement Serum. Your success was only because you were special. As for me, I've already achieved some results."

"That is my only condition. If you won't agree, kill me." Wesker closed his eyes after saying that.

"Give up on that idea. Chris is my friend. How could I possibly kill him? Since you don't want to talk, don't blame me." Shen Fei had originally considered using someone who might have been able to threaten Wesker, but after thinking about it, he gave up. That would have been too despicable.

Just as he had said before, with the Op-Op Fruit's abilities, it was not as though he had no other way to obtain what he wanted from Wesker's mind.

"I don't know what you want, but perhaps I can help you." Ada, who had remained silent the entire time, finally spoke.

"Do you know where the Umbrella Corporation's Progenitor Virus originated?" Shen Fei turned to Ada and asked.

"I don't know, but I can investigate. I only need two things." Wesker's hand and one of his eyeballs—those were what Ada needed. With Wesker now missing, she could use those two items to enter the Umbrella Corporation's most secret base.

"I'll go with you." After thinking it over, Shen Fei said this.

"Alright."

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