Chapter 51 - 48: Investigator vs. Yamada Yu

Chapter 51: Chapter 48: Investigator vs. Yamada Yu

Yamada Yu walked toward Jiang Yong step by step, a sly grin on his face as he spoke:

"Aren’t you a big winner?

You beat me so many times at the casino, not giving me any face at all."

Jiang Yong was silent. His eyes were lifeless, his heart like dead ashes.

Yamada Yu walked up to Jiang Yong, bent down, and reached for the Lucky Star Necklace.

BANG! BANG!

Two gunshots suddenly rang out.

Alarm bells screamed in Yamada Yu’s mind as he hastily dodged.

He glanced at the two bullet holes in the wall, then turned to face the shooter.

It was a capable-looking young woman with short hair.

Li Mingyue raised her gun and shouted:

"Don’t move! Put your hands up!"

Li Mingyue had originally planned to wait for her teammates.

However, she had mistaken Yamada Yu’s move to pick up the Lucky Star Necklace for an attack on Jiang Yong.

That was why she had been forced to reveal herself and back Yamada Yu off.

Yamada Yu sneered:

"Well now, a little beauty. Lord Seimei has a particular fondness for clean girls like you.

Normally, I’d spare your life, but today is different."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yamada Yu formed a sealing technique with his hands.

Li Mingyue’s voice turned fierce.

"I said, don’t move!"

The next second, the broom leaning against the wall transformed into a venomous snake and shot toward Li Mingyue.

Li Mingyue’s beautiful eyes flew wide. With no time to wonder why a broom could turn into a snake, she quickly dodged to the side.

Suddenly, a powerful arm locked around her throat from behind.

Yamada Yu’s voice sounded in her ear:

"Heh heh, little beauty, which department are you from?

The Public Security Bureau? The Military Officer Corps? Or the Anomaly Administration Bureau?"

Li Mingyue’s face flushed red. She opened her small mouth, but couldn’t draw a breath.

She beat against Yamada Yu’s arm repeatedly.

But how could an untrained girl possibly hurt a Supernatural Human?

Her consciousness began to fade.

Suddenly, the arm locked around her neck loosened.

Li Mingyue collapsed to her knees, greedily gasping for air.

Yamada Yu’s curse rang out:

"Bastard! You piece of trash, you dare to fight back?!"

Li Mingyue lifted her eyes to look.

Her vision was blurry, but she could make out Jiang Yong grappling with Yamada Yu.

Jiang Yong’s body had long been hollowed out by gambling and alcohol; how could he possibly be a match for Yamada Yu?

Yamada Yu grabbed Jiang Yong’s head and slammed it violently against the wall.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

The light faded from Jiang Yong’s eyes as he fell to the ground, his body convulsing.

Yamada Yu spit bloody saliva at Jiang Yong, picked up the gun from the floor, aimed it at Li Mingyue, and pulled the trigger.

Jiang Yong suddenly leaped up, like an unkillable cockroach, and actually managed to block the bullet for Li Mingyue with his own body.

Fresh blood splattered all over Yamada Yu.

Now completely enraged, Yamada Yu kicked Jiang Yong to the ground and pointed the gun at him.

"Are you insane?! Weren’t you just begging for death? What the hell are you doing now?!"

Jiang Yong was taking in less air than he was breathing out, but in a final burst of life, he glared at Yamada Yu.

"I’m not a ghost! I’m a man! I’m a man!"

His words were baffling; no one could understand them.

He had been winning all day. Hadn’t he just wanted to be an upright and respectable man?

He wanted to leave some money for his wife and child; he hoped to earn their forgiveness.

How wonderful would it have been if he had never gambled?

He would still be the man everyone praised, and his wife would still be the woman everyone envied for having such a good husband.

When his last hope was shattered, Jiang Yong lost the will to live.

Just now, a chance to be a man again had appeared.

No matter what, he had saved a female police officer, hadn’t he?

Yamada Yu cursed him for a psycho and fired a bullet into Jiang Yong’s head.

"BANG!"

Red and white matter splattered everywhere.

Li Mingyue clapped a hand over her mouth and began to dry heave, turning away.

She was still green. Seeing such a gruesome scene still provoked a physical reaction.

Yamada Yu walked over to Li Mingyue and aimed the gun at her head.

"Lord Seimei said the Anomaly Administration Bureau is very formidable.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. So it turns out Investigators are all useless things like you."

Li Mingyue looked up, her eyes filled with rage.

’The hostage was killed... The hostage was killed right in front of me...’

’I can’t forgive myself, and I can never forgive this murderer!’

Yamada Yu was unsettled by her gaze.

"Time to send you on your way."

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, several bullets flew toward him.

Yamada Yu leaped back several meters, staring at the window in shock and anger.

"Are you people ever going to stop annoying me?!"

Several Investigators crashed through the window, clad in black tactical gear and gas masks, with various weapons hanging from their waists and backs.

Yamada Yu tried to use his Illusion Art again.

The Investigators didn’t give him a chance to form a sealing technique, laying down suppressing fire on him with a volley of bullets.

Liu Wei and another Investigator drew short swords from their waists and pressed a switch.

The next second, the short swords were wreathed in electric arcs.

The two close-combat Investigators charged at Yamada Yu.

Yamada Yu knew Illusion Art, but his hand-to-hand combat skills were also considerable.

However, his fighting techniques were nothing compared to the Investigators’.

After all, the Investigators were elite warriors selected from all over, and they underwent high-intensity training every day.

Yamada Yu grew desperate. He bit the tip of his tongue and activated his Illusion Art!

Liu Wei watched in astonishment as the floor filled with venomous snakes.

A venomous snake lunged with a SWOOSH and bit his calf.

Although he sliced the snake in half with one stroke, his calf went numb.

He felt his body beginning to lose strength.

Li Mingyue shouted at the top of her lungs:

"It’s all fake! It’s an illusion! Don’t be afraid!"

Liu Wei’s mind raced.

’An illusion?’

’This illusion is too real. I can already feel myself having trouble breathing.’

’Hmm, the difficulty breathing is probably part of the illusion too.’

Liu Wei’s hand reached for his waist and pulled the pin on something.

The next second, a thick cloud of smoke erupted from Liu Wei’s body.

The smoke was so thick it quickly obscured the vision of both Li Mingyue and Yamada Yu.

The illusionary venomous snakes on the floor lost their targets and began snapping wildly in all directions.

Just as he thought, the illusionary snakes relied on the Illusionist’s line of sight to fight.

The Investigators could still see Yamada Yu.

The goggles on their gas masks had night-vision and infrared scanning functions.

The Investigators fired at the venomous snakes on the ground.

Their combat discipline was excellent; they knew that even if the snakes were fake, a single bite carried the risk of paralysis and death.

The venom was indeed an illusion, but this terrifying illusion could deceive the human brain.

What if... it deceived the brain into thinking it was already dead?

They had undergone professional training and knew just how terrifying the illusions created by Taboo Items could be.

Liu Wei and his partner continued to swing their short swords at Yamada Yu.

They didn’t notice a crow that had flown in at some point, snatched the necklace from the ground, and quickly departed.

The Evil Crow held the necklace in its beak, tilting its head as it watched the nearly overwhelmed Yamada Yu.

Jiang Chaosheng had instructed the Evil Crow to do three things.

First, bring back the Lucky Star Necklace.

Second, make sure the Yin Yang Master’s assistant saw it take the necklace.

Third, under no circumstances was Yamada Yu to fall into the hands of the Anomaly Administration Bureau.