AZI Volume 1 Chapter 13

"…"

*Klak! Klak! Klak! Klak! Klak! * kicking through the gears of the bike rapidly, Long Hua didn't need to look back to know that the chase had already begun with the sound of three heavy machines roaring behind him.

[Stop the bike, and hand over the cube!]

Towards the voice that came from behind him through a speaker, Long Hua continues to twist the bike's throttle while turning around with the submachine gun in his left hand.

Taking aim, Long Hua pulls the trigger, sending a spray of bullets towards a military grunt—who had just popped their head out of the armored vehicle's roof.

"Tch."

Taking that as Long Hua's answer, Jue Yun clicks his tongue, and looks to one of his subordinates.

"How goes the polices' arrangements?"

"They said, they set up a roadblock five miles up ahead. If he gets through somehow, then transports have been arranged as well. Warnings have also been issued to tell people to get themselves off the road."

"Good."

Getting people off the road is a process that will take some time, hence the moment the military unit gets closer to the more populated areas, they would still be forced to abandon these wide-bodied transports, for they would have a difficult time sorting through traffic during a chase.

*Tatatatatata!!!* as bullets were fired at him, Long Hua didn't dare to travel in a straight line, and would occasionally slow the speed of his bike to avoid a spray of bullets.

(Tch. If I get a chance, I'm definitely adding a miniature barrier device to this thing in the future. Also, an AI that can auto-pilot…)

Realizing the cons involved with trying to fight on a bike, Long Hua immediately thought of what other modifications he would want to add to his ride in the future.

Maintaining a constant exchange of gunfire and speed, the chase continues for 15 or so minutes, and—

"…Hm?"

Seeing red and blue lights in the far distance, Long Hua narrows his eyes.

Numerous police cars are arranged in a line to block off the road, and in front of those cars is a carpet of spikes.

(A roadblock? Well…)

Continuing to approach the roadblock, Long Hua glances to the left side of the road—just as he is about 30 meters away from making contact with the spiked carpet.

"Hm? The hell is he doing?"

Looking at the monitor and seeing Long Hua leaning the bike towards a building in haste, Jue Yun frowns.

"…"

*Klak! Klak! Klak! Klak!* closing in on the building, Long Hua downshifts through the bike's gear box rapidly until it reaches second gear.

*Vrrrrrrrrroo!* keeping the clutch lever pulled in, Long Hua gives the throttle a full twist before popping the lever.

"…Climb."

As the engine roars, the front wheel of the bike lifts off the ground.

[Spikes deployed.]

These words are displayed on the bike's digital dash, and if anyone is able to see the rotating tire in slow motion, they would see spikes forming on the rubber's surface.

Using his entire body weight, Long Hua swings the bike to the left smashing the front tire onto the walls of the building, and—

"What the hell…?"

With his cigar hanging from his mouth, Jue Yun is utterly appalled by the sight shown on his monitor.

Similarly, the officers that oversaw the roadblock are just as dumbstruck, for the person that they were ordered to stop is currently climbing on the walls of a building.

"…"

Reaching the end of the building and the roadblock at the same time, Long Hua places his body weight onto the pegs of the bike to avoid damaging his own spine, as he braces himself for the heavy drop that is to come.

*THUD! SCCCRRRRR…!!!* it goes without saying that this landing has greatly damaged the bike's suspension system along with its underbelly exhaust that is made to scrape against the asphalt, but—

(Tai Xuan.)

Muttering these two words in his head, the damage on the bike is mended in an instant, allowing Long Hua to continue on his way.

"The hell is that bike? How is it still moving after a fall like that?"

Getting out of the military vehicle, Jue Yun takes a few steps forward, while his subordinates enter the police cruisers.

...…

"…"

Licking his lips behind his helmet, Long Hua continues to ride down the road, but just as he is about to shift the bike into its next gear—

"Hm?"

Detecting the presence of ill intent in the air, he abruptly leans the bike to the right, and it was also in that same instance—

*Shu…!* an arrow the length of an arm is buried into the asphalt.

(An arrow? There's a Sinner nearby?)

Recalling how a member of Ox team 03 had been sniped, Long Hua instantly assumes it to be the same Sinner that is currently targeting him.

(Where are they?)

...…

"They sensed me attacking from this far?"

Standing at the edge of a building's rooftop, Yu Ji held in his left hand an elegant white bow made from wood.

Wrapping around his waist is a belt that is attached to a quiver.

"…"

Keeping his eyes on the moving target, Yu Ji leaps off the rooftop and lands himself onto the next building.

Without pausing, he continues to dash and leap from rooftop to rooftop, while chasing after his target and firing off his arrows to apply constant pressure.

(It's been a while since I've had so much difficulty hitting someone.)

A gleam that is similar to a predator appears in Yu Ji's deep blue eyes.

(My chances of landing a hit should be better when he's making a sharp turn.)

...…

(Is probably what they're thinking. But I've no plans to take a sharp turn for the time being.)

A hint of irritation builds up in Long Hua's head for how difficult this task has become.

Getting the item back to the Mirrored Moon Café would require him to lose all his pursuers first, but with these pursuers are continuing to increase in numbers, it's not making the task any easier.

(Didn't think I'd get to experience what it's like to be public enemy number one because of this…)

Continuing to dodge the arrows that came from above by swerving his bike from left to right, Long Hua soon picks up on the sound of other speeding vehicles approaching him from behind, and towards them—

*Tatatatata!!!* turning his body around, Long Hua fires the submachine gun in his left hand.

"Has the Disciplinary Bureau been contacted yet?"

Sitting in one of the police cruisers that is situated at the back of the formation, Jue Yun asks his subordinate this question.

"They have."

"How long till they get here?"

"The office is already closed. But one of the members, who is nearby should be arriving soon."

Realizing just how difficult it would be to retrieve the casket at this point, Jue Yun figured that there's not much that can be done with the people that they have on hand.

(Tch. The opponent's a Sinner. Even without their Relic, they're still a monster.)

Having experienced the frontlines and all its cruelties, Jue Yun has come to the conclusion that monsters should only be fought against using other monsters, for in front of an Immortal or a Sinner, an ordinary human is but an infant.