Zhou Lin

The bullet casings fell to the ground, and blood rained down.

The gunshots that came one after another were finally buried in the rumbling sound of machinery.

Dozens of lives just withered in the morning sunshine.

The reason why the God of Death is the God of Killing is not because of how strong his ability is, nor because of how strong his body is.

Just because his understanding of "killing", as well as his concentration and execution ability on the activity of "killing"... have reached a level beyond the reach of "human beings".

Strength, speed, fighting skills, supernatural powers, super five senses, marksmanship, etc., these are just the conditions and preparations Jack made in order to kill people; if you take any of these factors, there is nothing better than him in the world. Stronger people exist.

But those people cannot be the gods of death.

Only Jack Anderson...the man who defined the "killer" code of this era can bear this title.

Boom——

When the last Qian Ming assassin in the factory was shot in the head and fell to the ground, Jack also stopped shooting.

Even if he had to deal with so many armed killers at the same time, and there were several combat-oriented ability users among them... it would be quite difficult.

When Jack walked back to the first floor, a chill suddenly irritated the skin on his lips. He instinctively raised his hand and touched it, and saw a touch of red.

At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly sounded from the railing on the second floor: "Sure enough... abilities like 'time stop' should not be used repeatedly in a short period of time."

Jack had heard this voice before.

He turned around, looked up, and saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.

This girl looks very clean, with neither makeup nor bookishness.

The last time Jack saw her, she was wearing an ordinary long-sleeved shirt and holding a flower basket in her hand. There was deep exhaustion and sadness in her eyes.

But this time, she was wearing a slim-fitting black dress, with a strange mechanical device on her wrist, and... there was pride and indifference on her face.

"Who are you?" Jack asked because he could feel that the other person was not from Gallo.

"Olivia Duccio," she replied.

When he finished speaking, Jack frowned slightly, his mind buzzing.

Some things that bothered him became clear, but many things that were originally clear became chaotic.

"It's a bit strange, isn't it?" Olivia saw his confusion and continued with a smile, "Ha... After all, according to what Charles said, Olivia should be at least twenty-four or five years old."

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"I'm just a middleman. If the world is going to change, what can I do?"

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At this moment, the scene of the bartender smoking a cigarette and smiling wryly flashed across Jack's eyes.

"Charles is your man?" Jack asked.

"Huh... You are very quick-thinking, Mr. Anderson." Olivia continued, "However, what you said is not accurate..." She paused, "Charles is not my subordinate, he is just because of certain reasons. Because of this, you have to obey my orders.”

"But he has no relatives." Jack's words sounded a bit out of the ordinary, but the idea was actually quite right.

"Yeah, everyone thinks he doesn't have it." Olivia replied, "But I still found out through some way... Charles has an illegitimate son who grew up in an adoptive family and is currently attending college in Golden Lion County. .”

"He did something for you for an illegitimate son he had barely met and probably didn't even know he existed?" Jack asked.

"Ha..." Olivia smiled, "Didn't you come and take away Qian Ming's headquarters just for a bitch you've only met twice?"

When she said this, Jack had already noticed the strange movements around him through his hearing...

A few seconds later, dozens more figures appeared on the second floor; there is no doubt that these people are also "Qian Ming", but they are not loyal to Gallo, but to Duccio.

At the same time, a female killer came to Olivia's side while escorting Angel, whose hands were tied behind her back and her mouth was gagged.

Although they were still nearly ten meters away, Jack could clearly see the blood stains seeping out from the clothes on Angel's sides, and she was still making some strange noises.

Angel shouted excitedly when she saw Jack, but because her mouth was sealed with tape, she could only let out an indistinct groan.

Snapped--

"Be quiet." Olivia didn't even look at Angel, but slapped the latter with her backhand.

Angel's shouts were instantly suppressed by this slap, and she knelt down on the ground, sobbing feebly.

"Before you do anything that will make you regret, let me say hello to you first." Olivia then said to Jack, "I have embedded an absolutely impossible thing in Angel's ribs. The explosive device was dismantled in a short period of time..." She raised her left hand and showed the thing on her wrist, "This one on my hand is the detonator." She paused for half a second and continued. , "If my pulse stops or drops to a certain level, the bomb will explode; if I directly press the detonation switch... it will explode; if the time is up and the bomb has not been removed correctly... it will still explode."

"Understood." Jack understood the other party's intention almost instantly, "Just say what you want to say..." He put away the two guns in his hands, "I won't stop time when you are talking. And shoot yours.”

Seeing this, Olivia showed a satisfied smile, and then said: "First of all, I have to thank you, Mr. Anderson... you helped me solve Gallo's big problem."

At this moment, Olivia can appear here with her men, which means that the secret sentry arranged by Gallo near the textile factory and the people who did not come to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Jack... have been eliminated by them; and these core members died After that, those who take orders from Gallo in other branches around the world will not be in danger.

"You're welcome." Jack's response was quite self-deprecating.

"Secondly, I have to say something..." Olivia paused and then said, "Compared to you in the past, you have become too kind and weak..."

"What was I like in the past?" Jack asked.

"When you heard me talk about 'pulse' in the past, I was afraid that you would have killed me with one shot." Olivia replied, "The subsequent explosion will be just the right time for your next round of massacre." As a cover."

"You seem to know me very well?" Jack asked.

"Heh..." Olivia smiled, "In the past, I often heard my father tell your story. Although you were not his subordinate and refused to join any organization, he still appreciated you very much... However, now, Today, after my personal 'test', I came to the conclusion..." She shrugged, "Either those legends are false, or you have changed."

"Test?" Jack asked tentatively.

"What do you think?" Olivia said, and suddenly took out something from her pocket - a rose wrapped in plastic paper.

This was undoubtedly the one that Angel had taken from Jack's room that day and kept at home.

"Do you think what you bought from me that day was just a basket of ordinary flowers?" Olivia tore open the plastic paper, sneered, grabbed Angel's hair, and roughly inserted the flowers through her hair. In the latter's hair, "This is a wireless monitor that can evade all non-military-grade scanning devices on the market and cannot even be detected by Jack Anderson's hearing."

"So... everything that happened that night was actually under your surveillance..." Jack continued in a deep voice, "And the person who gave Marino the order was none other than you."

"Of course." Olivia replied, "But don't get me wrong, that ridiculous assassination plan was not arranged by me with the intention of 'killing you'... My level is not that good. As bad as that is, I never thought you would die under that kind of plan.

"Send a high-end bitch who has taken 'Praying Mantis' to your door, and send Marino and others to kill you. The focus is not on success, but on 'observing your reaction'.

"In the initial stage of planning, it is most important to have a rough understanding of your behavioral patterns and moral bottom line."

"For this..." Jack said coldly, "Are you ready to let three loyal subordinates and an innocent person die?"

"Listen to yourself, Mr. Anderson." Olivia shook her head and read, "Look what you have become?

"In the past, in order to succeed in your operation, you could kill everyone who stood in front of you without hesitation...bodyguards, colleagues, federal agents, civilians...

"And now?

"You gave the precious antidote to a bitch you just met, and not only did you not kill her to silence her, you also let her go.

“You left Marino alive to track him, but after meeting Gallo’s people you only warned them.

"You were provoked by a useless loser in a bar, but you only gave him a slight injury and a lesson.

"You would even...buy all the flowers from a girl on the roadside, just to let her go home early.

"I don't admit that you are the man called the 'God of Death'. You are just an uncle who is close to death and full of guilt and weakness."

"It's really difficult for you to go through so much trouble for an uncle." Jack listened to the other party's words, his face was still expressionless, and he responded in a decadent tone.

"Hmph...it's not as hard as you think." Olivia sneered, "The 'fake Olivia' you saw today is actually not just 'a person', but a whole person." The whole plan - a 'shield organization' that was established by my father himself." "

While speaking, Olivia moved her hands behind her. The seemingly random movement was actually to prevent Jack from observing.

"My father... is the last bloodline of the Duqiao family. More than ten years ago, when his skills began to decline with age, he realized the potential crisis-Qian Ming's foundation might fall into the hands of the Duqiao family. in the hands of outsiders.

"I was still an infant at the time, and he was worried that before I could take charge of my own business, he would have already left his position as leader, or even passed away.

“Fortunately, he kept his private life so secretive that no one knew if he had a woman, or how many women he had, let alone if he had any children.

"So, from then on, my father fabricated a false daughter who was ten years older than me, and brought it to light, claiming that he wanted to train her; that person... is the fake Austrian you see today. Livia.

"My father transferred all the mediocre people in the organization who he regarded as useless and was a pity to abandon, and transferred them to the fake Olivia as his confidants...

"People thought he was old and confused, but in fact... my father was deliberately 'showing weakness'; he knew that if he pushed me out into the open, those who coveted the position of leader would feel threatened, and they might It will be detrimental to us before my wings are full.

"As long as his father keeps doing this kind of 'stupid thing', people like Gallo... will feel at ease; he will let his father live and not be in a hurry to do anything. Anyway, as long as his father dies, fake Olivia and his men will There is no match for him at all, Gallo just needs to take advantage of the situation and get on top.

"And the development of things is indeed as father expected...

"Everyone thought the stunt double was the real Olivia, including Gallo.

"But in fact...she, the driver beside her, Marino, and many other fish you have seen or not seen...these people are just 'shields' that can be discarded at any time.

"After this operation, their value has been exhausted. Even if they are not dead, they are not qualified to occupy a place in the 'Qianming led by me'."

At this point, Olivia glanced around the room and said: "Those here today are my real followers and real elites... We will let Qian Ming stay on the scorched earth left by Gallo. Reborn to its former glory.”

She changed the topic and looked at Jack again: "And you...Mr. Anderson, as an outdated unstable factor that is only a threat but has no value to me, is undoubtedly an eyesore."

Jack did not respond to this, he was just thinking about a strategy to break the situation; but... from just now to now, he has been thinking about it, but he has never thought of a way to save both his life and Angel's life at the same time.

"But... I'm not such a cold-blooded person." A few seconds later, Olivia suddenly showed a sly smile, "I can give you a chance." After saying this, she grabbed Angel again He pulled her hair closer, "I know you care about this bitch... Personally, I don't have any prejudice against her; there are many women like her in Guanzhi County, because of the death of their relatives. It’s nothing new to be forced into prostitution by the Bruno family because of debts... Anyway, as long as you like it."

She paused, looked down at the struggling Angel, and then said: "As long as you are willing to disappear like you did a few years ago, then I have no reason to stop you from taking a bitch away... Of course Now, this time, I hope you won’t come back again.”

"Okay." Jack gave the answer immediately without thinking, "If you let her go, I promise you that I will never appear in front of you again."

"Okay~ It's a deal." Olivia helped Angel up with one hand. "Oh... that's right." But the next second, she seemed to think of something again. She leaned close to Angel's ear and said, "Miss Angel, there is something I think it would be better to let you know. Okay..." she said, giving Jack a sideways glance, "Back then, it was you, 'Mr. Rose', who completed an 'impossible task' to let your creditor Vittorio Bruno He was re-elected as county chief. So, in a sense, you two are both Bruno’s bitches... Heh... Looking at it this way, you have quite a lot in common."

After that, she pushed Angel out of the railing and let the latter fall from the second floor.

This is a factory, not a residential building. The height between the first and second floors is very high. If a person with his hands tied upside down is pushed down like this, he will easily break his neck or crack his head.

With quick eyesight and quick hands, Jack jumped forward with a "time stop" and caught the falling Angel in mid-air.

Chug tug tug——

Almost at the same time as he hugged Angel, a burst of intensive gunshots rang out.

Obviously, this was premeditated; the killers present all knew about Jack's abilities and knew that Angel would be pushed off the railing, so when this scene happened, they were all prepared in advance Once Jack "teleports" once in their sight, it means that he has entered the gap between the activation of the "time-stop" ability. At this moment, he cannot activate the ability again, and...if he wants to protect his wife, The people inside couldn't even dodge.

Puff puff……

Soon, the sound of bullets hitting a human body was accompanied by splashes of blood.

Even though there was no way to avoid it, Jack still used his body to protect Angel to the greatest extent, and he himself was not fatally injured.

After a breath, he hugged Angel at an astonishing speed and hid behind the huge loom on the first floor. Since Olivia's men were all standing on the second floor, there happened to be A blind spot for shooting.

"Hmm... um..." After being put down, Angel groaned through the tape, as if he wanted to speak.

Jack raised his hand and pulled off the tape on her mouth, and tore off her top at a very fast speed.

At this moment, there were four fixed rods inserted into Angel's ribs on both sides, like steel nails, and each four fixed rods were connected to a metal test tube-like thing; it looked like fire had been used around her wounds. After treatment, the bleeding had stopped long ago, but when the bomb was "installed", she had obviously lost a lot of blood and suffered unimaginable pain.

"Don't be afraid, you'll be fine." While checking, Jack was already thinking about ways to remove the bomb with minimal damage.

"You are injured..." Angel, whose face was full of tears, could no longer feel any pain at this time. Instead, she looked at the bleeding Jack with distressed eyes and said in a weak voice.

"I'll be fine." Jack's expression and voice really didn't change, as if the bullets that just hit him didn't exist.

"You..." Suddenly, Angel didn't know what she thought of, and another burst of hot tears burst out of her eyes, "Jack, your name is Jack, right?"

"Yes." When Jack replied, the killers on the second floor started shooting again, and a continuous stream of bullets hit the loom. The old machinery was shattered and shaking in the fierce rain of bullets. destroy.

"Jack, my name is not Angel." She stretched out her hand, touched Jack's cheek, showed a gentle look, and said while crying and smiling, "My name is..."

Bang——

She couldn't finish her words because... the liquid bomb on her body exploded at this moment.

Until the end, she could not tell him her real name.

This bomb is very powerful, and the range that its explosion can affect is definitely not something that can be escaped by stopping for two seconds. Of course, this must also be in Olivia's calculations...

Olivia had no intention of keeping Jack alive, ever.

After pushing Angel down, she waited a moment. When the two people were far enough away from her and were sure they were still together, she pressed the detonator.

The bomb not only destroyed the huge loom, but also collapsed the entire wall of the factory, causing the roof of the factory to collapse from this side.

"withdraw."

Seeing that there was no corpse left of the God of Death, Olivia removed the device from her wrist and threw it away; when she turned to leave, she gave a brief order to her subordinates.

After receiving the order, the killers quickly put away their guns and ran out with the leader... They didn't want to be crushed to death in this factory.

In less than a minute, Olivia and her men all evacuated the textile factory, and after barely holding on for a while, the old factory building completely collapsed and disintegrated, turning into a ruins filled with corpses.