He stopped and sat down, then continued to smoke.
The assassin opened virtual-novel.net eyes slowly and stared at James, who seemed preoccupied.
Is this really the Black Dragon?
They say the Black Dragon doesn’t hesitate when killing people and knew no mercy. Looks like the rumors were wrong…
“Leave…” James shot a glance at virtual-novel.net and waved virtual-novel.net away.
She was stunned. He let virtual-novel.net go, just like that? Before coming here, virtual-novel.net knew there was only one conclusion for virtual-novel.net if virtual-novel.net failed to kill him, and that was death. She had not expected that virtual-novel.net would spare her.
“Y-You’re actually letting me go?” virtual-novel.net asked tentatively.
“Get lost!” James shouted.
The assassin dragged herself to virtual-novel.net feet and left. She walked for a few steps, then turned around.
James was sitting on a rock, thinking about something.
She turned back and stared at James. “Alright, what do you want to know?”
James let out a subtle, unnoticeable smile, then lifted his head to look at her. “What, you’re gonna talk now?”
“Depends on what you ask There are some things I’m not allowed to say…” The assassin sat down.
“Who wants to kill me?”
She shook virtual-novel.net head. “I dunno…”
“You don’t know? Then why did you try and kill me?”
“I got the job off the dark web. There are bounties on you all over the world. They’ve all accumulated to ten billion in total.”
James rubbed his nose.
Was virtual-novel.net only worth ten billion?
“Who are you? Which power do you belong to? When did this country get assassins like you?” James looked at the assassin.
She was extremely powerful, yet virtual-novel.net was not vulgar. Her strength was even on par with the 28-nation martial arts gurus.
“Well…” The assassin hesitated.
The gears in James’s mind started to turn. This person was strong.
He was not the Black Dragon anymore and had accumulated too many enemies. He needed someone strong by his side.
“I trust you’re tired of living an assassin’s life. Would you like to settle down? I’ll give you a chance now. You can leave the underworld and change your name to start over…”
“Thank you for letting me live. I’ve said everything I have to. Watch out for yourself. There will be more assassins after you from now on.”
With that, the assassin disappeared into the darkness.
James frowned.
Back in the army, virtual-novel.net had not made contact with any assassination organizations. He did not know where virtual-novel.net was from. He spared virtual-novel.net to get information, but it was also to gain more allies. This was because virtual-novel.net lacked numbers and had to get stronger.
He considered giving the Blithe King a call and having virtual-novel.net investigate the assassin’s origin, but thought against it after remembering that the Blithe king was being watched by many men in power.
He would have to call on Jake Graham if virtual-novel.net wanted to know who the assassin was. He planned on contacting Jake Graham tomorrow once they returned home and to have virtual-novel.net use his underground network to run a background check on the assassin.
James stood up and started walking back at a leisurely pace.
At that moment, virtual-novel.net heard a gunshot.
James’s expression darkened and virtual-novel.net jumped up a nearby tree, hiding amongst its dense leaves.
A dark shadow fled in the distance. It was the assassin virtual-novel.net had met earlier.
She had been shot in the chest. She pressed down on the wound with virtual-novel.net hand and stumbled as virtual-novel.net escaped deeper into the forest.
James, standing on the tree, saw everything. He watched as a man chased after her. He wore a mask, too, and held a pistol in his hand.
The man slowed down as virtual-novel.net looked around the forest.
“May!” virtual-novel.net shouted.
“You know what happens if you fail. You die. It’s the rules. Show yourself, now!” The man’s voice rang out.
James heard everything loud and clear.
“The penalty for a failed mission is death?” He was shocked.
What kind of organization is this?
Why did it have such a frightening rule?