Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Encounter
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Just as the werewolf mentioned that there was another Sequence 8 Lunatic behind them, Leyton saw the shadows wriggling in the place where the werewolf had been standing.
A young man in his twenties, with a stout build, bronze skin, small eyes and nose, messy dark brown curly hair, and wearing a one-piece jumpsuit, emerged from the shadows.
His face wore a flawless smile, and his already small eyes squinted until only a slit remained. The smile seemed frozen on his face, never changing.
Looking at that smile for too long made one feel that the person was mentally unstable, and Leyton averted his gaze slightly, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
"Take these," Mr. Kosith said, handing Leyton a few enchanted bullets.
Leyton was stunned for a moment and didn't reach out to take them.
"Take them. A Student of Ratiocination's means are limited; you need these more than I do." Mr. Kosith moved his hand closer.
Leyton hesitated for a moment, then took the enchanted bullets that Mr. Kosith offered.
"Mutant Pathway, Sequence 8, 'Lunatic.' They can proactively sacrifice their sanity, unleash their desires, and exchange them for power, gaining improvements in all aspects. Be careful not to let him get close to you. Don't engage in a prolonged fight; just run. I'll help you stall him," Mr. Kosith said in an unquestionable tone.
"Okay," Leyton nodded slightly.
"Have you finished saying your last words?" the Rose School member wearing a brown cowboy hat said mockingly.
At the same time, his arms suddenly swelled, tufts of gray short hair grew on the back of his hands, and his nails became long, sharp, and hard. His body turned into a blur as he quickly approached.
"Run!" Mr. Kosith shouted.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Mr. Kosith didn't dodge but instead faced the opponent and fired three shots in a row.
The bullets aimed at vital points were easily avoided by the werewolf and hit other parts of the body. For the werewolf's healing ability, this wasn't even an injury.
The werewolf on Leyton's side also pounced on the opponent, and the two werewolves directly engaged in a fierce fight.
Leyton ignored the werewolf battle. When Mr. Kosith shouted, he immediately turned around, hugged Bugs Bunny, and ran towards the Lunatic.
The Lunatic standing in front of the road maintained the smile on his face and quietly watched Leyton approach with a rabbit in his arms.
Leyton didn't care what posture the other party would use to welcome his approach; he simply reached out and patted Bugs Bunny in his arms, and the rabbit buried its head even lower.
Leyton ran with Bugs Bunny in his arms until he was not far from the Rose School's Lunatic. The Sequence 8 Lunatic didn't make any movements.
Leyton was already prepared to meet the opponent's attack, but the expected attack didn't come. Leyton was a little surprised but didn't care and continued to run forward on his own.
It wasn't until Leyton stepped into a shady area ahead that a strong sense of crisis instantly struck, but he couldn't stop the step he had already taken.
In the shade, a piece of shadow was wriggling. Leyton felt that his left foot, which had been dragged into the shadow, was grabbed by a hand, and he was suddenly pulled into the shadow in the next moment.
Leyton closed his eyes tightly, still holding Bugs Bunny in his arms, and muttered, "Flash."
Bugs Bunny, held in Leyton's arms, suddenly dilated its pupils, and a burst of light erupted in front of it, making the surroundings a vast expanse of white. The original shadow was instantly dispelled, revealing the Lunatic shrouded in the shadow.
However, at this time, the Lunatic was painfully covering his eyes. The sudden burst of light had caused considerable damage to the eyes of his Sealed Artifact that used shadow abilities.
Taking advantage of the fact that his leg was released, Leyton rolled twice on the ground to steady himself, put down Bugs Bunny, and quickly stood up from the ground.
"Mental Impact!" A Dragonese word was spat out from Leyton's mouth.
A dark black talisman that Leyton had somehow gotten into his hand turned to ashes and disappeared. At the same time, a fierce mental wave enveloped the Lunatic who was painfully covering his eyes.
The other party changed from covering his eyes in pain to lying on the ground and wailing, as if suffering great torture.
Leyton's movements didn't stop. He took out the gun that had already been loaded with bullets from the gun bag and directly fired a volley at the opponent.
Although they were just ordinary bullets, being showered with such a volley of bullets at close range caused even a Beyonder who excelled at body enhancement to suffer considerable damage.
After emptying the magazine, Leyton immediately turned his head and ran, without any hesitation or thoughts of going up to finish him off.
Just kidding, although his volley of bullets could bring considerable damage to the opponent, it wasn't fatal. The most terrifying thing about a Lunatic is when he has no reason. Now, he was facing a Lunatic who could proactively sacrifice his sanity.
"Use Fog Creation, then run!" Leyton reminded Bugs Bunny, who had just used Flash and hid to the side, and then started to run.
Bugs Bunny touched the Great Magician's Top Hat on his head, and a cloud of mist spread around the Lunatic in front.
After doing all this, Bugs Bunny took off and followed Leyton's pace, running towards the city.
A roar came from the mist, and Leyton's spiritual intuition frantically warned him. Leyton knew that this was the Lunatic proactively sacrificing his sanity and unleashing his desires in exchange for power.
Madmen didn't need intelligence in the first place, and might even gain powerful resistance to certain Beyonder abilities that interfered with thoughts and affected the mind as a result.
This was also the reason why Leyton had used the Mental Impact talisman from the beginning; otherwise, it would be useless after the opponent gave up his sanity. It was better to use it in advance and deal a wave of damage.
While running forward quickly, Leyton reloaded his pistol with enchanted bullets.
"Fortunately, I practiced reloading guns before, or I would be done for today," Leyton thought to himself.
"Pay attention in a moment. When that Lunatic behind catches up, use Ice on the ground under his feet. Pay attention to the timing; there's only one chance. If you don't succeed, you'll become rabbit biscuits," Leyton said to Bugs Bunny, who was using all four legs beside him.
"Boss! Can I hide first and then use it?" Bugs Bunny said timidly.
"No, he's too fast. If you hide, there won't be time to use it," Leyton rejected the rabbit's suggestion.
The sound coming from behind and his own sense of impending danger told Leyton that the Lunatic had caught up.
"Use it now!" Leyton roared, then turned his body and fired continuously at the Lunatic who was charging towards him.
"Bang! Bang!" One ordinary bullet, one enchanted bullet.
This was a technique Leyton had learned from Mr. Kosith before: first use ordinary bullets to lower the opponent's vigilance, and then rely on the second enchanted bullet to deal damage.
The enchanted bullet trailed a crimson flame tail in the air and accurately hit the opponent's shoulder under the cover of the ordinary bullet. A flash of fire flickered and then went out.
"Roar—" The Lunatic hit by the enchanted bullet didn't stop, but instead roared and charged even faster. The bullet had more to do with igniting the opponent's anger.
When he quickly approached to within five or six meters of Leyton, the Lunatic, who had lost his mind, stepped on the ice surface and directly fell backward to the ground. Because the momentum of the charge was too strong before, he still slid forward a long distance after falling.
Seeing this, Leyton and Bugs Bunny immediately pounced to both sides, dodging the human bowling ball that slid along the ground.
After pouncing to the side and dodging the opponent's sliding body, he immediately supported himself and half-squatted up, taking advantage of the opponent's fall to the ground and not yet recovering, and pulled out his gun again to shoot.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three bullets with the same burning effect all hit the opponent's exposed neck and shoulders at close range.
The sound of "Zzz— Zzz—" of flesh being burned sounded, and there was a crimson fire spreading on the opponent's flesh. Although it disappeared quickly, the damage it brought was terrifying enough.
Leyton quickly stood up from the ground, approached the opponent, and fired two more shots at the already shot neck, directly emptying the magazine.
The Sequence 8 Lunatic was far from having the terrifying self-healing ability of a werewolf. After being hit by three bullets in a row in the fragile neck area, and all of them were Beyonder bullets after being enchanted, the Lunatic who took the initiative to sacrifice his sanity finally ushered in the end of his life.
After his sanity returned, the other party struggled and twitched a few times before breathing his last. Leyton finally saw other expressions on the face of this Lunatic who had been smiling all the time, such as "fear."
More than half of the opponent's corpse's neck area had been carbonized, which was also the reason why the opponent died so quickly.
"Fortunately, the other party was a Lunatic, not a werewolf; otherwise, those few bullets would not have been able to cause this level of damage, or even lead to death in a short period of time," Leyton sighed.
"Waa— Boss, did he just die like that?" Bugs Bunny dared to approach after seeing the Lunatic's corpse lying motionless on the ground.
"Yeah, he's dead," Leyton nodded slightly and said.
"But, isn't he very powerful? How could he die so easily?" Bugs Bunny asked in confusion.
"Heh—" Leyton chuckled.
Then he opened his mouth and said: "He is indeed very powerful, but he is only Sequence 8. Even if he is very good at fighting, the shortcomings of each Pathway are very obvious when the Sequence is not high, such as his tendency to lose his mind during battle."
"And you used Flash very well, basically disabling the Sealed Artifact on his body, and also had a certain impact on himself. The ice later was the same," Leyton praised Bugs Bunny.
"Hehe! I'm super awesome!" Bugs Bunny said with his head held high and his chest out.
Leyton nodded and said nothing more. The entire battle process just now was pre-rehearsed by Leyton in his mind, including the cooperation with Bugs Bunny.
Using the Flash from the Sealed Artifact on Bugs Bunny's head to destroy the Lunatic's Sealed Artifact effect, as well as the fog later to delay time, and the ice on the ground later.
The only unstable factor was whether Bugs Bunny could seize the opportunity to use the trick. For this reason, Leyton also prepared a series of remedial measures, but none of them came in handy.
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