God-Level Special Forces Soldier

As he observed Kojima Minako, blazing flames rose in Mizuno Pengyu’s eyes, clearly already pushed to the extreme of fury.

Right now, the Mizuno Clan had been all but half destroyed by Xiao Tian; only by killing him could they turn the tables. Yet halfway through, a so‑called "righteous avenger" suddenly jumped out—this was basically forcing him onto a dead end. How could he not feel enraged?

And from the aura that had just spilled out from Kojima Minako, Mizuno Pengyu accurately judged that she was an expert, roughly on par with the long‑haired old man who’d just died.

A fighter of this level was far beyond what anyone present could stop. Swarming her might have a chance of beating her, but the problem was that she was obviously here to save someone—how could she possibly sit there and let herself be surrounded?

For a moment, all kinds of emotions tangled together, making Mizuno Pengyu’s heart a mix of complicated flavors, while his brain began to run more frantically than ever before—because this was his last chance.

Once he lost it, from then on the Mizuno Clan as an organization would become nothing more than an insignificant symbol in history, disappearing into smoke...

...

On the other side, Kojima Minako’s grip on Xiao Tian’s hand tightened further, and she just felt endlessly awkward and miserable inside.

In fact, from the very start she hadn’t planned to make a move to save Xiao Tian. Based on their past interactions, and the fact that he’d just messed with her not long ago, not kicking him while he was down was already being more than decent—how could she go so far as to rescue him?

But what Kojima Minako admired most in her life were those who dared to take responsibility, and she’d long heard about how much favor Ozawa Miwa showed Xiao Tian.

And when she found out that the "Xiao Tian gege" Ozawa Miwa spoke of was actually the Hunter she herself had listed as "lifelong enemy number one," the thoughts in her heart really couldn’t have been more resentful.

Especially since her good sister Liu Hanyan also praised Xiao Tian in every possible way, hyping him up as if heaven had him and earth did not, saying that not marrying him if you met him would be the height of stupidity—this made it even harder for her to understand the two women’s thinking.

She’d even had a moment where she wondered if Xiao Tian was some kind of nemesis arranged by heaven for her, snatching away the few close people around her one by one, and in the end, without scruples, firing off mockery at her.

Although Kojima Minako’s status within the royal family was quite exalted, she was almost like a transparent person; aside from certain necessary occasions, she was hardly ever seen.

Many people didn’t even know there was such a person in the royal family. It had to be said—she was low‑key to the extreme.

Within the royal family, Ozawa Miwa was the only person she could barely consider pleasing to the eye. Coming to attend her wedding this time, first was because of their relationship, and second was that she wanted to see whether, at such an important occasion, the Hunter that Ozawa Miwa always praised to the skies—her lifelong enemy number one—would show up.

The result was astonishing—Xiao Tian really did appear, and was even right under her nose, but she hadn’t noticed a thing, instead being completely played by him, and getting her reputation ruined in the process.

This hatred, this grudge, was truly irreconcilable!

Yet when she saw, at the last moment, that extreme arrogance and stubbornness on Xiao Tian’s body, she still chose to strike and save him.

Of course, this was inseparable from Ozawa Miwa’s father, but judging from Xiao Tian’s behavior in that desperate situation, it really was hard to deny that he had his merits.

However, Xiao Tian’s vile image had long been deeply rooted in her heart. Thinking that this alone would simply flip her view of him—no need to think about it, that was absolutely impossible.

As Kojima Minako forced down the discomfort in her heart, she carefully recalled every bit of contact she’d had with Xiao Tian, trying hard to find a single shining point on him. But after searching and searching, she found none at all, which only made her more puzzled and indignant.

This bastard—what the hell makes Han Yan and my little niece like him?!

The more she thought, the more she clenched her teeth, and the hand supporting Xiao Tian grew even stronger, as if she wanted to twist his whole arm off.

"Tss..." Feeling the sharp pain coming from his arm, the expression on Xiao Tian’s face twisted. Was this woman here to save him or to kill him?

The middle‑aged man hiding in the dark and watching also felt a bit dumbfounded at this scene. The man had already been saved and they still weren’t leaving—what kind of situation was this?

Even if they wanted to flirt and fuss over each other, shouldn’t they at least pick the right occasion?

But he wasn’t the one out there—it was Kojima Minako. No matter how anxious he got, it was useless; aside from staring blankly, he couldn’t help at all.

"Are you trying to strangle me to death?" Xiao Tian’s face was as ugly as it could get as he squeezed out the words through clenched teeth.

Kojima Minako snapped awake like from a dream, a bit of confusion flashing in her eyes, but it quickly turned into impatience. Her delicate brows knitted as she said, "What are you yelling for? I’m the one saving you, not you saving me. Keep running your mouth and I’ll throw you right here, believe it or not?"

"..."

Hearing that extremely impatient line, everyone present was dumbstruck. Where had this kind of oddball sprung from?

Xiao Tian opened his mouth, but in the end didn’t say anything. First, he really had no strength, and second, he felt a bit uncertain inside—the tone of that line didn’t sound fake. If this righteous avenger really did dump him here, he’d have nowhere even to cry.

As the saying goes, under low eaves a man must bow his head. Thinking of this, Xiao Tian could only obediently shut up, silently enduring that piercing pain, constantly comforting himself: Pain is pain—better than losing my life!

Xiao Tian clenched his teeth, drawing in a deep breath through his nose to ease the unbearable suffering. But in that breath, he caught a faint fragrance—subtle yet familiar, as if he’d just smelled it somewhere...

Letting out a bitter chuckle, Xiao Tian scolded himself for being ridiculous. At a time like this he still had the mood to notice such things. He’d better put his mind to figuring out how to get out of here instead.

Yet the more he thought that, the less he could calm down. Leaving aside the pain constantly accompanying him, that scent he’d just smelled kept lingering in his mind, refusing to dissipate no matter what...

Dragged out of her thoughts by Xiao Tian, Kojima Minako also silently cursed herself for being careless. At a time like this, she’d actually spaced out!

If just now the enemy had taken advantage of that opening to attack, there was every chance she would have been hit.

Murmuring a silent "lucky" to herself, Kojima Minako suddenly grabbed Xiao Tian’s arm, about to leave this place without another second’s delay. She had more than enough confidence that, with the people here and the weapons in their hands, they absolutely didn’t have the ability to stop her.

Just as she was about to activate her Body Technique, she saw Mizuno Pengyu force a smile onto his face, step forward and bend at the waist in a bow, then clasp his hands and say, "Might I ask, are you here because you were hired by someone?"