In Marvel, working for the system.
Deliberately matching strength with someone stronger wasn't bravery. It was recklessness.
Suzaku walked over to where Xu Xi and Ajax had fought.
Their battle had been even more brutal.
Ajax had a gaping slash across his throat. He was dead.
Xu Xi had several dagger wounds.
Seeing Suzaku approach, Xu Xi forced a smile. "I won."
Suzaku said, "I'm not blind... Can you hold out?"
Xu Xi said, "I stitched myself up a little. I'll manage."
Suzaku rolled his eyes at Wade. "You just stood there watching?"
Wade said, "Of course not! I interacted with the audience!"
Suzaku said, "..."
He'd forgotten Wade wasn't quite right in the head.
Taking his phone back, Suzaku told Xu Xi, "Go find the information you wanted. I'll wrap things up."
Xu Xi asked, "Will you be wrapping things up the conventional way?"
Suzaku said, "???"
Xu Xi said, "Livestreaming like this, for example, is very unconventional."
Suzaku said, "Oh. Conventionally."
How could Xu Xi not get it? He hurried off to find the files.
Suzaku glanced at his phone and jumped.
Wow. Over two hundred thousand viewers.
Were those numbers real?
Wade said, "Man, if I'd known streaming paid this well, why would I ever have become a mercenary? I killed forty-one people during my service, one every seven weeks, about as often as a regular guy gets a haircut, and I still needed a mortgage to buy a house."
"..."
Suzaku said, "Whether you can buy a house outright has nothing to do with your profession. The problem is that you can't keep it in your pants. Those ladies are good at their jobs, but they charge a lot. Get it?"
Wade said, "Is that it? Uh... Don't ever let Vanessa find out, or she'll definitely