As long as you help with this favor.

After tonight, Madam will be my strongest support in the city...

Gu Shen looked at the crow with some amusement and helplessness. This guy called himself a rough man, a commoner, not very bright, but he could talk people into things one after another. At least Gu Shen couldn't see any signs of stupidity in him.

This was clearly a shrewd person.

If it were someone else, they would probably be at a loss by now.

"You should know my strength..."

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Gu Shen said, "You can take on ten people with one punch. Why did you come to me for help with something so important?"

"You may be overestimating yourself. Someone like you, I can take on twenty with one punch." The crow smiled, then said seriously, "The reason I came to you for help... is because you are my only friend."

"Aren't you afraid I'll mess it up?"

"Afraid. Of course, I'm afraid..."

"It's only the second time we've met, and you asked me to help Madam see a doctor. I started to worry. I was worried that you would make a mistake." Song Ci pointed to his own head and smiled brightly, "But later it turned out that my worry was unnecessary... Based on my understanding of you, if there's something you can't do, you would say so. Since you didn't directly refuse me, it means you also think you can do it."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Gu Shen said, "I will give it a try and do my best."

He chose to act not because he was moved by the idea of "Madam becoming his support."

The crow still didn't know his true identity.

At the moment when Gu Shen received the S-level rating from the Judgment Bureau, he didn't really need this kind of "support" anymore. His teacher was the only Grand Judge of the East Continents, "Tree of Heaven," and his senior sister was "Sky Eye," who surpassed the Deep Sea's twelve layers. This whole line knew about the existence of this new junior brother.

It wasn't just because of the crow's request.

Among many reasons, there was one that couldn't be ignored...

The person who introduced him behind the scenes was likely the owner of the compass.

Finding clues about blood and fire was too important to him.

Song Ci was really a cunning guy. He probably guessed early on that Gu Shen was also very interested in this incident...

"Are you really going to Jiangtan?" Gu Shen frowned, "Can you handle it?"

"You promised to accompany me to Nanwan, so how can I not go to Jiangtan?" The crow grabbed the collar of the unlucky guy who had fainted, got on the motorcycle, smiled and waved, "Don't worry, I've seen scenes like this a lot, it's just a piece of cake..."

Before he finished speaking, he sped away.

The roar shattered the silence of the night.

The motorcycle fleet in the Nanwan district started up, and one after another, the headlights pierced through the long night. Dozens of dark shadows raced on the road.

With the continuous addition of vehicles at the intersections, the team kept growing, and with great momentum, the journey from Nanwan to Jiangtan, which usually took forty minutes, only took fifteen minutes tonight.

They were on par with Mr. Zhao, sharing the prosperity of the city. Chen San took in four godsons, all of whom were miserable people born from the dust, lonely and insignificant, to the point where no one would give them a second glance.

But because Chen San gave them a second glance.

So there was the sincere meeting at Nantang later...

The fleet finally stopped in front of the Jiangtan Bridge.

This place was far from the crowd, desolate, with only the surging waves. On the dam of the bridge, a figure could be vaguely seen standing alone, the strong wind blowing... The person's clothes fluttered in the wind.

It was actually a very artistic scene—

If that guy wasn't wearing a tattered floral shirt.

After the fleet stopped, a slender man slowly took off his helmet, and the crowd spontaneously gathered around him.

Another fat man stood beside the slender man, looking puzzled, frowning, "Third Brother... I don't understand, what is the crow doing?"

The night was dark and the wind was high.

But tonight's battle was about settling old and new grudges. What use was there in looking handsome?

"...I don't understand, and it doesn't matter."

The man called Third Brother was named Qi Lu, ranked third among Chen San's godsons. He stared at the man on the dam of the river, expressionless, opened the back seat, and took out a black box.

It contained scattered firearms.

Qi Lu crouched down and placed the black box on his knee. He quickly began to assemble the parts, his hands like phantoms, as if he had grown six arms in an instant. After the gun was aimed at a critical point, the clicking sound erupted in a crowded and continuous manner.

"Click!"

A sniper rifle was set up in the night wind on the Jiangtan dam.

The fourth-ranked fat man was patted on the shoulder.

"The crow is still as flamboyant as ever."

A light laugh.

Wu Yong, ranked second among the godsons, looked mocking, "But what era is it... What's the use of being flamboyant? Who still fights one-on-one?"

He raised his hand.

"Click!"

"Click!"The convoy, clad uniformly in black trench coats, began to assemble their firearms at the moment Wu Yong raised his hand. The quiet of the long night was torn apart by the clamor of machinery. At the same time, an invisible barrier stretched above their heads—a deep blue, dome-like projection, like the sky itself, serving as a natural artillery support, enveloping the long night of the riverside bridge within.

To outsiders, nothing within this blue dome-shaped barrier could be seen.

This was the perfect camouflage for tonight's battlefield.

"Big brother's 'Sky Canopy' has been deployed; we can start shooting now."

Wu Yong lifted his head, hands in his pockets, and gazed at the ethereal figure on the distant riverbank, asking softly, "Third brother, are you confident?"

Qi Lu did not answer.

He simply silently pushed a green sniper rifle bullet into the chamber—that was the best answer. As the bullet slid into place, he slowly closed one eye, while the pupil of the other eye gradually lost its whiteness, the entire iris covered by an inky blackness.

Inside the sniper rifle, a sound like boiling liquid roared to life.

As if... it had come alive!

This was a sniper rifle with unique traits, its barrel made of materials capable of withstanding strong logical properties, paired with 7.62mm caliber bullets inlaid with purple silver. In this era, it was one of the few effective means of using technology to suppress Transcendents.

The optimal range for this shot was around one thousand meters. The wind over the river was strong... but no amount of wind could affect his aim. As long as he wanted to hit the target, he would definitely hit it.

Qi Lu had already aimed at the opponent.

But he did not shoot.

Because... the man standing on the river dam, treading water, slowly crouched down and raised a "shield."

It was a person.

Qi Lu frowned... Despite the deep night, the strong river wind, and the waves churning and crashing, he still made out the face of the man in the crow's hands. But for the life of him, he couldn't figure out the man's identity.

Who was this?

"This is the hostage who was knocked out in the bar. Although we came to the riverbank to kill the crow... the official reason for tonight's operation is 'rescuing a subordinate,'" Wu Yong calmly watched the figure, instructing in a light voice, "As for his name, I can't quite remember, but it's not important. If you can take out that noisy crow with one shot, you can try without worrying about the consequences."