344: Chapter 344 I had a lot of fun just now, now it's my turn.

A rainy night, a street.

The cold wind howled, sweeping up bean-sized raindrops and whipping them against Cheng Leyi, who stood holding up a spray bottle in her slip dress.

A pungent chemical odor pervaded the air immediately after.

Along the trajectory of the red jet of liquid, the dripping wet air seemed to be splattered with oil paint.

An originally transparent humanoid outline was instantly dyed a shocking fluorescent pink.

The humanoid outline resembled flowing liquid, retreating repeatedly in the dim curtain of rain, appearing eerie in the extreme.

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"Die! Die! Go to hell, you fucking pervert!"

Cheng Leyi spared no effort. Holding the pepper spray, she chased after the revealed red figure and pressed the nozzle furiously.

"Ah—"

Shrill, agonizing screams kept ringing out.

Besides pain, there was even more shock and rage in that voice.

The dyed "invisible man" writhed and trembled frantically.

His outline, wrapped in red dye, sometimes condensed into the shape of a seemingly naked man, and sometimes collapsed in an instant, turning back into a pool of rippling liquid.

The two forms constantly shifted, making Cheng Leyi feel as if she were hallucinating.

Leaving only a series of blurry double images, making it difficult for her to lock onto his real physical body for a moment.

But Cheng Leyi didn't care. Her willow-leaf eyebrows flared up, and she bit her silver teeth tightly.

The pepper spray in her hand was like the most powerful weapon of mass destruction, poured unsparingly onto her enemy.

Facing such a bizarre freak, she had to kick him while he was down and take his life!

"You dead pervert, show your true form to this lady!"

She shouted loudly while chasing and spraying him.

The invisible man appeared extremely disheveled and miserable.

The specially made dye had extremely strong adhesion, which the heavy downpour could not wash off in the slightest.

This made it difficult for him to conceal his movements, leaving him completely exposed in Cheng Leyi's line of sight.

Hearing her opponent's wails and seeing that contorted figure,

Cheng Leyi felt immensely exhilarated, the corners of her mouth even curving into an excited smile.

Suddenly, her chasing steps halted, and the force with which she pressed the nozzle lightened considerably.

She had been too excited just now and had almost used up the entire can of riot control spray.

She hadn't played enough yet.

Cheng Leyi secretly lamented in her heart.

With a burst of violent water ripples, the red figure finally got a chance to catch his breath.

"Stinking bitch, what the fuck... did you use on me?!"

At this moment, it was no longer appropriate to call him the invisible man.

He was like a humanoid monster carelessly scribbled out with red ink.

Although his specific appearance was still unclear, the outrage and rage he felt were plainly discernible.

His body, seemingly made of water, even trembled slightly, and his voice quavered uncontrollably.

It seemed the damage caused by the pepper spray earlier was indeed substantial, making it difficult for him to maintain this form.

"Hmph, making a fuss over nothing."

Cheng Leyi breathed a slight sigh of relief, her eyes fixed on the red figure emerging in the dark curtain of rain.

Appearance unknown, tall and thin, around 1.8 meters tall.

This build matched the characteristics described in the case file almost completely.

She knew she had finally encountered the killer codenamed "Rain Night Butcher", a true perverted sex demon.

Naturally, pushing such a monster to this state wasn't achieved through ordinary pepper spray.

What she held was the "Special Service Riot Control Agent", specially created by the Special Investigation Team for espers with special abilities.

High-concentration biological dye was added to it, having an extremely strong affinity for proteins and organic matter.

This dye was usually used as a marker agent in laboratories.

In actual combat, once attached, it was extremely difficult to wash off and could emit fluorescence, making it difficult for targets to conceal their movements and escape capture.

On top of that, tens of billions of Scoville Heat Units of artificial capsaicin were added to the spray.

Just a tiny touch of it would pose a fatal hazard to an ordinary person.

Not only could it cause direct damage to the skin surface, but it could also launch a saturation attack from a neurological level.

That immensely intense neural stimulation was enough to disrupt concentration, making it difficult for targets to exert their special abilities.

With double the pain stacked, even the most resolute enemy would instantly collapse.

"You... don't you come any closer!"

Seemingly feeling the terror of the weapon in Cheng Leyi's hand deeply, the red figure's voice instantly turned shrill.

His body curled up as he backed away, filled with fear.

"Afraid now?"

A cold sneer curled on Cheng Leyi's red lips. Clicking her high heels, she closed in step by step.

The red slip dress, soaked by rain, clung tightly to her fiery curves, outlining thrilling contours.

But her facial expression was the exact opposite of her hot and sexy attire, cold as a female Devil Head.

"Surrender peacefully, and I might give you a quicker death!"

She shook the riot control canister in her hand and threatened fiercely:

"Otherwise, I'll pour a little more of this good stuff for you to taste!"

Cheng Leyi was in a good mood, intending to rough up this perverted suspect before her teammates arrived.

"Heh heh..."

At this moment, the red figure cornered against the wall suddenly let out a cold laugh as well.

Immediately after, his voice abruptly changed—no longer shrill, but dripping with sinister mockery.

"Did you really think you could deal with me using just these petty tricks?"

Cheng Leyi was stunned upon hearing this, her pupils contracting slightly as she focused her gaze.

To her astonishment, she discovered that in the pitch-black rain curtain, the red dye adhering to the surface of the humanoid outline was fading at a visible speed.

Like watercolor paint dropped into clean water, it was rapidly washed away and diluted, flowing out onto the surrounding ground.

How could this be?

Cheng Leyi widened her eyes in disbelief.

"Don't you know that capsaicin... is insoluble in water?"

Before his words faded, the fading figure leapt violently like a toad, actively pouncing toward her!

At this moment, the distance between them was merely a few meters.

With this explosive speed, an ordinary person couldn't react at all.

But Cheng Leyi was no ordinary person.

As an elite member and Second-Class Officer of the Special Investigation Team, she possessed rich combat experience, and her physical traits and perception were exceptional.

Facing this sudden sneak attack, she did not panic at all, simply shifting her body to the side.

From under her skirt, a long, fair leg suddenly whipped out, driving her lethal black pointed high heel like an unsheathed blade, kicking out fiercely!

Bang!

She precisely struck his waist, the tremendous force sending the figure staggering back.

However, the sensation on her foot was strange, as if she had kicked a leather bag full of water, shedding most of the force.

Before she could pull her leg back, the rainwater in front of her seemed to be twisted into a rope by an invisible force.

It suddenly formed a crystal-clear water whip, sweeping toward her rapidly with a screeching sound breaking through the air!

Cheng Leyi's heart chilled. As she hurriedly dodged, the riot control canister in her hand was caught squarely by the water whip.

The water whip moved nimbly like a snake, coiling and flicking violently.

Clang, clang, clang—

The metal canister traced a parabola in the air, rolling into the standing water dozens of meters away.

"You had your fun just now, now it's my turn."

The color on the figure grew fainter and fainter, his voice filled with gleeful cruelty.

Apparently, he hadn't been in that much pain earlier; he had merely feigned it to numb Cheng Leyi's alertness.

The moment he finished speaking, the puddles on the ground and raindrops falling from the sky instantly came alive.

Countless splashes flew up, transforming into transparent venomous snakes that coiled frantically toward Cheng Leyi.

The dense raindrops turned into lethal bullets, shooting through the air.

Cheng Leyi didn't dare block directly. Retreating rapidly to dodge, she drew a silver handgun from her handbag.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sparks burst forth as she fired three shots in succession at the rain offensive lunging at her.

The special armor-piercing bullets whistled through the water snakes and rain curtain, then penetrated the transparent body.

Yet the speed of the bullets inexplicably plummeted, slowing down before falling powerlessly to the ground.

The monster only uttered a weak grunt, seemingly taking little to no damage.

When Cheng Leyi tried to shoot again, she discovered that the target had completely disappeared.

The dye on the guy had been diluted completely, restoring his transparent form to blend seamlessly into the dark curtain of rain.

Even his breathing and heartbeat had vanished.

Thus, he returned once again to the position of the hunter.

"Good Marksmanship, and your legs are quite powerful too. I seem to be liking you more and more."

A voice full of banter sounded in her ear.

Without hesitation, Cheng Leyi fired another shot toward the source of the sound.

Bang!

The bullet missed again.

The next second, countless raindrops gathered above her into a net of water, covering down from above.

Cheng Leyi twisted her waist. As if boneless, she rolled swiftly to the side in an unbelievable posture to dodge.

A few drops of water splashed onto her exposed calf, immediately bringing a burning, severe pain.

Glancing down, she saw faint drops of dark brown liquid on the nearby road, faintly rising with white smoke.

The opponent was sinister, actually mixing corrosive venom like concentrated sulfuric acid into the rain attacks.

Cheng Leyi's heart pounded wildly; she didn't want to be disfigured.

Her eyes rapidly swept around, but she still saw no sign of backup arriving.

"Are you still waiting for your teammates?"

The invisible man's voice sounded at ease, playing cat-and-mouse, appearing to come from all directions.

That faint, lingering gaze was filled with greed, glued below her skirt onto those fair, enticing thighs.

"Don't wait. They won't find you."

"I didn't expect my luck to be this good tonight, running into you pups."

"What surprises me even more is that there's actually a stunner like you in the Special Investigation Team..."

Hearing this, Cheng Leyi suddenly realized.

So her feeling earlier was right: this guy had been secretly peeping at her from the start.

He only temporarily halted his hunting action when he noticed an anomaly later.

Now, for whatever reason, he had popped back up.

Perhaps out of paranoia, perhaps for revenge...

Or perhaps... he couldn't resist the temptation of my beauty?

Cheng Leyi suppressed the wild thoughts in her mind, breathing rapidly, forcing herself to calm down as quickly as possible.

Dodging the rain curtain attacks to the limit just now had already consumed a lot of her stamina.

"What a pity. Such beautiful legs, such smooth skin—how heartbreaking it would be if my venom ruined them."

The invisible man sighed regretfully.

"If you kneel down now and serve me obediently, I can let you experience unprecedented pleasure."

"Of course, in the end, I'll definitely leave you an intact corpse, hei hei hei—"

Towards the end, his laughter turned shrill, imbued with a hysterical madness.

"Serve your mother."

Cheng Leyi panted, but her tongue showed no weakness; instead, she revealed a contemptuous smile:

"Want to acknowledge a mom, huh? This lady doesn't have a sneak-around, perverted son like you!"

"What did you say?"

This sentence seemed to hit a sensitive nerve in his hidden psyche; his voice instantly darkened.

The offensive suddenly became several times fiercer than before.

Rainwater from all directions converged into a wave, crashing down over her head and face.

Cheng Leyi's pupils shrank. Thinking fast, she opened her transparent umbrella to block in front of her.

Splash—

Corrosive liquid poured onto the umbrella like a waterfall, all blocked, and the umbrella canopy was surprisingly undamaged.

Seeing this, Cheng Leyi's eyes lit up. Taking the chance to catch her breath, her mind raced to think of a countermeasure.

Facing this kind of monster, fighting one-on-one alone was definitely out of the question, and head-on clash was the worst option.

She had to find her teammates first, then figure out a way to gang up on him together.

Her thoughts turning rapidly, she immediately reached a decision.

Of the thirty-six stratagems, running away is the best!

Looking like she was ready to fight to the death just a moment ago, the next second she closed her umbrella, turned, and ran.

Despite wearing a slip dress and high heels, her running speed was astonishingly fast, leaving the monster behind in the blink of an eye.

Her heels stepped onto the waterlogged ground, splashing up a series of water droplets.

They wet the hem of her dress, then landed on her smooth legs, meandering down her skin.

After running nearly a hundred meters in one breath, Cheng Leyi noticed something wrong.

Logically speaking, she should have left this relatively short side road long ago...

Yet the surrounding scenery became even blurrier and more distorted than before.

The halos of the streetlights seemed to be stretched into flowing ribbons of light.

The night ahead had no end, as if leading to some abyss.

She seemed isolated in an alternate space surrounded by water curtains, completely losing her sense of direction and unable to find a way out.

A intense wave of dizziness suddenly assailed her.

Cheng Leyi stumbled, involuntarily raising her hand to cover her forehead.

Could it be... she accidentally ingested a hallucinogen?

But... where were the other team members?

Several minutes had passed since she encountered the murderer.

They should have realized something was wrong long ago.

In the air, water ripples vibrated softly.

A transparent humanoid outline silently appeared behind her.

Clusters of pink water mist radiated from his body, enveloping Cheng Leyi within them.

Watching his swaying prey, his gaze was greedy and excited.

"Be good, don't resist..."

His voice sounded like hypnotism in Cheng Leyi's ear.

Cheng Leyi knitted her brows tightly; her perception had developed a serious issue.

Even knowing danger was approaching, her nerves had dulled, making it difficult for her body to mount an effective resistance.

Right at the instant that transparent hand was about to grab her neck,

Bang!

A burly figure violently smashed through the dark water curtain and burst in.

"Damn it, got you, you monster!"

Lin Xuhao roared, charging like a wild bull directly into the transparent water man.

Then, holding the opponent tightly with both arms, the two tumbled onto the ground in the puddle.

"Lin Xuhao!"

Cheng Leyi snapped back to alertness instantly, her eyes widening:

"How did you find me? Where are the others?"

"I just..."

Just as Lin Xuhao was about to speak, Cheng Leyi suddenly realized something. Her face changed dramatically, and she shouted urgently:

"Watch out, let go quickly! This guy's body is bizarre!"

"Too late!"

A sinister laugh sounded.

The transparent water man's body suddenly expanded, wrapping around Lin Xuhao entirely in reverse.

Ultimately, it formed a huge sphere of water.

Lin Xuhao struggled desperately inside the water sphere, as if drowning, his face turning red from lack of oxygen.

"You are merely wasting your effort."

On the water sphere, a blurry human face slowly emerged.

"Just now I tasted the Special Investigation Team's poison; now, try my venom and see if it's strong enough!"

As he spoke, streams of brown liquid bubbled up from inside the water sphere, rapidly dyeing the whole sphere turbid.

"I'll kill him first, then come play with you."

"Kneel down and beg for mercy now, and maybe I can let you live a little longer..."

The invisible man's face opened its eyes, staring at Cheng Leyi and letting out a sinister laugh.

Cheng Leyi's eyes reddened. She brandished her umbrella and raised her high heels, kicking and beating the water sphere like crazy, but to no avail.

Seeing this, she yanked off her earpiece and anxiously called for backup.

But there was still dead silence; not a single teammate responded.

Seeing that Lin Xuhao was about to give out,

suddenly,

that writhing, turbid water sphere froze without warning.

It seemed to be instantly frozen, stiffening on the spot.

The human face formed of water abruptly turned toward the deep darkness veiled by the water curtain.

Then, he couldn't help but blurt out a question:

"Who's there?!"

Cheng Leyi's heart leaped, and she followed his gaze as well.

That pitch-dark corner seemed even deeper and more silent than its surroundings.

An indescribable sense of oppression emanated from that darkness.

As if a Vicious Beast lying in wait to devour people lurked there, quietly watching them with a pair of cold, ruthless eyes.