Queens, 108th Street.
It was currently 8:30 PM, and the nightlife was just beginning.
The fast-food restaurants on the side of the road were full of people, and the convenience store on the corner was brightly lit.
Suddenly, a vibration came from the ground.
"What's going on? An earthquake?"
An old man walking his dog stopped and looked down in confusion at the pebbles jumping under his feet.
The next second.
The iron gate blocking the tunnel, which had been abandoned for years, flew out as if hit by a cannonball. With a crash, it smashed onto a taxi in the middle of the road, instantly flattening the roof.
Immediately after, a terrifying figure charged out from the dust.
"What is that thing?!"
The crowd let out screams of terror.
Alexei charged onto the street, grabbed a fire hydrant from the sidewalk, pulled it out along with the underground water pipe, and threw it like a javelin at a passing bus.
Bang!
The bus lost control and crashed into a store on the side of the road. Glass shattered, and alarms blared.
Chaos erupted instantly.
"Help, there's a monster!"
"Run, call the Police!"
People screamed and scattered in all directions. Alexei roared with excitement; he enjoyed the scent of this fear.
Soon, his green eyes locked onto a young girl who had fallen to the ground.
Whoosh—
A glass bottle flew down from a nearby roof and accurately smashed against Alexei's forehead.
The glass shattered, and a yellow liquid drenched his head and face.
It was a high-concentration strong acid mixture.
Sizzle—
White smoke rose, and Alexei's hard, keratinized skin was instantly corroded, emitting the charred smell of roasted meat.
"Roar!"
Alexei clutched his face in pain, abandoned his prey on the ground, and looked up angrily toward the source of the attack.
Atop a streetlight stood a slender figure.
She was wearing a gray tracksuit and that eerie red-and-white fox mask. The night wind blew the hem of her clothes, making them flutter loudly.
"Hey, big guy, your opponent is me."
Alice tossed another glass bottle in her hand, looking down at this ugly creation.
"Also, I have to say, your evolutionary direction is quite creatively hideous. Even a mutated paramecium would have better aesthetics than you."
Although Alexei couldn't understand the complex mockery, he seemed to sense the contempt.
"Roar!"
He let out a furious roar and kicked off the ground, causing the concrete to crack.
Like a projectile of flesh, he lunged toward Alice on top of the streetlight.
That jump was actually seven or eight meters high.
"You can jump quite high."
Alice snorted coldly.
"System, switch Character Card—Kato Megumi."
"Goodbye."
Just as Alexei's claws were about to touch her, the figure turned into his visual blind spot and vanished.
Alexei missed his target, and his massive momentum caused him to snap the streetlight pole and crash heavily to the ground.
He climbed up from the ground in confusion, looking around.
Where was that little bug?
It had just been there.
Just as he was wondering, a pungent smell came from behind him again.
Splat!
Another bottle of chemical reagents smashed into the back of his neck.
Right on the weakness Alice had analyzed—the exposed ganglia.
Alexei stiffened violently and let out a distorted scream.
He turned around frantically, swinging his claws, wanting to tear the sneak attacker behind him to pieces.
But there was no one there.
Using Kato Megumi's stealth, Alice moved like an invisible ghost through Alexei's blind spots, in no hurry for a final showdown.
She was waiting.
Waiting for the monster's body temperature to reach its limit, waiting for its heart load to reach the breaking point.
And at that moment, the sound of sirens could be heard in the distance.
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