This German Shepherd was extremely well-trained by Su Mi.

Wherever Brother Jiang Ran went, it followed.

They arrived at Room 502 in Building No. 2.

Inside 502, it was still pitch black.

It seemed no one had entered since Brother Jiang Ran broke the door down.

He turned on the light.

Brother Jiang Ran walked to the balcony.

He took down Ding Dali's clean change of underwear—briefs.

He threw them on the floor for the German Shepherd to sniff.

The German Shepherd sniffed a few times.

Then it raised its head.

It sniffed toward the sky, then immediately brought its nose close to the ground and led the way out of 502.

Brother Jiang Ran followed like an attendant, carrying the chainsaw, trailing behind it.

One man and one dog left Building No. 2.

Then, they headed toward other areas within the Alice Apartment complex.

Finally, the man and the dog arrived at a shooting range that was under construction.

...

This shooting range wasn't large.

It was roughly divided into two sections.

One was a firearms shooting range, and the other was an archery range for crossbows and bows.

Both the firearms and archery ranges were further divided into indoor and outdoor fields.

The outdoor archery field.

The full moon in the sky was very bright.

Although industrial development caused fewer and fewer stars to appear each night.

As long as the moon remained, it was always the main attraction.

Moonlight illuminated the entire land, casting a faint, silvery-yellow glow over the earth.

This outdoor archery field was covered with turf.

At this moment, a man stood in the center of the outdoor turf, holding a precious bow.

He bathed in the moonlight, his eyes tightly closed, seemingly sensing something.

"If only this were ancient times."

"I could go to the battlefield and shoot people with a bow and arrow. That wouldn't be illegal."

He uttered these words softly, his tone filled with regret.

Woof! Woof!

The sound of a dog barking interrupted his feelings of regret.

He opened his eyes and looked down in the direction of the barking.

He saw a man and a dog slowly emerging from the dark shadows.

Finally, like him, they stepped into the moonlight.

After coming out, the dog barked at him over a dozen more times.

Then, with a whoosh, it darted back into the shadows and disappeared.

It seemed its task was complete, and it was leaving.

"You've been here all along?"

The man from the one-man-one-dog pair, holding a chainsaw, suddenly spoke up and asked.

He showed no intention of leaving.

"Yes, ever since you came back riding the electric bike with the chainsaw, I left my home and hid here."

"I came here during the day. You shouldn't have been here at that time."

"Yes, I was deliberately avoiding you then. I was at the shooting range, but not standing in this spot."

"Then why show yourself now?"

"Because I'm here to take your life."

The man and the dog were precisely Brother Jiang Ran and that German Shepherd.

The German Shepherd had already run off, but Brother Jiang Ran couldn't run.

"Take my life? Didn't you have the confidence to do that during the day?"

"No. Your physical skills are absurdly good. Even a sneak attack from behind with an arrow couldn't kill you, so I gave up during the day."

"And you're confident at night?"

"Of course. At night, there's only moonlight, visibility is poor. Moreover, I've turned off all the lights at this shooting range, including the main circuit breaker."

"Only having moonlight at night is a condition we both have to accept. Did you prepare night vision goggles to wear? Otherwise, if it offers no advantage for me, does it really offer one for you?"

"Nighttime does give me an advantage, but I don't need external aids. My naked eyes are enough."

"Your... naked eyes?"

"Yes, my naked eyes. Their night vision capability is naturally several times better than an ordinary person's."

"Plus, the results of my many years of archery practice and night training."

"Heh, let me tell you, from this position, I can see you clearly, including the expression on your face. But you can only vaguely see my silhouette. That's my advantage."

"Is that so... You think that's your key to victory? That's a bit too confident."

"Confident? No, this is skill. Ever heard of 'injuring someone with a hidden arrow'? The arrows I shoot now are hidden arrows."

"Your name is Jiang Ran, right?"

"Jiang Ran, you will soon become the 29th soul to fall under my arrow."

In the hazy darkness.

This man in his forties, Ding Dali, who had practiced archery for over thirty years.

Instantly, drew his bow and shot an arrow, all in one fluid motion.

Extremely proficient, without a single superfluous movement.

If, according to his wish, he were placed in ancient times, he might truly have become a famous, renowned master archer.

Whoosh!

A sharp arrow shot toward Brother Jiang Ran.

The moment the arrow was released, Brother Jiang Ran also moved.

He swung the unstarted chainsaw and charged toward Ding Dali's hazy figure at full speed.

If Ding Dali's first arrow met no obstruction, it would strike Brother Jiang Ran squarely between the eyebrows.

But unfortunately, facing the deep night with extremely poor visibility and an arrow that was impossibly fast in the darkness.

Brother Jiang Ran merely used his chainsaw to forcefully deflect.

He actually managed to knock that sharp arrow aside, altering its trajectory.

The deflected arrow veered to the side and plunged deeply into the turf.

One arrow missing its target didn't surprise Ding Dali.

Because after the morning's sneak attack from behind and the three arrows from an elevated position, he was already mentally prepared.

Therefore, next, Ding Dali reached his peak speed in drawing the bow and shooting arrows.

He directly shot rapid-fire arrows.

The frequency of these rapid shots was also terrifying.

In the blink of an eye, five arrows were shot.

Moreover, all five arrows were aimed at vital points all over Brother Jiang Ran's body.

Head, neck, heart, groin, lower leg.

And the arrows arrived at almost the same speed. With this guy still charging toward him rapidly, Ding Dali felt this volley was a sure hit.

Let's see how you handle this!

Over there, seeing the five arrows coming at him, Brother Jiang Ran didn't panic.

He saw his right hand wielding the chainsaw like a thousand-armed ancient monster.

Tap, tap, tap, a few times. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

All five arrows were actually deflected.

Ding Dali's pupils instantly widened, feeling as if he had seen a ghost again, just like during the day.

He hurriedly continued to draw his bow, but by then, Brother Jiang Ran was already right in front of him.

He didn't use the chainsaw. Instead, he delivered a heavy punch to the right side of Ding Dali's face.

The force of this punch was immense.

So immense that Ding Dali seemed to recall the time when he was a second-grade elementary school student being brutally beaten by a sixth-grade male student.

That beating directly knocked him unconscious and sent him to the hospital.

This moment felt so similar to that time back then...

Ding Dali solidly took this punch, fell backward, collapsed on the ground, and lost consciousness.

By the time he regained awareness.

His eyes were stung, unable to open.

It was so bright all around.

After his eyes adjusted slightly, he could slowly open them, his vision clearing.

He could see his surroundings clearly.

It was so bright all around.

He was no longer at the outdoor archery field where he lost consciousness.

Instead, he was inside the indoor archery range.

Inside the indoor range, all the lights were on.

Warm air from the air conditioning was blowing, which was why Ding Dali only now realized he had been stripped completely naked.

Not only that, but he was also restrained in a spread-eagle position.

Suspended a short distance above the ground.