"The flight from Silver Winter towards Xuan Cang Moon City has arrived, please all passengers..." The sweet voice of the flight attendant echoed continuously throughout the airport. A man carrying a black travel bag slowly walked out from within the airport.
The man was beautiful.
Yes, he was beautiful, even more than some women. Hence, he attracted a significantly high rate of second glances. Women envied him, men were jealous, but his ice-cold face signaled to others that he was an unapproachable person.
Having left the airport, the beautiful man stood on the steps, amidst the hustle and bustle. He suddenly glanced back at the crowd, where a figure immediately vanished among the people.
A pretty smile appeared on the beautiful man’s lips, then he left the airport.
The beautiful man passed a newsstand, bought a map of Moon City, and continued on his way. Along the way, he stopped at a restaurant and ordered a bowl of beef noodles. He ate slowly, gracefully, exuding the air of a European noble, his pace of dining maddeningly deliberate.
Across the restaurant, a man smoking a cigarette, his gaze shadowy, murmured in a low voice, "Even eating is so slow! Just as the rumors said, calm and unhurried, killing invisibly, truly deserving of the nickname ’Phantom.’"
"However..." His tone suddenly shifted, and he continued to mutter to himself, "You’re a dead man!"
As a Gold Rank assassin, the man was very confident in himself.
The assassin hierarchy was divided into six levels: Copper Rank, Silver Rank, Gold Rank, Diamond, Transcendent, Strongest Level.
A Copper Rank assassin only needed to kill one person to claim the title, a Silver Rank assassin needed five kills, and a Gold Rank assassin required fifteen kills, along with completing specific targets to earn the title. The man had become a Gold Rank assassin through certain skills, which was the source of his strong confidence.
Finally, the beautiful man finished his meal. The man saw him leave the restaurant and hurriedly followed. After exiting the restaurant, the beautiful man walked towards a nearby alley and disappeared. The man quickly hastened his pace.
Upon reaching the mouth of the alley, the man was shocked to find that the beautiful man had disappeared.
"How can this be... Did he discover me? Impossible, if he wanted to discover me, he would have done so earlier." The man started to speculate and then decided to cut through the alley to search.
As the man reached the center of the alley, a figure slowly emerged. A cold smile formed on the beautiful man’s lips, "Are you looking for me?"
The man sensed something was amiss and without uttering a word, turned to run.
However, he saw a small knife suddenly appear in the beautiful man’s hand. Without the intent to chase, the beautiful man simply threw the knife. The desperate man trying to escape suddenly found a knife embedded in his buttocks, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.
The beautiful man walked over, unhurried. The man struck with the knife struggled, but found his body rigid, and he couldn’t move at all. His complexion darkened, and his body began to convulse.
The beautiful man stood in front of him and said indifferently, "Don’t bother struggling. I’ve smeared a potent poison on the knife. Do you know why I didn’t kill you at first? Because the journey was too boring, and I just wanted to play a game with you."
The man was horrified; he had indeed been discovered long ago.
Despite his indifference, the beautiful man was unusually talkative, "I don’t care who sent you to kill me, because I’ve probably already guessed. Apart from those few organizations, no one dares to trouble me. You all think I’m close with that guy and that you could find him through me, but I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. I don’t plan on leading you to him."
That guy?! By now, froth was emerging from the man’s mouth on the ground, and he made a guttural "heh heh" sound, trying to speak but unable to say anything.
The beautiful man turned around and walked deeper into the alley.
The man on the ground, after struggling in vain, finally stopped breathing completely.
About ten minutes later, a group of about a dozen people quickly arrived. They had a clear division of labor. Those who were to inspect the body did so, those who were to check for information did their part, and not a task was duplicated. Even the guards were kept out, and the area nearby was sealed off.
A few minutes later, a man and a woman arrived. The man had a bulbous nose, wide forehead, and a square face, while the woman wore black-framed glasses, clad in a tight leather outfit that accentuated the curves of her splendid figure.
"Report!" A person, who appeared to be a special forces operative, stepped forward and said solemnly, "The deceased was an assassin from the international ’Hell’ organization, a Gold Rank assassin, whose mission was to assassinate ’Phantom.’"
The man with the bulbous nose was visibly moved as he asked, "What about Phantom?"
The special forces operative immediately replied, "We have not determined where they went."
"You haven’t found out? Then start from the very beginning. Check flights, people and things they’ve been in contact with—we must locate them!" the man with the bulbous nose commanded.
The man with the bulbous nose turned to the woman and said, "Cai Qin, what do you think?"
Cai Qin crossed her arms, gently pushed up her black-framed glasses, and said indifferently, "The person has already fled, and it’s impossible to find them. If Phantom were so easy to locate, they wouldn’t be called Phantom. What worries me now is whether that person might also come to Xuan Cang."
The man was named Lin Chen, and he shared the same status as Cai Qin. Hearing the words ’that person,’ his expression suddenly darkened, and he said, "Are you talking about... that most wanted fugitive?"
Cai Qin said, "I actually think he’s not so much a fugitive as a hero."
Lin Chen let out a cold laugh and said, "He dares to rob anything from any organization. Having provoked all those martial arts traders abroad, if he now comes to Xuan Cang, wouldn’t that be a disaster for us? Can such a person be considered a hero?"
Cai Qin said nothing more, with no intention of arguing with Lin Chen, and turned to leave.
Blue Cloud Bar opened once again that evening. Fang Yi picked up a glass of whiskey and settled onto a sofa.
"If only I had a cigar...," Fang Yi thought. That would really be impressive.
The music in the bar was incredibly loud; the various DJs’ tunes throbbed in the ears, and Fang Yi squinted as he admired the women in the bar, idly scoring them in his head.
"Big butt, small chest, sixty points."
"This one has quite a large chest, but she’s a bit on the heavier side..."
"That woman, yes, you. You’ve got no face, no butt, no chest, and still you come to the bar to fish for guys. Even if you make the first move, nobody would want you..."
Frankly speaking, Fang Yi was just that bored.
While Fang Yi was scoring the women to the point of extreme boredom, a woman appeared before him.
"Damn, this one’s good: big chest, perky butt, killer figure. Beauty, want to have a few drinks?" Fang Yi’s face was full of lecherous curiosity.
Bai Jingjing looked at him with exasperation and said, "I’ll drink, but nothing more."
Fang Yi jerked with surprise and chuckled awkwardly, "Oh, it’s you."
Sitting opposite him, Bai Jingjing crossed her legs, and in an instant, her long legs, as smooth as mutton fat jade, were revealed from beneath her skirt in the dim light, creating a vaguely alluring effect that made Fang Yi’s throat bob a few times.
Fang Yi downed the whiskey in his glass in one gulp to quell the heat rising within him.
Bai Jingjing’s smile was ambiguous as she said, "It seems like you’re doing quite well for yourself here."
Fang Yi replied, "With the name of the Alliance Hierarch behind me, who would dare to disagree?" He secretly flattered her.
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