Inside the hospital room.
Tian Ke slowly woke up.
The room was deathly somber.
Quite a few members of the Tian Family were covering their faces and crying.
"I... died?"
Bewildered, Tian Ke felt his body.
It was still warm.
"Brother... what happened?"
Tian Ke asked in confusion.
"Old Ninth came."
Tian Bo's face was dark. "Xiao Ming is gone."
He had killed Xiao Ming right in front of Tian Guang and Tian Bo.
That was a fucking slap in the face.
When had the Tian Family ever swallowed a humiliation like this?
The crucial thing was that Old Ninth wouldn't even have to pay with his life. His mental illness was genuine; he could take medical leave and get a doctor's certificate.
"Fuck, I'm going to kill Old Ninth."
Hearing of his relative's death, Tian Ke grew furious too.
He was both angry and full of self-reproach.
If he hadn't provoked Little White Tiger, he wouldn't have gotten Xiao Ming killed.
"But... it's strange."
Sitting on the sofa, Tian Bo analyzed it calmly. "Old Ninth was acting far too strangely today."
"It would have been perfectly normal for him to come kill Tian Ke, but today, his goal didn't seem to be killing at all. He seemed to have come to cause trouble."
Everyone involuntarily looked toward Tian Ke.
The fact that he was still alive made it even stranger.
Had Old Ninth come all the way to the Capital just to cause trouble?
It didn't add up.
"I've looked into Old Ninth. Since he first made a name for himself, he's carried out at least thirty solo assassinations on Red Three Street alone."
"He strikes fast and hard, and never leaves anyone alive."
"He could be called Little White Tiger's number-one assassin, with both brains and guts."
Tian