Wave after wave of sound, like a magnitude-six earthquake, shook the hot pot restaurant straight into rubble. Dust billowed through the wreckage, blocking the view from outside.
On the rooftop terrace of a high-rise across from the restaurant, three furtive figures watched the scene below through a pair of binoculars.
"Looks like they took care of them. Four idiots with no sense of caution."
The gaunt man with dark circles under his eyes and an in-ear headset spoke with disdain.
The muscular man in a sleeveless shirt and a full-face mask answered in a muffled voice, "Don't get overconfident. If the other side is one of the Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau's squad leaders, she's got to have some ability."
The Gothic Girl crouched to his right, idly playing a dating sim.
"You're overthinking it, boss. She hasn't even reached Second Rank. How could she withstand Monkey's sound waves?"
With a series of beeps signaling the game's end, the screen on her phone turned bloodred.
"Damn it!" She angrily smacked her phone down. "Is the heroine sick in the head? I've been simping this hard, and I still triggered the death route?"
"Who the hell made this piece-of-crap game? I'll kill him sooner or later!!!"
The masked brute glanced at the broken phone and gave a helpless chuckle. "Lina, stop playing around and send your dolls out to scout."
"You've always said you wanted to control a second Legend. You can pick first from whatever drops this time."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
At his words, Lina eagerly pulled several wooden-colored cubes from her pocket and tossed them off the roof.
The moment the little cubes hit the ground, they transformed and unfolded. In the blink of an eye, they had become five or six scattered mechanical monkey dolls.
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