Chapter 163: No Money? Then Cede Territory!
"You... you're not going to kill me?" Sorens looked at Zhang Menglong in disbelief, thinking he was undoubtedly doomed today, yet to his surprise, Zhang Menglong actually spared his life!
To think someone would let go of their would-be assassin, and by his looks, all just to humiliate Su Zhihe a bit, his head was suddenly filled with question marks, are all Huaxia people this wild?
"Take these 10 bucks and kill Su Zhihe, and I won't kill you," Zhang Menglong added another question, "Oh, by the way, do you assassins issue receipts after taking a job?"
These few questions rendered Sorens speechless, the hell do you issue receipts for murder? Are you also going to pay taxes at the tax bureau? Give you a banner of 'Taxpayer Pioneer' while you're at it? Has your brain got water in it asking such questions?
"Mr. Zhang, why would you want him to issue a receipt?"
"Of course, it's to leave at the crime scene after offing that Su Zhihe!" Zhang Menglong declared with righteousness, "That way, when others go to collect his corpse, they'll know someone spent 10 bucks to have him killed!"
The assassination of a country's minister of finance is already extremely humiliating, if it gets out that he was killed by someone who paid 10 bucks for a hitman, it's likely to become legendary in history.
"As expected of Mr. Zhang!" Hong Yi was at a loss for words, besides Zhang Menglong, she couldn't think of a second person in the world who would come up with such an idea.
"You really going to let me go?" Sorens was still doubtful, "Aren't you afraid I won't keep my promise? Once I leave here, you can't control me!"
"If you don't carry out this task, the entire Wind Nest will be uprooted!" Before Zhang Menglong could speak, Ye Yin took the lead, "Do you think no one knows where the Wind Nest headquarters is? If I remember correctly, there's an undersea cavern beneath the Narnia Trench..."
Sorens' pupils dilated suddenly, "How do you know that? This..."
"In this world, there's nothing Mr. Zhang doesn't know about! So don't even think about being sneaky!" Ye Yin said, "By the way, I can tell you some more, the first generation of mutants from Lab Two was killed by my grandfather."
Revealing the base of the Wind Nest Organization only surprised Sorens, but when he heard this, he felt a deep fear from within.
Lab Two was the hellish place where the seven of them were born, a place of torture they could never forget for as long as they lived!
Actually, the seven of them alone couldn't possibly destroy Lab Two, they were merely second-generation mutants. Before them were the first generation of mutants, far more powerful, with nuclear fission reactions taking place within their bodies!
You see, the power of an atomic bomb comes from nuclear fission: imagine how terrifying the energy that's compressed into a human body could be? They were truly human-shaped nuclear weapons!
But human bodies simply can't withstand such fission energy, which caused these people's bodies to undergo drastic mutations, turning them into monster-like creatures, prone to frequent berserk episodes. That's why they created the second-generation mutants like us.
The disparity in their strength was immense; a single first-generation mutant could effortlessly tear apart ten Sorens!
These mutants were altered from the organization's most elite warriors, and although turned into monsters, they retained an extremely high level of loyalty, diligently guarding the base ever since. With them there, there was no escape.
But for some reason, they received news that all 12 first-generation mutants from Lab Two had been killed, which led to subsequent events.
Today, it seemed Sorens had found the answer to this matter.
"Hehe!" Ye Yin smiled for the first time, "Those first-gen guys were quite capable; my grandfather spent nearly a minute to finish them all off!"
"One minute?" Sorens' belief crumbled.
"Wait, I have a question! How did your grandfather end up fighting those monsters?" Zhang Menglong asked curiously.
"Oh, it went like this," Ye Yin explained, "At that time, your grandfather had just dealt with a group that had stolen our national treasures and was flying back from Europe. My grandfather was his personal guard back then. As they were passing by Lab Two, those mutants were going nuts, causing destruction all over a mountain range."
"My grandfather was an environmentalist?" Zhang Menglong guessed, "He couldn't stand them destroying the environment, so he killed them all?"
"No, it was because your grandfather was taking a nap and the explosion woke him up. In a fit of rage after getting out of bed, he had my grandfather kill all the mutants."
"Damn... That reason... It's so like my grandfather..."
"He must be the real deal," muttered Hong Yi to herself. Zhang Menglong's grandfather's actions were just as outrageous as Zhang Menglong's.
"I... I understand, I'll make sure it happens!" This time, Sorens completely abandoned all his previous thoughts. In front of the Zhang family, their Wind Nest didn't amount to a fart!
"By tonight, I want to see international news of Su Zhihe's death," Zhang Menglong said.
"I got it," nodded Sorens. Despite his severe injuries, Sorens, whose cells had been enhanced, possessed a strong self-healing ability. After all, Ye Yin hadn't been ruthless, so these wounds would heal in at most a few hours.
As for Su Zhihe's bodyguards, in the eyes of someone like Sorens, they were virtually equivalent to thin air.
"Wait a second!" Zhang Menglong called out to Sorens.
"Do... do you have any other orders?" Sorens asked cautiously.
"Bring ten bucks with you, I, Zhang Menglong, never run a tab!"
Grinding his teeth, Sorens grabbed the 10 Huaxia currency note and then vanished into the distance, turning into a ball of lightning.
The plane had already returned to normal when Sorens was subdued just now, but the originally luxurious cabin now looked somewhat disheveled.
"Hong Yi, tell the captain to turn around, we're going back to Qingqiu Country!" Zhang Menglong announced.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you plan to do?" Hong Yi asked.
"What to do? You see what this Lawrence has done?" Zhang Menglong said with a pained expression, "Smashing these paintings and bottles of wine is one thing, but what about my unicorn Gundam diamond figurine? I waited two months for them to make a batch, and now they're smashed!"
Hong Yi glanced over the world-famous paintings scattered all over the floor. While the figurine was indeed valuable, it couldn't compare to those paintings. Why was Zhang Menglong only upset about the figurine and not the paintings?
"Are you going to kill the President of Qingqiu Country?" Hong Yi asked. "This can't be Su Zhihe's planning alone, Quan Zhenggui must be behind it!"
"Killing people is so boring. I'm still counting on them to transfer me money!" said Zhang Menglong, "First, calculate how much we've lost for me."
"Just a moment," Hong Yi quickly surveyed the debris on the floor, "It's about 800 million US dollars, I guess."
"Fine, then we'll seek a thousand-fold compensation!" Zhang Menglong declared, "If they can't cough up 800 billion US dollars, I'll cut off their water, electricity, gas, and oil!"
"Pfft!" Hong Yi had now witnessed the shamelessness of Zhang Menglong, but she understood. After all, the incident wasn't just an economic loss; the other party had come with murderous intent. It would be strange if Zhang Menglong could swallow his anger.
"Mr. Zhang, even if you sold Quan Zhenggui, he wouldn't be worth that much money!"
"No money? Then cede territory!"