Chapter 184: 13 Cards: Total Annihilation

Chapter 184: 13 Cards, Total Annihilation!

The villa’s front door slowly swung open.

Inside, what Xiao Yu saw was far less luxurious than he had imagined.

Beyond the spacious hall, the decor and furnishings were rather ordinary.

An old man hugged a child as they sat in the hall, watching a large 60–70 inch television.

Not very tall, with short graying hair and a face etched by time, his eyes still sparkled with life.

At the moment Xiao Yu stepped in, the old man glanced up, his expression dimming with a hint of disappointment.

Gently patting the sleeping child in his arms, his weathered voice asked, “It’s not that I look down on our domestic policemen—they simply don’t possess your talent. You lack a soldier’s aura, let alone that of a National Security officer. Tell me, aren’t you afraid of dying?”

“Why fear death?”

Xiao Yu sat on the sofa opposite the old man, locking eyes with him. “Is that an admission?”

“Doesn’t confessing help any?”

The old man replied calmly, “What pristine eyes you have.”

“Yeah, even my sister used to say my eyes were pure.”

Xiao Yu nodded. “The eyes are the windows to the soul. Clean eyes mean a pure heart…”

Before he could finish, the old man suddenly extended his arm backward.

Smack!

He grasped a dagger that had been hurtling toward the back of his head.

With a casual swing, he brandished the dagger.

He slashed at a hand reaching out from under the sofa that was holding another dagger.

The result…

The hand quickly retracted under the sofa.

A figure emerged from beneath the sofa and fled in panic.

Meanwhile…

Not far off, another figure approached.

Xiao Yu slowly turned his head to observe the two individuals behind him.

They were two young men, about twenty-four or twenty-five years old.

Twins?

The duo were indistinguishable in build and appearance.

It was as if neither had a proper nose—each bore two ghastly, identical nostrils.

This wasn’t due to any mutilation; it was an innate trait.

“You know, these brothers were born without noses and were later adopted by an orphanage,” one remarked.

The old man chuckled, “The most intriguing part is that their parents paid to have them sent to the orphanage.”

Xiao Yu frowned and fell silent.

“Some parents just can’t stand having a child they think is unworthy.”

The old man mused, “That’s why each year, 13% of the children adopted by the orphanage are self-funded by their parents.”

Xiao Yu remained silent.

“Imagine the resentment and bitterness these kids must harbor.”

With a half-smile, the old man asked, “Do you think a world like this can be saved?”

“No, it’s hopeless.”

Yet Xiao Yu’s eyes shone pure as ever. “Where there’s light, some darkness is inevitable. Just as dark souls exist, there will always be those filled with light. As long as I keep my heart untainted, no matter what I see or hear, it will remain pure.”

“Ha!”

The old man’s smile faded. “You’re pretty laughable—living in your own little world?”

“No.”

Xiao Yu shook his head. “I just refuse to live in someone else’s world or be defined by another’s gaze. Wherever the heart is pure, that place becomes a sanctuary.”

Silence fell as a fierce glint of ruthlessness and killing intent flashed in the old man’s eyes.

A chilling aura seemed to emanate from him.

In an instant, his frame grew impressively formidable.

The twin youths made their move.

While Xiao Yu and the old man were talking, they lunged forward.

Their speed was astonishing.

In the blink of an eye, one blade targeted Xiao Yu’s neck while another aimed for the back of his head.

The entire exchange was perfectly silent!

Bang bang!

Gunshots rang out.

The twins shuddered and collapsed onto the floor.

Without a backward glance, Xiao Yu calmly fixed his gaze on the old man, lowering his arm and pistol as he smirked, “I told you it was useless…”

Suddenly…

Xiao Yu’s expression froze as his eyes shifted.

He stared at the child cradled in the old man’s arms.

No, that wasn’t a child at all!

As the child turned his head, so did his hand.

Clutched within was a lipstick, its dark sheen glimmering ominously.

Bang!

A bullet fired from the lipstick.

But Xiao Yu was already on his feet, and the bullet whizzed past him.

Before the child could react further…

Xiao Yu was at the old man’s side, standing before the child with his pistol pressed against the child’s head.

Bang!

Both Xiao Yu and the old man remained eerily composed as they stared into each other’s eyes.

Eleven cards down!

“You still have two cards?”

Glaring at the old man, whose face was splattered with blood, Xiao Yu withdrew his pistol. “Not playing your hand?”

It was as if he were challenging him.

Boom!

The villa’s main door was blasted open as two armed SWAT teams charged in.

Hmm?

Xiao Yu stood there, momentarily stunned.

This operation had indeed deployed both SWAT officers and National Security personnel.

Orders from Wang Dong?

Suddenly, a chill crept into his heart.

In that moment of hesitation from Xiao Yu…

Rat-a-tat-tat… two SWAT officers fired their weapons.

They aimed not at the old man but directly at Xiao Yu!

In the split second the bullets splattered from the SWAT guns,

Xiao Yu fought to control every muscle as he staggered back.

But…

His eyes caught the old man nonchalantly tossing the child’s corpse aside like garbage.

Beneath the child’s body lay a crossbow.

A handheld crossbow nearly twice the size of a palm!

What use could such a small crossbow be?

It might not take down an elephant, but it was deadly enough for a person.

At that moment, as Xiao Yu recoiled and his body couldn’t change direction,

how was he to evade the crossbow?

But… why try to dodge?

With the razor-sharp vision of Falcon’s Eye and the nimbleness of Spirit of the Raccoon Cat, Xiao Yu raised his pistol and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The bullet collided with the crossbow bolt.

Sparks erupted in the air.

The old man’s arm burst into a spray of blood.

“No!”

The two SWAT officers roared in anger.

They continued unleashing a barrage of bullets at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu’s arm was already aimed at them.

Bang! Bang!

Blood splattered across the faces of the two officers.

Lowering his pistol, Xiao Yu’s expression turned complex.

He hadn’t expected that two assassins had infiltrated the police.

Yes, even orphans are human—they can make excellent officers.

Trained from childhood, these assassins boasted physical prowess far superior to ordinary men.

With such talent, graduating from the police academy and spending just two years on the force was a given.

Becoming a SWAT officer wasn’t an issue at all.

Yet, they nearly cost Xiao Yu his life.

Thirteen cards—total annihilation!