Two Ability Users

"Everyone, stay calm and leave in an orderly fashion to prevent a stampede!"

After Lin Qinghe and Le Erya left, the agitated crowd began moving as well.

Because of Le Erya’s instructions before she left, several respected elders stepped forward to direct everyone and maintain order. Amid the crowded, restless atmosphere, they squeezed through the people and urged them to leave quickly.

"Stop!"

After Gu Sheng regrouped with Chu Xin and Liu Daimei, the three of them followed the planned route back. However, just after passing a corner, they were unexpectedly caught up to by Lin Qinghe. No one knew how the young woman’s speed had become so fast.

"You two go on ahead. I’ll play with Detective Lin for a while."

Gu Sheng instructed Liu Daimei and Chu Xin, then turned around and confronted Lin Qinghe. Chu Xin and Liu Daimei said nothing. They knew how formidable Gu Sheng was, so they left without hesitation.

"Detective Lin, you’re not staying at the scene to maintain order. If anything else goes wrong, you’ll have a hard time shirking responsibility!"

Gu Sheng toyed with his pistol and smiled at Lin Qinghe. Lin Qinghe merely kept her eyes on him, completely ignoring Liu Daimei and Chu Xin’s departure. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to keep all three of them there, but her ability simply wouldn’t allow it!

"You know me!"

Lin Qinghe held up her gun and confronted Gu Sheng, trying to search her memory for his face. However, the nature of her work meant she had met far too many people. On top of that, Gu Sheng was disguised, and even his voice had been altered with a voice changer. Thus, no matter how hard she racked her brain, she couldn’t find the slightest clue.

"You don’t need to know that. What you need to do now is turn around, run back one hundred and eighty degrees, and maintain order. Otherwise, if a stampede occurs, you’ll bear no small responsibility!"

How could Gu Sheng be so easily coaxed into revealing information? He didn’t answer her directly at all. Instead, he pointed behind her, indicating that she should return and maintain public order.

"My current mission is to capture you. If I let a dangerous person like you roam free, that would be the real dereliction of duty."

Lin Qinghe’s body tensed as she prepared to attack Gu Sheng.

"So you’re saying you definitely want to have a match with me?"

Gu Sheng smiled and lowered his gun. Then he strode toward Lin Qinghe. "Actually, I’d also like to experience Detective Lin’s heroic prowess."

"Stop!"

Lin Qinghe wasn’t about to put her gun away like Gu Sheng had. When she saw him approach, she first fired a warning shot into the air. When Gu Sheng continued moving toward her, she fired at the concrete road in front of him. Bullets and chips of stone flew everywhere, but Gu Sheng remained unharmed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Lin Qinghe fired three consecutive shots at Gu Sheng, emptying the magazine. Yet the scene before her completely overturned her understanding of the world.

"Bang~"

Facing the incoming bullets, Gu Sheng merely waved his hand and caught them. After three nearly inaudible dull thuds, the bullets dropped from his palm.

Clink! Clink! Clink~~~

The sound of the bullet casings hitting the ground jolted Lin Qinghe out of her shock. She simply couldn’t believe that something as nearly magical as catching bullets with bare hands had happened right in front of her. Yet the casings bouncing on the ground told her that it was all real.

"Do you still want to continue?"

Gu Sheng’s words brought Lin Qinghe back to the situation. The distance between them was less than five meters, and at such close range, she had no time to change magazines.

"I won’t let you get away."

Lin Qinghe secured the pistol back onto her belt, then assumed an unarmed combat stance and charged straight at Gu Sheng.

Thump, thump~~

As expected, Lin Qinghe’s two powerful hooks missed. However, Gu Sheng’s face beneath his mask was filled with astonishment. He discovered that Lin Qinghe’s speed and strength were unbelievably high—far beyond those of a male with the same body weight. It was abnormal. Extremely abnormal.

"Ha~"

Lin Qinghe wasn’t discouraged when her hooks missed. She spun around and launched a combination of spinning kicks and rising kicks. This wasn’t the sort of move where someone simply spun in place before extending a leg to kick a board in midair.

Instead, she floated through the air, performing the difficult maneuver of spinning and kicking in one direction as if walking through empty space. It had originally only appeared in movies, and even a three-kick combination was extremely rare. Yet Lin Qinghe completed five kicks with ease. It was simply unbelievable!

"You’re no longer an ordinary person."

Gu Sheng blocked Lin Qinghe’s left foot with his right hand, then flung her leg back with a little force. He asked, "When did you become like this? Were there any particular signs?"

Gu Sheng could be certain that the last time he had seen her, Miss Lin Qinghe had merely been a Flower of the Criminal Inspectors with exceptional physical fitness. She absolutely couldn’t have performed those moves. That kick just now had possessed nearly half a ton of force—five hundred kilograms of strength—which was not something an ordinary person could produce.

"That’s none of your business. Come back with me obediently, admit your guilt, and try to earn leniency."

A trace of confusion flashed through Liu Daimei’s eyes. Even she found what had happened to her inexplicable. Seven days ago, she had woken up feeling that her movements were light and agile, while her mind was unbelievably calm, as if a breeze had been poured into it.

"Leniency? Stop joking."

Gu Sheng laughed. "I’ve already slaughtered Zheng Jianguo’s entire family. Their family has quite the background, and Zheng Jianguo was even a high-ranking official in the past. Do you really think the people above you will make an exception and let me go?"

"If you continue refusing to repent, don’t blame me for being merciless."

After her strength had greatly increased, Lin Qinghe was extremely confident in her abilities. Seeing that persuasion had failed, she stepped forward again, raising her left leg. In midair, she extended it into a full split and brought it down toward Gu Sheng in a whip kick.

"Oh-ho! Not bad flexibility!"

This time, Gu Sheng neither dodged nor evaded. He allowed Lin Qinghe’s whip kick to crash into his shoulder. Instead of retreating, he advanced, locking Lin Qinghe’s left shoulder with his right hand. The two of them were in a position that could easily make people think improper thoughts.

"Detective Lin, you’re being so proactive that I’m getting a little embarrassed. How about we make it official right here…"

Gu Sheng grinned mischievously. Lin Qinghe was currently split across Gu Sheng’s body, and with the help of his malicious tug, her legs had been pulled into a vertical split.

The two of them were so close that they could feel each other’s breath. Even then, Gu Sheng had the leisure to tease Lin Qinghe. As he spoke, he held her in place and kept charging toward the wall, as if preparing to pin her against it.

"Bastard!"

Lin Qinghe cursed Gu Sheng’s shamelessness inwardly. Being pushed backward like this made her feel as if her whole body were about to be hung from Gu Sheng. For an unmarried young woman, it was truly infuriating.

"He-jie!"

At that moment, Le Erya arrived. Seeing He-jie at a disadvantage, the young woman raised her gun and fired without a second thought.

Bang~ Bang~

Two hurried gunshots rang out, and the bullets flew toward Gu Sheng’s back. Gu Sheng instinctively turned to dodge, but Lin Qinghe, whose leg was being held up by Gu Sheng, had temporarily gone numb and couldn’t dodge. Seeing that she was about to be hit,—

"He-jie~"

Le Erya let out a startled scream. The only thought in her mind was: Change the trajectories. Don’t hit Lin Qinghe.

"Hmm~ What the hell? Another Ability User~"

Gu Sheng also sensed that Lin Qinghe was in danger. He hurriedly steadied himself and reached out to catch the bullets, but his seemingly certain grab missed. The bullets’ trajectories changed just before he caught them, and that surge of mental energy made Gu Sheng lock his target onto Le Erya.