Superhumans of the Dome City

"Mr. Capro Boli fell from a great height, his transformed body extremely agile, not the type to make a rookie mistake while running across rooftops. Considering the short arrow on his ankle—now hanging at your waist—the conclusion is imminent. You wounded Capro in the rooftop battle and knocked him to the ground, hence my fight with him.

For an official expert, however, letting a dangerous terrorist operate alone would be exceedingly irresponsible—unless said expert was otherwise engaged, perhaps pursuing a more dangerous, more civilian-threatening giant dragon worshipper. That must be a cunning and powerful enemy; otherwise, he or she could not have evaded your Impermanence Skill so swiftly."

Alice turned around. "How do you know I failed?"

"What else are you waiting for, Miss Alice? If you had successfully captured that big fellow, your main focus should be on him." Gongsun Ce shook his finger. "Let me guess... You placed a tracking device on that enemy, like a locator, and now you're waiting for him to finish his stealth and expose his coordinates. Is that the right explanation, Miss Alice?"

Alice turned to face him, sizing him up from head to toe.

"Very clever, young man." There was a hint of admiration in the Hunter's words.

"Just a bit of reasoning and guessing, it's nothing much. By the way, my superpower is also very good at capturing fleeing enemies." Gongsun Ce gestured invitingly. "Would you reconsider the proposal for cooperation? It would be a good arrangement for both of us."

Alice tapped the floor lightly with her toe, pulling out her phone from her pocket.

"You've convinced me, young man. I think it's more beneficial to work with you than not. But allowing a civilian to get involved goes against principle; I need to clear it with my superiors."

"Please, Miss Alice." Gongsun Ce opened the window. "Time is precious, I'll wait for you downstairs."

He leaped out of the window, safely landing using telekinesis, leaving the Hunter some space to report alone and giving himself some time to act solo.

Gongsun Ce used his telekinesis to scout the window's edge, feeling somewhat relieved as he saw the Hunter making a phone call. He looked at his own door and, just as expected, found the unconscious Capro had vanished without a trace, along with any sign of their fight, wiped clean in just a few minutes.

Everything was as if nothing had happened, with only a van driving by nearby hinting that the official personnel had finished their cleanup work. Gongsun Ce was indifferent—it was Sky City, where superpower users and officials from various countries fought openly and secretly all the time, and where high-tech and secret forces would cover any internal traces to ensure most citizens could live peacefully on the surface.

Living here long enough, anyone would have their secrets, and old city dweller Gongsun Ce was no exception. At that moment, he was harboring two secrets he was reluctant to share with Alice; the first was a message he had just secretly sent to his trusted informant and best friend, asking him to dig up information on giant dragon worshippers; the second was a message he had received that morning.

[To Gongsun Ce]

[Gongsun, this is Yan Qi. Been having nightmares often, right? Die once these next few days and end it all.]

"Tsk..."

The content of the message annoyed Gongsun Ce partly because of the other's domineering tone, and partly because of the unnerving accuracy in which the other had pinpointed his situation.

Gongsun had indeed been having nightmares frequently. Just before returning home, he had just revisited a past experience at a fast food restaurant—a no doubt negative factor that could affect his combat, thus Gongsun felt unconsciously anxious.

Chasing giant dragon worshippers, resolving his nightmares—could he handle both at the same time? Both were equally urgent and important matters...

At that moment, Gongsun sensed "wind".

Wind—the flow of air, invisible and colorless, gathered in front of Gongsun's apartment entrance to form a strange humanoid figure. It looked like a bald muscleman, but its body was not made of flesh, rather it seemed to consist of a translucent gas.

"Hey, you." The gas-headed man stared at Gongsun, his tone unfriendly. His voice buzzed through the air as he spoke, reminding Gongsun of a summer fan. "Seen, Capro? Or perhaps, the Hunter..."

Gongsun responded with a smile that could be described as cheerful.

"I have, sir," he replied enthusiastically. "I just knocked him unconscious five minutes ago, and he's probably being interrogated by official personnel right now."

The translucent face of the gas-headed man showed clear annoyance, his gaseous body gathering sharp wind blades, preparing to strike Gongsun with the fury of thunder. Suddenly, the bald man's face showed a stunned expression.

"You... Uh!"

The translucent body quickly became a solid human form, he groaned softly, and collapsed silently on the ground, passed out.

This was yet another practical use of telekinesis—Gongsun had the urge to claim so, but unfortunately, he hadn't had the chance to act before this unfamiliar Impermanence Law Enforcer fell.

And the culprit who caused the invisible man to faint was none other than another newcomer standing before Gongsun. This man had black mid-length hair, wore a refined suit, and had a handsome, elegant face as if he were a professional butler from a foreign noble family.

Without much effort, Gongsun imagined the full story of what had just occurred: the man in the suit had sneaked up behind the gas-headed man, slapped his back, and the enemy, who seemed to have his body turned into elements, was instantly defeated and fell to the ground.

It was a clean and concise strike, quite his style.

Smiling pleasantly at Gongsun, the man in the suit pulled on his white gloves: "I happened to be passing by and lent a little hand. Ran into some trouble, Gongsun?"

Gongsun sighed, speaking to his close buddy.

"You think too much, Mr. Shiyu. Mr. Gongsun's life is just as normal as every other day."

That was a lie.

Just like every other day, today Gongsun Ce was also lying to his friend.