A Born Undercover Agent
"What the hell?"
Listening to the man in front of him shouting, Han Su realized something serious had happened, but he couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Copper Text remnants? Living Copper Puppets? What was he talking about?
In the previous version of Life Line No. 01, Azure Harbor had been destroyed tonight. The Four Heavenly Kings, Mysterious Followers, the Slaughter City Sacrifice, and the Knight Errant had all made their moves. The whole city had been thrown into chaos, yet Han Su hadn't seen any Copper Text remnants involved—
He frowned slightly and looked at the man, whose forehead was slick with cold sweat. "Aren't you curious about why I'm here?"
"I—"
Hou Zhi Zhu froze for a moment. "Should I be?"
"No, wait. Things are complicated, sure, but Azure Harbor's safety comes first. I have to finish my mission—"
"Hold on—"
His expression changed at breakneck speed, like it was hooked up to a motor. "I was involved in the Kidnapping Case ten years ago? I was kidnapped by the Ancient Castle too? You saved us?"
"—Wait, you're a well-connected killer who's on a rampage, but you're actually a good guy?"
Hou Zhi Zhu's reaction left Han Su speechless. He'd awakened plenty of people by now, but he'd never met anyone this busy.
Han Su stared at him. "You don't seem like an ordinary security guard."
"I—"
Hou Zhi Zhu tried to speak, then suddenly went blank, letting a flood of memories wash over him.
Only then did Han Su realize that the man wasn't simply so unfazed that learning about the Ancient Castle kidnapping and the flashes of light didn't surprise him.
It seemed he'd already been trapped in a different kind of confusion. After Han Su used the Mechanical Fragment to