The screen happened to scroll to the victims' pictures. The crime scene was gory.Some of them were skinned, while some of them were dismembered.It was a bloodlust pervert who loved torturing massacres. It was so appalled that Olivia was questioning if she should approach this kind of person.In fact, she didn't want to get close to a mentally ill person. He was an obssessive pervert."Can I reject this mission?""Do you wanna miss the chance to meet our boss?" Undecim gave her a backward glance.His mysterious gaze came with an ambiguous smile. "Aren't you a hardcore fan of our boss? If this is a mission success, we'll become the best employee of the year. You know that he personally gives out the awards at the ceremony."She massaged her forehead. She had almost forgotten about it.When she first joined The Black Ravens, she asked about the boss to figure out the mastermind.Someone caught on, so she made up a story that she had admired the boss for a long time.To make
The arduous journey lasted a day and a night long. Olivia took a break under a tree.In contrast to their prosperous country, it was desolate behind the mountain.She had been to many places and seen various sights. She had witnessed both happiness and encountered poor kids who lost their homes due to wars.She spent her free time helping out people in need. She donated goods to the disaster areas and schools for the poor kids. She established organizations to help pitiful women and cared for the homeless.It still pained her to see the desolate scene. There was a limit to her helping all the needy people in the world all by herself."You're such a hard nut to crack. You're an assassin yourself, yet you sympathize with those people." A voice broke her reverie.Her head shot upward. Undecim, who was awake, handed her a bottle of water. "No mission failure. Only mission success. Don't you dare be the good guy and ruin our progress.""Got it."She took a break before suggesting,
Olivia felt slightly worried as she looked at that Arlandian plane. Even if she didn't know anyone on the plane, she didn't want to see other citizens of the same country suffer. Both planes had crashed. Olivia quickly ran in the direction of the plane crash. Undecim was in a good mood. "Say, do you think Wayne may be already dead? Maybe it'll be a free bounty for us."He noticed that Olivia was spacing out. "What are you thinking about?""Nothing."Olivia didn't dare hesitate. She ran with all her might. She soon spotted a parachute hanging on a tree. Who could it be?Was it Wayne or an Arlandian pilot?It didn't matter who it was. She didn't slow down even when she was drenched in sweat. The person probably landed a branch while the plane fell from the sky. But they were in a jungle, and it was dark out. So Olivia couldn't tell who the person was at that moment. "Let's split up. You look for the other person. We have to find Wayne before their people get here." Olivia su
Olivia quickly left the scene when she saw that Kelvin and the others were climbing up the tree.She finally understood why Ethan lost his cool. It was because Kurt was involved. Kurt's death was something that would haunt him for the rest of his days. Now that Olivia knew Wayne was the one who killed Kurt, her gaze grew cold. It was all the more reason to end his life. Undecim hadn't contacted her yet. He probably hadn't found Wayne yet. Olivia quickened her steps. There were people from two other countries after Wayne besides them. She analyzed the location of the two plane crashes. She was able to get a rough estimate of Wayne's location based on where Ethan landed. He should be by the river! Olivia ran toward the river in the dark. She was able to find the man strapped to a parachute after traveling a short distance. He was also unconscious, like Ethan. The man was dressed in black, and his figure was well-built. His height was similar to Ethan's. His face looked e
That was precisely why S-rank female assassins were so coveted. A man's neck would already be snapped in situations like this. A woman would at least be given a chance to talk her way out of it. Olivia took a deep breath. Tears welled up in her eyes as she started to put up a performance. "I saw you passed out at the side of the river and was about to perform CPR…""Is that why you took off my shirt?" Wayne's chest was still bare. Olivia sniffed. "Why else? Do you think I wanted to do it with you? You were unconscious. What could I possibly do?"Wayne observed her facial expression like he was trying to see if she was telling the truth."Who are you? Why are you in a place like this?"As he talked, the blood from the injury on his arm stained his shirt. It dripped from his skin onto Olivia's face. "I'm a doctor. I'm here to look for a herb that blooms at night. I didn't expect to find someone unconscious here."Wayne sneered. "Do you think I'd believe that? No matter who y
Olivia became visibly more confident when it came to her profession. "You won't believe me even if I say so. Just stay still."Luckily, she had thought about all possible outcomes from the start. The identity she gave herself was that of a doctor. That was why her backpack was filled with medical supplies. She took out her equipment and turned on an emergency lamp. Seeing the silver needles, Wayne asked coldly, "What are you doing?""I'm going to get rid of the clots and ease that headache of yours. Don't worry. If I wanted to kill you, I would've done so when you were unconscious."Wayne knew there was truth in her words. After all, she had the time she needed to kill him if she had the time to take off his clothes. The pain made Wayne give in. He said coldly, "You'd better be able to heal me. Or else, I'll tear you to pieces!" Olivia ignored him. She started to perform acupuncture on his head under the illumination of the lamp.While she was doing that, she lamented the r
Olivia pretended to be afraid. "What do you want to do? I saved you. Let me go. I need to go look for herbs."Wayne picked her up and threw her onto his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He didn't treat her like a woman at all. He also took her backpack and slung it over his back. "Give up on trying to get away. I won't let you leave before you completely heal me."Olivia smiled as she signaled to Undecim with her hands. She intentionally exposed her medical proficiency so that Wayne would think she was useful. She would be able to look for the ring in secret while she was providing treatment to Wayne.Maybe she could even help Mason and Ethan uncover more secrets. The silhouettes in the distance were getting closer. "Are you okay, sir?""Sir, is this a prisoner from the enemy? Why is it a woman?""Should we bury her alive?""Why don't we chop her up and feed her to the fishes?"These people were just like Wayne. They were all cruel. Wayne was topless. He didn't look lik
Olivia couldn't see anything because of the jacket covering her face. Olivia could clearly feel Wayne leaning over above her. "I'd stop yapping if I were you. You won't be able to appeal to my better nature if I don't have that."Olivia was speechless. She endured it. It was all for the ring. Sooner or later, she would end his life with her own two hands. After some time and several turns, the car finally stopped. It was just as Olivia was about to vomit.She was picked up again before she could catch her breath.Soon, she was thrown onto a cold, hard floor so roughly that she thought her bones would break.In a fit of rage, Olivia pulled off the jacket on her head and threw it away. She didn't do it earlier because she was afraid she would see something she wasn't meant to see and get killed. She stood up and pointed at Wayne. "What kind of depraved jerk are you? You're a crook, an outlaw, a criminal!"Wayne sat down on the couch and crossed his legs. He was topless, and
Warren's pale face showed a hint of pleading. "Olivia, we've gotten to know each other better in the past two years. Have you ever loved me?"Hatred was evident in Olivia's cold eyes. "Never. I pray for your death every single second of my life.""I knew it." He smiled at that embittering answer. Karma had always been there. Another sound of a gunshot surprised the birds. A pool of blood splashed over the flowers. Warren stared at the picture on the gravestone. "Mona, I've returned everything that I owe you…"Olivia's gaze alternated between the two bodies. Her heart ached as she began crying. "It's finally over, Mona. Please rest in peace."She had been waiting for this day to come for too long. When the revenge was finally over, she felt hollow on the inside. …Yarrows reached their peak of beauty during the season, dancing along the wind. Willow was chasing after Zack, her bells ringing briskly. He teased, "You can't catch me!"After weaving a garland, Alicia bec
Warren was so blinded by love that he didn't realize that Olivia had spent the last two years setting this up.The moment he saw Olivia nestling in Ethan's arms, he knew that his identity had been exposed since the beginning.It was time to end all of this.Although the Fordham family had won the fight, they sustained heavy casualties. Brandon and Deborah, together with Jacqueline, had hurt and killed countless people. Quinn became a sacrifice, never waking up again despite her young age. Olivia placed a bouquet before Quinn's gravestone. "Rest in peace, Quinn. I'll take good care of the family. Don't worry."The breeze carried a leave before it landed on Olivia's shoulder, as though trying to respond to Olivia.Douglas reunited with the family, and Natalie was finally buried in peace. It was a private funeral, but Mason paid a visit. Mason and Douglas looked at each other. They were both important to Natalie, and they finally met each other after her death. With reddene
"Avery, what happened?" Olivia inquired.She had no clue what was happening and didn't dare to go anywhere close to Louis. The only person who she got close to was Avery."Stay away, Olivia! It's too dangerous!" Avery yelled worriedly. Louis shifted his gaze to Olivia. "My experiment is going to be successful soon. That's Natalie's descendant. She has Natalie's genes in her…"Olivia's eyes widened as she finally realized why Louis had been taking special care of her. Back then, she simply assumed that it was due to her health and talent, but it turned out that he had known her identity all along!The purpose of the human modification project was to resurrect Natalie! The thought of it gave her goosebumps.To think that he had made so many preparations just to resurrect Natalie…Even Olivia was deceived. She took the human modification project at face value; she didn't think much about it! "Let Natalie go, Louis. She's been gone for years. She could be watching us from up
Olivia arrived on the island. She noticed the change in the atmosphere this time around.It was the same old scenery, but the robots that once filled the island to the brim were gone. She expected to encounter some inspection robots upon arrival, but there weren't any.Ships were docking in lines by the seashore, and most of them belonged to private foreigner organizations and mercenaries. People were coming to the island!What happened?Was Louis in danger?Although Louis wished to transform her into a cyborg, she hoped he could live regardless. No matter what field it was, no one would come before an outstanding scientist like him. It would be a huge loss to lose him.Olivia grew worried. "Calm down, Liv. A lot of people came to the island, but I don't think it's a big issue for now," Ethan reminded her.He bet that the ships were loaded with ammunition. Still, the buildings on the island were intact, and nothing seemed to be destroyed. She disagreed, "No, there should
Mason and David had a long discussion by themselves. No one knew what they talked about.But it didn't matter because it was just an extra member joining the Fordham family anyway. That was it.On the other hand, Tatiana was a little worried. If the whole Fordham family were to be added to the family registry, would her children inherit less from the Heath family?Humans were born selfish. When the event actually came to pass, everyone would be thinking about their own benefit. However, the result of the discussion between David and Mason surprised everyone.Even though David wasn't acknowledged as one of the Fordhams, he wasn't planning to change his surname to Heath.He saw himself as a Fordham because his mother married Douglas.Nevertheless, he didn't mind his family being relatives with the Fordham family.Mason was a little disappointed, but he still respected David's decision because he knew how well Douglas treated David's family.Mason asked the Fordham family to sta
Olivia and the others returned to the Fordham family. Everything was going back on track under Avery's management. Sean's leg was recovering well. He could walk like a normal person, and he didn't have to pretend to be a cripple anymore. Troy would need more time to heal, but he was making progress.David clearly seemed better than he was before Olivia left. Everyone could still hardly believe that Jacqueline almost killed everyone in the family all by herself. When Olivia returned, David asked with concern, "Olivia, Avery said that you were cursed. How are you feeling right now?""Don't worry, Dad. I'm all better now. But we think that Jacqueline's dead in the sea," she assured.He hugged her. "It's alright. Your safety is all I hope for."It broke her heart to see how time had chipped away at his physique. It hadn't actually been that long since the family was in trouble. "Any news about Mom's whereabouts?" asked Olivia. "Avery found something, but he's still trying to
Alan brushed it over, but it was enough to leave Wendell in shock. Wendell imagined what kind of life Wayne had led before this. Growing up in a slum where all kinds of people lived… People like them had never really owned anything anyway, so they wouldn't feel the pain of loss…Ever since his wife passed away, Wendell didn't really care much about Alexander's upbringing. Wendell was merely generous when it came to spending money on Alexander. But once he reunited with his son, he realized how much it could hurt to be a parent. If that marriage arrangement was Wayne's wish, Wendell was hell-bent on making it happen.…Olivia was watching the sunset painting colors to the horizon by the seashore. Although Jacqueline was dead, Olivia didn't feel happy, not even one bit. So what if the mastermind was dead? The Fordham family was still in disarray, and no one knew where Shana was.Olivia sighed softly. "You're too young to be sighing like that." Wayne suddenly appeared next
Wendell felt helpless. He was seriously down on luck.Instead of his son, he thought that he had found himself a bossy superior. It was a heartfelt reunion after 30 years of separation, and yet the first thing Wayne talked about was an announcement about his marriage rather than expressing words of concern for his family. If it were any ordinary woman, Wendell wouldn't have minded it. But the person he insisted on marrying was none other than Olivia! She was a divorced woman with four kids!On top of that, Olivia's ex-husband was Wendell's nephew! The divorced couple was somewhat entangled with each other too.Ethan and Wayne were both dear to him. What should he do? Wendell was at his wit's end. Ignoring Wendell's dilemma, Wayne handed him a cigarette. But Wendell refused, "I quit it."Wayne lit a cigarette and squatted on the ground. Instead of a ruler of a land, he appeared more like a construction worker. Wendell massaged his forehead at that. How had his son grown
Wendell had been frail all his life. He never imagined that his biological son would have been missing for so many years. What surprised him more was that Wayne had grown up well despite hardships. Still, there seemed to be something off about this son of his.They were father and son who had been separated for years. Now that the truth was revealed, shouldn't they be hugging each other in tears of joy? Why did Wayne show no joy in reuniting with his father but seemed interested in his identity as the son of the Procter family—or more precisely, the marriage arrangement between the Procter family and the Fordham family?""Son, things are a bit complicated right now. We need to take our time to discuss this thoroughly—""Am I not your son?" Wayne's restless temperament was exactly the same as his mother's. There was no chance of dissuading him. There was only one thing in his head. He felt fortunate that he had run a background check on the ties between both families. Otherwise