Chapter 348 An unexpected start but a tail end
Chapter 354: Anticlimax

It was night. The night in the forest was already a little chilly, but fortunately the clothes Jingliu had prepared for me could keep the cold out of me.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was already 8:50 in the evening. According to the time agreed upon by Kaito, 9 o'clock was the time he would take action. Before that, I did not receive any feedback from him. Either he had been entangled by Hakuba, or he thought he could handle the current situation, so he did not send any extra messages to make me worry.

At nine o'clock, I sat on a tall tree and looked at the art gallery with a telescope. In just three minutes, the lights in the art gallery went out. I thought Kaito must have taken action. After the lights went out, I took out my sniper rifle and switched to night vision goggles. I quickly captured the figure that broke out of the window. It was Hongzi in disguise, not Kaito. As she said, Kaito was in trouble this time, otherwise there would not be the scene of Hongzi flying out of the sky on a broom.

Soon, a streak of red light came into my sight. Its direction was the direction where Hongzi escaped. Seeing the signal, I also jumped down from the tree with my gun on my back. I got on the motorcycle that had been prepared on the side, and sped away in the direction of Hongzi.

Tonight is a cloudless and clear night. The bright moonlight casts a layer of bright colors on the forest. After Hongzi's transformation, her white dress is also rendered with a bright luster. It's not that it's beautiful, but it's too obvious. After Hongzi gave the red signal and flew out on the broom, I regretted it. I should have left her a contact number before the action. Now, I have no way to remind her. Under the moonlight, she is now a living target. Let alone spiders, flying at such a low altitude. Anyone who has handled a gun for a few years can shoot her down from the sky.

"Does this silly girl know the basics of fighting?" I shook my head in disappointment and stepped on the accelerator to chase her. I couldn't care less about being discovered. I had to catch up with Hongzi as soon as possible, otherwise something bad would happen.

Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe it was my bad luck, but just as I had this thought in my mind, a red light flashed across the sky, and then I saw Hongzi falling straight into the forest from a distance.

"That red light... is it the spider's magic trick?" Seeing Hongzi falling, my heart sank. I quickly stopped the car and walked. Judging from the distance between Hongzi and me just now, the distance between us was less than 200 meters. Maybe the spider had heard the sound of the motorcycle, and he must have been on guard. If I don't hide myself at this time, I might fall into the trap.

Hiding behind a tree, I slowed down my breathing and put on my portable night vision goggles. Then I carefully moved forward step by step. Soon, I found Hongzi fainted on the ground in the depths of the forest, but there was no trace of spiders around. The night vision goggles didn't work at all. Or maybe the spiders' hiding skills were really good. They even evaded the night vision goggles.

"I can't care about it anymore, save people first." I waited for a long time, but I didn't see any signs of the spider appearing. Looking at Hongzi lying on the ground, I knew without thinking that this was a battle to surround the corpse and attack the reinforcements. But I couldn't just leave Hongzi alone. At least this time we were allies, and I had an obligation to save her.

Hiding the gun back into the necklace, I slowly approached Hongzi and finally walked in front of her, "Hey, wake up!" I shook her body and kept an eye on the movements around me, but unfortunately she didn't react at all. I reached out to her nose and could feel a trace of hot air spraying gently on my fingertips.

"She's breathing, she's still alive." After confirming that Hongzi still had signs of life, I took out a bottle of water from my necklace and prepared to pour it on her head. I remembered Kaito told me last time that water can break the spider's illusion. "It seems that next time we have a chance to work together, I will have to teach you the most basic skills first. Otherwise... Ugh!"

Before the water was poured and the words were finished, Hongzi under me suddenly opened her eyes. Her lifeless pupils stared at me like red holes. In her hand, a slender needle suddenly flashed and stabbed straight into my heart.

puff...

The spikes pierced their bodies and the two men fell down. In an instant, the forest returned to its previous tranquility.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Huh? Not Kidd?" After a long while, a heavy voice sounded not far from where the two men fell. Looking at the man lying on the ground, he couldn't help but make a puzzled sound. "Is it the man on the motorcycle just now? Forget it, no matter what your purpose is, it is an honor to die in my hands." As he spoke, the heavy voice was getting closer and closer to the two men who fell. Finally, the owner of the heavy voice kicked the man lying on the ground, trying to turn him over. However, the moment the man turned around, a black gun muzzle pointed at his forehead. A piercing chill swept over him instantly.

boom! ! !
A gunshot rang out, and the owner of the voice fell with his head raised. The moment his body touched the ground, he folded his hands to support himself, and did two backflips to instantly create distance. It turned out that the shot that could have been fatal did not take his life. As the price of his survival, the strange eyepiece that the owner of the voice originally wore on his head shattered.

"Heh, I didn't expect to meet such a tough guy." After the eyepiece was shattered, the spider's voice became weird and ferocious. "Hehe, it's been a long time since anyone could break my magic mirror. I have to say, if it weren't for it, I might have died in the hands of a cunning bastard like you."

"Hmph, same here." I stood up slowly, my eyes and gun pointed at Spider. "You used women and illusions as a cover. If I hadn't been prepared, I might have been caught. Spider, I have to say your methods are troublesome."

"Oh? You know my name? It seems you came prepared." Spider took off the broken mask covering his face, revealing his true face.

Black tights, black scarf, long blond hair and a spider tattoo on the left eye. And the cold look in the eyes. This is undoubtedly a spider. "But my friend, I don't think I have seen you before, and you don't have to be my enemy. Let's forget about this matter and have nothing to do with each other, how about it?"

"Oh? Are you scared?" I said cautiously. "Or do you want to buy time so that you can move your spider web over?"

Click, whoosh!!!
After saying that, I pulled a grenade with my right hand that was not holding the gun and threw it in the direction of Spider. At the same time, I grabbed Hongzi beside me and ran in the opposite direction. Seeing the grenade, Spider also dodged away immediately. After a roar of explosion, he disappeared in the jungle. On the other side, I also hid behind a big tree. After placing Hongzi, I ran all the way and bypassed Hongzi's position.

"Hehehe... Interesting, so interesting!" The spider disappeared, but what followed was the sinister laughter that made people shudder. "It's been a long time since someone could make me so excited. Well, then I'll have some fun with you!"

As I finished speaking, there was a rustling sound of wind in the jungle, and needles were flying straight towards me.

Duh! Duh! Duh! Duh!
The needles rubbed against the corner of my clothes and pierced into the tree behind me. Maybe it was a mechanism, maybe it was a hidden weapon, or maybe... The spider's hand strength was really so strong that each needle pierced halfway into the ground and three-quarters into the wood. It can be seen that its method is vicious. Helplessly, I had to dodge away from my current position and move towards the next big tree.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Another wave of attacks. But I didn't mean to stop, the purpose was to lure the spider to attack, because after two rounds of attacks, I could basically find his position.

After the second round of attacks, the two lines were connected. I had already detected the spider's movement trajectory. Sure enough, after the figure flashed out from under the tree, a strange figure appeared under my gun. At this time, the spider did not run on the ground, but shuttled back and forth on the treetops at a very fast speed. This is not a magic trick, nor is it an illusion. It should be that the spider used its own steel wire crane to make a zipline, so he can move like this.

"Damn it, you can do Senbon, fly through the treetops, and even illusion, do you think you are Naruto?" Catching and predicting the spider's figure, I fired the gun very quickly.

boom! boom! boom!
Three gunshots were heard, and the spider disappeared at the other end of the treetops.

"Still want to hide?" Without thinking, he stretched out his hand and slid across the necklace, and threw a high-explosive grenade towards the treetop. A second before the grenade detonated, the spider quickly jumped away from the treetop. However, the storm generated by the explosion did not give the spider such a good opportunity. It blew him down from the treetop directly. The fire from the explosion also illuminated his steel wire. For a moment, his actions were completely exposed to my eyes.

While you are sick, I will kill you!
I didn't give the spider a chance to breathe. My series of bullets flew towards the spider as if they were locked. From my night vision, the spider's body was hit by at least three bullets. But there was no blood, probably because it was wearing a bulletproof vest.

"Damn it, kid, is he a mobile arsenal?" The spider, in pain, rolled over after landing and hid behind a big tree, using the tree's cover to continue escaping far away. A grenade had destroyed the nearby steel wire net, so the spider had to move towards other well-designed traps. Otherwise, he would have no chance at all.

"Hmph, you're still trying to run after showing off?" I pulled out the sniper rifle from my necklace with my eyes fixed. With the help of the night vision goggles, I clearly aimed at the spider's figure. Bulletproof vest? It doesn't matter if it can't penetrate, the impact force is enough to still knock you half crippled!
Pull the bolt, aim, all in one go. My finger on the trigger, just one move, the spider would be crippled if not dead! However, with this simple move, I made a huge mistake. The gun went off, but the bullet failed to kill the spider, because at the moment the trigger was pulled, a strong palpitation disrupted my attack.

dong dong!

My heart beat faster and faster, and the pain at that moment made the sniper rifle in my hand fall directly to the ground after I pulled the trigger, and I couldn't fire a second shot.

"Ugh!!" Feeling my body twitching, I half-knelt on the ground, my eyes fixed on the direction the spider fled. Fortunately, even if the shot just now didn't hit the spider, it scared him away. After all, he didn't have the courage to fight against the sniper rifle. After this, he probably won't come back.

"Huh...Huh...Is this a side effect of the medicine?" My heart twitched as if it was electrified and it traveled all over my body. I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. My face turned pale.

"I remember that when Kudo was growing bigger, he also had difficulty breathing before Shiho shot him with an anesthetic needle. Is this side effect inevitable?" The pain became more severe, my breathing became more and more rapid, my whole body lost strength, and my consciousness began to become blurred. In the end, I couldn't resist this unforgettable pain. My body softened, my eyes went black, and I fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)