Heo turned his head and looked at Thorne's men who were driving beside him.

"what?"

At that moment, the subordinate was gripping the steering wheel tightly with both hands, looking nervously ahead. He Ao's greeting made his hands tremble, and the slowly moving vehicle veered to the side.

However, he immediately straightened the steering wheel, beads of cold sweat appearing on his forehead. He stared intently at the road ahead, refusing to look at He Ao. "What did you say? I don't understand."

"What I mean is, take a look at the laser cannon behind you. If you open the door now, you still have a chance to live."

He Ao glanced at the rearview mirror and said calmly.

"Do it!"

The moment He Ao uttered those words, before the driver could react, two of Thorne's men sitting in the back row immediately roared and rushed up from behind, lunging at He Ao and trying to restrain him.

At this moment, the driver also nervously pressed the autopilot button and lunged sideways towards He Ao.

It seems that everyone in this car is Thorne's most trusted confidant, the kind who would be willing to die for Thorne.

The laser cannons behind quickly completed their automatic aiming.

Thorne inspected and test-fired the laser cannon, and only dared to buy it after confirming there were no problems.

At such close range, a single overclocked blow from the modified G-04 is enough to damage a C-grade weapon.

He shrugged, his body jolted violently, sending those surrounding him flying.

Then he grabbed the Jeep door handle with his right hand and suddenly exerted force, causing the hard, smooth steel door to wrinkle, protrude, and curl up like paper.

Accompanying this process was a sudden, muffled thud. The steel car door was pushed open without any resistance, and the bolt of the alloy lock was broken.

Then He Ao jumped out.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The few of Thorne's men who were trying to restrain He Ao had just been shaken off by He Ao and hadn't even had time to react before He Ao had successfully jumped out of the car.

At that moment, the laser cannon behind them burst forth with dazzling light, instantly piercing through the off-road vehicle.

As the molten heatwave swept outwards, He Ao's figure flashed and appeared beside the off-road vehicle behind him as the dazzling laser cannon shot out.

The subordinate sitting in the passenger seat quickly drew his gun, but in an instant, a sharp dagger pierced his throat.

He looked at the back of the SUV, where Thorne, who had been sitting, was nowhere to be seen.

It seems that, with the help of those few assassins holding Heo back and the cover of the laser cannon firing, Thorne decisively jumped out of the car and escaped.

He never intended to kill He Ao from the beginning; instead, he wanted to seriously injure He Ao to create an opportunity for himself to escape.

Heo drew his dagger and looked at his subordinate who had just been sitting in the back row with Thorne. Blood flowed down the sharp blade.

"Do not kill me!"

The subordinate sitting in the back row immediately raised his hands and pointed in the direction behind Heo, "Thorne went that way!"

He turned around, activated his super memory, and looked at the surrounding details in that direction, but did not see any trace of Thorne's actions.

At that moment, the trembling subordinate who had been giving directions and the driver simultaneously raised their guns and fired.

It hit the back of He Ao's head.

Their fingers were on the trigger.

The next second, a sharp dagger pierced through the fleshy neck, and bright red blood splattered like a fountain onto the cold roof of the off-road vehicle.

"You are very loyal."

He Ao, who had already appeared on the left side of the off-road vehicle, calmly drew his dagger. The sharp dagger spun in a dazzling display in the twilight, and then, in the next second, it plunged into the neck of the driver who had not yet had time to adjust his position.

bang bang-

Several bullets rang out around them as they struck the metal exterior of the off-road vehicle.

As the driver stared wide-eyed, his men in the two SUVs behind him leaned out and aimed at He Ao, firing.

He Ao activated his super memory, glanced around, and found Thorne's trail in the opposite direction from before.

Thorne was very careful, his footsteps were very light, and he left almost no obvious traces.

However, in the eyes of hyper-memory, these traces are so clear.

The men in the SUV behind them all ran out of the vehicle and, using the SUV as cover, launched an attack on He Ao.

He Ao withdrew his gaze from Thorne's footprints, glanced at his subordinates, and the next second, his body disappeared from the spot.

No——

With each thud of flesh and blood falling to the ground, the dense gunfire, like the fading sound of rain after a summer downpour, slowly returned to silence.

The twilight shone on the flowing blood, giving it a faint brownish-gold glow.

A slender yet upright figure stepped across the spreading pool of blood and walked into the depths of the street.

······

thump—

"Fuck it,"

A shop assistant at a modification shop, who was playing a game on a portable game console while sitting behind the counter at the shop entrance, was startled when the door was suddenly kicked open, causing his game character to die.

He stood up angrily, ready to hurl insults at the man's family, when he saw a dark gun barrel pointed at his forehead.

"Sir, is there anything you'd like to buy? Is there any machinery that needs modification?"

"Give me the bracelet, quick!"

Thorne gave the shop assistant a cold look and spoke quickly.

"Ok."

The shop assistant quickly took off his own bracelet and handed it to Thorne.

"Unlocked."

Thorne glanced at the bracelet with the screen off.

"Okay, okay,"

With a beaming smile, the shop assistant quickly unlocked the bracelet and handed it back to Thorne.

Thorne took the bracelet and glanced behind him. He was standing in front of the first shop at the entrance of the street.

This shop assistant was the first person he saw after entering the street.

There were hardly any pedestrians on the street outside; the whole street was deserted.

At that moment, the shop assistant saw Thorne turn around and look outside, so he quietly reached under the counter, where a black handgun was placed.

In the West District, the modification shops are all connected to gangs, and some are even gang-owned businesses.

Thorne, who was looking at the street, turned back, glanced at the shop assistant, and pulled the trigger.

Then, ignoring the shop assistant, he put away his gun, picked up the bracelet, and walked towards the door.

The clerk ultimately failed to reach the gun under the counter. His body leaned against the wall behind him and slowly slid down, his cheeks covered in blood.

Thorne rushed out of the shop and ran wildly down the street.

While running, he held the unlocked [item/item].

He immediately opened the dialer on the wristband and quickly entered the phone number while walking.

"Mr. Thorne, who do you want to contact?"

Just then, a cold question suddenly rang in Thorne's ears.

Thorne only sensed a figure appear behind him at a speed he couldn't perceive, a cold gaze passing over his right shoulder and looking at the bracelet on his hand.

The figure was so close to him that if the other person wanted to, they could easily stab him in the back with a dagger.

Thorne didn't know why the other person wasn't killing him, but without hesitation, he rolled forward and then turned around to fire a shot at the figure.

His marksmanship was excellent; this shot hit the target's eye.

boom--

With a soft thud in the dim light, the flying bullets were deflected by the cold blade of a dagger.

Then the blade was slowly moved aside, revealing an equally cold gaze from behind.

"Jace, you said you would let me go."

Thorne took two steps back, glancing around as if to grab a hostage, but found that the few remaining pedestrians had scattered and fled in terror because of the gunshot he had just fired, and were not within his reach.

"You have now left the Zarote region,"

He Ao calmly gazed at his face. "And weren't you the one who attacked me just now?"

“Jace, we can discuss anything. You want money, you want people, I can give you anything.”

Thorne looked at Heo and carefully backed away.

At the same time, he pressed the dial button on the wristband.

"It seems you're hiding some information?"

The cold dagger pierced through the gap between his fingers, grazing the edge of Thorne's hand above the bracelet.

Thorne felt the cold blade and instinctively loosened his grip, pulling back as the bracelet in his hand fell to the ground.

"Jace, don't push your luck."

Sensing the blade approaching, Thorne flipped backward, quickly creating distance between himself and Heo, glaring angrily at Heo.

He had realized that Heo seemed to be playing a trick on him.

The laser cannon did not harm Heo, although he had not initially expected the weapon Heo had purchased to harm him.

However, his subordinates did not give him enough time to escape. They guessed that He Ao's back injury did not affect his actions. The absolute difference in strength shattered all his plans.

He now understood that he had been guided by Heo from beginning to end.

He could not escape from Heo's grasp on his own.

He hesitated for a moment, then quickly opened his mouth and raised his teeth, the tips of his upper and lower front teeth colliding three times.

A twisted and terrifying blue light burst from his mouth, then pierced Thorne's skin like a tube inserted into flesh, penetrating his body.

"what!!!"

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