It’s over. This was definitely not a coincidence. He is one hundred percent coming for me.
There was no way to console herself anymore. A’Diao immediately sped up her cycling.
Seeing A’Diao’s obvious intention to flee, Zhang Cheng, who was also on a bicycle, narrowed his eyes.
She really did notice!
Zhang Cheng correspondingly increased his riding speed.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, sped along the increasingly deserted street. The wind whistled, blowing their hair, but A’Diao was terrified inside.
Could this person locate me?
Her phone had never left her side. How did the other person determine her location?
Unless the other party released a small surveillance drone and spotted her from high above.
Such equipment would cost at least fifty thousand Star Coins, which was consistent with the Jiang Family’s spending habits. It wasn’t surprising, but to use it against a rookie like her, they were really overestimating her.
This person was probably a professional killer.
A’Diao immediately connected her phone via Bluetooth, dialed a number, and reported it to the authorities—to the Lingcheng Prefecture Sima Office.
“Yes, there’s a man named Zhang Cheng. I recognize him. He’s associated with the wealthy Jiang Family in our Qishan County. I heard our local chief constable mention him by chance. But I found him following me from the hotel. I don’t know if it’s because I discovered he used a fake identity. Yes, Li Si, that’s his fake name. Now he’s found out I’ve fled and is chasing me… Yes, please locate me. I’m now…”
A’Diao hadn’t finished speaking when she suddenly turned her head. The reflection of car lights filled her pupils, which trembled and dilated… Bang, a loud crash.
The receptionist at the Sima Office suddenly heard such a loud noise. Being experienced, she immediately determined it was a car accident, and the person reporting it must have been hit squarely by a car, because the crash sound just now included the collision of a car’s metal body with a bicycle.
Was the person assassinated?
The receptionist, keeping her composure, directly reported the matter. The reported case quickly reached the core department under Chen Ran. The people there were naturally entrusted with important responsibilities by Chen Ran and knew that the current strategy had changed—not to search for Demonic Spirits, but for suspicious individuals. This sudden report of such a case immediately caught the attention of these strategists.
“It probably isn’t the masterminds; otherwise, the commotion wouldn’t be this big.”
“It’s likely an unrelated case, but we can’t leave it unaddressed, or it could easily disrupt the current deployment.”
Chen Ran, of course, also learned about it. His eyes deepened, and he raised his hand, saying, “Regardless of whether the informant is dead or alive, the culprit must be caught. Otherwise, public opinion will worsen. If rescued, it can also restore some reputation. Moreover, this matter can be used to stir the pot and flush out the snakes.”
Everyone looked at each other.
Feasible.
However, it couldn’t be their people who acted, or it would trigger a chain reaction from the Prefectural Governor’s Office, easily sabotaging tonight’s plan and affecting the final outcome. So…
His gaze swept over the red dots currently being frantically investigated and compared. Chen Ran pondered for two seconds and said, “Transfer it to the Lingcheng Militia Bureau. Let their people handle it.”
A’Diao wasn’t dead. Two or three seconds before the car was about to hit the bicycle, she heard the sound of wind from the side of the alley.
It was a low-grade hovercar, not traveling on the ground, so its sound was minimal. When it darted out from the alley’s track, she almost didn’t notice it. However, there was a consistent wind direction in the alley, which suddenly changed. With her five senses enhanced after marrow cleansing, coupled with the keen perception honed from growing up in a secluded environment, she noticed it at that moment. In the instant of impact…
She instantly abandoned the bicycle and jumped off, rolling upon landing. Her phone also flew out, shattering into pieces. But her arms protected her head. After slowing down from the roll, she immediately got up and dashed into another alleyway.
If she hadn’t seen wrong just now, the person driving the car was Jiang Chun.
That bastard actually came himself. It seemed he was determined to get the Spiritual Vessel inside her.
For the first time, she deeply realized that this world had changed. These ambitious people’s desires for the revival of Spiritual Energy were simply insane!
A’Diao was very agile and chose the narrowest alleyway, where hovercars couldn’t pass and which was full of trash, only allowing for running on foot.
Jiang Chun sprayed an aerosol inside the car a few times. This spray would naturally destroy any fingerprints, preventing his biological traces from being investigated by the authorities. Both the hovercar and his current identity were fake.
Preparations to cover his tracks had long been made. This time, he had to get that Spiritual Vessel. That way, he would have a chance to enter a school in Jinling!
Chase!
Jiang Chun was ambitious, competitive since childhood, and had excellent athletic ability. After he quickly gave chase, Zhang Cheng on the other side chose to circle around from the side. His speed was even more terrifying, a third faster than Jiang Chun’s. He was going to outflank and block the other end of the alley!
But Zhang Cheng was thinking: Looking at the girl’s movements and reaction speed just now, she was hardly as ordinary as previously described—much faster than an average person. If Jiang Chun hadn’t lied before, and the information wasn’t wrong, then she must have absorbed Spiritual Energy during this period and transformed her body.
She really does have a Spiritual Vessel!
Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes, a glint flashing within them.
There were no streetlights in the alley; it was completely dim. Yet A’Diao darted through it swiftly, her figure as agile as a monkey, gradually shaking off Jiang Chun behind her. But terrifyingly, someone was approaching from the end of the alley ahead.
The Toilet had already notified that Zhang Cheng, who had taken a detour, had disappeared. But it just alerted again, meaning he had entered the detection range, at most a hundred meters away from her.
In the dim, narrow alley filled with obstacles, neither of them saw the other, but that didn’t stop them from hearing each other’s footsteps.
Sometimes light, sometimes heavy…
Until…
Swish! When Zhang Cheng suddenly appeared like a phantom, the nail clippers in his raised hand almost slit the throat of the person in front. But the latter’s astonished, trembling face was not A’Diao’s.
Jiang Chun!
The person he was chasing and trying to block was Jiang Chun?!
Zhang Cheng’s expression darkened, while Jiang Chun blurted out, “Why is it you? Did she escape? Impossible, it’s just this one straight path. Could she be hiding in those trash heaps?”
He was anxious to go back and search through the trash, but Zhang Cheng suddenly rushed out. Jiang Chun saw that five meters away, Zhang Cheng picked up a bamboo pole, and after a quick run, used it to vault himself directly onto the roof of a nearby house.
Holy crap?!! Did that A’Diao escape that way?
No way, is she a monkey?
On the roof, Zhang Cheng saw another bamboo pole and knew he hadn’t misjudged. A quick scan with his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a small, dark figure dashing across the rooftops, easily leaping over the gaps between other alleys, and using stairs to vault and continuously move to other roofs.
Agile as hell.
Damn it, it’s been many years since I encountered such a troublesome and cunning prey.
Zhang Cheng smiled and chased after her at an even faster speed.
A’Diao looked back and saw Zhang Cheng chasing her, and her heart was also collapsing: This is killing me! The Jiang Family is just a minor nouveau riche family; where did they hire such a persistent, leech-like killer?
A’Diao fled and leaped frantically. After she had jumped across four or five buildings, ahead… the last building was seven meters away from the eaves under her feet.
How could she jump that?
Zhang Cheng, behind her, also saw it. His mind was set. Just as he was about to go up and snap her neck, suddenly… Swish!
The girl disappeared.
She jumped down.
Damn, is she crazy?!
The first building wasn’t actually very high; after all, one could jump onto the roof with the help of a bamboo pole. But the buildings here were not of equal height. They had been moving between buildings by using progressively higher eaves. The current building was already four stories high, about fifteen meters.
If she jumped down…
However, Zhang Cheng didn’t hear a loud thud of landing. Instead, he heard a slight… He quickly rushed over to look and saw the special fabric awning of a ground-floor shop still vibrating violently. But the girl who had bounced off it had already landed, turned back to give him the middle finger, then ran across the empty road towards a brightly lit convenience store on the other side.
Heh!
Did she think he wouldn’t dare to act just because she ran to a crowded place?
Zhang Cheng was so angry he laughed, then he also jumped down.
When A’Diao entered the convenience store, the door chimed with a “Welcome” sound. Then, the two clerks and five customers inside were all startled.
After all, A’Diao looked quite disheveled.
A’Diao glanced back at Zhang Cheng’s pursuing figure. There was no fear on her face; instead, she sneered: Is this an ordinary convenience store? This is an official surveillance point!
You might ask, with 13 red-dotted areas, how could you be sure this was a surveillance point? What if it was the real mastermind’s hideout?
A’Diao had actually calculated it. She hadn’t marked these points for nothing. She had observed every location. The most suspicious ones were the more hidden red-dotted areas primarily meant for concealment. A place like a convenience store, however, was actually for conveniently observing the outside, and there were definitely children living nearby.
The convenience store was too typical, not quite matching that old dog Chen Ran’s cunning style. It was most likely a surveillance point set up by the Prefectural Governor.
Therefore, while fleeing, A’Diao had decided to hide at this spot. Provoking Zhang Cheng earlier was also to lure him over.
If he dared to make a move, it would mean death. The Prefectural Governor’s Office absolutely wouldn’t care if he was from the Jiang Family or some killer from elsewhere; once caught, he would be dealt with as a suspicious person.
So… A’Diao wished for this person to come in, because the authorities would soon arrive to arrest him.
And according to the Toilet’s alerts, these people in the convenience store were all low-level manageable individuals. Dealing with one Zhang Cheng would be no problem for them.
A’Diao’s gaze swept over these people again, thinking to herself that they were really good at acting, showing no flaws at all.
She bought some oden for herself and carried it to a small table on the side to kill time.
After a short while, Zhang Cheng came in.
This man was experienced indeed. He calmly ordered some food as well, then carried his tray… and sat down calmly in front of A’Diao.
Just as he was about to sit down, A’Diao proactively said to the clerk, “Miss, this is a hooligan. He’s been following me. Can you help me call the police?”
The clerk was stunned. Zhang Cheng hadn’t expected A’Diao to be so proactive. So he smiled and said helplessly, “Sweetie, don’t throw a tantrum. I’m sorry, she’s my girlfriend. We had a fight.”
Damn!
A competent killer is indeed extraordinary.
A’Diao suddenly changed her demeanor and said arrogantly, “A fight? Since you still consider me your girlfriend, then you should coax me.”
Zhang Cheng was a bit surprised, but glancing at the suspicious-looking clerk and the other customers who were now paying attention, he had to continue smiling. “Of course, I’ll coax you, my little treasure. Let’s go home first, okay?”
As he spoke, he was about to put his arm around A’Diao’s shoulder to lead her away.
But A’Diao took a step back, frowned, and said coquettishly in front of everyone, “Then transfer 52,000 Star Coins to me.”
Zhang Cheng: “?”
A’Diao: “Other couples are like this when they fight. Besides, you’re so much older than me, shouldn’t you dote on me even more? You won’t even give 52,000? What kind of man are you! No, what kind of old man are you!”
From the twenty-nine-year-Lao Zhang Cheng +282!!!!
Oh ho, finally made a breakthrough. Impressive! As expected of low-level manageable individuals, there’s plenty of wool to fleece.
Damn!!
Zhang Cheng had long known this damn girl was trouble, but he hadn’t expected her to be so good at extorting money. Although he had a lot of money on hand—the payment from the Jiang Family for this job alone was in the six figures—he was unwilling to let this damn girl fleece him for fifty-two thousand!
“Baby, this is really too much, you…”
But A’Diao clutched her heart, saying in disbelief, “You even used a drone to monitor my movements! That thing costs at least six figures, and it’s illegal and immoral! I originally thought you were a paranoid lover truly in love with me, willing to become an outlaw just to have me! I can’t believe you’re not even willing to spend 52,000 to coax me? Heavens, what am I in your eyes? What am I! You’re not one of those poor devils with only a few cents in their pockets who can only afford instant noodles!”
The few customers eating instant noodles: “…”
A’Diao had thought she could more or less provoke a few “customers” into revealing their names, allowing her to learn something about the Prefectural Governor’s people. Unexpectedly… it was like throwing meat buns at a dog—gone for good.
No way, they’re this composed? Their mental fortitude must be incredible.
A’Diao was surprised. Zhang Cheng, however, sent her another +58 Mental Energy, but he quickly composed himself and put on a doting expression. “Alright, baby, give me your bank account number. I’ll give it to you when we get back…”
A’Diao directly showed her payment QR code: “You’re so old-fashioned. Just scan the code.”
Zhang Cheng: “…”
He never would have imagined that as a skilled assassin, he would be publicly extorted by what seemed to be his weakest prey.
Scan a code, even!
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