Two stories were unfolding at once.
In Presidential Suite 8097 of the Bulgari Hotel, in the heart of the Imperial Capital.
Morning had come, and the blazing sun had risen above the horizon.
Golden sunlight slipped through a gap in the floor-to-ceiling curtains, scattering patches of light across the carpet.
The spacious, luxurious second bedroom was thick with a distinctive scent.
"Whew..."
Jiang Che let out a long breath.
A rare trace of exhaustion weighed on his tall frame as he sat on the soft leather sofa.
Deep in his eyes flickered a look of utter satisfaction.
On the disheveled white bed,
Haruno Momoka, the Cherry Blossom Country assassin at Peak Hua Jin, lay limp.
An unnatural flush covered her delicate, doll-like face.
Her expression was dazed, her eyes rolled upward. She had plainly lost consciousness and fallen into a deep stupor...
Jiang Che looked at his prey's sorry state.
He picked up a glass of ice water from the coffee table and drained it.
The cold liquid ran down his throat, cooling his excited mind a little.
That felt damn good!
He had long been intrigued by this foreign girl, whose years of ninjutsu training had pushed her flexibility beyond normal human limits.
And once she took off her shoes, her tiny four-foot-eight stature made the contrast all the more striking!
To break the assassin's defenses,
Jiang Che had spent nearly a hundred hours last night
using everything he knew to overwhelm Haruno Momoka from every angle!
If he had not already reached Heavenly Human Peak,
with the Nine Yang Divine Skill keeping the True Qi in his body flowing and his Kirin Kidney working like a nuclear reactor, Jiang Che would never have dared go so far!
Even with every advantage at his disposal,
Jiang Che still felt