Assassination Target: Alter Mercury

Bone Spur originally wanted to loudly rebuke the newly arrived captain for insulting him with money.

But he gave way too much!

Although 5000 points isn't an unattainable number for him, sometimes he can get two or three orders at that price a month if he's lucky...

But receiving a 5000-point gift for doing nothing during the meeting is still a different matter.

Moreover, these 5000 points are in the form of Gold Point Vouchers, which looks incredibly luxurious.

Clutching the five sheets of cardboard in his hand, Bone Spur felt as if he were holding a CT series motorcycle, the latest product from the Universal Trade Association, and as if he were holding half a key to a duplex Apartment in the Outer City.

After pondering for a long time, he put the Gold Point Vouchers into his pocket, looked at the man in the white trench coat, and sneered, "Since you are a trusted confidant appointed by the employer, you should have some brains and be quite familiar with the situation in the Inner City."

"This mission involves infiltrating Three Great Corporations, so following your arrangements is quite suitable."

During this time, the captain also slipped five Gold Point Vouchers into the hands of everyone else and listened to the Big Ball's acceptance of the others.

He laughed and said, "Haha, Bone Spur, right? I do know quite a bit about the Three Great Corporations!"

"However, this time we're not infiltrating the Headquarters the Three Great Corporations."

As he spoke, he closed the door to the private room, and then pulled out a box-shaped device from his pocket that looked like Time Bomb.

However, when the captain opened it, it didn't explode.

Big Ball exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, the Universal Chamber of Commerce's 'Portable Secret Meeting Room'... It's said that once you use this thing, it can block all signals and recording devices. You truly deserve to be a confidant of a great Noble; you can even come up with such a wonderful thing."

Lin Yu was standing to the side, understood after hearing the explanation from the Big Ball.

Now it's probably time to introduce the task details!

So he took the opportunity to ask.

"Not going to the Headquarters the Three Great Corporations? What does that mean? This is different from what was said when we accepted the mission!"

Lin Yu spoke with pride, and the captain smiled.

"This is an assassination mission, so the target will be traveling around... The top executives of the Three Great Corporations also need to go home and travel for work."

Bone Spur nodded in agreement, "If he's not at the Headquarters of the Three Great Corporations, it'll actually make things easier. It's a good thing for us anyway; there's definitely nowhere in the City That Never Sleeps that's harder to get into than the Headquarters of the Three Great Corporations."

Lin Yu looked at the captain who was smiling silently to the side and said, "That's not necessarily true."

The captain, sensing Lin Yu's gaze, smiled and said, "At least it's definitely not harder than before..."

"Everyone, please look at the information."

He pulled four paper documents from his trench coat and distributed them to four people.

Turning to the first page, Bone Spur, who had just been speaking up for the captain, suddenly cried out.

"What the hell?!"

Big Ball immediately exclaimed, "This... this is too outrageous!"

Even Zhu Rong couldn't help but click her tongue softly.

After reading everyone's reactions, Lin Yu returned his gaze to the documents, not at all surprised.

Because the location shown in this information is the manor of the Nightless Sky Family.

The manors and residences of the Five Great Noble Families are located in the Inner City that City That Never Sleeps, and they are practically cities within cities!

This place is indeed much harder to get into than the Headquarters of the Three Great Corporations —after all, the Three Great Corporations have employees, outsourced workers, and Partner who can come and go daily.

The residences of Royal Nobles are only open to invited Noble.

"We're going to the Nevernight Manor? Are you kidding me?!"

Bone Spur looked at the captain.

The captain gestured for them to continue reading, "Don't get excited, we're not telling you to just swagger in..."

Lin Yu turned the page and saw the specific time.

"Three days from now, the Nevernight Manor will host a banquet to celebrate the twentieth birthday of the Second Miss Nightless Sky Fire Apricot..."

In the eyes of the Noble of the City That Never Sleeps, a woman is considered an adult at twenty and should begin choosing a husband.

Therefore, Miss 'Noble twentieth birthday celebration must be a grand affair.

Not to mention Royal Nobles.

"Having a Birthday Banquet is certainly better, since it invites many celebrities, Noble, and executives from major companies. But for mercenaries like us from the outskirts of the Outer City, it's still not easy to sneak in," Big Ball said with a sigh. "After all, judging from our demeanor, we're obviously from Outer City ..."

As he spoke, he suddenly glanced at Lin Yu.

"Well, at least most of us."

The term "Big Ball" has been changed.

Lin Yu looked at the captain with some curiosity.

"Won't you provide us with identities that allow us to infiltrate?"

"Of course not," the captain chuckled, shaking his finger. "It seems you rarely take on Inner City missions... My employer offered this price because he doesn't want to get himself into any trouble."

"If he provides a way in, we'll find out no matter what—so we hope everyone will use their own ingenuity to infiltrate."

Bone Spur couldn't help but mutter, "I knew this kind of task wouldn't be easy... but considering how much you're offering..."

As he spoke, he turned to the next page.

Bone Spur's expression Cataclysm: "Damn it, I quit—this is what you mean by A-2 level?!"

Hearing the urgent tone in Bone Spur's voice, which sounded like a joke, everyone turned to look at the mission target.

After Lin Yu flipped the page, he saw a photo of an old man.

The photo appears to have been taken secretly; the elderly man in the photo is getting out of a car.

The old man looked to be in his eighties, yet he was upright and strong.

"Please find an opportunity to assassinate Arter Mercury, an A-2 level supervisor at the Nevernight Truth Company, during Nightless Sky Fire Apricot's Birthday Banquet or within the Nightless Sky Family."

Even the Big Ball, which had always maintained a friendly demeanor, turned hostile.

"We can't take this job."

The captain chuckled and pulled out another handful of Gold Point Vouchers from his pocket—judging by their thickness, they were worth at least fifty or sixty thousand.

"Everyone, please don't panic..."

"This isn't about money."

Bone Spur said coldly.

"Yes, it's not about money," the captain said with a smile, "But do you really think you have any room to back out now that you know someone is trying to assassinate Arter Mercury?"

With his other hand, he pulled a button from his pocket and casually lifted his trench coat.

Beneath the captain's white trench coat, a box wrapped in layers of white light was revealed.

Even if Lin Yu didn't recognize the thing, he could sense its purpose.

To create some kind of massive explosion!

Both the Big Ball and the Bone Spur were speechless with shock, their expressions shifting between anger and uncertainty.

Only Zhu Rong remained calm. She stood up, put her hands in her pockets, and walked to the front of everyone.

She stared intently at the captain, her fiery red eyes as clear as agate.

Zhu Rong uttered two words.

"Can."

Then she added three more words.

"You'll have to pay more."