Strange Attributes Awakened!

"It could only have been him."

Xie Qingyan's gaze looked murderous. She clearly could not tolerate such blatant provocation.

To be fair, the name "Black Rabbit" was quite notorious in Night Sin City. After all, nearly half the companies in Night City had been tormented by him.

Yet even now, no one had managed to uncover any information about him.

And Xie Qingyan had never imagined that this guy would actually dare target the Six Great Conglomerates!

Still, if she knew that Serpent Coil had suffered something similar before, she probably would not have thought so.

Unfortunately, Xu Shi had erased nearly all traces of Gu Yi's involvement in that incident long ago. Even within Serpent Coil, many people knew little about her identity. They only knew that after Xu Anbang, the group had parachuted in a little girl to serve as a supervisor.

But this was not the time to dwell on that.

"Chairwoman Xie, then now...?"

Ye Shanshan asked anxiously.

"Do I have to teach you what to do? Don't make me start cursing."

Xie Qingyan waved her delicate hand, sending the hem of her skirt fluttering back. "Immediately. At once. Reassign personnel from nearby hospitals and stabilize the situation first."

"And where is the Security Department? Isn't Deep Sea supposed to be a professional team ranked seventh on the hacker leaderboard? They let something like this happen right under their noses?"

"Uh, well... Chairwoman Xie, this Black Rabbit seems to be ranked fourth..."

Ye Shanshan reminded her quietly.

"I paid to hire them, so they should be responsible for this, not argue with me over rankings."

Xie Qingyan said coldly, "Tell them that if they cannot resolve this within half a day, I would not mind letting them see just how advanced Prism's medical capabilities are."

"And as for the media... handle it as you see fit."

"...Yes."

Knowing the chairwoman was in a rage, Ye Shanshan did not dare linger. She answered and hurriedly slipped away.

After turning off the computer screen, Xie Qingyan sat in her executive chair with one leg crossed over the other, her slender brows slightly furrowed.

She had originally been in quite a good mood lately. After noticing that He Yuqiang and Spark had fallen out, she had added fuel to the flames and helped her partner, Boss He, deal a harsh blow to his competitor.

As a result, she had acquired several projects from him at extremely low prices... Xie Qingyan understood well that one should not put all one's eggs in one basket. Since taking over the company, she had been operating on both the Serpent Coil and Shark Tooth fronts.

In any case, she did not care much about her engagement to Xu Shi. The two groups had a good relationship, but that depended on strength as well. Given Xu Shi's previous performance, whether Serpent Coil would even still be in his hands in a few years was anyone's guess.

Nor did she have any desire to work with an old fox like Lin Wenhua, so over the years, she had instead grown somewhat distant from Serpent Coil.

In her view, placing her bets on Shark Tooth, which was about to undergo a major reshuffle, was naturally the wiser choice.

But who could have known that before she had even enjoyed herself for a few days, something like this would happen... A large-scale medical incident would be difficult to suppress, especially when it involved the closely watched unmanned hospital project.

If it was not handled properly, much of her work over the years would be ruined.

"Black Rabbit..."

Xie Qingyan murmured the name, and she could not help being impressed by the other party's abilities.

But she had no intention of recruiting him. Right now, she only wanted to catch him and skin him alive.

Fortunately, Prism had reacted quickly enough to prevent the impact from spreading further. That was already a blessing amid misfortune.

She could only hope nothing else happened at such a critical time... It probably would not.

Still, despite saying that, Xie Qingyan felt a faint unease in her heart.

District 15.

While Xie Qingyan was tied up dealing with the sudden crisis at the unmanned hospital, He Yuzhao, the eldest young master of Shark Tooth, was attending a press conference.

Today marked the completion of a new Shark Tooth research institute—after receiving some technical support from Prism, Boss He had immediately begun researching a new type of weapons chip.

At that moment, he stood beneath the spotlights in high spirits, describing a blueprint for future development to the guests.

He could hardly help feeling spirited.

It could only be said that his partner, Xie Qingyan, had truly delivered. He had never expected her to find an opportunity to strike at He Yuqiang.

With that, his position as heir was practically secure. After all, the second son had no interest in that sort of thing... Still, what needed to be done still had to be done.

He himself had also been somewhat distracted. Xie Qingyan's beautiful figure lingered constantly in his mind.

That woman was truly beautiful, elegant, and captivating... He wondered what kind of luck Xu Shi had in his past life to actually become engaged to her.

But he did not care much. How could a thing that had been toyed with by the third son have any right to be his opponent?

Besides, he could tell that Xie Qingyan was quite indifferent toward this fiancé of hers. The two of them might not—no, there was a high chance they would never end up together.

Then naturally, he had to compete for her—everyone knew that Xie Qingyan was a poisonous rose, but marriage alliances were often still the best way to solidify a partnership.

He did not think he was inferior to her in any way. They could keep each other in check.

Unfortunately, Xie Qingyan was equally cold toward him and had repeatedly rejected his invitations.

Or perhaps she simply had no plans in that regard... But He Yuzhao had no intention of giving up.

No matter what, he could not lose to even a useless loser like Xu Shi, could he?

As he thought this, he failed to notice the sniper rifle aimed at him from the building across the street.

The cold wind lifted Xia Wuyou's hair as the girl meticulously searched for the right opportunity.

To be honest, she was better at close combat. Firearms were where she was somewhat less skilled.

But that did not mean she was bad with them. As the leader of the Field Operations Department, she had to master every kind of combat skill.

And judging by her expression, Xia Wuyou was clearly far more focused than before.

It had to be said that Su Lin's words had worked very well. At the very least, Xia Wuyou was now trying to view this matter through her way of thinking.

Do not concern herself with right or wrong. Do not concern herself with the target. Cast aside every distracting thought and simply carry out orders.

"Then, I also look forward to the future..."

Just as the atmosphere of the press conference reached its peak, the girl pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The bullet howled through the air, carrying the wind with it as it shattered the glass and struck its target dead on.

"—Aaaah!!!"

By the time He Yuzhao reacted, his face was already covered in blood.

The specially made high-explosive round instantly blew apart his right ear, and the scattered fragments embedded themselves all over his body.

"An assassin! An assassin!"

The venue instantly descended into chaos.

But by the time they came to their senses, Xia Wuyou, the perpetrator, had already vanished without a trace.

And to her surprise, she realized that a smile had appeared on her face, one she could not suppress.

Doing these things Su Lin's way truly felt wonderful.

It was as though something inside her body... had awakened.