Dark World (Part 1)

In the mansion of the Lin family in Britain.

"What! Someone actually put out a bounty to kill a direct descendant of my Lin family!" Lin Tianyu, who looked like a beggar, roared into the phone. When he returned earlier, the car he was riding in was attacked with a rocket launcher! Fortunately, the Bronze Battle Armor within Lin Tianyu activated, and coupled with Lin Tianyu's speed, he managed to save his life. However, his beloved boyfriend, Ding Yuyang, died on the spot, leaving Lin Tianyu in a state of madness.

Suddenly, Lin Tianyu took a deep breath, leaned back on the sofa, a cigar between his fingers. After taking a puff, he returned to his usual demeanor.

"Does the old man know about this?" Lin Tianyu was referring to his grandfather, the founder of Shenglin Group. If there was anyone Lin Tianyu feared, it would be his grandfather, Lin Aotian. As for his father, Lin Tianyu had always been dismissive of him.

"The old man already knows. There have been several assassination attempts in the past few days. The old man has already asked his old friends to investigate who issued the bounty!" a voice on the phone replied.

Lin Tianyu's brow furrowed deeply. He wasn't worried about his grandparents; they rarely left the family compound, making it difficult for outsiders to attack them. Those greedy killers would only target his parents, his sister, and himself.

"Are my father and mother okay? Right, what about my sister, who changes boyfriends every day? How is she?" Lin Tianyu continued to ask.

The voice on the phone paused for a long time before replying, "The family head is fine. He has the most bodyguards in the entire family. But for the madam..." The voice on the phone trailed off.

Lin Tianyu immediately became anxious. "What happened to my mother?" Lin Tianyu was secretly alarmed. Although he didn't care about his father, he cared deeply about his mother. His father was a womanizer and had even brought other women home.

Lin Tianyu remembered how his father, disregarding everything, had used his authority as the family head to bring a woman from the mainland back home. He had even openly demanded that people call her the Second Madam within the family! Moreover, that woman from the mainland had a son, and Lin Tianyu's father was extremely fond of this illegitimate son, even more so than Lin Tianyu. Even as a child, Lin Tianyu sensed the threat this illegitimate son posed to his future, but as a child, he was helpless. He watched as the illegitimate son's status grew higher and higher!

Lin Tianyu's mother had always given the impression of being a refined lady, noble and gentle. But when such a person finally unleashed her fury, overnight, the "Second Madam" and her illegitimate son disappeared without a trace. No one knew what had happened that day. From then on, the ambitious Lin family head lost his usual vigor and began to decline, leaving the family affairs to Lin Tianyu.

"The madam is only seriously injured and not in life-threatening danger, young master need not worry!" The words from the voice on the phone made Lin Tianyu slightly relieved.

"As for the young lady, young master has even less to worry about. This young lady has toyed with countless men over the years. Even now, many men harbor hatred and want to kill her because of love, but no one has ever succeeded. However, the young lady should also settle down; constantly changing boyfriends isn't a good thing!" the voice on the phone seemed to say with great concern for the young lady.

Lin Tianyu said, "Uncle Lan, you know Sister Lan's personality. She always talks about freedom, freedom. Let's not talk about her. Uncle Lan, quickly use my family's power to find out who issued the bounty!"

"Yes, young master. However, the Assassin Brokerage Organization is backed by the Green Gang and the American Mafia, which are two of the world's five major crime syndicates. With the influence of our Shenglin Group, they won't pay us any attention, nor will they break their rules to tell us who their clients are. The person who issued the bounty against our family is in the dark, and we are in the light. It's indeed difficult to handle!" Uncle Lan felt a bit troubled. …

Lin Tianyu also understood that although his Shenglin Group was not a small group, it was nothing compared to the world's five major crime syndicates. Any one of these syndicates could easily destroy his Shenglin Group.

"Uncle Lan, just do your best! If there's really no other way, I'll have the Holy See intervene. Being harassed by these assassins all the time isn't a good situation!"

"That's right. Our Shenglin Group gives the Holy See so much money every year; it's time they took action. If the Holy See intervenes, the Green Gang and the American Mafia won't dare to refuse." Uncle Lan also agreed with Lin Tianyu's idea.

"Uncle Lan, you go ahead and handle it. I'm hanging up now!" Lin Tianyu hung up the phone, took a deep puff of his cigar, and slowly exhaled. "No matter who you are, since you dare to oppose me, Lin Tianyu, and oppose my Lin family, I will definitely find you and torture you to death!" Lin Tianyu's gaze was as cold as that of a giant python in the African jungle.

After the competition, Li Yang returned to his villa.

"The six million US dollars spent on the bounty just came back. This gambling ring really makes money fast, especially when you control the gambling ring yourself!" Li Yang walked into his bedroom with a smile.

On one side of the bedroom was a computer.

"I wonder how that ten billion US dollar mission is going? It seems like an S-class assassin took that mission a few days ago!" Li Yang had always coveted that ten billion US dollars, and he was also helpless about his assassin ranking; he simply didn't have the opportunity to take on missions.

He clicked on the window for the ten billion US dollar mission, and the assassins who had taken the mission appeared.

"September 3rd, S-class assassin 'Shang' accepts the mission. Three days later, 'Shang' dies, mission failed!"

"September 6th, S-class assassin 'Jie' accepts the mission. Three days later, 'Jie' dies, mission failed!"

"September 9th, S-class assassin 'Mighty Person' accepts the mission. Five days later, 'Mighty Person' dies, mission failed!"

"October 2nd, S-class assassin 'War God' accepts the mission. One day later, 'War God' dies, mission failed!"

Li Yang gasped. In just one month, seven S-class assassins had died consecutively. S-class assassins were no ordinary individuals; they became S-class assassins after completing ten A-class missions. Their assassination skills were unpredictable and hard to guard against. The consecutive deaths of seven S-class assassins indicated what?

It meant that Li Yang still had a chance!

"Haha, it seems those S-class assassins are also starting to get scared. Otherwise, only four S-class assassins would have died in the last twenty days! Hmm, if I work harder now and take on more missions, I might reach S-class soon. By then, maybe no one will have completed this mission yet! A level seven expert, Wolf King, you must strive hard and don't get taken down by someone else!" Li Yang decided to act immediately and opened the mission acceptance webpage to start taking on missions...

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