Blind Spot
Chapter 355 - 328 turn four

Chapter 355: 328 turn four

As a business executive employed by Hong Li Group, Marian was not only this identity on the surface, but also a high-ranking cadre in the Dragon River Organization.

During her last mission, an unexpected intelligence leak led to her being severely injured in the course of duty, forcing her to retreat back to Yi Country in disarray, where she had been recuperating until now.

This was also the reason she had not made an appearance for a long time.

The three of them exited the sanatorium, ready to take a leisurely stroll along the street and chat for a while.

Suddenly, a towering young man blocked their way.

The sidewalk was clearly wide enough for three people to walk abreast, but the man just had to block the direction of their wheelchair, squarely walking straight toward Marian.

Click.

The stranger blocked the wheelchair, then came to a halt on both sides.

Marian and her two companions frowned and looked at the man, intending to bypass him and continue on.

But as soon as they moved left, he moved left.

They went right, and he followed suit.

"What do you mean!?" The man in the suit pushing the wheelchair was Marian’s student, and at that moment, he stared down the stranger with obvious hostility.

"What do I mean? Clearly, you’re the ones in my way? And you’re asking me what I mean?" The man retorted with wide eyes.

"The road is so wide, and you..." The man pushing the wheelchair was about to argue with him.

Suddenly, three sharp sounds exploded in an instant.

The expressions of Marian and her companions changed simultaneously as they quickly got up, trying to dodge.

But it was too late.

Three slender needles struck their bodies with unerring precision.

Marian was hit in the side of the waist, while the other two were struck on the outer side of their thighs.

The darts were fired suddenly from behind the unfamiliar man standing in front.

Because the sound of speaking had masked any noise, none of them had noticed anything amiss.

By the time they realized it, it was already too late.

What was worse, the site of the injection quickly became numb, the sensation spreading throughout their bodies.

Clearly, those needles were poisoned.

"You!!" Marian flipped over, coming down from the wheelchair and half-kneeling on the ground.

She wore only a light purple dress, which slid off with just a slight movement, revealing the tight black combat suit she always wore underneath for constant readiness.

But even the bulletproof combat suit couldn’t block the attack of those poison needles.

A wave of numbness spread rapidly from the side of her waist.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Long time no see, Miss Marian. Your reflexes are still very keen..." A muscular man with black hair and a mask, even bigger than the man blocking their path, slowly appeared in front of them.

"That voice... Is it you!?" Marian instantly recognized the man’s identity, and her expression shifted slightly.

This black-haired man was the same mysterious person who had suddenly attacked her and wounded her last time.

"What do you want?"

Her mind raced, but her expression remained unchanged.

"If it’s money you’re after, I have at most three hundred thousand on me. This is a public street, surely you don’t plan to attract the attention of Heavenly Eye surveillance, right?"

"Who said I wanted money?" The person who had arrived was none other than Li Chengyi.

He smiled as he drew one step closer.

"I just heard that Miss Marian is exceptionally strong and quick to react, so I thought I’d come and see for myself."

"Is this your way of ’seeing for yourself’?" Marian felt that half her body was already numb; evidently, the poison was extremely potent, affecting even someone like her who had undergone resistance training and couldn’t withstand it.

Meanwhile, the other two had already fallen to the ground, paralyzed and unable to move.

Further away, there was actually a camera adjusting to different angles to record. It was disguised as filming a movie, concealing the truth.

"How’s that? Miss Marian, with your influence across many countries, cannot deal with such a small ambush?" Li Chengyi said with a laugh.

"Do you know who I work for? Who’s behind me?" Marian spoke in a deep tone.

"I’m not interested. Come on, stand up, let me see how strong you really are?" Li Chengyi continued to approach with a smile.

Marian’s complexion turned red with congestion, her body corroded by toxins, one arm and leg completely powerless.

She couldn’t muster half her usual strength.

"I..."

Before she could speak, a blur flashed before her eyes.

An ashen shadow approached swiftly, landing heavily on her waist.

Bang!

A heavy kick.

Marian rolled away, unable to even maintain basic balance, crashing into a fire hydrant at the roadside.

’Damn it!’ The attacker wasn’t moving fast; she could have defended or caught it.

But her poisoned waist made her powerless, slowing her reactions by a fraction.

And that had resulted in her being kicked squarely.

"Weak. Too weak!" Li Chengyi approached again with a smile. "Is this really all the great Miss Marian is capable of? Seems a bit disappointing, doesn’t it..."

"..." Marian propped herself up, took a deep breath, "You..."

Whoosh!

Another kick.

Li Chengyi moved in rapidly, raised a foot, and aimed squarely at her chin.

Then he delivered a side kick.

Thump!

Marian’s left face didn’t dodge in time and was struck by a kick.

After the dull impact, she was flung away, hitting a trash can a short distance away.

"Is that all you’ve got? Just kicking casually here, and you can’t even dodge this?" Li Chengyi kept approaching with a laugh.

Anger+2.

Anger+2.

Anger+1.

The ceaseless tide of Evil Thoughts was already powering up.

"Despicable!!" Marian rose from the ground, her face flushed with anger.

The recent blows were obviously not fast, and the force was not strong; if she hadn’t been poisoned, she could have easily blocked or dodged them.

But just now, she couldn’t avoid them at all.

She was just mustering strength when her energy suddenly flagged, and her legs went soft.

"Weak, aren’t you! So weak!"

Li Chengyi, however, didn’t care in the least and continued to charge at her with a flurry of punches and kicks.

His movements were swift, employing only the speed and power of an ordinary combat expert.

Marian was pummeled mercilessly in the corner.

"Get up! Aren’t you really capable? Don’t you act all high and mighty?"

"Look at you now, still not just getting randomly beaten like a dog by me!"

"Smile? I told you to smile! Keep smiling!!"

Bang bang bang bang!

Fist after fist, kick after kick.

A rain of blows fell on Marian’s body. The force wasn’t very heavy, and the speed wasn’t very fast, but they always hit her face...

Within minutes, her originally gorgeous face had swollen up like a pig’s head.

Several times she tried to fight back, but Li Chengyi easily dealt with her, stepping on her with his foot.

"I’m so disappointed...you’ve really disappointed me..." Li Chengyi sighed.

"You can jump, can’t you? Try jumping now?"

He feigned a posture of seeking vengeance, mocking her deliberately.

"Don’t hit the face!" Marian yelled as she lay on her side, hugging her head, "Just don’t hit the damn face!!" she bellowed.

"I just love hitting the face! The more pain you feel, the happier I am!!" Li Chengyi laughed loudly.

"I don’t even know you, who the hell are you!? Why are you attacking me!?" Marian felt utterly terrible.

Her wounds had just healed, she had just been discharged from the hospital... and now...

"Of course, you don’t recognize me!" Li Chengyi blinked, "How could you not recognize me when you splashed me with mud driving in the rain that day!?"

"....." Marian was bewildered, what kind of reasoning was that?

"See, you really have forgotten me..." Li Chengyi sneered.

He then went up and beat her mercilessly again.

The sound of punches and kicks could be heard.

Marian’s whole body swelled up even more.

Being beaten senselessly, for a senseless reason, she was filled with burning anger.

"That’s for spraying too much perfume!"

"For going out in the rain without an umbrella!"

"For not waiting for the traffic light at the crosswalk!!"

"For... uh, for squatting on the ground like a dog!"

Li Chengyi said whatever came to mind, unloading a chaotic and random beating.

Marian was crouched on the ground, her face swollen beyond recognition.

As for injuries, there weren’t too many; it was mainly a psychological attack.

Frustration.

Anger.

These two emotions were surging indomitably in Marian’s mind, like a flood.

Li Chengyi became happier the more he beat her. In just this short while, the sheer outpouring of Evil Thoughts anger had boosted the progress of his Purple Delicate Flower’s Evil Thoughts to over 90% from just past halfway.

He was just a few points away from filling the first main bloom!

Very soon.

Under Marian’s silent gaze of frustration and fury, Li Chengyi gave her a couple more brutal kicks, watching the progress of the Evil Thoughts swiftly climb to 98%.

Feeling pleased, he finally stopped.

"What’s the matter? Can’t accept it?" He chuckled mockingly.

"Who sent you to humiliate me?" Marian had finally calmed down.

"No one. I just don’t like the look of you." Li Chengyi stepped on her head with his foot again.

"You know what? This is Yi Country. You international fugitives should behave and follow the rules once you’re here, lest you provoke someone you shouldn’t."

"...." Marian gritted her teeth in silence.

"Speak!"

"I know...." Marian ground out through her teeth.

Her face, now swollen like a pig’s head, stared at Li Chengyi as if it were a talking slice of steamed bread.

"....." Seeing her face like this, Li Chengyi also started to feel a bit uneasy.

Ugh...

He turned his head away, feeling nauseous.

A piece of steamed bread was one thing, but it was smeared with snot, tears, saliva, and mud.

"Don’t look at me; it’s making me queasy."

Crack, crack...

Marian’s face turned purple, her fists clenched tightly, making a faint sound.

She bit down hard on her teeth, quickly bowing her head, but the fury and humiliation in her heart had reached an all-time peak.

How many years had it been...

How many years had it been...!?

Anger +3.

Anger +3...

The continuous outpour of Evil Thoughts quickly filled the progress bar of the Purple Delicate Flower.

"Forget it, just looking at that face disgusts me; I’m leaving." Li Chengyi seemed to have lost interest and, waving his hand to the others, the trio boarded a car and drove off into the distance.

Leaving behind Marian, curled in the corner by the trash can, trembling as she slowly picked herself up.

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In the car.

Li Chengyi paid the others their hiring fee, then let them out halfway along the journey.

He cheerfully drove alone until he got into a black sedan that had been waiting by the road for a while.

The man sitting in the driver’s seat was Hai Sha.

He gave Li Chengyi a strange look, completely unable to comprehend what his boss had just done.

"Don’t look at me like that." Li Chengyi exhaled, "It’s a personal hobby."

He glanced at his companion.

"Whenever I’m feeling down, I like to find someone and vent on them, to relax. Have you ever heard the saying? One’s happiness is typically built upon another’s pain."

"....." Hai Sha slowly nodded, feeling a chill in his heart.

This new boss he was following... seemed not quite right in the head?