Moving to the Golden Courtyard

"My mentor, Xia Ya, is a very perceptive person. I think… these past few days, even tonight while I was investigating him, he should have noticed something."

"Recently?"

"Yeah." Xu Qi nodded. After all… ever since Xia Ya came to visit him, he hadn't let up on his investigation of Xia Ya for a single moment.

However, he definitely couldn't do it himself, to avoid stirring up trouble.

But now it seems… it's about time.

Mei took out her phone. Tonight's time was precious. They had already… ahem! wasted a lot in the car. Now was not the time to sigh about anything; they had to hurry.

"First, notify Alysia and the others. If Xia Ya isn't at the villa, it's likely…"

Before Mei could finish speaking, Xu Qi suddenly pulled her into his arms! Before Mei could react, she felt Xu Qi's body tremble slightly, and at the same time, she heard a loud thud of flesh colliding!

Xu Qi blocked the unexpected guest's palm with one hand, and with another burst of force, easily pushed them back.

Only then did Mei react. The moment she broke free from Xu Qi's embrace, she instinctively stood in front of him, protecting him firmly behind her.

"Who!?"

Without a sword in my hand, I can't unleash my full strength – Mei thought with some distress.

Xu Qi looked at the girl in front of him and suddenly smiled.

The slight panic in his heart caused by the sudden attack calmed down at that moment.

"It seems you two are very close…" A woman emerged from the shadows with a cat-like step. Xu Qi couldn't help but feel a sense of amazement.

Her crimson hair was tied back, and a black coat hung over her shoulders like a cape. A snow-white inner garment tightly wrapped around her graceful figure, highlighting her impressive bust.

Calling her a beauty would be an understatement.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Kafka. Are you… here to find Xia Ya?"

Is she trying to negotiate? Mei took a step back to Xu Qi's side, but still remained slightly ahead of him, so she could intervene first if any danger arose.

"No."

Xu Qi said this without batting an eye.

"Heh… little guy, do you think I'll believe such a lie?"

"You have a companion, right? Call her out!"

Hearing this, Kafka shrugged and looked up at a tree beside her.

A woman completely wrapped in a black robe leaped lightly from the tree. As for how one could tell she was a woman? Her chest, the same size as Kafka's, was a bit too eye-catching.

"Hiora, didn't you say you were 100% sure you wouldn't be discovered?"

"Please call me Raven, thank you."

"Alright~"

Xu Qi smiled. "What if I was just bluffing?"

Kafka still had a composed expression. She hooked her finger at Xu Qi's left hand and said, "You're already aiming, what's the point of saying that?"

I've been discovered…

Xu Qi nonchalantly threw out a card with no real power.

This scene made both Kafka and Raven's expressions turn cold at the same time.

"As you can see, just a card. I'm not some hidden weapon expert, so there's no need to expose myself."

"Kid." Raven stepped forward. She wasn't as easy to talk to as Kafka. "Playing around with us like this will only make you and your girlfriend die faster."

Mei frowned – she was very uncomfortable with this intense killing intent.

Xu Qi sighed.

"Give me a reason."

"Xia Ya already knew that you had Xin An secretly investigate him, so he also knows that you will come to him tonight. The plan has already begun, and no one can stop it."

"Anything else?"

"Oh, right~" Kafka smiled. "Don't worry, we won't kill you. After all, Xia Ya told us to spare your life."

"But you can cripple me, and it doesn't matter whether my girlfriend lives or dies, right?"

Kafka frowned, not because of his fearless attitude, but because… she suddenly realized that she had inadvertently revealed a lot of information.

"You really aren't with Xia Ya, collaborators? That must be it… which means, terrorist organization."

He really guessed it…

Only then did a hint of killing intent flash in Kafka's eyes.

Xu Qi patted Mei's shoulder and whispered, "Go inside the villa, there's what you need."

Mei glanced at Xu Qi. She didn't say anything more, but instead crossed the villa's fence and retreated from the area as quickly as possible.

Raven frowned. She keenly sensed something was wrong and quickly chased after her!

Neither Xu Qi nor Kafka chose to stop her.

It had the feeling of a king facing a king, a general facing a general.

"Speaking of which, I'm curious. You're only 24, full of Blood Essence. Aren't you tempted by me?"

"Old woman, why don't you look in the mirror? I couldn't even get a dog aroused by you."

Kafka wasn't annoyed, simply stating, "Swaying my heart won't work on me."

Xu Qi took a fighting stance, his eyes incredibly serious at this moment.

"Seeing your ever-composed attitude, you have absolute confidence in your own strength, right?"

"That's right. If this country's control over firearms wasn't so ridiculously strict, you'd be lying down by now."

However, Xu Qi shook his head, unsure of what he was denying.

"Don't you need to worry about your girlfriend?"

From inside the villa behind them, the sound of shattering glass clearly reached their ears. Xu Qi knew that Mei had entered the villa.

Then, naturally, Raven should be doing the same.

"Don't worry."

At this point, Xu Qi's tone of voice became much calmer and softer.

"It will be over soon..."

Meanwhile, outside Jiuting Base, when Alysia anxiously received a call, she picked it up to see—Mobius.

"Hello? Professor?"

"Xu Qi and the others are in trouble. Tonight probably won't go smoothly. This Xia Ya must have found other collaborators! Move! Quick! Protect Klein!"

Alysia immediately opened the car door and jumped out.

Yae, Pardofelis, and Fu Hua followed closely behind.

Each of them held a cylindrical robot. This... was the key to whether tonight's operation would succeed.

27,Kafka

Under the night, two figures intertwined, the sound of fists colliding frequently echoing. The muffled sound containing explosive force made it possible to feel the terror of both sides' strength just by listening.

After only a dozen exchanges, Kafka's expression had lost its composure.

This guy... what monstrous strength!

Xu Qi's expression remained the same. Even this fierce battle couldn't disrupt his current state of mind, as still as water.

I said it before, right...

Why do you think Fu Hua calls Xu Qi, Brother Xu Qi?

Chi Shou restricted Kafka's hand movements, and then, in the other party's wide eyes, a knee strike landed mercilessly in the center of the other party's abdomen!

For Kafka, this seemingly simple blow almost made her think that her intestines had been kicked to pieces by Xu Qi!

Without giving the other party a chance to fight back, Xu Qi's single leg that delivered the knee strike quickly transformed into a sweeping leg. This kick swept at Kafka's lower body, but the other party didn't dare to resist it head-on.

Kafka was afraid that he would break her leg!

While falling to the ground, Kafka endured the pain in her abdomen and tried to reach towards her waist with both hands.

But Xu Qi was faster!

Seeing Kafka fall, he directly and decisively chose to press down on her! His legs locked Kafka's leg joints, and his hands firmly clamped Kafka's wrists.

Completely suppressed!

Lost...

Kafka gasped for breath, her chest rising and falling, making people worry whether the thin buttons on her white shirt would break. All of this was reflected in Xu Qi's eyes.

There was no way around it, since he was basically half-propped up on Kafka at this moment.

If people who didn't know the truth saw it, they would think Xu Qi was going to... uh... forcibly enter!

"You're really amazing..." Kafka had no intention of teasing at this moment. After all, losing like this made it difficult for her to maintain her usual demeanor.

"This isn't a human body at all, is it?"

"Same to you, didn't you bring two completely rule-breaking things?"

Kafka raised an eyebrow—this guy was really unbelievably sharp.

Xu Qi suddenly released Kafka's wrists! Just as she was about to make a move, she found that Xu Qi had quickly reached her waist.

By the time she reacted, two guns were already pointed at Kafka's brow.

Xu Qi slowly stood up.

"Without these things, I wouldn't know how to end tonight. Thanks."

"Are you really only 24 years old? Just graduated from college?" With her hands raised high, Kafka didn't dare to resist at all.

"Thank you, that's right, it's just that my past experiences were a little different."

Is it possible to gain such skills and adaptability just from different experiences? You've got to be kidding me, this is too exaggerated... You're now threatening a terrorist with a gun...

I hope you understand just how incredible what you're doing really is.

"Even if you've subdued me, what about your girlfriend?"

"That should be over too."

Kafka: ???

The two entered the villa, the security door already open, revealing a scene of utter chaos.

Debris was scattered everywhere, clearly indicating a fierce struggle had taken place inside.

Even now, Kafka still held onto a sliver of hope that her accomplice had subdued the one called Mei, leaving room for negotiation.

And then...

"Oh? Ah... What a coincidence, you've been taken down too."

Kafka clicked her tongue – were there more oddballs like this?

In the living room, Mei held an unsharpened katana, placing it against Raven's neck.

Although unsharpened, Raven was certain that with this young woman's swordsmanship, giving her a quick, painful death wouldn't be difficult at all.

Raven saw the dual pistols in Xu Qi's hand, and she understood that tonight's operation was a complete failure.

"Mei, go find some rope."

"Okay!"

Seeing that Xu Qi was mostly unharmed, Mei breathed a sigh of relief.

She put away the katana she found in Xia Ya's living room, and after a short while, she found two thick hemp ropes to tie Kafka and Raven together.