Noah stared in disbelief at what was happening before him, his hands still outstretched, his eyes wide with disbelief.
His head stiffly turned downwards.
The girl's body lay quietly in front of him, no more than two meters away.
Crimson blood gushed continuously from the large hole in her head, quickly forming a large pool of blood beneath the girl.
The blood continued to spread, even reaching Noah's feet and staining his shoes red.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and his mind was more active than ever before.
Why...
Isn't Ailifa's power [ Eternal Regeneration ]? Why haven't her wounds healed yet?
And... who was the person who fired the shot? And why did they want to kill her?
Tap... Tap... Tap...
A sound like a cane hitting the ground came from the shadow of where the bullet had been fired.
An elderly man with white hair and a full beard slowly emerged from the shadows, leaning on a cane.
Half of his face was still hidden in shadow, making him look like a demon.
In his other hand, he was holding a pistol that was emitting white smoke.
When Noah turned and saw the old man, his pupils contracted sharply, and then he trembled violently.
His face was filled with disbelief, and he spoke with great difficulty in an extremely trembling voice.
" Commander Qiao... why...?"
The old man didn't answer him, but instead continued to walk over to Ailifa's side, poking her head with his cane.
Seeing that he had completely lost his Life signs, the corners of his wrinkled and cracked mouth slowly curled up, and he looked at the pistol in his hand with great satisfaction.
"Not bad, as expected of the weapon I've collected for most of my life, it really can temporarily disable the abilities of superhumans."
Admiring the pistol, which bears the marks of time and resembles one from the Republican era, the old man's face was filled with affection.
"Answer me... Commander Qiao, why did you kill her?!"
Noah excitedly took two steps to Commander Qiao, grabbed him by the collar, and roared angrily.
Commander Qiao gave him a cold glance and slapped the hand that was grabbing his collar away.
"Then why did you come here...?"
Noah paused, then added, "Of course, we must protect her!"
Why are you only thinking about protecting her?
Commander Qiao's eyes were fixed intently on Noah, as if they could see right through him.
"Because..."
"Because you also know that the other party is very likely after Ailifa."
Before Noah could answer, Commander Qiao gave his reply with a cold expression.
"Then why did you kill her?"
"Heh." Commander Qiao chuckled coldly, "Because... the best way to shut someone up is to make them dead!"
Noah's eyes widened, and he froze on the spot, motionless like a statue.
Commander Qiao holstered his pistol, patted the other man on the shoulder, and walked towards the door.
"I've also had the files documenting that incident destroyed. Now, we're immediately devising a pincer movement against [Life] from different directions."
After saying that, Commander Qiao slowly walked out of the open door, leaving Noah still dumbfounded in the room.
Snap--Snap--
Hela, like a young girl, strode confidently towards the Commander-in-Chief's office.
There was a loud "bang!"
Hela easily pushed open the tightly locked door, slamming it against the wall.
"Why is there no one here?"
Hela scanned the entire office, only to find the spacious room completely empty.
Hela slowly walked to the commander's desk, placed her hands on it, and with a sudden effort, jumped onto the desk and sat down.
At first, she sat quite properly, but after a while, Hela seemed to remember something, and immediately crossed her legs and put her arms in front of her chest, looking every bit like a boss.
Hela sat there calmly, doing nothing, letting time pass by.
Suddenly, Hela seemed to notice something and quickly turned around.
Behind her, a Wusheng bullet had already reached Hela.
Hela had no time to dodge and immediately raised her left hand to block. As the sound of flesh exploding rang in her ears, Hela's raised left hand was easily broken off, flying to the side like a lizard's severed tail, and even struggled a couple of times.
The flesh at the severed arm slowly writhed, trying to grow a new hand.
But the next moment, Hela was shocked to find that she could not regenerate her left hand.
His gaze quickly shifted to the direction from which the bullet had come.
There, an old man stood outside the window, pointing a gun at Hela through the glass, wisps of white smoke rising from the muzzle.
Before the other party could make a move, Hela suddenly jumped up from her desk.
Right below where she had just jumped, another bullet was fired, striking Hela squarely where she had been standing.
The luxurious wooden desk was smashed to pieces in an instant.
That pistol seemed to have the ability to suppress regeneration, which is why it couldn't continue regenerating.
While dodging the attacks, Hela quickly analyzed the situation in her mind.
However, if the [Ground] can forcibly suppress Aidan's annihilation attack with its Power of the Source, Hela, who is also one of the [Five Calamities], can certainly do the same.
She looked at her severed arm, then at the old man who was still pointing a gun at her, and did not choose to use her Power of the Source to heal her wound.
Click--
The old man broke the glass twice with his cane and struggled to climb in through the window.
His appearance was so striking that, if no one had told him, he would never have guessed that this guy was the highest-ranking administrator of the Night Star in the Atan Country.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Grisha Joe, and if I'm not mistaken, you should be [Life]."
After entering, the old man did not immediately choose to fire his gun. Instead, he stroked his beard and slowly introduced himself.
Seeing this, Hela put one hand on her hip, puffed out her chest, and introduced herself haughtily, "My name is Hela."
Commander Qiao nodded. "As expected of a top-tier Variant, it's even intelligent enough to name itself."
Although Hela knew that she had stolen the name, it didn't stop her from putting on a proud act.
At the same time, Hela also began to observe the old man in front of her.
He was estimated to be over 70 years old, already in his sixties. Judging from the aura emanating from him, he was barely at the ' Starlight ' level, but that was still at the bottom of the hierarchy, probably due to his advanced age.
"Heh, you probably guessed it, why I didn't continue attacking."
Seeing that Hela's gaze was fixed on him and she stopped speaking, the old man stroked his beard, smiled faintly, and spoke.
"Of course, I already knew," Hela said, blushing without batting an eye.
"Heh, then you should have killed me sooner."
As soon as she finished speaking, a slender figure emerged from the shadows beside her, holding a long knife in her hand.
A gentle breeze swept by, and Noah, holding a wind blade in his hand, walked in through the door, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Then another robot smashed through the glass and entered, its palms outstretched and facing Hela.
A smug smile immediately appeared on the old man's aged and withered face.
"Even the weakest among them possesses Half-Step 'Starlight'.' Although I don't know your current strength, with so many people attacking you, you absolutely have no chance of survival."