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Chapter 582 The Veteran's Insidiousness

The filming on the black side went smoothly, and Ma Zhaodi did not linger in the basement; he returned to the surface.

As soon as they stepped out of the hut, they saw the soaking wet soldier boy and Edgar and the others heading towards their car, clearly ready to rush to their next destination.

"Please, please don't let it be a mental storm."

Ma Zhaodi muttered to himself as he followed, overhearing Edgar ask the Invisible Man, "Has anyone approached us?"

“I heard cars drive by on the road, but no one came close,” the Invisible Man interjected. “I’ve been watching from outside the house the whole time. Your movements were so quiet that they didn’t attract any attention.”

Edgar nodded: “Soldier boy, just keep it up—oh, and one more thing, when you kill the next one, don’t be so bloody, be quick and efficient. We don’t have time to waste waiting for you to shower or hit the sandbag.”

The soldier boy glanced at Edgar but didn't answer his request; however, not objecting was tantamount to admitting it.

He then asked, "Who's next to kill?"

"The one closest to you—Countess Scarlet, your old lover."

"No, she hasn't come to save me all these years, which means she's long forgotten me. I was too young back then, blinded by so-called love. Now that I think about it, she must have been involved in betraying me."

The soldier boy, his expression grim, said coldly, "She's just a bitch."

Edgar didn't respond to that sentence, but merely glanced at the soldier boy's facial expression without making a sound, as if he was trying to observe or judge something.

After their car drove away, Ma Zhaodi immediately sent a text message to Ximiko on his mobile phone—the butcher might not see the message; Ximiko needed to stay in touch, so she would definitely keep her phone close at hand and would check it from time to time.

"Blackie has already been killed by the soldier boy. Now they're rushing to find Countess Scarlet. Have you found her yet?"

"Looking for"

Kimiko replied instantly: "Dumbcat runs too fast in the jungle, Butcher and Franky can't keep up."

Ma Zhaodi thought to himself, "That means they haven't found the person yet."

He checked his phone. This location was very far from Kimiko and the others. If the three-wheeled vehicle sped there, it would probably take about six or seven minutes. If they included the jungle, they would probably meet up in about ten minutes.

"Is it possible to catch up with the mental storm now?"

Ma Zhaodi quickly made a decision. He hesitated whether to send the three-wheeled vehicle directly to provide support, while temporarily abandoning the pursuit of the soldier boy and the others—after all, the process of the brutal killing of Xuan Se had already been filmed, and it wasn't necessary to go to the Scarlet Countess and the Bomb Twins.

Now that he was certain the squad hadn't engaged in combat with the Mind Storm, he made a phone call to Butcher—but no one answered.

"Doesn't this person turn on their phone?"

He called Kimiko again, but the call suddenly stopped after a few rings.

When I called back, I heard a message that the phone was switched off.

"Wait, they ran into each other! How could the timing be so perfect!"

A dozen minutes was enough for both sides to end the battle and determine the winner. Seeing that long-range support was unlikely, Ma Zhaodi immediately drove his three-wheeled vehicle to continue following Edgar ahead.

With Dai Mao around, the team members won't have any problems, at least they won't die—Ma Zhaodi decided to finish his own tasks first and try to grab every usable card.

In the jungle, the silly cat is leading the others deeper into the forest.

It nimbly darted through the grass and bushes, occasionally wielding its lily-of-the-valley staff to knock away venomous snakes several meters from the roadside. A small incense burner hung from its waist; this was a method used by honeybugs to attract scents, while a different incense could repel poisonous insects and mosquitoes—a hunting experience from its time in the New World. Its route frequently took sharp turns, initially causing the group to wonder if the cat was wandering aimlessly. However, after discovering that the detours were strewn with tripwire mines and animal traps, everyone acknowledged the cat's tracking ability and alertness.

Since they've encountered a trap, it means they're already close to the hiding place of the mental storm.

Of course, there were some turns on the road where no traps were visible, but to be on the safe side, the whole team still followed it obediently.

"Why does Old Ma's cat act like it's home once it gets into the jungle?"

Frankie used to be a drug addict and was quite thin. After walking for so long through the dense, intertwined bushes, he was starting to lose his strength and could barely speak a sentence without breaking into three parts.

"Who knows."

Click!

Kenji cleaved through the bushes in front of him with a single slash, looking somewhat annoyed. As a superhuman, his strength and stamina far surpassed that of ordinary people, so he naturally took the lead and cleared a path with his sword: "That guy Ma Zhaodi is shrouded in evil. Didn't you see that cat is carrying a shield and a flute on its back?"

Of course, there was a hint of complaining in his words. Butcher and Franky were not as fast as Kimiko and him, and even the Dodo, in the jungle. He was somewhat dissatisfied with this slow pace—ever since he learned that he was going to confront America's heroic beliefs, his enthusiasm had become extremely high.

thud

Kimiko raised her hand and tapped her younger brother on the head.

Kenji pursed his lips and stopped talking.

Before Kimiko could say anything more, her phone suddenly lit up. She saw that it was a text message from Ma Zhaodi, so she quickly replied.

"Om-"

The butcher felt his pocket vibrate, so he instinctively reached for it: "Quiet down, someone's calling me, it might be Old Ma."

Everyone around instinctively looked over, including Kenji, who was carrying a machete.

However, his gaze passed over the butcher's shoulder and he happened to see a figure emerge from the jungle—before he could see the person's facial features clearly, he saw his eyes first.

A strange light shone in his lake-blue eyes. Kenji subconsciously stared at the light, his whole body tensed for a second, and then he immediately lost consciousness. As a boy with a simple life, his will was not firm, otherwise he would not have been so thoroughly brainwashed by the dazzling light.

The butcher took out his phone to answer a call, but just then, a cat's meow suddenly came from beside him.

"Meow (Beware of enemy attack)!"

However, it was too late. The cell phones in the hands of the butcher and Kimiko suddenly floated into the air, then flew far out of the treetops and disappeared.

"Kenji! What are you doing!"

Kimiko was both shocked and angry. She immediately looked at her younger brother, but could only see a pair of dull and lifeless eyes.

Mind Storm —

The thought arose in everyone's mind at the same time, and the silly cat was not slow at all. In the next moment, it had already grabbed the hat and was on Kenji's head.

"Meow!"

(End of this chapter)