CANC

The police felt malice closing in from every direction, with the threat of death hanging over their heads at every moment.

The two remaining snipers in particular were the best of partners, and twins besides, with flawless coordination.

Yet even so, the twins were now gripped by utter terror.

The invisible Hunter had appeared, forcing them to press tightly together.

The police stared vigilantly at their surroundings. Then a white blur flashed past, and one sniper fell dead in hatred and despair, blood spraying from his neck.

Everyone saw it clearly: a White-haired Lion walking upright had appeared beside the sniper out of thin air and killed him instantly with a single swipe of its paw.

"Brother! No!"

One sniper clutched the other's corpse and cried out.

In that instant, every police officer broke down. They rushed into their vehicles and immediately started the engines.

Seeing everyone flee, the sniper who had just been weeping actually abandoned the corpse and nimbly darted into a vehicle.

"Bastard! You must have brought that fox here for revenge! Get out of the car!"

The sniper trembled in terror and screamed hysterically, "Shut up! That isn't a fox! It's after all of us!"

The last remaining sniper forcibly stayed in the car. The officer driving did not dare waste a second and could only gun the engine, fleeing down the battered dirt track.

There had originally been no road here. But after so many people had passed through today, a path had naturally formed.

The vehicle bounced along the dirt road. Crouched silently atop the car carrying the last sniper was the Hunter, Lan Mu.

He could not understand what these Malays were saying anyway. Once the car left the jungle, Lan Mu decisively thrust a claw into the vehicle.

The chicken-like claw descending from above first tore through the roof. The sturdy metal roof was utterly incapable of stopping the Hunter's sharp claws!

The claw pierced through the steel above the cabin and plunged directly into the last sniper's skull.

The sudden burst of motion was like an assassin lurking in the darkness, delivering a fatal strike.

Leaving no trace, impossible to block—leaping from the darkness and ending everything in an instant.

The claw pierced steel and instantly killed the sniper, sending all the police officers into a panic.

Meanwhile, a middle-aged Asian man walked into the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters and spoke directly in front of all the officers.

"Hello, my name is Bai Ze."

"CANC is taking over this matter. No matter how you explain it, do not interfere with our containment of the Nine-tailed Fox."

"CANC?"

The commissioner took the visitor's identification, which read:

"Conservation Admitted Natural Council?"

"Natural Protection Control Association?"

The middle-aged man nodded indifferently and produced an official document.

"This is an official order signed by your president. However you intend to answer to the public, I will be responsible for this matter!"

His tone was lofty, as though even the president was nothing remarkable.

"Utter nonsense! We've lost so many officers. There's no way we can simply let this go! Who exactly are you people—" The commissioner was furious, but before he could finish—

Bai Ze handed over the document just as the commissioner received a phone call. After answering respectfully for a few moments, he looked at Bai Ze with a complicated expression.

"You're an environmental organization? How can you persuade the president himself? Are you really an environmental organization?"

Bai Ze smiled. "CANC is indeed an environmental organization. To protect nature, we must eliminate all unnecessary harm to Earth, humanity, and nature."

"Of course... all unnatural and surreal phenomena are to be controlled and contained first. Only when necessary will they be destroyed."

After hearing this, the commissioner still did not understand what kind of organization this was. But from Bai Ze's tone, he gathered that it was probably some extreme environmental group.

Any unnatural existence would be eliminated or imprisoned. Such an environmental organization was indeed far too radical.

After reading the intelligence, Bai Ze nodded to show that he understood. He did not care what others thought of the environmental organization he belonged to.

"All personnel, move out. The target's provisional designation is 953. Classification currently unknown."

Bai Ze was not the only person sent by the organization. At his command, people in blue uniforms emerged from every direction, carrying all manner of weapons.

Dressed in full gear and carrying instruments and weapons, they boarded their vehicles at top speed and headed for the scene in the tropical rainforest.

"You're already dead."

"What kind of joke is that? How could I die here..."

The officer shouted, but he could not stop the claw from closing in. With lightning speed, Lan Mu shattered the man's skull.

The officer driving saw the scene in the rearview mirror. Tears immediately streamed down his face, his legs trembling so badly that he nearly wanted to jump out of the car and run.

More than a hundred police officers in thirty vehicles had been hunted down by an invisible monster. Every officer who had tried to protect the snipers by opening fire had also been killed.

On the road back to Kuala Lumpur, many police cars sat abandoned by the roadside, covered in blood...

The officer driving did not dare fight back at all. Drenched in sweat, he kept driving... A huge hole had been torn through the roof of the police car, yet Lan Mu had vanished.

The car drove for more than ten minutes, but the elusive enemy did not appear again.

"Did... did it leave?"

After killing those officers, Lan Mu left the driver alive and crouched silently.

He remained atop that vehicle, keeping himself invisible the entire time. The remaining officers had no idea that he had never actually left.

The police car sped along and returned to the station a little over an hour later.

After listening to the surviving officers' panicked, trembling report, the commissioner's first reaction was disbelief.

The snipers had been wiped out? More than a hundred officers had been reduced to seventy? They had not even caught a glimpse of the killer?

Hmph! How could there possibly be some monster in this world that could turn invisible and appear and disappear like a ghost? A white blur instantly killing people... But then he saw that all his subordinates were terrified and saying the same thing. The commissioner was completely stunned and had no idea how to explain this to his superiors!

This matter was too serious, far beyond what a commissioner like him could take responsibility for. Even now, he was utterly confused!

But since the president had personally intervened, all he needed to do was find a way to calm public opinion.

"Don't worry about this matter anymore. You... you should see a psychologist. There's no need to write reports either. This case is no longer under our jurisdiction." The commissioner had a splitting headache and could only sigh helplessly.

The police decided to withdraw from the investigation and focus instead on dealing with the public.

As for Lan Mu, he was tired of killing. After jumping down from the car, he ignored the last officer, stole a set of clothes, changed directly back into a human, and left.

This was downtown, filled with dazzling lights and revelry. Kuala Lumpur was still quite beautiful at night.

"Kuala Lumpur really is prosperous!"

After finally indulging in a bout of slaughter, Lan Mu had returned to the city after more than ten days. But after strolling through several bustling streets, he lost interest in the place.

It was prosperous, but compared to the Magic City, it still fell far short.

And although he had used the Hunter's Innate Ability to escape his predicament, the danger had not been completely resolved.

He could not understand the language! Everything here was unfamiliar, and both the writing and speech made him feel utterly out of place.

Without a bank card, local currency, or a passport, he could barely do anything in human form!

"Damn it! The transformation delay lasted so long that I missed my chance to return home with Fang Moqi. What am I supposed to do now?"

Lan Mu stood there blankly for a while before thinking, In Hunter form, I can turn invisible. Do I have to sneak back into the country?

If I can't find Fang Moqi, that may be my only option. I can sneak onto a plane, and in just five hours, I'll be back in the Magic City.

Having made up his mind, Lan Mu began searching for the place where he had agreed to meet Fang Moqi.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man named Bai Ze arrived at the tropical rainforest. There were eleven of them in total, and they first went to the mountaintop where Lan Mu had previously stayed.

"Abnormal radiation detected... and traces of human habitation," one of the blue-uniformed personnel said in English.

Bai Ze raised an eyebrow. "Traces of human habitation?"

"Mm... Rather than humans, intelligent lifeforms would be more accurate. There are obvious signs of a campfire and roasting, as well as animal remains. Preliminary judgment suggests that the containment target once prepared cooked food here."

Bai Ze frowned. "An intelligent containment target... This is the first time I've heard of a monster possessing humanity."

"According to intelligence from the Malaysian police, all officers who came within thirty meters of the target were confused and lost their autonomy. However, aside from that, the target has displayed no other threat..."

"Still, considering that the target possesses human intelligence, it is highly unusual."

"Mm... Its provisional threat level will be Beta Class, designation Beta-953. Further assessment will be conducted after containment."

"Immediately begin tracking the target. It must still be hiding somewhere in this primeval jungle!"

Later, beneath a large tree near the crashed helicopter in the jungle, the group discovered what appeared to be the target's blood and fur.

"Extract all of it..."

Bai Ze took out a phone. After connecting the call, he spoke softly.

"The target possesses intelligence no less than that of a human. It resembles the mythical Nine-tailed Fox and can interfere with human thought..."

"Its threat level is provisionally Beta Class. It is known to have killed forty-six humans and several wild animals, posing harm to nature."

"However, given its exceptional intelligent nature, termination is not recommended unless containment is declared a failure."

"To ensure a successful containment..."

"Site-Southeast Asia, Bai Ze, requests reinforcement in the form of one Containment Task Force and one tracking Special Task Force."

"That is all..."