Bucciarati had been driven into a desperate situation.
At this very moment, the dark muzzle was steadily aimed at his chest and abdomen, and Li Qing's finger had already pulled the trigger.
And Steel Chain Fingers, his greatest support, had been hitting Li Qing with too much enthusiasm and was temporarily unable to pull back and protect its master.
Bucciarati, a powerful man who had survived countless battles throughout his long career in the underworld, seemed about to lose.
However.
"What an excellent scheme."
As the trigger was pulled, a crisp mechanical click rang out from the pistol.
The deadly flash would bloom the next instant, yet Bucciarati let out a calm, reflective sigh instead:
"If I hadn't made some safety preparations before the battle."
"I really might have lost."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised an arm and yanked open the deep V-neck collar he was already wearing.
Of course, Bucciarati was not doing this to blind Li Qing with his pectorals.
What he was doing it for was—
"A zipper?!"
Li Qing's smile instantly froze. "He actually installed zippers on himself beforehand!"
"That's right."
"To prevent my real body from being hit by your 'targeting light orb,' I had already installed zippers in several vital areas of my body."
"Though unexpectedly."
"They ended up being useful in this way."
The bullet's flash had already bloomed, and the thunderous blast surged in every direction.
But before the gunshot even rang out, Bucciarati had already firmly grasped the zipper installed across his chest.
By the time the gunshot sounded and the bullet left the barrel, he had violently pulled open that zipper with lightning speed, tearing a huge opening from his right shoulder to his left abdomen.
Whoosh!
The bullet whistled past.
It did not strike Bucciarati's abdomen as Li