About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Although Chen had learned how to dismantle a bomb, she had never practiced on a real bomb. After all, everyone has their own expertise. Most of the time, Chen was responsible for rushing into the scene and being the "porter" who delivered the bomb to the bomb disposal experts.

——Don’t be nervous, recall what you learned in class before.

Chen carefully observed the specific shape of the bomb in front of him, trying to match it with what he had learned in his memory.

Step 1: First, break open the case... Next, short-circuit the receiver chip, and then...

"What are you doing here, Officer Chen?"

"Chief Superintendent Marco—Hmm!?"

boom! !

The familiar male voice coming from the door made Chen stunned for a moment. However, before she had time to think about what to do next, a crossbow arrow had already pierced her right shoulder.

"Why do young people always like to do things that are out of line and risky? I believe you don't have the search warrant that Wei Yanwu issued for me. I'm sure you should be very clear about how to sentence me for the crime of illegal trespassing, Officer Chen?"

Chen's boss, a middle-aged man from Syracuse who had only been in the Security Bureau for nearly two years and had become the Chief Superintendent, stood in front of the door and looked at Chen Huijie coldly.

In one hand, he held a crossbow arrow that had been fired and pierced Chen's right arm, and in the other hand he held a device that looked like a bomb detonator.

"What on earth are you doing, Chief Superintendent—are you really a spy in the Sicilian Gang, planning a terrorist attack on the Ministry of Health?"

Chen covered his arm with one hand to stop the blood from flowing out. At the same time, his eyes were fixed on the man in front of him who was increasingly frightening him.

"You're wrong, Officer Chen. I've never been a member of your Longmen Guard Bureau."

The Chief Superintendent responded slowly, and at the same time put another crossbow arrow on the string.

"…What does that mean?"

While Chen was asking the man in front of him, he put his injured hand behind his back and tried to secretly control the phone in his shorts pocket to start recording.

"I'm from Syracuse. You should have seen that from the documents, Officer Chen. You can find people like me in many cities. We left our hometowns long ago for our families. The only difference is that I was chosen this time. I'm incredibly honored to finally be able to take on this mission."

"What are you talking about? What does mission mean? What is family? Have you been waiting to take revenge on Longmen from the beginning?"

Chen couldn't understand what the man was saying, but she could sense that he had a firm and twisted belief.

"This isn't revenge, Officer Chen. It's simply a necessary sacrifice for our family's survival. Our leader, the family's last godfather, chose me and Longmen. Not only because I'm the last survivor of the Texas family, but also because this city has a loophole that's hard to ignore, a loophole called the Slums, a loophole perfect for exploitation."

"...!"

The man who used to be the Chief Superintendent spoke calmly, but Chen Huijie could not understand a single word he said.

"What a respectable girl! If possible, I really hope you can work hard for our family and face the coming disaster and war together. But after all, you are just a short-sighted and ignorant person who only cares about this insignificant city. So it's time to say goodbye, Officer Chen."

"Just wait for me—woo!"

Chen instinctively wanted to grab the handle of the blade and rush forward to subdue the man, but the stinging pain from the piercing through her arm slowed her movements.

And it was this moment of less than a few seconds that gave the man enough time to press the detonator button in his hand.

The bomb in front of Chen Huijie instantly released a violent Originium wave. She didn't even have time to hide behind the desk next to her, and could only watch helplessly as the explosion unfolded.

--boom! ! !

There was a loud bang, and the office of the Chief Superintendent of Police shook violently. The room was instantly covered with dust and haze.

"I've already planned my own death, and I've also taken out one of the senior superintendents. The guy who got in the way has been dealt with, so now it's time to bury this building along with it—"

The Chief Superintendent threw the remote control aside, glanced at the explosion scene, then tightened his sleeves and prepared to leave the room.

Under normal circumstances, he would be happy to see the girl's fragments shattered by the impact and spread all over half of the wall, but now he had important things to do.

"……Um?"

However, when the Chief Superintendent placed his arm on the gate that was already covered with rubble, some indescribable black stripes suddenly and slowly spread towards him from both sides of the wall.

"……Well!!"

His brain issued a warning, and the Chief Superintendent instantly jumped back to avoid the shadow-like tentacles that had already pierced the spot where he had been a second ago.

"So you're just a pawn too, right?"

"—"

Amidst the thick smog, a male voice that sounded relatively young was heard.

The Chief Superintendent instantly raised his crossbow, aimed forward, and pulled the trigger.

"Keng!"

A dull metallic sound came from the haze, and the dust produced by the explosion gradually fell to the ground. The middle-aged man finally saw clearly what was happening in front of him.

A young man somehow appeared before the doomed Senior Superintendent. He held Chen Huijie, whose clothes were already tattered, in one arm. In the other, he held a knight's sword.

Slight ripples appeared on the blade of the sword, as if it had absorbed all the momentum of the explosion.

In fact, the destructive effect caused by this explosion was really like being weakened by 7%.

"You...are you her rumored boyfriend? Why are you here——"

The Chief Superintendent widened his eyes. Although he had some impression of this young man who had broken in, he could not understand why he appeared at this time.

After a brief hesitation, he quickly reeled the crossbow and pulled the trigger. The arrow flew straight towards the boy, but it still collided directly with the blade of the knight's sword, without even a spark.

"Orson...?"

Chen looked dazedly at the young man in front of him, hugging him and protecting him. Although the impact had been largely absorbed by some means, the near-close contact still left Chen's mind somewhat hazy.

"Sorry. It took me a while to locate this guy. But luckily, he chose to look for you. Otherwise, he might have pressed the detonator while I was hesitating about who to look for."

Orson smiled at Chen as usual. Chen Huijie, who had been extremely nervous and tense before, immediately put down his worries after seeing this familiar smile.

"I was originally wondering if you were a Sicilian gang member, but it looks like that's no longer necessary. Could you please just quietly exit without hurting anyone? I'm not looking for you. Of course, your previous behavior towards Officer Chen is enough for me to rip your limbs off. This is what you must pay."

Orson gently raised his knight's sword and pointed it at the Chief Superintendent. His expression was incredibly calm. Yet, it was this very calmness that instantly made the man's hair stand on end.

Many people can say words that threaten others' lives when they are emotionally excited because it is just a way to vent their emotions and show bravado.

However, there are also people who may be very kind or even seem "easy to bully" in their daily lives, but they will use calm narration to tell a person that he will bring about his own death.

This is not venting, but an extremely simple declaration.

It was obvious that the young man in front of him was announcing his own death, and even the Chief Superintendent believed without a doubt that he would fulfill his promise.

——Where on earth did this guy come from...who is he?

"Quietly exiting doesn't mean turning people into human sticks, young man—!"

"Orson, be careful!!"

The Chief Superintendent roared and rushed towards Orson. His speed was far beyond Chen Huijie's original impression of him.

however--

"Goooo!?"

After a dull wail, the middle-aged man knelt on the ground, holding his abdomen.

He couldn't even touch Orson himself. The other party just gently twisted the handle of the knight's sword, and a violent impact knocked him to the ground.

——What is that weapon... Damn, this is completely different from the original plan!

The man still had no idea how this young man had appeared. Although he had heard from his boss that a young man had stopped the assassin during the Texas assassination attempt, the then Chief Superintendent had simply assumed it was the work of a young and reckless newcomer to the Security Bureau and had not seriously collected any further intelligence.

"Close your eyes, Officer Chen. I know you have some protection programs for suspects in the Security Bureau. But I'm not from Longmen. What I'm going to do to him next... maybe it would be better if you pretend not to see it."

Orson swung the knight sword in his hand and walked to the middle-aged man. The look in his eyes when he looked at the man no longer regarded him as a human being, but as if he was a piece of meat waiting to be dissected.

Most people think that Orson is a very easy target and a very broad-minded person.

However, this is not the case - Silence has always been a petty fake.

If someone tries to attack his companions, he will experience the few despair and fear in the world, without any doubt.

"You...hahaha, monster—such momentum. How many people have you killed?"

The Chief Superintendent asked Orson in a trembling voice. However, what responded to him was the abrupt sound of flesh being cut apart.

Swah——

“Guaaaaaaaa!?”

"Orson!?"

Chen Huijie didn't close her eyes. So when she saw the blood-stained arms and ankles flying out of the other person's body, her pupils shrank to a point.

"brake!!"

“——!!!???”

A wail escaped the Chief Superintendent's mouth, a sound unlike any human could produce. In less than five seconds, all four of his limbs were chopped off and fell to the ground, leaving him reduced to a crawling mass of flesh.

"Shut your mouth and grit your teeth. I don't want you to bleed to death from accidentally biting your tongue."

Orson hadn't finished yet, he spoke softly to the Chief Superintendent.

“…What the hell are you talking about? Aa ...

"Chichichichi——!"

The sound of high temperature scorching accompanied by steam spread throughout the room. Orson used the knight's sword to transfer heat and heat the bleeding section, forcibly stopping the bleeding through high temperature branding.

This was pain beyond human comprehension. The Chief Superintendent fainted completely without even uttering a single word.

"Orson...?"

Chen's eyes widened as she looked at the young man in front of her who was throwing the blood and flesh off the knight's sword to the side, and suddenly felt extremely unfamiliar.

"Don't worry, Officer Chen. It should be safe now. All we have to do next is identify the remaining people who sneaked into the party."

Orson put away his knight sword and walked towards Chen, but Chen Huijie instinctively took a step back.

"—Ah, sorry. Maybe I should leave now."

Orson noticed Chen's fear, and after a brief hesitation, he smiled at Chen. Then he turned around and prepared to leave the half-ruined room.

This was also his true side: brutal, cold-blooded, and bloodthirsty, with absolutely no mercy. And all of these 'silent' faces were the first time Chen Huijie had ever seen them.

Life in the North is not that affluent, and Orson is never a saint who can save everyone.

All he could do was to do his utmost to protect the most important person around him, even if it meant doing bloody and inhumane things.

I revealed everything to Chen. It was natural that she would dislike me.

"No. That's not the case, Orson...!"

However, just before the boy left the room, Chen suddenly rushed forward and hugged him tightly.

"I might have felt a moment of resistance just now... but I'm not afraid of you because of that! Rather, the moment you appeared beside me, all I felt was... only peace of mind and happiness...!"

Chen threw Orson to the ground, his red dragon eyes staring at Chimera's black pupils.

"If this is also your true self, Orson, then I will accept it unconditionally. I don't know what you've been through that made you take these actions to protect those around you, but I won't resist it, Orson—I will accept all of you in every way, just like you did to me."

"...Chen, Officer Chen?"

Hearing these words that sounded like a confession, Orson, who had been thrown to the ground, blushed. He had already prepared himself for Chen's unfamiliarity and resistance, but he had not expected this attitude from him.

"Thank you, thank you for accepting me like this. I... I'm really happy."

Orson looked at Chen and spoke happily from the bottom of his heart.

"Ugh...! Don't make that foul face. You just killed someone... Why are you showing such a harmless expression now--"

Chen blushed and turned away, complaining softly. However, just as she was about to get up from Orsen and leave, the tingling dripping sound came from the surrounding area again.

"...Are there any other bombs? Orson, can you sense them?"

Chen instantly realized the seriousness of the problem. When the Chief Superintendent thought he was killed in the explosion, he seemed to have said that the next step was to destroy the entire Security Bureau as a burial companion.

If he wanted to blow up an entire building...

Didi--didi--didi--didi--

These loud and heart-pounding beeps filled almost the entire room... no, the entire floor.

"I can't observe these solid areas, but... if the Chief Superintendent wasn't originally from the Security Bureau, then he might have planted bombs all over the fourth floor when he was renovating the corridor!"

The detonator wasn't just for the bomb Chen had dug up, but it could activate the entire floor. The Chief Superintendent needed to fake the illusion that he was the first one to be attacked and disappeared, so the first bomb buried here would explode a little earlier.

"I'm going to evacuate the others— woo!"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Chen quickly tried to get up and evacuate others to escape from here. Although the explosion on the fourth floor should have alarmed some people, if other members of the Sicilian Gang sneaked in and interfered, everything would be difficult to predict.