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The neon lights of Longhai City bled into the damp night air, casting a muted glow on the bustling streets outside. In a cheap rented apartment, Su Guo casually placed his "XX Fast Food" takeaway box beside him. His muscular frame, hidden beneath a simple T-shirt, appeared still and silent in the dim light. Just as he twisted the cap off his water bottle, the harsh screech of brakes and crude curses echoed from below.
A group of rough-looking thugs, adorned with spiky hair and grotesque tattoos, surrounded a girl who had just exited the convenience store. The leader, with gold-capped teeth, reached for the girl's pale face with greasy fingers, his words foul and reeking of cheap tobacco. The girl, terrified, backed into a corner, her fruit scattering across the floor.
Su Guo didn't even shift his gaze. He sighed quietly, almost bored by the predictable scene, and set his bottle down, moving as though to close a window. At that moment, the thug drew a gun and pressed it to the girl's temple. A shot rang out, but instead of blood, the bullet hung in the air, an inch from her forehead, frozen by an invisible force.
The thug's grin faltered, his body trembling as an unnatural pressure filled the air-fear, pure and primal, enveloped the witnesses. Su Guo wasn't a hero in the making, but a god disturbed by the buzz of insignificant pests.