What am I jealous of? Your vile personality and short life?

The Scenic Area Detention Center was no temporary setup.

It was a professional facility that had won the title of safest service area year after year.

Fully equipped and highly secure, it had three-hundred-and-sixty-degree surveillance with no blind spots.

If they wanted, even a passing fly would have to undergo a comprehensive security check, let alone any "criminal" trying to escape.

And so, with the director's confidence inflated to the extreme, the livestream began.

The screen suddenly lit up, and the camera turned toward the reinforced glass door. The puzzled fans searched the picture for ages.

[Huh? Where's my big, handsome Brother Li? Why can't I see him anywhere?]

[Didn't they say there was three-hundred-and-sixty-degree surveillance? This is where they hold serious offenders, so why isn't there a single criminal in sight?]

[Did they point the camera at the wrong room?! Where's the director? The production crew? The editors? Switch feeds already!]

[...]

The comments were still buzzing when voices suddenly came through the feed.

"Do we get a late-night snack for filming this late? If not, I'm out!" Jian Li pointed at the pecs hidden beneath his clothes. "I just finished training. I need some protein."

Behind the monitor, the director thought, Is food more important than the show? You act like the reincarnation of a starving ghost!

"We probably will, as long as we win." Yuan Feng poked his head out of the surveillance blind spot. "It's nine-oh-five now. We just need to get out within twenty minutes."

The director clenched his fists. What do you mean, twenty minutes? You have an hour! Wait, who told you winning would get you a late-night snack?!

"I have a question. Can we just leave on our own, or do we have to take every fugitive in the detention center with us?!"

Shi Huayi had barely finished asking when Zhou Nan shot him a disdainful look. "Take them all? Why not recruit a bunch of lackeys, form a Two Dragons Mountain gang, and make yourself the boss?!"

"That's not out of the question." Shi Huayi grinned.

The director thought, ...Don't corrupt children on my show!

"Enough nonsense. Let's just charge out," Luo Xiaohong said, brandishing her Soft Whip. "Kill everyone we see. Who needs lackeys? I just want to be a demon."

The director thought, Hey, hey! Could you stop being so violent and act a little more like a woman?!

"Shh, quiet. Footsteps," Huo Xiao said, listening intently. "Let's take a hostage first."

The director thought, As expected of Best Actor Huo, calm under any circumstances... Wait, didn't we agree you'd lose?

Before he could react, the criminals abruptly sprang out of the surveillance blind spot.

One of them dropped straight to the floor, clutching his stomach in agony. "It hurts-"

Hearing him, Police patrol officer Chen Yifan hurried over to check. When he saw who it was, his cheeks reddened slightly. "Brother Xiao, are you okay?"

He was a fan of Huo Xiao and had always sought an opportunity to work with him, but he had never gotten his wish.

He had thought his chances in the future were slim, too, only to unexpectedly meet him on a variety show.

Even though they were on different teams, Chen Yifan had been excited for ages.

He had even been too excited to sleep that night, eagerly anticipating their encounter...

"I think my appendicitis is acting up." When Huo Xiao looked up, his gaze was restrained and stoic, as though he truly were in unbearable pain.

Chen Yifan immediately lost his composure, hurriedly pulling out his keys and opening the security door.

In a split second, several criminals sprang out.

One grabbed him in a chokehold, one stripped him of his baton, one snatched his keys, and another issued a warning.

"Take us out, or you're dead!"

Chen Yifan was speechless.

They moved so fast that he had no chance to resist. All his brute strength seemed trapped inside him, straining to break free with nowhere to go.

"Sorry, brother." Huo Xiao came out last and patted Chen Yifan on the shoulder. "I took advantage of your sympathy."

"But don't feel wronged. Criminals are supposed to be despicable and shameless, with no moral boundaries."

"Hunters will always have a sense of justice and empathy."

"It's perfectly natural for you to make that choice."

Those few sentences sent Chen Yifan's mood soaring from the depths of frustration.

Exactly, exactly. I'm a Hunter, so it's perfectly normal for someone to take advantage of me.

And Brother Xiao's acting is incredible. Even I fell for it...

As their hostage, Chen Yifan led the criminals toward the office they had to pass through.

The moment they entered, the Hunters inside-the Police-jumped to their feet.

"Captain, you-" Xu Qi's eyes widened before Xu Qi pulled a replica gun from its holster. "I'm warning you, release him immediately, or we'll shoot you on the spot!"

"Hah, some captain. He actually got taken hostage by criminals," Lu Yuanhang sneered. "Don't tell me he's their mole?"

"Shut up!" Xu Qi turned and snapped. "With an idiot like you among the Hunters, it'd be a miracle if we didn't lose!"

Lu Yuanhang curled his lip. "Get your facts straight, okay? Who's dragging us down right now? Chen Yifan!"

"I want the surveillance footage from earlier pulled up so we can see whether he's been working with the criminals and staging this whole thing... Aah-"

Before he could finish, a kick came out of nowhere behind him.

Lu Yuanhang stumbled forward, nearly wrenching his back. He turned around furiously. "Who kicked me?!"

No one answered for a long moment.

Lu Yuanhang glared viciously. "You dare do it, but you won't own up?!"

"Why don't you ask them to pull up the footage?" Saiweiya rolled her eyes.

"You-" Lu Yuanhang opened his mouth to fire back.

But a lazy voice came from across the room.

"We don't have time to watch you fight among yourselves. Open the main door, or he dies."

Jian Li pressed the replica gun against Chen Yifan's temple, looking utterly unconcerned.

"Then kill him," Lu Yuanhang snorted. "Are we supposed to let one guy drag us into another loss?!"

As he spoke, his eyes shifted, and one hand reached behind his waist.

Didn't cop movies always have sharpshooters like this?

They deliberately provoked the criminals, then shot them in the head while they were distracted.

He wasn't a sharpshooter, but so what if his shot went wide?

At worst, he'd kill Chen Yifan and get him eliminated early...

With that plan in mind, Lu Yuanhang swiftly drew his replica gun, but before he could raise it, a shot hit him square in the head.

Crimson water splashed all over his face and trickled down in thin rivulets.

"You really won't understand how serious the consequences are until I kill one of you." Jian Li's lips curved into a faint smile.

Lu Yuanhang wiped his face, completely losing it. "Why did you shoot me instead of anyone else?! Are you jealous of me and taking revenge?!"

The smile on Jian Li's lips deepened. "What am I jealous of?"

"Your vile personality and short life?"

"That you have an idiot for an adoptive older brother?"

"That the two of you get torn to shreds by everyone?!"

Hearing those remarks, even Xu Qi couldn't help laughing. Vile personality and short life? That's so fucking accurate!

Lu Yuanhang's face fell completely. Throwing caution to the wind, he raised his gun again and was about to pull the trigger on Jian Li.

But another kick struck his lower back, sending him sprawling forward.

"You've already been eliminated. Have some shame, will you?"