it was silence in the in the cottage Alice and uncle Lin were looking at each other and infront of them lied the body of bai jie unmoving. two shadows popped in from outside. these two were the ones bai jie had detected following them. " is it done " said the shadows they were covered with black clothing. they moved in.
" I think so " said uncle Lin.
" it shouldn"t be like this it was too easy" said Alice. there was a frown on her face.
" It was your fault you idiot woman you must fed her wrong pills lord ji gave an easy task to you it should have been someone smart " said uncle Lin.
" I really fed her the truth pills why would I lie to you unless something went wrong with pills you gave me were diffrent. " Alice felt wronged she felt anger rising within her.
" you want to play this game " said uncle Lin his eyes narrowed it was in cold tone. he has very average looking face white hair with short eyebrows.
" I really gave her truth pill it would lower her mental defences lord ji asked me to incite young miss to abduct her everything went as planned but when I fed her pills rather than lowering her mental defences she seemed to have gained clarity you also know only frost temple has ways to suppress emotions and the side effect didn"t even kick in. I thought she must be a cultivator of 4th or 5th stage may be " said Alice telling her frustrations uncontrollable laughter was the sign that the pill has taken effect. but on the other side she became like a animal.
" little girl don"t deny it anymore you have given her wrong pills may be vital energy pills. " said uncle Lin. he never seen side effect of truth pill with something like this. as he know truth pills would decrease the subconscious thoughts people will feel like they are high and every hint of antic.i.p.ation goes away which produces abnormal state of laughing. you can ask the victim anything and he will reply happily.
" if she was a disciple of frost temple sect then she wouldn"t have died so early a cultivator would use his spirit energy to suppress the poison even she ate it she wouldn"t have died so easily now I even doubt your judgement she might not be a cultivator at all look she didn"t even have spirit energy to defend herself or she could have bought time to escape by suppressing the poison in her body " said uncle Lin.
Alice looked at bai jie again she saw the skin turning yellow. she was definitely dead. " huh"
she sighed " I am sorry sister if you wouldn"t have been liked by the head miss your fate could have been different."
" is she also a victim of head maid that demoness " the shadow asked.
" yes " said Alice. her expression was that of helplessness. she had seen many maids dealt with like this and some even dissapeared.
" dammit it"s my third time now Killing some one because of that head maid demoness " replied the shadow.
" you must have been a new member " said uncle Lin.
"yes I am shadow rank 233 " replied the shadow.
" I don"t even remember my count now hehe " said uncle Lin.
" Why would lord ji would want to kill someone head maid likes isn"t it too weird " said Alice. she really didn"t understand how it would benefit lord ji. she felt really good talking to her today but her duty comes first if she didn"t obey her fate would be same as others.
" little girl its a matter of dark side while you live on the bright side.dont poke your nose where it doesn"t belong. " said uncle Lin while giving a creepy smile.
" I should be leaving now " said Alice. She had stay away from these people.
" ahh I remember I need to give you the prize " said uncle Lin. he grabbed Alice from her neck he punched her lower rib cage and twisted her left arm.
" ahhhhhhhhhhhhh " Alice screamed on top of her lungs. she was squirming on the ground while panting for breath. she was looking at the uncle Lin.
" it would have been too fake, now go tell the head maid that you have been attacked by group of bandits 5 or 6 stage and this girl was killed by them make a good scene I know you are good at lying just by looking at your acting now , I know how much strength I used no need for overacting " said uncle Lin.
Alice got up she looked at the uncle Lin then went out.
" squad leader so it means all the people who have been dissapeared were done by us I mean last I killed a couple because of head maid too she had helped them or something my mission was just to kill them " said the shadow 133.
" yes I want know too squad leader I have captured some children but I never saw them again. " said the other shadow.
" to tell you the truth even I don"t know first the mission was to capture this girl but after that Alice lady said she could be someone powerfull it changed in to kill her by any method even in headquarters many people doesn"t know this secret that if someone builds a connection with head maid they were killed and captured they would just disappear not to be seen again and this rule also work in the organization. I will give you a advise if someday you are a.s.signed to keep watch over her don"t get close never I heard a woman a.s.sa.s.sin had developed some connection and she would talk with her or something and she was high rank too but she was killed without exception. " said uncle Lin.
he was a old timer. " I don"t know what charm that head maid have I saw people seems to be drawn towards her I can"t even count how many had died in the ten years. "he closed his eyes.
both shadows felt chill run down there spine.
" thank you squad leader for sharing the secret with us we will always be grateful to you. " said both of the shadows.
" this girl could have lived if not for that demoness " said rank 233 shadow.
" you haven"t fallen for this dead girl right " said the other shadow.
shadow 233 wanted reply but he thought the girls body twitched.
" I think she is better dead than captured she is just a mortal these are mere ants no need to fret over it dump her body. " said uncle Lin.
he thought " I have to clean this place again. "
" yes squad leader" said both of them.
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bai jie was wrapped in clothes the shadows were taking him to mountains to dump him but that wasn"t the biggest concern he was worried about right now.
" for almost from her younger age he has isolating her what is the reason what does he want from her."
bai jie was in deep thought when he heard the shadows speaking again. he could hear the sound of river nearby. he knew it was time to make a move.
" let"s just throw her in the river it would take her to beast forest not even bones of her will remain " said the shadow admiring the view " I will take you to a good place you can properly enjoy your self there but you have to pay. hey why are you not " the shadow looked back he saw a hand coming out of the wrapped clothing it was holding the neck of the shadow 233 he saw the body was shriveling up. the shadow fell down with the wrapped bai jie. it was very horrific view the first thought came in to his mind was " run ".
bai jie unwrapped himself he saw the shadow starring at him he smiled and said " now it"s your turn ".
the shadow started running he wanted to jump in the river he used all his strength to run at maximum speed.
"its time to check the emulated version " bai jie activated movement pattern he felt his speed rise more than 50% it was a better than the default 20%. bai jie moved like a shadow.
only in few seconds he grabbed the shadow.
" shadow flash how did , where did , who are you " the shadow had many questions.but none were answered he felt a heavy sleepiness.
ding +1500 life energy
" at least it"s more than what I have lost " said bai jie. he take a look towards his current life force.
life force - 20700 ( 207 days )
" its half a year again I feel like I am living on borrowed time here " said bai jie his life is miserable he finally have wife in a unknown world but a underworld boss was keeping a leash on her. how could his life be so dangerous. " Mr. ji lan you were the one who started it I never wanted to poke in your business but now its Game On " thought bai jie.
he had really underestimated this ji lan and this world , there are snakes and worms at every corner. And this ji lan is a tiger he needed to a.s.sess his opponent first. " with miss Alice acting I have ond day to gather information I am basically invisible on his radar. " he thought of yi ying with a frown. " she can handle herself " bai jie said in his heart he had to take this risk.
yi ying is a smart lady she won"t believe that he was killed by a 5th or 6th stage.
" but first I need some change of clothes. " he was still dressed in woman"s outfit. " I need to have a good chat with uncle Lin. " bai jie rummages through on the remaining bones of the shadows he found storage rings of shadows.
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Author note -
Thank you for your support readers.