Chapter 14

Ouyang Rui was in a very bad mood right now, and the reason was simple. They had been sent to deal with a few E-rank guys, but instead, the three from the Golden Triangle had been taken out by them.

However, most of the strong personnel Ouyang Rui could freely deploy were already used to pursue the Winter Witch who had fled H City.

"What a bunch of useless trash." Ouyang Rui couldn't help but curse.

"Mr. Ouyang, you don't need to worry at all." A man then came to Ouyang Rui's side. If Lin Jie and the others were here, they would recognize this man—it was the buyer from the earlier little girl transaction, one of the Evolution Company's people: "Those E-rank heroes who ruined the deal won't see the sun tomorrow."

"No way, I can't let such a young girl live with you guys." Lin Wan, who had just finished shopping, was holding the little girl in her arms and said, "I don't trust any of you! Especially you, big brother!"

"What did I do?" Lin Jie asked, confused.

"Don't think I don't know. The anime you've been into these past few years has made you more and more twisted." Lin Wan pointed at Lin Jie.

"I'm not like that at all! If anyone's twisted, it's this guy." As he spoke, Lin Jie pointed at Xiao Zhan, who was standing nearby.

"Who are you calling twisted? My partners are all mature women." Xiao Zhan defended himself.

"Little sister, tell big sister if they've done anything strange to you," Lin Wan asked the little girl beside her.

The little girl was now wearing a newly bought pink dress, and her hair had been tied into twin tails by Lin Wan. She tilted her head, thought for a moment, then pointed at Xiao Zhan and said, "This big brother, when we first met, kept poking me with a strange stick, and it made me feel really weird."

Lin Wan looked at Xiao Zhan with the eyes of someone staring at a pervert.

"Wait, that's a misunderstanding. The stick he's talking about is my weapon... I..." Xiao Zhan quickly tried to explain, but it only seemed to make things worse.

"See, I told you, he's the pervert. If I hadn't stopped him in time, who knows what he might have done," Lin Jie said, kicking Xiao Zhan while he was down. "Isn't that right, little sister?"

"Mm!" The little girl nodded.

"See, your big brother isn't a pervert."

"Brother Lin took Brother Xiao's stick," the little girl nodded, then her next words plunged Lin Jie into the abyss of perversion: "Then Brother Lin wanted to poke me with the stick too."

Lin Wan hugged the little girl tighter. Her gaze, which had been that of someone looking at a pervert, had now completely turned into the look of someone staring at garbage.

"Although these two are complete perverts, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on them," Glasses said to Lin Wan, whose eyes had grown sharp. "If you don't believe me, ask her. I'm really good with kids."

"Brother Lolicon has been very kind to me. He promised to give me good food and take me out to play," the little girl chimed in, echoing Glasses' words. Compared to Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan, she was closer to Glasses.

"Brother Lolicon?" Lin Wan's eyes grew even sharper.

"It's a misunderstanding. I'm not like those two," Glasses quickly defended himself.

"I don't believe you. Anyway, I can't leave this child with you. It's just too worrying," Lin Wan said.

"No way," Lin Jie said to Lin Wan. "I told you, this kid is being targeted by a dangerous organization. If you're with her, it'll be dangerous for you."

"I don't care," Lin Wan said stubbornly. "I'm taking such an adorable kid home."

"This isn't the time to be stubborn," Lin Jie said. "What if the enemy attacks our house?"

"Aren't you here? I heard you took down a B-rank super hero in one go," Lin Wan said. "Besides, you three men don't even know how to take care of a child, do you?"

"Who says we don't know how to take care of a child?" Lin Jie retorted.

"That's right," Xiao Zhan, standing nearby, said. "I've been taking good care of her, haven't I, little sister?"

The little girl, hearing Xiao Zhan's words, said happily, "Yes, big brother has been really good to me. After he took me home, he gave me all kinds of flavored spicy sticks."

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"Let's go, listen to big sister. Stay far away from these perverted men from now on. When we get home, big sister will make you some of her specialty dishes." With that, Lin Wan pulled the little girl toward home, leaving the three speechless men standing there.

"You pervert, why have you been feeding her spicy sticks at home? You're going to turn a perfectly good little girl into an idiot!" Lin Jie complained to Xiao Zhan.

"And you have the nerve to talk? Who was it that left your sister with the impression that you're a pervert? Wasn't it you?" Xiao Zhan shot back.

"I'm a pervert? How am I a pervert?" Lin Jie said indignantly.

"Who was it that shouted in public, 'Anyone who dares to take our little girl, I'll make them pay!' and stuff like that?"

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Glasses, standing nearby, decisively chose to ignore the two perverts in front of him. In fact, he still had the task of contacting Dong Xue'er every day. In this era where phones and electronic devices could be intercepted or exposed, abilities like Glasses' had become the most suitable means of communication.

Watching Glasses disappear from sight, Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan stopped their bickering.

"What do we do now?" Lin Jie asked.

"Leave the little girl to you. If you can't handle it, I'd just be throwing my life away going there," Xiao Zhan said.

"And what are you going to do?" Lin Jie asked.

"I'm going back to upgrade my weapons, and then I need to set up some special recording glasses at designated spots," Xiao Zhan said. "I had my company investigate. At least 80% of what Dong Xue'er said is true."

"Alright, then let's split up," Lin Jie said. "I'll handle the little girl's safety. You do what you're good at."

With that, Lin Jie started to head in the direction Lin Wan had gone.

"Wait, are you sure it's okay to involve your sister in this?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"Don't worry, she won't be in any trouble at all." Lin Jie said confidently. "The people I want to protect will never get hurt again. Most importantly, we really don't know how to take care of kids."

Watching Lin Jie's retreating back, Xiao Zhan muttered curiously, "Why did he say 'again'?"

That night, inside Xiao's Building, a lithe black shadow slipped past all the building's surveillance equipment and alarms, making her way straight to the top floor.

Shadow. She was one of the professional assassins cultivated by Evolution Company. Though only C-rank in strength, her assassination and stealth abilities far surpassed most elite agents trained by the World Government.

Tonight's mission posed little difficulty for her: assassinate Zhan Chen, the E-rank hero who had recently disrupted Evolution Company's deals. Zhan Chen seemed to be working on something in his lab. Shadow had already silently infiltrated his room, clinging to the ceiling, her body color shifting to match the ceiling panels. The moment Xiao Zhan stepped out of the lab, she could kill him right here in this room.

Before long, Xiao Zhan emerged from the room.

"Perfect opportunity." Shadow thought as she moved to strike, but then her gaze was caught by something in Xiao Zhan's hand, causing her to miss the optimal assassination window.

"What the hell is that thing?" Shadow stared in shock at the pixelated rod-shaped object in Xiao Zhan's hand as he walked into the living room.

"My Plasma Decontamination Rod 3001 is finally complete." Xiao Zhan said, carefully examining the weapon in his hand.

"So that's his signature weapon? Why do I feel my face heating up and my heart racing just looking at it?" Shadow stared in shock at the pixelated rod-shaped object before her.

"Let's test the functions." Xiao Zhan said, activating the Plasma Decontamination Rod in his hand. A vibrating sound filled the entire room. Not only that, the head of the pixelated rod-shaped object in Xiao Zhan's hand began to wobble irregularly.

Shadow's face on the ceiling was already bright red. "Th-this... this is no weapon at all! How could anyone use such a perverted thing as a weapon?"

Ignoring the onlooker's inner screams, Xiao Zhan took out a cup.

'A cup? What's he going to do?' Shadow's attention was now completely absorbed by Xiao Zhan's every move.

Just as she watched curiously, a milky white liquid suddenly sprayed from the pixelated rod in Xiao Zhan's hand. He caught a full cup of steaming white liquid.

"He... he actually made it that realistic... this is... this is way too perverted." Shadow thought from the ceiling, but then Xiao Zhan did something that made her jaw drop.

He downed the cup of white liquid in one gulp, then couldn't help licking the residue from his lips.

"Th-th-this... this is way too perverted! He actually drank it! After making something so perverted, he actually drank it! And he looked like he enjoyed it? Does he usually have this kind of hobby? This man is way too unfathomable! How perverted does a man have to be to drink that? Even a girl..." Shadow on the ceiling was now completely losing her composure.

"Sweetness is just right. Now I can have a hot cup of milk anytime during battle." Xiao Zhan said.

"It's milk! Of course, how could any man actually drink that kind of stuff." Shadow on the ceiling felt a wave of relief.

"Now let's try the new combat suit." Xiao Zhan said, activating some device, and then his entire body was shrouded in pixelation.

Thus, a pixelated humanoid creature, holding a pixelated rod-shaped weapon, appeared in the room.

"It's turned into something really messed up!"

"Now let's try maximum power." Xiao Zhan said, pressing a button on the weapon in his hand. Immediately, the weapon began spinning rapidly. With the powerful rotation, white milk splattered everywhere, even covering his own body in milk.

"No good, at maximum power it leaks milk..."

In Shadow's eyes, a pixelated creature covered in an unidentified white liquid now stood in the room.

"It's turned into something super disgusting!" Shadow on the ceiling could no longer keep her composure.