Battle

At that moment, Su Yao felt the urge to kill.

At the same time, he had considered whether he was being too cold-blooded, casually taking lives. But he quickly cast that thought aside.

Those people had definitely come with murderous intent. Besides, if he were captured and taken back, death would be waiting for him too! Since they wanted his life, they shouldn't expect to get off easy either! Of course, if he ran, he might be able to hide for a while, but that had never been an option in his mind.

If he didn't deal with the source of the problem, how long could he keep hiding? Sooner or later, they would find him.

Only by making these people suffer heavy losses could he truly buy himself some time.

Su Yao quickly weighed the pros and cons.

Soon, his gaze hardened with resolve.

Just as he had thought before, those people wanted his life, so they shouldn't expect to get off easy either! As for defeating them and letting them leave unharmed, that had never even crossed his mind.

Let them return to recover, then come after him again? Images of certain mutants' actions involuntarily surfaced in Su Yao's mind.

Just as he finished thinking it through and made his decision, the ten armed officers slowly approached.

A deep voice, amplified through a loudspeaker, reached Su Yao's ears.

"Mutant suspect Kevin, we know you're hiding nearby. Come out now, or we will attack."

Captain George held a megaphone in his right hand. As he warned the mutant criminal named Kevin, he and his team vigilantly watched the house dozens of meters away.

Besides Su Yao and the officers, the residents hiding in nearby houses were also tense and frightened at that moment, afraid the battle would affect them.

Of course, there were also those driven by curiosity and unafraid of death.

Some had opened their windows from afar to watch. Others stood on their balconies looking this way. There were even people holding filming equipment, ready to record footage and chase attention-grabbing traffic.

The residents whispered among themselves. Inside one small house, a middle-aged man was speaking with a little girl.

"A mutant?"

"Dad, what's going on?"

"Keep your voice down. The police are catching a bad guy!"

"Ah, then who will win, Dad?"

"Is there even a question? Of course the police will win. No matter how powerful a mutant is, they can't be stronger than the police. There are lots of officers, and they have guns. How could that mutant win?"

It wasn't just this father and daughter who thought so. Everyone watching the scene had roughly the same thought: the mutant suspect would be captured before long.

Moreover, it wasn't the first time they had seen mutants being arrested. They had never seen a mutant win. At best, they surrendered and were captured. At worst, they even lost their lives.

Some people prayed that the mutant would not resist. They didn't want anyone to die nearby. Others were excited and expectant, looking forward to seeing the police shoot and kill that mutant criminal.

In the distance, Chris watched the scene from afar and silently sighed.

He thought that if he could help, then he would lend a hand and try his best to let that kid escape.

In his mind, he didn't think the kid could win either. Whether he could even escape was another question.

After all, how could a mutant who could only absorb sunlight and fight at close range contend with fully armed people? If they were bare-handed, he might have had some chance. But with guns involved, the moment he showed any sign of resistance, he would be shot dead from afar! At this moment, seeing that the mutant suspect still showed no intention of coming out, Captain George, dressed in black, frowned and continued shouting impatiently.

"Mutant suspect inside, our investigation has found that you once abused your abilities and caused deaths. This is a serious crime, and the circumstances are severe!"

"Come out and return with us now, and we can still treat you leniently..."

Listening to the endless droning in his ears, Su Yao's eyes were full of speechlessness.

Go back with them? Go back to die? Their words sounded nice enough. If he weren't a mutant, if he hadn't experienced those terrible things and were merely an ordinary person, he might actually have believed them. But now...

He believed that if he went back with them, he could even save on lawyer fees—he would simply vanish from the face of the earth! Why aren't these people coming closer?

Looking at the dozens of meters between them, Su Yao couldn't help frowning.

If he hadn't been waiting for them to get closer so he could save energy when using Space Teleportation, he wouldn't have bothered wasting words on them.

After a long while, having wasted so much breath, the mutant suspect still showed no intention of coming out. He didn't even say a single word. The gazes of the ten armed officers turned cold.

"If you still won't come out, then we can only arrest you by force. Please do not resist, or you will bear the consequences..."

Captain George delivered one final official statement, also for the surrounding residents to hear, showing that they had followed proper procedure.

After being warned, if the mutant suspect still refused to come out, then if he was accidentally shot dead, it wouldn't be their responsibility! Furthermore, they had already received authorization from above. If the mutant suspect stubbornly resisted, there would be no issue even if they accidentally killed him.

"We are in position. Engagement is expected to begin."

"Daisy, assist in locking onto the suspect's location..." Captain George said into his earpiece.

At the same time, his team began moving. Several of them even put on Thermal Imagers.

The sun had already set, and the sky was very dark, making it difficult to find the suspect. But under thermal imaging, that mutant suspect had no chance of hiding! They surrounded the house step by step, every one of them brimming with confidence.

They had obtained information on that mutant and had even watched videos of him using his abilities. They couldn't imagine how they could lose.

As long as they kept their distance, they didn't believe that mutant's weak abilities would give him any chance to resist! They even had to worry about firing one shot too many and killing the kid outright.

Thus, their faces were filled with confidence. They felt as though the goddess of victory was already beckoning to them.

After approaching within a dozen or so meters, they stopped advancing. A burly man named Brandon pulled a tear gas grenade from his waist and threw it near the house without a word.

With that tear gas grenade, they didn't believe the mutant suspect could keep hiding! Everyone gripped their guns tightly, their eyes fixed on every corner of the house, ready to fire the moment the suspect showed himself.

In the distance, Chris also began to grow nervous and prepared to intervene.

However, the result was somewhat beyond their expectations! Noticing the object thrown toward him, Su Yao frowned. Before it could activate, he used Teleportation and left his original position.

In an instant, his figure appeared a few meters away from George and the others.