Nightshade or Abigail Crowell exchange moves with Hei Yuhua. They shoot at each other and dodge simultaneously. Their weapon handling was fully professional but Hei Yuhua’s accuracy is above hers. In that short exchange of bullets, Hei Yuhua was unharmed while Abigail Crowell got her left arm shot.

Hei Yuhua’s expression remained cold if not for the slight scratch on his right cheek which was grazed by the bullet when he saved Mama Hei, he would totally been unharmed. That’s how much difference the strength Hei Yuhua has with Agent Abigail Crowell who is also an agent.

Agent Abigail (Nightshade) pressed on her wound as she looked at Hei Yuhua helplessly.

“I guess the differences between our skills are great. But that can be expected, I’m fighting against the strongest agent in the world after all. Others thought you had died after you had disappeared two years ago. I bet you were staying out of everyone’s eyes for a reason. You and Prosecutor Ye were never enemies. All we have seen in these past few years were just a mirage you both created to fool the Red Poppy Syndicate’s eyes.” said Nightshade as she checked that all the bullets in her possession were used up.

She could only throw the gun in rage and saw the red bracelet around her left wrist. This is an amulet she received from the young version of Poppy. She could still recall their first meeting.

—

A scene in the past. In the country where Hei Yuhua and the rest live. In this timeline, most of them were just teenagers at a young age. At this time, Hei Yuhua and the rest were just in high school.

In the middle of the night,

Somewhere within the dark area of the city. A foreign agent was said to have illegally entered the country to spy for information. The Aster Intelligence Division sends agents to eliminate the target. Tonight another field mission for Agent Y. He received the mission details from his partner, Agent J (Yun Jie).

Agent J: The target this time was known as Agent A. Real name: Abigail Crowell. A CIA Agent. She had entered the country through an illegal route in water and intended to steal our country’s information for Aster agents. She didn’t expect to steal a decoy with a tracker.

“A’Jie speaks less nonsense. Give me her routes and I will complete my mission to eliminate her,” said Hei Yuhua who was standing above the highest building overlooking the beautiful urban scenery before his eyes. Sadly, there are no emotions within those silver irises, just indifference, and coldness as if not seeing through the happiness of the scene before him.

Agent J: Middle-class Area. Subdivision XXX. Street number 18. About to approach Street number 25 in an hour. Be careful, Bro… I mean Agent Y.

Hei Yuhua jumped off the building and said, “It will be done soon. Order me some takeouts.”

Agent J: I will brother!

Then their communication was cut off. Hei Yuhua left to chase after his target. Meanwhile at the mentioned location of Agent J. A woman in black overall with gunshots all over her body was running away chased by the other agents of Aster. The job of these agents is to track her and not lose their eyes on her until a higher-ranked agent comes to finish her off.

This female agent is quite skilled and a lot of agents were injured badly while confronting her.

“This way! She ran this way!”

“Chase her. Don’t lose her.”

“Agent Y had been deployed. He will be here any minute.”

Agent Abigail was hiding in the small alleys when she heard that Agent Y of this country was issued to chase after. No one doesn’t know who Agent Y is. At the young age of 10, he had already experienced running through the battlefield for assassination missions and information stealing missions. He had been famous in the world of Agents.

He is known for his ruthlessness in executing traitors, mercilessness in capturing his target, and coldness with which no one could move him regardless of morality or kindness. He is the strongest and youngest Agent in the whole world. There are countless countries that put him on watch lists. Every time he made a move many countries would watch him. Moreover, this person never failed a mission.

Agent Abigail cursed in her heart, “They are sending Agent Y to chase me. Did my country choose not to save me anymore?”

To foreign agents being targeted by Agent Y is the same as death. Because this means their country had longed to sell them out and no longer cared for their life and death. As expected, Agent Abigail received the last message from her division. 𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

{Thanks for your hard work, Agent A. Please rest in peace. Well, it will subsidize your family.}

Seeing this message Abigail Crowell laughed as if she had gone crazy. The message alone says that she can die in peace. She is not allowed to tell the other side information about their country unless she wanted her family to suffer. It was a warning as well as a death mission.

Knowing that she could no longer escape, Agent A decided to bring a few Aster agents down with her death. She has a bomb on her. Implanted by her division. She wanted to use it to kill herself and a few more of her enemies.

“Found her!”

“She is over here!”

“Go get her!!”

Agent Abigail clicked her tongue and said, “You guys are coming down with me!!”

Pushed in desperation, Agent A was insane, she ran towards the Aster Agents who were looking for her and was about to press the area where the Implanted chip is to self-destruct. Just as she was about to activate the bomb in her, she only heard two gunshots. Based on the size and power of the bullet, it seems to be a sniper. The first bullet destroyed the implanted chip on her left hip and the second bullet left a hole in her heart. There is no way for her to survive.

She had fallen on the cold ground like a broken puppet. The in midst of the intense pain in her body she saw a pair of icy silver eyes looking down at her above the nearest building top not far from their location.

‘Ah, the Death God found me.’

In the Aster Agents communication gadgets, a low yet cold voice can be heard issuing orders.

{Target down. Everyone retreated. Leave the rest to me.}

The Aster Agents collectively responded, “Yes, Sir!” as they disappeared from the scene one by one.

A few seconds later Agent Y appeared in front of her. He knew she would be dying from blood loss with that kind of hole in her chest. Most agents wouldn’t lose consciousness even if they were shot at their vital points as they were given special training to increase their pain tolerance.

Agent Y helped her lean on the wall of the hallway and gave her a special phone connected to a call overseas.

“We’ve communicated with your country. They agree to let you say your goodbyes to your family. You can say your last words to them before you leave. Your body will be surrendered to your country after you’ve passed away.” said Hei Yuhua.

He left her there after giving her the phone. The call was connected and Agent A can hear her parent’s voices from the opposite side.

“Abby? Is it you? My baby?”

“Darling, are you finally going home?”

“Both Ma and Pa are waiting for you home.”

“Remember to keep safe and always remember we love you, our baby.”

Agent A spoke in broken words, “I… love you… too.”

She ended the call as she didn’t want her parents to notice something. She already felt her body turning cold and her sight turning black slowly. She knew that her life was almost over. But at the last moment, she saw a pair of red eyes suddenly appearing in front of her and she thought that a devil had finally come to pick her soul up.

During this time, Ying Wu was still alive and went to the same school as Ying Su. Ying Su had been reborn multiple times thanks to the system and knew that the future Nightshade of his Syndicate would be almost dead in one of the dead alleys within their Subdivision.

Ying Wu asked, “Why would you want to go to the convenience store at this hour, A’Su?”

“Gege, I want to buy some midnight snacks. Didn’t you also want to buy some chicken drumsticks as well? If you get fat it’s not my fault.” said Ying Su.

Ying Wu said, “Tsk! Do you care if I get fat? Hey, where are you going?”

“Pee. Do you want to accompany me?” asked Ying Su.

Ying Wu said while waving his hand as if shooing him away, “Go. I’ll buy a few things first. Just look for me inside.”

“Okay~,” said Ying Su as he disappeared somewhere to pee as he said while Ying Wu went to the nearest convenience store.

Once Ying Su entered the alley, his innocent expression as a teenager fades only and aloof and dull eyes replaced it. A white snake appeared on his neck, hissing.

System spoke, Your first useful pawn is about to die within 10 minutes. You should use a healing stone to cure her and help her escape death. I will leave a dummy to cover up her tracks. As for convincing her you to have to work for the rest.

“Tsk! Healing stones caused too many points. She better be useful or I would have wasted my points for nothing,” Mumbled Ying Su as he walks away to look for his target.

Abigail Crowell only knew she was saved by Ying Su on the brink of death. Unknown to her, the other person only sees her as a useful pawn to keep. Aside from that, he had no other feelings for her. On the other hand, Agent A feels extremely grateful for Ying Su saving her that night. Because of this, she even fell in love with the young man. In her eyes, the actions taken by Ying Su made him look more mature than people his age.

At that time, Hei Yuhua still hadn’t met Lord Hei and the others, so he didn’t know that the body he had surrendered to the foreign country was not the real Agent A.

—

Back to reality…

Thinking of the day Ying Su had saved her, Agent A thought she would have to serve for the rest of her loves but after seeing what he had been doing with the power of the Syndicate Agent thought otherwise. She secretly approached her country and reported her return. She didn’t say anything about Ying Su’s supernatural capabilities of saving someone like her who was revived on the brink of death.

In the end, she worked as a double agent for her country and the Red Poppy Syndicate like Hei Yuhua.

To avoid the leader of the Syndicate, Ying Su from noticing her current standing she played the role of a loyal executive. She even let the drug Datura make awaken an ability in her, to be used on her. In the end, she had indeed awakened a shadow ability. It converts her pheromones as an alpha into shadow figments that she can control. The darker the place is the stronger her ability is.

Who would have thought she would witness the mystical scene of Agent Y using some weird spell to transfer a large group of people? Nightshade watches the whole mysterious scene played before her and sees a large group of people suddenly disappearing in her line of sight. She even forgot to attack for the second time after witnessing such a scene.

She now stares at the usual expressionless face of Agent Y. Nightshade has always known that Agent Y is younger than her but she didn’t expect him to be this beautiful. So she was stunned and entertained the first time they met.

Nightshade said, “Your country is full of mystery. Rumors of your country hiding Gods or immortals seem to be real. If not Poppy nor you would possess such mystical abilities that were beyond norms. When I saw you teleported those scientists I knew you were like Poppy. You are being helped but someone not from this plane. Do immortals really exist in your land?” she asked.

“Immortals, I don’t know. Gods, they exist,” said Hei Yuhua.

A sweet-smelling scent spreads in the whole hallway. Agent A was caught off guard. She immediately wanted to cover her nose when she smelled the scent. As someone who knew that pheromones can be converted into abilities, she knew that this sweet fragrance must be Hei Yuhua’s pheromones. If it can spread this much that means the area of its effect is big. It’s not an elemental ability like hers.

Agent A thought she should stop Hei Yuhua from doing what he plans to do.

Her thoughts are, ‘I need to capture him first and stop his control over his pheromones.’

She controlled her own pheromones to convert to shadow and used it to capture Hei Yuhua but the scene is too bewildering as her target just watched her with a deadpan expression on his face not intending to dodge her attack at all.

Nightshade was already a few inches away from Hei Yuhua and her shadows were about to touch him. Then suddenly she hears his voice.

Hei Yuhua commanded, “Don’t move.”

Against her will, her whole body froze before she could even react. She was now looking at Hei Yuhua’s beautiful face with fear in her eyes. She would have never expected that Hei Yuhua is an ability user who could take over someone’s mind and control.