Villain: Supreme Parasite System in Another World-Chapter 28: Ten Steps Ahead Part 3

"FUCK!" Jax slammed his fist against the tunnel wall, the concrete cracking under the force.

Frustration radiated off him as he looked at the growing pile of dead bodies. He cursed under his breath, each word rougher than the last.

Nilo stepped forward and placed a hand on Jax’s shoulder.

"Calm down. We should retreat, report this, and get reinforcements."

Jax shook him off. "Report this? Do you have any idea what would happen if word got out? That many people dead... with two of us here? We will be a laughingstock. Worse—they will demote us!"

The first user sighed, but he didn’t argue. He knew his companion had a valid point.

It would be much easier to explain if they were dealing with a massive monster, but no—it was barely six feet tall, even smaller than normal snakes, and yet they failed to catch it.

"We should hunt the one responsible," Jax continued, his voice low and controlled, dangerous. "Not run away."

Nilo contemplated, but the other party was already moving, so he decided to follow for now.

Based on their current information, the enemy would only be around Category 2 or 3—something they could handle easily.

However, he still couldn’t shake the odd feeling that they were being played with, as if someone was pulling the strings.

But how?.

All the information they learned from the academy indicated that a beast below Category 3 basically had a brain smaller than a dog’s.

Even Category 5 or higher beasts rarely used strategy—that was why humans were able to keep them at bay. If they were any smarter, it could tip the balance of power.

If they were really dealing with a highly intelligent beast, then they should report it and warn the others.

Eventually, they reached a long, straight tunnel that seemed to extend endlessly into the darkness.

"If we don’t find it, then we head back. There’s no reason to go down to the lower levels," Nilo broke the silence.

Jax didn’t respond at first. He kept walking, eyes scanning the shadows ahead.

Then he suddenly stopped.

A faint rattling sound echoed from the darkness ahead, the same one they heard when he was chasing their target.

"It’s there!" Jax drew his sword and dashed forward.

Nilo reacted and moved alongside his teammate, but midway through, multiple clicking sounds echoed ahead. Their hearts instinctively dropped.

RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT—

Rapid gunfire erupted from the darkness.

"Shit!"

Jax swung his sword, the flexible blade snapping into motion as he tried to deflect the incoming shots. Sparks burst as bullets struck the metal, but the hail was too dense and the space too tight.

His body was riddled with holes in seconds, and Nilo, who knew he would be next, used him as a meat shield as he retreated back.

Still, bullets tore through Jax and ended up hitting him as well.

After the hail ended, Nilo lay in his own blood. Special Category or not, his skin and internal organs were still not strong enough to withstand high-caliber gunfire.

But the question on his mind was how on earth they had been ambushed by guns.

Only humans with at least some traces of gamma DNA could use them, and even then, it required someone to disengage the safety and pull the trigger.

There was no way a monster could do it—unless it had an almost humanoid body.

He wasn’t wrong. Unfortunately, he had encountered someone who knew more about guns than he did—and could manipulate muscle fibers.

More blood leaked from his mouth, but it was no use. There was no way he could survive such a fatal injury.

’Good. I’m still not rusty.’

Francis slowly retracted the threads he created to pull the trigger. The guns he used were actually the ones he took from Leon’s squad, and he had intentionally set them up in this long, narrow tunnel.

He didn’t use this strategy before because, with so many people around, there was no doubt the two Special Categories would survive—and he would have lost the element of surprise.

Ultimately, he won because he used everything—his environment, available resources, and so on.

’Alright, time to harvest my reward. I’m curious what these two will give me.’