At that gesture, the entire line of "soldiers" behind him simultaneously turned solemn.
"Prepare to cut in!"
The warriors carrying wooden weapon cases spread out through the alley at once. Their shadows flickered as they swiftly occupied several nearby high points. Silently, they drew crossbows from their waists and aimed at the now-empty road.
As for the "soldier" issuing orders, he suddenly stepped onto the wall and used it to launch himself upward.
A Rocket Motorcycle shot out from nowhere in midair, and the soldier landed neatly on its rear seat.
Both hands gripping the rear-mounted machine cannon, he leaned forward slightly.
This secret force, which had remained exceptionally concealed from beginning to end—the Yingcao Hunters—had finally appeared.
"The military is here!"
Mu Fan glanced sideways and noticed several soldiers who had just climbed onto the rooftops of nearby buildings.
"But something is strange. There was absolutely no warning before these people appeared. My surveillance intercepted no requests for military assistance. This force is more like..." Black racked his brain, trying to find a more fitting description.
"More like they were lying in ambush here from the very beginning?" Mu Fan asked calmly.
"Right! Judging by the time they appeared, that speed is absolutely not a reaction an ordinary unit could achieve." Upon hearing Mu Fan's words, Black suddenly understood.
Mu Fan lowered his body and continued forward in long strides, yet the biting wind did not scatter his voice.
His gaze was bright and resolute. "So these people are very likely connected to the mastermind behind the scenes... Taking it a step further, perhaps they directly serve the true mastermind!"
Tang Zhi had never expected that, with the Mountain Haze Society's warning, Mu Fan would see through the situation the moment the Yingcao Hunters appeared.
As for Queke, who