Chapter 40 First Operation Part 2 (1/2)

”That apartment building ahead is Black Spider's hiding spot. He should be on the third floor. We need to approach silently,” said Li Ya Lin to Lambert and Li Yan.

”There's no point in acting stealthy,” interrupted Han Xiao through the intercom. ”Black Spider has already discovered you all.”

”How do you know?” Li Ya Lin frowned.

Suddenly, gunfire pierced the silence of the night as a storm of bullets rained upon the trio. They immediately jumped into the nearest alley to seek cover.

The trio exchanged serious looks as they leaned against the wall.

Since when did he notice us‽

While a simple ambush like that would never have been enough to do them in, they would not have been able to react so fast without Han Xiao's warning. Li Ya Lin put her game face on and clamped her earpiece tighter.

There was a man standing on top of the tall building from where the shots had come from smiling frenziedly upon the trio's location with an assault rifle in his hands. On the left side of his face was a tattoo of a black spider. With a wave of his hand, ten masked men armed with guns suddenly jumped out of their hiding spots in the nearby streets and alleys to converge on the alley that the trio was in.

”Our intel was wrong! Wasn't he alone‽” Lin Yao's eyes were wide with disbelief.

Li Ya Lin's heart sunk.

Black Spider began to laugh coldly.

”Did you think that I would continue staying here if I was not prepared? You guys got me good the other time, but now that you have all kindly offered yourselves up, I shall have my revenge!”

Black Spider was widely known to be an independent bounty hunter, and his modus operandi was to set up traps before the battle even broke out. The trio were akin to prey stepping into a spider's web.

Li Ya Lin suddenly turned to face the wall and, as her leg began to glow yellow, smashed it down with a powerful kick to obstruct the enemy's vision.

Low level pugilists relied mainly on their abnormally huge power. Li Ya Lin was a Lv. 25 E-class superhuman with over 300 ona.

Black Spider and his agents suppressed the trio with overwhelming gunfire as they converged onto the alleyway.

Li Ya Lin and Lambert dragged Lin Yao with them as they made use of their surroundings to evade the gunfire. While they were able to dodge all the bullets, they soon found themselves cornered in a dead end; Black Spider and his men had sealed off the alley.

Black Spider closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

”My insects, you must be trembling with fear now,” he said frenziedly.

”Do you think you've won?” replied Li Ya Lin tauntingly as she shot a glance at Lambert.

Black Spider turned around to face his men as he opened up his arms.

”I just need to say give the order and you will become minced meat in an instant. I do think I've won, don't you?”

”Then what are you waiting for?” glowered Li Ya Lin.

Black Spider waved a finger.

”Killing you all will do me no good. I'll ransom you for a tidy sum!” he proudly declared, knowing full well that Division 13 could hear him through the trio's intercom.

”But only one of you is enough!” he suddenly broke out in maniacal laughter.