Chapter 35
Chapter 35
“Brother Liu, what do you think of this mission?” John asked Liu Ye with great respect.
“We have to keep them under Protection, of course. Killing people for no reason-how can that be allowed?” Liu Ye said.
John glanced at Fu Yang lying on the bed, and realization dawned on his face. So that was it.
On the surface, Brother Liu was talking about Protection, but how exactly that Protection was carried out was another matter. For example, crippling them outright and then providing close personal Protection. That way, they wouldn’t get scared and run around everywhere on their own.
As for their reduced mobility, that naturally wasn’t a problem for Brother Liu. He had a Fiend at his side too, so something like that was no issue at all.
At that thought, he looked at Liu Ye with admiration. As expected of a big shot. His methods were on another level. In such a short amount of time, he’d come up with such a safe solution.
Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
John went outside to answer it. A moment later, his expression turned grave.
“Brother Liu, could I trouble you to look after her for me? I have something urgent I need to take care of.”
“No problem. Leave her to me. I guarantee her safety under my Protection.”
Fu Yang: “…”
So by “safety,” you just mean as long as she’s still alive, huh? Big brother, do you maybe want to think this over? This guy really isn’t reliable!
“Of course I trust Brother Liu.”
Fu Yang: “…”
You’re feeling reassured way too early.
John turned to Huang Shiya and said, “Stay by Brother Liu’s side. Whatever Brother Liu tells you to do, you do it.”
Huang Shiya nodded. She wasn’t stupid. From John’s attitude alone, she could tell Liu Ye was someone dependable.
After giving his instructions, John immediately drove off.
The call just now had come from a friend of his. After the mission began, he had used his own connections to invite a few people to help him monitor the movements of the six targets.
Then he discovered that each of the six targets this time had an experienced hand assigned to them for Protection. In other words, it was a one-on-one arrangement.
Logically speaking, that should maximize the chances of keeping those targets alive.
After all, from what Fu Yang and Huang Shiya had experienced, he already knew the Fiend’s method this time was basically to use all kinds of accidents to make the targets die unexpectedly.
It sounded terrifying, but for veterans like them, as long as they didn’t have to worry about the consequences, it was much simpler.
After all, their greatest method for dealing with Fiends was running for their lives.
Under normal circumstances, as long as they ensured the six people didn’t die, the Fiend’s methods wouldn’t escalate. At most, it would stay at the same level as what had happened in the café earlier.
He had a premonition that if even one person died during this mission, things would change drastically.
But now there was a problem. The person providing Protection for Zhao Na might have been a newcomer and had abandoned the mission outright. Fortunately, she had run into Liu Ye, so that was still all right.
As for the call just now, it was because one person was being extremely uncooperative.
…
Huicheng Gardens was the most luxurious residential complex in Huicheng. Everyone who lived there was either rich or powerful.
At that moment, on a rooftop, a masked man was eating bread while observing the building across from him through binoculars.
“Kicked out again. He’s really miserable. He wants to save someone, but he can’t even do that.”
Ring, ring, ring…
The masked man answered the phone.
“Hello, Brother Zhao. That guy lives on the fourth floor. Our poor little Xixi got chased out again, and she still won’t give up. Tsk, tsk, tsk. How pitiful. Brother Zhao, why don’t we just give up on that guy? I don’t think you’ll be able to talk him around either.”
“It’s fine. I have my ways. We’ll talk later.”
John hung up and went to the fourth floor. The elevator doors opened, and he immediately saw a woman anxiously stomping her foot outside.
She turned her head and spotted John.
“You…”
“No need to explain. I’m here to help you.”
Hearing that, the woman realized he was also one of the people carrying out this mission. A little discouraged, she said, “It’s no use. That guy is stubborn as a mule. He won’t listen no matter what I say.”
John simply waved a hand. “It’s fine. I just learned a good method from a senior.”
With that, he walked over and knocked on the door.
The moment he did, the door flew open. A bare-chested, burly man came out cursing up a storm.
“I already told you, I don’t believe in that crap! Keep nagging me, and I don’t care if you’re a woman, I’ll still cripple you!”
Lyu Jicheng was in an absolutely foul mood. First thing after waking up today, he’d had a nightmare-one scary as hell. Then, when he woke up, someone had even played a prank on him.
Something about “welcome to the Fiendish World.”
Like he’d believe that nonsense. And now some woman had shown up acting all mysterious and superstitious. He was about to lose his mind from annoyance.
But as soon as he opened the door, he saw that the person standing outside wasn’t the woman, but a man.
“You…”
He had just started to speak when John threw an uppercut, landing it squarely on Lyu Jicheng’s temple.
Lyu Jicheng’s eyes rolled back, and he collapsed on the spot.
The woman behind John was stunned.
“What are you doing? Our mission is Protection for him, not killing him.”
“Wrong. Our mission is Protection-making sure they don’t die. As for anything else, it doesn’t matter.”
As John spoke, he had Miss Zhang carry Lyu Jicheng and headed downstairs.
Unexpectedly, things went rather smoothly this time. Without any delays, they made it back to the hospital.
But the moment they arrived at the hospital entrance, John saw someone standing there, covered head to toe in blood, holding a sharp knife.
His eyes were vacant, but when he saw Lyu Jicheng on John’s back, life instantly returned to them.
He charged over at an inhuman speed. Miss Zhang didn’t even have time to react before he was right in front of them.
He grabbed John’s shoulder, his expression extremely agitated as he shouted, “I remember now! I remember everything! I-”
Before he could say anything else, a thin line suddenly appeared across his face. Then half of his head flew off, and a mess of multicolored matter splattered all over John.
The remaining half of the head fell to the ground, its two eyes fixed dead on John and the woman. The woman was so frightened she couldn’t help taking several steps back.
“Aaaah!!!”
Screams erupted all around them.
John, however, paid no attention to the blood and gore on his body. Instead, he quickly examined the corpse on the ground.
Based on the information he’d obtained earlier, he could confirm that the person on the ground was none other than the final target, Xie Baoguo.
But according to what he’d been told, Xie Baoguo should have had someone providing Protection at his side. How had he ended up like this?
Just then, John’s phone rang again.
“Hello, Brother Zhao. More outsiders came in. The person providing Protection for Xie Baoguo is dead, and Xie Baoguo was badly injured and disappeared. I got tangled up on my end too and only just managed to get away.”
“Got it. You’ve worked hard. I’ll transfer the money to your account later.”
John hung up. He wasn’t too surprised. He had anticipated something like this would happen; he just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.