Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Gunshots rang out, and horrifying cavities appeared simultaneously in the Bat-Man's forehead, heart, and several other places. He died in an instant, with almost no time to struggle, and toppled over stiffly.
"Consultant Xia, are you all right?"
His face somewhat pale with fright, Zhang Qun arrived belatedly with a group of plainclothes support staff and checked on Xia Xu, still shaken.
Although his earlier remarks had been partly a joke, they had also been partly true.
If anything happened to Consultant Xia on his watch, he genuinely suspected his team leader would punch his head clean open.
After all, he still vividly remembered how his team leader's icy demeanor had turned as gentle as a spring breeze when mentioning Consultant Xia. Their relationship was anything but ordinary.
"I'm fine."
The pain coming from all over his body made Xia Xu's brows knit involuntarily, but he still shook his head at the question.
After such an intense fight using the Mechanical Centipede, muscle strains throughout his body were naturally unavoidable, but they were still within acceptable limits.
Although the situation just now had gone slightly beyond his expectations, it had actually been nowhere near as dangerous as it had looked to others.
Simply put, things had only turned out that way because of the choices and trade-offs he had made. If necessary, he could have had A Tuo intervene, or simply been a little more cold-blooded and ignored those bystanders and the baby.
He had made this choice solely because the risks and costs were small, and it was also the most suitable option.
"Consultant Xia, what you did just now..."
Seeing that Xia Xu really had not suffered any particularly serious injuries, Zhang Qun first directed the plainclothes support staff he had brought to hold