"Step on it!"
Lu Chen commanded the driver with a cold expression, showing no signs of panic.
He didn't believe that someone like Milanra, an A-rank elite, would be drugged and knocked out by the opponent in a guarded situation. It wasn't because he favored Lionheart and its members; it was simply that such tricks shouldn't work even on a B-rank mixed-blood like her!
Milanra was a bold girl, and she must have noticed something was off with the air coming from the vent. Instead of panicking, she remained calm after the initial tension and immediately devised a plan to force Abner to reveal his true intentions, wanting to see what the opponent would do next.
Actually, just based on Abner's behavior, he could be apprehended directly. Even if he wasn't Slaughter, he would still be guilty.
If the Enforcement Department wasn't worried about alerting the enemy, they would have acted already.
But if she were to open her eyes now and see Abner's golden eyes, she would shout to close the net!
...
"Do you still like her even though she joined those bad guys in bullying you? Don't you feel any hatred toward her?"
"...I feel frustrated and powerless, but what can I do? I can't beat those bad guys, and I can't do anything to her."
"What if you were strong? Would you stand up to those bad guys?"
"I...I don't know. Even if I taught those bad guys a lesson, what difference would it make? She still wouldn't like me."
"Does she have relationships with those bad guys?"
"..."
"It seems she does? And do they do the things you desire in front of you?"
"...What do you mean by that?"
"Why are you asking me these questions... It's too..."
...
Abner drove the car into the woods beside the small road. Night had fallen, the headlights were turned off, and his shimmering golden eyes were the only source of light.
As the road was too quiet, direct pursuit by car would be too easily noticed. Chu Zihang and the others caught up, stealthily approaching from over a hundred meters away, taking cover in the darkness, moving slowly.
Signals of Milanra's breathing reached them. She wasn't truly unconscious, but a battle was likely brewing below, and she couldn't win it alone.
The Enforcement Department officer with Lu Chen was also arriving soon, and they were bringing the strongest force to encircle Abner.
"Ah, such tender skin, like a face drawn by God's own hand."
Abner lifted Milanra out of the car and placed her on the hood, trembling as he touched her skin.
...
"...Yes, they did it! Enough, okay?!"
"And did they do it in front of you?"
"..."
Abner fell silent, his hands clenched into fists.
"Abner, you must have felt very angry back then, but you couldn't do anything."
"..."
With his eyebrows lowered, beneath his long bangs, nobody knew what sorrow was revealed in Abner's eyes.
"So, did you kill them?"
A sudden thunderbolt of a question from Lutixia echoed through the silent maple forest.
Abner raised his head, his eyes filled with surprise and disbelief. "Lutixia, what are you talking about?!"
However, Luthia just flicked her hair by her ear as the sky cleared up, casting moonlight upon her, making her face look surreal.
"Do I look like her?"
"Well, a bit, but I don't have any intentions towards you like that, Luthia."
Abel blushed and hastily defended himself.
"Is killing those nine people before also like her?" Luthia asked again.
"Luthia, you're really scaring me with how you're acting right now. What are you saying? You brought me here, and now..."
Abel's expression turned fearful, and he took a step back.
...
Lu Chen furrowed his brow, thinking that Luthia's behavior was too extreme. Why would she provoke a timid and insecure teenager like this? Or had she truly discovered something suspicious?
But regardless, he needed to handle the situation here first. He was almost at Milanra's location.
Milanra lay on the hood of the car, and when Aibuna leaned in to kiss her, he froze.
Because he saw a pair of golden eyes, the once light blue pupils now radiating a dazzling gold.
Aibuna immediately drew out a folding knife from his pocket, but the next moment, he staggered backward. It was a high kick from Milanra, a powerful strike!
Using both her hands and legs, she exerted force, leaving marks on the car hood. Then, she leaped up, delivering another kick, directly hitting Aibuna's wrist holding the knife.
As she landed gracefully, her skirt tore apart like a blooming lotus, her slender legs leaving behind a fierce gust of wind. Another spinning kick, and the sound of Aibuna's forehead cracking echoed as he flew three meters back, landing in the muddy ground, unable to get up.
After completing this series of actions, Milanra disdainfully tore off the torn hem of her dress due to her vigorous movements and threw away her high heels with great force.
Because of those cursed high heels, she sprained her foot!
But even as she performed these actions, her mouth didn't stop. She immediately shouted on the public channel, "Not here! Senior sister is in danger!"
Although Milanra was confident, she didn't believe that Slaughter would send only this level of opponent. This was just a low-level hybrid hiding in society!
In fact, even before she shouted, Lu Chen, who had just gotten off the car, had turned pale. Because the subsequent conversation on Luthia's side was simply revealing!
And the executive, Filimon, also announced on all channels, "Latest news from the Police Department: The first crime scene has been discovered. It's in the villa area behind Red Mountain Park! There are five dead teenagers and one girl, with matching characteristics to our case!"
...
"Then, what about this? Does this remind you of the woman you killed last week?" Luthia ignited her golden eyes, causing Abel to retreat further, his expression filled with terror, as if he had seen a monster.
"What... What are you? Are you a witch?" Abel screamed.
"Let me guess. According to what you said, she might come from a wealthy family, and those bad boys are also from well-off families, right?"
"..."
"So-called 'Party' didn't have 'outsiders,' only those few bad boys, and she took you there."
"..."
"Those bad boys, in front of you... Well, let's not have a lady say such words. Anyway, you understand."
"..."
"The boy from the outskirts of Birmingham, seeing the girl he admired for so long, turned out to be so promiscuous, insulting your dignity. Humiliation, resentment, powerlessness, all these emotions converged, and you finally erupted. You broke free from the restraints. You were no longer the weak child but transformed into a king wielding violence."
"..."
"You killed them, perhaps even tasted the girl you longed for. Even though she was despicable in her promiscuity, you couldn't resist. You felt the pleasure of power and authority, executing those who defied you, punishing those who insulted you, fulfilling all your desires!"
"..."
"How pathetic and yet 'passionate' this story is. If it ended here, from my perspective, I'd probably not bother with you. But what about afterward?"
"..."
"Your time forever stuck in that night of madness and brutality. That night, you tasted the sweetness of power and authority for the first time, like an addictive drug penetrating your marrow. Since then, you couldn't quit."
"..."
"You were madly infatuated with that girl, yet you hated her. So you violated her, dismembered her. Perhaps you cried and repented afterward, but God couldn't hear you, and He didn't want to hear the foul words of a sinner."
"..."
"You wanted to reclaim the feeling of that night, so you searched for girls similar to her, repeating what you did that night, as if you could stop time, as if that girl were still alive, and you could always find her."
"..."
"Abel, in Latin, it means life, breath. You have a good name, but that night, you truly experienced life, the exhilaration of breath."
"..."
Abel finally lifted his head, pushing his long hair behind his ears, his eyes shining with piercing golden light, wearing a half-crying, half-smiling, half-mad expression on his face.