Chapter 2

Guding saw no one else but the fake Miss Aly teacher who had questioned him in class today.

Ordinary people would not come to a place like the red-light district, let alone a teacher who taught cultural courses at a military academy. The real Miss Aly, like most other cultural course teachers, was an ordinary person with a cell composite index of only about 1. As for combat ability, she had none at all.

The moment Guding saw Miss Aly, he confirmed that Reed's previous speculation was entirely correct. When he saw Miss Aly dart into a small alley at a speed faster than his own, he quickly followed.

The alley was deep and dark, but his steps were light, and his speed was not slow.

Not long after Guding disappeared, a tall man wrapped in a cloak suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley. After a brief pause, he followed into the alley.

At the end of the alley was an empty street. Guding poked his head out and looked around, but found no one. At that moment, a cold and murderous intent rose from his back. Before he could react, a hand clamped around his neck from behind, almost suffocating him. At the same time, a faint fragrance wafted from behind, and Guding clearly remembered that this was the perfume Miss Aly usually wore.

"Tell me, who asked you to follow me?" a voice sounded in Guding's ear. The voice sounded like Miss Aly, but it was much colder and gave off a dangerous and intimidating aura.

"Miss Aly, I..." Guding was about to explain but was interrupted.

"Even bringing an accomplice, don't come any closer, or I'll kill him." The woman pulled Guding in front of her as a shield.

In the dimly lit alley, not far from the two of them, stood a tall man wrapped in a black cloak, his face hidden under the brim of his hat, making it hard to see clearly. Although Guding couldn't see the man's face, his instinct told him that this man was extremely dangerous, even more so than the "Miss Aly" who had his throat in a vice. He also clearly felt that the man's target was not him but the "Miss Aly" behind him. But he also knew that the man wouldn't hesitate to kill him to get to "Miss Aly."

Sure enough, after the woman spoke, the cloaked man paused for a moment and then took another step forward, completely ignoring her threat.

The woman immediately made a decision, turning her claw into a palm and striking Guding's neck with a hand knife, while pushing him away with her other hand. Clearly, she intended to use him to escape.

Guding felt a sharp pain in his neck, followed by a wave of dizziness. A powerful force pushed him from behind, and he was thrown into the air, losing consciousness at the same time.

After an unknown amount of time, Guding slowly regained consciousness, only to see a shocking scene.

Not far away, the "Miss Aly" was impaled through the chest by a black stick that seemed to have grown from the man's hand. More bizarrely, her face began to blur, as if a layer of human skin mask was being peeled off, revealing her true face. It was a woman even more beautiful than Miss Aly, with a hint of fox-like charm. However, no matter how beautiful she was, she was already dead. The stick pinned her to the wall, and she had stopped struggling.

The man in the large cloak reached into the woman's inner pocket and took out an object. Even with Guding's keen eyesight, he couldn't see what the man had taken in the dim night.

At that moment, the cloaked man suddenly turned, his gaze falling on Guding. In that moment of eye contact, Guding felt as if a cold scythe of death was placed on his neck, and the intense sense of danger made him dare not move. His intuition told him that any movement would result in an instant death sentence.

"Target detected, scanning!"

"Scan complete, target: Guding, a student at the basic military academy on Aquamarine Star. Should I eliminate him?" The cloaked man was muttering to himself. Although Guding couldn't hear what he was saying, he guessed that the man was communicating with someone, but the intense sense of danger did not dissipate, and he still dared not move.

"From the military academy? Ignore him. The woman's body will be discovered sooner or later. How is the mission going?" A deep and resonant male voice came from the speaker.

After receiving the instruction, the cloaked man turned to look at the already cold corpse.

"Target: Multifaced Fox, Lina"

"Fourth-stage gene body"

"Special ability: Disguise"

"Cell composite index: 181"

"Affiliated pirate group: The Judicators"

"Reward: 7 million star coins"

"Target eliminated, target item obtained. Mission complete! Awaiting instructions."

"Since the mission is complete, withdraw." The deep male voice gave the instruction again.

After receiving the instruction, the cloaked man turned and left. As he turned, a gust of wind blew, lifting his cloak and revealing his left hand.

Guding had keen eyesight, and although he only caught a glimpse, he clearly saw a white number printed on the sleeve of the man's left hand—108.

"108? What does it mean? A code name? Or a title of some organization?" Guding was slightly distracted.

When he came back to his senses, the man was already gone. He looked around, and the street was still empty. He then walked toward the corpse.

The corpse was impaled through the chest by a strange black stick, the other end of which was nailed to the wall. In the red-light district, criminal cases happened every day, and Guding had seen similar death scenes at least twenty times. He had no fear. He just wanted to confirm whether this woman was really Miss Aly.

Upon closer inspection, Guding was certain that this woman was indeed a fake, as Reed had said. Apart from her face, her bone structure was larger than the real Miss Aly. Miss Aly was not short, standing about 1.68 meters tall, but the woman in front of him, after her disguise was removed, was at least 1.75 meters tall. Her fingers were long, and her nails were painted a deep red, something Miss Aly never did...

As Guding was carefully observing, a metal wristwatch fell from the woman's wrist and rolled to Guding's feet.

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