Although the two were rivals before, Serge, as a professional killer, firmly believed in one thing, that is, professional matters should be left to professionals.
In terms of skill alone, Bryce could definitely not compare to him.
However, Serge appeared in court as a witness this time to accuse Luka Koshen, rather than committing a murder.
So he spent a million dollars to ask Bryce to protect him.
Bryce originally regarded Serge as his enemy and a lifelong enemy, and he wanted to kill him immediately. Even if Anonymous invited them to join the Avengers team, he would always look for opportunities to kill him.
As a result, not only did he not want to kill Serge, but he promised to protect the other party's safety. It was not for any other reason than that the money Serge gave him was too much.
One million dollars.
If it was before Bryce's mission failed and he worked hard for a while, one million would not be a big number to him.
But it's different now.
Serge: "It's only one million. I can just accept two tasks. It's all at your expense. What you have to do now is to protect me."
Not only was Serge not angry about Bryce's desperate attitude towards money, but he felt a lot more relieved.
Although he said he didn't care about the killer sent by Luka Koshen, if he really wasn't afraid, how could he be willing to spend money to ask Bryce for help.
The location where the two are hiding now is a safe house specially provided for them by Interpol.
Originally, Interpol was planning to arrange several tactical teams to escort the escort, but Bryce refused on the grounds that it was too large and would be easily exposed.
Serge also agreed very much with this. Neither of them trusted Interpol.
This time Interpol launched an investigation and prosecution against Luka Koshen. As a result, all the previous witnesses and physical evidence about Luka Koshen had problems. It would be strange to say that Interpol had no problems.
Jingle bell——
At this moment, the alarm bell suddenly blared in the safe house where the two of them were staying. Bryce and Sel immediately became vigilant and quickly hid under a bar.
The two did not check at the door, nor did they choose to escape through the window.
Because of this, their rich experience saved two people's lives.
Da da da——
Da da da——
Almost as soon as the alarm bell rang, the door, windows and other weak points of the safe house were all shot through with bullets at the same time.
The bar where the two of them were sitting was relatively remote, and there were iron plates and other barriers, but they were relatively safe.
snap——
When Bryce heard the gunfire, he didn't forget to press the power switch next to him. The room, which was already not very light-transparent, naturally became darker.
At this time, Serge tacitly handed Bryce a night vision goggle, and he also brought one, and then both of them placed a shotgun next to them.
In such a small indoor space, the shotgun, which is a melee weapon, is naturally more at home.
After preparing these, the two of them did not rush to take the lead, but leisurely waited for the enemy's next attack.
Clang——
Clang——
As the storm of strafing bullets ended, the enemy outside threw a series of smoke bombs and grenades from the bullet-shattered space.
Boom boom boom——
The next second, a violent explosion sounded. Bryce and Serge silently put on gas masks and erected several bulletproof shields around themselves.
Fortunately, there was no shortage of all kinds of equipment in the safe house. Otherwise, with the attacker's behavior, the two of them might have sent it.
Bang——
Crash--
Bang——
Crash--
Almost the next second after the explosion, as the broken doors and windows were smashed open, several heavily armed assailants rushed into the room.
Click——
boom--
Click——
boom--
At the same time as the attackers broke in, Serge and Bryce did not get up at all. They just relied on their own feelings to pull the bolt of the shotgun while raising the muzzle above the bar, and then pulled the trigger.
"ah--"
"ah--"
The attacker was wearing a body armor, but a single shot from the shotgun would cause dozens of steel balls to fly out. In addition, the distance between the two parties was very close, so the area of the body armor was naturally impossible to block them all.
As the screams came one after another, and the smoke in the room had not yet dissipated, Serge and Bryce moved very quickly. They directly beat the attackers and wiped them out.
Bryce: "It looks like they won't come in again, let's go."
After Bryce made sure to kill all the enemies that entered the room, he and Serge squatted down again and waited for a few minutes.
After a few minutes, without waiting for a new attack, he guessed that the attackers outside must not dare to come in.
However, the two of them have to go to the Hague Court. Serge is the only witness at the moment, so naturally it is impossible to stay in the room.
While Bryce was speaking, he held a bulletproof shield and cautiously approached the door, preparing to carefully observe the situation outside.
Clang——
As a result, Serge directly smashed open the window, and then walked to the side: "Let's go, wouldn't it be faster to go down from here?"
After Serge finished speaking, he jumped directly.
"Fake!"
When Bryce saw Serge jump, he couldn't help but cursed. He also took over the task of protecting Serge, so naturally he couldn't let him leave alone at this time.
So he could only drop his shield and jump down.
snap——
The two jumped out, but there was a trash can under the window, and they fell into the trash can at the same time.
Da da da——
Sure enough, there was an ambush outside, and they were shooting at the trash can.
But fortunately, the reason why the safe house's trash cans are placed here is to take them by surprise, and also to protect witnesses, so the trash cans are also specially made to prevent bullets.
Although the safe house had not been activated for a long time, so it was full of garbage and made the two people smell bad, at least their safety was guaranteed.
Bang bang bang——
Bang bang bang——
Bryce and Serge teamed up again and eliminated the enemies guarding nearby in the trash can.
Then he drove away with the garbage all over his body.
Continental Hotel.
The hotel has branches in New York and Luojishan, as well as major European cities.
Because it never accepts ordinary people and only accepts registered members, it has always had a low reputation.
In fact, there is a huge killer organization behind this hotel.
The hotel is a safe house and also serves as a trading and settlement hall.
The use of force is not allowed inside the hotel. Over the years, no one has violated this rule, but these people are all dead.
Because of this, the hotel is very famous in a certain circle.
The interior layout of the hotel can be considered splendid. Most of the furniture and decorations are made of wood. The lighting arrangement is also just right. People who enter here can always get the ultimate enjoyment.
The seating area next to the bar.
A strong man walked up to John Wick: "Your dog is beautiful."
John Wick, however, only focused on petting his dog and didn't pay attention to the other party's intentions.
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In fact, the strong man was also grateful for the no-force rule inside the hotel. Otherwise, if he had greeted John Wick so rashly, he would have been dead by now if he had been outside.
"John Wick, I heard that you are the strongest blood contract killer and a legend in the killer world. My boss wants to ask you to do something. Money is not an issue."
The strong man was a little angry that John Wick ignored his matter, but he quickly tolerated it.
Although he mentioned the legendary identity of John Wick, his tone was somewhat disapproving.
He is just a killer. For someone with a military background like him, no matter how powerful the killer is, they are still a bunch of shady rats.
If it were on the battlefield, he could easily kill a little mouse like this.
Hearing the strong man's words, John Wick refused without raising his head: "I have retired."
"Hey, can a killer still retire? Do you receive a pension and retirement salary?"
Hearing John Wick's outrageous reason for rejection, the strong man laughed directly.
He was originally dissatisfied with the fact that the boss had to spend money to hire a killer to do things. Previously, he had to lower his head to hire the killer just because of the boss's arrangement.
Now that John Wick refuses, he naturally doesn't need to give face to the other party.
"Sir, the assassin organization you mentioned that allows you to receive retirement wages and pensions after retirement is called the Brotherhood. We are currently discussing the acquisition with their leader. When the acquisition is successful, we can consider promoting these benefits."
At this moment, a man in a black suit walked up to the strong man.
He was the steward of the Continental Hotel in New York. At this time, he saw someone who seemed to be preparing to cause trouble in the hotel, so he came over to take a look at the situation.
"I understand your rules. You can't do anything here. I'm not here to do anything."
The strong man didn't pay attention to the warning implicit in the steward's words.
On the contrary, what the other party said made him curious: "There really is a killer organization that pays pensions to killers. Are there any killers who live long enough to receive pensions?"
Butler: "So far, there is indeed no one, but as far as I know, the Brotherhood has an ace who will retire soon. He will be the first killer in the Brotherhood to receive a pension."
As long as the strong man doesn't cause trouble, the housekeeper doesn't mind chatting with him.
The world is so big, no matter how advanced the civilization is, organizations in the shadows like this will never be eliminated.
Moreover, these organizations themselves are also competing with each other, but the killer organizations will also keep pace with the times. The competition between the two parties is not as fierce as before, but has become much more peaceful, such as the Continental Hotel Acquisition Brotherhood.
snap——
When the strong man saw the butler appearing, he didn't delay any further. He directly laid out a round badge and placed it in front of John Wick's desk.
Seeing the appearance of this badge, John Wick and the butler standing next to him changed their expressions almost at the same time.
"This blood contract probably doesn't need my introduction."
The strong man came to the Continental Hotel this time to find John Wick, so he was naturally well prepared.
The Continental Hotel has two rules that are very famous in the killer world. One is that no violence is allowed inside the hotel, and anyone who violates it will be shot from four corners.
The second is that each Blood Pact badge must be given honor.
The strong man said before that John Wick was the top blood contract killer at the Continental Hotel. What he meant was that John Wick's reward for each attack was no longer simple money, but a blood contract badge.
Blood pact badges must be given honors. In layman's terms, as long as the owner of the badge makes a request, the other party cannot refuse and must fulfill it.
Organizations like the Continental Hotel are not short of money at all, so for some high-end assassination missions, the person who places the order needs to submit not only money, but also their own favors and commitments as remuneration.
As for this kind of commitment, what if the person who placed the order does not acknowledge it after completing the task?
Continental Hotel may also have this rule in order to make the people who place orders honest and cooperative.
Just like the people who took action at the Continental Hotel are all dead, all the people who gave the Blood Pact Badge but failed to satisfy or were unwilling to fulfill the demands made to the target are also dead.
Over time, these two things have become like weird rumors about the rules of the Continental Hotel, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
Now the strong man took out a blood pact badge. The reason why the originally calm John Wick's expression suddenly changed was because he personally gave the badge to him.
The reason why John Wick didn't take orders from the strong man as a killer at first was not just because he was aloof.
But he has really retired.
It may sound unbelievable that a killer can retire, but in fact it is indeed very strange.
At least it can be said that it was very difficult for John Wick to retire.
He is not the kind of person who has nothing and has no choice but to enter the profession of killer.
On the contrary, John Wick is organized. He was trained from a young age and then entered the killer profession.
It is precisely because he has been targeting killers since he was a child. After doing so for so many years, gaining honor and status, and being nourished by love, John Wick was tired of this kind of life, so he made up his mind to retire.
But it is naturally not that easy for a killer to retire.
The first is that his organization cannot easily give up his trump card.
In the end, John Wick obtained the other party's permission on the condition that he help the organization complete several seemingly impossible tasks.
Then there is the Continental Hotel, where it is impossible to let go of a killer like John Wick easily.
For this reason, John Wick almost consumed a lot of the blood contract badges he had accumulated before, and finally got a big shot's promise, allowing him to retire successfully.
In fact, the housekeeper said before that someone from the Brotherhood of Killers is about to retire, and the Continental Hotel actually has the only John Wick who has successfully retired.
But for John Wick to retire successfully, in addition to the blood contract he accumulated when completing previous missions, he also paid a lot of other conditions.
In the end, he even gave his blood contract badge to a certain big shot and promised to help him accomplish something unconditionally in the future.
Each of the blood contract badges at the Continental Hotel is unique, so John Wick recognized the blood contract badge as soon as the strong man took it out. This badge was the one he gave out originally.
"I said, I want you to kill someone for me."
As the strong man spoke, he opened the blood contract badge, revealing the blood seal left by John Wick sealed inside.
John Wick looked at the blood contract in front of him and fell silent.
The butler on the side also remained silent, showing no intention of helping John Wick.
"Sorry, I have retired."
In the end, John Wick chose to push the blood pact badge back to the strong man.