Chapter 436 The Bewitching Demon
The incident happened suddenly, and all they could do at that moment was act on instinct.
Wen Ni only exchanged a glance with Lu Jinye.
In just a few seconds, they each made their own plans!
Wen Ni suddenly pulled her hand away from her trouser seam, drew a silver dagger from her hidden pocket, and launched a surprise attack on Godfather Iplis with a powerful stride!
The Godfather stood motionless on the edge of the rooftop.
He stared at her coldly, then pressed down the scissors in his hand without hesitation!
Even before the Godfather cut the rope, Lu Jinye had already sprinted forward. Now, he leaped forward and grabbed the end of the rapidly falling rope with both hands!
The immense gravity dragged Lu Jinye along the rooftop, causing him to slide and rub against the ground. There were no railings along the edge of the roof, and it looked as if he was about to be pulled down by the weight and fall.
"Wen Ni, do you want to arrest me or save him? The choice is yours!"
Godfather Iplis stood there motionless, the cold wind billowing his clothes. His mask blended into the darkness, contrasting sharply with his striking red attire, making him appear like a bewitching demon, with everything under his control!
"Hiss... Ah!"
A low growl of pain.
Wen Ni turned her head sharply at the sound and saw that Lu Jinye's palms were chafed by the rope, and bright red blood seeped into the rope. His legs were gripping the ground with all their might, and his knees were chafed and bloody.
As the rope lowered, half of his shoulder peeked out from the rooftop, his entire body still sliding forward uncontrollably...
Such a crisis
There's absolutely no need to hesitate.
Wen Ni decisively put away her dagger and rushed to the edge of the rooftop in two steps!
With Lu Jinbai and Lu Jinye together, the combined weight of over 200 pounds couldn't be dragged back by her alone.
Fortunately, she noticed early on that there was an abandoned fire hose at the corner of the top floor!
"I'm here!" She skillfully pulled open the fire hose and quickly and nimbly tied one end of the hose firmly to Lu Jinye's waist and abdomen, while the other end of the hose was tightly tied to the fire hydrant head.
Only after these actions were the decline of the Lu Jinye brothers finally stabilized!
Lu Jinbai was hanging precariously in the middle of the building.
Lu Jinye's grip on the rope was gradually weakening. If he didn't pull the person up quickly, Lu Jinbai would inevitably fall to his death after a few more minutes of holding on.
"These two loving brothers, at least one of them will die today." The Godfather sipped his red wine leisurely. "Just thinking about it is exciting!"
"wishful thinking!"
Wen Ni gave a cold laugh.
After securing Lu Jinye, she half-squatted on the edge of the rooftop, peering down into the dark, bottomless space before looking away. Her slender wrists, along with Lu Jinye's, gripped the rope that was tied to Lu Jinbai tightly.
Though slender in stature, he possesses boundless strength!
"Hold on, Lu Jinye, I'll go with you and take him home!"
"Um."
Lu Jinye said in a low voice.
They pulled together, but each pull was more difficult than they had imagined!
"Don't waste your energy!" Iples's maniacal laughter echoed from behind as she approached. The next second, a large hand grabbed Wen Ni by the neck and yanked her backward with force! A devilish whisper rang in her ear, "Turning your back to the enemy is a cardinal sin! How could you forget? Concern really does cloud judgment; emotions can cloud one's decision!"
"Let me go."
Wen Ni raised her hand to retaliate, but the brief lack of oxygen made her dizzy, and her hands were cleverly tied by the godfather!
At the edge of the rooftop, the rope that had been pulled back with great difficulty plummeted back down.
"ah!"
Lu Jinye's jaw trembled with pain, and his entire palm was chafed raw and bleeding from the rope, causing him extreme agony.
With her neck being gripped, Wen Ni slowly raised her eyes, staring directly at the Godfather's mask, which was inches away from her, and beneath the mask, at the pair of deep blue eyes!
"You probably wouldn't believe it, but I strapped a lot of lead weights to Lu Jinbai's legs. Otherwise, why do you think he's so heavy? Why can't you budge him no matter how hard you pull?"
Godfather Iplis boasted smugly.
He lowered his cold, indifferent eyes and brazenly admired Wen Ni's flushed face!
He tightened his grip on her neck little by little.
"Don't look at me like that, I don't like it. Of course, if you're willing to look at me with that tender, loving gaze you give a lover, I think I'd be very happy!" His other hand lightly brushed his fingertips across her chin.
Who... exactly are you?
Wen Ni struggled to the side in disgust, but this only provoked the other party to grab her chin even more forcefully!
The Godfather lowered his head, his ambiguous breath spraying onto her ear and lips, warm yet chilling to the bone.
He said, "I am your nightmare!"
A lowered voice, a familiar feeling.
This caused the memories buried deep in Wen Ni's mind to surge up and slowly overlap with the situation at this moment!
The cold iron bed, the inhuman torture, and those unforgettable sounds!
Don't kill her, leave her with a breath.
They mocked and ridiculed it, as if they were treating a dying animal!
"It's you! It was you all along!"
Wen Ni took a deep breath, suddenly waking up from her memories, her eyes widening.
"You only recognized me now? What a heartless woman! You know, I've never forgotten those eyes of yours..."
Godfather Iplis moved closer to her face again, his voice low and hoarse.
“Wen Ni, three years ago, your sniper bullet pierced my left shoulder. To commemorate our first encounter, I left that bullet inside my body and never removed it! Every time there's a thunderstorm, it aches and reminds me of you! Fortunately, three years later, I met you again in Myanmar, but you shot me in the lower back! You left me with so many souvenirs, how can I forget you? I'm not like you, forgetting old friends when you find new ones!”
[Three years ago]
These three words are memories that Wen Ni can never erase in her lifetime!
At that time, Wen Ni had just joined the special forces and was carrying out her first S-level mission. Due to her lack of experience, she was unexpectedly captured by the criminal gang.
She was tortured until she was barely alive, which was the closest she had ever come to death. She was isolated and helpless, clinging to life but afraid to die.
Every day when she opens her eyes, all that awaits her is 24-hour blazing white light and endless torment, making it impossible for her to distinguish between day and night!
After returning, everything there became her nightmare.
Every time she wakes up in the middle of the night, it will jump out from time to time, haunt her, torment her, and make her suffer unbearable pain!
She just never imagined...
The criminal leader he hated so much turned out to be the same person as Godfather Ipswich!
"Heh... an old friend? I've never forgotten you, my old friend!" Wen Ni's lips trembled, fueled by hatred, her eyes as cold as knives. "Because I dream of killing you with my own hands!"
"The old saying goes, 'The deeper the love, the deeper the hate.' You, for some reason, are so deeply infatuated with me?" The Godfather laughed, speaking to himself, his fingers tightening even more. "Unfortunately, I have no chance to reciprocate your feelings."
"Pah! Shameless thing."
Wen Ni spat at him.
He turned his head to the side, completely unaware that Wen Ni had already broken free of the ropes binding her hands. Even though her face was bluish-purple and she looked extremely weak!
Until she suddenly raised her right hand, her open palm covering the mask of Godfather Iplis!
"Now, it's my turn to see your true colors!"
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