The Heaven Organization? I remember Lin Chen mentioned he was a ninja from the Land of Clouds.
An Yi pinched his chin as he stared at Big Beard.
"He is indeed from the Ninja Alliance, but why would he join the Heaven Organization?"
Jiang Cheng asked while picking up the freshly cleaned brass knuckles again, clearly intending to give him a third round of "persuasion."
Seeing the cold glint of the knuckles, Big Beard shuddered and quickly explained, "It's because the Ninja Alliance and the Heaven Organization have had ties for over a century! In fact, some of the Heaven Organization's leaders are ninjas from the Land of Clouds!"
"Gabriel, one of the current Twelve Archangels, is already dead. Next, a new leader will be selected from among the top assassins!"
"After discussions among the eleven remaining leaders, the condition for promotion is the heads of everyone in the Asura Sect!"
"Whoever contributes the most points will inherit the title of the Twelfth Archangel, Gabriel, and become the new leader!"
After finishing, Big Beard exhaled in relief, then glanced at Jiang Cheng with disdain. "Tch, you guys at the Law Enforcement Bureau already knew all this, didn’t you? You damn sadist, just looking for an excuse to beat me up again!"
Jiang Cheng grinned and nodded.
Well, he actually didn’t know any of this.
After beating this guy for half the day, he’d finally gotten some valuable intel.
"Points, huh? That’s interesting."
An Yi smirked. "So, how many points do I have?"
Big Beard glanced fearfully at Jiang Cheng, noticing his fists were already twitching, and hastily answered.
"Leader An Yi—5 stars. Lin Chen—4 stars. Chen Bing—4 stars. Bai Xiu—3 stars. Fang Jueming—3 stars. Xiao Ye—2 stars. Shangguan Qianqian—2 stars. Qin Shan—1 star. Liu Dachao—1 star. Xiao Yike—1 star. Long—1 star. Jie Nan—1 star. Hu—1 star. Han Liang—1 star. Mo Jiu—1 star."
After hearing this, An Yi raised an eyebrow.
"Well, damn. Everyone in my Asura Sect has been targeted by the Heaven Organization."
"How many assassins have you sent in total?" Jiang Cheng asked coolly.
Big Beard frowned. "A lot. Who can keep count—"
Suddenly, his eyes widened as he pointed at Jiang Cheng. "Wait, you silver-haired bastard! You tricked me! The Law Enforcement Bureau had no idea about any of this!"
Jiang Cheng smirked. "Then let’s switch questions. What’s the secret behind the Twelve Leaders of Heaven? Why are so many people desperate to join them?"
"It’s a world-class organization! Who wouldn’t want a seat among the Twelve Archangels? Don’t even think about squeezing more info out of me—I won’t say another damn word!"
With that, Big Beard turned his back to them and lay still like a dead pig.
Jiang Cheng raised an eyebrow. Looks like he’d need a different approach.
Still, this guy had a high pain tolerance. That was troublesome.
"The Heaven Organization can provide finished serums. That’s the real reason so many assassins are drawn to them."
Chen Bing’s voice came from the stairs leading down to the prison.
At the mention of "serum," Big Beard’s body twitched slightly, his eyes sharpening.
"Oh, it’s the glasses guy!"
An Yi brightened up.
Though he still couldn’t remember this subordinate’s name.
"It’s Chen Bing!"
Chen Bing adjusted his black-framed glasses with his middle finger and replied coldly.
Jiang Cheng glanced at him. "What’s this about serums?"
"They’re extracted from the bodies of demonic beings. After refinement, they grant the user the abilities contained within. That’s what makes them so desirable." Chen Bing’s expression turned grim.
Hearing this, An Yi pinched his chin in thought.
He still had ten serums in his possession. Were they after those?
"Let’s talk outside. We’re not getting anything else out of Big Beard. He’s useless now. We’ll send him to the morgue later."
Jiang Cheng stood up and pulled the lever, closing the prison gate.
"Nani?!"
The "dead pig" Big Beard suddenly snapped his eyes open.
The three returned to the surface and entered Jiang Cheng’s office.
"Nothing fancy to offer, but make yourselves comfortable."
Jiang Cheng tossed out three sitting cushions casually.
An Yi walked in and glanced around. The office was simple.
"Yep, dirt poor."
Seems the Law Enforcement Bureau’s "young master" wasn’t exactly rolling in cash.
Jiang Cheng leaned back. "The reward for becoming a leader is a serum. But I heard those things have side effects—like turning people feral or driving them insane."
Chen Bing explained, "The serums given to new leaders are highly purified. The side effects are minimal. For example, Gabriel’s was from a four-eyed snapping turtle. It granted water-based abilities along with incredibly tough defense."
"That’s why each serum is priceless. Literally worth a kingdom."
"Seriously? Just one serum has assassins fighting like this?"
An Yi pondered for a moment before realizing just how valuable the ten serums in his storage space really were.
"No wonder Nie Chengwen killed his six-year fling over them."
Chen Bing’s expression darkened. "Right now, only two factions possess this technology—Heaven and Nie Chengwen’s Ghost Carving Organization."
At the name "Nie Chengwen," Jiang Cheng’s eyes snapped open. "Nie Chengwen? He’s the leader of Ghost Carving?"
Chen Bing nodded. "Exactly."
"That’s… unbelievable. This is huge. But I’m really curious—where the hell did you get this intel?" Jiang Cheng studied Chen Bing thoughtfully.
Chen Bing replied flatly, "Hmph. Remember the three rules Han Bing set? No questions."
"That bald bastard again. Fine, I won’t pry." Jiang Cheng shrugged.
"Is the Ghost Carving Organization that scary?" An Yi asked.
After swiping those serums, his relationship with "Boss Nie" wasn’t exactly salvageable.
They were bound to be enemies in the future. He needed to know what he was up against.
"A world-class powerhouse."
Jiang Cheng summarized it simply.
Seeing An Yi still didn’t grasp the scale, Chen Bing added, "Any organization that ranks among the world’s top factions is terrifyingly strong. The Great Xia Empire has three—the Pantheon, the Law Enforcement Bureau, and the Dao Alliance."
"Heavenly Dragon Temple didn’t make the cut?"
An Yi was slightly surprised.
Jiang Cheng nodded. "Other nations have their own forces. Like the Roth Family in the U.S., who control the world’s largest fortune. The Hong Family Gang—the biggest overseas Xia syndicate. The Yakuza and Ninja Alliance from the Land of Clouds. The Black Hand Party in Italia. The Drug King of Mexica. The Brahmin Sect of Indra. The Curse God Cult of Tai. The 16K of Hong Kong. The Mammoth Syndicate of North Ursa. The Med Cartel of Columbia. Then there are factions not tied to any nation—the Hundred Ghosts, Heaven, the Underworld, Ghost Carving…"
Listening to Jiang Cheng’s explanation, An Yi finally understood the scale of what he was facing.
He already had a rough idea of how powerful the Pantheon, Law Enforcement Bureau, and Dao Alliance were in Great Xia.
But now, the Heaven Organization he wanted to destroy was also on that level.
Still, that just made things more interesting.
Chen Bing looked at An Yi seriously. "Right now, our Asura Sect is their target. We need to protect ourselves first."
An Yi grinned. "Sitting around waiting to die is boring. I’ve got a better idea."
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
Explosive Plot Song Gua crossed over into another world, bringing along a whole crew of his doppelgangers—all of them mischief-makers. This was a world where everyone could choose a class. Song Gua became a "Bondweaver," capable of borrowing power, while his doppelgangers took on a wide variety of classes, covering just about everything. The number of doppelgangers grew day by day, each one a talented individual with a charming way of speaking. Under Song Gua's brilliant leadership, they would "greet" each other daily and engage in friendly "sparring," pulling off one major scheme after another on Earth. Sometimes they were bandits—stealing bosses, plundering mines, snatching resources. Sometimes they were saviors—descending like divine warriors to face world bosses threatening to massacre cities. Sometimes they even went undercover, infiltrating various major factions to stir up trouble from within, keeping their enemies constantly on edge. To prevent their doppelganger abilities from being exposed, Song Gua made them wear masks with mahjong tile patterns and don Taoist robes in various colors. "Remember, in front of outsiders, call me 'The Dice.'" "Got it! Boss!" "Not 'Boss'—it's 'The Dice.' Think about the vibe, pay attention to the vibe." "Yes! Boss!" "For crying out loud..." From then on, whenever they appeared, they would have their own theme song playing: ~Hey~ paying respects at the mountain stronghold at night~ whose arm is draped over whose shoulder~ gather your courage and follow along...
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
