In the investigation of paranormal events

"Project_0964 - Matt's Feather"

Project 1735 - The All-Powerful Craftsman.

"He also has Project 0123 in his hands; we must be extremely careful in this operation!"

"I'll say it one last time! This operation must be carried out with extreme caution!"

Hearing the voice coming from the walkie-talkie, the task force began its operation, with the target being the Empire State Building.

night.

Inside the Empire State Building—

As the most upscale and luxurious location in Longhua City, the Empire State Building is bustling with people and vehicles. The most frequent visitors are business celebrities and political stars from all walks of life, who are the main clients of the Empire State Building.

But unnoticed in the darkness, a secret team had silently surrounded the area and laid a trap.

They were like ghosts in the darkness, lurking at the highest point near the building…

People below the building came and went in groups, completely unaware of what was happening. At that moment, a red dot quickly moved to the top of the building and then disappeared just as fast.

At this moment, apart from the red dot on the sniper rifle, the entire squad was completely hidden in the darkness.

A massacre seems to be quietly unfolding...

Voices kept coming from the walkie-talkie. The members of the Ghost Squad were all ready, gripping their guns tightly, their eyes fixed on the Empire State Building, their nerves on edge.

Time ticked by, and a sense of oppression spread throughout the area...

The leader of the Ghost Squad, codenamed Ghost, was currently in a high-rise building in front of the Empire State Building, staring directly at the building.

His teammates had already set up sniper rifles, ready to fire and kill the target as soon as it appeared. The red dot on the sniper rifle also indicated that this gun was not ordinary.

But Youming knew very well that even if this was a "specially modified" sniper rifle, it wouldn't be enough to catch or kill the target; at most, it would only buy him some time.

To complete the task, some other "preparations" are needed.

"Execution Team B remains vigilant and is prepared for the second phase of the arrests."

After giving the order, Youming crossed his arms in front of him and waited for time to pass.

Inside the Empire State Building, the place is resplendent with gold and brightly lit, exuding an atmosphere of luxury at all times. Once you step inside, you can experience a feeling of extravagance and decadence.

This is the most luxurious building in Longhua City, a pillar of the city's GDP, and the Imperial Club on the top floor is known as "paradise on earth," a must-visit place for local wealthy businessmen.

At this moment, on the second floor of the building, a man in a suit walked through the crowd, came to the glass and looked into the distance. He touched the glass with his hand, looked at the building in front of him, and sneered twice.

"Want to catch me? Then try it."

The man said casually, then left without a second thought.

After the man left, a red dot suddenly appeared above the glass, exactly where the man had touched it.

"Boss, the target has appeared."

The sniper on the high-rise building reported through his walkie-talkie.

"I know, he should have already discovered us. Don't act rashly, wait for orders."

"receive."

Then the red dot above the glass disappeared.

The man in the suit and tie walked through the crowd, seemingly about to leave the banquet on the second floor.

"Are you leaving already? The banquet has only just begun?" a voice reminded them.

The man turned around and saw a woman with a beautiful face, wearing an elegant dress, and exuding grace in every gesture.

"No need, I have something to do. You guys go ahead and have fun."

The man smiled faintly, gave a polite reply, and then left.

The man walked through the hall and came to a small room, which was his own private room, decorated like a VIP suite.

The man walked out the glass, looked down at the scene outside, then turned around, poured himself some red wine, took a small sip elegantly, and looked completely unhurried.

Then a smile appeared on the man's lips as he stared intently at the building not far away.

At this moment, the officers had surrounded the building and were fully prepared. The situation was like catching a turtle in a jar; not to mention a person, even a bird would have no chance of escape!

"Um?"

Just as the man was savoring his red wine, a red dot appeared outside the glass.

The man looked puzzled, before he could even react...

"Bang!"

"Boom—!"

The glass in front of him shattered into pieces instantly! Then a special bullet struck him, followed by a violent explosion, like an incendiary bomb, that instantly engulfed the entire room, turning it into a sea of ​​fire!

……

Slowly opening his eyes, the man took another sip of red wine, looking completely intoxicated.

The scene that had just crossed his mind was something that would happen in a minute, but the man wasn't flustered at all, because he was already used to this kind of thing.

"I knew it..."

"But no matter how many times I try, it won't matter. With 0123, I can't possibly lose."

The man spoke casually, then took another sip of red wine.

"The recent research project, the 'invisibility cloak,' seems to be quite successful."

"Yes, the effect is remarkable. In the darkness, this is a team completely hidden in the shadows, a true 'ghost squad'!"

Inside headquarters, in the command center, the relevant personnel are discussing matters related to this mission.

Near the Empire State Building, the team members moved like ghosts, leaving no trace of their presence.

"The target has been identified! To reiterate, the target has been identified! The target carries item number 0123; please exercise extreme caution!"

The headquarters relayed information to everyone via walkie-talkie, which made the already tense team members feel even heavier.

"To reiterate, the target carries project number 0123. Please be extremely careful!"

Hearing the reminder from the miniature walkie-talkie in their ears, everyone held their breath, waiting for the next instructions.

Everyone was well aware of the terrifying nature of Project 0123, because it was a Class A containment object!

Warnings kept ringing in their ears, and the team members' hearts were pounding. A tense atmosphere spread throughout the team.

"action!"

With a command from Youming, the team launched a fierce attack like a storm! Swift and decisive action was the Ghost Squad's consistent style!

The sniper who first aimed at the target immediately pulled the trigger, but the bullet didn't fire; instead...

"Bang!"

The moment the trigger was pulled, the bullet didn't explode; instead, his body exploded first!

To be precise, he deliberately self-destructed!

At that moment, the man's gaze shifted to the sniper's position, and he crushed the wine glass in his hand, spilling the wine all over the ground.

"bring it on!"

The man stared intently at the location of Youming, but the explosion he had been expecting did not occur.

The man was taken aback at first, then realized: "Interesting, it seems you are the captain."

"bump!!"

"Pfft—!"

All the glass around the man was shattered, and two grappling hooks shot over with lightning speed, locking onto the wall. Then, the enforcers "flew" over using ropes!

In just a few seconds, they arrived at the man's room.

They were fully armed, with no spare space on their bodies, and equipped with all sorts of sophisticated gear.

Upon entering the room, everyone immediately raised their guns and aimed them at the man in front of them.

"Hands up in surrender! Or I'll shoot!"

"With just you guys?"

The man, with a gloomy expression, said nonchalantly, glanced at them once, and then calmly left.

Without hesitation, the officer pulled the trigger and fired.

But the next moment——

An explosion rang out, and then they themselves turned into a cloud of blood mist!

Even faster than the bullets were fired was their self-destruction...

Watching this scene from afar, Youming remained silent. After the man calmly left, he slowly replied, "Activate Plan B."

At this moment, the voice came through the walkie-talkie again: "Don't look him in the eye! I'll say it again! Don't look him in the eye!"

Despite the warning, it was too late for most of the team members.

The man had a bloodstain on his cheek, and countless broken limbs lay around him; it was another squad that was preparing to ambush him at the door.

Aren't you going to run?

The man had put on a pair of gloves at some point, but those gloves didn't seem to be inanimate objects; they seemed to be alive? They could even talk!

Why should I run?

"Because their target is you."

The glove pointed out that there was an eye on its top that was constantly moving and observing its surroundings; there was no doubt that the glove was alive.

"Heh! They're just a bunch of trash, not worth me going to that lengths for."

"You'll get into trouble if you act so recklessly."

"What's going to happen? Are you afraid their blood will splatter on me? Heh!"

The man smiled dismissively.

Seeing this, the gloves said nothing more, their eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, and closed after confirming there was no danger.

"Hey! Stop playing dead! Switch to fourth gear!"

Then the eyes on the glove slowly opened again: "Didn't you say you didn't need me?"

"When did I ever say I didn't need you?"

"Um...we agreed that this time..."

"Alright! Shut up! I know!" the man said impatiently.

The gloves stopped talking and simply switched to "gear four".

The eyes on the gloves began to divide in a meiotic manner, like cell division, from one to two, from two to four.

"Fourth gear should be enough to deal with them, right?"

"Okay, go back now."

The all-around skillful hand: "..."

"Is this the power of Project 0123? The effect is terrifying. My two squads have been completely wiped out in a short time."

Youming murmured in disbelief.

"Don't be discouraged. So far, 0123's capabilities are within our acceptable range, and the chances of success in this operation are still very high."

A woman appeared behind Youming. She was wearing a black bodysuit and walked over slowly.

"All right."

"When will Chen Ran appear? He's a key member of the B Execution Team."

"They've arrived."

Youming turned around and saw a person leaning against the corner of the wall in the shadows behind him, looking in his direction.

Inside the building—

The man walked slowly, seemingly not taking the group seriously at all.

Just as I reached the corner, "Bang!"

Before the officer could even fire, he exploded. A drop of blood splattered onto the man's face. The man pulled out a white handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the blood off, and then looked to the other side.

Sure enough, not long after, two officers rushed out from the other side, and then...

"Bang—!"

The two of them also exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

The man didn't give them much of a look, only letting out a couple of cold laughs. At this moment, an ambush had already been set up on the top of the Empire State Building, and Execution Team B was ready to take action at any time.

However, unlike the previous squads, they were an elite squad, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment such as fully automatic detection radar and mobile assault devices.

At this moment, they were staring intently at the exit. According to the plan, the target would definitely come here, because it was the only way out!

Although the man had taken down two squads, it was clear that the armed forces he had dealt with were insignificant. The man's current situation was still not optimistic; he was still surrounded by the Ghost Squad, and the situation of being trapped like a turtle in a jar remained unchanged.

The tourists inside the Empire State Building were unaware of all this; everything proceeded as usual. Little did they know, a disaster was about to befall them…

With a scream of agony, chaos erupted inside the building as people swarmed out, shouts echoing throughout the building…

As word spread, the horrific sight of the exploding corpses quickly reached everyone's ears, and the sound of police sirens followed, buzzing incessantly downstairs.

"This is troublesome."

Standing on the edge of the rooftop, Youming watched the police car slowly approaching and muttered to himself.

"Execution Team B, act swiftly and decisively."

"The battle must end within five minutes."

"Roger that, Captain."

Soon, as everyone expected, the man arrived at the rooftop, his hands in his pockets.

The moment they met, countless bullets rained down on him!

But what's astonishing is that the bullets stopped the moment they hit him, as if time had stood still!

But the officers did not stop; instead, they intensified their firing!

Countless bullets quickly formed a "barrier" in front of the man, like a hedgehog.

With a flick of his finger, the man sent a bullet flying. Then, with a flick of his wrist, another bullet, suspended in mid-air, shot out and struck an officer between the eyebrows, killing him instantly!

The man used the hand wearing the black glove, very quickly—

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

He flicked away those bullets that were suspended in the air, one by one, like shooting marbles!

In an instant, countless bullets surged towards them! And they were incredibly fast! Almost faster than the bullets fired from their own guns! This rendered their bulletproof gear utterly ineffective against the onslaught!

Soon, team members began to fall one after another...

"Are you kidding me! This monster!"

One of the team members could hardly believe his eyes. Was this man's hand speed even human? At that moment, bullets were being fired back like a machine gun!

And the speed was so fast it was almost blurry! They couldn't see it at all! Even with the "time-slowing goggles" slowing it down three times, they still couldn't see it!

"You monster!!"

The officers fired wildly forward, but to no avail. The bullets all hovered in mid-air, stuck just a centimeter away from the man, unable to advance even an inch further.

Project No. 1735 - The All-Powerful Craftsman.

"This has created a huge obstacle for the execution team; we need to act quickly."

Youming listened to these words in silence. He was not good with words to begin with, and now seeing his teammates die one by one made him even more silent. His heart was filled with extreme sorrow, and he just nodded lightly.

"Aren't our methods impressive!"

The man with the "all-powerful skill" seemed to be boasting.

"generally."

The man stared straight ahead with eyes as still as a stagnant pool, and replied.

"?"

"What do you mean by that? Are our methods not strong enough?" The all-powerful skillful hands narrowed his eyes.

"Alright, shut up, I have important things to do."

After hearing the man's words, the all-powerful handyman fell silent.

With the help of "all-powerful hands," men can launch bullets using only the strength of their fingers! And with tremendous force! The speed can even reach dozens of bullets per second, almost exceeding human limits!

Not only that, the man can make every bullet hit the spot he wants, with an accuracy that undoubtedly reaches Grade A. This is a Grade C containment object - the Omnipotent Hand!

【Project No. 1735 - "The All-Round Skillful Hands"】

[Level: C]

[Description: A glove-like life form, appearing as a pair of black gloves with a yellow eye on them. It possesses intelligence, can understand human speech, and can communicate normally with humans. It exhibits no other hazardous characteristics and remains neutral.]

[Content: It has a maximum of five levels, with each higher level granting greater power. Wearing it allows one to perform many things that are impossible for ordinary people, such as playing the piano or using a clock for hypnosis—skills requiring extensive practice. Just as its name suggests—"Universal Hands"—it can achieve many things unimaginable to humans at its highest level!]

Under the man's rapid "firing," the members of the Ghost Squad fell one by one. Even as the last member fell, his finger remained firmly pressed on the trigger.

After the man finished dealing with everything, he turned and left, leaving the bullet "barrier" in front of him shattered on the ground.

"Where are you going?"

The eye on the glove moved, its orange-yellow pupils fixed on the man.

"Of course, we should leave here."

"Since they've already set up an ambush here, they might have more tricks up their sleeves later, so I'll have to find another way to leave."

"Didn't you say you weren't going to run away?" All-powerful Hands laughed loudly.

"What do you mean, 'escape'? I was just making a strategic retreat. Fighting in someone else's trap isn't my style. And if you say that again, I'll throw you away!"

Despite the man's threats, the all-powerful hands remained completely unconcerned.

"Throw me away?"

"Are you willing to part with it?"

The all-powerful hand narrowed its eyes slightly, looking mischievous.

The man didn't say anything, just snorted coldly, and then left the rooftop.

The Empire State Building was in complete chaos, and despite the efforts of its staff to maintain order, the situation remained unresolved.

The police arrived and launched an investigation. The man calmly went down to the first floor, glanced at the panicked people, smiled coldly, and then left.

The man walked out of the Empire State Building, then turned and walked into a narrow, dark alley.

Just when the man thought he had shaken off them, little did he know that a real "capture" was just beginning...

Inside the alley—

It was pitch black here, without a single ray of light, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, which was exactly the effect the man wanted.

Just as the man was feeling smug, his expression instantly changed drastically! He whirled around and caught the sudden stab with his hand!

"Are you kidding me!"

"Could it be..."

A chill ran through the man, and only three words flashed through his mind: "We're doomed!"

"I didn't expect that even though I've broken through your senses, you can still sense me."

A cold voice came from behind. Although the man couldn't see who it was, he could tell from the voice that it was a middle-aged man.

next moment--

A huge searchlight was turned on! Instantly illuminating the entire alley!

The previously dark environment vanished in an instant! The man was thus meticulously exposed to the public!

By this time, the alleyway was already surrounded by enforcement personnel, more than all the men had encountered before combined! Clearly, this was the real main force!

Moreover, they were equipped with various styles of avant-garde gear, and they had been waiting here for quite some time.

"Glug."

The man nervously swallowed, his eyes involuntarily glancing at the crowd.

"A net so tight it's impossible to catch..."

The man before them was none other than Youming, the captain of the Ghost Squad.

Youming was dressed in a distinctive green outfit, like a member of the team in the movie Resident Evil, wearing a mask and with incredibly dark eyes.

At this moment, the man's heart sank. He didn't know that the other party had interfered with his "perception" in some way and had even set up such a huge ambush!

They deliberately lured him into this trap, and that's how he ended up here.

The man thought he had escaped control, but it turned out everything was part of the other party's plan...

"Oh shit!"

"Those bastards!"

The man used his skillful hands to firmly grasp the dagger aimed at his neck, then forcefully flung it away before pulling himself away.

With his versatile and skillful hands, he can easily perform all kinds of difficult moves, but only if his fingers are in contact with the ground. Even a difficult backflip, he can do more than a dozen in one go without expending any energy.

With a difficult backflip, the man created a distance of at least ten meters between himself and Youming.

"You can't escape now, Yama. Surrender obediently, or we'll have to torture you once we catch you."

"The Netherworld? You think you can take it?"

The man's real name is not called that, but his code name is indeed "Yama".

"Of course it's not just me. We've been very well prepared for this operation."

As soon as Youming finished speaking, Yama saw two figures appear behind him. One was a woman in a black leather jacket, and the other was Chen Ran.

"Chen Ran?" Yan Luo exclaimed in surprise, finding it hard to believe.

But those eyes are beyond question!

"He actually came too!"

Yama's expression changed, and his face instantly turned much paler.

"Hahaha! You're finished!"

The all-powerful hand immediately burst into laughter, completely disregarding the occasion.

"Shut up!"

Yama gave the all-powerful shrewd man a look that suggested he could kill him at any moment, and then his brain started working at high speed, thinking about what to do next.

Now I have no doubt that I have fallen into their trap, and they are clearly prepared. Is my only option to cut my losses and survive?

"Serves you right for being so clever. Now look what you've done. Our intelligence is in no way inferior to yours."

The all-powerful hand continued talking incessantly to itself, as if it were completely unrelated to the matter, but at this moment, Yama had no time to care about those things.

A few seconds later—

Yama breathed a sigh of relief, then forced a smile and said, "How about we make a deal? Let me go. I'll give you what you want."

"Do you think you can escape today?" Youming sneered.

"Besides, you stole it from us in the first place, so it should be considered returned. Your actions can only be considered as returning the item to its rightful owner."

Upon hearing this, Yama's face instantly turned ferocious, twisting into a grotesque expression.

"Since you won't give me a way out, then let's die together!"

The words of the Netherworld had just fallen—

"boom!!!"

A huge explosion was heard!

Instantly, a series of violent explosions rang out, mingling with the roar of bullets! The area was instantly engulfed in flames!

The entire alley was blown to smithereens, everything around it was destroyed, and ruins were everywhere, a scene of utter devastation...

Three minutes later—

Youming sat amidst the ruins, gazing into the distance, and murmured dejectedly, "He got away again."

His equipment was tattered and his face was covered in dust.

At this moment, the woman gently placed her hand on his shoulder and whispered comfortingly, "Don't worry, he has lost most of his containment materials, so his strength is not what it used to be."

"The next arrest will definitely be successful."

"Besides, we've also gained something from this operation; at least... the 'All-Powerful Hands' have been recovered, haven't they?"

As she spoke, the woman glanced at the arm that remained in the ruins. It belonged to Yama, the all-powerful and skillful hand.

"Uh... what are you going to do to me! I'm not... sob sob..."

The all-powerful hand stared wide-eyed at the staff who were about to take him back, then his eyes were covered.

"Ugh!"

Youming sighed. He thought that with such thorough preparations, he would surely succeed, but who would have thought that Yama would "cut off his tail to save his life" without hesitation.

They don't even care about containment objects like "Omnipotent Hands," they're really afraid of dying.

"Project 0123 has still not been successfully recovered. We don't know when it will reappear."

"But what is certain is that he will be fully prepared when he appears before us next time."

Chen Ran leaned against the corner of the wall, her arms crossed over her chest, listening to their conversation in silence.

"Forget it, it's none of my business anymore. I should go do what I need to do."

Chen Ran sighed, and then pulled a photograph from his pocket, murmuring:

"Project 1723, Target—Jiang Cheng, codename Yin-Yang Eyes."

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