Chapter 78: So Many Toys

Chapter 78: So Many Toys

“It’s about enough!”

Seeing that Xu Xiaoxiao’s fingers, even her palm, had already fallen to the ground, Lu Xin spoke.

Since Xu Xiaoxiao pointed her gun at him, Little Sister had been dangling above her head, eyeing her maliciously. However, Little Sister had been enjoying playing with Lu Xin recently and had become far more obedient than before. And so she only acted after Lu Xin nodded.

Perhaps because she had enjoyed dismantling a gun during the previous assessment too much, upon jumping down, she immediately took apart the gun in Xu Xiaoxiao’s hand. Obviously, dismantling the gun wasn’t sufficient; she proceeded to take apart Xu Xiaoxiao’s palm too.

If Lu Xin hadn’t stopped her in time, he believed Little Sister would have continued upward along her arm.

For both Lu Xin and Little Sister, this was a minor matter.

However, Manager Liu (the fat one) and Mr. Xu were clearly shocked. They stumbled back a step, looking at Lu Xin as if they’d seen a ghost. Mr. Xu even went weak at the knees and almost fell. Staring in disbelief at his daughter’s bare, bloody wrist gushing blood, he dropped his cane in a panic and rushed to hold her.

Seeing his daughter’s blood pouring out and the stump where her hand had been, he felt dizzy.

“How could you… how could you do this?”

He yelled at Lu Xin, whether from extreme terror or extreme fury.

Lu Xin merely frowned slightly. Glancing at Little Sister, who was crouching obediently nearby, he didn’t scold her. Instead, looking seriously at Mr. Xu, he said: “She threatened me first. Honestly, I’ve been trying my best to protect her!”

His words were sincere, and the truth.

However, Mr. Xu seemed unable to hear his explanation, only growing increasingly distressed and angry:

“Even if you are from that department, you think you can hurt my daughter like this?”

“……”

Lu Xin sensed the changes around him and slowly shook his head. “We really shouldn’t take this path.”

……..

Lu Xin truly didn’t want things to escalate. That wasn’t good.

Mainly, it wasn’t good for this Mr. Xu.

But obviously, seeing his daughter injured, or perhaps Lu Xin’s current attitude causing concern about something else, Mr. Xu was furious. As he yelled with a trembling voice, hurried footsteps rushed towards them from all directions in the large, seemingly empty villa grounds.

On the second floor, curtains parted, revealing a dark gun barrel aimed at Lu Xin.

Holding the gun was the previously genial-looking Butler.

Around them came the chaotic crunch of boots on lawn and concrete. In the darkness beyond the lights, many people were running over. The distinct sound of guns rubbing against stiff fabric accompanied their sprint.

“Mr. Lone Soldier, it doesn’t have to come to this…”

Amidst the noise, Manager Liu (the fat one) hastily retreated backward.

His face tense, he urged: “You’d better apologize to Mr. Xu quickly…”

Lu Xin frowned wordlessly, reaching into his pocket for his Satellite Phone.

Bang

At that moment, a gunshot suddenly rang out.

From the second floor, a bullet abruptly streaked straight towards Lu Xin’s head.

That dignified, unhurried Butler.

He had killed without hesitation.

……..

Bullets travel so fast; especially at such close range, death often follows the sound of the shot.

But at the very instant the gunshot sounded, Lu Xin’s head jerked unnaturally to the side.

The movement was bizarre yet swift, as if his neck bones suddenly broke, letting his head flop sideways.

And just like that, he dodged it. The bullet grazed his cheek.

Three or four meters behind him, sparks flew from the brick floor, blasting out a fist-sized chunk of stone.

……..

This abrupt and slightly eerie scene made Mr. Xu and Manager Liu (the fat one) both widen their eyes in disbelief.

They stared at Lu Xin in utter shock.

The Butler who had fired from the second floor actually blinked, thinking it a trick of his eyes.

He then gripped his gun tightly with both hands, stared intently downward, preparing for a second shot.

Only then did he realize Lu Xin’s figure had vanished.

Instantly tense, he leaned his upper body cautiously towards the window, slowly peering down.

His view enlarged bit by bit. Lu Xin was still not in sight.

Instead, he saw the group of medics, Manager Liu (the fat one), and their gazes further ahead.

They were all looking… straight at him.

The Butler reacted instantly, snapping his head down. He saw Lu Xin clinging flush to the wall right beneath the windowsill, without any support, about twenty centimeters away, silently staring straight at him.

“Human or ghost?”

The Butler was stunned. Jerking back, he raised his gun.

But before he could fully retract himself, Lu Xin’s hand shot out like lightning, seizing his neck. With a powerful yank, the Butler was wrenched headfirst out the window. Their bodies hung in the air. Lu Xin grabbed his arm, pulling it back violently while stomping hard on his thigh. Using the momentum, he wrenched the Butler head-downwards while simultaneously grabbing his waist…

By the time the Butler hit the ground, Lu Xin had already pushed off against him, propelling himself upwards with a light bounce.

Thud

A dull thump. The Butler crashed onto the tiles below.

He looked… twisted into a ball.

His arms were wrenched 270 degrees, stuffed through the gap between his own legs to clutch his neck. His legs were twisted backwards, forming a grotesque ‘X’. Every major joint was severely distorted. His spine curved impossibly, forcing his head to press against his contorted back. The whole body resembled a haphazardly reassembled jigsaw.

Crucially, he wasn’t dead. Nor unconscious.

Conscious, he could only scream mindlessly as he flopped desperately on the ground like a folded human ball. He still clutched the gun in his hand – only its barrel now pressed against his own skull.

……..

“Little Lin—!”

The Butler’s horrific appearance utterly terrified both Manager Liu (the fat one) and Mr. Xu.

Even his daughter, who hadn’t passed out yet from the pain, was jolted out of her screams by the gruesome sight.

However, just then, the outer Bodyguards finally reached the scene.

Spotting the distorted, writhing figure on the ground, they froze in collective horror, raising their guns in unison.

It was dark; tactical lights mounted on their weapons illuminated the scene.

Beams of harsh light instantly converged on Lu Xin, suspended mid-air in his unnatural crouch against the wall. Glowing eyes peered from a chillingly distorted face.

Panicked, they unleashed a barrage.

And at that moment, Lu Xin’s face… twisted into an expression of pure excitement.

No words came, yet the Bodyguards felt a phantom voice – a little girl’s giggle – reverberating strangely around them:

“Wow… so many toys!”