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Chapter 123 - 123 115 got me confused
Chapter 123 - 123 115 got me confused
?Chapter 123: 115 got me confused. Chapter 123: 115 got me confused. Mr. Liu felt that everything had gone terribly wrong. He should never have provoked an awakening wizard like this. These people hadn’t suffered enough to learn the art of living with their tails between their legs.
But by now, regrets were too late, and his brain was racing with thoughts.
Then, “smack~”
A loud slap left him seeing stars.
His wife looked particularly furious, “Other women?”
But he just had a stoic face and coldly looked on, his attitude further enraging the woman before him.
The ‘artist’ wizard standing at the entrance to the door whistled, “This one looks cheaper than the last one~”
“Are you out of money?”
To add fuel to the fire, his wife was completely enraged.
She flailed wildly again, but Mr. Liu caught her arm in a firm grip.
With a fierce twist, he subdued the woman, who could only bend over in pain. Then he grabbed her other hand and with a strong tug, pulled her towards the bed.
He used a sash from the hotel bed to tie up the woman, quickly stuffed and tied a gag in her mouth, threw her on the bed, pulled the quilt over her, and only then turned with a solemn face to face the wizard ‘artist’.
After years of plotting, he had too many methods to deal with wizards in secret.
Apart from direct confrontations, he had prepared no shortage of schemes.
This ‘artist’ wizard had sealed his fate!
The angrier he got, the calmer his face became. Stoically, he picked up a bathrobe from the floor, discarded his wife’s underwear on top of it, and calmly put it on.
Lin An paid him no mind.
His recent inquiry about being out of money was not directed at Mr. Liu; he was asking the Gray Wolf.
The Gray Wolf seemed particularly enraged, growling at Lin An.
“Grr~”
——I’m going to kill you!
——Would I ever be out of money? Ha, what a joke! I can still pull out hundreds of thousands in cash!
——If it weren’t for buying those wizard’s potions and magical tools, my wealth would be beyond your wildest dreams!
“Oh? Where do you keep it then?”
To the seemingly nonsensical response, Mr. Liu just thought the wizard was losing his mind, but Gray Wolf sneered and recounted.
——There’s some in the cellar at home; there are even two in the trunk of my car…
——You’re so curious, I’ll go fetch them from the hotel parking lot later and let you have a taste!
Really now…
Lin An whistled, smacked his lips, and nodded thoughtfully.
This guy actually had means to deal with wizards?
Impressive!
I’ll have to see for myself later what it is.
“I think, by commissioning me to deal with someone, it wasn’t without offering a fee, right?”
Mr. Liu fiddled with his watch on his wrist, his expression grave, “Artist, the Supernatural World has never been a place for reckless behavior. Everyone must strictly follow the rules set by Sir ‘Kapok’, or none of us would be able to play the game.”
“The existence of the Mortal Aid Department isn’t just to provide service workers, otherwise, some magical things could replace it.”
“Mutual benefit, each taking what they need, that was the ethos Sir ‘Kapok’ established back then.”
“Are you threatening me?” The artist scoffed, “Using the organization’s leader to pressure me? Are you worthy?”
Yet Mr. Liu remained unflinching, “Yes, I am worthy! I am the leader of the Mortal Aid Department, and I have provided our leader ‘Kapok’ with information that he couldn’t find elsewhere. You have no idea how significant I am to him.”
“Really now…”
Lin An raised an eyebrow, so Mr. Liu, when I mentioned ‘extra charges’ to Chen Xinmi, I wasn’t wronging you, huh?
“I hope you understand that dealing with you has always been fair. I’ve even given more than before! If this matter reaches Sir ‘Kapok’, he would stand by my side.”
“As of now, the payment has already been made in advance, and yet the target you were supposed to deal with seems to be unscathed?”
When Mr. Liu saw Lin An hopping around the office this morning, he was furious beyond words. It should have been as simple as lifting a finger, and yet these wizards were all so slow!
“Heh~”
The artist chuckled coldly, marched to the sofa, tossed aside a dress, and then sat down huffily, eyeing Mr. Liu coldly.
“The target you asked me to deal with, you never told me that he was involved with a Witch-hunting Knight!”
Mr. Liu gaped, his eyes widening, “What do you mean?”
“The young man beside him, oh, he seems to be your boss, right? He seems to know the Witch-hunting Knight!”
“I was thinking of a ‘buy one get one’ deal, taking both out at once, but I almost got killed by the Witch-hunting Knight!”
Mr. Liu was stunned, his disbelief evident as he stared at the artist, “Are you insane? Buy one get one?”
Again with this kind of trouble!
The artist just shrugged, “Just something convenient.”
“Convenient?” Mr. Liu was scared out of his wits. He was angry that Lu Dexian was indeed getting quite close to Lin An, but he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief for it. Damn it, if Lu Dexian had been killed, all his plans would be ruined!
“Just deal with Lin An!” Mr. Liu said through gritted teeth, “I only paid to have this person killed, can’t you just kill this person?”
Slap~
The painter forcefully dropped his legs, sat up, and leaned on the granite tabletop with both hands, coldly looking at Mr. Liu, “Are you teaching me how to do my job?”
He extended a finger, gently pressing it against the tabletop, and gave a light flick.
Rumble~
The entire tea table suddenly split in half, collapsing into two pieces in an instant. The tea tray, teaware, ashtray, and kettle on top all fell down with it, crashing to the floor with a clattering sound.
“Say that again?”
The painter lifted his chin, his eyes glaringly big, coldly staring at Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu instinctively stepped back, swallowing hard, and stared blankly at the scene in front of him.
Dammit, this Wizard seemed genuinely adept at hunting, wielding witchcraft so silently!
“I…”
“What I mean is I just want Lin An dead!” Mr. Liu finally managed to keep his cool, after all, he had seen many more impressive Witch-hunting Knights like Lu Tingyu and other great Wizard bosses, like his own cousin.
“Of course, I will kill Lin An!” The painter slowly stood up, “My reputation is very good.”
“But…”
He slowly approached Mr. Liu, staring at him coldly, “You damn didn’t give me full intel, didn’t tell me he had a Witch-hunting Knight by his side. Are you trying to send me to my death?”
“One thing at a time, the person you want killed, I will kill, but you, I will also kill!”
“Unless, you give me a satisfactory explanation!”
Silence, the whole room fell silent.
Only Mr. Liu’s wife remained, making muffled cries of ‘woo woo woo’ and struggling noises beneath the blankets.
Mr. Liu finally softened, his posture shrinking; he had to lower his head, estimating that the man in front of him probably wasn’t very powerful in witchcraft, which is precisely why he wasn’t in that lunatic state exclusive to Wizards.
Fortunately, he was still approachable.
Unfortunately, he was still approachable.
He maintained that calculative nature he used to mix in with ordinary people, meticulously counting every possible profit.
Their dialogue couldn’t be handled with the same tactics one would use to coax a kindergarten child.
“Fine!” Mr. Liu was somewhat reluctant but had no choice, “But you must promise me one condition, only go after Lin An, do not harm others. I don’t care if others are accidentally injured, but I don’t want any more accidents!”
The painter narrowed his eyes and finally nodded, “Okay, but I don’t want your messy house; I want cash!”
“500,000! I’m not overcharging, Lin An’s life is 500,000, your life is also 500,000, fair and square!”
Mr. Liu clenched his fist tightly, exhaling deeply, “Fine, when will you come to collect it? I’ll prepare in advance.”
“Now!”
The painter’s voice was light, “Now! Go get it and bring it to me!”
Now?
Mr. Liu’s eyes narrowed, his expression flickering as he looked at the painter Wizard and then at his wife, bound and immobile under the blankets.
But ultimately he nodded, “Okay!”
The growling of the grey wolf beside him filled the air.
“Roar~!”
—You’re done for, and when Lin An dies, it’ll be your time to die! Don’t think I’m unaware! You greedy bastard, when Lin An dies, you’ll surely come to extort from me again! Then I’ll show you how an ordinary man can kill a Wizard!
Lin An just smiled amiably at him, “Hurry up, if you take too long, I don’t know what might happen.”
“!!!”
Mr. Liu left without even changing his clothes, grabbing his car keys and phone.
Only then did Lin An slowly close the door, walk over to the bed, and gently lift the blanket, cocking his head to look at the pretty but somewhat sharp-faced woman inside.
“Honey~ can you tell me your home address?”
He didn’t bother to remove the cloth from the woman’s mouth; he didn’t need her to answer; he was asking her spirit.
The grey wolf had told him Mr. Liu also had preparations to deal with Wizards in the cellar of his house; that piqued his curiosity.
Unexpectedly, the woman struggled to spit out the cloth in her mouth and stared at him with wide eyes.
“Are you the hitman Mr. Liu hired to kill someone? 500,000 per person?”
Lin An gently nodded.
“Well then, kill someone for me, and I’ll give you 500,000!”
“Who?”
“Mr. Liu!”
Darling~
This… you’ve lost me here~
If I hadn’t turned up, you two should be lovingly intertwined right now, right? So why do you want to kill Mr. Liu? Do you realize how much undercover pressure people like Mr. Liu face? Huh?