Chapter 513: An Idiot’s Folly

Chapter 513: An Idiot (Update 1)

The moment he burst into the apartment building, Xiao Yu had no choice but to reveal his hidden abilities.

He raced up the staircase with lightning speed.

He was worried.

Worried that the Black Man might break into a resident’s home.

Because if that happened, a hostage situation could easily erupt.

Yet even with his powers activated, Xiao Yu reached the seventh floor in under three seconds.

Only to discover the entry door was ajar.

When Xiao Yu caught a whiff of a strange odor, he knew that the Black Dog had entered the residence.

He had mentioned before that foreigners carry a different scent than locals.

Wangdie’s Nose could tell them apart.

Moreover, there were specks of blood scattered on the floor.

Xiao Yu’s worst nightmare had come true!

Upon stepping inside the apartment,

he found a young couple held hostage!

At that moment, the Black Man stood right behind the couple.

Drops of blood dripped from his left hand.

That was the same hand which had clutched a Remote Control not long ago.

It had been shattered by three bullets, leaving only half a palm.

Yet his right hand gripped a Pistol, aimed squarely at the back of the Woman’s head.

The Hall was engulfed in silence.

“Do you really think you can still run?”

Xiao Yu glared coldly at the Black Man—who was lurking behind a family of three, his face half-hidden with only one eye visible—and said in English, “It’s useless!”

Black Dog’s expression shifted; his dark, slightly vacant face twitched as his muscles moved.

No one knew whether he truly understood Xiao Yu’s words.

Nor did anyone know what thoughts were racing through his mind.

“If you stay silent, you’re only sealing your fate—or have you already accepted death?”

Xiao Yu returned a chilling smile. “Stop pretending. As long as you’re human, you’ll always fear death!”

Black Dog’s face contorted further before he spoke in English, “Let me go.”

“We both know the truth,”

Xiao Yu taunted, “Do you really think so?”

So naturally, the Black Man started to flee without anyone else having to speak up.

He might as well slit his own throat!

“If you won’t let me go, then one life for two lives,”

Black Dog sneered, “No, it should cost three lives!”

As he spoke, the muzzle of his gun suddenly shifted from behind the Woman’s head to point at Xiao Yu.

Bang!

Gunfire roared.

But… Black Dog was stunned.

He realized that Xiao Yu’s figure had vanished from his sight.

No, it wasn’t that he disappeared; Xiao Yu was simply too fast.

So fast that even his rapid eye movements couldn’t keep pace with him.

This created a visual illusion.

When Black Dog finally caught sight of Xiao Yu again,

crack!

Pale, brittle bones burst forth from under his wrist skin.

In one swift motion, Xiao Yu snapped Black Dog’s small forearm.

“Ah!”

A muffled cry of agony escaped Black Dog as cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

Even as a mercenary, he was known as a ruthless fighter.

In the midst of crisis, disregarding his injuries, he reacted with lightning speed and bent down abruptly.

He bashed his head into Xiao Yu’s face.

Black Dog was confident in his strength.

He believed that if his headbutt connected with Xiao Yu’s face,

it would shatter Xiao Yu’s nasal bone, the stabbing pain would tear at his eyes, and leave him unable to see.

By that time…

Yet, to Black Dog’s surprise,

while he was fast, Xiao Yu was even faster.

Almost as Black Dog’s headbutt was about to strike,

the Pistol that had dropped from his severed hand was already clutched by Xiao Yu.

Bang bang bang bang!

Four shots rang out.

Two bullets shattered Black Dog’s ankles.

Two more smashed the ribs beneath his armpits.

Needless to say, his ankles were ruined.

The bullets had rendered his legs useless.

The agony from his shattered ribs was even more excruciating than a direct hit to his soft spots.

A pain that could leave anyone instantly incapacitated—one of the body’s greatest vulnerabilities.

“Ah!”

The fallen Black Dog could no longer endure the searing pain and let out a miserable howl.

Too bad.

Before his body could fully collapse,

a pair of military-booted feet kicked his chin.

Thud. Black Dog slumped, unconscious on the ground…

A normal person, after escaping a crisis, would react by

letting their body relax involuntarily.

Their mind would also loosen up.

That was exactly the impression Xiao Yu gave at that moment.

At that instant, a hand silently reached out from behind him.

That hand gripped a utility knife.

The blade shimmered with a frosty gleam.

It descended silently toward Xiao Yu’s neck.

Had it made contact, a mere slice

would have instantly cut through his neck’s blood vessels and throat.

In a normal person’s situation, who would expect that the young couple you just saved

could end up turning on you?

Fortunately, Xiao Yu was far from normal.

Smack!

A gentle grip seized the wrist.

Crack!

The wrist snapped.

Thud, thud, thud!

The utility knife, now in Xiao Yu’s hand, stabbed three times.

Xiao Yu slowly turned around and stared calmly at the Woman behind him, “Feeling good? Need me to stab a few more times?”

“Ugh!”

The Woman, in agonizing pain, clutched her lower abdomen and collapsed to the ground.

“No!”

The Man let out a heart-wrenching roar, his eyes turning red as he lunged at Xiao Yu.

Thud!

A whipping kick smashed into the Man’s face.

One kick sent him into unconsciousness, slamming him to the floor.

“Idiot!” Xiao Yu mocked.

Why did he sense that something was off about the Woman?

It wasn’t that she was wrong, but that the entire family was problematic.

The moment he had rushed in and seen the front door unforced,

Xiao Yu knew something was amiss.

After all, he had scaled the building to the seventh floor in mere seconds.

In other words,

after the Black Man descended from the rooftop—possibly from the Minao’s area—he entered the residence directly and took the family hostage.

Then earlier,

had the apartment’s entry door always remained open?

While the Black Man was on the rooftop, the couple had been free and unbound.

Doesn’t that seem incredibly odd?

It was as if the situation was telling Xiao Yu

that the couple had willingly left the door open, waiting obediently for the Black Man to barge in and take them hostage.

Which household leaves its front door open all the time?

For strangers to do that—does it even make sense?

And another thing,

you’re a foreigner in an unfamiliar place.

How did you even manage to get to the rooftop of a building without any assistance?

Not a local, not someone who lives there.

You wouldn’t even know about the ladder against the wall or the entrance to the rooftop, right?

The Black Man didn’t just ascend—upon descending, he immediately took hostages.

Isn’t that something?