Chloe Sinclair didn’t respond.

In the darkness, Chloe Sinclair flung the small silver flashlight at one of the men’s heads.

With a loud THUD, the man collapsed to the ground.

"I was going to hand you straight over to the police, but when I thought about those twenty-four lives, I had a change of heart."

Chloe stood silently behind the thugs, like a phantom.

She snatched the guns from two of them and tossed them far away.

"Fuck,"

one of the men snarled, his fist flying toward Chloe like the wind.

Chloe calmly dodged the attack, catching the man’s fist in her hand. With a gentle twist, a series of sickening CRACKS echoed out.

"AGH—!"

The man screamed. From Chloe’s perspective, his face instantly turned ashen, but his eyes remained dark and sinister.

Infuriated, the man threw a punch at Chloe’s head with his left hand. But Chloe simply grabbed his arm with both of hers and spun around quickly.

With a THUD, she executed a perfect shoulder throw, and the man slammed into the ground.

The CRACK of his tailbone breaking shot through the air, reaching everyone’s ears.

The man, in agony, tried to curl into a ball, but found he couldn’t move at all.

He let out a pained howl, which instantly drew the attention of his accomplices.

"I’m going to fucking kill you!"

With that, he scooped up a handful of dirt and flung it at her.

Chloe reflexively raised a hand to shield her eyes. Seizing the opportunity, the man leaped up and kicked at her shoulder.

Chloe’s brow furrowed as she staggered back a few steps.

[BEEP—BEEP—]

[Current Malice Value exceeds 100. Invincibility Mode has been activated for the Host.]

Hearing the system’s prompt, Chloe glanced down at the dusty footprint on her white shirt. Her eyes darkened.

The next moment, Chloe leaped into the air.

The thug threw his arms up to block his head, but he never imagined the force behind Chloe’s kick would be so much greater than before.

Before he could even retaliate, he collapsed to the ground.

Chloe slowly walked over and looked down at the thug.

In the sudden glare from a security camera that flickered to life, the thug could clearly see that Chloe’s eyes were filled with murderous intent.

He knew that look better than anyone.

’This young girl in front of me... she wants to kill me.’

At this realization, the thug’s eyes filled with terror.

But with multiple dislocations, he couldn’t even stand up.

So he struggled to his knees, enduring the searing pain, and began to kowtow, begging for mercy.

"So now you’re scared? Now you’re begging for your life?"

Chloe’s eyes were bloodshot as she roared, "Of those twenty-four people back then, how many didn’t kneel and beg you for mercy? A child, only a few years old and covered in blood, knelt and begged you to spare their parents! But what did you animals do?!"

Chloe enunciated each word with venom. "In front of that child, you made them watch as their family died, one by one. And in the end, you threw the child from a great height."

"Do you really think I’m going to spare you?"

Chloe’s words struck the man’s mind like a clap of thunder.

Scene after scene from that year flashed through his mind.

The man’s body contorted as he stared at Chloe in terror.

"You... how could you possibly know that?"

’The things Chloe was talking about... that was years ago.’

’Even the police at the time didn’t know all the details. How could this woman know everything so precisely?’

His mind in turmoil, the man screamed, "Who the hell are you?!"

"I am your reckoning."