Chapter 794: Aipuli’s Predicament
Monopeng City.
At this moment, Monopeng City was bustling with activity under the nighttime sky.
With Aipuli’s “defection,” jumping down from the building with the Frozen World, it was destined to be an insomniac night.
As time went on, the alarm system in Monopeng City was activated, and I hadn’t expected it to cause such a commotion. This must’ve triggered even the city’s air defense alarm…
With the entire armed personnel of the Hothorn Family on standby and the Security Bureau cooperating fully with the Hothorn Family, a major sweep operation aimed at Monopeng City began that night.
They quickly sealed off the important passages of Monopeng City.
Because the area close to the Hothorn Family was in a location inaccessible to modern vehicles, at first, Aipuli had nearly nowhere to flee.
Besides the Frozen World, Aipuli had no extraordinary means at her disposal, making it even more difficult for her to escape the pursuit.
Not to mention the surveillance systems within Monopeng City and the magical creations, such as the tracking pollen.
Under normal circumstances, marked individuals would only attract specific butterflies, but with the modified noses using witchcraft, they could track using that scent.
As a member of a wizarding family, Aipuli was well aware of her family’s methods, but that didn’t mean she had a way to cope.
She had no extraordinary means aside from the Frozen World, making it hard to clear the scent, so she could only try to avoid such scented markers and use the Frozen World to hide the scent emanating from her body.
However, this method of enveloping herself in ice crystals put a tremendous burden on her.
The magically modified hunting noses were very sensitive to scents.
If she could find some irritants, she might target them.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t.
The Hothorn Family’s defensive forces were far greater than anticipated. After all, the richer and more powerful one was, the more they feared d*ath. In Monopeng City, the Hothorn Family had the final say.
Even organizations like the Security Bureau were like this. Although the Security Bureau was affiliated with the Extraordinary Academy, under the manipulation of the family, even the Security Bureau was mainly comprised of Hothorn Family members.
After all, the Security Bureau was just a group of graduated students managing mundane stability, while the family had current students and teaching assistants backing them, making the Security Bureau something they couldn’t provoke.
However, each selected member from the Security Bureau was a graduated student, and their combat abilities and means could hardly be compared to those of an ordinary person.
So in this pursuit, the Security Bureau was also putting in considerable effort.
It was as if the scent-hunting noses had been magically transformed. The technology to modify them belonged to extraordinary means, but the end product was something else, resembling common sightings in physical enhancement, limb modification, and physical mechanization.
All of these would be Aipuli’s opponents.
However… with the Frozen World, she wouldn’t be easily caught.
Far from the outer area of Monopeng City.
I was casually enjoying a late-night snack with Sister Bai in a spacious area of the city, and the food in Monopeng City definitely couldn’t be missed.
The alarm echoing across the city somewhat shattered the atmosphere.
But who would know that the mastermind behind this whole incident was here leisurely eating a late-night snack?
“By the way, Xiao Han, when are you planning to make your move?” Sister Bai played with a skewer, then elegantly took a bite.
“I don’t know… Let’s wait a bit longer to enjoy the fun~” I shrugged, indicating I wasn’t sure. In fact, I really didn’t know; after all, my goal was to help Aipuli completely unlock the shackles in her heart, something only she truly understood.
“You’re quite carefree, but I really didn’t expect you to give that fragment away, you have some guts. What if at the last moment she doesn’t choose to flee but instead gives in to the family? Then your Frozen World would be gone…”
“If it’s gone, it’s gone~ At least it proves that Aipuli is a waste, no need for me to waste more energy. Anyway, they still can’t get the fragments without going through me.” I thought it all quite open; if it’s not mine, I shouldn’t hold on too tightly. It’s about gaining and losing.
“By the way, Sister Bai.” I was nibbling on a skewer and suddenly wiped my mouth, as if realizing something, “You seem to care a bit about this Aipuli character? I remember at the beginning, you were quite uninterested in her.”
“Oh, you noticed that?” Sister Bai didn’t deny it directly, “It’s nothing, just something that piqued my interest. After all, the topic she chose… is an ordinary one.”
“Ordinary Soul… I have to say that Mentor Chris really knows how to choose subjects; it suits her well.” I said, only to eventually shake my head regretfully, “But Aipuli has repeatedly let down Chris’s expectations, what a pity.”
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In the narrow alleys, Aipuli, after knocking down the “hunters” that were pursuing her, rushed deeper into the shadows with a somewhat disheveled appearance.
Those modified scent-hunting individuals were called ‘hunters.’ Even ordinary people could be modified, so most hunters didn’t have particularly strong physical qualities.
Even as graduated students, they specialized in speed and mobility as the primary objectives of the pursuit.
Thus, these people were no match for Aipuli.
However, such harassment was enough to delay her for some time, especially since the hunters were equipped with tracking systems and some special scents, making it easier to gather and attack her by other hunters.
Furthermore… Aipuli subconsciously patted the shattered ice crystals on her body, and if nothing went wrong, she was already marked by the scent.
However, the layer of ice crystals on her body had shattered, and the places marked by that special pollen had also faded along with it.
This was her only means to deal with the scent.
But having her entire body covered in ice crystals brought a huge burden on her, and the cold was continuously eroding her core body temperature.
The manifestation of undying nature merely healed wounds, a restoration of the physical integrity derived from the essence of life, but the cold could put the bodily functions to sleep.
The level of life was not something those extraordinary abilities could resist against abnormal characteristics, so Aipuli couldn’t maintain the Frozen World indefinitely.
“There! Chase them!”
From a distance, she heard the hunters shouting, deepening the weariness in Aipuli’s heart.
Now Monopeng City must have sealed off the important passages. The longer she delayed, the harder it would be for her to escape.
At this moment, all she wanted was to take it one step at a time; she had long lost any grand plans. What kept her from stopping was merely the thought of escape.
Escape from that suffocating family.
“I found you!”
Suddenly, a voice sent alarm bells ringing in Aipuli’s head, and the next moment, a figure lunged directly at her.
“d*mn it, do you have to be so relentless?!” Aipuli shouted in anger, not knowing whether to be mad at the person before her or at herself.
“A traitor! If you can’t endure it, just surrender!” The man before her launched another attack without mercy, but facing Aipuli’s combat instincts, he failed once again.
“Get away from me! You can’t beat me… Are you not afraid of d*ath?!” Aipuli appeared to handle the situation quite easily, but she was still at a disadvantage.
What she couldn’t afford the most was time, yet the guy before her was a graduated student who wouldn’t let go.
His power was far beyond that of the Security Bureau’s hunters.
But it still paled in comparison to Aipuli, who had once been a teaching assistant.
Just a few exchanges, and the opponent was already badly injured by Aipuli’s bare hands. This was Aipuli’s first time viscerally realizing the horror of her own physical strength.
“Ugh…” The opponent spat out bl**d but still wouldn’t back down, the modified night vision eyes glinting with a dangerous, bl**d-red light in the darkness.
At that moment, he resembled a savage wolf, with only prey in sight.
“You’re going to d*e!” Aipuli delivered a heavy kick, slamming the opponent to the ground.
She couldn’t delay any longer.
But just as she was about to leave quickly, she felt the opponent tightly gripping her ankle.
“Why won’t you give up! For this family, is your life so… Ahh!”
Aipuli wanted to say something back, but the opponent summoned one last ounce of strength and bit down on her ankle like a real beast!
The modified canine teeth bit through flesh, embedding into bone, the excruciating pain made Aipuli snap back to reality.
She had no choice…
With fierce determination crossing her face, she finally showed a murderous look toward her pursuer.
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