Chapter 60 - Who Here Is Zhao Tiezhu?

As expected!

Xu Xiaoyou felt a thrill inside.

The feeling of resonance with the Fire Element wasn’t her imagination. Bai Youyou really helped her summon the fireball, helping her to build a bridge to connect her body with the elements.

And it’s increasing the rare attribute of intelligence, which is often fixed from birth and hard to improve with training.

A person’s thinking, judgment, decision-making, rationality, and Spiritual Power are all closely related to their intelligence.

Xu Xiaoyou spread out her hand, and a dancing flame appeared in her palm.

Even without relying on the Skill Card, she could now summon the Fire Element from the air at any time.

Not just the Fire Element, she could also feel the faint presence of other elements in the air, although she couldn’t yet gather or summon them.

Temporarily suppressing her excitement, Xu Xiaoyou discreetly extinguished the flame in her palm.

"Youzi, you..."

"I never said I wasn’t a Magic Profession," Xu Xiaoyou said.

Bai Youyou was dumbfounded by the trick.

She thought hard for a long time, but couldn’t find any flaw in the other’s words.

The other was truly naive, if everyone were as easy to deceive as her, Xu Xiaoyou thought.

Afraid that the Investigator might come up with something, Xu Xiaoyou continued:

"Alright, today’s training is almost done. Could you do me one more small favor?"

In the evening.

Xu Xiaoyou knocked on the door of a household.

A tall Cleaner, with a face full of vicious scars, opened the door and stuck his head out.

The smell of blood hit, and peeking through the gap of his silhouette, one could see the mottled bloodstains on the wall and the blood-stained instruments hanging there.

Clearly a psychopath with dozens of lives on his hands!

Looking at the girl in front of him barely as tall as his waist, he sneered, his tone carrying some contempt:

"What is it?"

"Pay up," Xu Xiaoyou said directly. "You borrowed some money from Cosmic Heavy Industries last month, the repayment date is over ten days past, do you plan to default?"

"Debt collection?" The Cleaner chuckled, looking down at the girl who seemed small to him.

"Do you know who I am? Go ask around the Slaughterhouse, outside people call me ’Bloody Butcher,’ do you believe..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a black-haired girl stepping out slowly from behind Xu Xiaoyou, and upon seeing the scene inside his house, her cold red eyes darkened.

Even though Bai Youyou was in casual wear, the strongman recognized her at a glance as the Three-winged Investigator from the news.

What a Three-winged Investigator meant to people like them, who lived on the edge, committing murder and robbery, need not be said.

He was about to shut the door when Bai Youyou suddenly pressed her hand against it with such strength that the entire iron door was imprinted with a terrifying mark, slamming against the wall with a huge noise.

The strongman was almost scared to the point of panic.

Are you kidding me!

He roared in his heart, how come a mere debt collector from a company has a Three-winged Investigator backing them up??

"Anything you wish to say, come with me to the Guard Hall..."

"Youyou, I know him, he’s actually an actor, the slaughterhouse is his shooting location, Bloody Butcher is just a stage name," Xu Xiaoyou appropriately made an excuse. "This room is just used for filming usually, and the meat on the meat grinder is just a prop."

"Yes, yes yes yes!"

"Hey, I’m just an actor!"

The strongman, grabbing onto a lifeline, quickly nodded like a chicken pecking grains, following Xu Xiaoyou’s words.

"I was just playing around just now, I have a scene tomorrow and was just practicing my acting."

Bai Youyou showed a look of confusion.

Strange, why are there so many movie shoots going on in Nest City lately.

"Sorry about that, I’ll pay for the door repairs."

"No problem, no need to pay, it’s nothing! Investigators are busy with work, maintaining city security, it’s normal to be sensitive."

"How much did I owe again, I’ll pay it back right away, right away!"

The strongman’s attitude had a complete turnaround, no longer a trace of the previous arrogance.

At this, the corners of Xu Xiaoyou’s mouth lifted slightly, and she extended five fingers:

"Five thousand credits."

The strongman’s eyes widened: "Five thousand!?"

He remembers borrowing only three thousand credits from Cosmic Heavy Industries last month.

Brat, you’re inflating the price with me, aren’t you!

Relying on a Three-winged Investigator’s backing, you’ve got no shame left?

"Could you please confirm with the head office if it’s really five thousand..." The strongman forced a smile.

Xu Xiaoyou thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Oh, I was mistaken."

"It’s six thousand."

The strongman swallowed his saliva, inwardly furious, wishing he could tear the girl into pieces, but due to the imposing aura of the figure behind her, he could only swallow his grievances.

"Six thousand it is."

After settling the three thousand online, he took out another three thousand credit in cash and handed it over to Xu Xiaoyou with a sycophantic smile, afraid she might demand more.

"Have a good day."

Xu Xiaoyou smiled while giving a light pat on the strongman’s face with the wad of cash: "Smart fellow."

"I’ll cover you next time."

Bai Youyou watched all this unfold, not understanding their sly little dealings.

After seeing the two off, the strongman let out a long sigh towards the sky:

"What a life! Damn, what a life!"

Another heartbroken soul added to the city night.

In an abandoned warehouse somewhere, two gangs were engaged in a firefight.

They were armed with various firearms, taking cover, occasionally exposing themselves to shoot at each other.

Gunshots continuously rang out, lights flickered, interspersed with grenade explosions and curses about each other’s families.

"Damn, Flat-headed Badger, you stirred trouble on my turf last month, and you’re back again this month, what do you want?"

"Damn it, Tattooed Tiger, how about mentioning the time you kidnapped my girlfriend?"

"Do you think you can walk out alive?"

"Everyone’s gonna die here tonight!"

A gangster, face fierce, stood up behind a floating van, loaded a rocket into his launcher, and aimed at the guy who was cursing at him earlier:

"Look, your mom’s flying in the sky!"

The rocket, trailing a long red flame, flew out, made a circle in the air, and exploded in a brilliant flash among the opposing gang, flipping a whole van with the explosion, crushing many underneath.

Dozens more heavily-armed gang members rushed in from outside the warehouse, brandishing all sorts of firearms, pouring out bullets as if they were free.

"Taste my sweet big Dic*."

A gangster in exoskeleton armor stood up, his muscles bulging like an ox, carried a Gatling Gun, its barrels spinning wildly, raining bullets on the opposing cover, shredding them.

Screaming, fleeing, more cowardly gang members cowered behind cover, ears covered, afraid to move.

Just as the situation seemed about to spiral out of control, the warehouse door was suddenly blown open with a bang!

Both groups froze in place, unanimously stopping their actions.

Staring wide-eyed, they saw a blonde girl waving away the dust in front of her, boldly entering from outside the warehouse, the flame in her palm gradually extinguishing.

Xu Xiaoyou looked up, ignoring the bewildered stares from both gangs, expressionless, she said:

"Who here is Zhao Tiezhu?"