Before long, Puppet appeared before the old man and the Mercenary Group members.
"Boss? Boss!"
"Boss, are you alright?"
They had been quite happy to see him return, but when they noticed his clothes were all torn to shreds, they were startled and hurriedly gathered around him.
Xuan Ge said, "Quick, get the boss another set of clothes."
Puppet's original clothes had been a top-grade Protective Suit bought while doing commissions in Central City. It had remained completely unscathed through multiple Third Limit battles.
But this time, it had been unable to withstand his opponent's blows and the intensity of his own movements. It had practically been torn to pieces.
While someone went to find clothes, Xuan Ge asked worriedly, "Boss, did you run into some troublesome enemy?"
He had never seen his boss in such a state before. At the same time, he and everyone present noticed that the Blood Staff, the weapon that had made their boss famous far and wide and was always in his hand, was gone.
Their hearts skipped a beat, and someone could not help asking, "Yeah, Boss, where's your Hand Cane?"
The old man also sensed that something was off. "Did you... run into that Giant Wolf again?"
But that did not seem right either. Last time, Blood Staff had easily handled that wolf. Had something new happened this time? Had he encountered a more powerful creature from the Convergence Zone, or had someone else set their sights on that area?
Puppet looked at them and said, "I ran into that Fighter."
"What?"
Everyone was shocked. The old man abruptly straightened up and stared at him uncertainly. "You... you fought him?"
He immediately crouched down and looked around, while the others nearly jumped on the spot. They drew their weapons and scanned their