[King's Anchor] fired at Qiu Yu as she prepared to flee ahead of them, yet the shot struck Hao Jingye squarely between the brows behind them, where they had been protecting him.
How bizarre!
But stranger still-the wound from that shot healed instantly, and Hao Jingye remained standing where he was.
Sheng An put away the Fragments at her fingertips and activated her superpower, freezing time. An enormous clock appeared behind her, and the Time Hand seized Hao Jingye by the neck and twisted viciously, delivering a fatal blow.
The next instant, Hao Jingye vanished from that spot and appeared elsewhere.
Undying Body, Time Superpower, Flash Ability.
M was Hao Jingye.
The test was over. Sheng An lowered her hand weakly and looked at him, her dark eyes unfathomable, her voice hoarse:
"I never imagined M would be you."
An Otherkind of the highest order, beyond nine stars, indistinguishable from an ordinary human.
Hao Jingye sighed helplessly. "But you still bluffed me into exposing myself. As expected of Sister Sheng-one trap linked to another, impossible to guard against."
He raised his hand and slowly removed his gold-rimmed glasses. Without that scholarly air, his entire demeanor seemed to change in an instant. A faint, ambiguous smile lingered at his lips, tinged with something sinister.
With no glasses to conceal them, his eyes grew increasingly red.
The moment [King's Anchor] bypassed Qiu Yu and locked onto him, Hao Jingye understood-
He had fallen into a trap.
While he believed his own scheme had succeeded, he had already stepped into Sheng An's.
His exposure was irreversible. He could no longer hide.
Jiang Yu looked utterly bewildered.
She turned to look at those beside her. Almost everyone wore the same bewildered expression.
What had happened?
Hao Jingye... how could he be M?
Jiang Yu