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The moment he sensed something was off, Xu Shuo abruptly shifted his body to the side!

The next moment, a sharp steel rebar, without any warning, fell where he had just been standing, deeply embedding itself into the hard floor of the rooftop.

Yet the attacker was nowhere to be seen.

"Jieta."

A voice brimming with laughter suddenly resonated from around him.

The other party seemed as if they were watching something truly amusing, the tone in those mere two words bursting with excitement and joy, the voice slightly unripe, suggesting the speaker was rather young.

And the abrupt attack with the steel rebar seemed more like a form of greeting.

"According to the intelligence, you possess the abilities of instantaneous movement and mind reading. Among them, 'instantaneous movement' can even transport others and objects, and you are often responsible for the retreat of New An Bureau members.

"Am I right?

"You really did come~"

The voice giggled, the excitement tinged with a trace of something bizarre.

Xu Shuo's expression remained calm, the hood he wore downcast, hiding half his face, his eyes lightly turning towards a certain corner.

He asked lightly, "Who are you?"

——Was their target 'Jieta'?

The New An Bureau had gathered quite a bit of information on members of the Paradise Bird Organization, and naturally, the latter likely knew quite a bit about them as well, given that the rivalry between the two organizations wasn't a recent development.

Although they knew the capabilities associated with the codenames, they might not know the specific identities of the individuals.

Yin Banqian's identity might have been exposed during the siege two days ago, while Cheng Can, due to his mission, was somewhat of a public figure and his identity being discovered wasn't unusual.

But Professor Li had always kept himself well hidden.

Therefore, the attacker was likely not targeting Professor Li, but rather the identity of 'Jieta'.

To ambush two core members of the New An Bureau, perhaps they speculated that 'Jieta' would surely come to the rescue, therefore trapping Yin Banqian while also giving Cheng Can time to send a message?

So what was the purpose?

To kill Jieta and sever the New An Bureau's arms?
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Logically speaking, under normal circumstances, dealing with Delta would be more useful than dealing with Jieta since Jieta's abilities seemed to be entirely non-lethal support.

Delta was formidable, handling four people with ease, Yin Banqian hadn't even been marked red yet!

It's likely he could escape if the struggle continued a little longer.

So there was really no need to lose the bigger picture over the smaller details.

Thinking this, Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly.

Could it be...that Professor Li's identity had been exposed?

"Who am I?!"

The voice from the shadows rang out again, the tail end of the sentence unusually elevated, devoid of the previous playful intent, this time filled with a sinister and twisted vibe.

"Haha…"

The other party unexpectedly let out two bizarre laughs.

For some reason, there was an inexplicably eerie and familiar feeling.

Xu Shuo slightly furrowed his brow, focusing on that corner.

The ability for mind transmission had already allowed him to sketch out that figure in his mind, the world of neural networks flickering before his eyes, his black pupils gradually becoming hollow and void.

No matter who it was, Professor Li's identity absolutely could not be exposed!

The air around them grew still and heavy, the atmosphere suffocating, like a taut, stretched bowstring.

Battle was on the verge of erupting!

"Ah~" Just then, the person around the corner let out an odd, low chuckle and said in a ghostly tone, "I can feel your mental infiltration into my brain. Perhaps in the next moment, you're planning to destroy that neural network, right? This feeling of impending death is so familiar... Doctor Chu~"

Whirrr—!

The tightly wound string in his mind suddenly snapped!

Xu Shuo was taken aback!

At that corner, a circle of invisible ripples suddenly spread out, a powerful psychic shock and telekinesis released in an instant, causing the structures on the rooftop to shatter abruptly!

The destruction was silent, the force unstoppable!

However, the person hiding behind the wall did not die. He spread his arms wide, revealing his figure among the wind-scattered debris of the building, his face sporting an excited and ferocious smile, his emerald eyes gleaming fiercely in the reflection of the flames!

The same psychic ability had protected his brain quite effectively!

The boy's smile widened, unrestrained and wanton, his expression also bearing that familiar madness!

"Haha…"

He smirked, a gesture seemingly welcoming something, but the dark twist in his eyes was chilling!

"Who are you, really?" Xu Shuo had recovered his senses, his breathing calm, his expression wary as he watched the other man.

"What, you're pretending not to recognize me again?"

"Oh, I get it—"

The confusion flashed across the youth's face, then, as if talking to himself, he had an epiphany: "This is all an act!"

Then he looked over with a mocking expression.

Xu Shuo twitched the corners of his mouth: "..."

He stared at the unfamiliar yet somehow familiar face opposite him, overthrew all his previous conjectures in his mind, and new doubts immediately rose up.

The fact that Luo Kun appeared in this script wasn't the issue worth exploring, but rather their current mission—

The adversary's target was too precise!

Xu Shuo could assert with certainty that there were absolutely no flaws in Professor Li's identity; apart from the core group of the New An Bureau, no one knew he was "Jieta." So, how did the other party come to know of this?

A traitor within the core group?

Improbable.

But if Professor Li's identity truly hadn't been exposed, then it might have been himself who was compromised...

Wait!

Xu Shuo suddenly thought of something.

The only person who had seen his face when he first used "Teleportation" to meet Yin Banqian was the youth he had encountered by accident in Black Alley, and if his memory had been read by Luo Kun's psychic ability afterward...

With that thought, Xu Shuo's expression grew progressively graver and his eyes darker.

He had indeed been too careless.

Had he grown complacent because his recent games had been too smooth?

Not a moment could be lost in vigilance.

"Ah, seeing that expression, you must've figured it out, haven't you, Doctor Chu~" The exuberant voice came at this moment.

Xu Shuo looked up at him and said coldly, "I think you've got the wrong person."

He would never admit it.

Right now he was Professor Li, and only a fool would do something that might lower his performance score.

Besides, he indeed wasn't Chen Chu.

At this moment, the smile on the youth's face visibly darkened, his gaze deep, but then he twisted his face into a malevolent smirk: "Is that so? Then go ahead and die!"

Without further ado, he attacked without hesitation!

Luo Kun raised his hand, and the building beneath their feet began to crumble. The floor of the rooftop peeled away, breaking into pieces that fused into sharp, pointed steel rebars.

Xu Shuo's pupils shifted slightly, his dark eyes seemed to twirl with light.

The numerous sharpened rebars rushed towards him, but in mid-air, they suddenly paused. The next moment, they hurtled back towards Luo Kun at an even faster speed!

However, those reversing attacks disintegrated into dust in an instant!

Faster than the debris, a white figure took advantage of the distraction to dissolve the attack and in a blink appeared in front of the youth!

The fruit knife flipping in mid-air was swiftly caught by a fair, slender hand. The youth's eyes glinted with a bloodthirsty light, and the pulsating carotid artery before him seemed irresistibly enticing!

Xu Shuo did not hesitate to press the fruit knife against Luo Kun's throat, but just as he was about to make a deep slash, a hand suddenly gripped his wrist tightly.

Xu Shuo let out a sneer.

[One-Click Kill!]

The youth's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints as a heavy heartbeat echoed across the rooftop!

Time seemed to slow down immensely, all other sounds disappearing, leaving only the eerie heartbeat.

"Thump—"

The youth's gaze went blank for a moment, like a powerless, dying patient, but then suddenly sharpened once again!

Luo Kun stretched his lips into a grotesque smile: "Ha... Doctor Chu, you've killed me so many times now, how about I kill you this time, what do you say?"

Xu Shuo paused, his expression slightly stunned.

No, One-Click Kill never misses!

What was going on?!

Could it be some sort of life-saving item?

Then, should he kill again?