I will attack as a player!

Chapter 2 Terrifying Baseball Man

A flower in front of you.

The blinding sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone on Chu Wuji's face.

He instinctively raised his hand to cover himself.

In just a moment, the narrow, dark alleyway vanished without a trace, replaced by a vibrant forest clearing.

Insects chirped among the grass, and a gentle breeze rustled the leaves.

Rather than entering a dungeon, it would be more accurate to say that Chu Wuji was teleported to a completely new small world.

The light was no longer so glaring. Chu Wuji lowered his hand and looked at the center of the open space in the distance.

A group of strange creatures were running and jumping around there.

They have simple, thin, black hands and feet like stick figures, but their bodies are plump oranges, and their faces have features in the style of simple line drawings.

"Every time I look at it, it seems so abstract... Is today's new variety oranges?"

Chu Wuji muttered to himself as he reached into his pocket.

He pulled out a neatly folded burlap sack and a transparent raincoat, shook it in the wind, and quickly put the raincoat on.

"Phew... Let's get to work."

The moment he finished speaking, Chu Wuji suddenly exerted force with his feet.

His figure shot out, charging fiercely into the formation of the fruit-men.

He raised the metal bat high and slammed it down with a whoosh!

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, the baseball bat was deeply embedded in the body of an orange that was half a person's height.

The sweet and pungent red juice splattered everywhere.

"So it's a blood orange?"

Chu Wuji let the warm "blood" splatter onto his raincoat and face, licked his lips with his tongue, and tasted a rich, sweet flavor.

Feeling the unparalleled impact of the bat, a genuine smile bloomed on his fair face.

A set of perfectly white teeth gleamed brightly in the sunlight.

Wow, that's so relaxing.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Only when their companion was blown off in the head did the blood oranges finally realize something was wrong, their sharp cries shattering the tranquility of the forest.

Some of the Blood Oranges were so terrified by the tragic state of their companions that they scattered and fled in all directions. Others, enraged, charged towards Chu Wuji.

Despite their abstract-looking limbs, they run at an astonishing speed, even producing a sharp whooshing sound as they run through the air.

Such an impact would cause an ordinary person to suffer broken bones or even be thrown into a plane crash.

But Chu Wuji is no ordinary person.

With a panel level of 10 and an additional 2 points in the [Spirit] attribute, his physical attributes have already surpassed the realm of humans.

Faced with a charge powerful enough to smash through walls, Chu Wuji neither dodged nor evaded.

He gripped the bat tightly with both hands, lowered his body slightly, and then swung it out with great force!

"Buzz!"

The bat traced a bright silver arc in the air.

"Pfft!!"

The terrifying impact of the blood orange combined with Chu Wuji's devastating strike made the outcome of their collision a foregone conclusion.

The blood orange, which was at the front, was smashed in half by the baseball bat, its two halves gushing juice as it fell helplessly onto the grass.

This time, an even larger area was splashed with blood orange juice.

Chu Wuji's entire raincoat was instantly stained a terrifying deep red, and the rich orange scent mixed with a hint of blood permeated the air.

"Hahaha, that feels so good!"

He laughed loudly and shook the sticky pulp off his baseball bat.

"Luckily I wore a raincoat beforehand."

"Again!!"

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On the other side of the city, at the edge of the rooftop of a building.

A girl wrapped in a black trench coat stood quietly.

She has a neat short haircut, and one more step forward would put her hundreds of meters in the air.

The setting sun in the distance is slowly sinking below the horizon, its afterglow painting the sky with a warm hue.

Downstairs, a group of students with backpacks were playing and walking away in the sunset, their youthful energy palpable.

The girl watched this scene with a somewhat unfocused gaze.

"...Raven, please reply upon receipt."

The electronic voice coming through the headset pulled the girl codenamed "Raven" back to reality.

"Raven received, target is now in sight."

She took a deep breath of the cold air high above, letting her racing thoughts cool down, and her gaze sharpened again, locking onto a black luxury car parked downstairs.

"Target gets off the bus and enters Lung Kee Ramen. Proceed as planned. End of report."

She hung up the call and took a vial of clear poison out of her pocket.

Then, take a step forward.

He fell from the edge of the rooftop.

This method of using ropes for high-altitude raids is her favorite.

Mainly, he's handsome and pretentious, perfectly matching her fantasy of being a "top assassin."

Based on past experience, the rope pulley would tighten precisely when she was halfway down, gracefully swinging her into the restaurant's kitchen window to complete the poisoning, before disappearing without a trace.

However, this time, just as she was halfway down and the pulley was about to tighten, something happened.

An unprecedented surge of emotion, like an electric current, swept through her limbs and bones.

The next instant, the rope around her waist snapped with a sharp crack!

She felt weightless and fell straight down into the alley below.

In the distance, on a tall building, the liaison officer responsible for the rendezvous lowered his binoculars, his expression extremely complex.

"Who hired this idiot? Performance art? Did he just fall and kill himself?"

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The girl struggled to open her eyes.

What came into view was an unfamiliar, dirty alleyway piled with clutter.

Memories flooded back into my brain like a tidal wave.

When she recalled the strange throbbing she felt before the fall, an overwhelming surge of ecstasy instantly overwhelmed her.

She has awakened her superpowers!

The inexplicable force acting on the rope was her newly awakened, completely out-of-control superpower!

Thinking about this, the girl felt a mix of emotions.

She went from being an ordinary girl who joined an assassin organization to save up enough money for the awakening potion. She dreamed about doing missions every night, but before she could save enough money, her superpowers awakened inexplicably.

No wonder everyone says that people with superpowers are the darlings of heaven; their awakening is truly inexplicable...

The girl let out a long sigh.

Now that half of his dream has been achieved, there's no need to continue being an assassin.

Taking advantage of this mishap, I faked my death to escape, and then continued to save money to take the college entrance exam.

Having decided on the next course of events, the girl struggled to support her upper body, a sharp pain shooting through her legs.

Although she used her unfamiliar superpower to mitigate the impact of landing before it happened, she still suffered considerable injuries.

We can only rest for now, but fortunately, this alley doesn't look like anyone would come here.

With another exertion, a wave of dizziness washed over his brain.

"Are you experiencing low blood sugar...?"

It is true that you need a lot of energy when you first awaken your superpowers.

But where is she going to find food now?

If I'm not mistaken, the mission failed, and I lost contact after fainting. My account was then deleted, and I lost all my money.

Even if she had money, she wouldn't be able to go out and buy things in her current state.

After a moment's thought, the girl turned her gaze to the distance.

That should be the back door of a small shop, and there's a trash can next to the air conditioner unit.

"..."

Since no one saw it, I'll go find something to eat first. As long as I forget about it afterward, it'll be as if nothing happened!

Yes, it is like that.

After a moment of inner turmoil, the girl decisively convinced herself and, dragging her injured leg, slowly crawled toward the trash can.

The girl picked up a well-packaged sandwich with delight, tore open the wrapper, and prepared to take a big bite.

She looked up, but the smile on her face froze instantly.

A man suddenly appeared in the alley that had been deserted just moments before.

A young man wearing a transparent raincoat.

The young man's raincoat was stained red, he had a similarly red-stained sack full of things on his shoulder, and he was holding a bent metal baseball bat in his hand. He was looking at me with a complicated expression.

"..."

"..."

For a moment, all that could be heard was the dripping sound of an unidentified red liquid falling from the boy's baseball bat and hitting the ground.

"Is the sandwich good?" the young man asked, breaking the silence.

"Clatter..."

The sandwich slipped from the girl's hand and fell to the ground.

"Holy...holy shit!!!"