When Chen Gu appeared, various items in the small courtyard began to shake, accompanied by hissing sounds reminiscent of venomous snakes. Assorted metals scattered around slowly levitated to about ten meters off the ground.
Then, as if on command, all the airborne metal twisted, aiming at Chen Gu like venomous serpents and creating a very eerie scene.
WHOOSH! The metals shot towards Chen Gu. Instead of attacking him directly, they clanked and twisted together, forming a metal cage that crashed down, trapping him within.
Following that, all the metal in the small shop—shelves, weapons in the storage, and the steel framework within the building—flew out, banging against the cage and continuously reinforcing it.
And the cage was tightening.
The small shop collapsed with a thunderous crash. The operations team on the communication channel urgently asked, "Chen Gu, what's your status? Do you need support?"
Chen Gu calmly said, "Don't come in. There's a Professional here."
The operations team quickly called Marcus for backup.
Marcus and his team were locked in a fierce battle with Sidro. Marcus shouted, "Chen Gu, hang in there! We'll be there once we take care of this guy!"
A man in black leather appeared before Chen Gu. He wore sunglasses and a mask despite the broad daylight, and was tall and thin with pale skin.
Chen Gu asked curiously, "Why not attack me directly? Kill me and then run?" While speaking, he gently stroked a steel bar of the cage and, with a light application of force, snapped it off. This update is available on N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
But the steel bar in his hand vibrated violently, trying to fly away.
A Magnetic Constrictor, just like Huo Mei.
The man in black leather spoke, his voice distorted by some device into a strange cadence. "Chen Gu, member of the Fifth Special Operations Team of the Wuzhaoyin City Bureau of Mystic Security. A Radiation Missionary."
"You're still a newcomer. You don't know how valuable a Professional is." He grinned, his white teeth strikingly prominent in the dim light.
Chen Gu frowned. "The Five Mountains Society?"
The man in leather nodded and took a step forward. He positioned his hands like a symphony conductor, remotely controlling several pieces of metal. "I still need to evade the Bureau of Mystic Security's pursuit, so I can't carry too many parts. Let me think... eyes, heart, liver, kidneys... that should be enough. It's a pity, though; your hands and feet could also fetch a good price."
"Oh, right! I almost forgot the reproductive organs. Those don't take up much space, but certain individuals with peculiar tastes are willing to pay a high price for them..."
Chen Gu remained silent in protest. Who said they don't take up much space? That might be true for *your* equipment! The most terrifying mistake in such matters is to judge others by your own standards!
Too bad I can't actually show you. Otherwise, you'd understand what a real nuclear deterrent looks like!
The man in leather continued, "Just bear with it. I'll be quick; it won't be too painful. And don't expect anyone to save you. I've made some improvements to that big toy I gave Sidro. They won't be able to handle it for at least half an hour."
As he spoke, the metal cage tightened further, binding Chen Gu in a spread-eagle position.
Under the man in leather's control, a few pieces of metal slowly morphed into surgical scalpels.
The man in leather then maneuvered the scalpels, directing them toward Chen Gu's vitals.
Suddenly, however, one of the scalpels vanished from the man in black leather's perception!
As he wondered what had happened, he felt a chill on his neck, followed by a spurt of blood. Incredulous, the man in black leather clutched the wound on his carotid artery. He quickly controlled tiny metal particles, like nanomedical robots, to repair the injury.
He looked at Chen Gu. "This isn't a Radiation Missionary's ability! Who on earth are you..."
The metal from that vanished scalpel—the very piece Chen Gu had snapped off earlier and established a connection with—was what he had used to attack the man in black leather via Entanglement Control.
Chen Gu hadn't expected that a wound fatal to an ordinary person could be so effortlessly mitigated by a Professional.
Indeed, one should never underestimate any Professional, nor look down on any ability, Chen Gu thought.
Then, smiling suddenly at the man in black leather, Chen Gu exclaimed, "Surprise!"
The Chen Gu in the cage vanished. The next moment, he reappeared behind the man in black leather. Switching from Derek Kun Shen Ken's memories to those of Griffin Wester, he unleashed a barrage of High-Energy Combat Art. The attacks pummeled the man in black leather, sending him tumbling through the air like a ragdoll for several seconds. He had barely begun to fall when he was struck upward again.
The man in black leather crashed heavily into nearby ruins, sunglasses askew, mask torn. Wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, he snarled, "Who the hell are you? A minor First Energy Level agent from the Bureau of Mystic Security can't be this powerful!"
He'd thought he had a rare opportunity to hunt down a rookie agent and earn a hefty sum.
But unexpectedly, the kitten had turned into a tiger, the toothpick into a cannon. It had given him quite a fright.
WHOOSH— An extremely thin steel needle shot from behind Chen Gu's head, faster than an energy bullet! At that speed, it could easily penetrate his skull.
This sneak attack was perfectly silent, yet Chen Gu, as if prepared, skillfully twisted his body and dodged it!
The man in black leather was even more stunned. His sneak attacks were almost always successful; he had even killed two veteran agents with this tactic before.
He had still misjudged Chen Gu. He'd assumed Chen Gu was a Quantum Wizard, not a Radiation Missionary. He didn't realize that Chen Gu was now drawing upon the abilities of a Star Battle Instructor, whose combat intuition far surpassed that of other Professionals, allowing him to easily evade the stealth attack.
In the man's moment of astonishment, Chen Gu closed in, seizing him. Chen Gu rapidly switched his active memory from Griffin Wester to Milna Katerina.
Biological Nuclear Explosion activated!
Beneath the man in black leather's pale skin, blindingly sharp lines of light erupted, like incandescent scalpels!
The man in black leather was in excruciating pain. He struggled feebly as his sunglasses and leather attire disintegrated first.
Driven by an inexplicable instinct from Milna Katerina's memories, Chen Gu found himself about to perform a signature move of the Nuclear Explosion Nun: the 'Fiery Red Lips.' It was her habit, before obliterating an enemy, to seductively blow them a kiss...
Chen Gu felt like he himself was about to explode. What the hell is this?! He quickly suppressed Milna Katerina's memories. Then, with a push of his hands, he sent the man in black leather flying high into the air. Hundreds of meters up, the man exploded into smithereens with a BOOM!