Villain: Supreme Parasite System in Another World-Chapter 39: The Nail That Sticks Out 2

Lex didn’t say a word. He shifted his weight and burst forward, aiming straight for the weakest point in the circle—the female knife user.

"Don’t let him gain speed!" Harry was the first to adjust.

He slid in, his sword cutting a wide arc meant to stop momentum rather than kill.

Lex met it head-on.

CLANG!

The impact cracked the rooftop tiles beneath them.

At the same time—

"Left!" the blue-haired dagger user called out.

"I won’t fall for that." Lex turned to the right and deflected the attack, steel scraping against steel with a sharp ring.

"I knew you wouldn’t." The dagger user flashed a smile and suddenly moved with explosive speed, maneuvering past Lex and slipping into his blind spot.

"—!"

The blade slipped through his guard, grazing his shoulder before he could fully react.

Lex countered late, using the recoil to jump backward while blocking Harry’s consecutive sword slashes. They came so fast that the clashing sounds echoed like automatic fire.

If not for his insane reflexes and the durability of his weapon, he would have already been cut to pieces—showing just how dangerous this fight was.

CLANG!

Knives shot into the air at blistering speed, slicing in from multiple angles as the female agent sprinted across the rooftop, her hands flicking in rapid succession.

Lex twisted mid-air, rotating his spear in tight arcs. Each movement flowed into the next as steel rang out repeatedly.

Clang. Clang. Clang.

The knives were fast, but his rotation turned defense into motion, carrying him through the barrage instead of stopping it.

He leaped back again.

Still airborne, still rising, still exposed.

The staff user didn’t wait for him to land. He jumped into the same space Lex was about to fall into.

"It’s the end, Lieutenant!"

The staff dropped in a straight, crushing line.

Lex twisted his spear upward, turning the motion into a rising block.

The two forces met in the air.

Steel met steel.

Pressure locked between them.

Then—

BOOOM!

The impact exploded downward, blasting the rooftop apart as shockwaves ripped through the structure.

Lex dropped with the collapsing floor, twisting his body as he fell through one level, then another, breaking beams and support panels on the way down instead of letting them pin him.

CRASH!

He landed hard in the lower section, rolling once to reduce the impact before sliding to a stop through dust and broken debris.

Part of him had already expected this outcome. Fighting four high-ranking Special Category agents was taxing even for someone like him.

The worst part was that he couldn’t gain enough speed to launch his signature attack.

He clenched his weapon, and his invisible aura kept rising. It was now on a different level than before. Soon, a blue light began to manifest around his body, coating him in a faint glow.

The Four Horsemen, who had jumped in pursuit, stopped dead in their tracks.

"Hey, hey... this is way above our paycheck." The dagger user stepped back awkwardly.

"So you’ve been hiding your strength all along, huh," Harry said, maintaining his composure despite the pressure building around them. He couldn’t afford to look afraid right now.

Lex raised his spear and pointed it forward. "You’re lucky I’m not in the mood to kill you all right now."

The others hesitated, unsure of his intent—until he slammed his spear into the floor.

BOOM!

Dust and debris erupted, swallowing the space between them.

Lex didn’t waste another second and escaped.

His steps hit broken ground, then metal, then shattered concrete as he cut through the lower structure and slipped into the outer exits of the building.

Behind him, the Four Horsemen trailed.

"Don’t let him escape!" Harry’s voice snapped through the air, but it was useless.

Lex’s speed was no longer restricted by tight spaces.

Walls became stepping points. Fences turned into brief launches. Narrow gaps didn’t slow him down—they guided his movement forward, each one used without hesitation.

Above, helicopters swept through the night sky, searchlights slicing across rooftops.

But he stayed beneath their reach.

Within moments, the distance between them widened until he completely disappeared from sight.

"He made us look like a joke." Harry slammed his fist into a wall. The concrete broke under the force.

"Harry, it’s not our fault," the woman whispered, her hand resting on his shoulder as she tried to calm him. "The intel they gave us is wrong. He’s definitely faster and stronger than what’s in the records."

"That only made things worse," he rolled his shoulder to shake her hand away.

"Do you know what this means? We’ve got a high level fugitive now—someone who can easily bring down an entire building."

His eyes narrowed as he looked toward the dark alley where Lex vanished.

"I’m sure those bastards from the Covenant would try to get their hands on him."

The name alone made the others look uncomfortable.

"If they get to him first..." The dagger user shifted slightly.

Harry cut him off.

"Then this city is going to have a much bigger problem than mere beasts."

His words lingered in the air for a moment.

While Harry was beating himself up for failing the mission, the other agents who had been drawn into the initial clash began to regroup.

Although they weren’t as powerful as Special Categories, their bodies were still more resilient than normal. A couple of bruises meant nothing.

Samantha slowly pushed herself up from the ground.

She quickly checked the surroundings and was relieved that no one had died.

"What happened to the fight?" she asked, stepping forward to look at the hole where Lex had escaped through.

Now, some of the moonlight slipped in, cutting across the broken tiles.

’What’s that?’

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a small black object, about the size of a ping-pong ball.

She focused on it for a second and used her ability. No signs of life appeared. It was just an inorganic object.

Grabbing it, she raised it up for a better view. Its surface resembled a black pearl, with strange slit-like patterns that looked like closed eyes.

’It’s beautiful,’ she mused, turning it slightly as she thought about what to do with it. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Before she could decide, an agent’s voice broke her focus.

"Lieutenant Samantha, let’s get out of here for now. The medical team is waiting outside."

She paused for a second, then slipped it into her pocket.

In her mind, she was sure nothing was wrong. That confidence made her careless.

Roughly three minutes later, she stepped outside.

Reporters flooded the street before she could even take another step.

Microphones pushed forward. Cameras clicked nonstop. Bright lights cut through the evening, locking onto her like she was the only source of answers.

"Lieutenant! Lieutenant, can we get a word?" one of them called out, forcing his way closer.

She stopped.

Another voice came in immediately.

"Lieutenant... Special Category unit, right? Is it true the Giant Killer Lex Ryzen has gone incognito and is now wanted by the government?"

The crowd reacted at once, noise rising over noise.

"Was he really involved in multiple corruption cases? Stealing taxpayer money?"

"Is this a national security threat?"

"Is there a bounty already issued?"

A microphone nearly touched her face.

She didn’t move back. Her eyes scanned the crowd instead.

Too many questions. Too many angles. None of them waiting for truth.

’Of course,’ she muttered under her breath. ’They don’t care what really happened. Just the story they can sell.’