"Enough, stop." The woman in sunglasses finally spoke, coldly rebuking, "Noah Grant, let him go."

"Lillian Nolan sis, but he..." The short-haired girl bit her silver teeth, her eyes brimming with grievance.

"I said, let him go." The woman in sunglasses spoke with an icy indifference.

"Yes, Lillian Nolan sis." The short-haired girl called Noah Grant released her grip, glaring fiercely at Ryan Walker. "Consider yourself lucky. Get lost, and don't let me see you again."

After cursing them out, Ryan Walker felt he'd vented enough anger. He couldn't really drag them out for a beating, could he? He straightened his wrinkled collar and said solemnly, "Be more careful when driving in the future. If something serious happens, you won't be able to handle it. Didn't your driving instructor teach you to be cautious and slow down at crosswalks, and yield to pedestrians?" With that, he turned and walked away.

"Wait." The cool and beautiful woman in sunglasses, Lillian Nolan, called out to Ryan Walker, apologizing, "Sir, I'm sorry. There was an emergency yesterday, so... Do you know how that elderly man is doing now?"

"Now that's more like a human being talking. Don't worry, the old man is fine." Ryan Walker waved his hand without looking back and headed straight for the "Big Cannon Convenience Store." "Just be careful in the future. Don't think you can treat ordinary people like dirt just because you have money."

"Sir, no matter what, that incident was our fault. We'll go apologize to the old man in person later." Lillian Nolan called after him.

"Lillian Nolan sis, why should we apologize to that scoundrel? If we need to apologize, it should be to the old man." The short-haired girl Noah Grant rolled up the car window, her pretty face pale with anger, her small fists clenched so tightly they creaked. "I'm so mad! He dared call me heartless, said I have a sugar daddy, said I have no humanity! Yesterday we were chasing 'her.' If she had escaped, who knows how many people would have suffered." The more she spoke, the more wronged she felt, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Noah Grant, you may come from a good family and have been spoiled since childhood. But your identity is different now. When carrying out missions, you must learn to control yourself and stay calm," the woman in sunglasses, Lillian Nolan, said in a deep voice. "Otherwise, you'll get a lot of people killed. If this happens again, no matter how capable you are, I'll kick you out."

Noah Grant shuddered, quickly straightening up. "Lillian Nolan sis, I promise I'll grow up quickly and not hold you back. It's just... that brat's words were really vicious just now."

"I actually think he's not bad," Lillian Nolan said calmly. "He doesn't get weak-kneed in front of pretty women, doesn't back down from violence, and has his own principles and moral bottom line."

"Hmph, I think he's just a hypocrite, a sanctimonious petty man," Noah Grant said, still fuming. "If he ran into 'her,' I bet he wouldn't last three sentences before falling under her spell, showing his true colors, and getting all his life force sucked out, ending up a dried corpse!"

"Let's put this aside for now and focus on the real task." Lillian Nolan tapped a button on the central console with her jade-like finger. The car's display screen lit up with something like a radar, but the screen was all green, with no blips. She frowned. "Xiao Nuo, are you sure 'she' is still lurking nearby? According to the energy radar, she escaped toward the western district yesterday."

"Lillian Nolan sis, you have to trust my abilities. That must have been a diversion. I've memorized her scent. Even if she tries to hide, she can't cover up the traces of her activity here." The short-haired beauty Noah Grant became serious as soon as the real work was mentioned. Her pretty eyes locked onto the "Big Cannon Convenience Store," and she said confidently, "She lingered there briefly three hours ago, and due to emotional fluctuations, leaked some of her aura. I believe she's already targeted her next prey, and it's nearby."

"Mm, I trust your abilities." Lillian Nolan gently stroked a silver bracelet on her fair wrist, covered in mysterious runes, and said coldly, "Once the operation starts, stay back. She's extremely cunning and dangerous. In the past six months, she's not only harmed over a hundred ordinary people, but also escaped the special police's encirclement several times, killing more than a dozen officers. The scary thing is, to this day, we still don't know if she's human or demon."

"Who cares if she's human, demon, or ghost!" Noah Grant flipped her fair wrist, and a small, exquisite silver palm-sized gun appeared in her hand, a cold gleam flashing in her eyes. "Once the Cold Beauty Duo locks onto her, she'll be reduced to ashes, not a trace left behind."

"I refuse to accept such a tasteless nickname!" Lillian Nolan twitched the corner of her mouth.

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Chapter 0004: The Expert

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"Lillian Nolan sis, I don't think 'she' will show up anytime soon. Why don't we listen in on what that brat is saying about us behind our backs?" Noah Grant tapped the car's audio controls. After a couple of crackling noises, Ryan Walker's voice came through the car speakers: "Uncle Cao, so it was you who took me to the hospital yesterday? Thank you so much."

"Xiao Nuo, did you plant a bug on him?" Lillian Nolan's face turned slightly cold.

"Lillian Nolan sis, that brat suddenly showed up and harassed us. I have reason to suspect he's in cahoots with 'her'." Noah Grant said earnestly, "Aren't you always teaching me that the enemy is extremely cunning and ruthless? We have to be bold and careful, and never let any clue slip by?"