Yikes, isn't that the female card artisan from the other day?
Howie looked at her with rapt attention.
Even though the girl had been shrouded in a yellow energy cloak that day, his eyesight wasn't bad, and he could clearly see her appearance.
He remembered very clearly that he had been rather astonished at the time. There weren't many female card artisans with that kind of power.
Butchie had changed into casual clothes that day, but Howie still recognized her at a glance.
Who were those people?
That group of people had drawn his attention. Everyone in the party looked vigilant, and they were all wearing battle-style apparatuses on their wrists.
Traces of discipline could be seen in their words and actions.
He was inwardly shocked that so many card artisans would come to Pomelo at that time. What was it for?
Could it have something to do with what they were doing?
His gaze then fell onto the card artisan who was wearing half a mask on his face.
That female card artisan seemed to be very respectful of him. Howie was familiar with that kind of respect, just like he was toward the chief uncle.
Howie surmised that the masked man's power was certainly out of the ordinary.
None of the other card artisans were easy to deal with.
Hugo suddenly turned his face, and his gaze fell onto a street corner not far away.
"Do you know that guy, Butchie?" Hugo asked.
"Which one?" Butchie found it a little strange.
"That man in the white suit, about 20 years old and looking rather refined." Hugo spoke very quickly, but his ear-piercing voice was unbearable.
Butchie felt quite used to it, though. She took a look and shook her head. "I don't know him. What about it?"
Hugo gave a cold snort, and his face grew frosty as he made a slight indication to the two beside him.
The two card artisans immediately understood and pushed aside the pedestrians to walk toward the young man in the white suit.
Butchie's expression changed. "Am I being followed?"
Hugo laughed lightly, but it was an unusually ear-piercing laugh. "I don't think so. But he just kept staring at you as though he knew you."
"Impossible!
I definitely don't know that guy. "Butchie shook her head, and she couldn't help but admire Hugo.
They were about 50 meters away from the man in the white suit, separated by a street with endless pedestrians. It was really inconceivable that big brother Hugo could still find something unusual about that person under such circumstances.
"No rush. We'll find out in a bit," Hugo said calmly.
When Howie saw the two big men walking towards him, he immediately knew he was in trouble.
He thought that he had concealed himself well enough, but he was still discovered by the other party.
This kind of insight was too terrifying!
Howie's heart went slightly cold, and he didn't hesitate to turn around and run.
The masked man was definitely stronger than him.
He opened his communications card as he ran, and the two big men behind him became more and more certain that there was something wrong with him when they saw him running. They looked at each other and activated their jet stream cards in unison, pouncing at him with a murderous look.
"Damn it!"
Howie's expression changed greatly, and he also immediately activated his jet stream card to rise into the air. He didn't have time to determine his direction, and he accelerated as fast as he could.
Getting rid of those two fellas was the best choice at the moment, and he was calling the chief uncle as he accelerated the jet stream card to the maximum.
After a few seconds, the chief uncle finally opened the communications card.
"What's wrong?" The Chief Uncle's old face appeared on the screen. Howie really wanted to rush up and give him a kiss.
"Chief Uncle, Chief Uncle!" Howie didn't care about his elegant demeanor at all, and he sounded like he was about to cry. "Come quickly and save me!"
He then quickly described what he had seen, and the more the chief uncle listened, the more serious his face became. He finally said very simply, "You drag them and run around as you please. We'll come over right away, and we'll report your position at any time." Just as he finished speaking, he heard the chief uncle's voice rallying everyone.
Howie immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
His power wasn't low to begin with, but he didn't have much actual combat experience. Hugo had shaken him from the very beginning, and the two card artisans chasing him had fierce-looking faces. That was why he was so flustered.
Now that he heard what the chief uncle said, his heart immediately settled.
Once his heart settled, his movements immediately became a lot smoother, and his flying speed increased sharply. The tactical movements from his daily training also became more and more handy.
He wasn't in a hurry to get rid of the two behind him just then, but he started to drag them along rhythmically, waiting for the chief uncle and the others to rescue him.
He had been maintaining communication with the chief uncle the whole time, and they were on their way over.
The two card artisans behind him quickly detected Howie's exertion.
Their actual combat experience was a lot more abundant than Howie's, and they immediately realized they wouldn't be able to catch their adversary by themselves.
To be more powerful than them, they certainly weren't ordinary. The possibility of their adversary having a special purpose was a lot greater.
Thinking of that, the two of them didn't hesitate to contact Hugo and report the situation.
Hugo realized the seriousness of the problem.
They had just entered Pomelo, and someone had come to follow them. That either showed their power was very powerful, or they had outstanding intelligence capabilities.
Or, it showed they had long since known their itinerary. That was what Hugo was most worried about.
The operation was top secret in the organization. If it were leaked, it would show there was a traitor in the organization.
No matter what the situation was, it wouldn't be good news for them or for what they were about to do.
Hugo knew the power of his two subordinates. Card artisans who were even more outstanding than the two of them would have enough power to pose a threat to him.
How many more such aces did their adversary's organization have?
A series of questions popped up in Hugo's mind in a very short time.
He hadn't thought there would be so many problems from the beginning of the mission. Hugo thought of what the big boss had exhorted him to do before the trip, and he didn't dare to be careless. He immediately ordered all the card artisans to set out.
Some of the card artisans rose into the sky.
Under Butchie's guidance, they flew toward the approximate location described by the two card artisans.
The northwest corner of Pomelo was a rather vague concept, with an area of no less than a few hundred square kilometers.
Even if they had the signal ball, it would be a rather difficult thing to find a single person in such a large area.
Kai had no choice but to order everyone to scatter and line up in a row, with every two people separated by 100 meters. That just happened to form a comb.
What they needed to do just then was to comb through the northwest corner of Pomelo.
It looked like a stupid method, but it was the safest and least likely to go wrong.
Kai didn't care where the group's intelligence came from.
He was worried about who the enemy might be, as Qian Mingyi had said.
To be able to make those above so nervous, it couldn't be anything ordinary. He hoped they wouldn't run into one. Otherwise, he was afraid it would be another fierce battle.
Raising his head to look into the distance, he saw countless tall buildings blocking his view.
Suddenly, Kai, Machida, and Lu Xiaoru raised their heads at the same time and looked forward.
Three people were flying in their direction, one in front and two behind. Looking at the situation, it seemed the two in the back were chasing the one in front.
The sudden appearance of those three made Kai and the others, who had already been tensed up, suddenly go on alert.
They were well-trained, and in the shortest time possible, everyone was in a battle-ready state.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing.
Kai, Machida, and Lu Xiaoru looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Although there was still some distance between the two sides, they had just seen it very clearly.
The young card artisan in the white suit in front of them was about as skilled as the three of them.
They couldn't see it in any other way, but his skill in controlling the jet stream card was extraordinary.
Looking at his appearance, he was about 20 years old.
Such a young ace, no matter what power he was, would be a target to be groomed with all their might.
There wasn't such a talented youth in the group's youth training camp!
Although the power of the two card artisans chasing after him wasn't quite as good, they still couldn't be underestimated. Compared to the card artisans beside them, their level was more than a notch higher.
Although they were at a disadvantage, their expressions were still unhurried, and the distance between them was always maintained at a very reasonable value.
That way, they could support each other and effectively avoid being broken down one by one.
That was enough to show they had undergone extremely strict training, and there wasn't any superfluous movement in their gestures.
Kai and the others clearly knew what that meant. Only those card artisans who had experienced the tempering of countless real battles could develop such a habit.
The ones who were fleeing were unhurried, and the ones who were chasing were unhurried. As Kai saw it, there were too many suspicious points.
The most crucial thing was that the timing of their appearance was a little too coincidental!
Seeing Kai and the others, the expressions of Howie and the two card artisans chasing after him changed.
For such a gang of card artisans to suddenly appear in front of them, and in such a formation, it was almost a standard blockade.
Everyone was scattered in a straight line, and their purpose was self-evident. Wasn't it to prevent them from breaking through in that direction?
Could those two sides be in cahoots?
Howie's heart continued to sink.
The vision of the two card artisans behind him was a lot more vicious than his. Once they saw Kai and the others, their first thought was, Could it be a trap?
And Howie was the bait?
One of them immediately reported the situation they had encountered to Hugo. They probably hadn't thought their actions would become the fuse for the battle!
They were calling for backup!
Kai, Machida, and Lu Xiaoru's expressions all changed.
"But this time, I'll allow you to attack first!"
Qian Mingyi's words flashed through Kai's mind, and without any hesitation, Kai gave the order to attack!
"Everyone, the three in front. Choose your own target and attack!"
In the air, the intense energy fluctuations were like water heating up at an alarming rate, about to brew a storm!