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51: Chapter 51: Tracking (Please Favorite, Follow, and Vote)
The short-haired girl subconsciously followed He Ao’s gaze and looked back.
And in that instant, He Ao quickly stepped forward and grabbed her wrist.
Instinctively, the girl tried to break free, and as she struggled, He Ao was momentarily caught off guard, nearly allowing her to escape.
Such great strength.
The force was even stronger than He Ao’s current strength, but strength alone was not enough; the same force could have different effects in different people’s hands.
He Ao lowered his body, steadied his footing, and then pulled out a pink pair of handcuffs from his waist, snapping them directly onto the girl’s fair wrist.
Then he leaned back, kicked hard with both feet, and with a strong pull, the girl’s body pitched forward, losing her leverage.
All of this happened extremely quickly.
The girl hadn’t even reacted before He Ao was dragging her along, stumbling for a few steps, and falling forward.
Before her cheek could make intimate contact with the raised steel frame on the ground, He Ao steadied her and then snapped the handcuffs onto the steel frame with a click.
Only then did the girl clearly see what was in front of her, a lock rack by the roadside for pedestrians to lock their bicycles.
The rack appeared very sturdy, made entirely of solid steel.
“What is this thing?!”
The girl glanced at the pink handcuffs on her wrist.
They didn’t seem like proper handcuffs, did they?
There was even pink fluff on them—sure they weren’t some weird adult toy?
She tried to pull hard, and the handcuffs hit the bike rack, making a loud noise and violently shaking, but the rack did not loosen, nor did the handcuffs break.
“Ah!!!”
Instead, it was the girl’s hand that suffered from the forceful attempt, as the handcuffs left red imprints and caused her to wince in pain, “Hiss!!!”
“Good physical condition,”
He Ao glanced at her and nodded lightly, guessing that the girl had indeed become a Transcendent, with greatly improved physical condition.
However, she had yet to realize this and could not skillfully control her own strength.
He then took out his phone, snapped a photo, and sent it to Captain Liu, followed by a location.
Then he pressed the voice key, “Captain Liu, there’s a suspected accomplice of the kidnappers here.
I’ve locked her up; remember to send someone over to check, and be careful, she’s quite strong.”
The girl had wanted to lash out at He Ao for taking the photo, but upon hearing his words, she started to feel fearful.
Her eyes widened as she looked pitifully at He Ao, “Brother, please let me go, I’m not a kidnapper.
I was just passing by.
Let me go, and I’ll leave immediately, never to return.
I will even take a flight out tonight.”
“Don’t struggle violently,” He Ao pointed at the rack that already bore marks from her struggles, and then pointed above to a camera that was aimed right at them, “If you break it, you’ll have to pay for it.
Just wait patiently for the police.
If you’re truly innocent, they won’t wrong you.
Even if you’ve done something wrong, if you can provide enough information, you can atone for your crimes and earn merit.”
He then patted the girl’s shoulder and dragged her luggage to her side, “Don’t worry, we won’t harm you.
The police will be here in a few minutes.”
To He Ao, this girl was a typical example of an ordinary person who had just come into contact with the shadow of the world.
She stood on the edge of a cliff, but had not yet fully fallen into the abyss.
She still held onto many ordinary thoughts and was not thoroughly ruthless, but she was afraid of the police because she had done something in the shadow.
At this stage, the things she had done were generally not serious, and she couldn’t reach deeper levels of evil.
It was possible for her to rein herself in.
After calming the short-haired girl, He Ao quickly headed in the direction where Liu Nan had disappeared.
The short-haired girl watched He Ao’s figure disappear, then glanced at the small box beside her, placed it flat on the ground, and sat on it.
What a strange person.
She sighed to herself, realizing she could no longer run away and had to accept her situation.
Then, she turned her attention to the handcuffs that bound her hands.
She shook her wrist, the metal handcuffs rattled against the frame of the car, producing a clear collision sound.
But being locked up here, she felt like a tiny pet casually tied up by the roadside.
——
He Ao’s form swiftly weaved through the streets, quickly passing the spot where Liu Nan had just been.
He saw the vehicle that had been blasted to remains, with people ready to extinguish the fire with hoses.
He Ao did not go over to survey the scene, but ran straight towards the north.
Draw a line in the east-west direction from the position where Liu Nan was attacked, to the south of that line lies a neatly arranged industrial district, surveillance cameras sprawling everywhere.
A few hundred meters to the north of this line were various self-built homes and construction sites in the countryside.
These structures were separated by numerous concealed and deep paths.
In between were patches of farmland—forget surveillance cameras, there were hardly any street lamps.
If the adversaries weren’t foolish, they would definitely choose to enter this northern area to evade pursuit and then take the opportunity to escape.
Zhang Ansha was in the west, his companion had been lured to the north.
If the enemy indeed only had Bull taking Liu Nan away, they would certainly try to avoid encountering these two groups, because getting delayed could highly likely lead to being surrounded by the arriving police or other ‘Research Institute’ personnel.
Thus, it was highly probable that he would head east.
His two teammates would also do their best to delay the actions of Zhang Ansha and Zhang Ansha’s companion, creating an opportunity for Bull to make an escape.
He Ao directly climbed onto a relatively tall two-story building to the east.
It used to take some effort for him to climb such buildings, but after his physical abilities had improved, he scaled the roof in a flash by following the window drainpipes.
Wherever one goes, one leaves traces behind.
Based on Bull’s performance of crushing tiles in his home yesterday, he was unable to control his strength well after the transformation, so he must have left obvious tracks.
Ordinary people would struggle to spot those traces in such a pitch-black night without streetlights, but He Ao was different.
Super Memory, burst!
As Super Memory activated, all the details within his field of vision were laid out in He Ao’s mind.
Soon, he discovered the footprints left by Bull.
He then deactivated Super Memory, jumped down from the rooftop, swiftly climbed a wall, and chased after the traces he had just seen.
——
Liu Nan had no idea how much time had passed, surrounded by darkness with only the faint shadows of buildings receding into the distance.
Just when Liu Nan thought all the scenery here looked alike, a streak of light suddenly appeared in her vision.
The light came from ahead, and they seemed to have reached an area with street lamps.
The young man seemed a bit surprised to find street lamps in this location, and just as he prepared to bypass it, Liu Nan slowly pulled out a black object from the right sleeve of her coat.
