Chi Hong felt very bad right now because he was being carried by Lucario, moving through the city at blinding speed.
Lucario and Zoroark didn’t know the move ‘Teleport’, nor did they know ‘Fly’.
Although it was very shameful, being carried by Lucario while it ran was indeed their fastest method of travel.
For this Alpha Lucario, Chi Hong’s small frame was completely negligible as a weight.
In the park where he had initially met Number 73, Lu Yao was stepping on a crate of beer, a lollipop in her mouth, waiting in utter boredom.
She had even brought some bar snacks.
In reality, Chi Hong’s final sentence was just a cover; he hadn’t spoken the time or place aloud.
After all, Chao Wu was a law enforcer, and Chi Hong didn’t want to interact with her too much.
As for avenging his little brother, that would have to wait.
There was hardly anyone in the park during the latter half of the night.
This park was not the same one where Chi Hong had battled previously.
Chi Hong was very familiar with this place; in his memories, he frequently came here to jog.
Also…
Chi Hong frowned.
He couldn’t remember clearly.
There seemed to be someone he couldn’t recall, just like with Chao Wu, someone he would only remember upon meeting them.
“Over here!
Red!”
Lu Yao stood up and waved at the three figures in the distance.
Although this was only their second meeting, Lu Yao had a deep impression of him.
“Holy crap, shut up!” Chi Hong ran up to Lu Yao in a few strides and said in a lowered voice, “Being so loud here, do you want my career to end at the starting line?”
“It’s fine, I’ve got you covered!”
“I presume these two are the ones who battled that A-Rank Beast Tamer, finished him off, and then toyed with law enforcement before swaggering away?”
Lu Yao looked at Zoroark and Lucario, her face full of excitement.
Two humanoid pet beasts that seemed to possess considerable intelligence.
Given their forms, they could completely do the same things humans did; using chopsticks to eat was probably a piece of cake for them!
“Hehe…” Zoroark covered its mouth with its claws and gave a light chuckle.
“Awoo…” Lucario let out a soft cry as a greeting.
“Speaking of which, you just let them out and swaggered over like this?”
“I think the person who’s extremely careless about privacy is you, right?
Red?” Lu Yao flipped her fiery red wig, took the lollipop out of her mouth, and pointed it lightly at Chi Hong as she spoke.
Chi Hong wasn’t wearing a mask today, but his face remained obscured.
Zoroark was a master of illusion, and Chi Hong didn’t think anyone could see through his true appearance.
“It shouldn’t be that bad, right?
I’m just a rookie, is there a need to give me so much special attention?”
“There should be plenty of assassins who are a bigger threat than me, right?
Besides, the assassination targets you gave me…”
“They were all wicked people, right?”
“I’m very curious about this.”
Chi Hong sat on the bench.
“How is it not that bad?” Lu Yao pulled out two cans of beer, handed one to Chi Hong, popped the tab, and said, “You provoked the law enforcement squad!
What assassin kills someone right in front of the law enforcement squad?”
“That’s giving them zero face.”
“You might not know this, but you’re very hot in the assassin organization right now.”
“Hot?
Isn’t that a good thing?
That’s exactly the effect I wanted.” Chi Hong took a sip of beer and said calmly, “With just minor skirmishes, when will the name of Red ever make it big?”
“Of course it’s good.”
“It’s just that you used the wrong method.”
“Red, you have to understand that the assassin organization is a massive faction.
Although it sounds very dark to say it out loud, it’s something the world tacitly allows.”
“Everyone knows the assassin organization exists, yet no one talks about several factions uniting to wipe it out.
Do you know why?”
After finishing her sentence, Lu Yao chugged the entire can of beer in one go.
“You don’t need to explain, I roughly get it.
It’s simply for balance.
Even if the current assassin organization was wiped out, other assassin or hitman organizations would still emerge.”
“Perhaps the assassin organization is just relatively better at adhering to the rules of the game.”
Chi Hong provided a one-size-fits-all answer, and obviously, there was nothing wrong with it.
Lu Yao shook her beer can and said, “That’s exactly why killing someone right in front of law enforcers is a purely provocative act.
Everyone has a face to maintain.”
“You assassins are rats in the shadows.
Whatever you do in private, as long as you’re not caught…
well, even if you are targeted, it’s fine.
If we have to follow the law, we have a very badass legal team to save your miserable lives.”
“But you can’t be caught red-handed!”
“According to the unwritten rules of the assassin organization, if you encounter law enforcers, the mission is temporarily canceled and put off for later!”
Regarding what Lu Yao said, Chi Hong merely smiled and didn’t offer his own opinion.
“So be careful lately.
Because of you, the assassin organization is being watched like a hawk by law enforcement in Jinling City.
There are many people in the organization who have huge problems with the rookie, Red, right now.”
Lu Yao’s next words made Chi Hong twitch his mouth.
He was here to be an assassin, why would he care about all these rules?
“Also, how did you know the mission targets I gave you were all wicked people?”
“Did you…
investigate them?
That quickly?”
You stepped on law enforcement’s red line, so…”
Lu Yao tilted her head and asked.
“Then you shouldn’t worry about it either.
It’s still early, only a bit past 10.
The mission targets you gave me are quite miraculous; they’re all in the vicinity of this district.
I suspect your clearance level isn’t very high.”
“But I have no interest in any of that.
The night is long, and I’m not in the mood for sleep.
I’ll help you eliminate all these scumbags tonight.”
“That way, most of the damn wicked people in this district should be gone, right?”
As Chi Hong spoke, he pulled his cap down, then casually tossed his beer can toward a nearby trash can.
The beer can didn’t go in, but rather bounced off the rim of the trash can.
With a kick of its foot, Lucario sent a small pebble shooting out.
It struck the beer can, sending it falling perfectly into the trash can.
“Zoroark, Lucario, let’s go.”
Chi Hong stood up, hands in his pockets.
He hadn’t taken more than a few steps before Lucario grabbed him and leaped from a standstill…
Zoroark glanced into the distance, then looked at Lu Yao.
Subsequently, a black light appeared on the ground beneath its feet.
Its body dropped into the black light and vanished.
Before leaving, it kept staring at Lu Yao with a cunning smile, making her scalp prickle.
About five hundred meters away from this spot, on a building, a law enforcer made a phone call.
“Captain, it’s confirmed to be the assassin Red.
He’s currently moving southwest from Qingtian Park.
I’m going to lose sight of him shortly.”
“Alright, follow him and keep a close eye on him.
I’ll commence the operation on my end immediately.
As for that intermediary, ignore her.”
On the other end of the line, Meng Yi’s gaze was serious.
After hanging up, he snapped the pencil in his hand in two.
“I didn’t expect us to meet again so soon…”
“I must absolutely seize this opportunity.
I will personally lock you up to face justice!”
Meng Yi was very unhappy recently.
Multiple pieces of evidence proved that this Red possessed an ability suspected to be illusion creation.
This ability was very troublesome; it had even reached the point where surveillance cameras couldn’t capture his trajectory!
Was it an illusion, or had he truly transformed into someone else?
He wasn’t sure either.
If it was the latter, that would be far too terrifying!