28: Chase and Escape
"Xia Xia, is the thing you mentioned just chasing a thief!"
"At this speed, could he be an ordinary thief?"
"You two stop talking nonsense, keep your eyes on him, don't let him get away!"
The trio was currently running wildly through the streets. Pedestrians were all scared away by their fierce expressions, which actually reduced a lot of trouble for their pursuit.
Their target was a person wrapped entirely in black cloth, holding a small black briefcase in their arms—no one knew what was inside.
As for how things had developed this way, it's a long story.
Ten minutes ago, after Xia Hongying requested backup from the Association, the blonde proposed a plan to wait and catch their prey.
"How about we go directly to where the incident will happen and block that person?"
"That's a good idea." This time, Xia Xia didn't refuse. "Let me look again... mm, it's that place ahead. That person will come rushing out from here later."
Xia Xia pointed to a dark alley. "Be careful, that person might be carrying weapons."
The three crouched at the alley exit under the confused gazes of surrounding crowd, and the black-haired girl even laid several net traps at the alley entrance for insurance.
This looked foolproof, right?
As it turned out, the three never expected that the guy wouldn't come out from inside the alley, but would burst through a window from a small building nearby.
It could only be said that Xia Xia's precognitive positioning had a small deviation this time.
The trio and the black-clothed person who burst through the window stared at each other. For a moment, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
The black-clothed person hadn't expected anyone to be waiting at the exit, and the trio hadn't expected this person to make such a flashy entrance.
A second later, the blonde was the first to react, directly lunging at the black-clothed person.
The black-clothed person immediately responded by throwing several round objects to the ground. In an instant, gray smoke engulfed his figure.
But the smoke was quickly blown away by the wind Lu Siyu manipulated, and by then the black-clothed person had already run nearly fifty meters away.
Thus, a chase began.
The black-clothed person ran ahead, the trio chased behind, and the distance between both sides remained at an awkward fifty meters.
Chase? Can't catch up. Run? Can't get away.
People who didn't know the situation might think these folks were having a long-distance running competition on the street.
"Stop right there!" the blonde shouted loudly. "We're a hero squad from the Hero Association. If you drop your weapons and surrender now, it can count as turning yourself in, otherwise you'll be sitting in prison for life!"
Hearing the blonde's words, the black-clothed person ran even faster. Joking aside, the things on his body were already enough to keep him in prison for life.
Just like this, the four continued their chase and escape, gradually leaving the central district and about to enter the sparsely populated transition zone.
The black-clothed person had lost his initial panic. His mission was almost complete—the handoff location his employer mentioned was here.
One black and one white weirdo—this was the information his employer had given him.
Quickly scanning the street, the black-clothed person was delighted to discover that there really were one black and one white weirdo standing at a distant intersection.
Almost there, almost there, just a little faster. Once he handed over the item, everything would have nothing to do with him.
One hundred meters, fifty meters, twenty meters...
Those two weirdos noticed the commotion here, and the one in white even waved at him, which put the black-clothed person's heart at ease.
Sure enough, they were the people who came to receive him.
The moment he passed by the white-clothed person, he stuffed the briefcase into their hands. "My mission is complete."
After saying this, he turned a corner and disappeared at the intersection.
"Stop!" The trio had only just arrived belatedly.
"Blonde, Gray-hair, Black-hair—oh, so it's these three. Little Bai, you're up?" The white-clothed person who had received the briefcase looked over the three young people and asked the black-clothed person beside them.
"You handle Gray-hair." The black-clothed person's figure suddenly disappeared, and the next moment, a fist wearing black gloves had appeared in front of the blonde's face.
"Such slow reflexes." Looking at the blonde who flew nearly ten meters away, the black-clothed person evaluated coldly.
"You bastard!" Seeing her teammate attacked, Lu Siyu immediately understood the situation. Without hesitation, she flew into the sky, wanting to fully deploy her abilities.
This area was sparsely populated, so she could boldly use her powers.
But the black-clothed person didn't give her this chance. Before Lu Siyu could fly up, the black-clothed person appeared beneath her feet and grabbed her ankle.
With a forceful swing, Lu Siyu, who had flown halfway up, was brutally slammed to the ground.
With just two moves, two A-level heroes were down.
"Sigh, actually she alone would have been completely enough." The white-clothed person shook their head, then turned their gaze to Xia Xia. "Miss with the gray hair, how about we make a deal? You just stay put obediently, and you won't have to end up as embarrassed as your two teammates. How about it?"