A-Bian teleported over directly and, with practiced ease, docked his vehicle to Qi Xu's car...
Qi Xu was the first to speak, asking, "How has Wolf Warrior 009 been lately?"
"Originally, I was with Wolf Warrior 009 the whole time, but this job was snatched by Master Chef. Master Chef said he's the best at taking care of patients. I helped him find some special ingredients that could alleviate the negative effects of severe mental damage.
In just under a month, Wolf Warrior 009 has packed on over 10 pounds of muscle, and that's even with him consciously adding extra training sessions every day."
Qi Xu found this perfectly reasonable. Spending every day with Master Chef, not gaining weight would be an insult to his culinary skills. It made perfect sense.
While the two were chatting, they had already used the location card, pinpointing StickyFingers's location.
Upon arriving, they discovered he was actually with JuicyFart. Seeing Qi Xu's vehicle, they showed no surprise at all; instead, they excitedly got out of their vehicle and waved, then put their hands in their pockets, leaned against their ride, and tilted their heads with a smug, sinister grin, oozing confidence.
The two even huddled their heads together, scrutinizing Qi Xu and Luo Xinpan and commenting for a bit. Finally, after saying who-knows-what, they started cursing and kicked each other, then burst into wild laughter.
Qi Xu had seen plenty of these idiots and was no longer surprised. He also understood their sense of superiority, having just become Ability Users and feeling the gap between themselves and ordinary people.
It was nothing more than thinking that Ability Users were hot commodities now, with only a few in the entire district. They had shown off their abilities a bit, convinced that Invincible Black Whirlwind would humbly come in person to invite them to join his team.
To be honest, before meeting StickyFingers, Qi Xu had indeed considered this idea. Both sides had been showing restraint so far, and it wasn't certain they would become outright enemies.
There really was no need to start fighting the moment they met; it was better to try and unite all forces that could be united.
But upon actually meeting them, Qi Xu realized... perhaps his teammates were just too exceptional, spoiling his standards and appetite.
He really had no interest in conversing with these fools. He even felt that throwing them into District 01, Partition 01 would be an insult to the experts there.
"Finally meet you. Let me introduce myself, I'm StickyFingers. You can call me Brother Kong."
Qi Xu smiled. "Hey, friend, we're on the same side."
Luo Xinpan had already taken a step back to prevent any blood from splattering on her new clothes. She didn't expect the boss to suddenly say something like that.
Instantly, she stepped back forward, widened her eyes, and turned to look at Qi Xu with a completely bewildered expression.
Qi Xu clearly felt his mental energy instantly "whoosh" down by a significant number of points. He even felt a wave of hypoglycemia, his vision going dark for a moment.
A 500-point mental energy consumption shouldn't be excessive; it was probably just that he wasn't used to it yet. Good thing he had a practice dummy today.
Nejiujiu's resupply was spot-on. In less than a second, his mental energy began to slowly rise again, and the barely noticeable discomfort vanished instantly.
"My friends' weapons are with you? Hand them over now."
"Right away, boss! No problem!"
StickyFingers seemed like a completely different person. He walked straight over, took out all the weapons he had collected in his backpack recently, and handed them to Qi Xu.
Just moments ago, he had been acting all arrogant, demanding to be called 'Brother Kong.' Now he was suddenly calling the other guy 'boss,' shocking his own accomplice, JuicyFart, to the core.
"StickyFingers, what the hell! Are you insane? What are you doing?"
Qi Xu pointed again and said to StickyFingers beside him, "That battle axe in his hand looks pretty good too."
StickyFingers understood immediately. "That's easy, boss. You know what my ability is. I'll steal it for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, StickyFingers raised his hand slightly, and the battle axe in JuicyFart's hand was snatched over seemingly out of thin air. However, this guy's mental energy was pretty weak. After just one theft, he looked utterly drained.
"StickyFingers, what the %#& do you think you're doing!"
With only 10 minutes, Qi Xu didn't want to waste time. He didn't have a Plunder Card currently, so he needed to maximize the gains.
"What other good stuff does he have on him? Get more, my good friend."
StickyFingers nodded vigorously. "No problem! He's got another special item, an Orange Dungeon-exclusive jade pendant. Wearing this pendant to a Color Dungeon guarantees an ability awakening. Should I steal that for you too?"
"Good. Thanks for your hard work."
JuicyFart didn't dare curse anymore. If he stayed any longer, he might even lose his underwear. He turned and tried to run.
Qi Xu didn't even need to lift a finger. Xiao Qi had already completely blocked all his escape routes. Sweet Girl had also casually climbed onto his face and was now circling around the tip of his nose repeatedly, as if it were great fun.
"Whirlwind Boss... spare me! We didn't do anything serious, we just wanted to join your team. My three-dimensional attribute values have reached 120, and I'm only missing one Orange fragment to complete the set. I'm definitely going to become an Ability User!"
"So you can speak? There are a thousand ways to try and join. You just had to pick the most obnoxious one. Why didn't you beg for mercy when you were picking fights and showing off?"
Qi Xu completely ignored him and told Nejiujiu to hurry up and heal StickyFingers.
This JuicyFart guy seemed pretty well-off. No time like the present to fleece him.
Xiao Qi and Nejiujiu worked together to pin him to the ground, making it impossible for him to move. Sweet Girl remained ladylike, avoiding violence, and just stuck her tongue out at his face.
StickyFingers, being from the same crew as JuicyFart, knew exactly what goodies he had. In no time, he had stolen over a dozen items.
After observing for this long, Qi Xu had figured it out. Against anyone who had been an Ability User for a while and was familiar with StickyFingers's methods, his skill could only manage an occasional sneak attack, and even that wasn't guaranteed to succeed.
If the target focused their mental energy on resistance, his chance of failure would skyrocket.
It was a bit niche. Furthermore, if you didn't know what good stuff the other person had, you couldn't target it for theft. The limitations were too great.
After multiple rounds of mental energy recovery, Nejiujiu's healing effect was gradually weakening. With one minute left of the ten,
Qi Xu smiled slightly. "Good friend, what about you? What good things do you have on you? Show me."
StickyFingers instinctively felt something was off, but the boss only said he wanted to look, not take. So, he still unreservedly pulled out all his prized possessions he had been saving!
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