A New Profession

After the gunshot, the bar fell deathly silent.

Everyone stared dumbly as the ping-pong-ball-sized bloody hole in Su Ming's chest rapidly healed until it vanished, leaving only a hole in his clothes.

"What the f..."

Though the smell of gunpowder masked the cigars, it did nothing to dispel the shadow hanging over Baring's heart.

His mouth fell open involuntarily.

He had imagined that the large-caliber handgun in his hand would blow Su Ming away, perhaps even blast open his chest.

But he had never imagined something this absurd would happen.

The agents in the bar were all stunned beyond words by what they saw.

They had seen bullets pass through human bodies countless times—bloody, brutal, but normal.

But something like this, straight out of a science fiction movie, simply made no sense!

Su Ming shot Baring a reproachful look, clearly dissatisfied with his impatience. He unfolded the letter as though he had not just been shot.

There was one and only one sentence on the letter:

"Kill the yellow-skinned monkey who delivered this letter to you!"

After reading it, Su Ming asked curiously,

"Mr. Baring, if you wanted to kill me, couldn't you have just done it yourself?"

Scorpion Baring finally revealed his stinger in humiliation and fury. He fired and roared,

"What are you all standing around for? Kill him!"

The roar of bullets leaving their barrels instantly filled the cramped bar.

The wall by the entrance was riddled with evenly spaced holes in an instant.

With the tense and exciting confrontation finally underway, Su Ming licked his lips in excitement.

Running more than ten kilometers had merely been a warm-up for him. He lowered his body and vanished in an instant, becoming the grim reaper of the night.

Every time the flickering figure paused among the crowd, another living life was taken.

What kind of power would a fully enhanced body, bullet-ignoring regeneration, and Jeet Kune Do Mastery produce?

The answer was obvious.

In the blink of an eye, the agents were sprawled across the floor in all sorts of twisted positions.

The lucky ones had their noses pointed at their asses;

The unlucky ones had their noses pointed at their asses, plus a hundred or so bullet holes.

After dealing with all the agents, Su Ming looked at Baring again. This venomous scorpion had lost all the bearing of a superior and collapsed to the floor.

His legs instinctively kicked against the ground as he tried to retreat, even though his back was already pressed tightly against the bar counter.

Several gunshot wounds on his body had been caused by stray bullets, and blood was now pouring from them.

"Oh, right, Mr. Baring, there's something I forgot to tell you—"

With a relaxed expression, Su Ming crouched in front of Baring and used his tie to wipe the blood splashed on his hands.

"You're fired."

It had been many years since old Baring had been as happy as he was today.

That was because he had obtained intelligence from Hell's Kitchen's local gangs regarding the Vibranium deal.

The higher-ups in the organization had promised him that if he found the source of the Vibranium, his agent rank would rise another level. Entering the upper ranks would be just around the corner.

"I knew it~!"

There was no way the organization would pass up any opportunity to seize something like Vibranium.

So when he first heard rumors of Vibranium coming out of Hell's Kitchen, he had spent two nights wracking his not-so-bright bald head before coming up with a plan.

He would send some unlucky bastard into the central area of Hell's Kitchen first—never mind what he did there.

At the same time, he would spread word that a traitor within Hydra possessed information about Vibranium.

That way, he could openly send his people into Hell's Kitchen's core territory, and Kingpin's Vibranium deal would inevitably be affected.

First muddy the waters, then fish in troubled waters!

This was Hydra's most commonly used method for infiltrating every corner of society.

Unexpectedly, Kingpin's organization was not as solid as it seemed.

His plan had barely begun when Kingpin's greedy underlings came knocking and shouted,

"Fresh Vibranium intel, reasonably priced~"

In the end, he obtained the intelligence for a mere five hundred thousand dollars, and Su Ming naturally became a useless pawn.

But just as he was congratulating himself, that damned Su Ming returned like a demon and wrecked the place.

Worst of all, the reason this guy had nearly wiped out more than half of his key men was simply—firing him??

Just quitting?

Brother! Hydra wasn't some legitimate company. Did a trivial matter like quitting really need to be handled like this?

Was it necessary?

Sure, I sent people to kill you, but weren't you perfectly fine?

Can't I apologize?

Baring was on the verge of a mental breakdown...

"Ming~ my brother, we can talk this out! You want to quit? As you wish, just spare me..."

Looking at Baring's desperate face, Su Ming felt that the ruthless venomous scorpion from his memories suited that fleshy face much better.

As though he had remembered something, he looked at Baring expectantly.

"Mr. Baring, since you've agreed to my resignation, can we discuss compensation next?"

Whether it was the mission or the pursuit, Baring had planned it all himself. Su Ming felt that he deserved compensation. This was not extortion...

Extortion!

Blatant extortion!

As feeling gradually disappeared from his right leg, poor old Baring cursed fiercely in his heart.

Yet his hands moved with great enthusiasm as he picked up the phone and began operating it.

"Ming~ my brother, your request is perfectly reasonable. I intend to give you five hundred thousand dollars as severance compensation...

On one condition—get me to the hospital immediately!"

Su Ming showed no reaction.

"One million!!"

When Su Ming said nothing, Baring gritted his teeth and doubled the price.

But Su Ming was calculating how long he would have to deliver food to earn five hundred thousand dollars.

The answer was—he could not earn it in a lifetime!

He had just transmigrated, after all. His mindset had not adjusted yet...

Just as Su Ming was still immersed in the shock brought by half a million dollars, Baring shouted a new number.

"Two million dollars!!!

Ming~ my brother, that's all the liquid cash I have! If you don't get me to the hospital, I'll die! For God's sake!"

"How much? Two million?!"

Su Ming's eyes lit up when he came to his senses, but Scorpion Baring's reputation for cunning reminded him not to trust him easily unless the money was transferred immediately!

"Deal!"

Su Ming agreed with a smile.

"But... I want it now! Otherwise, you're not going anywhere."

With no choice, Baring obediently complied. He made a call and told his men to transfer the money to Su Ming immediately.

The wait was agonizing. Not every bank was open at midnight.

Baring felt very cold right now. He thought that no matter what connections his subordinate had to use, as long as he got this done, he would become Baring's next favorite!

"Clink~"

A few minutes later, the sound of coins clashing rang by Su Ming's ear, followed by a system notification:

[Transfer received! Account balance: 2,001,380 dollars!]

Su Ming felt as though he were dreaming. He had gotten so much money so easily?

If he had been delivering food...

No!

The occasional scent of blood and the corpses filling the room made him realize—he was no longer that delivery rider who rose before dawn, worked through wind and snow, and still had to put up with people's attitudes!

Then what was he?

A Hydra agent?

That was not right either!

After all, he had just fired his boss and received a huge compensation payment.

At that thought, a blonde, blue-eyed beauty appeared in Su Ming's mind.

Though he did not know her name, being a bounty hunter seemed to fit his current situation rather well~

Snap!

He snapped his fingers and made up his mind:

His new profession from now on—bounty hunter!

Lost in thought, Su Ming did not hear Baring's cries for help until he became so weak that he could barely speak, his face pale as gold.

Only then did Su Ming react.

"Oops~

Sorry, Mr. Baring, I almost forgot about you. I'll get you treated right away!"

At first, when Su Ming ignored him, Baring thought Su Ming would turn on him after taking the money—just as he himself had done many times before.

He fell into utter despair.

Then he suddenly heard Su Ming's words. Hope shone from his eyes. His lips trembled as he was unable to speak, and he nodded repeatedly, wishing Su Ming would immediately become Superman and fly him to the hospital on his back...

"Damn it! He killed Boss Baring!"

"Kill him!!"

The returning agents instantly understood what had happened when they saw the disastrous state of the bar.

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

"Long live Hydra!"

The light in Baring's eyes went out...

Damn "Long live Hydra!"