Long Night · VII
All right, that was complete bullshit.
He wasn't kind enough to point out exactly where his opponent had gone wrong. Even if he couldn't win, watching the other side panic and rack their brains without finding a single flaw suited his tastes far better.
Indeed, the height, appearance, Spiritual Substance fluctuations, even the aura—everything was flawless.
No, it was practically the real person.
But even if Little An had stopped watching streamer guides and switched to variety shows and dramas, changed his usual body wash and soap... he couldn't have changed his Matrix, could he?
And ever since the mission had begun, Ji Jue had never seen Little An use a Matrix.
The An Family's Curling Technique was indeed formidable, with endless variations.
Yet, not long ago, Ji Jue had combed through all the remaining video records in the villa and finally confirmed it—Little An had never used a Matrix!
Sword Qi Essence Transformation?
Never heard of it. Didn't know anything about it.
Sure, maybe. But... did he think Ji Jue would believe him just because he said so?
At that moment, outside the villa, Xiao Jiu, transformed into a hummingbird, shared his vision with Ji Jue. Piercing the darkness and stripping away the fog, he effortlessly locked onto the corpse bobbing in the pond.
Using the Security Bureau database access Ji Jue had mooched off Tong Hua, he had already confirmed the identity—a notorious assassin from Tide City's Wild Bazaar.
White Deer Chosen One · Blood Slaughter!
He had broken through the Metamorphosis Rank four years ago and entered the Rebirth stage.
A Chosen One who was at least Level Six had silently died in that pond. There was a hole straight through where his heart should have been, yet his face held neither fear