Disturbance

Chapter 165: Disturbance

In Sakkar Main City, strange, advanced buildings stood like trees in a forest. Small patrol ships occasionally swept low overhead, their lights casting hazy shadows.

Whoosh—

A pale, nearly translucent figure moved like a bloodthirsty beast hidden in the darkness. Using the rooftops of the main city’s buildings as footholds, he leaped and bounded with nimble agility, his feet clinging to walls as he ignored the cover of the structures and sped toward the outer districts.

The aliens partying and laughing below, along with the guards watching from the patrol ships overhead, failed to notice anything. Even those within ten meters merely felt a breeze and saw a shadow flash past, as if it were an illusion brought on by daytime exhaustion and nighttime drowsiness.

Buzz!

At the border of the inner city, atop a three-story building, a five-meter lamp post swayed slightly from some impact, casting the elongated silhouette of a human figure below.

Standing atop the lamp post’s dome, Kyle held himself straight against the night breeze, aloof and proud. His eagle-sharp eyes were icy as his gaze passed through the Black Panther vibranium mask, searching for his target’s trail.

"Found them." His gaze stopped. Kyle pushed off the lamp post lightly, and the bulb beneath him burst under the pressure. As the rooftop lights dimmed, a black shadow dove straight ahead.

In Sakkar’s outer district, there was a dead-end alley only two meters wide between the buildings. It was one of the rare places untouched by light, pitch-black within.

Three aliens of different shapes and appearances wore black cloaks, hidden in the shadows of the nighttime alley with their backs against the walls, as if waiting for someone.

"I’m back." Big-Eyed Alien entered the alley with his hands in his pockets.

One of the aliens, tall and skinny as a bamboo pole, quickly walked to the mouth of the alley and looked outside. Soon, he shook his head at the others.

"Igu, where are the two targets you mentioned? Did they get away?" another Big-Eyed Alien asked with a dissatisfied frown.

"You can’t blame me for that. Who knew they’d go straight to a hotel in the inner city?" Igu, also a Big-Eyed Alien, was equally frustrated, his eyeballs rolling constantly.

They had finally picked the best targets to strike tonight: a lowly genetically modified polar bear and a human who seemed to have little fighting ability, with enough money on them to stay at a hotel…

"Then let’s call it an early night." The humanoid woman standing deepest in the alley, who had remained silent all along, spoke calmly, apparently unwilling to waste more time.

"Igu, you should have informed us earlier so we could have intercepted them in the outer district before they put their things away." The seemingly leader-like Big-Eyed Alien scolded him, then looked respectfully yet warily at the woman shrouded entirely in a black cloak. In a gentle tone, he said, "Night Ji, you should head back first. Sorry you came all this way for nothing tonight."

Night Ji nodded gently and walked forward on tiptoe with feline steps. The two Big-Eyed Aliens, one large and one small, along with the tall, thin alien, pressed themselves against the alley walls and made room for her.

Just as she was about to leave the alley, Night Ji frowned slightly. Her hairs stood on end, and an inexplicable, oppressive fear rose in her heart. Forgetting to maintain her elegance, she followed her instincts and rolled swiftly across the ground, not forgetting to cry out in warning:

"Watch out!"

The instant her words fell, a tall, powerful human-shaped black shadow descended from the sky. His feet slammed down onto the spot where Night Ji had been standing. With no momentum lost to cushioning and no attempt to conceal his intent to attack, even the hard ground cracked slightly beneath his feet, making the faces of those around him change drastically.

"Who are you?!" the Big-Eyed Alien leader asked quickly, trying to buy enough time to react.

Kyle had no intention of wasting words on them. He thrust out both fists like lightning, the air howling around them as ton-heavy punches crashed down upon the Big-Eyed Alien leader and the tall, thin alien, who were reaching for their weapons.

The two screamed and flew backward without suspense, smashing into the wall behind them and sinking slightly into it.

The heavy, thunderous impact echoed clearly outward.

He’s so powerful. If I hadn’t dodged, that stomp would have seriously injured me. Night Ji rolled farther away and rose to her feet, staring at the two groaning "companions" in shock. He’s crazy. He actually dared to attack so brazenly in the city—doesn’t he know he’ll draw the attention of the supervising guards?!

"Your physical defense is decent." Kyle withdrew his fists and gave the two aliens a cold glance.

Surviving one of his punches was enough to prove that they were creatures with physiques and vitality beyond those of humans.

But that was all. From the instant he attacked, he had decided to end this quickly!

Kyle was about to follow up and finish off the two heavily injured aliens when he suddenly looked up. A pale blue energy blast erupted at close range, rippling toward him like water and covering the narrow alley.

With nowhere to evade, Kyle deliberately thrust his forehead forward and used his head to collide with the energy wave—

The moment they made contact, crackling blue arcs of electricity erupted in the middle of the alley.

A pulse shock?

Threads of electric arcs wound down his body. Kyle felt his entire body go numb, temporarily losing all function as he fell stiffly to the ground.

"Who the hell are you?!" Igu clutched the Pulse Shock Gun in both hands and glared viciously at Kyle on the ground, as though he wanted to devour him alive.

Kyle did not answer. He remained completely motionless, as if the shock had rendered him unconscious.

"Hurry up and kill him. We need to leave this place. If we don’t go now, the guards will be here soon." Night Ji urged calmly. If she had not had some prior connection with this small group, she would have left on her own long ago.

Fighting in Sakkar Main City and getting discovered by the guards was no joke!

"Right, you’re right." Igu nodded in panic and aimed the Pulse Shock Gun at Kyle lying on the ground. A blue glow slowly lit up as if charging, energy gathering at the baby-fist-sized muzzle.

Just before the Pulse Shock Gun fired, Kyle’s closed eyes suddenly flew open beneath the Black Panther vibranium mask. With extraordinary reflexes, he sprang up and kicked upward, striking the front end of Igu’s weapon squarely.

The barrel was kicked upward, and the blue energy beam passed through one of Igu’s large eyes. Igu clutched the wound in pain, collapsing to the ground and rolling around with constant groans.

The energy beam continued upward, shooting out of the alley and bursting into blue electric waves in the low sky, glaringly conspicuous in the night like fireworks.

"It’s over!" Night Ji stared at the electric waves overhead, fear surfacing in her eyes beneath the cloak. "We have to leave immediately. If we don’t get out now, we’re completely finished!!"

At the same time, Kyle stomped on Igu’s other large eye, bursting it. Viscous fluid splattered across the ground and the sole of his shoe.