Chapter 13 / Chapter 14

In the safe house before her, the cabinets along three walls were packed with guns of every model.

Supergirl, a master of both firearms and hand-to-hand combat, had thought she was the only cool girl in the world.

A cold-faced loli assassin barely into her teens.

Just thinking about that persona was thrilling.

But she had never expected to meet a boy with such outrageous abilities tonight.

"Big Daddy, can you help me find out who that boy is?"

Mindy returned home.

Her father Damon, who had prepared a late-night snack for her, looked at the photo she handed him on her phone. His face immediately broke into a grin as he teased, "I never thought my daughter would start thinking about boys too."

"Dad!!"

Mindy blushed and said, a little annoyed, "That's not what I meant. This boy has a really terrifying superpower. He crushed a car into a metal disc out of thin air. God, how crazy is that?!"

As for why she had a photo of Su Chen, Mindy naturally wasn't going to admit that she had secretly photographed him at the restaurant.

It was too embarrassing to say.

"A Mutant?"

Big Daddy Damon's interest immediately grew.

He opened a white toolbox in the living room, revealing a secret computer hidden inside. By entering the photo, he could search the intelligence agency's backend for any information on the boy. He could even access the cameras throughout the Manhattan District and use facial recognition to track his movements in real time.

When Damon had embarked on his quest for revenge and trained his daughter into a completely ruthless killing machine, he had extensive connections to the intelligence agency and other law enforcement departments, which was how he had been able to collect so many different weapons.

Finding someone was even easier.

"Something's wrong..."

Damon was suddenly startled.

"What's wrong, Dad?"

"Someone else is searching the server backend for information on this Su Chen. Damn it, we've crossed paths. His clearance level is really high. Get out, quick..."

In his haste, Damon immediately shut down the secret computer.

Damon wiped the cold sweat from his face, shaken. He sighed and said, "Some of his information has been concealed. That means the higher-ups are paying special attention to him. What exactly did your friend do? He's probably in serious danger now!"

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Chapter 13

After the large experimental base standing on the snowy plain had been completely destroyed,

The Department of Defense had already rushed to the scene at the first opportunity to investigate exactly what had happened.

"The snowfield base activated its self-destruct device. It is suspected to have come under an uncontrolled attack. General Marcus died in the line of duty, along with several staff members aboard a fighter jet attempting to escape."

"The experimental base's black box has been recovered..."

"Beginning data transmission."

"Preliminary results indicate that the detainee Su Chen, Subject 5162, went out of control while being prepared for dissection in the laboratory. Several surveillance devices lost their signals and are suspected to have been damaged, so they cannot accurately show what happened at the time..."

Someone at the Department of Defense soon decoded the information from the black box.

A shocking piece of news followed: the answer to whether Su Chen had survived the nuclear self-destruction was yes.

Satellites in near-Earth orbit, as well as surveillance cameras throughout the Manhattan District, had successfully captured images of Su Chen and tracked his movements.

"Damn it, he's still alive!"

Everyone was stunned.

After all, what did it mean to survive a nuclear explosion?

Was his constitution really so undying and indestructible that he could survive the full force of such a terrifying self-destruction?

Even more astounding was how he had crossed most of the Americas in less than half a day, traveling thousands of kilometers from a snowy landscape to the bustling city of Manhattan.

"Interesting."

Quite a few generals at the Department of Defense had already received the news.

"I declare that Subject 5162 is mine."

General Ross stepped forward without hesitation.

"Damn it, Subject 5162 should have been my test subject. My judgment was right all along, and I was the one who launched the initial hunt. You took the test subject from me, then failed to guard him properly and let him escape."

General William Stryker protested indignantly.

Quite a few other generals in the conference room also had plenty to say about it.

But what was chilling was that although Su Chen had a name of his own, these important figures kept referring to him as Subject 5162.

It was as though a boy like Su Chen didn't deserve to be called human. In their eyes, he was nothing more than a piece of merchandise to be handled as they pleased.

Yes...

Everyone present was very excited. A test subject with such tenacious vitality was simply too tempting a source of answers.

The final decision came quickly. With the secretary of defense's approval, General Ross, who was stationed nearby, pumped his fists in celebration. He had evidently obtained ownership of the test subject.

Proximity had its advantages.

General Ross, who had long been working to unravel the mysteries of gamma rays and the Hulk, led his troops through the night toward Central Park in the Manhattan District.

Central Park, Manhattan District.

Under the night sky,

Everything here was perfectly quiet. The bustle of the day had long since faded away.

Wearing a black hood, Su Chen sat on a park bench with earphones playing pop songs in his ears. His head hung low as his right hand slowly stroked a stray cat that had appeared from somewhere.

A short while ago, the pitiful stray cat had rubbed against his trouser leg, meowing as it rolled around at his feet.

The clingy little kitten immediately reminded Su Chen of the cat his family had once kept. Because a door or window had not been properly shut, the cat had escaped and was unfortunately hit and killed by a car on the street outside. Su Chen remembered his younger sister crying over it for a long time.

Sigh!

He sighed softly.

He had never expected that, after arriving in a city he had dreamed of, a pitiful stray cat would be his only company beneath the vast night sky.

[Reality Warping +2]

[Reality Warping +2]

The system he had constructed kept notifying him of genetic transformations and ability enhancements.

In the lonely depths of the night, coins continuously floated into existence around Su Chen, then vanished in an instant. As they flickered in and out of existence, he kept using his reality-rewriting ability to promote his transformation.

Compared to seeking revenge on someone whose whereabouts were unknown,

Finding his younger sister first was more important.

Tap!!

Just then, the sound of footsteps approached from afar, growing ever clearer.

"It's you!"

Su Chen frowned.

Wasn't the loli girl before him, breathing unevenly from running and bracing her hands on her knees, the same little girl who had slaughtered so many people at the alley entrance?

They had met once before... no, counting now, this was their third meeting.

And every encounter had become more outrageous.

The last time, she had been killing people.

This time, in Central Park at one in the morning, a boy and a girl barely into their teens began talking.

"You idiot, you shouldn't be wandering around the streets! Don't you know you're wanted now?"

Hit-Girl Mindy said, full of complaint.

After learning what was happening from Big Daddy, she couldn't stop herself from coming.

Although some key information had been concealed, Mindy had still learned that he had escaped from some secret experimental base.

The thought that his aloof, distant manner must have been the result of considerable hurt filled Mindy's heart with bitterness.

Someone who fed stray cats in Central Park had to be a good person, too.

"Come with me, quickly. I'll take you somewhere safe."

Mindy didn't hesitate.

The tough girl stepped forward and seized Su Chen's right hand, trying to pull him away from this unsafe area.

Su Chen frowned deeply, somewhat resistant.

A few hours ago, a gentle-looking stranger had given him a bag of doughnuts. At the time, he had felt an immense warmth in his heart, but the sinister scheme hidden behind it had deeply wounded him.

Who knew whether this woman was secretly plotting against him?

Even the cat at Su Chen's feet began to meow, as if protesting against the rough loli girl.

"Come on!"

Mindy turned around and looked at him standing motionless. Tears glistened in her eyes, and the plea in them was plain to see.

Su Chen's heart was stirred.

But...

Bang!!

A sniper rifle cracked from a kilometer away, and an armor-piercing bullet struck Su Chen squarely in the center of his forehead in an instant.

To deal with someone said to be undying and indestructible, General Ross's sniper had specially obtained an armor-piercing bullet made of adamantium.

"Rest in peace!"

Chapter 14

A sniper rifle was naturally far more powerful than a handgun.

An anti-materiel sniper rifle in particular could penetrate an armored vehicle from a kilometer away. With bullets cast from adamantium, its power was enhanced even further.

Boom!!

A sharp bullet burst from the nearly one-meter-long barrel, its powerful recoil enough to make a soldier's shoulder ache. From a rooftop a kilometer away, it flew straight toward Su Chen on the garden bench.

In less than a second.

Bang!

A bullet struck Su Chen's forehead right between the brows.

"Ah!!"

The loli girl flinched in instinctive fright, but the sight before her changed her expression. The sharp bullet was only slightly embedded in the center of Su Chen's forehead. Its tremendous penetrating force had come to an abrupt halt, leaving more than half the bullet exposed to the air.