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Although Nina’s presence here was a mystery, at this moment, Nancy had already entered the state of completing her mission. So, after casually dealing with the mechanical hound threatening the two of them, she no longer paid attention to the frantic girl.

“Hattori, you have three Basileus mercenaries to your upper left.” Nancy observed the situation inside the medical center through the sniper scope, simultaneously providing Hattori, who had already infiltrated the medical center alone, with the specific locations of the enemies.

“Got it.” Hattori’s response came through the earpiece.

At the same time, on the basement level of the medical center, dressed in black tunic suits, Hattori silently felt the positions of the enemies indicated by Nancy.

The Basileus mercenaries had directly destroyed the power in this area in order to complete their mission. As a result, the Longqian Group’s company guards could only rely on night vision equipment for vigilance. Of course, the Basileus mercenaries were in a similar situation.

But Hattori was different. Having undergone body modifications by that organization, he not only possessed combat awareness and physical abilities beyond ordinary people but also had strong night vision capabilities. The original intention of this function was to allow Hattori to maintain full combat power even at night— now, under the current circumstances, it was a hunting ground for Hattori and Nancy!

Suddenly, Hattori, who had been standing still, moved. He affixed a homemade bomb to the ceiling above his head with one hand.

When the sensed enemies reached their designated positions, Hattori pressed the remote control in his left hand without hesitation.

“Boom—!”

These homemade bombs were made by Nancy herself. Although the sound was very loud, the power increased accordingly— under this explosion, a one-meter-thick floor was directly blown open, and the three Basileus mercenaries, who had been vigilantly advancing with night vision weapons, were caught off guard by Hattori’s ambush!

“Ah—!”

To cause effective casualties, Nancy specially stuffed many rusty iron pieces and civilian steel balls into the homemade bombs. In this situation, this otherwise ordinary homemade bomb possessed personnel killing power comparable to military landmines!

Two mercenaries were killed on the spot, and the remaining one also fell to Hattori’s feet through the blasted hole.

“Mu, Mu? What’s happening on your end? Why did an explosion occur? Did you encounter enemies? Respond!”

The earpiece of the mercenary, who was almost thrown to death, was constantly filled with his teammates’ anxious calls. However, just as he reacted and wanted to respond, he suddenly noticed a black figure approaching leisurely through the dust raised by the explosion.

“Swish!”

That was the sound of a dagger cutting through neck armor. The Level III bulletproof vest proved as fragile as paper to this organization’s assassin—

Hattori wiped the half-meter-long dagger on the body beneath his feet, then his eyes sharpened as he picked up the smart rifle hung on the corpse with a heartbeat sensor.

This rifle not only had a heartbeat sensor to sense the enemy’s position in advance but also had a beacon device marking the positions of the mercenaries’ teammates.

“Effortless gain.” Nancy’s voice of admiration came through the earpiece. “Hattori, continue the operation!”

…………

Today’s battle in the darkness was not just Nancy’s mission… Well, there was also her tiny reason not to become a weak submissive animal-eared little girl, but mainly, Nancy wanted to see Hattori’s true combat power—

She wanted to see if the organization’s assassin who supposedly faced a tank alone in the original work was as powerful as reputed. After all, in the original work, Su Xiaoyu killed Hattori with just a few explosive talismans…

But fortunately, it seemed that Hattori’s combat power was indeed exceptional. Nancy was certain that she wouldn’t have been able to block that blow just now.

“What’s going on? Why did Mu lose contact? Did they encounter the surviving company dogs?”
“Wait, Nu also lost contact!”
“We are under attack by a sniper!”
“A sniper!? Where’s Delta? Where did Delta go— Ahhh!!”
“There… there’s an enemy! He… dressed in black… Ah!”
“……”

Thus, under the joint efforts of Nancy and Hattori, armed with a sniper rifle and a dagger respectively, the Basileus mercenaries were being mercilessly hunted down in the darkness, one by one.

It seems that among these mercenaries, there is indeed only one sniper. After all, cultivating a qualified sniper is quite rare. It’s not like in those novels or games where snipers are everywhere—those are at most pinpoint shooters. So, the fact that this small mercenary group has a sniper has already impressed Nancy.

Moreover, it now appears that although this mercenary group has combat prowess and can basically go head-to-head with regular troops, and their equipment is also top-notch, their disadvantage lies in their small numbers—only dozens of people participated in this mission. Under the joint hunting of Nancy and Hattori, they quickly suffered heavy casualties.

It’s just not clear if it’s because of plot influence. Even though this is a world where ability users and mages abound, Nancy and Hattori haven’t encountered many ability users during the battle. The few they encountered were low-level elemental users, basically no match for Hattori.

“What’s going on…? There are no ability users on the Longqian Group’s side? Aren’t they the largest conglomerate in Tianzhou City? How come Missy goes out without even one supernatural guard?” Nancy frowned as she watched the slaughter through the sniper scope, which was basically one-sided.

While Hattori was fighting his way up from the underground parking lot, it might have been fine during the day, but in the darkness, the mercenaries relying on night vision goggles were no match for Hattori. Coupled with Hattori’s use of cold weapons and his elusive agility, if a high-level ability user didn’t appear today, these mercenaries would truly be slaughtered by Hattori alone.

But while Hattori was fighting, mercenaries on other floors were also battling the Longqian Group’s company guards. Those guards were also no match for the mercenaries—Nancy calculated that even if faced with those company guards, she wouldn’t need Hattori’s help. She alone with a gun could take them all out.

What’s going on? Are mercenaries in this world devoid of combat power without technological assistance? The disabled Longqian Group guards were like that, and these Basileus mercenaries were like that too…

With that in mind, Nancy stuffed the sniper rifle into the small space provided by Candy, then she picked up the fully automated submachine gun from the body nearby and went downstairs—

Hattori’s battle was also coming to an end. It was time for her to go down and collect the spoils.

Looking at how all the mercenaries were now using smart firearms, the two guns she just bought didn’t seem so appealing anymore… If she didn’t fill up Candy tonight, Nancy might as well spell her name backward!

…Well, she meant the system inventory.

“Ouch—!”

A sudden twist of the ankle caused Leah to fall directly to the ground, halting the group that had just been about to enter the occupant evacuation elevators.

However, at this moment, for some unknown reason, the elevator started on its own! Half of the team, including Nina, were trapped inside the elevator. Leah and the remaining two guards could only watch helplessly as the elevator descended.

Leah gritted her silver teeth. Why did she have to wear a long skirt today! Damn it!

At this moment, the guard captain who was forced to stay behind with Leah comforted, “Second Miss, you don’t have to worry. The elevator will make a quick round trip, they will definitely come back, we still have time—”

However, before the guard captain could finish his words, heavy footsteps sounded behind them—those were the footsteps of the Longqian Group’s mechanical guards!

If they had heard this sound before, they would have been ecstatic, as it meant they were saved. But today, their faces all changed color, because the entire building’s Longqian Group robots had been controlled by the attacking mercenaries!

“Second Miss, you go quickly! We—” The guard captain’s face changed as he intended to cover Leah and let her leave first, as was his duty.

But a moment later, he and the guard beside him were knocked down by two electromagnetic pulses. The perfect performance of the Longqian Group’s strongest guard robots was displayed at this moment.

“Target— spotted!”

In the darkness, the red mechanical eyes were glaringly obvious, while Leah had no way out.

Seeing herself about to fall victim to her own house’s robots, Leah felt a buzz in her head, and then, having just gotten up, she couldn’t help but fall to the ground again.

“No—no, please, no!!”

Seeing two robots stepping over the fallen and severely injured guard captain and the body of another guard straight towards her, Leah subconsciously closed her eyes.

But in the next moment, she suddenly heard two piercing gunshots and the sound of two heavy objects falling—

Opening her eyes, she saw that both robots had fallen! Standing in place was a slender figure dressed in a black hoodie.

Snow-white hair floated by, and Nancy looked at the fallen guard captain and the two robots on the ground with a complicated expression. She couldn’t understand why they couldn’t handle two robots that went down with a single shot.

Is the interference of the plot so powerful? Do we need the protagonist Su Xiaoyu to come and play the hero?

Seeing that the mission was already completed, Nancy didn’t intend to waste any more words. She was about to turn around and leave.

But at this moment, there was suddenly a voice full of astonishment behind her.¹

1. Silva: NINA ISH BACK!