Chapter 5: Chapter Five: What is this a John Wick setting?
Soon, Yang Zhisheng hurriedly arrived and handled the aftermath for Zhou Ming. Fortunately, no accidents occurred during the time before he arrived.
Shortly after, Yu Man also arrived at the scene.
As for Zhao Ting and Zhang Changlin, they were too slow and could only listen to the instructions of the senior members and return to the hotel first.
He Yunxiao still looked incredulous and did not understand how Zhou Ming, who had previously looked harmless, suddenly turned into a fierce thug.
What are you playing at pretending to be a tiger and eating a pig? [1]
Zhou Ming had no intention of explaining to him. His main focus was now on the captured assassin.
On the rooftop, the four of them leaned the incapacitated assassin against the wall and searched him before gagging him.
"Tell us everything you know, don't make us resort to torture!" Zhou Ming brandished a knife in front of the assassin, threatening him viciously.
Unfortunately, his excessively youthful appearance undermined his menace and was not at all convincing.
The assassin only sneered and remained silent.
"What should we do?" Zhou Ming looked at the two senior members.
If they really had to resort to torture, he had some ideas, but it would not only ruin their appetite for dinner, but also be foolish to expend his own energy when he had two experienced seniors by his side with more effective methods.
"I'll do it." Yu Man was amused by the hopeful look on Zhou Ming's face. She walked up and grabbed the killer's head, forcing him to make eye contact with her.
Her two eyes suddenly turned red, with a black circle outlining the pupils, and three tadpole-shaped patterns appearing on the circle.
Sharingan!
Both newcomers recognized the distinctive eyes.
"Yes, this is one of my enhancements," Yu Man said as Sharingan's ability quietly activated.
"Tell me your name, your affiliation, and your purpose for coming here."
Faced with those eerie red eyes, the killer's consciousness was gradually muddled.
One of the abilities of the Sharingan is hypnosis.
Soon, a large amount of information was vomited out of the killer's mouth.
According to the killer, he was part of a huge assassin organization that spanned multiple countries and integrated multiple forces.
The organization had a perfect organizational structure but no name. Its highest level was led by a mysterious council, and everyone referred to it as the "Council Organization."
Even though there were many other assassin organizations in the world, the "Council Organization" was always the largest and strongest among them.
Whether it's assigning or accepting tasks, there's a council organization behind the scenes that regulates everything. As a result, both the employer and the assassin are unaware of each other's identity, and only the organization's members have access to this information.
The good news is that assassinating Miss Adele is a solo mission, and the organization will only issue the task again and assign a new assassin if the current one abandons it or the organization confirms the assassin's death.
If the task fails multiple times, the organization will reassess the task's level and either raise the reward or abandon it.
"If we can get the assassin organization to stop targeting Adele, our mission's final evaluation will surely be high!" This was the common thought that arose in the minds of several reincarnators after listening to the assassin's story.
However, considering that the task only has ten days, it is impossible to achieve the goal by killing until the organization abandons the task.
To achieve this goal, they can only find the employer and force them to withdraw the task.
To find out the employer's identity, they have to start investigating the people around Adair, which will undoubtedly require a lot of effort and may not even yield any results.
Of course, there is a simpler way, which is to directly infiltrate the council organization and steal the employer's information.
But this seemingly simple method is actually very difficult!
Just how powerful is the Council Organization?
The entire organization is led by a mysterious Elder Council, which consists of thirteen members, each representing one of the thirteen factions known as the "Thirteen Clans."
The Thirteen Clans have a presence in both the underworld and the legitimate world, with complicated relationships and strong backgrounds in the military and political circles of several countries, and even acting as the actual controllers of some small countries.
Although the Thirteen Clans cannot be equated with the organization itself, they can be seen as the link that connects the thirteen clans together, with the organization receiving support in all aspects from the Thirteen Clans.
Under the Elder Council are branches located all around the world, with various departments assigned specific tasks, working together to maintain the organization's operations.
Outside of the organization, there are many vassal forces that follow the organization's commands, but also have relative autonomy in their actions.
All of these factors combined make the Council organization a monstrous entity with terrifying power.
Anyone or any force that dares to challenge the organization's rules will suffer cruel punishment, let alone launching a direct attack on the Elder Council, which seems like a far-fetched idea to anyone in this world.
"What's happening? It started off as a John Wick scenario, but now it seems like an assassin's league. Could we potentially face an apocalyptic battle in the future?" He Yunxiao was completely unaware of the situation and couldn't resist making sarcastic remarks.
"Last question...do you know about the Chronos organization?" Yu Man maintained her hypnotic state with her sharingan, asking the question that she was truly concerned about.
"The Chronos organization..." the killer before him was barely conscious, speaking in a slow, dreamlike tone.
"I have heard of them. They are a small group of assassins who refuse to be subservient to the Council organization. Their numbers are few and they are very secretive, and each assassin is incredibly powerful."
"I have heard that... even in battle, they can suddenly unleash a fighting power far beyond that of an ordinary person. They can shoot bullets out of the air and even make bullets turn corners."
"I have also heard that they follow the will of God and only kill those who are guilty. But these are just rumors I've heard from others. In reality, I've never seen them."
"They are special. Even the organization doesn't want to be hostile to them. Even when they ignore the olive branch the organization offers them, there is no retaliation from the organization."
The three of them exchanged a serious glance, realizing that the task of a seasoned veteran was never that simple.
"What is going on? We were just in a high-speed pursuit, and now it has turned into an assassin's league? Is there more chaos to come?" Only He Yunxiao, who was unaware of the situation, couldn't help but quip.
"If bullets can turn corners, I wouldn't be surprised if there's gun-fu involved."
Yue Man asked a few more questions, but after confirming that no more valuable information could be obtained, she lifted the Sharingan hypnosis.
"He's useless now, it's up to you." She casually said to Zhou Ming.
Without hesitation, Zhou Ming raised his hand and shot a bullet into the assassin's heart.
He had captured the assassin alive, so it was natural that he should be the one to kill him.
The close-range shooting startled He Yunxiao once again, and he shuddered as he watched the person who was just talking turn into a corpse. His mind was greatly shaken.
Yang Zhisheng patted his shoulder and said, "Learn to adapt. If you want to survive in the main god's space, death and killing will always accompany you."
"We'll leave first." Yue Man said to Yang Zhisheng calmly, "We'll leave the body disposal to you."
Yang Zhisheng didn't say anything, he just waved his hand and rolled up his sleeves to get to work.
But at that moment, a strong sense of crisis erupted, so intense that it even made Zhou Ming feel a piercing pain.
At the same time, Yang Zhisheng and Yu Man's faces changed abruptly.
Two kilometers away, a man was holding an unusually large sniper rifle.
A few seconds ago, a bullet flew out of the barrel of this sniper rifle. The specially made bullet disintegrated several times in the air, crossed a full two kilometers, and still accurately hit its target—Yang Zhisheng's head.
If nothing unexpected happened, this long bullet would have drilled into the back of Yang Zhisheng's head, then drilled out from his forehead, taking his brain and life together to an unknown place.
However, since we said "if nothing unexpected happened," then something unexpected must happen.
When the bullet entered within one meter of Yang Zhisheng, its speed began to decrease sharply.
When it was only half a meter away from Yang Zhisheng's head, its speed was not much faster than that of a person throwing a punch.
When it was less than ten centimeters away from Yang Zhisheng, a hand reached out and grabbed it.
It was Yang Zhisheng's hand.
He had turned around, and his eyes were like binoculars, colliding with the line of sight of the person looking through the sniper's scope.
"What a long-range sniper." Yang Zhisheng grinned and stretched out his hand, letting the bullet with strange patterns slip from his palm.
"If it weren't for my electromagnetic shield force field, I would have died under your gun."
"But now that you couldn't kill me, it's you who will die!"
Boom!
Yang Zhisheng shot out like a rocket, and the cement ground cracked radiantly under the enormous force of his feet. He stepped onto the railing of the rooftop, crushed the wall, and leaped through the air with his palms open, like a suit of steel armor, emitting propulsion gas, unbelievably flying dozens of meters to land on the opposite rooftop.
Then, he continued to charge forward with that terrifying speed and explosive force, disappearing from Zhou Ming's sight in an instant.
"He's going crazy." Yu Man calmly said with a smile, "You two go back first and stay safe on the way. I'll go help him."
She also rushed outside the building, forming hand seals with lightning speed, and crossing the seemingly insurmountable distance between two buildings, chasing after Yang Zhisheng as he went farther away.
Compared to Yang Zhisheng's violent and forceful progress, Yu Man was as light as a butterfly.
"Ninjutsu?" Zhou Ming thought in his heart. Yang Zhisheng was a half-mechanical person, while Yu Man possessed the chakra system of ninjutsu and a non-human physique. Both of them had already left the category of "ordinary people."
At this moment, the strength they erupted with made Zhou Ming clearly aware of the huge gap between himself and them.
And according to what they said before, this was their fourth mission.
Three missions were enough to transform an ordinary person into an existence like a non-human.
"This is really... really exciting!"
A smile of excitement bloomed on Zhou Ming's lips. He didn't say a word, turned around, and walked towards the stairs.
The long-range sniper, who was two kilometers away, was definitely from the Chronos organization.
Since both senior reincarnators had started to act, he didn't need to cause any trouble. He would just go back and wait for the news.
With the intelligence of the Chronos organization in hand, the real action was about to begin.
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[1]-What are you playing at pretending to be a tiger and eating a pig?, It is an idiomatic expression that means someone is pretending to be stronger or more capable than they actually are, and it is often used in a sarcastic or teasing manner.
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