With things like Resurrection Coins, killing was often not about killing at all, but about intimidating the other side.
Put simply, it meant telling them: if I could kill you once, then I could kill you twice, three times, or even countless times.
That kind of intimidation was even stronger than truly killing someone, because death settled everything once and for all. What was more frightening was being unable to die. Especially when one had family and friends, Resurrection Coins could even become a bottomless pit, dragging an entire family down.
Wang Yi sat in a private room, with Teng Xun seated across from him.
"What exactly happened this time? It was just a simple job to find someone. Don't tell me there are people even Black Gold House can't find. Tell me honestly—what is going on?" Wang Yi asked seriously as he set down his teacup and looked at Teng Xun.
Teng Xun sighed softly. Even now, he had yet to figure out Aiou's methods. The problem was that Aiou's ability was too terrifying. It was not that he did not want to tell Wang Yi, but that he could not say it.
Whenever he tried to speak, for some reason, he could not get the words out. He clearly knew both the words and the language, yet he could not piece them together into the sentence he wanted to say. Those words could only remain in his heart, unable to leave his mouth.
Wang Yi was equally puzzled. The divination had clearly been settled—the Black Market was highly suspicious, and someone had definitely laid an ambush for him here. Yet all the way here had been calm and peaceful, and even after entering Black Gold House, no unexpected changes had occurred.
Everything seemed to indicate that his divination