Lin Family estate, United Kingdom.
"What! Someone actually put a bounty on the direct descendants of the Lin Family!" Lin Tianyu, looking like a beggar, roared into the phone. On his way back, the car he had been riding in had actually been attacked with rockets! Fortunately, the Bronze Battle Armor within him had flared to life, and he had run fast enough to save his life. But Ding Yuyang, his favorite boyfriend, had died on the spot. Lin Tianyu was practically beside himself with rage.
All at once, Lin Tianyu took a deep breath, leaned back half-reclined against the sofa, and held a cigar between his fingers. After taking a puff, he returned to his usual composure.
"Does the old man know about this?" Lin Tianyu meant his grandfather, the founder of the Shenglin Group. If there was anyone Lin Tianyu feared, it could only be his grandfather, Lin Aotian. As for his father, Lin Tianyu had always looked down on him.
"The old man already knows. Several assassination attempts have happened one after another these past few days. The old man has already asked his old friends to investigate who issued the mission," the voice on the phone said.
Lin Tianyu frowned deeply. He was not worried about his grandfather and grandmother. The old couple rarely left the Lineage estate, and even if outsiders wanted to strike at them, it would be difficult. Those assassins greedy for money could only go after his parents, himself, and his younger sister.
"How are my father and mother? No, right—what about my sister, the one who changes boyfriends every day? How is she?" Lin Tianyu continued.
The voice on the phone fell silent for a long while before finally saying, "The family head is fine. He has more bodyguards than anyone else in the entire Lineage, but Madam..."
Lin Tianyu immediately grew anxious. "What happened to my mother?" Alarm surged through him. He might not care about his father, but he cared deeply about his mother. His father had always chased after flowers and flirted with women, even bringing other women home.
Lin Tianyu still remembered how, back then, his father had disregarded everything and forcibly used his authority as family head to bring back a woman from the mainland. He had even openly made everyone in the Lineage call her Second Madam! That mainland woman also had a son. Lin Tianyu's father adored that illegitimate son, to the point of liking him even more than Lin Tianyu. Even as a child, Lin Tianyu had sensed the threat that bastard posed to his future, yet there had been nothing he could do. He could only watch as the bastard's status rose higher and higher.
Lin Tianyu's mother had always given people the impression of being a refined young lady from a great family—noble and gentle. Yet even someone like her had erupted. Overnight, that "Second Madam" and that illegitimate son vanished, never to appear again. No one knew what had happened that day. From then on, the ambitious Lin family head lost his former edge and began to decline bit by bit, while the affairs of the Lineage gradually came to be handled by Lin Tianyu.
"Madam is only seriously injured. Her life is not in danger yet, so Young Master needn't worry," the voice on the phone said, allowing Lin Tianyu to relax slightly.
"As for Miss, Young Master has even less reason to worry. Over these years, Miss has toyed with countless men. Even now, many people hate her because of love and want to kill her, but no one has ever succeeded. Still, Miss should settle down too. Changing boyfriends like this all the time is not a solution," the voice on the phone said, seeming quite concerned about her.
"Uncle Lan, you know Ajiao's personality. She is always talking about freedom, freedom. Let's not talk about her. Uncle Lan, quickly mobilize the power of my Lineage as well. We must find out who issued this mission!"
"Yes, Young Master. But behind the Assassin Brokerage Organization stand the Green Gang and the American Mafia. They are two of the world's five major criminal organizations. With the influence of our Shenglin Group, they would not care about us, nor would they break their rules and tell us who their client is. The person issuing missions against our Lineage is hidden in the dark while we stand in the light. This really is difficult to handle..." Uncle Lan found it somewhat troublesome.
Lin Tianyu understood as well. Although the Shenglin Group was no small corporation, before the world's five major criminal organizations, it was not worth mentioning. Any one of those organizations could easily wipe out the Shenglin Group.
"Uncle Lan, just do your best! If there truly is no way to deal with this, I'll have the Holy See step in. Being harassed by these assassins every day is no solution either!"
"That's true. Our Shenglin Group gives the Holy See so much money every year; it is time to make them act. If the Holy See intervenes, the Green Gang and the American Mafia won't be able to refuse them face," Uncle Lan said, strongly agreeing with Lin Tianyu's idea.
"Go handle it, Uncle Lan. I'm hanging up first!" Lin Tianyu ended the call, took a deep drag on his cigar, and slowly exhaled. "No matter who you are, since you dare oppose me, Lin Tianyu, and dare oppose my Lin Household, I will find you and torture you to death!" Lin Tianyu's gaze was as cold as that of a giant python in an African forest.
After the match, Li Yang returned to his villa.
"The six million dollars spent on the bounty just came back in one go. This betting pool really does bring in money fast, especially when it is under your own control!" Li Yang smiled as he entered his bedroom.
A computer stood to one side of the bedroom.
"I wonder how that Billion Dollar Mission is going. It seems an S-class assassin accepted it a few days ago!" Li Yang had always coveted those billion dollars, but he was helpless about his assassin rank. He did not even have the chance to accept the mission.
He clicked on the Billion Dollar Mission window, and the various assassins who had accepted the mission appeared.
"September 3rd: S-class assassin 'Shang' accepted the mission. Three days later, Shang died. Mission failed!"
"September 6th: S-class assassin 'Jie' accepted the mission. Three days later, Jie died. Mission failed!"
"September 9th: S-class assassin 'Mighty Person' accepted the mission. Five days later, Mighty Person died. Mission failed!"
"October 2nd: S-class assassin 'War God' accepted the mission. One day later, War God died. Mission failed!"
Li Yang sucked in a cold breath. In just one month, seven S-class assassins had died in succession. S-class assassins were no ordinary people; they had all completed ten A-class missions before becoming S-class assassins. Their killing abilities made them impossible to guard against. What did the consecutive deaths of seven S-class assassins mean?
It meant Li Yang still had a chance!
"Haha, it seems those S-class assassins are starting to get scared. Otherwise, only four S-class assassins wouldn't have died over the latter twenty days! Hmm, I need to work harder now, accept more missions, and reach S-class as soon as possible. Maybe by then, no one will have completed this mission yet! A level-seven expert... Wolf King, you'd better hold on and not get taken out by someone else!" Li Yang acted the moment he spoke, immediately opening the mission page and beginning to accept missions...
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