Act 12: Sweet Candy

[Part 1 - Dirty]

A yellow cow tied to the roadside licked a block of rose salt, its saliva dripping onto the cement road of the food stalls and alleys, instantly turning into ice shards due to the violent psionic tide.

SCK [Stone Cold Killer]'s phantom spirit points directly at the shark-like Brown Bear.

--This hot-tempered catwoman, like SD [Fragrant Dream], possesses a pair of sharp eyes.

It spotted the evil spirit at a glance, but 9527 was still in a daze, its mind controlled by hunger and anxiety.

"What did you say? You—" Xiao Qi's face was ashen. She was unarmed and without armor, practically defenseless. Fighting the enemy under these circumstances was the worst-case scenario. "What about that shark-man hybrid? My Soul Might? What are you talking about?"

SCK covered his nose, his face full of disgust. "Pepper Potts! This guy stinks! I almost threw up! He's definitely got dozens of lives on his hands, a top-tier bastard who feels no guilt whatsoever, able to joke around with his victims while committing violence! Watch closely!--"

The spirit straightened Xiao Qi's head, deliberately making 9527 look into the eyes of the Brown Bear.

The shark-man chatted and laughed with the diner, secretly making small moves. He pulled a wad of change from the diner's back pocket, and then chuckled as he talked about how to make his sandwiches. While gesturing, he used his spiritual power to gently touch the diner's thigh.

It seems the Soul Might attack has already been launched!

Fahan Frodo, the shark-man, had already discovered 9527, but the Inspiration emanating from SCK's spirit was too terrifying at this moment, so the shark-man hybrid dared not act rashly. Anyone entering Wulong Fortress must leave behind fully automatic weapons.

He only had a PPK and didn't want to directly confront this catwoman. Judging from the characteristics of her spiritual pressure, his soul power [Black Ice] seemed to be no match for her.

"--The Gunsmith's Wife!"

He spoke with great enthusiasm and elegance, still wiping the scallions from his mouth after finishing his wonton soup, just as he had told Manager Todd —this monster had changed its diet and could now eat vegetarian food, seemingly having reformed.

The warm greeting startled 9527 for a moment.

That one look, that one instantaneous change in expression, immediately allowed the shark to lock onto his target!

"That's right! This woman is the gunsmith's wife! Then everything makes sense. The storyteller at the door wasn't lying; the Nameless One really did come!"

Fahan Frodo thought to himself, if he could capture 9527 alive, it would be an incredible achievement. His head would be worth at least eighteen million! If he could bring him to George Joshua alive, the value would be several times higher!

This immense greed nearly clouded his judgment, much like the look in Lisa Krauser's eyes when she saw Black Immaculate.

The bastards of the White Shark Association and their leader all have insatiable Taotie; George Joshua even wants to possess the War King.

When Lisa Krauser was first kidnapped, this heinous shark-man hybrid refused to pay even a hundred dollars. He talked to the old farmer about morality and righteousness, but his actions were utterly depraved. Not only did he refuse to pay, he also wanted to kill her entire family.

He thoroughly enjoyed the trembling, pleading expressions of his victims when he abused them. He would only cut up and devour his prey after he had fully savored that fear and awe.

At this moment, he could smell fear emanating from 9527 —perhaps this woman was very weak?

Perhaps the Big Sister isn't by her side? Perhaps War King Glory isn't even in Lieyang Fort?!

She seemed injured; she smelled of blood, and there were tears in the skin of her cuffs and neck. Was it an injury that even the Universal Elixir couldn't heal?

She was very hungry.

"I can smell money."

The shark-man hybrid deftly shifted his stance, and with just a glance at 9527's expression, he was able to determine the basic physiological condition of this Homo sapiens —a talent he possessed as Armadillo Hunters.

We need to find a way to provoke her! We need to find a way to catch her!

Make her follow! Humiliate her!

Fahan Frodo, you are the best human trafficker, you can do it! You definitely can!

I'll retire after this job!

"I'm so sorry I couldn't attend your husband's funeral!"

The hybrid monster, its eyebrows twitching with mockery, said...

"--Gunsmith's wife! How about I give you some money now? Do you need me to introduce you to a potential client? Otherwise, what will you and your child do?! I happen to know a photography company! I can introduce you to some private photography and custom-made erotic video jobs? I think this stuff can definitely make a lot of money!"

Before the shark could finish speaking, 9527 instantly flew into a rage and charged straight at the foul-mouthed, bastard beast!

"Here you go!" Fahan Frodo shoved the diner next to him.

The diner who was just chatting enthusiastically with him suddenly fell into bad luck. He swayed and was shoved by the shark with tremendous force. His buttocks seemed to be glued to the chair, and his thighs were also stuck tightly to the table leg!

The innocent passerby, an uncle, picked up the table and collapsed in front of 9527. The wonton noodles had just been served when the scalding soup splashed onto the innocent man, causing red spots to immediately appear on his skin.

"Whoa!----"

The passerby screamed in agony, trying to pat off the soup and liquid on his body, but no matter how hard he patted, he couldn't shake off the greasy soup.

"Bastard!" 9527 shouted, ordering tables, chairs, and passersby to block his way. Just then, Fahan Frodo rushed into the wonton shop and spilled the entire pot of broth!

Xiao Qi wanted to move the wooden table to use as a shield, but she couldn't move it no matter what she did!

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the tables and chairs seemed to be welded to the concrete floor, and she also saw the soup on the uncle's body—the soup didn't seem to be a natural fluid, but rather a liquid that had lost its weight and was in a weightless environment, clinging tightly to the uncle's arm. As soon as she touched it, it would immediately burn the entire area of skin with its scorching heat!

It happened in the blink of an eye.

"SCK!"

Xiao Qi can only place her hopes on spirits.

--If even spirits can't withstand these strange soul-power attacks, then...

"What should we do?! Gunsmith's wife!" Shark Fahan rushed to the attic of the wonton shop, preparing to climb into the residential building to hide, to find more powerful weapons, and to capture more hostages to put pressure on 9527.

He widened his bloodthirsty eyes, trying to make out 9527's psionic characteristics!

She'll definitely use her soul power, right? As long as we figure out the special nature of her soul power and spiritual energy, we might have a way to counter it!

Someone like her, a nameless hero who saves lives and helps the wounded, will definitely lend a hand!

Hurry up, time! Please let it pass faster!

Forty liters of boiling water and thick soup were poured onto the diner on the ground. If Xiao Qi couldn't think of a solution, SCK wouldn't be able to deal with this liquid that carried the curse of a malevolent spirit. The poor man would probably die from the pain.

What happened next completely surprised Shark Fahan!

The pig-like screams nearly shattered the windows.

--Xiao Qi caught up with Butcher Wang, who was always watching the excitement and happened to be the one closest to Xiao Qi.

Without hesitation, the nameless mistress pulled another innocent bystander over to act as a shield. SCK, almost as if on cue, immediately positioned the butcher's round buttocks and thick back meat against the scalding broth being poured over him.

The butcher's face was flushed, and his eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets.

"Oh!~~ Oh!! Oh oh oh oh!~~~"

"What on earth is this woman thinking?!" The shark-man hybrid couldn't understand it. Mr. Fahan broke out in a cold sweat, caught off guard by this sudden turn of events. "How can she be so shameless! Using innocent bystanders as a shield!"

After doing all this, Xiao Qi chased after him without hesitation, and SCK even took the time to kiss the butcher on the forehead.

"--Hero! Well done!"

The mischievous Little Kitty squatted down again and spoke to the diner uncle who was clinging to the ground.

"You should thank this great hero! He saved you!"

Although these ordinary people cannot hear the ghost's voice or see the spirit's appearance, SCK is like a drama queen. Like Ming De, it is like the BOSS's own daughter, the apple of his eye. It is not in a hurry at all. When it is out of range, the traction force of its main body pulls it into the wonton shop. It flies backward into the door and puts on the spiked boots.

9527's solution to [Black Ice] was simple and straightforward, a method that was completely unexpected by Fahan Frodo.

While fleeing for his life, the shark-man hybrid pondered a plan to capture the gunsmith's wife alive.

His psychic powers are very simple and very reliable.

--[Black Ice]'s ability is "friction," which can firmly lock two things together.

No matter how smooth it was, or how fluid the liquid, it could adhere perfectly to the surface. He moved with incredible speed, leaping and bounding between the attic walls as if aided by divine intervention, and soon he had scaled the apartment building. This was all thanks to the divine power [Black Ice] had applied to his shoes, allowing him to grip the walls firmly. Like a shark returning to the ocean, he swam freely.

"What are her psychic powers? What are her psychic powers?"

"Hasn't an attack been launched at all? Why?"

"Is it a range limitation? Or is she too weak to unleash a soul-power attack?"

The Brown Bear was a very patient hunter. He climbed into the 1.5-story hair salon, dodging the barber stalls in the narrow corridors, and rudely bumped into the Tony (a term of endearment for hairdressers) who were on duty.

The cunning shark casually picked up a bottle of shampoo, took out the balm, and flung it onto the only path he could take!

Xiao Qi happened to climb through the window and enter the room, where she saw Fahan Frodo pull out a PPK and point it at a Tony guy next to him.

"Don't move!"

Just in case, this time Shark took out his phone and started a live stream.

"This video will be uploaded to the internet! Gunsmith's wife! Don't you really care at all about the lives of these ordinary people?!"

"But you're nobody!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Xiao Qi felt a frantic urge to act, her mind consumed by rage, her eyes revealing undisguised murderous intent.

Tony, who was being held hostage, remained completely calm.

He became excited when he heard the gunsmith's wife's name and started whistling at the thugs' guns.

"So you're the gunsmith's wife! I knew it! A big shot has come to our stronghold!"

The shark held the strange hostage tightly.

He couldn't understand why these ordinary people were so brave, so crazy. It was completely different from the business model of a few years ago.

Tony asked excitedly, "Don't worry about me, Gunsmith's wife! Is this guy a bastard of the Madness Butterfly Sect? If I'm getting in your way, why don't you unleash your Soul Power and smash me and him together!"

Xiao Qi said frankly, "He asked for it himself! It has nothing to do with me!"

"What the hell!" Fahan exclaimed, utterly bewildered. "Is this kid out of his mind?!"

Xiao Qi was about to walk forward--

"--Don't fucking move!" Fahan immediately shouted, "I'm terrified! Gunsmith's wife! I'm really terrified! It's a small matter if you kill me, but if you damage the Nameless One's glorious image, the Gunsmith will probably die with his eyes wide open in disbelief!"

Xiao Qi didn't say anything; she wanted to see what this hybrid of a calamity beast was up to.

The hairstylists who were waiting for customers all retreated back to their dormitories and secretly observed the situation in the corridor from their windows.

"Yes, yes, yes! Calm down!" Fahan tried to control Xiao Qi: "I want you to step on that shampoo, or I'll kill this kid!"

The shark-man hybrids want to control Xiao Qi through [Black Ice]. In this Wulong Fortress, hostages can be easily seized as bargaining chips. This is the terrifying problem that the old-era warband has to face. In the street battles in the downtown area, the price that the righteous side has to pay is too heavy. They have to outwit and outfight the hostage-takers at any time.

"Don't worry about me! Really! I really don't want to live anymore!" Tony said calmly. "My girlfriend ran off to work on Cruise Ship Two last month! She doesn't want me anymore! She's going to make big money! I applied for minimum living allowance, but they said I'm not eligible since I have hands and feet. But in this godforsaken place, making money is just too, too hard. I figured even if I shaved my own head the fastest, it couldn't keep up with making money by eating human flesh! You tell me—"

Tony grabbed the wrist of the shark Fahan, his eyes blazing with fury, his courage and determination unleashing astonishing power.

"--Is that right!"

The PPK's miniature grip actually slipped in the shark's hand! At that moment Fahan Frodo was almost scared out of his wits. His soul power returned to his body. He couldn't understand the mentality of the people of Wulong Fortress. The fighting spirit that these little guys had unleashed was almost indestructible!

"Bang!--"

A sharp gunshot rang out, the bullet grazing Tony's face, shattering his cheekbone and knocking off half an ear, but according to the Knight's Combat Technique, his clenched fist and the protruding knuckle of his index finger, used to increase lethality, were about to smash into Fahan's face!

"No, no, no, no! Something's not right! This isn't right!"

Enraged, Fahan mustered his courage and shouted "[Black Ice]" again!

A dark, claw-like hand gripped Tony's arm tightly, intercepting his vicious punch.

But the next second, this cunning and treacherous shark slammed its head into the ground!

[Part ② - Execution Time]

At that moment--

He saw the gunsmith's wife's heavy fist strike Tony's elbow, the sudden force almost sending him crashing into the floor!

I have to escape! I have to escape! How strange!? This is really strange!

Fahan Frodo's face was covered in blood, and he could hear thunderous cheers coming from the barbershop dormitory.

That's so strange! These guys used to never say a word to me! They clearly... clearly...

There's no time to think! I have to escape from here, escape to a higher floor! I need to check on the other residents, and it would be best to choose a little girl as a human shield! Yes! Yes, yes, yes!

The moment Fahan was severely injured, he curled up and crawled outwards. With the blessing of [Black Ice], his movement speed was extremely fast. He quickly circled around to the outer wall, as swift as a gecko.

9527 followed closely behind, leaping off the wall to hang on the clothesline, then performing a somersault to smash the window, his movements clean and swift as he caught up.

This made the Fahan turn pale with shock.

Is this the kind of mobility that Homo sapiens should have? She had four children? Really? Are you kidding me?!

"Little kids! Little kids! I want little girls! I love little girls."

Fahan's head was covered in blood. He felt like his forehead had been ruptured and he had suffered a concussion. He couldn't comprehend how brutal 9527's punches were.

He jumped from the third floor and ran frantically towards the kindergarten, trying to find his new lifeline.

Yes! Women! Women are always weak. Little girls are even weaker!

"I love bullying weak Homo sapiens!"

Fahan Frodo found a target: a little girl who looked only five years old, washing a mop next to a public toilet.

9527 said angrily, "SCK! I can't catch this bastard! If you don't make a move, I'll..."

"It's already working!" The spirit, now in the form of a catwoman, remained by Xiao Qi's side, its expression serious and equally worried as it watched the shark hybrid rushing towards the child. "Just one hit is enough!"

Fahan walked Frodo and slower, feeling utterly exhausted.

He had never felt so tired. When he reached the little girl, his legs felt like they were filled with lead. He kept releasing the spiritual energy of [Black Ice], thinking that the friction of his shoes was too great and hindering his movement.

But when the shark-man stood in front of the mirror next to the public toilet, he saw an old face that looked like a living corpse, emaciated and frail.

Hey you old man over there, what are you looking at! I'll break your bones if you don't!

"Pretty arrogant, huh! Trying to mimic my voice?"

Fahan 'Frodo mind seemed to have stopped working, and he shouted at his reflection in the mirror.

"You old beast, do you think you're so great? I, Fahan Frodo, am not like White Shark Association President. I don't respect the elderly! I love beating up kids and old people!"

The little girl was so frightened by the strange old man that she took a few steps back. She looked in the mirror, then at the white-haired shark-like man—

She couldn't figure out what was going on either.

Then they saw a five or six-year-old "Xiao Qi" struggling to run to the side of the frail, elderly shark-man hybrid.

Under the influence of [SCK·Cold-Blooded Killer], clothes became a burden, and Bai Ziqing had to pull up her pants, roll up her sleeves, and hop over with her short arms and legs. The catgirl also turned into Little Kitty, only forty centimeters long, and "rejuvenated" along with her original form.

"The teacher is calling you!" Xiao Qi pointed towards the classroom, urging the children to quickly return to a safe place.

The little girl tilted her head to look in the other direction, then immediately ran away.

Fahan Frodo saw the phantom of [SCK - The Cold-Blooded Killer], broke free from the clutches of Alzheimer's disease, broke out in a cold sweat, and finally remembered his important mission from his rusty and aging brain.

"Pop!~" The catwoman blew a kiss, and the bright red heart-shaped light spot floated onto Fahan's forehead, making him dizzy.

Only in this moment, in this instant!

"Die, you scum!" Young Bai Ziqing grabbed Fahan's phone; the live stream had to continue. "Stone Cold Killer!!!"

Soul Power transformed into a pink flame and soared into the sky! It quickly transformed into SCK's cat-shaped spirit form! Although it looked very small, it moved swiftly and was full of energy!

A dark, ferocious beast emerged from the aged face of the Fahan. It looked weak and powerless, collapsing along with its aged body as it made a last-ditch effort!

The little sweet kitten flicked its paw and made a quick swipe! Its aged, feeble spirit vanished like smoke.

--[Black Ice] has been shattered!

The moment the gates of Gate of Death, Fahan's eyes lost focus.

"Pop!~"

Punch after punch!

"Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!"

After three punches, Fahan felt refreshed, regaining a bit of his youthful energy, and his blood was rushing to his head!

But the sexy and alluring catwoman in front of us is also growing up!

"Bola boola boola boola la la la la la la la la la!!!!"

With a twisting claw and a stabbing punch, the high-speed strikes broke the sound barrier! The shark-man hybrid's torso turned to mush, unleashing a shower of blood!

9527 frowned, her eyes blazing with anger, and gradually returned to her normal posture. She moved forward step by step, her soul power following her!

The force of the punch slammed the robust shark-man hybrid, this man-eating monster who had returned to his prime, against the mirror!

It grows larger, more mature, more alluring, more powerful, more swift, and more deadly—becoming a cold-blooded killer!

The golden heart-shaped plaques on the leather gloves resembled badges! They transformed into heart-shaped wounds on Fahan Frodo's body, constantly updating the markings and bursting forth with new blood mist!

The heavy blow sounded like the beating of a war drum, and the shark-man hybrid's head was embedded in the public toilet wall, completely deformed!

"Call!--"

9527's chest heaved, and he was so hungry he felt dizzy.

"I need to get something to eat, do you have any ideas, sis?"

SCK smashed through the entire wall, having already thrown thousands of straight punches. The heart-shaped emblems on its two front paws had turned from gold to a deep reddish-gold, becoming scorching hot!

The alluring catwoman replied with a grin.

"--Using local ingredients? Fish balls?"

Xiao Qi: "This is disgusting."

SCK: "How about wonton noodles then? My dear little chili pepper, you need to control your diet. Although your husband doesn't mind your figure going out of shape, I do! Even you yourself dislike it!~"

Xiao Qi: "Can we not talk about this?"

The person and the cat have already walked away.

Fahan 'Frodo head was completely deformed; he survived by feigning death.

The hybrid monster's physique saved his life! He was overjoyed, but then he heard 9527's voice fading into the distance, as if he really was going to find something to eat.

He twitched his finger slightly, trying to check if his spine was still functioning properly, and whether nerve signals could really travel to his limbs.

But this one move summoned Death God back once more!

"I think you've forgotten about this!"

Almost instantly, 9527 was back in the public restroom. She stepped onto the pit in the wall, onto Fahan Frodo's chest, holding her cell phone and PPK.

SCK stepped in front of the phone camera, his demeanor dignified and polite, like a announcer for a special adult program. "The next program! Kids can't watch!"

The nameless mistress laughed out a powerful, all-consuming laugh.

"I love watching you beasts find hope for survival, only to have it shatter in an instant, and then look at your eyes with despair! That's what makes me ecstatic!"

Gunfire continued unabated as bullets struck Fahan Frodo's throat, shattering his spine, slicing through flesh and bone, and completely breaking his head!

The head rolled into the cesspool and finally found its home.

He's dead!