Chapter 73 Thomas
The wanted poster she had seen last night flashed through Angel's mind. She never expected that she would meet the traitor of "Mechanical Heart" and the Beyonder who killed two teammates, Tomac, here.
Hadn't this wanted criminal managed to escape the divination and pursuit of the "Mechanical Heart" and hurriedly left Port Enmat?
The unexpected visitor also disrupted Tomac's actions, causing a hint of hesitation to appear on his face, as if he was thinking about the identity of the intruder and whether he should kill the person.
The one who reacted the fastest was Angel. Although she was surprised to meet a wanted criminal here, her muscle memory of drawing a gun was much faster than her thoughts. Before Tomac turned his face completely to the door, she had already taken out the "Thirsty Blood" from the holster on her waist. Without even raising the gun to aim carefully, she pulled the trigger at Tomac.
"Bang--"
Spirituality was infused into the magical item, and the enhanced demon-hunting bullet was shot out, dragging a black shadow. The recoil, which was greater than expected, almost made Angel's weapon slip out of his hand. The bullet also deviated from the aiming position and hit the wall panel behind Tomac. A black and purple flame flashed by, but failed to ignite the wallpaper.
But even if she aimed before shooting, her shot was doomed to miss.
Tomas reacted the moment Angel pulled out his gun. He kicked the kneeling Kavi away and used the reaction force to fall behind the counter on the other side, narrowly avoiding the attack.
“Crash—”
Thomas had bumped into something fragile, and his entire body quickly hid behind the counter, out of Angel's sight.
Without continuing to fight, Angel aimed his gun at Tomac's hiding place and retreated quietly.
She did not forget that this was a Beyonder with anti-divination abilities, a traitor who had killed two Beyonder teammates!
This wasn't an enemy she, a Sequence 9 "Assassin", could handle alone.
Now that the gunshots have been heard, the nearby "God of Steam and Machinery" Church and the "Mechanical Heart" base will not turn a blind eye to the conflict within their jurisdiction. It won't be long before a large number of extraordinary people will rush to the scene. All he has to do is delay time.
"……careful……"
Angel's heart tightened when she heard Kavi's weak voice. She caught a glimpse of flames flickering behind the counter and heard a slight "bang" sound from the door behind her, like the sound of burning firewood.
Without even looking back, she kicked her feet quickly and fell forward.
A gunshot came from behind her head, and the flames from the muzzle spread out mixed with the smell of gunpowder. A bullet flew past her scalp, and she could even see two strands of her blonde hair being blown away by the bullet.
Using fire to move quickly... A member of the "Mechanical Heart" team was shot in the back and died...
Angel's mind was working rapidly. These characteristics overlapped with those of an enemy in her memory.
Tuxedo Clown has the same extraordinary ability as that member of the "Secret Order"!
After knowing the other party's potion sequence, she felt calmer.
Although the opponent is very strong, he is no longer mysterious, and his previous combat experience is his advantage.
The moment his body fell to the ground, Angel pressed his left hand, which was not holding the gun, against the ground and rolled half a circle to the right, leaving his original position. As expected, a second gunshot rang out, and the bullet shattered the floor.
Turning to face Tomas who appeared behind him with a flash of fire, Angel raised the muzzle of the "Thirsty Blood" gun and pulled the trigger at the opponent.
As if he had been prepared, Tomac gracefully turned his body to avoid the counterattack, with a mocking smile on his face. He moved the muzzle of the gun slightly and aimed at Angel lying on the ground again.
A golden flame with purple hues exploded from behind him, and a dreamy purple-black light floated past him. Then, a burning sensation came from the exposed skin of his head and neck, causing the revolver in Tomac's hand to shake involuntarily.
"Ah...I...you fucking..."
Tomas uttered a few incoherent words from his trembling lips, and without even taking aim, he pulled the trigger hard at the figure lying on the ground.
Faster than him, a large-caliber bullet, trailing black flames, pierced through his body, interrupting his filthy words.
...No, the bullet only hit a paper man that was riddled with holes from the flames. Tomac's skinny body seemed to be compressed, becoming smaller and thinner, and was then pierced by the flaming bullet shot by "Thirsty Blood". Black flames surged and instantly burned the paper man to ashes.
The ashes drifted away in the purple-black phosphorescent powder, and Tomas was no longer there.
This is also one of the extraordinary abilities of "Tuxedo Clown", a paper man substitute!
Angel had not intended to rely on this shot to eliminate the opponent. Seeing the paper man turned into ashes slowly falling, she was not surprised at all. Instead, she hurried to get up from the ground and leave the enhanced "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" that frightened her.
She loaded a "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" into the five-round magazine of "Thirsty Blood" to assist and interfere with the enemy. Usually, this bullet is set to be the second round, so that even in an emergency, the first round fired will be a live bullet.
Unexpectedly, the characteristic of "Thirsty Blood" that absorbs the user's spiritual energy, passively increases the power of ammunition and adds a black flame effect, is also useful for auxiliary ammunition.
The "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" that had just been fired exploded on the door frame behind Tomac's head. The phantom phosphorus powder, which originally had no killing power against the human body and was only used to interfere with the opponent, was ignited by the black flames, causing damage similar to that of an incendiary bomb.
Fortunately, Thomas, as the person closest to the explosion point, blocked most of the black flames for Angel. Otherwise, with the distance so close, she herself might not be able to escape.
Even so, a lot of the black flame powder that fell in the closed environment touched Angel's exposed arm skin, making her feel a slight sting.
Fortunately, the black flames from the witch's extraordinary abilities are also ineffective against ordinary objects, otherwise she would have become an arsonist...
There were thousands of thoughts in Angel's mind, but she didn't dare to relax. She held "Thirsty Blood" in her hand, alert to her surroundings, and slowly retreated to the depths of the watch shop. She walked around the motionless white-haired old man and the short-barreled shotgun discarded on the ground, and came to Kavi.
"Paper Man Substitute" seems to use a paper man to replace the extraordinary person to resist the attack, and it will also be accompanied by a short-distance displacement. At this time, using Fire Flash will allow you to move to a blind spot that the enemy cannot find more unexpectedly.
This was a technique that Tuxedo Clown had used many times. Angel knew that Thomas must be nearby at this moment. If he still didn't give up and was ready to continue attacking, he would most likely return to the scene through the flames again.
She really wanted to run away.
If she hadn't been trapped inside the store by Tomas, who had just flashed to the door, she would have run out into the street, calling out to the Mechanical Heart to apprehend the fugitive.
Unfortunately, there are still black flames lingering by the door. Unless you protect your face and escape despite being burned by the black flames, you can only wait in the store for the floating light powder to lose its effect.
Angel turned his head to look at Kavi, who was clutching his injured shoulder in pain, kicking his feet, trying to stand up. If the "craftsman" hadn't warned him, he might have been shot dead by Tomac.
"You're okay..."
Before he could finish his words, a flash of orange flame suddenly appeared from the edge of the effective range of the phantom phosphorescent powder, next to the black flame that was about to dissipate.
Tomas' figure in a windbreaker emerged from it, becoming gradually clearer.
Angel, who was well prepared, raised his hand and fired a shot. The bullet hit Tomac's upper body, which was not yet fully formed, and went through with a crisp sound.
The purple-black flames rose high and instantly covered the paper man that was hit.
Another paper substitute... But he knew he'd be attacked, so why waste his spiritual energy like that? These life-saving abilities couldn't be used infinitely, right? There had to be some limits, right?
While thinking, Angel noticed that in the dissipating firelight, a fist-sized spherical object fell to the ground, bounced twice on the floor, and rolled to the side of the counter three or four meters away from her.
Kavi, who had just stood up, was startled by the sudden appearance of flames. He was backing away, but when he saw the spherical object, he immediately let out a sharp and rapid cry:
"Bomb! Quick..."
Angel needed no reminders; he possessed knowledge of weapons far beyond his time and was highly sensitive to spherical objects of this size.
When the "bomb" just hit the ground and started rolling, she had used her superhuman vision to judge the landing point and kicked out, kicking the short-barreled shotgun beside her, accurately hitting the ball that was parked next to the counter, and smashed it towards the door of the watch shop away from the two of them like a bat hitting a baseball.
At the same time, she turned around without hesitation and ran towards the only shelter - the workbench at the innermost part of the watch shop.
When passing by Kavi, the "craftsman" still kept his eyes wide open and screamed in surprise. It was not known whether it was due to excessive shock or slow reaction, but he did not make any further response at this time.
“…Get out of the way!”
The moment Angel grabbed her and crawled onto the workbench, there was a violent impact and noise, followed by the sound of shattering glass.
"Bang——"
The workbench seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand and pressed hard against the wall. The two people sandwiched in the middle were like the meat filling in a pie, squeezed into a ball and pressed heavily against the wall.
Angel felt a bitter taste in her throat and vomited an unknown liquid that was either bile or gastric juice under the violent impact. With Kavi as a cushion on her chest, she was not directly hit by the workbench, but behind her was the locked back door and a hard wall. She was pressed against the iron door by the shock wave and felt a heat at the back of her head, followed by a severe pain. It felt like a red-hot steel axe was inserted into her head, and the pain was so severe that she felt like it was going to explode.
There was a buzzing sound in his ears. Angel blinked and his vision gradually became clear. He could hear the sound of unhurried footsteps coming from the front door which was completely destroyed by the bomb, stepping on the broken glass and wood chips on the ground.
She looked over the workbench where the two men had fallen, and saw the figure in a windbreaker and a baseball cap approaching with the light behind him.
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