Chapter 46
The moment Bai Xuechao's voice fell, the glass on both the left and right rear windows of the car shattered. Several bullets burst through the windows, shooting straight for his head.
It seemed they wanted to riddle Bai Xuechao with bullets.
Bai Xuechao's expression was calm, a faint smile still playing on his lips. His long, thick, snow-white eyelashes fluttered gently, and the bullets suddenly froze on either side of his head. The next second, they fell down, following the pull of gravity.
He sat in his original spot, completely unharmed, not even a single strand of hair out of place. He said with some amusement, "What were they thinking, using guns against a high-level special ability user?"
A special ability user could be considered a high-level one upon reaching level 6.
Setting aside special abilities, just considering the body that was strengthened with each level-up, it wasn't something that could be killed with a few shots. Although it wouldn't turn into true bronze sinews and iron bones, impervious to blades and guns, their life force was extremely vigorous, allowing them to last a long time after being shot. Of course, it wasn't that they couldn't be killed by gunfire; after all, no matter how many times they were strengthened, they were still flesh and blood. It just required a lot of bullets.
But firing a few shots in succession like they did to Bai Xuechao just now was somewhat useful, but not very, because he also had his special ability.
A special ability user's special ability was the foundation of their strength.
High-level special ability users all had abilities that had evolved past level 6. The intensity of their abilities was equivalent to cannonballs. Except for some abilities that were truly indefensible, they always had ways to protect themselves from bullets.
Therefore, it was very difficult to kill a high-level special ability user with just guns.
Bai Xuechao was level 8 and Ji Chuanze was level 7. If someone wanted to kill them, they had better switch to bombs, otherwise, they didn't stand a chance.
Seeing that the last few shots had no effect, the people hiding in the dark to assassinate them persevered, continuously firing, seemingly trying to turn them into beehives by sheer numbers.
The bullets were too dense, and Bai Xuechao's ability to freeze them had a time limit, unable to be used seamlessly, making it a bit troublesome to handle.
"Drive," Bai Xuechao said sarcastically. "Still not going? Are you staying here to be a target?"
"You didn't say where to go," Ji Chuanze habitually retorted, starting the car in a somewhat awkward position over the driver's corpse.
Fortunately, the car's engine and tires hadn't been shot, and the car successfully started, speeding forward along the road.
As soon as the car moved, the sound of bullets chasing them and hitting the exterior was incessant and very noisy.
Ji Chuanze held the steering wheel with one hand, while with the other, he pushed the driver's corpse behind him towards the passenger seat to make room for himself, asking at the same time, "Which way?"
"The casino, of course. What kind of stupid question is that," Bai Xuechao said.
Ji Chuanze retorted, "Who knows if you'll suddenly change your mind and go somewhere else? Has that not happened before?"
He added, "Give me some navigation, I don't know the roads in A Port!"
Bai Xuechao didn't bicker with him and quickly opened the navigation. The AI voice directed Ji Chuanze to continue driving forward, with an estimated travel time of 15 minutes.
"Drive faster." The bullets that entered the car were all blocked by Bai Xuechao's special ability. He said with interest, "I'm very curious to know what they are doing right now."
Ji Chuanze said expressionlessly, "Probably burning the account books."
It sounded like a dry joke.
Xiao 6 couldn't help but laugh out loud in Bai Xuechao's mind, "That's hilarious! What are they doing? Burning the account books, hahaha."
Bai Xuechao said, "Your sense of humor is quite low."
Bai Xuechao sat relaxed in the back seat. The wind poured in from the shattered car window, blowing his snow-white bangs.
He guessed that the news of him ordering several accountants to A Port must have been leaked.
He had considered the possibility of an informant before setting out. So, to avoid attracting attention, he had specifically arranged for the accountants to take separate flights, not with him, and at different departure times. The accountants probably hadn't even landed in A Port yet, but the secret was still leaked. He was curious to see who the informant was.
However, the informant probably only found out a short while ago. The casino was caught off guard and pressed for time, so their only option was to resort to a desperate measure and hire people to assassinate them, disguising it as an attack from a rival organization to buy time for the casino. Maybe if they were pushed too hard, they would even declare independence.
How stupid.
At this moment, an SUV suddenly drove out from the corner ahead, driving against traffic and heading straight for them.
Ji Chuanze "tsked". Mist seemed to fill his gray eyes as he stepped on the gas and changed gears. His low, slightly hoarse voice rang out, "Hold on tight."
Bai Xuechao saw Ji Chuanze's eyes in the rearview mirror, guessed what he was about to do, and tugged on his seatbelt to make sure it was secure.
The next second, Ji Chuanze crashed the car into the SUV ahead!
Miraculously, the car only had minor damage to its front, while the SUV, on the other hand, seemed to have suffered a heavy blow when it was hit on the driver's side. Its body was knocked askew and it crashed uncontrollably into a wall on the side of the road. The hood shattered, and the burst water tank dripped water.
The car was practically unscathed, it pushed aside the SUV and continued forward.
This was all thanks to Ji Chuanze's special ability.
The medium for Ji Chuanze's special ability was his eyes. He could see the weaknesses of all things. As long as he struck the weak point, he could cause powerful damage, capable of destroying any object.
—That was why he could slice bullets with his Tang Hengdao.
Ji Chuanze listened to the navigation, speeding along the unfamiliar roads.
A few minutes later, they heard a gunshot, and the vehicles on the road immediately fell into chaos, with a few cars even crashing into each other due to excessive panic.
Two cars chased up from behind Bai Xuechao and Ji Chuanze. The barrels of guns stuck out from their windows, the dark muzzles pointed directly at them.
"Bang!"
A passerby screamed.
"Making such a mess on the street, cleaning up afterward is going to be a hassle," Bai Xuechao sighed, pinching a bullet he had stopped, feeling a bit speechless.
However, this also proved that they were really being pushed to the brink. If it were just about falsifying accounts, it wouldn't have come to this. It seemed they had done something else as well.
"Is this the time to be thinking about that?" Ji Chuanze looked at the two cars chasing them in the rearview mirror, his brows slightly furrowed.
These two cars were clearly modified, with high chassis and bodies covered in a hard shell.
They were extremely fast, getting closer and closer to their car, looking like they were preparing to pincer them from both sides.
"Then what should I be thinking about?" Bai Xuechao's face showed no sign of nervousness.
He leaned against the seat back and looked at the cars approaching outside the window.
"Wondering if you have a driver's license?"
Hearing this, Ji Chuanze sneered, "What do you think?"
He had only turned eighteen last month.
Bai Xuechao stared out the window in silence for two seconds, then said, "Pretend I didn't ask."
Xiao 6 put on its cyber glasses and said weakly, "Good children shouldn't imitate this."
Just then, the modified cars on both sides closed in heavily, their gun muzzles almost poking into their car.
"You're so useless," Bai Xuechao mocked, raising his hand to grab the gun barrel that reached in.
The person on the other side immediately pulled the trigger but couldn't fire a single bullet.
He tried again and again in a panic, but still couldn't fire a single shot. Then, the gun in his hand was pushed back into the car by an invisible force, pointing at the driver from behind the driver's seat.
At that moment, all the bullets that failed to fire from the repeated trigger pulls shot out at once. The driver's blood gushed out, and the car swerved and crashed to the side.
With one of the two pincer cars gone, Ji Chuanze seized the opportunity to turn into a side road with fewer vehicles, asking in extreme annoyance, "Who are you calling useless?"
The navigation repeatedly reminded, "You have deviated from your route."
"You," Bai Xuechao tilted his head, looking at the other modified car that had followed them through the rearview mirror. His calm tone was particularly infuriating. "Can't even shake off a car."
Ji Chuanze was so angry he laughed, "Heh, you said it."
Bai Xuechao suddenly had a bad feeling.
Xiao 6: "Host, is he going to get revenge on you!"
Bai Xuechao: "Isn't that obvious??"
Ji Chuanze stepped on the accelerator. Bai Xuechao could feel the already fast car speed up even more. The scenery outside the window flew past, becoming a blur.
The modified car also sped up, chasing behind them, occasionally firing a shot.
After all, this wasn't a highway, and the vehicles ahead were moving at normal speeds.
Ji Chuanze turned the steering wheel and drifted around the car in front. Bai Xuechao felt like he would have been thrown out if it weren't for the seatbelt. And Ji Chuanze kept overtaking, scraping past the car in front, the car body tilting as if it would lose control and crash into the roadside the next second.
Bai Xuechao: "..."
Oh no, he was starting to feel a little dizzy.
The car behind pursued relentlessly, also overtaking, always staying behind them.
After Ji Chuanze overtook another car, Bai Xuechao endured the dizziness and nausea from motion sickness, looked ahead, and found that the road was blocked by two large trucks.
There was no space for a car to pass, but Ji Chuanze was still driving forward at full speed.
Xiao 6 shrieked in Bai Xuechao's mind, "We're gonna crash, we're gonna crash!"
"What are you doing?" Bai Xuechao couldn't help but ask. "We can't get through ahead."
Even with Ji Chuanze's special ability, this car couldn't crash through a large truck; it would be wrecked.
Ji Chuanze said calmly, "We can get through."
Bai Xuechao: "?"
Ji Chuanze yanked the steering wheel, and the car shook violently, swerving and twisting on the road. Just as it was about to flip over, it miraculously tilted up and stood on its side!
Bai Xuechao's vision tilted along with the car, and his mind went blank for a moment.
...What?
Forgive his lack of experience; he had never been in such a thrilling car ride.
Ji Chuanze turned back to look at Bai Xuechao and raised his eyebrows smugly, "Ever heard of a blade overtake?"
Bai Xuechao stared straight at Ji Chuanze with his pigeon-blood ruby-like red eyes, his snow-white hair slightly messy from the wind, looking like a cat with a dazed expression.
"Hey? Are you dumbfounded?" Ji Chuanze asked.
Bai Xuechao came back to his senses and roared, "...Watch the road!"
The right-side wheels rolled onto the truck's cargo bed. The entire car tilted, passing through the gap between the two large trucks!
During this, the car behind seized the opportunity to shoot at their tires, but the bullets were stopped by Bai Xuechao's special ability.
After passing through the gap between the trucks, the car landed back on the road, its body vibrating intensely for a moment.
Bai Xuechao frowned; his motion sickness was getting worse.
Upon landing safely, Xiao 6 excitedly set off firework effects. Bai Xuechao's vision was filled with dazzling colors, almost to the point of light pollution, making his eyes swim.
Xiao 6 shouted loudly, "Ji Chuanze is awesome! Those driving skills are god-like!"
Bai Xuechao was feeling sick from motion sickness and was in no mood to respond to Xiao 6.
Perhaps that "blade overtake" maneuver was too difficult to replicate. The modified car behind them didn't catch up again, and the navigation automatically recalculated the route for Ji Chuanze.
Ji Chuanze seemed to have gotten addicted to drag racing. He followed the navigation's voice and continued to overtake wildly, finishing an estimated ten-minute journey in less than five.
During these five minutes, Bai Xuechao remained eerily silent, his lips pursed, his already pale face seeming to have turned a shade whiter.
Xiao 6 noticed Bai Xuechao's pale face and asked with concern, "Host, how are you?"
Bai Xuechao said weakly, "I was just a hair's breadth away from passing on..."
Xiao 6: =A=!
If it weren't for his pride, as admitting it would be too embarrassing, Bai Xuechao really wanted to grab Ji Chuanze and say: Big brother, let's just forget it... Big brother!
Who on earth taught Ji Chuanze how to drive!
Ji Chuanze drifted the car to a stop on the side of the road. Not far ahead was the Dark Organization's casino.
"We're here!" He let out a long sigh. "Driving is so exhilarating."
Bai Xuechao quietly opened the car door and got out slowly like an old man on the verge of death, hunched over and leaning on the bullet-riddled car door.
He: "Retch."
Ji Chuanze got out of the car, walked over to him, and crossed his arms over his chest while holding his Tang Hengdao. A corner of his mouth curled up into a smile as he asked, "So, am I useful?"
He did it on purpose, to get back at Bai Xuechao for saying he was useless and couldn't even shake off a car.
Hearing this, Bai Xuechao first gave him a thumbs-up, then slowly turned it upside down. He sneered weakly, "You're ruthless. Just you wait."
After saying that, he gagged again.
Xiao 6 couldn't help but say, "I know, but... Host, you look both miserable and hilarious right now."
Bai Xuechao: "..."
Seeing him like this, Ji Chuanze couldn't help but burst out laughing, looking even more pleased, "Alright, I'll be waiting."
It was rare to see Bai Xuechao defeated and yielding.
As he was laughing, he saw Bai Xuechao frown and get back into the car. He lay down on the back seat with his eyes closed, and with his deathly pale face, he looked like he was about to be buried.
"Hey?" Ji Chuanze also got into the back seat and asked awkwardly, "...What's wrong with you."
In his experience, feeling nauseous after drag racing was quite normal, but Bai Xuechao's condition seemed a bit off.
Bai Xuechao resisted the urge to beat him up and said in a weak voice, "I get motion sickness."
Ji Chuanze: "???"
Ji Chuanze's eyes widened. He met the red eyes that were slightly cracked open, and after a long while, he asked sheepishly, "Then why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Would it have made a difference if I did?" Bai Xuechao retorted. "Would you have stopped trying to shake off the car?"
Ji Chuanze subconsciously opened his mouth, probably wanting to retort, but seeing Bai Xuechao looking half-dead, he decided to let it slide and mumbled, "I could have driven slower after we shook them off."
Bai Xuechao said faintly, "No need. I already had motion sickness anyway. The sooner I die, the sooner I reincarnate."
"Oh," Ji Chuanze stared at him and asked after a long pause, "So what now."
Bai Xuechao said softly, "I'll rest for two minutes."
In reality, it would take a long time to fully recover, but he didn't have that much time. Lying down for two minutes would have to do.
Ji Chuanze nodded, but perhaps feeling that showing concern for Bai Xuechao was out of character, he held his Tang Hengdao and commented, "You're too weak, getting sick from just a car ride."
Bai Xuechao: "?"
Are you looking for a beating, kid?
Ji Chuanze was thrown out of the car by an invisible force, landing on the street.
A passerby walked by and couldn't help but glance at him.
"What are you looking at!" Ji Chuanze snapped at the passerby with a fierce expression, then looked at Bai Xuechao who had sat up. "What are you doing now!"
Bai Xuechao smiled, "Motion sickness has nothing to do with being weak."
He added, "Also, you're annoying to look at."
Ji Chuanze "tsked" and said, "You think I want to wait here? I'm going for a walk."
He got up and walked away.
After Ji Chuanze left, Bai Xuechao took out his phone to arrange for the cleanup. They had been shot at and had a car chase in A Port today. If it wasn't handled properly, they would be having a chat at the police station later.
Just as he was about done handling things, Ji Chuanze returned.
"...For you." Ji Chuanze's tone sounded reluctant. Two identical bottles of mineral water were handed to Bai Xuechao. He didn't look at Bai Xuechao but turned his head to look at the road beside them, asking in a stiff tone, "One is room temperature, one is iced. Which one do you want."
Xiao 6 hugged a red heart, "Wow."
Bai Xuechao didn't speak. He propped his head up with his fist, his elbow resting on the backrest, and quietly watched Ji Chuanze handing him the water.
He saw the ear facing him getting redder and redder, as if he was a little embarrassed.
How rare.
Ji Chuanze had been acting like he was on the wrong medication lately.
Was Jiang Yunyi's command that effective? That didn't seem right either. In the past, even after Jiang Yunyi broke up their fights, they would still fight if they wanted to.
After a long silence, Ji Chuanze finally turned his head back and met the pair of red eyes that held a hint of confusion. He asked fiercely, "Do you want it or not!"
"No—" Bai Xuechao dragged out his words, shaking his head from side to side, and lifted his chin, "I want to drink cola."
Ji Chuanze directly stuffed the room temperature bottle into Bai Xuechao's hand and said fiercely, "What cola? This is all there is."
Alright, he was just saying that casually anyway.
Bai Xuechao twisted open the mineral water bottle and took a couple of sips.
Xiao 6 hugged the red heart tightly and took a deep breath, "I'm dying from shipping this! The cat-dog CP is the best!"
Bai Xuechao: "...?"
Just shipping is not enough to satisfy you anymore, you even have to come up with a CP name?
"Let's go," Bai Xuechao tossed the mineral water onto the car seat and looked towards the surveillance cameras near the casino ahead. "They already know we're here. They're probably all hiding."
Ji Chuanze tapped his shoulder with the scabbard of his Tang Hengdao and said nonchalantly, "Then we'll just drag them out."
The two of them walked towards the casino ahead.
The guards at the entrance saw that they looked very young, probably not yet adults, and stopped them, "Young men, minors are not allowed in here. Do you have any identification?"
"We're here from headquarters for an inspection," Bai Xuechao said. "You can ask your Boss Sun."
Let's see Boss Sun's attitude.
"People from headquarters are this young?" The guard was stunned and muttered under his breath, then said, "I'll go ask Boss Sun. Please wait a moment."
Bai Xuechao said, "Okay."
The guard went into the casino to ask for instructions and returned shortly after.
He said with some difficulty, "Uh, the boss said no one from headquarters is coming today. You should leave."
Hearing this, Bai Xuechao revealed a friendly smile, "Ji Chuanze, it looks like someone thinks they've grown wings and is looking to die."
"Ah," Ji Chuanze responded.
Without Bai Xuechao having to say it, Ji Chuanze walked straight into the casino. The guard at the door tried to stop him but was thrown hard to the ground with a single-handed shoulder throw, unable to get up for a long time.
Seeing this, the other few guards came up to stop him, but he took them down cleanly, and they joined the first one on the ground.
Bai Xuechao walked through the main doors, with Ji Chuanze following diagonally behind him.
The two arrived at the front desk.
"Miss, may I borrow your loudspeaker for a moment, thank you." After Bai Xuechao finished speaking, he directly took the loudspeaker the young lady at the front desk had placed beside her, studied it for a moment, and turned on the switch to test the sound. "Hello, hello."
The loudspeaker was quite loud.
Everyone in the first-floor hall subconsciously looked towards the source of the loudspeaker's sound. Seeing two exceptionally handsome young men who seemed to be underage, they took a second look.
Bai Xuechao held up the loudspeaker, his eyes holding a hint of a smile, and announced in a clear voice, "Good evening, everyone. This place is closed for business today."
"What kind of joke is this."
"Whose kids are these, here to cause trouble?"
The gamblers paid him no mind and ignored him.
Bai Xuechao's beautiful eyes still held a smile. His cool voice came through the loudspeaker, his tone light, "Ji Chuanze, split a door to show everyone our strength."
"Huh?" Ji Chuanze pulled out his Tang Hengdao with a look of annoyance, habitually talking back to him, "You think I'm a circus performer?"
Despite his words, he still split the casino's main doors.
With two loud "booms," everyone couldn't help but look towards the main doors.
When they saw the thick, luxurious European-style main doors, with both panels split right down the middle and fallen to the ground, and could faintly see the knocked-down guards outside, they all revealed looks of astonishment.
The gamblers upstairs heard the loud noise and also looked down curiously from the upper floor. When their eyes fell on the gray-haired young man with the Tang Hengdao and the broken main doors, they too fell silent.
Wind blew in from the broken main doors, sweeping over the eerily silent crowd.
"Good evening, everyone. This place is closed for business today," Bai Xuechao repeated what he had said before with a smile and through the loudspeaker. Only this time, no one dared to speak. He asked gently, "Are you still not leaving?"
His words seemed to jolt everyone out of a nightmare, and they all surged towards the exit.
However, they all tacitly steered clear of Bai Xuechao and Ji Chuanze.
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