Chapter 2

The person Gu Ding saw was none other than the fake Teacher Ellie who had questioned him in class earlier today.

Ordinary people would not come to a place like the Red Light District, let alone a teacher who taught cultural studies in a military academy. The real Teacher Ellie was just like most of the other cultural studies teachers. She was an ordinary person with a Cell Index of around 1. She had no combat effectiveness at all.

The moment Gu Ding saw Teacher Ellie, he confirmed that Reid's speculation was correct. When he saw Miss Allie dashing into an alley faster than him, he quickly followed her.

The alley was deep and dark. His footsteps were light, but he was not slow.

Not long after Gu Ding disappeared, a tall man wrapped in a cloak suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley. He only paused for a moment before following the man into the alley.

At the end of the alley was an empty street. Gu Ding poked his head out and looked left and right, but there was no one around. At that moment, a cold murderous intent rose from behind him. Before he could react, a hand came from behind and clamped around his neck, suffocating him. At the same time, a faint fragrance wafted from behind him. Gu Ding clearly remembered that it was the perfume that Teacher Ellie usually used.

"Tell me, who told you to follow me?" A voice rang in Gu Ding's ear. The voice also sounded like Teacher Ellie's, but it was much colder and gave off a sense of danger and deterrence.

"Teacher Ellie, I …" Gu Ding tried to explain but was interrupted.

"You brought help. Don't come any closer, or I'll kill him." The woman pulled Gu Ding in front of her.

In the alley, the light was dim. Not far from the two of them stood a tall man. His entire body was wrapped in a black cloak, and even his face was covered by the brim of his hat, making it impossible to see him clearly. Although Gu Ding could not see the man's face, his instinct told him that the man in front of him was extremely dangerous. He was at least ten times more dangerous than 'Teacher Ellie' who was holding his throat. He could also feel that the man's target was not him, but 'Teacher Ellie' who was behind him. However, he knew very well that the man would not give up on 'Teacher Ellie' just because of him.

As expected, after the woman spoke, the cloaked man only paused for a moment before he took another step forward. He did not care about the woman's threat at all.

The woman made a prompt decision. She turned her claws into palms and slashed Gu Ding's neck with one hand while pushing him away with the other. Clearly, they wanted to use him to escape.

Gu Ding felt a sharp pain in his neck, and his consciousness blurred. He felt a huge force behind him, and his body was thrown into the air. At the same time, he passed out.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ding slowly woke up, and a shocking scene appeared in front of him.

Not far away, "Miss Allie" was pierced in the chest by a stick that grew out of the man's hand. What was even more bizarre was that the face of 'Miss Allie' began to blur, as if a layer of human skin mask was gradually peeling off, revealing her original face. It was a woman who was even prettier than Ellie, and had a bit of a seductive vibe about her. However, no matter how beautiful she was, she was already a dead person. The stick had pinned her to the wall, and she had completely stopped struggling.

The man in the large cloak reached into the woman's inner pocket and took something out. In the dark of the night, even with Gu Ding's amazing eyesight, he could not see what the man had snatched away.

At that moment, the man in the cloak suddenly turned around and his gaze fell on Gu Ding. The moment their eyes met, Gu Ding felt as if a cold Grim Reaper's scythe was pressed against his neck. The sudden sense of danger made him afraid to move. His instincts told him that if he made even the slightest movement, he would be sentenced to death in an instant.

"Target detected. Scanning!"

"Scanning complete. Target Gu Ding, student of Cerule Basic Military Academy. Kill? " The man in the cloak was talking to himself in a low voice. Although Gu Ding could not hear what he was saying, he could guess that the man was probably communicating with someone. However, the strong sense of danger did not dissipate, and he still did not dare to move.

"Military Academy? Don't worry about him. That woman's body will be found sooner or later anyway. How's the mission going? "Soon, the deep and rich voice of an adult man came from the other side of the phone.

After receiving the instructions, the man in the cloak turned around and looked at the cold body.

"Target: Multi-Faced Fox, Lina."

"Level 4 Gene Body."

"Special Ability: Disguise."

"Cell Index: 181."

"Pirate Crew: Adjudicator Pirates."

"Bounty: 7 million Star Credits."

"Target dead. Target item obtained. Mission completed! Await further instructions. "

"Since the mission is completed, retreat now," the deep male voice gave the instructions again.

After receiving the instructions, the man in the cloak turned around and left. The moment he turned around, a gust of wind blew past and lifted his cloak, revealing his left hand.

Gu Ding's eyesight was amazing. Although it was just a glance, he could clearly see a white number printed on the man's left sleeve — 108.

“108？ What does that mean? Is it a code name? Or is it the name of some organization? "Gu Ding was slightly distracted.

By the time he came back to his senses, the man had disappeared. He looked left and right, and the street was still empty. Only then did he walk toward the body.

The body had been pierced through the chest by a strange black stick, and the other end of the stick was nailed to the wall. In this red light district, there were criminal cases every day. Gu Ding had seen similar death scenes no less than twenty times, so he had nothing to fear. He walked over just to confirm if this woman was Teacher Ellie.

Up close, Gu Ding was very sure that the woman was, as Reed had said, an imposter. Aside from her face, her skeleton was slightly larger than the real Teacher Ellie. Teacher Ellie was not short, standing at about 1.68 meters. However, the woman in front of him, after the disguise was gone, was at least 1.75 meters tall. Her fingers were long and slender, and her nails were painted with scarlet nail polish. Teacher Ellie never wore nail polish …

Just as Gu Ding was carefully observing her, a metal watch fell from the woman's wrist and rolled to Gu Ding's feet.