"You are... Hades." Baklo was obviously frightened by the man in front of him. From the mont Soul Destroyer fired the Javelin Missile to the present where Baklo was held at gunpoint, only ten minutes had passed. In such a short ti, turning from a "local tyrant" to a "captive" is indeed rare in the world.
"I guess you do have so judgnt," Ye Shikai said blandly, slowly raising the handgun and aiming it at Baklo’s forehead.
"Don’t... don’t kill . I can join you. I can work for you, master." Although Baklo appeared tough to outsiders, at the brink of life and death, begging for rcy was in his nature. To survive, Ye Shikai had no doubt he would kneel and kowtow for rcy.
"My Netherworld Palace is full of warriors unafraid of death, what use is soone like you who fears death?" Ye Shikai said coldly. "If you had just stayed content as a local tyrant, maybe I wouldn’t have done this, but you dared to attack my people, so..." Ye Shikai pressed the muzzle against Baklo’s forehead, finger on the trigger.
"Wait, Netherworld King, I have sothing to say, I really have sothing to say," Baklo shouted loudly, raising his hands above his head, continuously begging for rcy.
"You have one minute; you’d better not waste it."
"If I confess honestly, can you... spare my life...?"
Bam.
Before the words were finished, there was a gunshot, but it was not Ye Shikai who fired, rather it was Ji Qian who was beside him, and the bullet hit the ground by Baklo’s feet.
"Ah... ah... don’t kill ."
"Less nonsense, quickly spill the intel," Ji Qian said coldly, firing another shot that struck the wall near Baklo’s ear, the sound of the bullet cutting through the air was almost audible. Baklo collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.
"Speak, who exactly ordered you to attack Soul Destroyer? I don’t believe you had the guts to attack them proactively," Ye Shikai got straight to the point, as fierce fighting continued outside, he didn’t have much ti for small talk.
"This..." Baklo hesitated, seemingly dreading sothing. Ye Shikai had anticipated it. Any organization that dared to confront the Netherworld Palace in secret had to be hidden and vast; whatever bait could entice Baklo to move against the Netherworld Palace must be alluring.
"Three seconds." Ye Shikai lifted the handgun and fired another shot at the floor.
"I’ll speak, I’ll speak... it was..."
Bam.
A bullet shot in from outside the window, hitting Baklo right in the temple...
"There’s a sniper," Ye Shikai shouted, the bullet traveled very fast, much faster than an average sniper rifle’s bullet speed. Ye Shikai didn’t have ti to protect him; the rcenaries behind him imdiately hid behind cover; they were a step too late, Baklo was already dead, which ant the clue was lost...
"Damn it," Ye Shikai cursed loudly; they were just about to find out who was behind it when Baklo was silenced. Ye Shikai glanced outside the window; there were no vantage points nearby, to hit here, the shot must have co from one of the tall buildings in the outside urban area. However, estimating the distance to exceed two thousand ters, making such a precise shot from so far away wasn’t sothing an average person could do.
"Baklo is dead, and Cam Gang is finished too, let’s retreat," Ji Qian said calmly, noticing the situation. Outside, the teams were still in gunfight, the nurical suppression was significant, and Tony’s rcenary group might not be able to hold out, and the local police force was arriving quickly.
"Retreat," Ye Shikai issued the retreat command through his earpiece, and Tony imdiately ordered his n to withdraw from the slum, escaping via the pre-planned route.
"Let’s go too," Ye Shikai leaped away, eliminating a few leftover enemies nearby and led the team down a small path toward the safe house.
"Tony, give them one last big explosion."
"Yes, master."
Boom.
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Ye Shikai took a beer from the fridge, watching the news report on this ’battle’s’ outco on television. The largest local gang, Cam Gang, suffered heavy losses in the attack, its leader Baklo was killed. This incident caused quite a stir locally, yet Ye Shikai was not at all satisfied, that unknown sniper had clearly killed Baklo at the last mont fearing he would reveal anything.
"Master, the Cam Gang is done for now," Tony didn’t know Ye Shikai’s plan, his eyes filled with delight over this victory, rcenaries were all bloodthirsty, and although Tony was loyal to Ye Shikai, he was also a "war maniac", otherwise, he would not have equipped such weapons of mass destruction as ard drones.
"Tony, how many of your n were wounded this ti," Ye Shikai asked softly.
"Five died, and thirteen were injured." Speaking of casualties, Tony’s excitent instantly waned.
"It’s a sha, real n," Ye Shikai sighed a little, he truly wished for a victory without any casualties, but since it was to intimidate Cam Gang, so price had to be paid.
"They’re all warriors of the Netherworld Palace, after this battle, the Cam Gang will certainly collapse, and the local gang force will definitely reshuffle."
"Tony, now that the local gang forces are without a leader, I want you to manage them, what do you think?"
"Master’s command, I will definitely comply," Tony didn’t refuse, although a place with war might suit him better, for now, Ye Shikai had no one else to manage, so he could only let Tony take over for now.
"Alright then, you’ll be in charge here from now on," Ye Shikai patted his shoulder and slowly left the room.
"Don’t keep a stern face, look on the bright side, at least Baklo is dead, and we have taken over the local forces." Ji Qian, being Ye Shikai’s closest companion, naturally understood his thoughts.
"Ten Cam Gangs can’t match the secrets in Baklo’s mind," Ye Shikai said lightly.
"What can you do, Baklo is already dead, you can’t bring him back to life," Ji Qian consoled him, Ye Shikai took a deep breath, revealing a faint smile.
"By the way, what about Bai Jiao? I heard she commanded very well in this fight," Ye Shikai suddenly asked, hearing from Tony that Bai Jiao was the first to lead her team into the fray and even took down over thirty people.
"Even so, I don’t consider her harmless, she ca to the Netherworld Palace to save her life, so I’m curious to know whom she’s hiding from," Ji Qian said coldly, she harbored suspicions about Bai Jiao, having picked up nurous anomalies from Soul Destroyer’s account.
"If you were being chased and looking for a force that would absolutely take you in, unless..." Ji Qian asked Ye Shikai.
"Unless, the joining force and the pursuing force are mortal enemies," Ye Shikai blurted out.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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