F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chen Yifan's pupils suddenly shrank to a single point.

Damn it.

Did they hit the jackpot?

Is the infamous S-class wanted criminal, Shadow Demon, really out of his mind?

It wasn't just the Security Bureau that was involved.

It even appeared less than ten meters away from him?

The sudden turn of events did not stop Chen Yifan's thinking in the slightest.

His extraordinary mental attributes allowed him to have an absolutely clear mind at this moment.

The next second, without any extra movement, he lowered his body and slid into the other side of the supporting column.

However, at this moment, Shadow Fiend was in extremely poor condition.

He was covered in blood and breathing heavily, clearly having just escaped from the cage after a fierce battle.

He did not come here voluntarily, but rather it was a random result of his spatial traversal going out of control due to his severe injuries.

After a brief moment of panic, Shadow Fiend's crimson gaze slowly swept across the surroundings in the darkness.

Finally, his gaze was fixed on the pillar where Chen Yifan was hiding.

His wild instincts, honed by years of navigating the edge of life and death, told him...

There are people there.

A chilling, bone-chilling killing intent emanated from him.

It felt as if it had pierced through thick cement and stabbed hard into Chen Yifan's back.

Discovered?

What should I do?

run?

But a thief with only 80 agility points.

How could someone possibly escape from an S-class space-type assassin?

That's not called running away, that's called delivering takeout.

Chen Yifan's mind raced in that instant.

His experience of being brutally beaten by society for over twenty years in his previous life had ingrained his instinct to analyze pros and cons into his very bones.

To sit and wait for death is to die.

Should I rush out and blend into the crowd?

Before they could even take two steps, Shadow Fiend would be the first to twist their head off, or they would be taken hostage to intimidate the entire scene.

The only way to survive is...

bet.

Chen Yifan's thoughts fell on that newly awakened levelless talent.

Stealing everything!

The mental attribute must be higher than the opponent's.

Cooling time: 24 hours.

The results are completely random.

He quickly glanced at Shadow Fiend from behind the supporting pillar.

It was confirmed that the other party was seriously injured and that their mental state was at an all-time low.

His initial mental attribute was as high as 200 points, which is four times that of an ordinary person!

An assassin, according to normal logic, pursues the ultimate speed and power, and would never invest too much in mental attributes.

The bet is on this information gap.

"Secret surveillance."

Chen Yifan moved his lips slightly, without the slightest hesitation, and concentrated all his thoughts on the swaying black figure ten meters away, activating his innate skill.

In an instant, a stream of dark blue data, visible only to him, swept across Shadow Fiend.

[Target: Shadow Fiend, Name: Zhen Daomei]

[Occupation: S-Rank Space Assassin (Status: Near Death, Severely Weakened, Level Dropped)]

【Spirit: 190】

[List of items that can be stolen:]

【1. Talent: S-Rank - Shadow Travel (Incomplete)】

【2. Skill: S-rank - Spatial Blink】

3. Skill: Rank A - Dimensional Slash (Severely damaged, unusable)

[4. Concept: An extreme desire for "freedom"]

5. Item: Poisoned Dagger (Fine)

[6. Status: The last two years of vitality]

7. Item: A black handkerchief in the pocket.

……

Looking at this long and dazzling list, Chen Yifan's heart pounded.

S-rank talent!

S-rank skill!

No wonder he's a wanted criminal on the list.

Their family fortune is so substantial!

His mental attribute is 200, while the other party's is 190.

The prerequisites for the theft have been perfectly met!

"Da da da..."

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps approaching from afar reached Chen Yifan's ears.

The Shadow Fiend moved.

They're coming this way!

There's no time to hesitate!

It was stealing an S-rank skill that allowed them to turn the tide of the battle.

He stole a handkerchief and died on the spot.

This is the moment!

"steal!"

Chen Yifan roared silently in his heart.

He felt as if his brain was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand and then violently pulled outward.

Excruciating pain!

The pain was unimaginable.

A dizzying, disorienting sensation washed over my entire body.

His head buzzed, his vision went black, and he almost fainted.

Is this the price of stealing an S-class existence?

It felt like someone had flicked my forehead 10860 times in the same spot.

And in that instant when his consciousness began to fade.

boom!

A mysterious and profound feeling instantly flooded Chen Yifan's mind.

The next second, a new skill, Spatial Blink, appeared on his panel.

And at that very moment.

The Shadow Demon, who had almost reached the supporting pillar, suddenly froze.

The cruel, sinister smile that was about to appear on his face froze completely beneath the skull mask.

Instead, there was an extreme sense of absurdity, a kind of horror and bewilderment akin to seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

A profound sense of emptiness, emanating from the depths of his soul, made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

This feeling...

Danger!

An assassin's instincts alerted him, prompting him to instinctively activate his strongest survival skill—[Spatial Blink].

however……

There are 15 counters.

Shadow Fiend was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't even have time to bring up the control panel to check the situation.

The immense psychological shock, coupled with the severe injuries that brought him to the brink of collapse, caused his vision to go black and his steps to falter.

But his crisis management instincts, honed over the years, forced him to suppress his physical discomfort and roar as he lunged at Chen Yifan behind the pillar.

His skills malfunctioned, his teleportation went out of control, and a series of unexpected events left him desperately in need of a hostage, a bargaining chip!

However, just as his hand was about to touch Chen Yifan...

Chen Yifan moved.

He activated the newly acquired [Spatial Blink].

The next second, his body swayed slightly, vanished from his spot, and reappeared behind Shadow Fiend.

The Shadow Demon's attack missed, and the familiar spatial fluctuations came from behind him, making the hairs on his body stand on end.

"This is... spatial teleportation?!"

How is that possible?!

A fleeting thought resulted in a moment of stunned silence.

It's now!

Despite the excruciating pain of his mental breakdown, Chen Yifan pulled his hand back into his school uniform sleeve and immediately activated his other talent.

[Rank F - Speed ​​Boost!]

His already weak strength was squeezed to the extreme at this moment, and his hands, like iron clamps, pressed down on the back of Shadow Fiend's head!

"you……"

In the Shadow Demon's pupils, the massive load-bearing pillar rapidly magnified.

He wanted to resist, but his severely injured body and the inexplicable weakness he had just experienced prevented him from even turning around.

Chen Yifan, expressionless, used all his strength to slam the Shadow Demon's head hard against the supporting pillar!

next second.

"Bang!"

A deafeningly loud bang.

Under the horrified gaze of everyone present.

The infamous S-class wanted criminal, Shadow Demon, disappeared behind a load-bearing pillar.

He appeared in everyone's sight, staggering as if he were drunk.

Immediately afterwards, he collapsed to the ground like limp mud with its bones removed, twitched twice, and then fell silent.

The entire hall instantly fell into an eerie, deathly silence.

Everyone was stunned.

What happened?

The Shadow Fiend, who was just moments ago so aggressively trying to take hostages...

How did I end up rushing behind the pillar, only to be pushed back with a bang?

What did you bump into?

Why did he collapse?

"Da da da..."

A series of hurried footsteps.

The fully armed SWAT team members finally rushed over, pointing their dark gun barrels at the Shadow Fiend on the ground.

When Wang Jianguo arrived, his originally cloudy eyes suddenly gleamed with a terrifying light.

He didn't check on Shadow Fiend immediately.

Their gazes were fixed on Chen Yifan, who was leaning against a pillar, his face as pale as paper, swaying precariously.

Hallucination?

Just a moment ago, he clearly felt a spatial fluctuation so faint it was almost negligible.

Does an S-rank spatial assassin need to activate their skills against an F-rank thief?

He even bumped himself into a pillar?

Is this reasonable?

Wang Jianguo had lived for over fifty years and had never seen such an absurd scene.

He strode forward and cautiously kicked the Shadow Fiend.

There was no movement.

He quickly squatted down and reached out to check the other person's breath.

died?

He suddenly looked up, staring at Chen Yifan in disbelief.

What exactly happened?

The once arrogant S-class wanted criminal.

One second he was full of energy and trying to take hostages, the next second he was dead?

At this moment, Chen Yifan's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his body was still trembling slightly.

The content of the "exploration" was still echoing in his mind.

[Status: Near death, severely weakened, level dropped]

And, just now, a series of actions I took.

At this moment, Chen Yifan's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his body was still trembling slightly, looking like he was still shaken and terrified.

He succeeded.

He really did kill an S-class wanted criminal!

"Little Chen..."

Just as Chen Yifan was in a daze, Wang Jianguo walked up to him, cleared his throat, and tried to make his tone sound kind and friendly.

"Are you... alright?"

Chen Yifan nodded weakly, then quickly leaned against a pillar to steady himself.

"It's nothing, Officer Wang, it's just... my legs are a little weak."

"It's alright, it's alright..."

Wang Jianguo responded verbally, but his eyes were fixed on the corpse on the ground and the boy in front of him, his mind a complete mess.

The fleeting coldness in that boy's eyes when he saw Shadow Fiend was definitely not something an ordinary high school student should have.

Just when he felt like he had grasped something.

A young police officer suddenly spoke up with an incredulous voice, completely disrupting his thoughts.

"Captain Wang, death confirmed. It was Shadow Fiend himself! My god, an S-class wanted criminal, just like that... he's down?"

Wang Jianguo took a deep breath.

He looked at Chen Yifan's face, which had recovered completely, and was now handsome and innocent.

Then look at the S-class wanted criminal lying on the ground, dying a miserable death.

A bold, absurd idea began to grow uncontrollably in his mind.

He leaned closer to Chen Yifan and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

I asked a question tentatively.

"Xiao Chen, tell your uncle the truth..."

"Did you kill this guy?"