Calculation and Killing
At five o'clock in the morning, Qing Chen stood at the entrance of the Black Swan Restaurant.
Many people were pushing carts along the road, filled with freshly boiled soy milk and steamed buns.
Normally, this is food that only the rich can afford, but the Fourth District is an exception, where there are dancers and waiters who have just earned their tips.
There are also all sorts of people who make a living in this vibrant Fourth District, living a life of extravagance and indulgence.
Only in the morning can they wake up.
This time of year is the quietest in the Fourth District, yet it's also the time when it's most vibrant with life.
The dancers stood forlornly by the roadside waiting for taxis, their clothes no longer so glamorous and light, but instead draped in thick coats.
The atmosphere was no longer so crazy; everyone seemed to have returned to the human world from another crazy world.
The owner of the steamed buns was all smiles, but the person selling the buns probably wouldn't even eat a single one himself.
Qing Chen turned to look at the roadside and was shocked to see Zhang Mengqian squatting under a street lamp, fast asleep...
He smiled, and using the steps taught by Mother Ye, he circled behind the little boy, intending to cover his mouth and pretend to Kidney Slicer.
Unexpectedly, the little boy woke up earlier than planned.
"Huh?" Qing Chen asked in confusion, "How did you know someone was approaching?"
The little boy thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. I've been like this ever since my eyes were sold. I even know that someone is watching me. This is the secret to how long I've survived in District 9. I've never told anyone before, but I'm telling you now, boss."
"Boss?" Qing Chen laughed, "You've gotten used to it pretty quickly."
Qing Chen pondered, why is Zhang Mengqian's perception ability so similar to an A-level sixth sense?!
This is an ability that even Qing Chen doesn't possess!
"Walk forward 10 meters and turn your back to me," Qing Chen said.
Zhang Mengqian didn't know why she did it, but Qing Chen first looked at other places, and then suddenly looked at the little boy with murderous intent.
In an instant, all the hairs on the back of the little boy's neck stood on end!
This is a reaction to sensing a crisis!
It really was my sixth sense!
Qing Chen had heard that when some people are deprived of a certain sense, their brains will distribute that sense to other organs.
For example, some blind people have exceptionally good hearing, or people who have lost their sense of taste have an exceptionally strong sense of smell.
But he never expected that after Zhang Mengqian's eyeballs were stolen, the world would compensate him with his sixth sense!
"A sixth sense," Qing Chen patted the little boy's head. "So lucky."
Zhang Mengqian was stunned for a moment. "Boss, I'd rather not have a sixth sense, I want eyes."
Qing Chen paused for a moment, then bowed deeply to Zhang Mengqian: "I'm sorry, I misspoke."
Zhang Mengqian panicked. "Boss, you don't need to do this, I don't mind."
Qing Chen shook his head. "It's your business if you don't care, it's my business if I said something wrong. Let's go have breakfast. How many steamed buns can you eat?"
"Eat as much as you want?" Zhang Mengqian looked at Qing Chen expectantly.
"Yes, eat as much as you want, eat until you're stuffed to the brim," Qing Chen laughed.
"Then I can eat 12!" Zhang Mengqian exclaimed excitedly.
Qing Chen was stunned. Each of those buns was the size of a fist, and even he could only eat four at most.
He tentatively bought 12 for Zhang Mengqian, and then watched as he stuffed them all into his mouth, while also drinking two cups of soy milk.
As Qing Chen paid, he exclaimed, "Wow, you really can eat! By the way, what are you doing here?"
Zhang Mengqian said, "The Art Troupe has taken care of all the Dove Cage. Xiao Qi said he's going to take care of the club next door, but Lao Luo said it's not the right time yet and they need to think it over some more. I felt it wasn't interesting, so I came to find you. Did you say anything to Lao Luo? Lao Luo has been very nice to me since last night, which makes me a little uncomfortable."
Qing Chen laughed and said, "Don't worry about it. Lao Luo is a good person. He used to be Jianghu, and people who have been in the Jianghu pay special attention to interpersonal relationships. He didn't mean any harm."
"Shall we go back now?" Zhang Mengqian asked, skipping and jumping happily.
"No, you go back, I have things to do," Qing Chen said.
"Can you take me with you? I can endure hardship, and I'm not afraid of danger," the little boy said.
"Then what are you afraid of?" Qing Chen asked.
Zhang Mengqian pondered for a long time before saying, "... I'm afraid I'll live in Dove Cage for the rest of my life, without family or friends. I'm afraid I can see the end of my life from the beginning. If I can live a more exciting life, it doesn't matter if I die."
Qing Chen pondered for a moment, then said, "Then come with me."
Zhang Mengqian's eyes lit up.
Qing Chen led the way to the end of the long street in the Fourth District: "However, your claim that you can endure hardship still needs to be verified."
"Haven't I suffered enough?"
"No, enduring poverty is not suffering. What truly constitutes suffering is being able to endure hardship for the sake of an ambition or goal, and becoming focused and persistent in pursuit of that goal. Suffering is an active ability, not a passive one."
Zhang Mengqian wasn't sure if he understood, but he made a note of it.
District 5.
A young man had just come downstairs to throw away trash at the Peace Dove Building.
Just as he opened the trash can, a little boy suddenly brushed against him as he passed by.
The young man immediately sensed something was wrong. He threw away the trash bag, felt his pockets, and realized his phone was gone. "Baka!"
As he spoke, he chased after the little boy.
In the cold winter, the little boy wrapped his head completely in a scarf, with only his breath exhaling into the air. He ran into the alley, but the alley led to a dead end.
The young man approached with a sneer, and the little boy backed away in fear.
But before he had taken two steps, the young man's eyes widened suddenly. He felt as if an extremely thin needle had cruelly pierced his heart.
The young man tried to call for help, but before he could utter a sound, his mouth was covered.
Zhang Mengqian stood there, stunned, watching Qing Chen, who had appeared behind the young man at some point. Qing Chen was covering the young man's mouth, stirring his heart, and smiling at her all at the same time.
The little boy watched as the young man's gaze gradually became unfocused until his face turned purple and his chest stopped rising and falling.
No matter how much the young man struggled, he couldn't break free from the boss's grasp.
All of this was as easy for that boss as drinking a cup of soy milk.
As agreed, if Zhang Mengqian wanted to follow Qing Chen, she had to undergo a test. The test was simple: cooperate with Qing Chen to lure the Time Walker from the Age of Gods to a place without surveillance and then kill them.
The little boy recalled his assessment of Qing Chen as "weak" and suddenly realized that he had been too naive. This was the real beast.
The next moment, Qing Chen sacrificed the young man to the Puppet Master. The little boy watched as the young man turned to ashes, leaving not even a corpse behind. "This is..."
"Magic," Qing Chen said with a smile, "A magical transformation."
Zhang Mengqian had witnessed many cruel things in the slums, but this was the first time he had ever cooperated with something like this.
He trembled violently when he realized he had been involved in a murder.
Seeing something and participating in something are different.
Only when you actually experience it will you understand the feeling of that adrenaline rush, especially for someone like Zhang Mengqian who already possesses a sixth sense.
Qing Chen didn't say anything; he just wanted to see when Zhang Mengqian would calm down.
In just ten seconds, the little boy stopped trembling and calmly asked, "Why kill him? There has to be a reason."
"What if I said I had no reason, and it was just to test you?" Qing Chen asked.
"Then I can't follow you. You're no different from those people," the little boy said stubbornly.
Qing Chen smiled, "That's the answer I wanted."
"Huh?" Zhang Mengqian was taken aback.
Qing Chen explained, "This person was one of the people who were chasing me a few days ago. They wanted to treat little girls like toys and lives like dirt in another place, so I killed him. I will kill many more people like him in the future."
"But why do you say this is the answer you want? Don't you need my loyalty?" Zhang Mengqian asked.
Qing Chen turned and walked out of the alley. "What I need is someone to walk with me."
A cold wind blew through the alley. Zhang Mengqian stared blankly at the retreating figure, then chased after it, asking, "What about the stolen phone?"
"Crush it, and carrying it will allow us to track you," Qing Chen said.
"Then why don't we carry them with us, wait for them to come looking for us, and then kill them?" Zhang Mengqian asked, looking up.
This time it was Qing Chen's turn to be taken aback. He said with a wry smile, "The idea is good, but this is someone else's home turf. Wait until next time it's our home turf before being so high-profile."
At one point, Qing Chen suddenly realized that this little boy had some potential to kill.
"Boss, how can I become as good as you? Can you teach me?" Zhang Mengqian followed Qing Chen.
Qing Chen sighed and said, "You can't follow my path, but you can follow Lao Luo's path."
"Why?" Zhang Mengqian curiously.
But Qing Chen did not answer, which was something he regretted.
The path of the knight must be completed as an ordinary person, and mechanical limbs are not allowed, as these are considered external forces.
Otherwise, an ordinary person equipped with a high-performance robotic arm and legs might be able to overcome Life and Death Trial.
However, if Zhang Mengqian lost her mechanical eyes, she would be completely blind and would be unable to complete the Life and Death Trial.
Therefore, the little boy's past experiences destined him to become only a knight's messenger, not a knight himself.
"How many did you kill today?" Qing Chen asked.
Zhang Mengqian, panting, counted on her fingers. "28."
He was shocked when he calculated it. He glanced at the ramen shop owner next to him who was eating, and thought to himself that the efficiency was too high.
This boss clearly selected these 28 people carefully and planned the perfect route.
With each kill, the next one can be found very quickly.
Zhang Mengqian felt like she had spent the entire morning stealing and acting, and she was completely numb from it all.
Thinking about this...
The little boy was genuinely worried for those in District 9 who had once coveted this boss.
"Warm-up done," Qing Chen said with a smile. "Go back and find Lao Luo, tell him what happened today, and then hide. He'll help you dispose of the clothes you wore today. Also, if no one comes looking for you after tonight, that means no one will be able to find your identity information."
The 28 missing Time Walker from the Age of Gods all share a common characteristic: their cell phones were stolen by a little boy.
Although Zhang Mengqian covered his face the whole time and avoided the surveillance cameras, and Qing Chen even led him to change his clothes, it was hard to guarantee that the Kamishiro Corporation wouldn't discover anything, so the safest thing to do was to lay low for a while.
"Boss, where are you going?" Zhang Mengqian asked curiously. "Aren't you going back?"
"I have more important things to do," Qing Chen put down his chopsticks, got up, and left. "What happens next is too dangerous for you to handle."
Qing Chen turned around and went to the Razer Tower next to the ramen shop. He took off his coat when no one was around, changed his face to Qing Zhade, and entered the building's elevator.
From that moment on, Qing Chen's expression calmed down, becoming as stable as a machine, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.
After emerging from A02 Base, this wasn't Qing Chen's most authentic state, but rather his most meticulously crafted one.
His pupils narrowed as he processed every detail in his mind, organizing and categorizing them into his Memory Palace.
The 137th floor offers a panoramic view of the entire District 5.
Qing Chen arrived at the door of room 13708 and listened quietly to the sounds inside.
Twelve seconds later, he gently turned the doorknob. The smart lock in front of him, touted as the most powerful in the Blue Shield Company, was utterly insignificant in the face of 'power'.
It has to be said that Qing Chen's current set of Forbidden Item is the standard equipment of an assassin: the transparent "Puppet Master", the "power" to open doors, the "great fortune" of disguise, and the "winning people over with Conquer by Virtue" for long-range sniping.
This is the pinnacle of assassin skills.
Qing Chen walked inside silently. As soon as he entered, a well-proportioned young man was drying his hair with a white towel to greet him.
"You!" The young man stepped back and picked up a holster from his desk.
But before he could even pull out the gun, Qing Chen was already right in front of him!
But Qing Chen struck with lightning speed, striking the opponent's Adam's apple with his tightly clenched index finger, causing the opponent to gag repeatedly.
With a single strike, all of the opponent's combat capabilities were shattered.
He took the gun from the other person and then casually looked around the room, but there was no one else there.
Qing Chen sat on the sofa opposite, quietly watching the young man suffocate to death after his Adam's apple shattered.
This is Takahashi Sa, one of the C-Class bodyguards of Kamiyo Yunhe.
They were divided into three groups: one group was responsible for guarding the residence of Kamiyo Yunhe; another group was the accompanying driver; and the third group, including the deceased, was responsible for accompanying Kamiyo Yunhe to events.
In the past two days, Qing Chen has seen him among all the bodyguards he's met at Black Swan.
Only this person is similar in height and build to Qing Chen.
He opened Takahashi Sa's wardrobe, and strangely enough, there were many shirts but only one suit.
"Is there something different?" Qing Chen examined the suit inch by inch, but ultimately found nothing unusual.
Qing Chen changed into Takahashi Sa's white shirt and suit, and then went up to the rooftop.
Someone had placed a black box there at some point. He entered the password to open it, and inside were neatly embedded firearms and a smart module, something only the Federation Group Army could be equipped with.
He slowly and methodically assembled the parts one by one, then adjusted the sights and the support. His hands were as steady as the intelligent machinery on a high-precision machine tool, making no mistakes whatsoever.
He silently recalled the entire map of City 22.
Finally, Qing Chen turned and left the rooftop, leaving the gun there.
According to the rules of Kamiyo Yunhe, Takahashi Sa must arrive at the Upper Third District before 4 PM every day to begin his workday.
After 4 o'clock, Kamiyo Yunhe would leave home on time, either to play mahjong or to drink tea, a routine that was extremely consistent.
It's so stable, it's almost as if it's deliberately designed to let people find a pattern.
Qing Chen knew there was a problem, and he also knew that Kamiyo Yunhe meticulous and had many backup plans, but that was not important.
Kamiyo Yunhe left home at 4 PM, and the Black Swan Restaurant opened at 6 PM. Regardless of whether he could kill Kamiyo Yunhe, he would inevitably face a city-wide manhunt after the operation. He needed to return to the Black Swan Restaurant at this exact time to use his identity there for protection.
Yesterday, Kamishiro Yunluo came to Black Swan to find Qing Chen. During the dinner, the most important piece of information revealed by Kamishiro Kongxu was that he had gone to City 21 and would not be able to return in the short term.
The implication is that if Qing Chen takes action, the Kamishiro Corporation will be unable to use the Cloud Mirror to find the real culprit.
Qing Chen knew that this information was told to him by Kamishiro Yunluo.
However, what Kamishiro Yunluo didn't know was that regardless of whether Kamishiro Kongxu was there or not, Qing Chen would choose to take action as soon as possible.
As for whether there was any follow-up after the action was taken, he naturally had different solutions to deal with that.
The third district is Cloud Garden community.
This is the most luxurious high-end residential building in Zone 3, with a total height of 35 floors and a floor height of 6 meters. So even though it only has 35 floors, it is still taller than the 100-story high-rise buildings in District 5.
Qing Chen had his iris scanned and took the elevator to the 35th floor, where he waited with five other bodyguards.
At 3:59, Kamiyo Yunhe left home on time.
He stood calmly in front of all the bodyguards, and all of them raised their right arms. Qing Chen followed suit.
Then, something suddenly pried open the jeweled cufflinks on the right sleeves of all their suits, and the jewels embedded in the cuffs fell to the ground.
The next moment, tiny hairy spiders, no bigger than half a fingernail, crawled out from inside everyone's cuffs!
The hairy spider has white downy hair all over its body, and its big black eyes are even a little cute.
Qing Chen knew that Kamiyo Yunhe's ability was psychic communication, so the other party controlled the white hairy spider hidden in the bodyguard's sleeve. This way, no matter what happened after the bodyguard left him, he could know!
No wonder Kamiyo Yunhe allowed his bodyguard to leave him, no wonder Takahashi Sa only had one suit in his wardrobe; it turns out that all the secrets were hidden in that small cufflink.
Normally, bodyguards of tycoons should never act alone. The reason why Takahashi Sa was able to return to his home in the District 5 was simply because he was bait released by Kamiyo Yunhe.
Sure enough, Kamiyo Yunhe was still the same Kamiyo Yunhe I knew. Behind his seemingly unintentional carelessness and irrationality were all traps!
At this moment, Kamiyo Yunhe reached out and controlled the six hairy spiders to crawl onto his hand.
Qing Chen sized up his enemy, who had left him with many scars, and recalled the arduous journey through the heavy snow.
He couldn't wait any longer; this was the closest he had ever come to meeting the Kamiyo Yunhe.
In an instant, Qing Chen suddenly flung the Puppet Master on his wrist and stabbed it at Kamiyo Yunhe.
But Kamiyo Yunhe seemed to have been prepared. As he retreated, he smiled and said, "Finally, he's taken the bait! Kill him!"
His speed is even faster than Qing Chen's, making him a top-tier player!
The Puppet Master, like a transparent blade, barely grazed the tip of Kamiyo Yunhe's nose.
He kept swinging the Puppet Master in his hands, but Kamiyo Yunhe simply turned his head to the side and perfectly dodged it.
In that infinitely close distance, Qing Chen almost touched the other person, yet never actually did.
Although Qing Chen's physical abilities are now comparable to those of the early stage of A-level, Kamiyo Yunhe is a veteran A-level expert. Even if there are no ferocious beasts that he can control here, Qing Chen would have to use all his means to assassinate him!
Qing Chen's attack missed, and all the bodyguards reached for their guns. He grabbed the bodyguard on his left who was drawing his gun and used the man's neck as a shield.
A barrage of gunfire erupted, and the bodyguard Qing Chen was holding instantly became a scapegoat.
But Qing Chen, carrying a weight of over 100 pounds, was still as fast as a ghost.
He calmly retreated to the elevator entrance, entered the elevator, and waited for it to descend, his entire figure hidden behind the bodyguard's corpse.
Amidst the gunfire, the elevator doors slowly closed, Kamiyo Yunhe a cold smile, gun in hand. "You dare to get into the elevator? You're asking for death."
As he spoke, he pried open the elevator door with his bare hands and, watching the ropes that were constantly rising and falling, decisively opened fire.
With just three shots, Kamiyo Yunhe severed both of the elevator's cables, rendering the elevator incapable of emergency braking.
The elevator car plummeted rapidly, its metal casing rubbing against the elevator shaft, creating countless sparks.
"Shoot into the elevator shaft," said Kamiyo Yunhe, before running downstairs through the emergency exit.
This expert doesn't run down the stairs one floor at a time; instead, he jumps down one floor at a time.
The figure of Kamiyo Yunhe left afterimages in the stairwell, its speed not much slower than that of the elevator descending.
With a loud crash, the elevator car plummeted into the shaft, and a huge blast of air and dust shot out from the elevator doors on the first floor.
The city official waiting for the elevator downstairs was terrified, his mind filled with the sound of tinnitus.
When Kamiyo Yunhe arrived at the elevator, he kicked aside the dumbfounded official and tore open the elevator door in front of him with his bare hands.
However, there was nothing inside, not even the bodyguard's body.
Kamiyo Yunhe picked up his phone and dialed. "Seal off Cloud Garden for me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of breaking glass above his head. When Kamiyo Yunhe turned around, he saw Qing Chen jumping out of the broken window upstairs.
Kamiyo Yunhe roared, "Send the Garrison Troops here! Seal off all exits from the Third District! Quickly! Hurry!"
At this moment, Kamiyo Yunhe knew very well what he had been waiting for: daylight! Qing Chen!
He had seen the knife underwater that had invisibly severed his arm!
Ever since Kamiyo Yunhe learned that the Mysterious Affairs Department of the Outer World had suffered a major blow, he knew that the matter between him, Qing Chen, and Bai Zhou was not over yet.
He wasn't one to just sit and wait to die. He couldn't sleep well as long as the daytime people were alive, so he went fishing!
Kamiyo Yunhe gave chase; he had already made his judgment about the assassin.
Just now, if the opponent had been just a fraction faster, I would have been killed by having my throat slit. So, that was the limit of the opponent's speed.
So, at most, this is a master who has just been promoted to A-level, and there is still a long way to go before he is truly at that level.
The two sped along the long street of the third district, with Qing Chen running wildly without even glancing back.
He and the hunter behind him moved as fast as the wind, passing by pedestrians like a high-speed, high-temperature superconducting maglev train, even making a rumbling sound as they collided with the wind resistance.
Kamiyo Yunhe put on his Bluetooth headset and continuously directed the Garrison Troops: "The target is fleeing towards Lindong Street!"
"The target has changed direction and is fleeing towards West Street in District 3. He is expected to escape District 3 and enter District 5 in 8 minutes. I order you to establish a blockade between District 3 and District 5 within 8 minutes and prevent him from escaping into complex terrain!"
The third district is an affluent area with simple and straightforward architecture, but the District 5 is different. There, the population becomes denser and the buildings become more chaotic.
As a core figure in the Kamishiro Corporation, Kamiyo Yunhe naturally had the authority to mobilize the Garrison Troops. There was even a mobile force waiting in the vicinity to respond to him, all in an attempt to lure out a big fish.
Kamiyo Yunhe ran faster and faster, but he gradually noticed something was wrong. His target was extremely familiar with the area. He chased the target through eight intersections without encountering a single red light!
He had originally hoped that if he encountered a red light, and the other vehicle slowed down to avoid him, he could take full advantage of his speed. However, none of this happened.
The road they traveled was smooth and easy!
"Was it meticulously planned?" Kamiyo Yunhe frowned. It's normal for assassins to design escape routes, but to calculate the timing of all traffic light changes and plan to avoid the Garrison Troops, this in itself reveals an unbelievable aura.
The next moment, Qing Chen ran to the double yellow lines in the middle of the road and continued to run away.
He brushed past countless vehicles, and horns blared incessantly on the street.
Kamiyo Yunhe was stunned for a moment. Why did they have to run through the middle?!
Before he could react, he suddenly saw a food cart being pushed out of the restaurant in front of him, and a white truck waiting by the roadside.
Kamiyo Yunhe leaped up, thus avoiding a collision with the truck that delivered afternoon tea at the same time every day.
He felt a chill run down his spine. Although he was faster, his opponent seemed to have mastered every blade of grass and every tree. Fighting such an enemy was like fighting against the world.
Everything is aimed at you.
This time, Kamiyo Yunhe did not follow Qing Chen into the middle of the road, because he did not know what else awaited him there.
Just then, he roared, "Where are you? The target is about to escape from District Three!"
"Reporting to the commander, C12 units are about to arrive at the battlefield! Repeating, C12 units are about to arrive at the battlefield!"
In an instant, eight military off-road vehicles rushed out from the right side of the intersection ahead, and another eight rushed out from the left side.
In the blink of an eye, Qing Chen had already passed through the encirclement, as if a giant steel clamp had snapped shut and he had passed through the gap in the jaws!
Everything is just right!
Kamiyo Yunhe remained silent. He already knew the answer in his heart. Everything he had just encountered was not a coincidence. He was facing an extremely calculating enemy who was trying to lure him into a trap step by step in the most extreme way.
The other party may not know about the existence of the hairy spider, but from the beginning, they did not expect to be able to successfully impersonate it.
The Cloud Garden is not the battlefield chosen by the other side!
Faced with such an enemy, Kamiyo Yunhe even felt a chill in his heart.
For some reason, he suddenly recalled the moment he faced those golden eyes in his underground river.
"Chase after them! Don't let this enemy get away! Even if it's a trap, we'll use our lives to kill him!" Kamiyo Yunhe roared.
He was unwilling to accept it. He was unwilling to live the rest of his life under the shadow of such fear. With such a vengeful and dangerous enemy living with him, he, Kamiyo Yunhe, would have to live a life of fear and timidity!
Kamiyo Yunhe slowed down slightly. He didn't want to risk his life to test the waters. This was Kamishiro Corporation's home turf, and he wanted to take down the enemy with the lives of his Garrison Troops.
Sacrifice is praiseworthy, but it must be someone else's sacrifice.
Through the Bluetooth headset, messages from the Garrison Troops came through intermittently. "The target is fleeing towards the center of the District 5. Troops at the front should be on the lookout for an interception."
"Target changed direction and fled towards Yunwu Street! Forward troops report their position!"
"The troops are expected to intercept the target in 2 minutes!"
"Target has disappeared! Repeat! Target has disappeared!"
In the midst of this noisy urban arrest operation, the last sentence seemed particularly abrupt.
This operation involved nearly 500 Garrison Troops and 80 vehicles, but after such a long chase, the other party simply vanished into thin air in the District 5.
Kamiyo Yunhe walked slowly down the street in the District 5, frowning as he analyzed everything that had just happened, feeling that something was wrong.
The fact that the assassin designed such an ingenious escape route and managed to escape is not an unacceptable outcome.
The problem is, how could an assassin who planned something so meticulously just leave like that?
If it were him, would Kamiyo Yunhe be willing to accept it? He wouldn't.
In an instant, the hairs on the back of Kamiyo Yunhe's neck stood on end. He turned his head to look to his right and saw that someone was suddenly pulling the trigger and rushing out of the dark alley he had just passed.
Fierce as a wild beast!
However, his A-level sixth sense and physical abilities are already beyond human capabilities.
Kamiyo Yunhe weaved and darted along the long street, and not a single shot from the assassin could hit him.
Thinking you can kill an A-level expert this way is too naive!
Wrong!
Suddenly, Kamiyo Yunhe realized that the other party was not actually trying to kill him with a pistol, but was trying to force him into a certain position!
There's a sniper?!
That's not right either. There aren't any sniper positions more than 1,000 meters away nearby. If a sniper were aiming at him, he would have sensed it long ago!
There are only two possibilities. The first is to use a smart ballistic rail that even the Federation Group Army must store in its armory during peacetime.
However, this method is unlikely to succeed against a high-speed, top-tier (A-level) fighter.
The remaining method involves using pre-positioned firearms with a fixed trajectory, then deliberately forcing oneself into that trajectory!
Kamiyo Yunhe sneered inwardly.
He and Qing Chen were locked in a fierce battle at high speed. Qing Chen's eyes were cold, and his mind was constantly calculating formulas and trajectories.
While dodging potential sniper bullets, Kamiyo Yunhe was determined to change the course of the battlefield wherever Qing Chen wanted to force him into; he dared not gamble!
The two moved with lightning speed down the long street, their figures so intertwined that it was impossible to distinguish one another.
A loud crashing sound came from the other side, startling all the pedestrians who kept their distance.
Kamiyo Yunhe dared not leave; he wanted to wait for the Garrison Troops to seal off the entire area.
He also knew about Boss Bai Zhou's sniping ability. If it wasn't a pre-planned trajectory, but rather Boss Bai Zhou lying in wait on a building for a sniping opportunity, then separating from Qing Chen would give the other side the opportunity to snipe.
Kamiyo Yunhe remained cautious and vigilant, remembering that his opponent possessed an invisible blade that could easily slit his throat if he wasn't careful.
The knife wasn't undetectable; if you were careful, you could hear the sound of its blade cutting through the air.
However, he gradually realized something was wrong. The assassin in front of him seemed to be impervious to pain. Despite being physically weaker than him, he was fighting with a life-or-death mentality, exchanging punches for punches, and if that didn't work, he would exchange two punches for one!
And he never used that invisible knife again!
In the blink of an eye, the only things that remained unchanged were the attack distance between the two and Qing Chen's cold gaze!
This is the lesson Qing Chen learned in the Octagon Cage.
Don't be afraid, keep an eye on your prey.
Tell them that you are the hunter!
At this moment, rats kept crawling out of the sewers and surging towards Qing Chen like a tide, causing pedestrians to flee in terror.
However, these rats couldn't get close to Qing Chen at all. They kept trying to jump on Qing Chen, but his high-speed movement was like a repulsive magnetic field, repelling all the rats away!
Qing Chen is waiting!
Wait until Kamiyo Yunhe's stamina is depleted, until Kamiyo Yunhe's speed slows down, until Kamiyo Yunhe reaches a certain place.
Wait for that one second.
He's got his wish!
Now!
At this moment, Qing Chen brazenly approached Kamiyo Yunhe, only to see his face suddenly transform into Zard's appearance. "Do you remember me?"
Kamiyo Yunhe's pupils suddenly contracted, contracting to an extreme!
In an instant, shadows began to loom over him, almost taking over his mind.
The face before him, who had hunted him down and toyed with him for countless days, was the shame of his entire life!
No, that's not right!
The person in front of me is not that person!
Kamiyo Yunhe realized what was happening!
But it was too late.
Among A-level masters, a difference of 0.1 seconds in physical ability can mean the difference between life and death.
In that mere 0.1-second moment of distraction, Qing Chen lunged forward and threw a punch, while Kamiyo Yunhe struck first despite being behind, instantly showcasing the power of an A-level expert to the fullest!
Qing Chen took the punch head-on, while gunfire erupted from the rooftop of the high-rise building behind him.
Fists and gunfire clashed, leaving Kamiyo Yunhe horrified. He no longer cared about Qing Chen's fists; being hit by a fist would only result in serious injury, but being pierced through the head by a sniper rifle would certainly kill him!
Kamiyo Yunhe the punch head-on, locking onto the trajectory with his powerful sixth sense.
But then he suddenly exerted force with his legs, dodging the seemingly inevitable bullet and flying backward.
But then he suddenly noticed... Qing Chen didn't seem disappointed!
It was as if everything was calculated.
All the ingenious arrangements and calculations made during the pursuit flooded into Kamiyo Yunhe's mind at once.
None of this is a coincidence.
This is the most powerful enemy in terms of computing power, much like Artificial Intelligence!
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
Dusk was falling.
At the end of the long street, the roar of the Garrison Troops's engines could be heard, and nearby, a breeze was blowing.
Despite his numerous wounds, Qing Chen approached again, charging towards the fleeing Kamiyo Yunhe.
A bullet about the length of a palm, fired at a timed interval by the intelligent component, pierced through the air and flew over Qing Chen's head.
Kamiyo Yunhe knew that he had dodged the bullet.
But for some reason, his sixth sense was frantically warning him!
As he retreated, Kamiyo Yunhe suddenly roared and twisted his waist, only to see the bullet hit the edge of the street lamp and then bounce back with an extremely strange trajectory.
The long bullet pierced through his shoulder, its rapidly spinning force tearing at his muscles and ripping everything apart!
How could there be such a trajectory!
How could anyone possibly calculate such a trajectory!
"Ah!!" Kamiyo Yunhe roared angrily. The moment he landed, he used his mechanical arm to push off the ground and leaped up again, barely dodging Qing Chen's attack.
This is the Kamiyo Yunhe: even in dire straits, they will uphold the strongest will to survive.
This is also why the old man chose him to take Qing Chen away.
The old man once smiled and said to the shadow in that Ginkgo Manor: If Qing Chen kills Kamiyo Yunhe at the B-Class, then who can't he kill in the future?
Just as Qing Chen was about to continue the pursuit, some soldiers in the Garrison Troops vehicle in the distance picked up automatic rifles and began firing in bursts, firmly sealing off the area around Kamiyo Yunhe.
Qing Chen looked at the flying bullet fragments and rubble around him, gave Kamiyo Yunhe a cold look, turned around and ran into the dark alley and disappeared.
Garrison Troops arrived in droves, lifted Kamiyo Yunhe into a vehicle, and took him to the nearest Kamishiro Corporation private hospital.
Inside the hospital, the Shindai soldier roared, "All doctors, stop what you're doing! Everyone, get out of my way!"
They pulled the best doctor off the operating table, completely ignoring the fact that Chen Bokang, the son of the director of the City 22 Tax Bureau, was still undergoing genital filling surgery on the operating table.
The doctor brought in equipment to Kamiyo Yunhe: "Sir, the bullet hole pierced through the bone of your upper limb, and even the humerus is broken, a comminuted fracture. But don't worry, I'll prepare you for general anesthesia surgery right away. We'll use biomimetic bone marrow and nanomaterials to piece the bone pieces together, and then rebuild the nerve plexus. In just one and a half months, your shoulder and arm will be fully recovered, and there will be no impact whatsoever."
Kamiyo Yunhe stared blankly at the doctor, then said to the soldier beside him, "Investigate him. See if he's been acting strangely lately, and whether he might be a spy for the Kei clan."
The doctor burst into tears. "No, sir! Every doctor who comes in will suggest this plan! It's the most advanced technology available right now!"
Kamiyo Yunhe calmly stated, "I won't have general anesthesia. Besides, I don't have time to wait a month and a half."
He knew what he was facing, and he couldn't allow himself a month and a half of downtime in terms of skill, or he would lose his life!
Kamiyo Yunhe finally said, "Find me the best mechanical limb doctors, replace my mechanical limbs with the best ones, and equip me with directional infrasound weapons."
Everyone in the operating room was stunned. This was tantamount to cutting off half of Kamiyo Yunhe's shoulder and arm!
It was just a comminuted fracture, nothing serious with current medical technology, but Kamiyo Yunhe made such a ruthless choice, just to have enough strength to face the potential danger.
Kamiyo Yunhe stared coldly at the ceiling. His once complete body was now shattered, and he could no longer keep either of his arms!
He must avenge this grudge.
Even as he was replacing his mechanical limbs, Kamiyo Yunhe, despite being drenched in cold sweat from the pain, continued issuing orders, "First, check the surveillance footage near Takahashi Sa's residence for clues about the murderer. Second, the recent disappearances of Time Walker must be related to this; find a way in from there. Third, conduct a city-wide search; don't overlook any corner! Fourth, find Kamishiro Kongxu and have her bring the Cloud Mirror to me..."
At this moment, Kamiyo Yunhe suddenly paused.
The Cloud Mirror requires corpses, but from the beginning of today until now, the other party has never killed anyone except himself.
The Garrison Troops soldiers and the other four bodyguards are all alive and well!
Even the bodyguard who was used as a shield was shot and killed by the other bodyguards!
The condition for using the Cloud Mirror is to sacrifice the corpse killed by the opponent.
At first, Kamiyo Yunhe was wondering why the other party was avoiding battle, but now he realized that the other party was wary of Cloud Mirror!
This assassin... is extremely calculating and extremely cautious!
10,000-word update
Thank you for the tidbits, listening to the memories, loving classmates on the glacier, Czh666, the mighty white sails breaking through the waves, shooting the wolf with the bow of the eagle, meeting the spirit of the king 66, Mr. Jingjing, dreamfantasy, chirping and microphone and donkey and point and sweet, sister in the forest, these classmates have become the new allies of this book.
The bosses are so generous! Wishing them a safe stay away from the pandemic!