Chapter 114-113- Neon Nightmare
While Yvette was planning her capture alive, in the private room of the "Red Chili Pepper" nightclub in the city of Fosjiang, illuminated by warm yellow lights, a slightly plump middle-aged man was holding the beauty in his arms, leisurely planning two attacks that were determined to succeed.
——He is the "Fire Ghost" Colby himself.
In the past two days, through the general, all the supervisors within the Fusjiang area have received two optional tasks. One is to kill the silver-haired female mercenary "Nameless", and the other is to capture two little girls with blonde hair and silver hair alive.
As for the former, Colby knew the whole story, and it was related to the death of that idiot Bryce. Given the General's character, he certainly couldn't allow "Nameless" to continue operating so recklessly within the Rusted Bone area. Otherwise, where would the Ghost Hand Society stand, and where would the General's dignity be?
Colby didn't quite understand the latter. He rubbed his shiny double chin and fell into deep thought. According to the known information, this seemed to be a deal between the general and Black Tower Pharmaceuticals. At that time, Black Tower Pharmaceuticals would send a secret team to cooperate with the general's men to capture the two little girls.
However, for the local supervisors, if they think they are capable, they can complete the task ahead of time before the Black Tower team arrives, and the rewards they receive will be several times more generous.
Colby was immediately tempted. Unlike Bryce, the idiot who tried hard to improve himself but died in the end, Colby was very rich and had a lot of resources. He could completely rely on spending money to outsource and let others complete the task for him.
For example, to deal with the female mercenary "Nameless," he planned to pay a large sum to hire the members of the world's most renowned assassin organization, "Neon Nightmare," to hunt her down. They were a group of monsters lurking in the shadows, and their "gold medal killers" possessed combat power comparable to a fifth-level mage or even a high priest of the Samsara Reincarnation. While monsters of this caliber weren't readily available, he believed that with a modest premium, there would always be a gold medal killer willing to take the job.
Besides, we can't just let this "Nameless" stay in Fusjiang forever. What if she sets her eyes on our property?
As for the two little girls who were highly valued by Heita Pharmaceutical, he planned to use his connections in Fusjiang and unite with other gangs to take joint action to ensure that the two had no way to escape.
His views on this task differed from those of other supervisors. He believed that the difficulty did not lie in the strength of the two little girls, but that they must be very good at escaping and were slippery and difficult to catch, which was why they were causing such a headache for a large company like Heita Pharmaceuticals.
Otherwise, if you say that these two kids are so powerful that even the Black Tower can't do anything to them, that's not realistic.
As long as he used the human wave tactic to leave them with no way to escape, he believed that defeating them would be the easiest thing in this mission.
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A few more days passed. Because Colby suddenly went to Silver Mirror Island, Yvette did not wait for the opportunity to arrest the "Fire Ghost" Colby, so she went to Sharin Town several times and had a good chat with Liana.
During their casual conversation, Liana clearly expressed her interest in becoming a mercenary, or more accurately, in the pursuit of justice, a career she possessed. However, Yvette and Zero surprisingly agreed, neither of them approving of the idea.
The only difference is the reasons. Zero feels that this world is not worth saving, and if Liana tries to be a good person, she will only kill herself in the end. Yvette, on the other hand, is simply worried that the change in the world line will affect her progress in the plot, so she just found an excuse to perfunctorily deal with it.
Liana was very disappointed about this, but looking at her expression, Yvette always felt that she would definitely go down that path in the future.
It was another damp, cold night as Yvette returned to the city from Shalin Town. Under the inky sky, the rain rustled like threads, a fine, rustling sound, and beneath the sparse streetlights, it was illuminated by a pale mist.
On the muddy road where lights were only seen from a long distance away, the motorcycle passed quickly, leaving two ruts. It was only thanks to the light blue wind element barrier that Yvette's dress was not wet.
She drove for a while and was about to turn on the high beam when a faint sense of crisis suddenly came over her. A long black drill emerged from the woods beside the road and, like an elusive shadow, pierced straight into Yvette's temple.
Yvette immediately left the motorcycle and flew up. The moment the long drill approached, she raised her hand and grabbed the drill body.
The next second, her body glowed brightly, and red runes appeared one by one, flashing on her exposed skin and clothes, as if a very dangerous explosive switch had been triggered.
"Who?" Yvette landed lightly on the ground, letting the cold rain slide off her body. She looked down at the long drill and found that it was a simple magic device covered with dense magic circuits.
This was clearly part of a combined ritual, using long fibers engraved with magic circuits as bullets, activated and fired by the ritual. Because a large quantity of these fibers, engraved with magic circuits, was required, the actual combat effect was naturally much stronger than that achieved through pure rituals. This was the advantage brought by the tedious preparation.
"Here to take your life." A cold voice sounded in the dark woods. The other party was obviously a professional killer, and he was still hiding his tracks at this time.
Yvette glanced in a certain direction in the woods and said, "Do you know who I am?"
"Of course, the well-known new mercenary 'Nameless' who has been very famous in New Eden recently. Am I right, Miss Nameless?" The person in the darkness said in a slightly joking tone.
"Then you still dare to come to me?"
"I never kill unknown people. Only by hunting down famous people like you can I successfully make my resume more glorious. Of course, this is also your honor." The killer chuckled.
He seemed to be trying to provoke Yvette and make her reveal her flaws, but as a cautious person, Yvette didn't care about the provocative meaning in his words at all. She asked bluntly, "Who asked you to come?"
"You've talked too much. There's no need for a dying person to talk so much. You just need to know that you died at the hands of a man who is about to become the gold medal killer of Neon Nightmare." The killer said impatiently. Perhaps because his chat request did not receive positive feedback, his voice suddenly turned cold.
He seemed to have "inadvertently" given out information such as "Neon Nightmare" and "about to become a gold medal killer", but in fact, this was of course intentional.
The reason is simple: this is where his pleasure lies.
Assassins usually walk in the shadows of the world, rarely even having the opportunity to reveal their identities to others, which can be psychologically depressing. Whenever their prey is about to die, they use a bit of show-off to let them know that they are a member of the renowned Neon Nightmare organization, the world's number one assassin organization, and that they are also the Silver Assassin, second only to the Gold Assassin. This is one of the few moments where they can vent their emotions.
But unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed tonight because Yvette had no idea what Neon Nightmare was.
"What's Neon Nightmare?" Yvette asked.
"Hehe... There's no point pretending. I can see the fear in your heart." The killer laughed contemptuously.
Obviously, he simply couldn't believe that Wuming, who had become famous in the Werewolf Killer incident last year, didn't know about Neon Nightmare until now.
That's where many top mercenaries work part-time - after all, the identities of mercenary and killer can often be converted into each other, and rune hackers are also among those who can make the switch.
He felt that the silver-haired girl must have done it on purpose. Her doubts and calmness were all to cover up her fear when she heard the name of the organization Neon Nightmare. Her heart had already been trembling, but she still insisted on not wanting to believe the truth.
Now, he is here to burst this bubble.
(End of this chapter)
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