Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 444 Why are you just watching from the sidelines?
The man hid in the blind spot of the two security guards, jumped directly from the second-floor railing, and kicked the guard holding the walkie-talkie in the chest.

Faced with the masked man's kick, an ordinary person's ribs are as brittle as a cucumber.

Even though he applied considerable force with his foot, it was enough to shatter his bones and internal organs.

The broken ribs pierced his heart, and the security guard holding the walkie-talkie died on the spot.

Without thinking, the other security guard instinctively pointed his gun at the dark figure in front of him.

However, no matter how fast an ordinary person's neural reaction speed is, can it be faster than that of a superhuman?
Faced with a masked figure possessing bizarre powers, ordinary people are left with no choice but to await their fate—an undeniable and tragic fact.

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Outside the villa, Ai Liang witnessed the man twisting the old butler's neck.

"Hey, hey, hey, with just the cover of leaves and shadows, you can at most get away from those security guards. You should know that it can't hide from Mask's eyes, right?"

A silver-white figure gradually emerged from the air; it was Xia Qiyuan, who was also monitoring the masked figure.

Ai Liang didn't show much emotion when faced with the sudden discordant voices around her.

He had noticed Xia Qiyuan, who was also waiting there, long ago.

Needless to say, Xia Qiyuan's goal is definitely the same as his own.

Ai Liang stared at the masked figure in the study and asked without turning her head, "Is the Countermeasures Bureau out of people? Why does it have to be you, a top-tier combatant, who has to do everything yourself?"

Xia Qiyuan, who was floating in mid-air with his legs crossed, helplessly spread his hands: "There's no other way. In order to keep it secret, people who don't know about the plan can't be assigned to work related to it. And among those who know about the plan, there aren't many who are good at surveillance, so I have to do it myself."

Ai Liang didn't dwell on the issue; he changed the subject: "Where's Gao Bin?"

Xia Qiyuan smiled slightly: "I can't keep answering your questions forever, can I? You keep asking me questions, now it's my turn... The body you're using now is a mental puppet?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking." Ai Liang was too lazy to answer such an obvious question.

"Tsk tsk tsk, casually using living people for mental experiments, you're starting to resemble a mad scientist." Xia Qiyuan looked at Ai Liang and clicked his tongue in admiration.

“I’ll take this as your compliment for now. What about Gao Bin, who’s always been by your side?” Ai Liang asked.

"As for him, matters unrelated to this mission are not within the scope of information that can be disclosed."

Xia Qiyuan had a knowing look on his face.

Seeing that Xia Qiyuan didn't say anything, Ai Liang didn't bother to ask any further questions.

He wasn't particularly curious to begin with, and he only asked Gao Bin a question to find a topic to talk about.

Moreover, even if Xia Qiyuan didn't say anything, Ai Liang could roughly guess where Gao Bin had gone.

Gao Bin is like a secondary account that inherited all the equipment from the main account.

If you encounter an opponent of the same level and initiate a PK, you'll definitely have to return the equipment to your main account.

That's the situation right now.

Gao Bin is about to engage in a fierce battle with the disciples, but he can't even fully utilize the basic capabilities of the armor, so it's highly likely that the armor was stripped off and given to someone else.

"By the way, do you know who the masked man in the house is actually?"

Xia Qiyuan pointed to the masked man who came out of the study and asked.

“I know,” Ai Liang replied.

"How did you know?" Xia Qiyuan continued to press.

He then tried to elicit information to see if he could find any clues about Ai Liang's true identity.

"Breaking through the protective measures left on the mask by the Thousand-Faced Man is not a difficult task for me," Ai Liang said casually.

Although Ai Liang did not learn the true identity of the masked man in the house through this method, it did not prevent him from using his mental abilities as an excuse.

Having failed to elicit a response, Xia Qiyuan remarked meaningfully, "Mental abilities are really useful."

Ai Liang pretended not to understand Xia Qiyuan's hint.

He pointed at the two security guards who entered: "You just stood by and watched those two get killed? These two are different from the people who died at the hands of that masked man before. They don't seem to be any particularly evil people."

Just as the masked man was about to kill the two security guards, they remained unmoved.

"As you know, sometimes sacrifice is necessary."

Xia Qiyuan shrugged indifferently, not caring at all about the lives of the two innocent security guards.

"If I were to save them, I would inevitably expose my own existence, and the plan would fall through. There are no naive, hot-blooded idiots in the Countermeasures Bureau who would miss an opportunity to ambush an apostle just to save two ordinary people."

"You guys are really cold-blooded," Ai Liang said calmly.

Xia Qiyuan was amused by Ai Liang's words: "The number of people who died at your hands back then was literally piled up like a mountain. Besides, isn't that exactly what you know, which is why you chose to stay here and watch?"

"Therefore, I have never considered myself a protector of humanity," Ai Liang said calmly.

Looking at the masked figure inside the villa, who was ruthlessly carrying out the murder, Xia Qiyuan's expression gradually turned serious.

"That's quite a coincidence. Our Countermeasures Bureau isn't exactly a protector of humanity either. According to the Bureau's guidelines, as long as humanity isn't on the verge of extinction, our primary task is to deal with the supernatural."

"Human beings have not even obtained the right to survive when faced with the bizarre, so how can they be qualified to talk about human rights? Reality is not a fairy tale."

They didn't even get the right to live?

Ai Liang finally turned her head and looked at Xia Qiyuan tentatively, "The impact of the supernatural on the world doesn't seem to have reached the point of the end of the world, so why is the Countermeasures Bureau going to such an extreme?"

Xia Qiyuan looked at Ai Liang and chuckled strangely: "You only see the surface of the world. In recent years, strange things and bizarre objects have indeed become rare, but that's like putting a lid on a volcano that's about to erupt. It can cover it up for a while, but not forever. When the lid is lifted, it will only lead to a more violent eruption."

Xia Qiyuan's metaphor vividly describes the current state of the world.

Even someone who knows nothing about the supernatural can quickly recognize the urgency of the situation.

"Is the Apostles the one who's going to lift the lid?" Ai Liang continued to ask.

Xia Qiyuan shook his head: "Yes and no. If you're willing to join the Countermeasures Bureau, I'll tell you the truth."

"I?"

Ai Liang raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure you want to recruit the infamous hermit into the Countermeasures Bureau?"

Xia Qiyuan said nonchalantly, "Hehe, didn't I just say that the Countermeasures Bureau doesn't care about the lives of those scumbags in Nevada City? Those guys can kill a thousand or ten thousand people, or even a hundred thousand or a million, it doesn't matter."

"If sacrificing them could bring us a psychic with your level of abilities, do you believe that the Countermeasures Bureau could kill as many people as you do in a year?"

It seems that Gao Bin's understanding of the Countermeasures Bureau is really very shallow.

Ai Liang sighed inwardly.

But it's understandable that someone who has been confined to a laboratory by a mad scientist for years wouldn't want to delve into the countermeasures bureau.

May 5th, plant mushrooms
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