Please BGM Take Over (Second Update)

"What should I do?"

"Summon the Pain Hound now?"

They had only exchanged two blows, yet both harbored deep apprehension towards the other.

Especially Xiao Xiao, whose back was already slightly damp with cold sweat in this tense, frozen atmosphere.

Mixed with blood, his wound began to sting fiercely.

It was too strange, as if once he escaped his sight, he would vanish immediately.

Extreme Sensitivity gave him a keen intuition; if someone was behind him, he could sense their presence even without turning around. But this person was different. Sometimes he darted behind him, and Xiao Xiao could feel him, but when he turned around, he was gone.

And once he disappeared, he would inevitably deliver a fatal blow the next time he appeared.

He had managed to dodge several attacks in a row thanks to his Mind Burst and Extreme Sensitivity abilities.

But each time, it was extremely close, almost costing him his life.

His legs were already a bit unsteady from being so tense for too long, and his head ached slightly from running Mind Burst for so long.

At this rate, he would inevitably be killed by this person.

But he couldn't even escape. Under this bizarre offensive, any attempt to flee would surely be seized upon by his opponent.

"No, summoning the Pain Hound isn't the right time yet..."

"This person's ability is too strange. He's hidden, and I can't find him at all. The Pain Hound would only become his clearest target... Besides, even though those three dogs have been enhanced once, they can't be immune to bullets, can they? What if they get taken down with a single shot..."

"Next time, I'll try that husky first to see if bullets can kill it..."

"But, for now..."

"..."

Amidst his rapidly churning thoughts, Xiao Xiao quickly sifted through the choices available to him.

The image of the Old Gramophone surfaced in his mind.

He wasn't sure if the Old Gramophone would be useful, but at least... it was the only method left, right?

In a desperate situation, bring on the BGM! Isn't that what they always do in movies?

So, as Xiao Xiao's thoughts flashed, a melodious tune suddenly filled the quiet yet murderous room.

The music came from the computer on the desk, as if an invisible hand had opened the playlist.

From the speakers, a haunting and ethereal melody instantly poured out:

"Her gaze, her gaze..."

"Shines, shines like starlight..."

"..."

"Huh?"

The sudden music startled both Xiao Xiao and the presence hiding in the room.

One was caught off guard with a bit of surprise, while the other's heart stirred slightly.

Xiao Xiao was in a state of extreme tension, his senses already heightened.

The moment the music began to fill the office, he suddenly felt a strange fluctuation.

He quickly turned and lunged towards the large vase placed next to the desk.

The vase was only about a meter tall, with a mouth less than twenty centimeters in diameter.

Xiao Xiao peered inside and saw a face squeezed into the small opening, looking up at him.

Blood-red eyes blinked gently, seeming somewhat astonished and a little innocent.

"How could a person hide in such a small vase?"

The moment he saw that face, Xiao Xiao's heart leaped in shock.

Even in the midst of such a tense confrontation, he couldn't suppress the impact of this distorted scene.

However, his rapidly processing mind in this tense state allowed him to react in time:

Little Four can hide in such small holes, so what's so strange about this Red Eyes guy hiding in a vase?

Not only did he manage to suppress the panic brought on by the bizarre sight, but Xiao Xiao even reacted immediately.

He gripped the fruit knife tightly and stabbed it towards the body of the vase.

But at the same time, he heard a crash.

The vase shattered directly, and a black shadow darted out quickly.

The man with the pair of red eyes looked at Xiao Xiao with a distinctly strange expression:

"You could find me even when I was hiding here?"

"..."

He didn't know that Xiao Xiao had just been frightened by him.

Anyway, as far as he was concerned, he had been hiding perfectly well, and suddenly seeing a blank face appear at the mouth of the bottle was quite scary.

At this moment, the two stood at opposite ends of the office, staring at each other, both feeling panicked inside.

One was encountering an Outsider opponent for the first time, and one who was following a path he didn't understand at all. He couldn't figure out how the other party's bizarre abilities were achieved, nor did he know how many more abilities the other party had that he didn't understand. The other, however, couldn't understand how he had been forced to this extent by a newbie with only basic enhancements...

Only the eerie music continued to drift from the computer speakers: "The bright moon spits light, wronged ghosts sway in the wind."

"The night grows deeper, the fog grows colder."

"Wandering souls tread, on silent roads."

"Searching for a substitute, the yin wind chills the moonlight..."

"..."

"Swish!"

Amidst the music, Xiao Xiao's reaction was actually faster, launching the first attack, holding a fruit knife and pressing forward.

His thought speed didn't allow him to waste time; he would only strike first.

Stab him.

But Red Eyes was clearly not used to close-quarters combat.

The Hunter route also didn't favor fair duels; their initial elements already included an instinct to fear others.

Therefore, as he saw Xiao Xiao rushing towards him, his first reaction was to quickly dart to the other side.

He seemed to want to find a new place to hide his figure...

But this time, it was clearly not so easy.

Now, Xiao Xiao was also staring at him intently; when someone's gaze was fixed on him, he couldn't achieve "perfect lurking."

Moreover, the eerie song that filled the entire office also made him a little upset, affecting the performance of his abilities. He had been hiding in the vase because he was suddenly disturbed by the music, and that was why Xiao Xiao, who only had preliminary Extreme Sensitivity enhancements, had discovered him.

Perfect hiding required him to have an equally stable heart; his will was disturbed, and he was somewhat affected.

He darted forward several times in succession, but Xiao Xiao kept staring at him.

Unable to successfully lurk, he was finally forced into a corner by Xiao Xiao.

Facing that rapidly approaching face, stained with blood on one side, yet devoid of any expression, a sense of horror arose in his heart.

With a "swish," he grabbed his pistol and repeatedly pulled the trigger at Xiao Xiao.

But Xiao Xiao's figure flashed strangely to the side, completely dodging the bullets.

Like a ghost, he closed in, and the fruit knife stabbed fiercely into his abdomen.

"He can really dodge bullets?"

The Red Eyes man panicked and couldn't help but let out a scream.

"That was close..."

At the same time, Xiao Xiao also felt a chill in his heart, somewhat relieved by his success.

In the Mind Burst state, even as he rushed forward at full speed, he could still clearly see every movement of the Red Eyes man.

From the moment the other party grabbed his gun, to raising his hand, to firing.

These movements played out in Xiao Xiao's vision as if in slow motion.

Therefore, as early as when he raised his arm, he had already judged the position he was about to aim at and tilted his body in advance.

From this perspective, the Red Eyes man's gun had never been aimed at him in the first place; it was just that he, in his nervousness, frantically pulled the trigger without realizing this, and thought that Xiao Xiao's speed was so strange that he could dodge the bullets.

Of course, if one were to check the surveillance footage, they would find that Xiao Xiao's speed had not exceeded the limits of ordinary people.

But...

Xiao Xiao looked at the somewhat uncontrollable look of horror on the other party's face, and suddenly felt a little surprised:

"Why does this person seem a little afraid of me?"

"Clearly, his ability enhancements are stronger, and he has more combat experience..."

"I see, it's because I have no expression on my face at this time, and my movements are very decisive, which is a little scary to him?"

"..."

Realizing this, Xiao Xiao reacted quickly, forcing a smile on his face and staring into the other party's eyes.

At the same time, the fruit knife was inserted deeper into the other party's abdomen, and he even remembered to twist his hand, stirring it around.

"Ahhh..."

The Red Eyes man was frightened by this perverted smile on the face that had dodged bullets, stabbed into his abdomen, and was now staring into his eyes.

The Hunter path was already a bit frightening, a side effect of the Lurking Instinct.

Added to that, he had been secretly observing Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Xiao's abnormal performance when dealing with those thugs had already planted a seed of fear in his heart.

Now, all that suppressed panic suddenly erupted, and he completely lost his composure.

With a piercing scream, his body convulsed violently, his arms flailing, and his immense strength instantly sent Xiao Xiao flying.

At the same time, he frantically grabbed something nearby and hurled it at Xiao Xiao's head.

"Crash..."

Xiao Xiao, just thrown back and about to flip to his feet, suddenly paled.

He saw that the Red Eyes simply grabbed and lifted a heavy mahogany storage cabinet in the office, throwing it at him.

Facing the heavy momentum and the documents fluttering in the air, he quickly dodged.

Getting hit head-on by that thing would probably be no easier than being hit by a small car.

"Huh?"

But also seeing Xiao Xiao quickly dodge the storage cabinet, the Red Eyes was slightly surprised.

Then, as if realizing something, he braced himself on the ground, and his entire body shot forward like a cannonball, slamming a fist into Xiao Xiao's chest.

Xiao Xiao didn't expect him to move so fast. In desperation, he crossed his arms in front of him to block the blow.

Bang!

He felt his bones instantly compressed and torn, as if broken, and his body couldn't help but stagger backward.

The wounds on his left arm and shoulder were squeezed by the force of the blow, and excess blood splattered onto the snow-white wall beside him.

This was truly unexpected, and a sense of horror arose in his heart: "How can this guy be so strong?"

"So that's how it is..."

The Red Eyes, overjoyed, clenched his fist again.

His right arm seemed to swell slightly, covered with twisted blue veins, and he pounced on Xiao Xiao like a beast:

"You're still just a rookie."

"But outside the Hunter path, I've already received one unit of Mid-Tier Gene Serum."