Rules

It has been three days since the Charlotte Incident.

At this moment, Charlotte Doyle stood in the lobby of the agency, looking at the newly renovated and reopened office, and nodded with satisfaction.

In three days, the damaged soft furnishings inside were repaired. This efficiency made him very satisfied.

"Boss, the formula for the wax bath has been tested and there are no problems," Ginny said as she walked up to Charlotte and reported.

Charlotte smiled and said, "Very good. Since the wax bath is fine, open the recovery room as soon as possible."

"Boss, the owner of the adjacent property is temporarily not in New York and will return next week to negotiate. The matter of the recovery room may have to wait for a while."

"But we can modify one of the rooms first, so that if someone gets injured, they can also recover."

Charlotte nodded and said, "Okay, you go arrange it. I'll go to the storage room."

The storage room was on the basement level. It was a vault that Charlotte had opened, containing some cash, as well as weapons and equipment.

Arriving at the vault, Charlotte waved his hand, and a box of gold and a box of jewelry that he had previously put into his storage space appeared before him.

He glanced at the firearms and ammunition hanging on the vault wall and shook his head. He had rarely touched these things in the past three years.

Closing the vault, Charlotte walked upstairs. He saw Umino Iruka sitting in the lobby and walked over to ask, "Iruka, where are Sasuke and Rock Lee?"

Upon hearing Charlotte's question, Iruka immediately stood up respectfully and said, "Lord Charlotte, Rock Lee and Sasuke are sparring in the training room."

Charlotte chuckled, "Iruka, I've told you, you don't need to be so polite. You're still so respectful every time. When Rock Lee and the others come out, you can tell them that the wax bath has been verified and can be used for physical repair."

Iruka said happily, "Lord Charlotte, that's truly wonderful. Although the technology here is advanced, medical recovery is still too slow. We don't have any Medical Ninjas now, so this wax bath is a very good supplement."

Just as Charlotte was about to say something else, he saw Ginny run over and immediately say, "Charlotte, there's news about John Wick, the one you asked me to keep an eye on."

"Just as you predicted, his house was blown up by Santino Antonio and his men!"

"Boss, how did you know in advance that John's house would be burned down?"

Hearing Ginny say that John Wick's house was burned down, Charlotte knew that after John completed the Blood Pact Badge for Santino Antonio, he would shoot Santino Antonio in the Continental Hotel, thus violating the rules of the Continental Hotel, having his membership canceled, and being exiled.

This meant he had an opportunity to interfere with the High Table.

Charlotte smiled and said, "I guessed."

Hearing Charlotte's perfunctory reply, Ginny rolled her eyes and then asked, "Since you already know the news, what are your plans next?"

Charlotte smiled mysteriously, "Wait, wait until the time is right."

Seeing Charlotte speaking in riddles, Ginny turned to leave.

Charlotte said, "Ginny, the jewelry and gold have been stored in the vault below. Remember to sell them as soon as possible."

"Got it, BOSS!"

Meanwhile.

John Wick arrived at The Continental Hotel with his newly adopted Staffordshire Terrier.

John Wick walked straight to the hotel's service desk and approached Charon, saying, "I need to see the Hotel Manager."

Charon looked at John Wick before him and said, "It's good to see you again so soon, Mr. Wick."

"Should I inform Winston?"

John glanced at the Staffordshire Terrier beside him, then looked back at Charon and said, "Yes, thank you!"

He then said to his Staffordshire Terrier, "Sit!"

Seeing the Staffordshire Terrier obediently sit down, John Wick headed upstairs in the hotel.

Seeing John Wick leave, Charon made a phone call and said, "Sir, Mr. Wick is here."

After hanging up, Charon looked at the dog before him and let out a long sigh, thinking to himself, "I wonder which unlucky fool has angered the Night Demon this time."

Arriving at the hotel's Garden Terrace, the first thing John Wick said to Winston was, "Where is he?"

Winston didn't immediately address John Wick, but first got up to see off his guest.

Seeing the guest leave, Winston looked at the man before him and asked, "What are you doing here, John?"

"He blew up my house."

Winston said expressionlessly, "You refused his Blood Oath, and he only blew up your house. You're lucky."

"What were you thinking?"

"To make a Blood Oath with someone like Santino Antonio."

John Wick replied, "It was the only way I could retire."

Winston sized up the disheveled John Wick and said, "Do you think this is what retiring looks like?"

"What do you think will happen? What are you expecting?"

"Do you really think this day would never come?"

"Don't forget, you gave Charlotte Doyle a Blood Pact Badge just a few days ago."

Hearing Winston mention the Blood Pact Badge for Charlotte Doyle, Wick felt a bit dejected and turned his face away, not looking at the other man.

Seeing John's embarrassed expression, Winston continued, "What did Santino Antonio want with you?"

"I didn't ask, I just refused."

Winston shook his head helplessly and said, "So when Charlotte comes to you with a Blood Oath, are you going to answer him the same way?"

"You guess, what will be the consequence if Charlotte finds out you played him."

John Wick said, "If Charlotte comes to me, I will fulfill my Blood Oath promise. He saved my life!"

Hearing two different answers from John, Winston was somewhat speechless.

Santino Antonio asked you to fulfill a Blood Oath, and you refused.

Charlotte didn't look for you a few days ago, and you voluntarily went to The Continental Hotel to help.

John Wick, you can't be so double-standard!

Winston very helplessly held up two fingers and said, "John, there are two rules of The Continental Hotel that must be followed."

"No blood shed within The Continental Hotel."

"No desecration of any blood pact."

"Although I can reduce your punishment to Exile for now, if Tradition is broken, the Group executives will not let you off easily."

John Wick looked at Winston, his voice low, "Do I have no other choice?"

Winston's expression was solemn at this moment, and he said word by word:

"Desecrate the pact, you die!"

"Kill the Pact Holder, you die!"

"Run, you die!"

Winston paused before continuing, "John, these were the conditions you accepted before. Only by doing as he says can you achieve Redemption."

"After completing the Blood Pact, if you want to track him, burn his house, do as you please, but before that..."

John Wick spat out two words: "Rules!"

Winston smiled, "That's right, follow the rules."

"Without rules, what's the difference between humans and animals."

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