Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 271 - 266: Don’t Move, My Blade Is Fast!

Huang Liu was extremely nervous.

He had heard quite a bit from Second Brother Huang about this A-level Detective’s abilities.

It was said that the invisibility superpower user at the Sea City Food Festival was caught by her.

Also, not long ago, dozens of superpower users from the Sun Family suffered losses at her hands.

Powerful and well-connected.

If they wanted to kill her on the ship, it would be quite a risk.

If Biao Zi’s drug didn’t work, he would definitely die a horrible death.

Thinking of this, Huang Liu glanced covertly at his trusted aide standing not far away.

Biao Zi nodded slightly.

Huang Liu felt quite a bit more at ease.

He raised the wine glass in his hand, turned to Ji Hong politely and said, "I heard from Second Brother that it was thanks to your secret investigation that the real culprit of Third Brother’s case was caught. As a member of the Huang Family, I always wanted to thank you in person. I must offer you a toast this time. I’ll drink it all, you can do as you like."

Huang Liu stood up, boldly raised the wine glass, and drank it all in one go.

The five people at the table looked at each other, not knowing what he was talking about, and did not touch the drinks in front of them.

Seeing this, Huang Liu’s face darkened: "Why aren’t you drinking? Looking down on me?"

The second superpower user immediately laughed, "Sorry, Master Huang Liu, we have a rule that we can’t drink when on a mission. We appreciate your kindness. We’ll definitely drink with you another time when we’re not on a mission."

Only then did Huang Liu’s expression improve a bit. He looked at Biao Zi not far away and shouted, "Why aren’t you getting drinks? If you can’t handle even this little thing, don’t come next time."

Biao Zi quickly nodded and apologized humbly, "Sorry, sorry, I’ll go get drinks now."

After Biao Zi left, Huang Liu put away his emotions, smiled and picked up chopsticks to invite the five people, "The chef on our ship is really good. You should all try..."

The five still did not move.

Huang Liu’s heart tightened, "What’s wrong, why aren’t you eating? Is the food not good?"

Ji Hong chuckled, resting her head on one hand, playing with the wine glass on the table, looking at him sideways, "Yeah, I hate eating food that’s been tampered with."

Huang Liu’s face changed, just as he was about to throw his wine glass, a flash of silver shimmered at his neck, making him not dare to move.

"Don’t move, my knife is fast!"

The first thought in the mind of Huang Liu, whose intent was discovered, was that someone close had betrayed him.

Who was it?

A hint of killing intent flashed in Huang Liu’s eyes.

But his face showed understanding, raising both hands and pretending to be flustered, said, "Misunderstanding... it’s all a misunderstanding... what are you doing?"

Huang Liu’s panic was superficial, not heartfelt, which Ji Hong, sitting close, saw clearly, so she unceremoniously cut him with a knife.

"Ah—mmm mmm mmm..."

A dagger pierced Huang Liu’s shoulder, the pain making his whole body tremble as he wanted to scream, but his body wouldn’t move.

Only then did he realize he was being controlled by a superpower user.

He had been a man licking blood off the blade, his hands not clean, surrounded by many underlings, which made him feel he was someone to be reckoned with, so he didn’t really regard the five superpower users in front of him.

As long as they took the drug, they would be fish on his chopping block.

Even when Ji Hong threatened him just now, he thought they wouldn’t dare hurt him.

Because this was his turf.

If they hurt him, they wouldn’t get out of here.

But now, he finally understood through the pain that these five people really had no qualms, not afraid to kill him.

Seeing him finally afraid, Ji Hong forcefully pulled the dagger out of his shoulder.

Another spasm of heart-wrenching pain.

"Mmm—"

Cold sweat ran down Huang Liu’s face as the blood from his shoulder stained a large area red.

The incident happened so suddenly that by the time Huang Liu’s subordinates reacted, Huang Liu was already in such pain that his features were twisted.

"Let go of Brother Six—"

There weren’t many of his subordinates on the cabin deck, but they were all his trusted confidants.

They all pulled out guns and aimed at the five people.

White light shone between Ji Hong’s fingers as she ruthlessly jabbed Huang Liu’s wound.

The leader superpower user frowned slightly, coughed once, reminding Ji Hong not to go overboard.

But Ji Hong remained herself, using more force, causing Huang Liu’s face to turn pale and his body to become more tense.

The second superpower user tapped the table upon seeing this, "That’s enough."

Ji Hong glanced at him, pulled back her fingers stained with blood, and lightly flicked them, causing the blood to fall off her fingers like jelly.

Huang Liu’s loyal followers, their eyes widened, were dominated by their intrinsic fear of superpower users.

Even though everyone knew about superpower users, their energy was still mysterious and unknown to ordinary people.

They rarely got to see superpower users using superpowers up close.

Ji Hong’s move served to intimidate them.

The lights in the cabin weren’t as blinding as spotlights but illuminated everyone’s expressions clearly.

With a playful smile on her lips, Ji Hong looked at the leading man among Huang Liu’s followers and said, "Why do you want to kill me?"

Ji Hong didn’t use ’us,’ she used ’me.’

Because when she first met Huang Liu, he harbored an unfounded murderous intent towards her, which was different from the other four.

But she was sure it was her first time meeting him.

So this murderous intent from Huang Liu was likely due to mistaken identity. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

She was being made a stand-in.

Thinking about the woman on the beach, anger filled Ji Hong’s eyes.

The man hesitated for a moment, looked at Huang Liu, who was being threatened by the five people, and avoided answering, "Let go of my Brother Six! Or else, don’t blame me for being rude."

"Shut up! Put down the gun!" Huang Liu, who hadn’t been able to move, finally shouted.

After shouting, he glanced at Ji Hong playing with a knife beside him, the look in his eyes was both shocked and afraid.

This person had actually healed his wound.

And in just a few minutes, his stab wound had healed.

If it weren’t for the warm sensation at the wound, he would have thought being stabbed was an illusion.

After being scolded, Huang Liu’s loyal followers quickly shut up and put away their weapons.

Covering his shoulder, Huang Liu said warily, "Never intended to kill..."

Before he finished, Ji Hong interrupted, her smile a bit cold, "One’s eyes don’t lie. You wanted to kill me."

Huang Liu became nervous, "No..."

"Bang—"

Ji Hong thrust her knife harshly into the table in front of Huang Liu.

This was an iron table...

Huang Liu’s face turned exceedingly pale, his breathing became a bit unsteady.

"Let’s... talk... properly... we... can collaborate... as long as you let me go, I will hand over the real list from the West Continent."

Ji Hong’s gaze deepened, the four superpower users’ eyes changed.

In their ears came Ji Ning’s voice.

"Protect Huang Liu well..."

Before the words finished, gunfire sounded from behind.

The leader superpower user reacted quickly, kicking hard at Huang Liu’s leg, causing him to instinctively fall to the ground, the bullet grazing his hair and disappearing into the night.

Ji Hong’s eyes brightened, quickly pulled out a dagger and threw it, hitting the shooter Biao Zi.

Biao Zi’s eyes widened, dying with unfulfilled wishes.

Huang Liu narrowly escaped death, panting heavily, trembling all over as he pointed at his standing followers.

He said shakily, "They... want to kill me... help me..."