The grudge and anger Snow had for her mother vanished. She wiped her tears and then looked at Kaze. With a begging tone, she said, “Chairman Lee, I have never asked you for anything but can you help us to deal with Hades’ Hand? I don’t want your dividend. If you can help my family, I will work for you for life.” Work for Kaze for life? Given Snow’s capabilities and potential, it was a heavy promise. However, the words sounded ridiculous to May. “Snow, are you out of your mind? You want him to help us deal with Hades’ Hand?” May looked at her daughter with disbelief. She believed Snow was not thinking clearly due to the recent fever and she got nervous asking the wrong person for help. Kaze said, “Mrs. Frost, your daughter knows me more than you do. Hades’ Hand is just a small group, I can deal with them.” “You? You and what army?” May looked at Kaze with disdain and scorn. She scoffed. “Kaze Lee, I know you are quite capable. I’ve sent people to do some research on
Kaze was not bluffing. The five strongest nations’ intelligence agencies used to invest heavily, hiring different assassins from different countries to kill him. Some of them were the assassins on the Dark Vault’s leaderboard. Since they had a death wish, Kaze granted their wish and killed all who came his way. However, due to certain reasons, some of them did not die and were released. Therefore, it was not exaggerating that they owed Kaze their lives. One phone call and Kaze could summon them before him. “You?” May did not believe a word Kaze said. “Kaze Lee, I have to admit that you are quite decent since you started off with nothing, you are considered a prodigy. “But this world isn’t as simple as you think it is. You are bragging, don’t you know that? The assassins on the leaderboard are elusive. Not to mention that people can’t even see them in person. If you can even spell out one of their names, then I will look at you differently. “Unfortunately, you don’
May looked down on Kaze and purposely gave him a hard time. She strongly believed Kaze got the name Venom Kanon from somewhere and used it to show off. Kaze shook his head and said regrettably, “It seems like Mrs. Frost is determined to sell your daughter away.” “What do you mean, Kaze Lee?!” May was furious, and the anger was written on her face. She really wanted to tear Kaze’s mouth off of his face. “Actually, you can trust me for once. I mean, what do you have to lose? Yet you chose to ignore me, so other than your mind’s made up to sell Snow away, I can’t think of a reason why you wouldn’t take the bet,” Kaze said. “You!” May knew Kaze was trying to provoke her, and it was effective. “Fine. I’ll take a bet on you.” May nodded and continued coldly, “But you have to prove yourself first, I don’t want to waste time on you.” Kaze nodded. “Sure, how do you want to do this?” “It’s simple.” May’s lips curled into a grin. She looked at the elderly at the door and s
Right before the palm strike could land, Kaze moved. He tilted his head to the side and easily dodged the palm strike under Bass’ surprised gaze. At the same time, he took a step forward and countered with a palm strike of his own. “You’re quick, kid. I wonder how strong you are.” Bass grinned and switched his palm upward. Baam! The two palms clashed, causing a burst in the air. “You!” Suddenly, Bass’ expression ashened. An intense pain struck his palm as fierce energy penetrated his body, wreaking havoc in every inch of his muscles and bones. His face flushed. His arm then weakened and turned soft. Kaze’s palm strike continued forward and hit Bass’ face. Slap! The loud slap sent Bass flying and spinning in the air, crashing through Snow’s door and falling on the corridor outside. A red handprint appeared on Bass’ face. He covered his face in anger and embarrassment as he looked at Kaze in shock. What happened? He was already surprised that Kaze dodged
Both of Bass' cheeks were covered in red slap marks, and when he heard May yelling at him, he got up again and ran toward Kaze. Without saying a word, Kaze threw another slap at Bass. Bass was prepared this time. He chose defense instead of offense. When he saw Kaze’s slap coming at him, his heart raced and he focused on dodging the strike. He used every ounce of his strength to move as swiftly as possible. Yet Kaze was faster. Slap! Bass was sent flying again. Kaze frowned. “You are not using your full strength? Old man, you are looking down on me.” “Bass, this isn’t the time for you to be merciful toward the young ones. You are holding back, but he’s not! Use whatever you have and beat him up! Don’t let him get ahead of you!” May bellowed anxiously. Bass got up on his feet and covered his swollen cheek. He was shaking violently when he heard the two of them. Kaze was a wicked one. He knew Bass was no match for him yet he continued to make it sound like Bass
Kaze looked at May. “Mrs. Frost, have I proven my worth?” May turned pale. Bass was defeated and it embarrassed her. In the end, she sighed heavily before she walked away. “Kaze Lee, since you’ve beaten Bass, I’ll take my chances and trust you for once. You have one day. If you can get Venom Kanon to settle our family’s problem, I will leave Lilyrose immediately. “Otherwise, I will take Snow away and I am not kidding with my daughter’s life.” Kaze furrowed his brows for a moment before they eased up. One day? Honestly, it was enough.May then brought Bass away and left Lily Suites. “Mr. Lee, I’m sorry that my mother is rude. Please don’t mind her,” Snow said apologetically. “For your sake, I’ll let it slip. Don’t worry, I said I’d help, and I intend to do so.” Kaze smiled and patted Snow’s head. It was an instinctive move and when he realized what he had done, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. “Uh, you have some rest. I’ll come by tomorrow.” Kaze imme
Half an hour later, Kaze and Snow arrived at May’s hotel. “Mr. Lee and Ms. Frost? This way please.” A female hotel staff escorted them into a restaurant, where May and Bass were already seated, waiting for their arrival. Other than the two of them, a woman in a tight suit and icy look was there too. When she saw Kaze, she scrutinized him, openly and cautiously. Kaze ignored the woman and sat down opposite May. He said, “Mrs. Frost, I’ve called Venom Kanon to come here. From now on, you don’t need to worry about your safety anymore. “I believe you already know what Venom Kanon can do, and I also believe that with her strength, she can rival Midas King.” May did not say a word. She looked at the ice lady and asked, “Dove, you are our family’s security supervisor. I want your opinion on this.” Kaze finally paid attention to the woman. Dove Frost, security supervisor of all the Frost family’s companies. It explained why she looked at Kaze as if he was a criminal. Dove n
“Yes, Madam.” The hotel staff bowed and brought over a clean wine glass. “Don’t just stand there. Step down!” Dove glared at the woman and commanded condescendingly. The fierce attitude made May frown but she did not say anything since Dove was the security supervisor of the family. No matter how bad Dove’s temper was, she was still a Frost and given the circumstances, trusting her was a better choice than trusting an outsider. After the hotel staff left, Dove pulled out a vial and carefully poured the amber liquid into the glass. An irresistible fragrance of alcohol filled the air. Even Snow and Bass, who were not drinkers, gulped nervously. “Dove, what is this?” May asked curiously. Dove smiled and explained, “This is the poison we retrieved from the extended family in East River. This is what poisoned him to death.” Everyone got nervous and quickly held their breath. “Hahaha, don’t worry. You don’t die by just smelling it,” Dove explained with a hearty laugh.
“How dare those men hijack the plane and take Kaze. They must be punished…” Despite her grumbles, Snow grew anxious. “Given Mr. Lee’s capabilities, he won’t be hurt.” The agents around her tried to comfort her. They believed she was being too nervous. “I know, but we as subordinates have failed him by allowing this to happen. We have to do our best to make up for the mistake, and not rely on Mr. Lee to get out because he can.” Snow drowned in self-blame and regretted not being able to help. It was her negligence that allowed the hijacking to happen. “But there’s nothing you can do now. It’s late. Even the hijackers need to rest. They won’t do anything yet.” “It’s because the hijackers need to rest that we have to hurry and beat them to it. That’s the only way to solve this matter!” “But we’ve searched high and low and didn’t find anything. No one knows where they have gone. Even if they transported the passengers via buses, we didn’t see any tracks.” The agents discu
Kaze breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly went over to Miguel and pressed his hands with the gun down so that it would not misfire. “Good job.” “Thanks.” Miguel curled his lips into a nervous smile. He frequently trained in the gym and mixed martial arts but had never encountered any real-life incident before, thus being inexperienced. Fortunately, his mentality was stronger than the others and allowed him to act accordingly. “I’ll be taking the gun. This is self-defense, you won’t be charged and you won’t need to take responsibility,” Kaze said. Miguel’s pale face looked relieved. “What should we do now? Are there more of them?” Miguel dared not let go of the gun, worried there might be more enemies. “I’ve counted the numbers and this guy here should be the last one.” He then took the gun from Miguel’s hands. “Really? Gosh! That was crazy! I was so terrified!” Miguel finally loosened up and let his instinct take over. His heart was pounding so fast that it
Manson came over and saw the mercenaries lying in their own puddle of blood. The gore shocked him and made him sick. He tried his best to hold back the urge to throw up as it would attract attention. “Don’t look if you can’t take it! Don’t make things worse!” “Yeah! Professor! Grow a pair of balls!” “I have never seen dead bodies like this before!” he explained with a flush of embarrassment on his face. “Can we go out now and run away?” The hostages were eager to leave as things had settled down outside. They thought the danger was over. A dead mercenary was inside the container with them and they were still horrified. Once the others found out about this, the hostages would be shot to death. “If you want to die, be my guest. The moment you step out, you’ll be shot!” Callahan said as he looked at the others scornfully. One of the hostages had already put his hand on the handle of the door and was ready to dash out, but he quickly pulled his hand back after listening
“Tsk. Hold on.” Vexed, the man clicked his tongue and then waved at his colleague. “Come here. Someone fainted. Help me get him out.” The man wanted to take the professor out of the container. Manson’s heart pounded as he listened to the man. He was afraid he might be exposed, but there was no turning back now—he had to play along. Kaze stood behind the door, calming his breath down to lower his presence. “Get back. Stay away from the door. If anyone gets close, don’t blame me for being rough,” said the man as he unlocked the container. He opened the door and saw a number of hostages still sleeping. He then looked at the professor on the floor. He went closer to nudge him but did not get a response. It seemed like the professor needed medical attention. “Come on. Help me get him out.” The other man outside the container was on edge, looking as if he would pull the trigger at the slightest movement. “Why don’t we do it?” Callahan and Miguel volunteered. “You two
“It’s freaking troublesome.” “Boss, don’t worry about it. We’ll get an update tomorrow.” “Yeah. It’s late. Get some rest.” Tiguan’s men told him to get some rest and not worry so much. A few of them were already snoring on the chair. Tiguan sighed and killed the cigarette. He then closed his eyes to get some rest, too. The container that Kaze was in fell into silence once more. No one dared to make any noise but they all looked at Kaze, hoping to find out about his plans. Kaze’s eyes remained fixed on the window and showed no intention of revealing his thoughts. Miguel and Callahan were annoyed by the other hostages. “If you people want to get out of here alive, you better cooperate or come up with your own idea. No one is responsible for saving you.”“Yeah. I don’t want you guys to turn on us after we do all the heavy lifting. It will cost us our lives and you people won’t even be grateful.” Miguel’s tone was sarcastic because he disliked how the others looked at t
Kaze read the hostages’ minds and refused to be used. He wanted to leave but not under such circumstances. “That’s not true. We just don’t have the skills for this kind of situation. You guys are stronger, of course, you should be in the front,” said the man in glasses and a suit. A hint of sharpness gleamed in his eyes. Miguel knew what the man was planning, either. “That’s some plan you have there. You are just trying to use us to escape this place and no matter what happens, you’ll win.” “That’s not it! I just want everyone to stand together and get out of this place. I’ve never thought of using anyone!” the man argued, trying to look innocent. Even a monkey knew what he was planning, yet no one dared to speak up because they would benefit from it too. “Why don’t you guys think of something? If you need our help, we’ll help,” said another middle-aged gentleman who looked more just and fair, as if he could lead the group. “Then what is your plan?” Kaze suddenly wante
The hostages were locked up in the containers. Some of them were elites in their own field while some were ordinary people with average income, yet all of them got into trouble when they boarded the plane. Most of them could not accept their fate. Yet they dared not defy or resist the mercenaries. When things started to calm down, they broke down in tears, weeping in silence as resentment consumed them. Kaze sat down at a clean corner that allowed him to look outside the window. The window was dirty but at least he could see outside. The space inside the container was filled with people sitting closely, offering comfort to one another. They were aware they were just temporarily safe in this container. No one knew what the mercenaries would do to them at the next moment. “My parents must be worried. I said I would call them when I land but now I can’t even get in touch,” Barney muttered as he sat beside Kaze. He too looked outside the window, his feelings mixed. He watc
Kaze thought of what he had overheard in the toilet. If he told the hostages about that, they would probably panic. “It’s nothing. They are just going to separate us into different rooms or containers. They said the buses would be disposed of,” he said. He did not want to reveal too much because it would cause panic. Once the hostages knew their lives were on the line, things might spiral out of control. The mercenaries could kill a few of them to make an example, and none of the hostages would dare to cause problems anymore. Kaze kept it a secret because he wanted to protect the people. “That’s it?” “Is there anything else? How many men are there? What is their plan? Who are they looking for?” “We want to know because we want to survive. This isn't our problem—we just got caught up in it.” The hostages looked at Kaze, their eyes filled with worry. They felt aggrieved because they should not be caught in such a huge problem. “I don’t know either.” No matter how m
“There’s a room there. Get in.” The mercenary pointed his gun at the mother and son, which led them to look at Kaze nervously, seemingly asking for help. “What do you want?” The mother was nervous. She clutched her son’s hand tightly, nearly making him cry, but she reacted quickly enough to cover her son’s mouth to prevent him from doing so. “All women must go into that room. You go in now,” the mercenary explained. He did not want the woman to get the wrong idea. “You people won’t hurt me, right?” the mother asked, worried that she might be ravaged. “We are not into MILF,” said the other mercenary who was escorting Kaze, indirectly assuring the mother. Kaze shot a glance at the mother and nodded at her. “They told us they were going to separate us, so there’s nothing to worry about,” he said, worried that the mother and son would not cooperate. The mother then carried her son and followed the other mercenary into the room. It was called a room but it was actually ju