I am the villain in the book

The moment the signal flare bloomed in the sky, it meant that both sides were very clear about their situation.

For Bai Youheng, the intelligence gathering had failed, his identity was exposed, and now he needed to escape by any means possible.

As for Du Chang, since it was impossible to keep Yama, he absolutely couldn't afford to lose track of him.

At the very least, he had to maintain constant awareness of Yama's location until Wei Changtian and the others arrived.

Of course, Yama could walk through walls and had extreme speed, so he definitely couldn't do it alone.

But fortunately, he had the entire Watchmen organization behind him, and even all the law enforcement agencies of Fengyuan City.

"Signal flare!!"

"Quick! Yama has appeared!!"

"Swish, swish, swish, swish!!"

In an instant, a "circle of encirclement", centered on the Watchmen headquarters, extending from dense to sparse, and covering the entire Fengyuan City, suddenly appeared.

Then came the third, the fourth, the fifth...

One after another, golden orchids representing the highest level of alert bloomed in succession, but their positions were all different.

If viewed from a higher altitude, this scene was actually quite similar to the golden firework footprints that "walked" all the way from Yongding Gate to the Bird's Nest during the 2008 Olympics in his previous life.

And their functions were indeed very similar—

Both were indicating the location of something.

That's right, this was Plan B prepared by Du Chang.

He knew very well that once he was in a situation of chasing Yama, it would definitely not work to chase after him from behind.

Therefore, he needed to use the advantage of numbers to achieve "real-time positioning".

He had arranged a large number of people in advance near the Watchmen headquarters, the Princess's mansion, and the palace, places where Yama was very likely to appear to gather intelligence, so that no matter where Yama escaped, someone would always be waiting in his path.

And these runners didn't need to attack Yama. They only needed to activate the signal flare the moment they saw Yama to indicate Yama's location to the others, so that colleagues distributed around could prepare.

Undoubtedly, this was a stupid method, and it required an extremely large number of people.

But it was also a very simple and effective method.

It was even the only way when Wei Changtian couldn't track Yama's location.

“..."

"He's here!!"

"Quick! Release the signal flare!!!"

East District.

Looking at "Guan Jingzhong", who was fleeing frantically not far away, a Watchmen runner with a copper gong tied to his chest shouted loudly, and then shot forward, rushing towards the figure.

"Bang!"

Behind him, his colleague had already launched the signal flare into the air at the first moment, but the copper gong Watchmen didn't have time to look up, just continued to chase after Guan Jingzhong, who had already changed direction, while shouting non-stop:

"Yama is here!"

"Yama is here!!"

“..."

Obviously, he was not saying that he was Yama, but was ordering the people to give way while reminding colleagues in the surrounding area to pay attention to Yama's arrival.

"Swish!"

The black shadow flashed past in the distance, farther and farther away from him.

But this Watchmen kept chasing with gritted teeth until he saw with his own eyes that a colleague in front had taken over his baton before slowly stopping.

"Bang!"

"Yama is here!"

"Yama is here..."

In the distance, accompanied by the signal flare that was already countless in number rising into the air, another person's shout echoed remotely.

Now, hundreds of breaths had passed since the first signal flare.

Yama was still escaping, and they hadn't lost track of him yet.

Unexpectedly, Du Chang had done something that Wei Changtian, or even the system, couldn't do in this way.

From this perspective, Du Chang was indeed a talent.

But then again, this was just a temporary measure after all.

Fengyuan City was so big, but Du Chang's manpower was not unlimited.

Therefore, the farther away from the Watchmen headquarters, the sparser the encirclement would become, and the easier it would be for loopholes to appear.

By then, if there was a flaw in even one "baton pass", then Yama could completely escape.

Unless, Wei Changtian and the others could arrive in time before that.

"Whoosh!"

"Damn it!!"

Treading on broken roof tiles, a gust of wind swept around him.

Wei Changtian continued to sprint at high speed while cursing in his heart.

When the first signal flare rose, they were actually only a few hundred meters away from the Watchmen headquarters.

If Yama had chosen to flee in their direction at that time, then the two sides would have bumped into each other.

But perhaps it was blessed by the luck of the heavens, or perhaps it was for other reasons, in short, Bai Youheng ultimately did not choose to come south, but fled to the east.

As a result, Wei Changtian and the others had to continue chasing in the direction of the signal flare.

At first, because Yama did not run in a straight line, Wei Changtian and the others had narrowed the distance to some extent.

However, due to the difference in absolute speed, coupled with the fact that Yama quickly stopped going around in circles like a headless fly, they were now farther and farther away from the latest signal flares rising into the air.

Damn! If this continues, there will be no chance!

Wei Changtian was extremely anxious at this time, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, being slow was being slow, and there were no "acceleration" props in the system to use.

Unless...

"Changtian! Give me the sword!"

Suddenly, Qin Zhengqiu, who was sprinting beside him, shouted: "There is no other way now!"

“..."

What Qin Zhengqiu proposed at this moment was actually Wei Changtian's idea just now.

Now, the only one who could catch up with Yama and had the ability to use the Moon Picking Sword was Qin Zhengqiu.

But if he handed over the sword, then the risk of using that sword move could only be borne by the latter...

This is a mess.

If he handed over the sword, Qin Zhengqiu was very likely to be in danger, at worst his cultivation base would plummet like Old Zhangtou, or at worst he would die directly.

If he didn't hand it over, then he would most likely miss this last chance to kill Yama, which would lead to the breakdown of the deal he had reached with Li Qi.

Of course, neither of these two results was absolute.

It was possible that Qin Zhengqiu activated the sword move but was still safe and sound, and it was also possible that even if he missed this time, he would have another chance to kill Yama...

But anyone understood that these were just low-probability events after all.

Therefore, Wei Changtian was undoubtedly very tangled at this moment.

"Zheng!"

A rapid sword hum sounded, and a sword hilt appeared at the top of the Starry Sky Saber sheath, and stopped suddenly after being unsheathed a few inches.

No!

Damn it! The life and death of the people of Dafeng is none of my business!

If I can't kill him, then I can't kill him! At worst, I'll go back and continue to be my King of Shuzhou!

In any case, he couldn't let Qin Zhengqiu take this risk!

Originally hesitant, but when the long sword was really about to be unsheathed, Wei Changtian suddenly made up his mind.

"Pa!"

Reaching out and pressing on the sword hilt, he wanted to return the half-unsheathed long sword to the Starry Sky Saber sheath in the next moment.

But at this moment...

A huge force suddenly came from the sword hilt, pulling the long sword completely out of its sheath in this instant, and then shooting into Qin Zhengqiu's hand.

"Grandpa! You!!"

Wei Changtian suddenly widened his eyes, opening his mouth to say something.

But Qin Zhengqiu didn't give him this chance, just turned his head and glanced at this side with a complicated expression, and then, holding the long sword, accelerated to shake off the crowd and rushed straight towards the latest signal flare blooming in the sky.