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Jiang Hang was rather skeptical about that.

And that premonition soon came true.

When Jiang Hang went to observe Ayasato Law Offices that evening, he discovered that listening devices had already been installed inside.

As for the amusingly named Xiao Zhongda, he was already spying on Chihiro Ayasato from a hotel room across from the law office... No, it seemed he had already learned some important information through the listening devices.

He was planning to make his move tonight!

Expressionless, Jiang Hang melded into the darkness and waited for him to act.

When a strange man in sunglasses hurried into Ayasato Law Offices, Jiang Hang followed behind him with Assassin's Footwork, unnoticed by anyone.

It looked like he would finally be able to settle this matter tonight.

Xiao Zhongda had no idea that a silent "ghost" was following behind him.

There was only one thing on his mind now: getting rid of Chihiro Ayasato.

He had worked in the intelligence business for twenty years, yet he had nearly stumbled because of this woman.

Over the years, he had made quite a bit of money through blackmail, but he had also made many enemies.

If he had not happened to hear that someone was looking into him and had even brought together some of the people he had blackmailed and threatened to deal with him... If all those people truly joined forces against him, prison would likely be the least of his worries.

Therefore, that hateful woman, Chihiro Ayasato, had to die!

With that thought in mind, he quietly pushed open the door to the law office.

The Killing Intent of Xiao Zhongda

Inside the law office, Chihiro Ayasato glanced at the time.

The time she had arranged to meet her younger sister, whom she had not seen for quite some time, was drawing near.

And the matter she had been busy with all these years was finally about to come to an end.

Chihiro Ayasato's gaze drifted to the clock shaped like The Thinker on her desk.

The evidence of that man's crimes, along with the related list of names, had been hidden beneath that clock.

It was a decision born of helplessness.

If that evidence and list were made public, they could certainly send that man into an abyss without end. But they would also implicate far too many people at the top.

When she had visited those powerful figures in private, every one of them had expressed deep hatred for that man, as though they wished he would never see another sunrise.

But anyone knew that if the price of sending that man into the abyss was dragging all those important figures down with him, they would never agree to it. They might even turn around and deal with her instead.

At that thought, a mocking smile appeared on Chihiro Ayasato's face.

Most of the evidence she had spent years and so much effort gathering could never truly see the light of day. Still, what remained was enough to make him suffer.

This obsession had remained in her heart for fifteen whole years. Today, she could finally put an end to it.

Just then, she heard the office door open and close.

"Is that you, Maya?" she asked without suspicion.

No one answered.

Then all the lights in the office suddenly went out.

Only the area near the windows was faintly illuminated by the light outside.

Chihiro Ayasato's heart sank.

"Who is it?"

She rose from her chair, her expression exceptionally grave.

Only now did she finally sense that something was wrong.

As a shadow drew closer through the darkness, its voice reached her ears.

"This should be our first meeting, Miss Chihiro. I never expected we would meet in this fashion."

As her eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, Chihiro Ayasato finally saw the person approaching through the gloom by the light from outside.

"Xiao Zhongda..." She stared at the flamboyantly dressed man before her in disbelief.

She had thought she had been cautious enough during her investigation. She had never expected him to notice her at the very last moment.

"I never expected a small fry like you to nearly drive me into a corner without my even knowing. I suppose I should give you some applause." Xiao Zhongda walked over to Chihiro Ayasato's desk.

Chihiro Ayasato seemed to want to run, but she was already at the innermost part of the office. No matter where she ran, he would block her path.

"But this boring game should come to an end... Now then, Miss Chihiro, hand it over. That document."

Xiao Zhongda looked fearlessly at Chihiro Ayasato. There was still a little time before his preparations were complete, and before then, there was no harm in having some fun with her.

"Sorry, that's something I can't give you. It's no longer here." Chihiro Ayasato stared intently at him, seemingly searching for a way out.

However, Xiao Zhongda merely clicked his tongue at her reply.

"It seems you're not very good at lying, Miss Chihiro. Isn't it right here, inside that Thinker?"

Armed with the information he had learned through the listening devices, Xiao Zhongda openly mocked Chihiro Ayasato.

"You didn't forget, did you? Gathering information is what I'm good at."

By this point, Chihiro Ayasato could only blame herself for being too careless.

"There's one more thing." Xiao Zhongda kept his eyes on Chihiro Ayasato to prevent her from escaping. At the same time, under her gaze, he picked up the clock shaped like The Thinker.

"Though it's a pity, I have no choice but to make an agreement with you—an agreement to 'remain silent forever'..."

"Goodbye, Miss Chihiro. Don't blame me when you get to hell. You brought this upon yourself!"

A savage expression appeared on his face. Holding the weighty Thinker in his hand, after forcing Chihiro Ayasato into a dead end, he prepared to use the very object where she had hidden her secret as the murder weapon to kill her!

But just as he was about to end Chihiro Ayasato's life for good, a hand reached out from the darkness and tightly seized the arm he was about to bring down—

"What!?"

Xiao Zhongda instinctively turned his head, wanting to see who had interfered with his important business.

What greeted him was the blinding glare of a phone camera.

At that moment, the viciousness had yet to fade from his face.

Watching Xiao Zhongda cast one final murderous look in his direction, Jiang Hang nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. That look in your eyes is pretty murderous. It should work as evidence, right?" Having confirmed that his phone had recorded the entire incident, coupled with Xiao Zhongda's ferocious expression and movement when he turned around at the end, hardly anyone would believe he had not been about to kill someone to silence them.

Jiang Hang stopped the recording and slipped the phone into his pocket, and the entire office sank into darkness once more.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, even Chihiro Ayasato was stunned.

By the light of the phone camera just now, she had also seen exactly who had saved her.

"Mr. Jiang Hang..." She had never expected him to save her here at a time like this.

Before Jiang Hang made his move, she had not noticed at all that he had been standing behind Xiao Zhongda, filming everything he did.

How... had he managed that?

But Xiao Zhongda was even more enraged.

He had been fully prepared to kill Chihiro Ayasato and frame someone else afterward. He had never expected someone to follow him inside, not only stopping him from killing her, but even recording everything that had just happened.

If that video got leaked, even if he could smooth it over, it would likely cost him a great deal...

Countless thoughts ran through Xiao Zhongda's mind.

Knowing that he definitely could not deal with Chihiro Ayasato today, and having spent twenty years in the intelligence business, Xiao Zhongda decisively backed down after sensing Jiang Hang's toughness.

With Jiang Hang still gripping his hand, an unsettling smile suddenly spread across his face.

"This Boy, perhaps there's some misunderstanding here. I'm just a businessman. I only wanted to discuss intelligence gathering with Miss Chihiro. I had no other intentions..."

The listening device he had planted in the office was still operating. His assistant must be listening nearby to what was happening in the office. Having been by his side for so long, she would surely know how to handle this situation.

As long as I find a way to call over those cops whose dirt I have, getting rid of this evidence will be easy.

How could a guy like you possibly understand the network of connections I've built up over so many years?

Though Xiao Zhongda appeared meek and submissive on the surface, he remained calm inside. He had even begun considering what methods he would use afterward to retaliate against this young man who did not know his place.

But in the next instant, before his astonished eyes—

Jiang Hang dragged him along with strength he could not resist at all, walked straight to Chihiro Ayasato's desk, reached underneath it, and pulled out a tiny listening device.

"You're not thinking of relying on this to have that sexy female secretary of yours, who's currently staying at that hotel, find someone to come help you, are you?"

After stating the hotel room number where she was staying, Jiang Hang directly switched off the bug in the darkness.

Xiao Zhongda was dumbfounded. How did this man know where he had hidden the bug? And how did he know his female secretary was at the hotel across the street?

What he found even harder to understand came next.

Because the voice coming from Jiang Hang's mouth suddenly became one he knew all too well!

"But, sorry, I sent that female secretary of yours out to run an errand just now. She isn't in that room at the moment."

This was clearly his own usual voice and manner of speaking, yet coming from Jiang Hang's mouth, it made him feel as if he were hearing the low murmur of a demon!

Xiao Zhongda had never imagined that this young man possessed such an ability.

"Impossible! How could you possibly contact her? And even if you called her from some random number, do you think she'd believe you were me!?" Although panic had begun to rise in Xiao Zhongda's heart, he refused to accept this fact.

"Maybe you've imagined that big-breasted, brainless secretary of yours to be a little too smart. Of course," Jiang Hang paused, took The Thinker from his hand, and set it on a nearby table, "a few days ago, I used your own phone to call your secretary and told her that 'you' might call her from an anonymous number when necessary."

As he spoke, Jiang Hang applied a little more force with his hand, and Xiao Zhongda immediately let out a pig-like scream.

"Miss Ayasato, could you close the window and draw the curtains for me? I wouldn't want anyone to hear or see anything unpleasant." Jiang Hang looked toward Chihiro Ayasato, who still seemed not to have recovered from the shock.

Thinking that she was a lawyer and cared most about evidence, he added, "Don't worry. I'm pretty good at this sort of thing. I won't leave any evidence behind."

At this point, Xiao Zhongda seemed to sense that something was wrong and hurriedly shouted at Jiang Hang, "Wait, wait! Assault is illegal! We're civilized people—we should settle problems in a civilized way!"

"Who knows? No one saw anything. If I say it was self-defense, what problem do you think there'll be?"

Jiang Hang said this to him with ill intent.

"And I never expected someone like you to have the nerve to mention the law. Isn't that just dripping with irony?"

As Jiang Hang said this, he delivered a perfectly placed kick to Xiao Zhongda's spine, making him cry out in pain once more.

"If you were prepared to kill someone, then you should've been prepared to endure an equal amount of pain, shouldn't you?"

Attacking the joints, or placing something beneath someone's body—so long as he controlled the force properly, he could punish the other person severely without leaving any visible injuries.

"You... you'll regret this..." After Jiang Hang struck his knee joint hard again, Xiao Zhongda's flushed face twisted as he issued his final threat.

What he received in return, however, was another piercing pain from his other knee.

Just as he was thinking that he would definitely take revenge someday, Jiang Hang dealt him the most devastating blow yet.

"Are you still planning to threaten me with those people you extorted? For example, that ledger and hard drive locked in a safe inside the hidden compartment behind the toilet on the second floor of your house?"

After Jiang Hang recited several numbers, Xiao Zhongda's expression instantly shifted from fury to utter despair.

"How... how is that possible? Why do you know about that? This is clearly...!"

That safe and its password were the greatest secret of his life. No one but him could possibly have known about them. So why did this man know?!

As an intelligence broker, he had extorted countless powerful figures. The reason he had managed to live safely until now was because he "kept his word"—once he received the money, he guaranteed that the other party's dirt would not be leaked.

Of course, to him, that merely meant deleting all the other copies. The true original files were carefully stored on that hard drive.

That hard drive, containing compromising information on countless powerful figures, could be said to be his final lifeline.

As long as that hard drive remained, those powerful people might wish for his death from the bottom of their hearts, but if anything truly happened to him, they would be the most anxious of all.

Yet now, this greatest secret had been exposed by the other man so effortlessly. To Xiao Zhongda, it was undoubtedly the most devastating blow imaginable.

"Who... who exactly are you?" At that moment, Xiao Zhongda finally felt utter despair.

"Just an ordinary detective who happens to be pretty good at finding things. Don't worry about it," Jiang Hang said, but as he looked at the man, he began to find the whole thing rather boring.