Dream Ship.
Clang, clang.
The sound of gears turning lingered by the ears, becoming an embellishment to the noisy background music. Beneath the outer shell on both sides of the ship, there were rows of exhaust ports.
Steam occasionally spewed forth, stirring up a wave of air on the water surface.
Mechanical pipes crisscrossed through every corner across the multiple layers of the Dream Ship, like blood vessels, connecting this colossal entity.
"Why aren't they here yet? It's been over half an hour past the agreed time."
Qin Shou glanced at his phone.
It was already late at night, even many customers on the Dream Ship had disembarked and gone home. Besides the sound of gears and heavy metal music, this giant chunk of iron was actually quite quiet.
Baiyu calmly drank hot water, not anxious.
The Demon Paper was in their hands.
If the other party doesn't come, then they must consider how to reasonably and legally submit it, and subtly suggest not placing it with other Demon Papers, while letting the Anomaly Bureau adopt this suggestion.
And most importantly.
Avoid them using Mysterious Side powers to interrogate us!
The secret of the academic space must not be exposed!
"His appearance hasn't been altered, we already found out."
"A shareholder of Jiuda Trading Company, a citizen of Omi Imperial, doing business in East Prosperity Imperial, was a Tier Seven Martial Artist in his youth but retired from martial arts due to injury and moved into business."
Qin Shou looked at the message on his phone and said.
"Untouched appearance, either this is a disposable identity or the other party is intensely confident, able to cleanly and decisively consume us, let's wait and see."
Baiyu did not rashly make a decision.
Boom!
At this moment, a sudden loud noise came from outside.
"Young master, Brother Yu, the target is at the lakeside, fighting with two women, those two should also be Extraordinaries, but they're barely holding on."
Liu Kui's voice sounded in the earpiece.
Baiyu and Qin Shou swiftly stood up.
Good news came too suddenly.
Though they didn't know why the other party suddenly engaged with two Extraordinaries, now is surely an opportunity not to be missed.
People retreat when outnumbered, but when they outnumber, they all dare to act.
This is the basic principle of combat.
Qin Shou filed out, Baiyu closely followed.
The two stood on the deck and looked afar.
The lakeside was full of pits, more than ten willow trees snapped in half, one person lay on the ground panting, another was being pinned down by an old man with bare arms, giving him a fierce beating.
The scene.
Was exceptionally brutal.
"Oh my, isn't that the, the one called Qian Xue, the female demon?"
Qin Shou's sharp eyes caught sight of Qian Xue pretending to be dead on the ground.
"You know her?" Baiyu asked in surprise.
"She's the big sister of our school, rarely comes to class, heard she's been guaranteed a spot at Kyoto Magic University. Her family seems pretty powerful, looks friendly and approachable on the surface, but behind the scenes... hehe, I know several people who pursued her have dropped out for various reasons, fleeing Linjiang City like they're escaping for their lives.
You know, innocent yet dark.
The more harmless, the more dangerous, who knows when she'll pull a Gatling gun from her skirt and shoot you."
Qin Shou's expression surprised Baiyu.
Qin Shou's school is Linjiang Second Middle School, just slightly inferior to Linjiang First Middle School.
But Baiyu thought Investigators must be formidable, is this guy here to burn money with connections?
No wonder he's so weak.
"Another one is about to collapse."
Though somewhat distant, Qin Shou could roughly observe, the other woman was still not a match.
"She's an Investigator, from the Anomaly Bureau, East District's leader."
"Investigators at least have the strength of Tier Eight Peak Martial Artists, over a thousand cards of Blood Qi. This old man is that formidable?" Qin Shou was full of dread.
Some customers from the Dream Ship stepped onto the deck.
Of course.
They witnessed the battle between Extraordinaries, yet instead of fear, it was like watching a show.
Some even picked up their phones to record.
This group of people didn't know the seriousness of the matter, thinking it was just a clash of three unofficial Extraordinaries, not daring to act rashly against them.
Because such incidents are rare, they naturally draw everyone's attention.
But if they knew those two women were Investigators, the ship would likely erupt into chaos.
The fear of the ignorant describes such situations.
"Kill the Investigator, he can't escape no matter how vast the sky and earth, the Church and Investigation Council won't allow it." Qin Shou wanted to act but hesitated at the crucial moment.
Baiyu rolled his dead-fish eyes: "Don't you think, if the Investigator dies, can we escape? Since earlier our phones have been without signal."
"Does he intend to kill everyone here?"
Qin Shou realized suddenly.
"There should be environment-isolating things around, otherwise, if the Investigator was fighting, support wouldn't be delayed.
You handle the old man's subordinates, some Martial Artists should be ambushing nearby, operating the isolating environment stuff.
I'll settle this old man, see what his real intentions are."
Baiyu instantly made a decision.
"Brother Yu, I know you're crazy, but this guy was once a Tier Seven Martial Artist. Even if he's deteriorated with age, now he's clearly had some medicine, fierce like a Mechanical Transformation, are you sure you can handle it?"
Qin Shou expressed his concerns.
Baiyu coughed lightly, suddenly adopting a heroic expression, his gaze deep and distant:
"Sometimes there is no choice, even if you can't withstand it, you must endure.
For the stability of Linjiang City, for others' safety, what difference does it make if I sacrifice this broken body!"
"No, don't be like this, I'm scared." Qin Shou felt goosebumps all over.
Knowing his buddy well, this man is crafty, full of tricks, utterly impossible to be the kind to die a gallant death.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have bonded through admiration and come together.
So Baiyu suddenly saying this, proved there's surely a conspiracy here, a huge conspiracy.
To avoid being used as a pawn in Baiyu's plot, Qin Shou quickly exited the ship, gathering Liu Kui and others to deal with Bruce's subordinates.
"Annoyed severely like this, if only I could recharge more power before leaving."
After those words.
Baiyu felt a weird surge of energy within, prompting a strong impulse to engage in a major bout.
This was the "Aura" working!
He was now determined in combat mode.
This aura was utterly embarrassing.
"Whew, protagonists typically show up when teammates fall into despair to save the day.
In this situation, it's about right.
Need to say something inspiring to teammates.
Like 'Don't give up,' 'Damn it, we agreed, how can you fall here,' 'Leave the rest to me' kind of lines.
And also elicit admiration from the spectators, ideally moving the teammates.
Let the enemy beat you down, then counterattack in a burst.
This set should be the basic operation, right?
If only I had watched more passionate manga earlier, these lines are so embarrassing."
Baiyu intensely searched his mind for cliché scenes from passionate manga he'd seen in his past life.
Regretting not studying enough when the need arises.
Now he wished he could watch Japan's batch of passionate mangas over hundreds of times.
After about a minute.
Baiyu mentally prepared his opening speech, then manipulated the spare Blood Qi, merging into the Mechanical Armament on his right wrist.
Click, click!
Amongst the screams around.
The Bloody Samurai Armor rapidly covered Baiyu's entire body.
He took a deep breath, bent his joints, jumped off the Dream Ship, landing firmly on the water, shooting toward the lakeside like a cannonball.