On Liu Yuan's side, things had taken a fantasy novel turn. Beating up two passersby attracted a group of police officers, and dealing with the police brought in a group of armed officers.
Some of these officers, identified by the system as minor monsters, were swiftly dispatched by Liu Yuan, leaving others with varying degrees of injuries.
Tina ran away hand in hand with the little girl. As they reached a narrow alley, a sinister laughter made her alert.
"Father, can I kill her?"
"Of course, the employer said, dispose of her as you wish."
At that moment, Tina felt a chill from the depths of her heart. She looked towards the source of the voice and saw a masked man with a girl with short deep green hair blocking their path.
Kohina Hiroku, ranked 134th.
A formidable enemy, truly formidable. While Tina might have had a chance in a one-on-one fight, facing two opponents...
She recognized the man, Kagatane Hiroku, as a twisted individual, but she didn't know why he wanted to capture her.
"Hehe, it seems you've figured it out. The employer gave me an offer I couldn't refuse. The price is your death. Rest in peace."
"Father, let me kill her!"
"Of course, my daughter."
Though called his daughter, Kagatane Hiroku only saw Kohina Hiroku as a living tool.
Tina's eyes turned red. She hadn't brought her sniper rifle or any auxiliary equipment, only some ordinary weapons from her backpack: a rocket launcher, a small knife, a handgun, and some common weapons obtained from Resident Evil 8.
These weapons, without specially crafted ammunition, were useless against the cursed child.
"The Initiator adept in speed, this is tricky..."
Conventional firearms were ineffective against speed-based opponents, unless...
Tina took out a knife with infinite durability, similar to the one Leon used in Resident Evil 2.
"Hahaha, Father, look, she wants to resist with this little knife. How amusing!"
Kohina Hiroku disappeared momentarily, reappearing behind Tina, her dual blades aimed at Tina's neck.
"Do you know?"
Tina calmly turned her head. "Uncle Chris taught me that if the opponent is very fast, capture their movements, guess their attacks in advance, and counteract defensively. Also, your skills are sloppy!"
As she sidestepped, she drew her handgun with her left hand and fired two shots, deflecting the attacks of the dual blades.
Then, she thrust her dagger towards Kohina Hiroku's eye.
Her experience in battles with bow-equipped opponents told her that anything emitting light was a weakness. The glowing red eyes seemed to invite Tina to strike.
"How is this possible?"
"This move is called Gun Parrying!"
Kohina Hiroku tried to dodge, but her body involuntarily leaned forward.
Flashback to three days ago, during lunchtime, as several netizens were chatting and eating.
Nyaruko: "The Guard Break in the Elden Ring is so unscientific. I bumped into a dude with a boat, and with the right force, I could actually succeed parrying nothing and guard breaking it."
Minato Namikaze: "According to my and the teachings of my teachers, this Guard Break is a special application of force, parrying back one's own force and the opponent's attack force in an instant, because when releasing any force during combat, balance must be maintained. When this balance is broken, Guard breaks occur. I tried it, using bullets during attacks can also cause Guard Breaks, but you need to observe the opponent's point of force."
After that, Tina intentionally tried to use guns for parrying and deflection in the game.
Although she had never succeeded in the game, in reality, she managed to succeed with a surprise attack.
However, just as the knife was about to strike, Kagatane Hiroku appeared behind Kohina Hiroku and grabbed her clothes.
"You were careless."
"Damn it! I'll kill her!"
Tina didn't say much, she swung the knife in her hand, blocking her front with her right hand while gripping her right wrist with her left hand to stabilize her strength.
Not being an Initiator adept in speed or strength, Tina almost defeated Kohina Hiroku solely with skill and the firearms that appeared out of nowhere.
"Run as far as you can, don't worry about me."
"I..."
Though the girl couldn't see, she felt the tense atmosphere around her and knew she couldn't do anything. She ran towards the outskirts of the city.
The commotion caused by Liu Yuan's antics drew the attention of the entire city, leaving no one to notice a blind little girl.
"Is he the one who sent you?"
"Of course, he's very interested in your physical changes. If you return voluntarily, we can choose to leave your corpse intact."
When her transformation, corroding all technology with the Resident Evil mold virus, was detected, her employer, Ayn Rand received a signal.
It was an unheard-of virus, nearly perfect in its attributes, capable of replacing technological artifacts.
In that instant, he issued an order to capture Tina.
While the target could die, their bodies needed to be left intact, and the reward was so generous that even law enforcement agencies from other countries were tempted and rushed to the Tokyo area, but the Hiroku father and daughter were the closest and wanted to directly claim the bounty.
However, at that moment, Tina smiled, she put away her weapons and waved her hand behind Kagatane.
"Who are you?"
Kagatane Hiroku turned abruptly, only to see a round gray head, resembling a frog.
"It's me, your dad!"
Liu Yuan instantly hugged his head and stared at him, flames bursting from his seven apertures, then flowing into Kagatane Hiroku's body.
"Frenzied! FLAME!!!~"
Different from Fujimaru Kaede, Liu Yuan who had become the 'Elden God', Liu Yuan could cause mischief while using skills without backlash, such as constantly shouting "Frenzy" and appearing mentally unstable.
"Ahhhhh!"
In a few breaths, the Frenzied Flame completely invaded Kagatane Hiroku's body.
"Fire! Fire! Ah! I can't die! I can't..."
At that moment, Kagatane Hiroku's body and soul were incinerated, leaving behind only a pile of machinery and his daughter.
Liu Yuan didn't have any special preferences. Just as he was about to deal with the elite monster, Tina stopped him.
"Boss...can I take care of her?"
Kohina Hiroku looked confusedly at the place where Kagatane Hiroku disappeared.
Why did her father, who was talking just a second ago, suddenly disappear?
"Father, Father? Does Father not want Hina anymore?"
As Kohina Hiroku saw her shadow and those of her sisters, just like she once did, her only reliance was that unreliable adult. She didn't understand the meaning of her existence in this world; her sole purpose was to "please" their master.
Tina had imagined that if Kohina Hiroku had a father like Ethan, who wouldn't mind her being infected with the virus, who would take care of her, who would sacrifice himself for his daughter, then she should be angry like Rose, not lost like this.
Tina felt like this was her fate, the girl in front of her might still have a chance.
"Give her to me. We're the same kind of people. ...Boss, why are we born into this world? We didn't come into this world by choice, right? Wouldn't it be a good choice if we weren't born into this world?"
This philosophical question gave Liu Yuan a headache. He was a very practical person; he preferred to think about what to eat in the morning, what to eat for lunch, and what to eat for dinner.
"I can't answer that for you, but they can."
Liu Yuan sent a series of book lists to Tina through TT. These books were added to his reading list when he watched a series talk about the principles of life, but he never read any of them.