I think I still remember the taste of chickens. How about Kitty? Has she ever tasted it before?

Barnala put the silver coin on the counter and cuddled up the paper bag with a strong flavor diffusing into the air.

Things in the case had convinced her to hunt Tireless down. She never had a reason to reject this offer. Still, Kizac’s intimidation did enraged Barnala. It wasn’t a totally bad thing that it caused her to think about a new start in a new city. Especially a new beginning with the bounty and stuff from the suitcase.

“I will do it, Kitty. Just wait another few days,” she said as the vitality in her was activated. Her paces became faster, and her mind went into the cloud.

On the other side of Renarde Houd City, three bullets went straight through the alley. If Tireless dodged a second later, he would now have his costume covered in red instead of green. He quickly rushed to the next turnoff in front of him before the Guardians passed the last corner.

“Huh, huh, huh.” Tireless’ body was pressed against the wall, and his eyes were closed to focus on sound. Excluding the paces of the three Guardians at his back, his gasping was the only sound around.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes. His left foot walloped on the wall like a releasing spring, sending himself into the air. The rock had been thrown out at the trice when his right foot touched the opposite wall. Three bullets were launched one after another before Tireless’ right foot bashed on the wall.

The man in green was again sprung up to the sky. He saw the three Guardians in the midair. They were in a triangular alignment, the alignment that only looked smart. Tireless’ right foot was kicked out in the midair and landed on one of the Guardians’ faces. The front kick knocked the man straight down to the floor ere Tireless descended a half step in front of his body.

Tireless instantly grabbed the gun muzzle from the Guardian next to him as the Guardian finally tried to turn his muzzle toward Tireless. The man in green kept the muzzle pointing to the air before the Guardian could adjust his position.

The Guardian next to Tireless was restrained from shooting, and his body had been forced to face up merely since his gun was kept pointing to the sky. The one next to the restrained one couldn’t shoot Tireless either. The restricted Guardian blocked his way from turning his muzzle that he could only point at the front, but Tireless was at his flank. Therefore, he strode out.

Tireless swiftly rotated his body and wagged out his leg. The guardian in front of him closed his eyes with a terrified face, but the one that fell down was the one behind him. He heard the sound of falling and opened his eyes. A forest green fist was the last thing he saw.

Before he could take a second for rest, Tireless again heard the sound of hurrying paces. “Shit! They are countless!” the man started running.

He knew he couldn’t fight them all. At some point, he would be knocked down. That would be the end of his career which he hadn’t planned for. He ran out of the side road into the main street.

Tireless sprinted through the crowd and scuttled on the street. He couldn’t hear what the crowd was saying. His whole attention was on the Guardians at his back and other Guardians from other directions. Still, he had a guess on what the crowd said. “Probably, something like, ‘Help! Criminals!’” he uttered voicelessly in his mind.

Getting out of Renarde Hound and back to his city, Baylo was the only thing in Tireless’ mind. He ran to the place he fought Alpha Fox. He knew that place well enough to get back to Baylo.

The crowd on the street did buy Tireless a lot of time. At the time he got to that main street, no Guardians were around him. He ran into the ally and into the one he didn’t want to see.

Alpha Fox was standing in the middle of the ally with her arms crossing in front of her. “You won’t do what you did last night,” Alpha Fox uttered as she changed into the boxing posture. With her fists swaying in front of her mask, Tireless saw those mechanic gloves on her hands. The gloves had two pure black fabrics providing their shape, and numerous metallic armors that covered the fabrics with only a few gaps between the armors were filled with the fabric. If Tireless didn’t see what was on the back of her hands, he might just think the gloves were just regular.

Two large sockets were on the back of the gloves with two ample cassettes plugging into them.

“The cassettes……” Tireless gazed at the gloves and taunted, “So you got some state support, didn’t you?”

The Guardians’ steps sounded closer.

“I feel no guilt beating you up,” Alpha Fox ran toward Tireless with her fists hanging at her back. She treaded on the wall and bounced her body out.

As agile as always, her fist went straight to Tireless’ face. Without tricks or ruses, her fist was too candid that Tireless could catch it before it hit.

The Guardians’ steps sounded closer.

He did catch it. His palm snatched her glove, but his elbow bent as the fist kept coming closer. He didn’t even try to stop it. Instead, he dragged the fist away. The unstoppable propulsion and inertia from the glove did the rest of the job for him. They brought Fox to bypass Tireless.

Alpha was in the air for a few deciseconds but then descended to the ground. When she got up again, Tireless had already run away from the turning in the lane. She stood up and saw a squad of Guardians had arrived.

“He ran there,” she pointed at the corner, but all the guns were pointing at her. “What?” she asked.

“Fire!” the captain of the squad and the three pellets answered.

The black fabrics flickered three times in a decisecond and started glinting out a soft reddish light. Alpha’s hands became flash-like. It was faster than lighting.

A punch hit the first bullet in the air, and another hit another. The third bullet pierced a hole on her belly. Blood burst out from the wound. Her jacket was dyed red, and her legs were instantly energized. Guardians’ guns needed to reload every time they shot. She was much faster than Tireless. If Tireless could do this, she had no way to fail this.

After sprinting through numerous streets, fighting through numerous Guardians, and explaining through numerous ignorance, she lay down. With her last sight, she saw someone coming.