Goshawk’s smile suddenly faded.
“Don’t accept? Maybe you haven’t fully understood what I just said.”
“You’re right, I don’t,” Luna replied, touching her chin as she continued provoking him, “How about you repeat it for me again?” ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
Goshawk sneered. “Ha, I’ve met many people like you. You’ve just awakened your ability, yet you feel like you can fly and hide. You think you’re the most powerful in the world but this world has a way of knocking arrogant people down a peg.”
“Oh, you seem quite experienced. Sounds like you’ve been through it yourself,” Luna remarked as she nodded understandingly.
The vein on Goshawk’s temple bulged visibly as if she had struck a nerve.
“Ha! Good, good, good, good. Although you’re a woman, you’ve got some balls.”
While Goshawk repeated the word “good” four times, his muscles swelled, making him appear even more intimidating.
In less than ten seconds, he transformed into a three-meter-tall muscular giant, looking down at Luna coldly.
Luna played along, feigning surprise. “How did you know?”
“Hehe, this is the difference between wild ability users and an expert. As soon as you entered our field of vision, we summoned dozens of experts in supernatural abilities to evaluate and analyze you. That’s why they sent me—someone who can absolutely restrain you—to communicate with you.”
Goshawk’s smile turned sinister. “So don’t blame me for what’s about to happen next; you’re the one who refused our kindness.”
“I see, I see. I understand—you’ve been targeting me for a long time.” Luna’s tone was dismissive as her gaze swept over the giant Goshawk.
So this is the ability he mentioned. It’s somewhat like an innate talent, something they are born with, but… it isn’t imbued with the power of law, like a true innate talent. This is merely a simple enhanced body. And the extent of that enhancement… It’s probably just like turning a bug into a larger bug.
“Target? Oh, you’re not worthy of it. At most, we’re just cleaning the cockroaches out of the house.”
Goshawk twisted his neck, causing his joints to crack ominously. He looked at Luna with a sinister smile, already imagining how he would handle this beautiful girl.
Ever since being forced to join the organization, he had been bound by various rules. Such opportunities were rare.
“Goshawk, solve this quickly. Don’t let any ordinary people find out.”
A mature male voice came through his headset.
“Don’t worry, boss. Do you even have to worry when I’m the one handling things? I always complete my mission cleanly without loose ends,” Goshawk replied confidently. ŗÁŊÔ𝐛Ё§
“It’s precisely because it’s you handling things that ‘m concerned. You’re too extreme,” the man sighed in exasperation.
Goshawk’s methods were often bloody and violent. Every time he completed a task, the cleanup of the aftermath was headache-inducing.
If the organization weren’t short on manpower and his abilities weren’t so suitable, it wouldn’t be his turn to deal with new ability users.
“Forget it. Jellyfish is keeping an eye out for you. Just get it done.”
“Okay.” Goshawk licked his dry lips, feeling his muscles surge as every cell in his body craved the fight.
“Hey, that’s called a headset, right? I’ve seen it in a book. It seems similar to a new version of the spectrum stone that the imperial institute recently developed. We also called it a headset.”
A hint of fragrance wafted toward him, causing Goshawk’s eyes to widen in alarm. He suddenly leaped back lightly. Despite his enormous size, he moved as swiftly as a swallow—silent and graceful.
He turned to find Luna had somehow closed the distance to where he was standing. Horror gripped him as he asked in disbelief, “You… When?”
“What?” Luna tilted her head playfully.
“When did you get so close to me?” Goshawk, once so certain of his victory, now felt a trace of unease. Years of battling various ability users had tempered his arrogance, forcing him to adopt a more cautious demeanor.
“Hmm… I just walked over here normally.” Luna placed her hands behind her back and walked toward Goshawk, as if demonstrating to him.
“You…” Goshawk wanted to stop her, but upon closer inspection, there was nothing unusual about her movements. With her hands behind her back and her body relaxed, she looked no different than a young girl on her way home from school.
Could it be that… Am I just being overly vigilant?
Goshawk suddenly remembered one of her abilities—controlling others. Experts had analyzed this power and concluded it was far more complex than merely immobilizing people.
So… She had just controlled my five senses, creating the illusion that she was approaching quickly! It’s not that she’s fast. All of this is just a trick to intimidate me into retreating.
Feeling as though he had unraveled her tactics, Goshawk lifted his head and displayed a confident, bloodthirsty smile.
“Heh, so that’s how it is. You’re always showing off your clever tricks. If you hadn’t encountered me, you might have succeeded today.” Goshawk lowered his center of gravity, his waist and back muscles bulging as if they might burst at any moment.
“But this is where it ends.”
Clever tricks were just clever tricks. Once exposed, they were nothing but useless gimmicks.
Goshawk smiled sinisterly, clawing the ground and leaving ten deep grooves into the concrete. The floor cracked beneath him as he transformed into a humanoid rhinoceros, charging toward Luna, who looked like a delicate willow tree.
During the charge, his right arm was further enhanced. Muscles sprouted from it like tumors, transforming it into a grotesque weapon.
The power surging through that hand was enough to overturn a tank and pierce a one-meter-thick sheet of special steel.
“Disgusting. Your hand is as repulsive as you are,” Luna remarked casually, extending a hand from behind her.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Goshawk’s headset had ended up in her grasp. With a small squeeze, she crushed it into pieces. As the fragments disintegrated into dust, the final “retreat now” command faded away with the breeze.
Luna raised her hand, then… used a single finger to block Goshawk’s massive fist, which came with a seemingly unstoppable force.
In that instant, time seemed to freeze; the movement of the giant fist came to an abrupt halt.
The moment the two came into contact, a shockwave—slightly stronger than a breeze—spread outward, stirring up dust.
The wind chimes, which had hung at the shop doors for who knows how many years, produced soft tinkling sounds that echoed through the deserted alley. However, these sounds, which usually resonated with serenity and melody, now felt like a death knell from the god of death.
Goshawk continued to gather his strength but failed to make any progress. Sweat dripped down his chin as a chilling realization settled over him. He looked at the seemingly harmless girl in front of him.
“How… is this possible…?”
“Well, I don’t want to say much, but the result speaks for itself.” Luna didn’t bother to hide the contempt in her eyes as she continued, “You’re the weakest among those who’ve overestimated themselves and dared to challenge me.”
Suddenly, Luna opened up all her fingers and gently wrapped them around Goshawk’s fist.
The sharp sound of bone breaking filled the air.