Hunt

After leaving the area where the secret department was located, Ye Siyu borrowed a Y2K turbine-engine superbike from a Black guy who had provoked him along the way, using it as his ride for the remaining four days. Vroom!

The deafening roar of the engine tore through the quiet night, drawing a chorus of curses. Ye Siyu paid them no mind, instead thoroughly enjoying the cold breeze against his face. It made his gradually cooling state of mind burn with excitement.

Amid the roar of the engine, Ye Siyu arrived at a small neighborhood on the outskirts of New York. The first Chosen One the Iron-Blooded Warrior would attack tomorrow was hiding there.

Thirty-one rebirths had allowed Ye Siyu to learn the times and locations of the Iron-Blooded Warriors' attacks on the Chosen Ones.

The Iron-Blooded Warriors did not attack everyone at the same time. Apart from the first and last days, during the three days in between, three of the nine remaining Chosen Ones besides Ye Siyu would be attacked each day, from day to night and from easiest to hardest.

On the fifth day, apart from Ye Siyu, who had triggered the hidden storyline and would be attacked by two Iron-Blooded Warriors, each of the others would encounter one.

Nothing would change in the meantime. Even if all the Chosen Ones gathered together, the targets and number of Iron-Blooded Warriors appearing each day would remain unchanged.

Of course, if all the Chosen Ones chose to cooperate, the mission would be very simple. Unfortunately, they did not trust one another, and Ye Siyu had no need to cooperate either.

That was because, on his second attempt to cooperate against an Iron-Blooded Warrior, Ye Siyu had been screwed over by a pig teammate who used him as a shield, causing him to waste a rebirth. There was also a more important reason: if he cooperated, he would be unable to complete one of the hidden missions. Otherwise, he would not have minded cooperating; he would simply have been more careful.

"Y-you... what do you want?!" Inside a house, a sleepy middle-aged white man in a bathrobe stared fearfully at Ye Siyu, who was pointing a shotgun at him with half his face covered by a black cloth.

"I'm borrowing your house. I'll leave tomorrow. As long as you don't do anything stupid, I won't make things difficult for you, just like the previous fifteen times," Ye Siyu said in a low voice.

"What fifteen times? Do I know you?" The middle-aged man looked bewildered at Ye Siyu's words. He thought Ye Siyu was someone he knew and kept trying to recall whether any of his acquaintances had a face resembling the half he could see.

Bang! Ye Siyu did not answer the man's question. Instead, he smashed the shotgun in his face, then jabbed a tranquilizer needle into his neck. He had obtained it from the secret department, where it was specifically intended for Iron-Blooded Warriors.

As for whether stabbing the needle into his neck might have any adverse side effects, Ye Siyu could not be bothered to worry about that. He was already being very merciful by not killing him.

After knocking the man out with the needle, Ye Siyu removed his face covering and rested, paying no further attention to the man lying on the floor. Ye Siyu had tranquilized him fourteen times in all, and every time he had slept straight through until the following evening. There was no need to worry about him suddenly waking up and interfering with what Ye Siyu had to do next.

Early the next morning, Ye Siyu helped himself to the food in the refrigerator and made an exquisite breakfast to treat himself. He then carried a Barrett XM-109 anti-materiel sniper rifle up to the second floor and waited.

He had exchanged 25 Points for the gun in the Plane Space, specifically to deal with tough-skinned, thick-fleshed fellows like Iron-Blooded Warriors. A single shot to an Iron-Blooded Warrior's body was guaranteed to kill it instantly.

After setting up the Barrett, Ye Siyu raised his right hand and checked the time on his Plane Watch. There was one minute left before the Iron-Blooded Warrior arrived.

"Red Queen, in 45 seconds, connect me to the phone in the house across the street."

Ye Siyu gave Red Queen the order while watching the time. "Yes, master." Although Red Queen was puzzled by his order, as a competent personal AI program, she would not ask too many questions at a time like this and would wait until it was over to ask.

The seconds ticked by, and soon 45 seconds had passed.

Ring, ring, ring!

A shrill ringing came from the house across the street, breaking the quiet of the early morning.

"The Iron-Blooded Warrior is here. Run!" Ye Siyu said at once. Since Red Queen had placed the call, he did not have to wait for the other party to pick up before speaking.

"What?! An Iron-Blooded Warrior!"

Clatter!

As soon as Ye Siyu finished speaking, the sound of things being dropped in a flurry came from the other end of the line. Soon, a young woman ran out of the house.

The moment the woman appeared, Ye Siyu turned his attention to the Barrett positioned at the window. Looking through its scope, he aimed at the chimney of the house opposite. The light above it was slightly distorted, marking the Iron-Blooded Warrior's position.

After aiming at the distorted light, Ye Siyu pulled the trigger without a moment's hesitation.

Bang!

A deafening gunshot rang out, and a brilliant tongue of flame burst from the Barrett's muzzle. At the same time, a powerful recoil slammed through the stock into Ye Siyu's shoulder, leaving it slightly numb.

The Barrett's powerful recoil did not affect Ye Siyu. Her attention remained fixed on the balcony of the house opposite.

Less than a quarter of a second after the bullet was fired, a flower of green blood and yellow shredded flesh burst into bloom on the roof of the house opposite. A flicker of electricity followed, and an ugly Iron-Blooded Warrior's body tumbled down from the building, landing heavily in the garden.

Through the scope, Ye Siyu could clearly see that the Iron-Blooded Warrior's abdomen had been almost completely blasted apart. Only a tiny bit of muscle still held its legs to its torso, keeping its body from splitting in two. Green blood and shattered internal organs spilled out of its body.

But the Iron-Blooded Warrior's vitality was exceptionally tenacious. Even with more than half its body blasted apart, it was not completely dead. Its left hand rose weakly and reached toward its right.

Bang!

Ye Siyu knew exactly what the Iron-Blooded Warrior was trying to do and immediately pulled the trigger again. The gunshot rang out, and the high-explosive bullet blew the Iron-Blooded Warrior's upper body apart. Its slightly raised left hand fell limply to the ground again.

Thanks to "Three Thousand Shackles" for the 1,000 Qidian coins and "Blood Greedy Wolf of" for the 100 Qidian coins.