[After realizing that he couldnât use his Sword Of Steel spirit avatar, Alejandro didnât despair. The more disadvantageous his situation was, the more he learned to be calm, his composure stable.]
[He had already prepared for a situation like this. Taking out a spirit artifact he had holstered on his waist, Alejandro pointed the spirit gun towards Jade.]
[Pulling the trigger, a loud bang resounded throughout the Steel Sword Gangâs base. The bullet traveled through the air and perforated a large hole in the walls of the base behind Jade.]
["Impossible! How can you dodge this?"]
[Much to the astonishment of Alejandro, Jade merely tilted her head slightly to the right, evading the bullet that was aimed at her head, effortlessly and smoothly.]
["A frog in a well." Jade shook her head, the disdain and mockery present within her words.]
[Seeing Jade taunt and mock him, although Alejandro didnât rage impotently, he was slightly affected by it as he aimed the gun towards Jade and fired rapidly.]
[This time, he expended more spirit energy to make the bullet speed faster.]
[He no longer aimed for a headshot but instead, focused most of the bullets on Jadeâs body and limbs. He even shot bullets that were at Jadeâs side, cutting off her escape path.]
[In response, Jade didnât dodge but stopped time. Within the world of stopped time, she cut the bullets with her Unseen Blade, deflecting the debris to her side and the rest back to Alejandro.]
[The bullet debris she deflected back to Alejandro was coated with her spirit energy, making them even more durable and sharper than the bullets shot by him.]
[When time flowed again, bullet shrapnel flew towards Alejandro. His agility wasnât enough, and he couldnât see the future, unlike Jade, so his limbs and body were penetrated by the bullet shrapnel.]
[As soon as those bullet shrapnels tore through his flesh and bones, the spirit energy stored within it suddenly detonated, further ruining Alejandroâs body.]
["Poofftt!" Coughing out blood, Alejandro could no longer remain standing, his entire body filled with excruciating pain.]
[But due to his survival instinct and his desire to live, Alejandro still mustered the strength to yell, "Donât kill me! I know how to unlock my gangâs treasury as well as the black marketâs treasury!"]
[In response to Alejandroâs plea, Jade shot him a gaze filled with mockery, "Youâre at deathâs door and you still dare to lie?"]
["Do you think we are ignorant fools? The combination lock of the black marketâs treasury can only be opened by each key held by the gang leaders. Yours alone isnât enough. And yet you claim that you can open it?"]
[Alejandroâs face turned even paler, not just due to blood loss, but also due to his scheme being seen through by Jade.]
[In reality, you had already informed Jade and Scarlet about the method to open it. Hence, the reason why you suggested raiding all three top gangs and even sent a multiplication avatar to loot the Heart Attack Gang.]
[Your multiplication avatar already obtained the key held by Shared Heart, so only Steel Swordâs key was left.]
[Not wanting to give up, Alejandro retorted, "So what if you knew? I have hidden the key inside a place only I know. If you donât have it, then even if you got the keys of the other two gang leaders, it will be all for naught."]
[In response to Alejandroâs bullshit, Jade no longer chatted with him and immediately skipped time.]
[A few seconds of time were skipped. Jadeâs Unseen Blade was stained with blood, but Alejandroâs head was successfully severed from his body.]
[Looking at the Sword Of Steel spirit artifact and Spirit Manifestation Core dropped by Alejandro, Jade stored it in her item inventory while sighing, "Even at this point, he still dared to lie."]
[Materializing a hand made out of spirit energy, Jade used it to rummage through Alejandroâs clothes.]
[Eventually, Jade found a steel key stored in a hidden pocket within Alejandroâs shirt.]
[Undoubtedly, he was lying when he said he hid it. Among the three top gang leaders, only Alejandro kept the key by his side while Shared Heart stored his in his base.]
[On the other hand, the other top gang leader, Lightning Wolf, stored his key in an underground safe inside his house.]
[Your multiplication had already infiltrated Lightning Wolfâs house, and with the use of Hint Prompt, you easily unlocked the safe.]
[With Jade skipping time, you found your palm holding the steel key.]
[Looking at the steel key in your palm, you smiled at Jade, âShe must have chosen a future where I successfully received this when she threw it at me.â]
[As for how you could tell, it was due to the steel key still having remnants of spirit energy coating. Putting two and two together, Jade likely had thrown the steel key through the perforated wall caused by Alejandroâs indiscriminate shooting.]
[âWith the steel key given to me by Jade and the two others obtained from Shared Heart and Lightning Wolf, I already have all three keys acquired.â]
[âI can even skip raiding the Wolf Gangâs base and immediately head to the black marketâs treasury.â]
[Even if you could, you still chose to let an avatar of yourself massacre the Wolf Gangâs base.]
[After all, you werenât the type to waste resources. Since you had infinite storage, even resources that you found weaker would still be kept by you in case you ever need them.]
[However, Zenith Crew wouldnât need to raid it in person, so you left your avatar to deal with that matter. Just your multiplication avatar alone was enough to deal with Lightning Wolf since his spirit avatar abilities were mostly lightning attacks and didnât have any rule-based abilities.]
[Even Alejandro had a rule-based ability that allowed him to cut anything as long as it was weaker than steel. It was due to that reason that you specifically chose to raid the Steel Sword Gang rather than the Wolf Gang.]
[With all three keys ready, you informed Jade and Scarlet, "Eliminate them quickly. Weâll head to the black marketâs treasury and get the item we need there."]