Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 127: The Mole

The pursuer of the shadow was not slow.

The two ran through the forest for a long time before slowing down at a mountain stream.

"Stop, you are surrounded. It’s better to surrender," the pursuer shouted loudly.

The echoing sound reverberated through the forest.

The shadow gradually came to a halt.

At this moment, the clouds that obscured the moon finally drifted past, and silver moonlight squeezed through the gaps, gently enveloping the forest like a thin veil.

The shadow hid in the darkness cast by the moonlight and slowly turned around.

A flash of dark light appeared in the pursuer’s eyes as he lowered his voice and asked, "Why have you come again? How dare you track Miss Bai so boldly? Are you courting death?"

"Sir is displeased with your actions, so he sent me here."

"What can I do? Fu Yuanxuan seems to be suspicious of those around him, a lot of things are no longer shared within the team."

The shadow interrupted him, sounding displeased.

"Were my brothers killed by you?"

"They nearly ruined my plans! Killing them was to avoid future troubles! Do you know how dangerous that girl is? Fu Yuanxuan hasn’t uncovered her identity. How could you dare try to recruit her? Truly reckless!" The pursuer recalled how he was almost exposed and looked at the shadow with murderous intent.

But the shadow was indifferent, continuing to talk: "Sir values that girl’s abilities greatly, we must win her over. You better cooperate with us to obtain all her data."

As soon as the words were spoken, suddenly a flash of silver light passed by, followed by a "thud" of collision. The pursuer rushed towards the shadow.

The shadow narrowly dodged, and after gaining some distance, angrily said: "You dare to betray us?"

The pursuer sneered, "We’re only temporarily cooperating, it’s not betrayal. Go back and tell your sir, if there’s a next time, you’ll all be eliminated!"

The shadow seemed unable to believe it, staying silent for a while.

The pursuer thought he was scared and smirked, pointing in a direction, "Leave from there. Anhe is no longer suitable for you."

As the shadow turned to walk in the directed path, the pursuer’s gaze suddenly changed, quickly pulling out a weapon and firing at the shadow.

A loud "bang——" sounded, and the shadow collapsed to the ground.

"Is this all you have to negotiate with me?" The pursuer worried the shadow wasn’t completely dead, used a knife to stab several times into his back, each stab drawing blood.

The smell of blood instantly filled the air.

The pursuer wiped the blood off his hands and gradually left.

His footprints disappeared behind him.

The moonlight was calm, cold, and unfeeling.

Under the silver moonlight, the shadow lying on the ground suddenly opened her eyes.

Her pupils shone like starlight.

But upon closer inspection, they were pitch black as if they had no focus, like a bottomless lake.

Her right hand opened slightly, and a clean, intact bullet lay quietly in her palm, with the bloodstains behind her gradually fading away, even the marks on her clothes vanished, as if the assassination earlier was just a dream.

"Sizzle——"

"Hello, hello... Ji Ning, how are you now? I heard gunshots."

A low male voice came from a miniature earpiece hidden in her ear.

Ji Ning’s pupils gradually returned to normal. Looking in a direction, she pressed the communication button inside her clothes, "It’s fine. I’ve found the killer, but I have things to do now."

"Wait... wait a minute."

But Ji Ning had already hung up the call and quickly ran in a direction.

***

The dense birch forest stood orderly, making it easy to lose direction under the dark night sky.

Ji Ning stopped every now and then to check the map on the Smart Brain screen until she successfully arrived at the foot of a mountain.

The mountain was only half the height of the other peaks, with a cleft top as if chopped by an axe, the surface smooth.

Ji Ning stood at the base of the mountain, hand resting on the rock wall, looking up towards the peak, suddenly leaping up, climbing like a gecko towards the summit.

The twilight provided a good cover, blocking the moonlight on the other side.

After climbing for over ten minutes, Ji Ning stopped at a rock wall.

There was a naturally formed cave here, not big, enough for one person to enter.

Ji Ning went straight inside.

The cave was darker than outside, but Ji Ning didn’t turn on a flashlight, walking deeper with familiarity.

As Ji Ning went in further, the narrow path widened, and there was even a faint light ahead.

Ji Ning’s gaze brightened slightly, revealing a trace of relief on her face.

The explosion didn’t affect this place.

The source of the light was a skylight, moonlight pouring in through gaps in the rocks, illuminating the small area.

Ji Ning stood under the skylight for a while, then squatted down, using a knife to dig soil from between the rock crevices.

Soon, a rough stone slab was partially revealed.

Ji Ning’s digging sped up, gradually transforming one stone slab into two, closely adjacent. If not for a very thin crack between them, it would be hard to tell it was two slabs.

Ji Ning exerted force to pry apart the two stone slabs, and with a heavy sound of relocation, a square, airtight cellar came into view.

This was a manually dug cellar, not very big, only about one or two square meters.

Ji Ning jumped into the cellar and dug out a metal box almost buried by soil.

Despite 120 years of weathering, the metal box showed no rust or damage.

Ji Ning forcefully broke the lock on the metal box, revealing its contents.

A stack of slightly yellowed papers and a very ancient book.

A traditional script "Ji" was written on the book’s cover.

After inspecting the metal box, Ji Ning stored the iron box and its contents into space.

This place was discovered by her by chance in Jiuming Mountain years ago, where she occasionally stored important items.

"Zzzzz——"

Fu Yuanxuan’s call came again.

Ji Ning felt annoyed but still pressed the answer button.

"Ji Ning, that superpower user is dead."

The superpower user who Ji Ning had previously severely injured, controlling metal, was dead?

Ji Ning wasn’t surprised, responding with a simple "Hmm."

The traitor was killing her to silence her for self-preservation, and the captured superpower user would sooner or later be silenced as well.

Only then could the person behind him remain safe.

"There was a weapon used to kill him at the scene, engraved with the character ’Ji’."

Ji Ning’s eyes instantly sharpened.

"Address!"

***

The night was heavy, the breeze fresh.

On the empty highway, the urgent roar reflected the mood of the biker.

Suddenly——

At an intersection, an unregistered car burst out.

The window lowered, revealing a black gun barrel aiming at the biker.

"Bang——"

The bullet shot out, slicing through the air, aimed directly at the biker’s chest, but the biker was extremely alert, the bullet only shattered the motorcycle’s mirror.

The people in the car, failing once, fired again in quick succession.

By then, the biker had already rolled to the ground during the bike’s fall, avoiding another danger.

The face of the person inside the car changed slightly, throwing the empty gun out of the window and leaving a harsh warning: "Don’t go near the Fu Family if you want to live."

The biker’s pace didn’t stop, swiftly catching up with the car, an elbow strike shattering the bullet-proof window, and grabbed the driver inside.

"Ah—— let go!"

"Screeech—— crash——"

"Kid, I don’t like playing riddles. Stop!"

The biker dodged the attack from the backseat, chopping down with a hand to knock out the driver.

Without control, the car swerved wildly into the barrier and was forced to stop.

The driver was saved from the car by the biker and thrown to the roadside.

The killer in the backseat also escaped from the car, breathless and on all fours.

The biker walked slowly up to the killer, grabbing his collar, lifting half of his body, "Speak! Who sent you?"