Under the unconscious influence of Wanda's chaotic magic, the stray bullet had already lost most of its kinetic energy. Even without Ye Li stepping in, she wouldn't have been hurt.
That is to say—
Anyone could've blocked that bullet...
"Ye..."
The girl lay in Ye Li's arms, the red in her eyes fading, replaced by a soft, affectionate gaze...
No words were needed...
Innocent Wanda still thought Ye Li had risked his life to save her, and was deeply touched～
'Tsk, no mission triggered...'
Ye Li, on the other hand, was a bit disappointed. Looks like the system's rules still needed to be figured out...
Step step step step—
Outside the house, a squad of Hydra soldiers was assembling.
With a gesture from the captain, one of them lobbed a tear gas grenade into the house———whoosh!
Ye Li moved his mind.
Pop～
His object control ability slightly altered the grenade's trajectory, causing it to bounce off the doorframe and roll back outside.....
Clink～ clink～ clink～
"..."
The captain looked at the grenade rolling to his feet, silently staring.
It seemed they needed to improve their throwing training...
Fsshhhh——!
Cough cough cough.....
The tear gas began to spread, but fortunately all the Hydra soldiers wore gas masks, so it didn't affect them much.
Clang!
The captain kicked the grenade aside and stepped into the house.
Only to be met by Pietro throwing a chair at him—
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, shattering the chair into pieces.
Without even looking at Pietro, he pointed his gun at Ye Li and said, "Raise your hands and surrender!"
Click click click click click—
Hydra soldiers stormed in, all pointing their guns at the three inside.
One of them, armed with a tranquilizer gun, aimed carefully, preparing to shoot Ye Li on the spot—no hesitation.
"Heh~"
Ye Li smiled kindly and casually walked forward.
Click... click... click...
Seeing the target approaching, the soldiers all pulled their triggers—but realized...
they were all jammed!
Click click...
The captain also aimed at Ye Li's leg and pulled the trigger, but nothing happened.
As if the gun was broken...
Ye Li stopped a few steps in front of the captain and said mockingly, "The quality of your weapons doesn't seem too great."
"Damn it!!"
The captain threw down his gun, drew a dagger from his waist, and lunged at Ye Li!
Whoosh—!
Swish—!
A sweep, a stab.
Ye Li dodged both effortlessly.
In the blink of an eye, he strolled over to the gun the captain had dropped, kicked it up into his hand, then aimed it right back at him———
"Times have changed. Nobody does hand-to-hand anymore~"
Bang!
Blood splattered.
With the gunshot, a hole appeared in the squad leader's forehead.....
His last thought before death: 'Why the hell could YOU fire it!?'
In just a few seconds, the Hydra squad captain was dead.
The other soldiers had just drawn their melee weapons, ready to help.....
Pietro was quietly thankful—
Good thing he hadn't tried to fight Ye Li earlier. This guy was terrifying...
"Get him!"
The Hydra soldiers were still professionals—even with their captain dead, they didn't forget the mission.
Clutching their flashing blades, they charged at Ye Li.
BOOM!!
At that moment,
the wall of Wanda's home exploded, scattering bricks everywhere.
Wuuueng———!
A red-and-gold figure flew through the hole and landed inside.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Tony fired palm blasts, blasting Hydra soldiers away one by one. With his other hand, he tossed the Mind Scepter back to Ye Li———
"Pretty good timing, huh?"
Clap!
Ye Li caught the scepter and muttered,
"Good timing my ass~"
If he were a normal person, he'd either be dead or in jail by now...
Xiu——!
A beam of blue energy shot from the Mind Scepter———
Bang! A Hydra soldier was slammed against the wall!
Wanda's eyes widened— 'He really is a mage! He wasn't lying.'
Clang!
Ye Li used the scepter like a staff, knocking a dagger from a soldier's hand, then spun it and—
Slash!
The blade at the scepter's tip sliced open a red line on the man's neck.
Next—
he either smashed bones with the scepter or stabbed hearts with the blade,
taking down Hydra soldiers one after another—none could withstand a single blow.
Loki's Mind Scepter was being wielded like a divine weapon in melee...
Wanda was even more shocked—
So... he's a close-combat mage too!?