Drip—!
The sound of another water droplet falling.
The two turned the corner and looked into the women's restroom.
On the glass door of the restroom, a bizarre, blurry silhouette was reflected.
It looked like a person, yet also like a writhing giant fish? Terrifying yet tinged with a hint of absurdity.
Duan Chen suddenly raised his gun towards the sink.
The scene before him sent a chill down his spine—
A sea demon with a green face and fangs had emerged from the mirror, its upper body protruding to devour the upper body of an unconscious woman.
This sea demon was nearly three meters long, its lower half still hidden behind the mirror.
The mirror's surface rippled like water, with circles of green waves.
Upon hearing the commotion, the sea demon shuddered.
It lifted its half-eaten face, its huge fish-like eyes almost bulging out.
A slow roll of its eyes.
Its gray-green pupils reflected the sudden intruders.
The air was heavy, oppressive, and suffocating in the cramped space. A brief, breathless stalemate ensued between the two parties.
Duan Chen's eyes narrowed as he prepared to fire.
Wu Suowei suddenly peeked his head from behind him, observing with interest, "It seems it doesn't like being interrupted while eating. Should we wait until it's done?"
Sea Demon: ??? Are you sure???
"Hiss—Ya!!"
It suddenly split open its bloody maw, and a shrieking sound, laced with a ferocious killing intent, surged towards them.
Bang bang bang!
Duan Chen pulled the trigger without hesitation.
However, the sea demon was remarkably agile. With its tail still submerged in the mirror, its entire body lunged out, attempting to devour the new arrivals.
"Don't let it grab you!"
Duan Chen, while firing, distractedly warned Wu Suowei.
This was his first encounter with a sea demon in its full form while it was feeding.
Its abilities and demonic power were unknown, making it ill-advised to treat it as an opponent to gauge the strength of a temporary worker.
Before understanding the situation, if he were captured again as a hostage, his hunting operation would be further restricted.
"Okay." Wu Suowei complied cooperatively.
Duan Chen glanced at the woman lying on the ground, twitching. Her hair was disheveled, her OL attire rumpled, and a gaping, bloody hole marred her chest, but she was still alive.
The sea demon also sensed that these two were not ordinary individuals. Unable to attack effectively, it began to consider retreating.
But it had already eaten half of the woman; it was reluctant to let go of such a delicious meal!
So, it twisted its body, hugged the woman, and quickly began to shrink back into the mirror.
Just as the woman was about to be dragged into the mirror world, Wu Suowei suddenly lunged forward and grabbed the woman's dangling leg.
He forcefully stopped her and the sea demon mid-way.
This temporary worker is quite quick-witted, a hint of approval flashed in Duan Chen's eyes.
Unexpectedly, Wu Suowei pulled back and said expressionlessly, "Your delivery has arrived. Sign for it before you go."
As he spoke, he hung the cold noodles and roujiamo he was carrying onto the woman's hands.
"Hiss—Ah!!"
The sea demon, as if insulted, screamed from within the mirror and pulled harder.
Pulling and sawing...
Jerking and sawing...
The woman was sawed back and forth between the two, her face contorted in greater pain.
"She's almost dead, and you're still thinking about food delivery?!"
Duan Chen strode forward, grabbed the woman with both hands, and pulled with all his might. The woman, along with the sea demon, flew out of the mirror.
However, Duan Chen's dark muzzle had already been waiting outside the mirror.
The sea demon's fishy eyes widened, its fear and rage erupting into one last piercing shriek.
Bang—!
Duan Chen pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced the sea demon's skull, splattering a spray of blood.
The spatial anomaly vanished.
A man who had heard the commotion arrived at the entrance of the women's restroom, looking at the two with suspicion, then at Liu Lili lying on the ground, the cold noodles and roujiamo hanging from her hand, her chest still spurting blood...
"Hello, 110..."
The man took out his phone and quickly dialed the emergency number.
Duan Chen pressed his forehead with his hand, then stepped forward and showed the man his star-marked license. "No need to call. I'm an agent from the Spirit Hunter Guild."
The man, still skeptical, left, casting a sideways glance at the peculiar delivery guy as he departed.
Duan Chen leaned against the sink, lit a cigarette, and smiled at Wu Suowei.
"You were brave enough to rush forward and hold back the sea demon right away."
"You flatter me."
"...So, giving her food was just a coincidence?" Duan Chen exhaled a puff of smoke, his eyes squinting at Wu Suowei.
"Probably."
Wu Suowei's lips curled slightly, a profound, almost otherworldly depth in his eyes.
A man who could navigate the black market auction network, track him silently, and disappear from his original spot in 1.5 seconds could appear ordinary, but Duan Chen would never believe he was truly ordinary.
"Who are you, exactly?" Duan Chen's sharp gaze swept over him.
This time, in Wu Suowei's vast, pale inner world, a boundless chessboard appeared.
A few chess pieces faintly stood on the board, shrouded in a thick fog. One of them flickered with a radiant glow.
Wu Suowei chuckled, "Perhaps I'm not human. Perhaps I'm a god."
"Delusional?"
Duan Chen extinguished his cigarette and friendly patted his shoulder. "If you don't want to say, that's fine. Everyone has their secrets."
Duan Chen himself, for instance, had no memory before the age of twelve.
Where did these divine pupils come from? How did his abilities awaken? Who were his parents? Did he have any other family?
He knew none of it.
The beginning of his memory was waking up on a hospital bed at twelve, clutching an SSS-grade weapon called "Thousand Illusions Pandora." Old Zhang and Gao Tiankai were by his bedside, and from then on, they became his family, his brothers, without blood ties.
He had never given up investigating his past.
This was Duan Chen's secret, known only to Old Zhang and Gao Tiankai.
Duan Chen called colleagues from the guild's logistics department to clean up the mess.
Fortunately, the woman received emergency treatment and her life was saved.
"Congratulations, Sir Duan, congratulations Sir Duan, two missions cleared today!"
"And to save someone from a sea demon's mouth! Now the lab can conduct further analysis on the sea demon race!"
A few junior police officers trailed behind Duan Chen, fawning over him.
While busy, Wu Suowei's delivery notification sound chimed again.
"Just one last order, and I'm done."
Duan Chen dusted his hands and walked over, looking at Wu Suowei suspiciously. "You only deliver three orders a day as a delivery man?"
"I'm a temporary delivery worker, mainly experiencing life," Wu Suowei nodded.
"Experiencing life? Heh, you're really a strange one."
Duan Chen suddenly became interested and followed Wu Suowei's small electric scooter.
"You're following me?" Wu Suowei seemed surprised.
"I've cleared two orders following you; isn't that better than me working alone? Come on, let's see if we can get another one and make it a triple strike," Duan Chen excitedly started his Corolla, poking his head out of the car window.
"Lead the way."
"..." Wu Suowei suddenly found himself at a loss for words.