The Challenge and Vehicle Draw

The CODs paid him no mind. Seeing Johnny completely ignore them, they activated their signature skill, unleashing a hail of bullets that struck him like a raging storm.

Roxanne cried out repeatedly in fright. "No! Don't shoot!"

Johnny, riddled with bullets for no apparent reason, was a little unhappy. He was just about to strike back.

When Roxanne saw that Johnny was unharmed and preparing to attack the CODs, she hurriedly shook her head at him and shouted, "No!"

Johnny actually put away the chain he had been about to throw, but the CODs kept firing.

His anger, which had only just subsided, flared up again. He waved a hand toward them, and a wall of fire rose out of thin air. The blast of heat instantly drove the CODs back.

Johnny knew this wasn't the time to go over and talk. He turned, mounted his motorcycle, and smashed through several police cars blocking the road before riding away, leaving only a burning trail on the ground.

Xiahou tapped Roxanne and said, "We should go too, or there'll be trouble soon! I don't want anything to do with your cops!"

Roxanne hurriedly climbed onto the vehicle. Xiahou twisted the throttle and chased after Johnny through the opening he had made.

By the time the CODs tried to stop them, they were already far away. Their chief stopped several CODs who were about to get into their cars and continue the pursuit.

He said, "All right, no need to chase them! Deal with the scene first! I'll report this to the higher-ups."

With that, he took out his phone and spent a long time talking to the person on the other end.

Meanwhile, Xiahou followed the trail to Johnny's workshop with Roxanne.

Johnny had already returned to normal and was talking to Slade about something. When he saw the two come in, he went straight over and hugged his ex-girlfriend.

Just like that, the two suddenly embraced and kissed, feeding Xiahou and Slade a whole lot of dog food.

Xiahou clapped his hands and interrupted them. "All right, all right! Stop gnawing at each other like a pair of seals! There's other important business!"

The two sheepishly separated after being interrupted. Johnny asked with a hint of anger, "What other important business?"

He thought, If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, I'll let you have a taste of the Penance Stare!

Xiahou looked toward an empty spot and said, "For example, Mr. Blackheart, who followed us here. Aren't you going to show yourself?"

Blackheart's figure slowly appeared. He looked at Xiahou and asked, "How did you discover me? Even these two Ghost Riders didn't sense me?"

Xiahou didn't answer, instead asking other questions. "I'm curious. You came alone, so you shouldn't be able to beat us, right? Even if you wanted to capture Johnny's woman to threaten him, shouldn't you have waited until no one was around or she was alone?"

Blackheart said, "I admit you have some ability, but those two can't hurt me! And I can withstand your attacks and kill that woman outright! So I want to make a deal with you!"

"Hand over the San Venganza Contract, and I won't trouble you anymore! Otherwise, I'll kill everyone close to you. You can't protect them for the rest of their lives!"

Johnny bristled at those words and prepared to charge at him, but Xiahou grabbed him.

Xiahou explained, "All right, don't be impulsive. He's right! You really can't hurt him right now. He has no soul, so your Penance Stare is useless, and he's Mephisto's son, so your Hellfire is useless against him too!"

Blackheart chimed in, "That's right! So what's your answer?"

Xiahou took the contract into his hand for an instant, then put it away again. "The contract is with me, but as long as I'm unwilling, there's no way you can get it!"

"But I can make an agreement with you. Tomorrow night, at the ruins of San Venganza village, we'll face each other head-on. If you win, it's yours! But you can't hurt anyone on our side! Do you agree?"

Blackheart thought it over, then nodded. "Fine. Do we need to sign a contract?"

Xiahou refused outright. "No need for a contract. I don't want to sign one with a devil. There are two idiots here who've already signed one-Johnny and Slade, no questions, thanks!-setting an example for me! Besides, if you dare break the agreement, you definitely won't get it. You're not that stupid!"

After hearing that, Blackheart's figure slowly began to disappear, leaving a sentence hanging in the air.

"Tomorrow night, I'll be waiting for you at San Venganza village!"

After confirming that Blackheart had left, Johnny asked Xiahou directly, "Why did you make that kind of agreement with him? Couldn't we just join forces and kill him?"

Xiahou merely gave him a perfunctory answer. "All right, all right, stop asking. I have my own plans. Just do what I ask! Don't worry about so much. If you have that much energy, you might as well spend more time with your ex-girlfriend!"

As he spoke, he pointed at Roxanne, who was watching them with a worried expression.

Johnny also put those questions aside, went over, and took Roxanne by the hand, leading her back to his room.

Slade watched Johnny leave and shook his head, inwardly grumbling that this generation's Ghost Rider was no good. Then he said to Xiahou, "I have no questions! If you need me to do anything, just say the word!"

Seeing that Slade practically had one foot in the grave, Xiahou didn't have anything he wanted him to do. Still, he said, "There's nothing you need to do, but you can choose between coming along to eat melon or protecting Roxanne."

Slade hurriedly said, "I choose to eat melon! That means watching the fight, right?"

Xiahou nodded, then found a couch and lay down on it. He planned to use his designated draws to see if he could get a more useful vehicle. Riding that motorcycle around normally was one thing, but when something really happened, it was completely useless!

He opened the designated draw panel and looked at the ten designated draw chances he had saved for so long. He might as well use them all this time. He should be able to draw a Gundam from the vehicles, right? If he got one, wouldn't he take off on the spot?

The designated draw slot machine had also become like the random draw one, with a new option for ten consecutive draws. Apparently, they all unlocked once the conditions were met. He wondered whether this game had any other functions that had to be unlocked by meeting certain conditions.

Without hesitating, Xiahou started the ten consecutive draws. When the images stopped, the contents of the first six made his vision go dark.

An ordinary bicycle, a scooter, a certain Ling brand electric scooter, werewolf fangs ×2, a snowboard, and COVID-19 pathogen ×1.

Xiahou ranted inwardly, What the hell is all this? Could you rip me off any harder?

And that was while he was wearing the shirt that increased his luck a little! He continued looking at the remaining items.

Tenth-hand Alto (a used Alto that had changed hands ten times), lucky charm (a pink heart-shaped necklace that increased luck by 10 points when worn).

Modified Pegassi T20: from GTA, with a heavily modified power system, a top speed of 500 km/h, and unlimited energy.

At that, Xiahou finally felt a little better. Never mind that the Modified Pegassi T20 met his needs for the time being; the necklace that added 10 luck points alone was already well worth it! Come to think of it, did this count as a special item? Why wasn't it equipment?

But when he saw the contents of the final image, he grew excited all over! So the biggest prize had been saved for last!