The image of a motorcycle sped past the pillars of a building shrouded in darkness, illuminated only by the light streaming in from a window on the left.
The sound of the wind rushing past Ark as he looked ahead revealed a large, glassless window just a few dozen meters away.
It revealed a rooftop with two or three stripped-down car chassis. He jerked the front of the bike up just as the front wheel cleared the building, causing the bike to slam down onto the parking lot with a loud metallic crash!
The bike continued forward, wobbling from the impact, while he stood gripping the machine tightly with his knees, feeling the shockwave travel up from his legs to his body!
Tightening his grip, he twisted the throttle, sending the bike speeding across the rooftop parking lot. His reflection appeared in the glass of a building about 20 meters away to his left.
But his reflection in the few remaining shards of glass was suddenly replaced by the image of a man in a tattered grey cloak, aiming a black gun in his right hand directly at Ark!
A gunshot rang out, followed immediately by the sound of metal striking the left side of the bike frame! Ark, who had been looking straight ahead, whipped around at the sound. Seeing a small dent in his fuel tank, he immediately looked to his left!
The man in the cloak was running parallel to him, even though he was on a separate building. The man fired two consecutive shots, forcing Ark to duck his head and lean sharply to the right while turning the handlebars!
The sonic crack of bullets passing his head followed close behind. He looked toward the building on his right before pressing the button to deploy the grappling lines. Both lines shot out to latch onto the adjacent building, and he kicked the gear shifter, causing the bike to be jerked sideways instantly!
The bike flew off the rooftop parking lot, plummeting below and vanishing from the cloaked man's sight!
The man in the cloak skidded to a halt, his shoes sliding against the floor. He stood frozen, staring at the spot where Ark had disappeared.
In that very second, Ark reappeared, riding the bike vertically up the wall before disappearing into the building!
Seeing this, the man raised his left hand to his ear and spoke.
"Target is heading west."
"Copy that."
Upon hearing the response, he lowered his hand and looked to his left.
He then sprinted toward a building 20 meters away, crouched, and leaped forward! The floor cracked beneath him before he vanished into the building.
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Ark raced through the building, bursting out the other side and hanging suspended in mid-air.
Below, three black cars were parked, surrounded by a group of twelve men in black suits looking up. In their hands were weapons resembling M16 rifles. As Ark hung in the air looking straight ahead, the roar of gunfire erupted from below.
The sound of bullets slamming into the bike rang out continuously! At the same time, tears appeared on the sleeves and pant legs of his suit!
Gritting his teeth, he steered the bike into the building! The machine slammed onto the floor, fishtailing violently!
Instead of moving forward, he was thrown uncontrollably from side to side!
Seeing this, Ark yanked the handlebars to the right and stomped his right foot on the ground! The bike, which was about to buck him off, veered into a pillar on the left!
The underside of the bike crashed directly into the pillar! The impact brought the machine to a halt, and the shockwave from below jarred his body to a standstill!
Breathing heavily, Ark looked down at the bike wedged against the concrete pillar.
He noticed that the right grappling line port appeared caved in; the line was jammed and couldn't deploy.
Slowly lifting his head from the bike, he heard footsteps approaching from the front. Looking up, he saw a muscular man in a black suit standing about 20 meters away.
The man raised both hands and slammed his fists together. Seeing this, Ark hauled his bike back upright, sat on it, and pointed the front wheel toward the man.
The man crouched slightly and spread his arms wide, his eyes locked on Ark.
As their gazes met, the man shouted!
"He's coming!"
Ark shifted gears and twisted the throttle instantly! The bike surged toward the man, popping a wheelie! Seeing the bike charging at him, the man leaned forward and lunged to meet it!
The motorcycle slammed into his body as he clamped his hands around it!
He skidded backward, cracking the floor beneath him, but the bike only managed to push him back a few meters!
Veins bulged on both his temples as he exerted force to push back!
In that moment, the man's eyes darted to the silver gun barrel pointed right at his face, Ark's eyes reflecting his own visage.
In a split second, a deafening boom erupted from the muzzle, the slide kicking back!
A casing ejected from the chamber, and a golden bullet was loaded almost instantly!
The silence that followed the explosion was broken as the nearly vertical bike dropped forward. The front wheel slammed onto the man's head, revealing a smoking hole right between his eyebrows.
Ark stared at the lifeless body for a moment before looking up, holstering his gun, and gripping the throttle with that same hand.
He revved the engine hard, driving over the body as the bike shot forward! He crouched low, his chest nearly touching the tank as the bike picked up speed.
With the blue sky just a few dozen meters away and the engine roaring, he pulled the handlebars up, launching the bike out of the building!
As Ark and the bike hung suspended in mid-air, a bright flash struck his right eye, causing him to look toward it instantly!
Ark’s reflection was visible in the lens of a black sniper rifle scope, tracking him from a rooftop 1.2 kilometers away on the highest building.
A man in a red short-sleeved shirt and a backward cap smiled and squeezed the trigger. A split second later, a sound like a thunderclap rang out, vibrating the dust around him!
Ark’s body jerked violently! While he was floating in the sky just a few kilometers away, the front of his bike shattered in the blink of an eye!
Focusing on the front, he saw that the wheel, the handlebars he was holding, and even the small radio pouch had been blown apart in all directions!
His eyes widened as the sound of the world vanished. In that instant, the remains of the bike, now missing its front, slammed onto the rooftop ahead!
The violent impact sent him hurtling through the air! The sounds of wind and the crushing collision rushed back to his ears!
He raised his arms to protect his face, grabbed his head, and tucked his body into a ball just milliseconds before slamming into the ground!
He bounced off the surface and struck the ground again, his body rolling violently before coming to a rest.
The sound of metal scraping against the ground filled the air. He slowly lowered his arms, his vision of the world before him trembling and swaying violently.
Despite the blur, the image of green flames rising from the wreckage of the bike remained sharp in his eyes. He slowly reached out with his left hand, his fingers trembling.
In that instant, an explosion roared, and a large piece of metal flew in, blocking his entire field of view! Everything went black!
