Richard reached out and took Lin's hand, speaking softly.
"They're here!"
Lin blushed slightly at first, but after hearing what Richard said, she quickly put down the towel.
"I'll go get the gun!"
He turned to leave.
"No need, leave it to me!" Richard shook his head and smiled gently at Lin.
He checked his physical condition...
They discovered that all the internal organs that had been injured in the Game World had been healed.
"You stay here..." Richard got out of bed, and to Lynn's surprise, opened a Portal. "I'll be right back..."
After saying that, he stepped into the Portal.
" Richard ..." Lynn covered her mouth in shock.
Who exactly are you...?
The Mercenary squad of a dozen or so men split into two groups.
Half of them were crammed into the crowded elevator, while the other half were climbing up the narrow stairs.
Richard's Portal opens in front of the group on the stairs.
Hi everyone!
He stood at the corner of the stairs and raised his hand to greet the group of Mercenary.
"It's the target! Fire! Fire now!"
Upon their sudden encounter, the Mercenary recognized Richard and frantically grabbed their weapons, aiming them at Richard.
Richard shook his head speechlessly.
"You are the worst group I have ever encountered!"
Without using Magic, he lunged forward and delivered a punch directly to the head of the Mercenary at the front.
"Ugh~" The unlucky guy rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground.
Richard transformed into a dark figure, moving through the narrow stairwell, punching, elbowing, and kicking, quickly knocking the group of Mercenary unconscious.
"Tsk, I have to deal with a bunch of grunts myself... I'll have to develop a Conqueror Haki Spell later!"
Richard raised his hand and drew a circle, and a Portal appeared beneath his feet, sinking him in along with the unconscious Mercenary.
They reappeared on the rooftop.
Richard teleported away again, and two seconds later, the Portal opened, and another group of Mercenary fell out like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
He looked up at the sky, a strange smile on his face.
"So these guys were after me!"
The moment he appeared on the rooftop, he sensed an inexplicable feeling of being watched.
He is now certain that someone is monitoring him via satellite.
"Let me see who you are..."
Richard bent down and yanked the soul out of a Mercenary.
" Spirit Vision Retrospection!"
Fingertips wreathed in crimson Mana pierced the Mercenary's soul.
He closed his eyes to search, and after a while, he suddenly opened them.
"What a surprise!"
"It's actually the Red Mountain Group!"
" Karim Lucas, Head of the Red Mountain Group's Johannesburg branch..."
A dangerous smile played on Richard's lips.
He drew circles with both hands, teleporting the Mercenary directly into the depths of the sea.
A group of hungry great white sharks are swimming swiftly there...
Back at Lin's house.
Lin rushed over, checking on her anxiously.
" Richard, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"
"I'm fine, Lynn..." Richard touched his nose, feeling inexplicably awkward hearing Lynn always call him ' Richard '.
So he said, "Lin, you can call me Richard... that's my real name..."
" Richard?" Lin was slightly taken aback, thinking of her colleague who had died in South Africa. "You two are both named Richard?"
"Well..." Richard chuckled awkwardly, "I'll tell you everything later. I'm going to take care of the mastermind first!"
"Then be careful!" Lin said worriedly.
Richard nodded, then suddenly hugged her, kissed her forehead, and teleported away.
Johannesburg, Red Mountain Group branch.
Richard, using Invisibility, quietly appeared in the Director Office.
Director Karim Lucas stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, making a phone call. Judging from his agitated tone, he was clearly very agitated.
"... Send another team. Do I need to teach you how to do this?"
"What? Hong Kong is out of manpower?"
"Then let's transfer people from Australia and Japan!"
"I only want results, results!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone, his chest heaving with anger.
"Manager Lucas, you're too hot-tempered. You need to calm down..." A clear male voice suddenly rang out.
Startled, Karim Lucas turned around abruptly and demanded, "Who's there!"
He looked around and, finding no one else, his expression changed, and he shouted.
" Mainframe, inspect the office!"
"Yes, sir!"
A female mechanical electronic voice began to play.
A blue scanning beam swept across the entire office.
"Sir, you are the only one in the office."
"Impossible! Someone was definitely talking just now!" With that, Karim Lucas hurriedly pulled a pistol from his desk drawer.
"It seems that during my absence, your Red Mountain Group's artificial intelligence hasn't made any progress..."
After Richard finished speaking, he canceled his Invisibility and appeared openly in front of Karim Lucas.
"It's you!" Karim Lucas recognized Richard at a glance.
It was that mysterious Mage killed the president and destroyed the headquarters in South Africa.
He raised his pistol, ready to fire.
Richard shifted his form and appeared directly to his left, grabbing his right hand that was holding the gun.
"Your Red Mountain Group's way of meeting people is always so unfriendly..."
After saying that, he gripped it tightly.
'Click!'
"Ugh!"
Karim Lucas screamed in agony as he looked at his right hand, which had been snapped and deformed by the immense force, and howled in pain.
"My hand!"
Richard shook his head, raised his hand, and pulled his soul out.
" Spirit Vision Retrospection!"
The fingertips, imbued with crimson Mana, pierced the soul.
"Wow, Red Mountain Group has so many behind-the-scenes directors!"
Richard was somewhat surprised, as he had just learned many secrets of the Red Mountain Group from Karim Lucas's memories.
The person who installed Bug in Lynn's house and assigned people to monitor her 24 hours a day was none other than Karim Lucas...
But there's actually someone else behind it all.
It is the Red Mountain Group Behind-the-Scenes Board of Directors.
"It's alright, we can just go find them one by one..."
Richard teleported directly to the outside of the Red Mountain Group's branch and conjured a large blue-white fireball with his hand.
He casually tossed it behind him and stepped into the Portal.
boom!
The aftershocks of the explosion traveled from the closed Portal to the other side, causing the hem of Richard's Combat Mage robes to flutter in the wind.
" Paris, Red Flower Manor..."
Richard stealthily flew into the manor's reception room, where the manor's Master Bob Jones, was receiving guests.
As it happened, the guest was Paul Scheis, one of the behind-the-scenes directors of the Red Mountain Group.
"Good day, esteemed directors of the Red Mountain Group." Richard appeared out of nowhere before them, greeting them with a smile. "I hope I haven't interrupted your conversation."
Bob Jones slammed his Walking Stick on the ground and shouted angrily, "Who are you? How dare you trespass here! Don't you know where you are?"
Paul Scheis recognized Richard at a glance, and his expression changed slightly.
He stood up quietly and moved backward without making a sound.
Richard turned to him, smiling, and said, "It seems Director Shays recognized me. Perhaps you could introduce me to Director Jones..."
Paul Scheis forced a smile and bowed respectfully to Richard: "Respected Mage, I have no intention of being your enemy. Everything was instigated by Bob Jones."
"Director Shays!"
Bob Jones looked at Paul Scheis in disbelief.
How could you...?