Sky-cracking Rider

Dozens of cold storage boxes were opened, and drink bottles were buried in crushed ice.

The ever-present humidity of the rainforest, when met with the exposed sub-zero temperatures, immediately turned to white vapor, swirling around the cold storage boxes, either floating slowly or flowing along.

The charcoal was glowing red, and the aroma of barbecued meats rapidly spread in all directions, as if one could smell it from miles away.

Aunt Caroline, a grade B Fire Ability User who loved cooking and explosions, grumpily said, "Look! The grilling is just terrible!"

If it hadn't been during a mission, she would have probably rushed over to teach these guys, who were ruining the ingredients, how grilling should be done.

"It's about time we started moving."

Since the ninjas had already succeeded, the Ability Users in the Huntsman Squad didn't need to take action anymore. Miyoshi Xuesen didn't choose multiple choices; he took all.

Infighting + accidents + mutants, only such a grand play would be sufficiently thrilling.

Just after something happened here, the troops of sovereignty pressed in, additionally destroying the site, followed by an investigation report, declaring Lin Zien dead from a mutant attack, leaving no evidence to contest — it had to be so.

As for the truth, the "Water Bear" organization would hardly understand what exactly had happened, and while they were still unresponsive, the Huntsman Squad might even secretly harvest more heads.

It was mostly impossible to silently eliminate all the targets on the list one by one; the "Water Bear" organization wasn't foolish. They would eventually notice that someone was secretly hunting their key members. Once such a massive entity skilled in concealment and lurking reacted, if the Huntsman Squad did not know how to restrain themselves, they might not only fail at their hunt but also suffer a severe loss, or even a total annihilation.

While the enemy was exposed and their side was concealed, Miyoshi Xuesen created many seemingly finicky tactics to maintain the current advantage, hoping that the "Water Bear" organization would take even longer to react. Ideally, until the last target on the assassination list was dead, they would still have no idea how they died.

By the time Chen Fei and others followed Miyoshi Xuesen to the barbecue site, almost everyone was already laid down by the ninjas' sedative, and they were setting up the scene according to Miyoshi Xuesen's script.

Not only did the food and beverages secretly contain drugs, but even the charcoal for the barbecue was tampered with, dispersing a confusing smoke that was nearly unstoppable; these ninjas were indeed professionals at sneaky backstabbings.

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In just a moment, even outsiders like Chen Fei and his companions could see from the chaotic scene on the ground that it looked like an internal clash had escalated from a fight to gunfire, then to a melee, attracting a mutant attack, and finally retreating while fighting, with Lin Zien dying tragically on the spot.

The drugs administered by the ninjas weren't fatally poisonous but would cause temporary unconsciousness and physical weakness. Though these people were still alive, they were very close to death in their dazed state.

The sound of gunfire burst out loudly, with bullets crisscrossing aimlessly, followed quickly by the sound of hand grenades exploding. Soon after, traces of mutant appearances were fabricated, and the scene turned bloody.

Lying on the ground, having lost the ability to resist, these people were sent to Hell one by one in an orderly manner.

Just as it came to the main subject, the target of this mission, Lin Zien, his eyes suddenly opened wide, and he leapt up, attempting to run.

The unprepared ninjas had just raised their weapons when someone got ahead of Lin Zien and waved a hand casually.

Puff!

Lin Zien didn't even have time to scream before his body was sent flying apart into pieces.

System: Ding! "Eyes of Tyranny" duration 14 seconds/15 seconds!

The "Air Burst" Magic Array repelled a surprise attack first, then Chen Xiao'er unhesitatingly swiped at him.

How could an A-grade Wood Ability User, at the end of the day just mortal flesh, withstand such an attack? From his chest to his lower back, he was torn open, dying a violent death on the spot.

Luckily, Chen Fei reacted quickly, otherwise, letting a Wood Ability User successfully escape into the rainforest, where the enemy could fight or flee, would not only waste the Huntsman Squad's efforts but also expose their own presence.

Aunt Caroline, a B-grade Fire Ability User, Miyoshi Xuesen, a Ninth Rank Psychic Mage with a youthful appearance, Masuya, an A-grade Wind Ability User, and Andrew, a Third Rank Earth Mage, only then reacted. But the escape and interception had already finished in the blink of an eye, and the mission's target was thoroughly dead.

"What happened?"

Miyoshi Xuesen appeared beside Chen Fei like a ghost; if one had been observant enough, he almost seemed to have sprung from the shadow beside Chen Fei, just a bit too late.

A ninja ran over, knelt on the ground, and bowed his head: "Sorry, the Wood Ability User's resistance to poison might have been stronger."

"Understood!"

Miyoshi Xuesen waved his hand, indicating no intent to pursue the matter further, and looked at the still warm corpse of Lin Zien, whose organs retained some vitality and were still twitching.

The ninja stood up, stepped back, and joined the others to continue setting up the scene.

From the first gunshot, fabricating the scene with as many details as possible was best, but the nearby secret base would eventually send people to investigate, and they didn't have much time left - not a second to waste.

Looking at Lin Zien's nearly torn apart corpse, Miyoshi Xuesen then turned his gaze to Chen Fei, who was still under the "Eyes of Tyranny" effect, eventually focusing on his ferocious large claws, nodded and said, "This works... well!"

Given Lin Zien's brutally mangled corpse, if it wasn't done by a mutant, it still had to appear as if it was, with one swipe turning him into such a state genuinely passed off as real, with Chen Fei looking just like a humanoid mutant.

In a deserted wilderness, it's entirely normal for one or two mutants to suddenly appear.

As for why Metal Ability Users had such skills, Miyoshi Xuesen didn't want to delve deeper, nor would he ask further questions.

After all, the superpower system already included all sorts of strange and peculiar abilities, some of which couldn't even be easily categorized under Elemental Series, and it was really impossible to scrutinize each one.

"While there's still time, I might as well add some more!"

Chen Fei, with eyes that turned into fragmented gold, was emitting an aura that screamed 'stay away', and anyone standing even slightly close would feel a chill down their spine as if thorns were pressed against their back, and their body hair would involuntarily stand on end.

In the less than 15-second countdown, he swung his giant claws, leaving many marks around, and some corpses also fell victim to dismemberment, not only were they torn to pieces, they might also end up with no proper burial place, with trees, rocks, and soil all around bearing ghastly and terrifying claw marks, until the "Eyes of Tyranny" effect ended.

It didn't take long for the fabricated scene to truly resemble one where a mutant had charged in and rampaged.

Only when "Adam" warned them, noticing the gunshots and explosions, did the militants rush out of the secret base; by then, Miyoshi Xuesen and others in the Huntsman Squad had already collectively evacuated the scene, leaving behind numerous suspicions for the "Water Bear" organization to headache over by themselves.

The small Magic Cube Warship that transported the Huntsman Squad had been waiting more than a hundred kilometers away from the scene for a long time, picked up the crew, and then soared into the sky to head directly for the second target on the list.

"Allen Koseva, an underground mob boss in Newlenk State, a normal person, not an ability user, currently resides in the Long Lake Bay Manor in Lake City, which is tightly guarded..."

Upon boarding the small Magic Cube Warship, Miyoshi Xuesen then announced to everyone the detailed intelligence about the second hunting target.

For confidentiality, only he knew the complete hunting list.

"A 600 gram one?"

Chen Fei followed the old protocol as usual.

Mob bosses who had risen to power through their wits could be even more troublesome than ability users, likely having rich experience in dealing with potential assassinations.

There were no tourist attractions near the private estate—hopefully, this time there wouldn't be innocent lives at risk?

There are no good people in the mob, if one dies, they deserve it.

"This would startle the snake! Allen's cause of death will be a car accident, so I'll be needing Tuert, Masuya, and Andrew for this one."

Miyoshi Xuesen had determined the mission target's fate early on.

Ability users might still have a slight chance of survival in a deliberately staged car accident, but a normal person wouldn't stand a chance, they were doomed.

Tuert's Psychic Series Spell, Masuya's Wind-type Psionic Ability, and Andrew's Earth Magic, the three combined could easily orchestrate a car accident as if they were merely playing.

"Wait, I can too!"

Chen Fei tentatively raised his hand.

"Chirp!"

Right, Little Bird could also create a perfect car accident.

Miyoshi Xuesen curiously asked, "You? Are you going to tamper with the vehicle?"

Metal Ability Users needed a certain distance to activate their skills, and it might not be easy to approach a moving vehicle.

Chen Fei estimated and said, "Ten meters should be no problem."

He could already control slight deformations of non-metallic materials within a certain range, which would undoubtedly cause fatal malfunctions in a fast-moving vehicle.

That night, from a convoy rushing out of the Long Lake Bay Manor, a black armored car suddenly lost control, crashed into the roadside barrier, which shattered like paper, and then tumbled down a two to three-meter drop, landing upside down with a heavy crash.

Before the other vehicles in the convoy could react, the fallen black armored car burst into flames, the fire growing fiercer by the minute.

Sitting in the backseat of the car, the mob boss Allen Koseva was burned to a crisp in an unconscious state.

The second mission target was done, with an unproblematic death.

The underground mob of Newlenk State was thrown into chaos, leading to infighting until Sovereignty deployed the military to forcefully suppress it, gradually stabilizing the turbulent public security.

The Huntsman Squad did not rest but instead relentlessly pursued the third mission target.

The target was a popular local female entrepreneur, renowned environmental defender, and philanthropist, Katerina Lucia.

Ironically, the enterprise she ran was a chemical plant employing thousands of workers.