Chapter 16 Testing

"If I were you, I'd take a closer look at the situation before making a reckless move." The man in black spoke up; his voice was so low that it didn't seem like a human being could make it. It had been altered.

Jay controlled him subconsciously about to leap up and decided to listen first to what the guy had to say. The man in black looked at his reaction coldly and said lightly, "A wise decision."

"Who are you?" Jay asked. "Is that what you wanted to find me?"

The other party didn't answer his question but explained to himself: "Now, as you can see, I only need a little knife to kill this woman. I have done countless throat cuts in my career. I'm sure I won't miss this time either. I know you're fast, but you've got to know there's a sensor-triggered quantum position barrier on my belt; you try to throw a punch at me, and it's triggered. Maybe you can break this barrier with just one punch, but that will buy me enough time to kill this woman."

"Let her go," Jay gritted his teeth. "You want me, don't you?"

"Sorry, but that can't be done; her participation is an essential part." The other party's voice was still unwavering, like an electronic sound synthesized by a machine, "Of course, you are not without choices. I know you have penetration. Powerful heat vision, that's the only thing you'll have time to hit me before I wipe out the hostages. But you also have to know that you only have one shot, which must be fatal."

Terrified by the abnormal condition, Jay began to wonder if he was dealing with a lunatic. Because if he understood correctly, the other party seemed to be encouraging him to kill himself.

"Now, the question is," the man in black said coldly, "do you have the guts to do this?"

His voice was still so cold and gloomy, without the slightest emotional fluctuations, but the intense killing intent was released. Jay did not doubt that the lunatic might do something, and Helena would die because of him. Damn, he just started to have such a slight fondness for her.

Jay saw a glimmer of anticipation in Helena's eyes looking at him. Maybe she believed that Jay could handle the situation, but to be honest, he didn't have much confidence. Jay took a deep breath and said, "You don't have to do this; what you want is me, don't involve unrelated people..."

"Ten seconds." The man in black remained unmoved, and while speaking, his hand increased slightly, and the blade reflecting the white light in the basement had faintly cut through the flesh of Helena's neck, "That's what you have. Finally, hesitating time."

The guy didn't lie. Jay scanned his entire body. There was indeed a high-tech device on the other side's belt that he couldn't understand. It was faintly releasing particles that were invisible to the naked eye. Maybe it could activate a barrier that could block him from a single blow. Maybe perhaps burned out the device with heat vision, but the other side was cunningly hiding behind Helena, leaving Jay with the only thing he could hit in the head.

Jay started to think about the other party's only option, and it didn't sound like a bad thing. He could shoot his thermal vision through his head, stopping his brain before the other's nerves even had time to signal. Helena said that these killers all had blood on their hands, and the lack of one such person would not be a good thing for the world, and it should not be a bad thing.

There are only five seconds left in the countdown for the man in black.

This seems to be a straightforward transaction, and there is nothing to be hesitant about. Huntress is a current government agent, a former superhero, and more importantly, he knows Helena is a good person. It is not a loss to sacrifice this killer who appeared out of nowhere to exchange her life, not to mention that this strange situation was deliberately caused by this lunatic.

Jay was already thinking about it, murderous intent flashing in his eyes with the red glow of thermal vision. This is a straightforward question, what is there to hesitate about?

But he couldn't help but hesitate for two more seconds.

Can this be considered a deal? If he defines his actions in his heart at this moment as "exchanging a worse life for a better one", does that mean that he has the right to decide whose life is more valuable?

He didn't even know who this guy was.

He suddenly felt that he at least needed to know what kind of person he would kill. No matter how wrong the other person was, he thought that he should at least remember the other person's face.

Jay tried to see through the black mask but found he couldn't. The other party must have mixed lead in the show, and he can't see through the other party's appearance. So he tried to see through the other person's body, and the result surprised him.

Although he is not a surgeon, he is also very sure that the X-ray of the man in black has absolutely nothing to do with the word "normal". This guy's bones are full of damage marks as if they were covered with patches. Fracture marks, big and small, were almost innumerable, and the joints were covered with cracks, especially the wear on the knee joint that made Jay wonder how this guy's leg could still move as usual. When he saw the marks that the opponent's back had broken, he almost cried out in surprise.

The body is damaged to such a degree that he still has such skills; this guy is hard to beat?

This made Jay suddenly think of someone, and a new possibility from it suddenly flashed through his mind. He suddenly realized that today's series of events would be too coincidental? Helena just came to the football field to warn him that the killer in black was coming. Furthermore, even if the huntress succeeds, she shouldn't even have a chance to resist a move.

And now that I think about it, whether it is the killer or Helena, what they do is more like they are constantly throwing complex problems at Jay, observing his response and reaction and how to solve them. Maybe from the beginning, all this was just a question.

Binge

There was only one second left in the countdown for the man in black, and Helena was still looking at him with anticipation.

Jay took a deep breath and felt an inevitable tension in his heart. He was still young and had never even left the campus, and this was the first time he had encountered such a situation. His judgment was on Helena's life, a burden he had never felt before.

What if he guessed wrong?

The countdown was over, and he still didn't make a move.

The man in black stared at his eyes and said, "It's time; this is your answer?"

Jay also looked back at the knife-like gaze, feeling pressure for no reason. But he didn't back down and said firmly: "No, I won't kill you, but I'm willing to make a deal with you."

"Tell me."

"If you touch her, I promise, I'll make you regret it." Jay said, "But if you do as I say now, I promise to let you get out of this parking lot safe and sound."

After saying this, he stood motionless on the spot, looking straight into the man's sharp eyes in black, trying his best to hide his lack of confidence and try to show more enthusiasm. The man in black also stood motionless and kept looking at each other silently, and every second, Jay felt that more of his heart was exposed under the sharp gaze of the other party.

After a long while, it was Helena who suddenly spoke up: "I think this is a pass, right?"

The man in black put away his short knife and commented, "Almost as same as 'he'."

Helena rubbed her neck that had just been pressed against the blade and smiled sweetly: "But isn't that what you want?"

Jay took a deep breath, knowing what he felt earlier was right.

The man in black ripped off the black mask, revealing his other show - still wholly black, with white eyepieces, a pair of pointed ears, and a sharp line covered with a beard below—stubble jaw.

He is Batman.