Bai Ye froze. "What happened to Humorous Dart Man?"
The Chief Judge's tone was somewhat urgent. "Li Xiao has gone off on his own."
"I thought it was something serious. Relax, this is very Li Xiao." Bai Ye looked utterly unsurprised.
"Humorous Dart Man may have something wrong with his head, but he has no problem getting things done. He isn't someone who doesn't know his limits."
After pondering for a moment, the Chief Judge was still uneasy. "He won't listen to my orders. You should try talking to him. Going solo is fine, but he absolutely must not alert the enemy."
Bai Ye nodded, hung up the Chief Judge's "call," and dialed Li Xiao's "number."
On the dim street, Li Xiao was like a true shadow, crawling silently along the dark patches of the mottled ground.
He had no particular destination. He was unfamiliar with the Steel Brotherhood, so he was wandering around to see if he could find any clues about the Evil God.
Whenever he came to a fork in the road, he chose at random. Left or right made no difference.
Yet Painter's black hand was quietly influencing Li Xiao's Fate. Every choice that appeared to be his own had, in fact, already been decided for him by Fate in secret.
As he walked, an abandoned factory blocked Li Xiao's path.
A normal person would have chosen to go around it, but Li Xiao would not.
Only others made way for the strong. There was no such thing as the strong taking a detour.
With that thought in mind, Li Xiao, still in his shadow state, slipped directly through the gap in the factory gates.
He moved quickly and would have crossed the factory in just a few seconds, but at that moment—
Li Xiao