Stepping out, a chaotic battle was already underway outside the dilapidated office building.
The group in animal masks who had previously surrounded Jiang Si, reportedly called the Animal Garden, had pursued her, their blades flashing and guns raining down bullets all around.
Although the gang that kidnapped Jiang Si had abundant weaponry, their individual quality was still much lower compared to the Animal Garden.
As time passed, the situation gradually became one-sided.
Jiang Si swaggered out from inside, leaving the small gang members stunned: "Isn't that her… how did she get out?"
The smart ones realized something was wrong and immediately called their close friends to flee.
However, some of the more hot-headed ones were not so decisive; instead, they chose to rush forward and question: "What happened to the boss? How did you get out?!"
"Jiang Si" glanced at him and walked past.
The moment that person reached out to stop her, an intense pain erupted throughout his body. By the time he realized it, the last thing he saw before he died was his body tearing into pieces, and light, red threads floating down, stained with blood, being retracted by "Jiang Si."
Many people were scared and fled, while others, in their terror, fired shots in her direction.
After blocking all the bullets, Zheng Fan thought for a moment, then flashed to a person's side, raising his arm and delivering a hand chop.
Rip!
The person's neck was easily severed, with an abnormally large amount of blood loss.
Watching the body fall with a thump in front of him, Zheng Fan confirmed: "It's really easy. This body seems to have a critical hit effect when killing? While being extremely sensitive to the scent of killing, it can also cause greater lethality to people."
A hand chop could directly cut a person's head in half, and this was with Zheng Fan barely using any force. The comparison was already quite intuitive.
"Because I am a Killing demon," Jiang Si's shadow spoke.
"What's a Killing demon? Wait, is 'Killing demon' not a description, but something like a transcendent profession?" Zheng Fan's mind didn't immediately grasp it upon hearing this, but he quickly realized something.
Jiang Si continued: "Killing is simple. What makes killing even simpler is a 'Killing demon.' Although everyone in the Violent World has some lives on their hands, a few favored individuals can evolve into such beings. My red thread ability was obtained after becoming a 'Killing demon.'"
"There's such a thing? I thought your ability was also generated by the Illusion."
"Every world has different ways of obtaining transcendent power. Being affected by Illusion is indeed the easiest way to gain special power. In comparison, whether one can become a Killing demon is entirely a matter of luck and talent, and it's not stable," Jiang Si said.
Zheng Fan didn't pay too much attention to these things, as they didn't seem to concern him much. In this mechanism, he was the one responsible for giving others power.
Continuing forward, he asked: "What kind of trouble did you cause to make so many people come after you?"
Jiang Si pondered for a moment: "I'm not sure. I've caused too much trouble, so I don't know which enemy it is."
That was a very valuable answer.
"Don't you have any impression of the Mellon Family?"
"I think so, I feel like when I went to reality in February, I probably killed some of their people."
"You've been to reality?"
"Often. A Killing demon can actively cross between the Violent World and the real world on the thirtieth. I occasionally take the opportunity to play in the real world. But there's not much fun there, it's too peaceful during the day, very different from the Violent World."
He never thought Dadu would one day be disliked for being too peaceful.
As they spoke, the Animal Garden members arrived nearby. Seeing Jiang Si standing outside so perfectly intact, the difference in quality between them and the small gang immediately became apparent. They did not rashly approach but cautiously spread out to surround her.
Clearly, the Animal Garden had a higher estimation and understanding of Jiang Si's strength.
The figure of the blond man with the slicked-back hair in the red and white suit reappeared among the Animal Garden's ranks.
"This guy, why is he chasing so relentlessly? Disgusting," Jiang Si couldn't help but say.
The man frowned, sizing up Jiang Si's posture: "Jiang Si?"
"Something wrong?" Zheng Fan replied directly using Jiang Si's body.
A strange sensation spread from Jiang Si's body, and the peculiar patterns on her face seemed to signify a certain established fact, yet besides that, she was so normal.
The man directly took out a thermometer-like instrument and aimed it at "Jiang Si" from a distance.
Beep—
The instrument's screen showed Jiang Si's body outline, with parts filled with white and a large amount of red, but no black, and no extra outlines.
"It's normal?" The man frowned.
He thought Jiang Si had been taken over by a visitor from the Black World, but the test results from his professional instrument showed everything was normal?
"Hm? What are you looking at?" Suddenly, a head leaned over, looking at the instrument in his hand with him.
The man: !
His figure rapidly retreated, and all members of the Animal Garden were also startled.
No one reacted. "Jiang Si" suddenly disappeared from her original spot and then appeared beside the man.
The man slightly moved aside, but what followed was not avoidance, but a fierce counter-punch.
"Jiang Si" playfully reached out. At close range, their four hands rapidly intertwined. The man skillfully switched between punches and palms, parrying all of "Jiang Si's" probing movements. Seizing an opening, he blocked "Jiang Si's" hand, then followed with a reverse grip to pull and lead into subsequent movements, closing in with a quick hand chop and an explosive inch punch to the chest.
Bang!
A wave of air rippled from "Jiang Si's" chest. "Jiang Si's" body slightly arched, and her cheeks puffed out, as if she was about to vomit.
But what she finally squeezed out was a big smile.
The man was startled, and a sense of crisis made him quickly turn sideways. What grazed his cheek was an incredibly fast kick from "Jiang Si" that was difficult for the naked eye to catch.
The high-raised leg chopped down. The man dodged with a side roll. "Jiang Si" stomped the ground, pushing off to move horizontally and keep up, the two of them remaining on the same level, giving him nowhere to escape.
She grabbed the man's shoulder, pinned him, and then delivered a straight punch.
Bang!
The man flew backward, actually spitting out a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva in mid-air. He was caught by a subordinate when he landed, finally avoiding further embarrassment.
"You're not Jiang Si!" The man said fiercely, still catching his breath. "I know her close-quarters combat skills, they've always been terrible. It's impossible for them to improve so much instantly… Who are you?"
"...No, buddy, I wanted to ask who you are? You guys seem really familiar?" Zheng Fan felt something was really off upon hearing this.
Speaking of which, from the previous clues, when he was surrounding Jiang Si earlier, although this guy fired very decisively, he didn't aim at Jiang Si's head despite his good marksmanship and so many shots.
He had been going easy on Jiang Si?
"You're the one who's terrible! If you have the guts, let's fight with weapons! Let's see who's stronger with a knife!?" Jiang Si couldn't hold back, her shadow fluctuating violently.
"It's really not Jiang Si… Is the instrument broken? Damn it." The man cursed angrily, spitting out another mouthful of blood, and stared at Zheng Fan: "My name is Jiang Hui, Jiang Si's older brother, her biological one."
"..." Zheng Fan was silent for a moment: "Huh?"