Chapter 68 - Who Is the Prey? (Part 2)

Wilson silently raised his hand, and his arrogant demeanor vanished:"Looks like we’ve entered a cycle of threats."

Realizing Wilson was facing a life-threatening situation, the girl in combat gear tightened her grip on Xu Xiaoyou’s throat.

"But I must remind you, there’s more than one security agent like Tangerine around me."

"You damn gambler, I knew you’d take the risk and make a desperate move."

The werewolf suddenly showed a sinister expression: "But I must remind you, not every all-in pays off!"

"I’ve told my subordinates, as soon as I die, the reports about you will automatically reach that investigator."

"Do you dare to kill me!?"

Wilson roared with a deep, penetrating voice!

At this moment, he was once again like the top-level predator, confident and proud.

Thud—

An iron rod swept across Wilson’s obnoxious face, knocking him to the ground. From the dull sound, it was clear the hit was hard.

"From the beginning, you didn’t even know what you were muttering to yourself for so long."

A blonde girl’s leg appeared in his vision, and even as Wilson fainted, he couldn’t understand how Xu Xiaoyou, who had been restrained by the throat, suddenly appeared before him.

"Your mumbling was giving me a headache."

The girl named Tangerine was slightly startled, turned back to look, and the face of the figure she was gripping melted like flowing liquid. The limbs stuck together, eventually collapsing to the ground, transforming into a card with golden patterns, which automatically flew back into Xu Xiaoyou’s hand.

"Wilson!"

She shouted, wanting to turn and retaliate, but Anya immediately jumped in front to confront her.

Xu Xiaoyou raised the iron rod and struck the werewolf several more times until he confirmed that the werewolf wouldn’t be able to get out of bed for the next few days, and then tossed the rod aside.

"Idiot."

Xu Xiaoyou tosses the coin from the daytime in front of the nose-broken, toothless Wilson, as if offering charity.

"Dealing with scum like you doesn’t require a desperate gamble, just one more chip than you."

"Wilson..."

Tangerine suddenly freed herself from Anya, sprinting to the werewolf’s side, kneeling down to check his injuries.

Anya growled a warning, but was stopped by Xu Xiaoyou raising her hand.

She pursed her lips tightly, the long tail extending from her spine split into four segments, revealing a needle probing into the werewolf’s chest, injecting a certain liquid.

As the icy-blue liquid slowly infused, the werewolf’s pale complexion eased a little.

Confirming the werewolf’s breath became stable and his vital signs steady, Tangerine let out a long sigh of relief, holding the werewolf’s hand, her gaze touched.

"Is he indebted to you?" Xu Xiaoyou casually asked.

"Not at all, if this dumbass died now I’d have to pay the security company a lot of money. I just sold my reproductive organs and somehow managed to loan out to buy a set of combat gear, still owe quite a bit." Tangerine replied.

"If you insist on killing him, I’ll do my best to stop you, even if I can’t kill you, I can surely drag it out until the company’s security arrives."

It’s a plea, but also a threat.

If possible, Xu Xiaoyou would definitely want to end the werewolf’s life now to avoid future trouble.

But the risks are too high, just the girl named Tangerine possesses far beyond the usual Two-Tier Cleaner’s combat power, and more security would come once the alert is triggered.

Those mechanical guards would instantly become a fortress of firepower once in combat mode, and with her current physical strength, she would be easily torn to shreds or even dismembered.

Confronting the company’s security forces directly is the most foolish thing in the entire Corruption Nest, not to mention even if she’d bypass the alert and kill the werewolf and this girl, if what the wolf said was true, she’d still face the risk of exposing secrets.

The risk does not match the reward, she has to remain rational.

"Tonight, I was never here." Xu Xiaoyou said.

Tangerine nodded, gave a thumbs-up: "Got it."

The two exchanged smiles, reaching consensus without words.

Moreover, she had her own ideas about how to reclaim the debt in Alley Five.

"Let’s go Anya, just teach them a lesson to keep their tails tucked." Xu Xiaoyou said, leading Anya out of the underground parking lot, disappearing from Tangerine’s sight.

On a street in Nest City.

Several Cleaners dressed as Daoists were driving away residents, setting up a long yellow caution tape.

"If you don’t want to die, scram far away, I’ll gouge out your eyes if you keep watching!"

One of them shouted to the crowd watching on the street.

Those who intended to enjoy the spectacle quickly dispersed, leaving only a few brave enough to watch from afar.

Time was inching closer to 8:15.

People watched those Cleaners dressed as Daoists seated in the center, seeming to perform some magic, muttering incomprehensible incantations.

"What are they doing?" Someone asked.

"I don’t know, I think their mouths are saying one, two, three, four, five."

"This bunch of charlatans doesn’t even have any professional knowledge, pretending to be Daoists, they must be out swindling money!"

"Shhh, be quieter, don’t let them hear, they’re from Qingfeng Office, a third-tier agency, all Cleaners, it’ll be troublesome if they hear."

"Move along, move along."

On the street, watching the Daoshi brothers, high and steep surrounding a cauldron several meters tall, appearing profoundly mysterious, a young novice who had just joined the agency had an expression of admiration in his eyes, noticing nothing out of place.

He eagerly moved closer to an old Daoist, observing his talisman-drawing actions, pondering carefully.

"Master, are we using this to exorcise demons? To solve Alley Five?"

Watching the novice produce a Peach Wood Sword and some talismans, the old Daoist smiled kind-heartedly and gently shook his head.

"Then what do we use?"

The old Daoist revealed an automatic rifle: "We use this."

Novice Daoist: "???"

Seeing the old Daoist skillfully reloading the rifle, locking and loading, the novice Daoist was dumbfounded.

The old Daoist affixed a talisman to the rifle’s body, creating radiant golden sparks!

"Sure enough, this is more effective."

"Master, almost everything is ready! Hmph, Dissector, let them have no return!"

A tall figure appeared, holding a rotating machine gun, with a long bullet chain dragging on the ground.

The old Daoist smiled, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

"Smash those Dissector into pieces, refine them into pills, assuredly they can Three Flowers Gather at the Top and Ascend to Immortality!"

"Fire in the furnace, rise!"

Buzz—

Several Cleaners dressed as Daoists rose, muttering something quickly under their breath, and after a flurry of ritualistic actions, a flame undeniably burst from beneath the pill furnace, vigorously burning!

It got brighter and burned more intensely!

Xu Xiaoyou watched silently from afar within the crowd.

She doesn’t expect to encounter normal people in this whole Nest City.

The state of mind here is astonishingly fascinating.

After a brief sigh, Xu Xiaoyou checked the time, slightly frowning.

It was already 8:15, Alley Five should have entered a predatory state by now, such commotion, could it still not attract it?

Just as she thought so, sudden change erupted!

The sky suddenly darkened, the ink-like black clouds were stained by blood, with the hanging crescent moon gradually becoming eerie, blood red and terrifying.

Bloody handprints crawled all over the walls!

Suddenly, the street in front began to transform, as if swallowed by a massive bloody mouth, the scene became blurred and distorted, the Cleaners’ figures abruptly vanished, and a wall several meters high sealed the entire street entrance, sprawling down like a mountain!

The onlookers exclaimed in shock, watching as a flowing scarlet ’5’ appeared on the wall.