Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 157 You are Mr. A!

"ah!"

With a scream, the red-haired girl who had snatched the manuscript plummeted from her flight, crashing onto the gently sloping roof of a row house. Her billowing cloak, as if weighed down by something, drooped low and clung obediently to her shapely back.

"hateful."

The girl rubbed her sore knee, leaned on the chimney to stand up, and the manuscript she had been holding fell to the ground not far in front of her.

On the street below, MI9 agents were rushing to the scene. They surrounded the building, and some of the more agile ones had already begun climbing; they would likely reach the rooftop soon.

We must leave immediately!

The red-haired girl could only stand up in pain and reach out to pick up the manuscript.

However, before she could touch the manuscript, a slender hand suddenly emerged from the shadows of the chimney and firmly grasped it.

"who!"

The girl's eyes widened in surprise.

Under the crimson moonlight, in that narrow patch of shadow, a figure seemed to be squeezed out of the darkness, suddenly appearing before her. He wore a strange straitjacket, looking down at a manuscript, his face expressionless.

"give me back!"

She called out anxiously.

Then that person glanced at her.

His appearance was ordinary, except for his eyes. Those eyes shone with a deep blue light in the darkness, and deep within them, there was an indescribable sense of madness and otherness, as if he were not human, but some kind of terrifying monster hiding beneath his skin.

The girl was startled by his eyes and involuntarily took a step back.

Lu Ze withdrew his gaze, opened the package and took a look. Inside, there were indeed manuscripts filled with text and various design drawings, so densely packed that it made one dizzy.

Never mind, I can't understand it anyway, I'll just put it away for now.

He carefully packed the package and put it in his pocket.

At this moment, the agents of MI9 had already arrived. Their footsteps tread lightly on the clay tiles as they surrounded Luze and the red-haired girl, appearing well-trained, silent, and swift.

"Hand over your stuff."

"It is," said the man in the gold mask, his voice filled with anger.

Unexpectedly, there was more than one person hiding in the shadows, and I hadn't noticed them at all!

Lu Ze turned his head and looked at the other person.

What are the main methods by which MI9 recruits extraordinary individuals?

Recalling the Night Watch's internal documents, MI9 was an intelligence agency under the Luen military, possessing the extraordinary sequence of the "Arbitrator" pathway. This pathway was renowned for its order and authority.

"I said, hand over the stuff!"

Enraged by Lu Ze's attitude, the man in the golden mask roared loudly, his body appearing incredibly tall.

"Buzz!"

A beam of light shot out from his eyes behind his mask, dazzlingly bright, as if it were penetrating Lu Ze's eyes and directly affecting his mind. Intense pain followed, as if someone were whipping Lu Ze's soul with an invisible whip, or as if a knife was being used to stir his brain nerves and pierce his medulla oblongata.

"Mental piercing!"
The "Arbitrator" pathway, the signature skill of Sequence 7 "Interrogator," can directly affect the target's mind, causing them immense pain!

However, Lu Ze's body only swayed slightly, and he didn't even let out a cry of pain.

What a joke! It's nowhere near as good as the screams of the real Creator.

He shook his head and, to everyone's surprise, stretched out his hands.

"Click."

As easily as picking a strawberry, Lu Ze plucked his finger and threw it at everyone's feet.

"Get out of the way!" the man in the golden mask shouted.

"boom--"

The finger began to swell in mid-air, then exploded violently! The finger shattered, turning into a cloud of highly corrosive blood mist that instantly swept into the crowd.

"Confinement!"

Just then, the golden-masked man raised his metal glove again, and an invisible wall immediately formed in front of everyone, blocking the blood mist.

"Chichi."

The blood mist seeped into the roof tiles, instantly sending up a plume of white smoke. If it hadn't been stopped earlier, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Fortunately, it was blocked.
Just as the man in the golden mask relaxed, he saw a crimson fireball rapidly enlarging before his eyes. As if possessing a spirit of its own, the fireball swiftly bypassed the wall and hurtled directly towards him.

"Go away!"

The man in the golden mask swung his arm, and an invisible whip lashed through the air, striking the fireball precisely and causing the crimson flames to explode in mid-air, turning into countless scattered meteors.

"boom!"

As the fireball exploded, Lu Ze's figure leaped out from within!

His appearance completely caught Golden Mask off guard. Before he could react, Golden Mask punched him in the chest, knocking him to the ground.

"Boss!"

The intelligence officer next to him exclaimed in surprise as a silver-masked man carrying a long sword rushed forward and thrust his sword at Lu Ze.

To his surprise, Lu Ze didn't dodge at all, but let his longsword pierce through his chest and abdomen. Then, he felt his hand freeze, and his longsword was now firmly gripped by his opponent.

"boom!"

Crimson flames erupted from Lu Ze's hand, like venomous snakes, darting out along the longsword and viciously attacking the silver-masked man, instantly engulfing him.

"Ahhhh!"

The silver-masked figure screamed shrilly, transforming into a pillar of fire as it flailed its arms wildly.

"This area is off-limits!"

The man in the golden mask fell to the ground, trembling as he raised his arm, which was covered by a metal glove. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Ze stepped on his arm, and with a crack, it broke.

"Flesh magic, and so many extraordinary abilities, Shepherd!"

The man in the golden mask cried out in terror, "You're Mr. A from the Aurora Society!"

Aurora Viewing?
Do you also have an aurora viewing event in Backlund?
Wait a minute, it would be strange if such a large capital city didn't have the Aurora Society lurking around. Judging from what this guy said, the Aurora Society's envoy in charge here is called "Mr. A." Heh. He's mistaken me for Mr. A.
Lu Ze simply let out a cold laugh, neither refuting nor admitting anything. He merely conjured a ball of flame in his palm, condensing and compressing it to create terrifying heat and powerful energy.

Take care of him first, then leave with the manuscript and shift all the blame to the Aurora Society. Perfect!
"Dengdengdeng!"

The sound of hurried footsteps came from afar. Looking up, a group of at least a dozen people was rapidly approaching, each wearing a mask.

The reinforcements from MI9 have arrived!
Lu Ze glanced at the group of people and frowned slightly. His shepherd's intuition told him that several of them possessed extraordinary characteristics that were extremely dazzling, seemingly beyond his current capabilities.

We have no choice but to retreat.

"boom!"

Lu Ze stopped decisively, without wasting a single second. His body transformed into a fireball, and by the time it exploded, it had vanished. Only the distant sound of explosions and flashes of light from the next block could be heard, and then silence fell, and no one knew where he had gone.

"Don't run! Give me back my things!"

The red-haired girl also cried out, and taking advantage of the golden mask's control fading, she took off again, flying away in the direction of Lu Ze.

Only a group of MI9 members, who had gained nothing, remained, looking at each other in bewilderment.

(End of this chapter)