At the dining table of Wu Mian's residence, Xiang Long, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, had two pieces of paper towels blocked on his nose to prevent nosebleeds from flowing out. He took two mouthfuls of pig's trotters and suddenly spit out a tooth. He looked at A Lu who was sweeping the floor in the living room with a look of helplessness on his face.
: "I am one of the top experts in Kyoto no matter what. Why have I been injured or beaten since I met you?"
"Alu has a bad temper. He has tempered it in recent years. In the past few years, I'm afraid you should have rescued him now."
Wu Mian looked at Xiang Long's appearance and explained with an unbearable smile: "Although Alu is a smart butler, his body has been implanted with combat modules. Calculated, it is equivalent to a fully synthetic human equipped with a five-level system.
In a single fight, no natural person can be her opponent."
"You should have told me this kind of thing earlier! Who would have thought that she looks so weak and weak, but she can have such explosive power! Ever since I met you, I have had strong doubts about my own fighting ability."
Xiang Long chewed the pig's trotter in his hand angrily: "Who would have thought that my famous Xiang Monkey would be beaten like this by a woman!"
Wu Mian picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth: "When you were a killer before, you were entrusted by mainstream society and dealt with ordinary people. But these times you dealt with robots, synthetics, and human data.
It can no longer be compared, so it is not shameful for you to be beaten by Alu."
"Come on, if you lose, you lose. You don't need to comfort me!" Xiang Long rubbed his swollen cheeks: "Brother Mian, you brought me home, didn't you just bring me here just to let A Lu beat me up?
"
Wu Mian smiled: "Of course not, let's eat first, and I'll talk to you afterward."
Xiang Long spit out a piece of bone: "Forget it, if you have any questions, let's talk at the dinner table. I'm quite curious. If I don't get the answer, I won't be able to eat the meal at all."
"Okay, let's talk now. Alu, bring me a bottle of red wine from my collection."
Wu Mian poured a glass of red wine and asked Xiang Long: "Before we get down to business, I need you to answer a few questions. Why do you want to be a killer?"
Xiang Long looked at Wu Mian: "If I said it was for killing people, would you believe it?"
Wu Mian looked at Xiang Long, whose eyes were completely different from Lin Hansu's, and shook his head: "I have seen people who are murderous. You are different from them. Your eyes are very clear and your blood is not cold."
"I don't kill for the sake of killing, but to meet a stronger person."
Xiang Long raised his eyebrows and said: "I told you, I come from a martial arts family. I know that in this era of highly developed technology, the term "martial arts person" seems out of place, but my family is the inheritor of martial arts.
This was the case thousands of years ago. No matter what changes the world goes through, we will always protect what our ancestors left behind."
A Lu seemed to have been alone at home for a long time. When he heard Xiang Long telling his story, he stopped what he was doing and listened.
"I am a person who is very talented in martial arts. Even the elders of my family praised me for my unique skills and said that if I had not been born in this era where technology is king, I would have achieved something. It's a pity.
Yes, we cannot change this era, but I can change myself. I have defeated countless powerful opponents until the year before the Freedom War began, I lost to a semi-synthetic in a league."
Xiang Long gnawed on the pig's trotters in his hand, and his eyes became sharp: "From that day on, I started training hard. For a year, I spent time on the training ground like crazy. When I finally felt like I
When we can fight against the synthetics, the freedom war breaks out."
Wu Mian responded very realistically: "You are lucky. A natural person who has undergone strict training may be able to defeat a synthetic person, but he can only be a low-level beginner like the worker bee organization. Once you meet a master, you will die in the ring."
"Maybe, but that's not important anymore, because after the Freedom War, all the synthetics disappeared. They became mice that everyone shouted and beat. No one dared to show up. I never saw them again during the game.
Overshadowed by the figure of a synthetic human."
Xiang Long shrugged his shoulders with some regret: "Since then, I have become invincible among opponents of the same level. I even have no opponents in cross-level competitions. But for some reason, in the battle with He Adult
The failure of the game was like it was imprinted on my heart, making me no longer long for victory, but longing for failure."
A Lu glanced sideways at Xiang Long: "Is it possible that you have been psychologically affected and have masochism?"
"Yeah, looking back now, I think this statement is really correct. At that time, I was numb to the outcome of the game. I began to pursue more exciting things, but killing someone requires a life. If I was
If you kill your opponent during the game, you will definitely be sent to jail, so I made a decision to become a killer."
Xiang Long smiled: "I have a very special rule as a killer, that is, I don't attack ordinary people, but only those big shots who have bodyguards. Because they are so rich, the bodyguards around them must also be masters. That is, from that day on
, I officially embarked on this path, because the success rate of tasks is very high and the remuneration is getting higher and higher."
"So, when you choose assassination targets, it's just for the challenge." Wu Mian smiled: "Including the Ninth Brother who is looking for the Hidden Dragon Organization this time?"
"Yes, this mission is the one with the highest remuneration I have received in recent years, because countless people have launched investigations and assassinations against this Ninth Brother before, but without exception, they all failed, so I want to pass it.
This is an opportunity to take on a new challenge.”
Wu Mian put down the bowl in his hand: "In other words, if you find that Ninth Brother now, you are still prepared to kill him, right?"
Xiang Long responded without hesitation: "Of course, I think the name Monkey is a golden sign in the killer world, and I have already found out the details of Brother Ninth. I believe it won't take long before I can..."
Wu Mian didn't wait for Xiang Long to finish what he said, then interrupted him: "What if I tell you, that ninth brother is me?"
Xiang Long waved his hand: "Are you kidding me? I have been investigating the Hidden Dragon Organization for so long, and my understanding of them is like a farmer's understanding of shit. I have intercepted their call recordings, and that Ninth Brother is clearly a woman."
Wu Mian picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the red wine in the glass: "I'm not kidding you, I am really Brother Jiu. The owner of the female voice you heard before is called Lin Hansu, she is also a member of the Hidden Dragon Organization
All my orders are issued through her, the purpose is to confuse people and make people think that the leader of the Hidden Dragon Organization is actually a woman."