"Whoosh!"
Seizing the moment, Hunter, who had already aimed at the distribution box inside Steve's villa, pulled the trigger.
In the next moment, the crossbow bolt he fired whistled through the air.
Not only did it accurately hit the distribution box...
...but its alloy-forged arrowhead also easily pierced through the distribution box's aluminum alloy casing.
After only a breath or two, the lights in Steve's villa suddenly dimmed.
"Success!"
Hunter was delighted and quickly stored the sniper laika crossbow into his private space.
In the next moment, he leaped down from the tree.
With physical attributes already more than double that of an ordinary person, he easily jumped down from the three-meter-high branch.
Then, Hunter's speed exploded.
He ran at full speed, dashing all the way along the hillside.
The distance was about a hundred meters, and he was running rapidly down from the mountain.
Despite the twists and turns on the slope, it took only about ten seconds for Hunter to reach the wall on one side of the villa.
Looking at the wall, which was nearly three meters high and topped with a high-voltage electric fence...
Hunter didn't hesitate for a second. He leaped up and easily grabbed the wall with both hands.
He gripped the wall with one hand to support his body.
With his other hand, he quickly pulled out the pre-prepared bolt cutters from his private space.
In just about ten seconds, he had cut a gap in the electric fence.
After putting away the tool, he pushed off hard with both hands and climbed onto the top of the wall.
Then, through the gap he had cut, Hunter jumped and easily entered Steve's villa.
"Quick!"
"Catch him!"
"Someone damaged the distribution box, go start the backup power!"
"Catch him, don't let him get away!"
"Careful, don't shoot blindly!"
As the lights in the villa went out, the entire estate immediately fell into chaos.
Because they had been under bright lights before, the sudden loss of light...
...made Steve and the others feel momentarily blind. He even instinctively raised his AK and fired a few shots toward the spot where Charlie had just been standing.
Then he remembered that Charlie had a bomb on him.
But the shots Steve fired acted like a signal.
His subordinates also instinctively began firing toward Charlie's position.
In the darkness, it was inevitable that some people would panic and shoot wildly due to the temporary loss of vision.
Steve was nearly hit by a stray bullet and quickly shouted for them to stop.
The chaos lasted for over a minute, and only as everyone's eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness did the random Shooting end.
"Charlie...!"
The moment Steve's vision recovered, he instinctively looked toward the car.
With the help of the faint moonlight, he immediately noticed that there was no one by the car Charlie had driven in.
However, Steve also noticed...
...some bloodstains on the ground, located right in the area where Charlie had been standing.
It seemed that in the moment the lights went out, someone had shot and wounded Charlie.
Steve let out an angry roar, feeling as though he had been played once again.
He instinctively moved to rush toward the villa, because Slater was locked up inside.
Steve knew Charlie was there to rescue her, but after running only two or three steps, he suddenly stopped again.
"You guys, get back to the villa!"
He pointed to several subordinates and issued the command.
"Yes!"
Several subordinates immediately got into a bulletproof SUV and sped toward the villa.
Meanwhile, Steve quickly walked over to the car Charlie had driven.
"Open it!"
He ordered his men to open the car door, only to see that there was nothing inside.
"The trunk!"
A subordinate hurriedly opened the trunk, and the moment it was opened...
Under the moonlight, the rear compartment of the truck was filled with a golden hue, appearing exceptionally dazzling.
"Hiss!"
With just a quick glance, Steve's breathing instantly became heavy.
The breathing of the subordinates following him also grew heavy.
"Gold bars?"
Steve even heard someone beside him cry out in surprise, unable to contain themselves.
His heart sank, and thinking back to the betrayal of his subordinates a year ago, his expression darkened.
"These people cannot be allowed to live."
Steve had always been suspicious by nature. He had previously experienced a group of subordinates who, after learning he had kept a ton of gold bars for himself, wanted to split the gold with him equally.
Back then, he had spent a considerable amount of effort to completely clean out that group of subordinates.
Now, another group of people knew Steve's secret.
In an instant, murderous intent toward these subordinates arose in his heart.
However, Steve also knew that now was not the time to act.
He slammed the rear compartment shut, not even checking carefully.
Otherwise, Steve would have discovered something.
Although the 'gold bars' in the rear compartment were the same shape and size as his lost gold, and even featured the same dancing girl pattern...
Because they weren't gold at all, there were certain differences in weight and luster.
"...You few, go check around the villa first to see if anyone took advantage of the power outage to sneak in under the cover of darkness."
"Then, head to the villa to regroup with us."
He adjusted the AK in his hand, his eyes fierce.
The subordinates had been with Steve for some time, and they were momentarily startled by his look.
"Yes, sir!"
One of them quickly responded, temporarily suppressing his greed for the gold.
The remaining few finally snapped out of it and hurriedly followed suit.
Immediately, they got into another armored off-road vehicle and drove toward the main gate.
Steve let out a cold snort once he saw them drive away.
With the 'gold bars' returned, his mood improved significantly.
He walked to the driver's seat and saw the keys were in the ignition.
Steve quickly got in, restarted the vehicle, turned on the lights, and drove toward the villa.
He was completely unaware that at this moment, Hunter was like a leopard moving through the darkness.
Hunter had already rushed to the front of Steve's villa under the cover of night and taken a Window Breaker Hammer from his private space.
Swinging it with all his might, he smashed it toward a first-floor window of Steve's villa.
Bang!
Crash!
Under Hunter's strength, which was more than twice that of an average person, the Window Breaker Hammer easily shattered the large Tempered Glass of the window.
Hunter crossed his arms and lunged through, instantly diving inside.
He quickly put away the Window Breaker Hammer, his right hand trembling slightly.
"That guy is really ruthless. The Tempered Glass in the windows is at least 15mm thick. With my strength, which is more than twice that of a normal person, I almost couldn't break it in one go."
Hunter felt lucky that he had come fully prepared. When he had sneaked into Steve's villa last time...
He saw that there were many traps in the villa and worried that the windows might all be custom-made Tempered Glass.
Therefore, before coming, Hunter had specifically purchased a Window Breaker Hammer to carry with him.
Now, it had certainly proven its worth...
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