Abstergo is a large pharmaceutical research enterprise, which was born very early, after the end of the First World War, in 1937, there was already the prototype of a multinational corporation.

But it has kept a low profile, and while the in-depth research into antidepressants has made the company famous and reaped unimaginable profits in the last era, it has never been more active at the level of the international order.

The company pays its taxes on time, provides tens of thousands of jobs in North America and around the world, is passionate about public affairs, and has close ties to many charitable organizations, which has earned it official goodwill.

Just last year, Abstergo's head, Warren Brown. Mr. Vidic has also received a commendation from the Government.

On the surface, Abstergo is a company of conscience that everyone likes.

But in reality, there is a reason why this organization keeps a low profile.

It was a modern-day shadow enterprise established by the Templars as old as the Assassin Brotherhood, and it existed for one and only one purpose, and that was to achieve "order" through "power" and "control", a philosophy that the Templars had established since their birth.

It sounds great, but the idea is always misinterpreted from generation to generation, for example, in this era, the idea of the Templars of Abstergo has changed from "obtaining peace at any cost" to "achieving a new world order at all costs". ”

It looks great, but the problem is that no one knows what this new world order represents.

However, judging from Abstergo's increasingly frequent contacts with politics in recent years, this new order is probably a little different from the perfect world that the Templar ancestors longed for.

Ever since Merlin learned the true identity of Abstergo Corporation from Lady Kassandra, he has been calling on S.H.I.E.L.D. resources to secretly search the company's every move.

He's already reaping the rewards.

Last year, in 2003, he knew, the company conducted a medical experiment called "new fluoride" in the chaotic region of Central Asia, which poisoned an entire town.

The matter was concealed, but Merlin had gathered all the evidence that he could legally sanction Abstergo at any time, but he did not do so.

He was waiting for his apprentices' "final test" to be completed, which would be another confrontation between the nascent Brotherhood and the Templars in this era.

"Icarus, forward all information about Abstergo's 'new fluoride' trial, including the death list, to Hill."

On the streets of New York, Merlin strolled with his cane to the location of the Continental Hotel, and he whispered:

"At the same time, tell Hill that starting tomorrow morning, use official means to investigate Abstergo's headquarters in North America, and take them to court, those bastards who have done evil think that someone can shelter their nonsense, but I don't think they can't!"

"If you make a mistake, you should be punished."

"The Templars need a severe punishment to teach them that there is more to this world than just them and the Brotherhood, they need to recognize their identity in the New Age!"

"Okay."

Icarus's voice rang in Merlin's ears as she said:

"The message has been forwarded, do you want to monitor Abstergo Corporation's communications network?"

"Well, of course it has to be monitored."

Merlin Says:

"I'd also like to see who's acting as an umbrella for them. Let Hill find out a few of the most active guys and make an example of them! ”

There was a flash of sharpness in his eyes, and he said:

"The struggle between the Assassins and the Templars is purer."

"I don't want to see anyone else involved, and this millennium-old war needs to be fairer."

With that, Merlin stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of the Continental Hotel.

He stepped into the elevator and into the second floor, where the door to room 203 was open, and an old friend was waiting for him.

"Merlin, when I got your call, I thought you were joking."

Tallia, who was wearing a long red dress, stood at the door with her waist crossed, and looked at Merlin angrily, and the head of the demon who had cleaned himself up very feminine said in a low tone:

"You can't just interfere with the rules of the Assassin League, including your three apprentices... They have the audacity to attack their companions, which is a violation of the rules of the Continental Hotel, and they need to bear the price of breaking the rules! ”

"Whatever you want, Talia."

Merlin entered the room, closed the door, and said to Talia:

"I'm not here to intercede for them, Talia, I'm just inviting you to watch a 'show.'"

"Performance?"

Talia stared at Merlin, and she said:

"Desmond. Miles, Layla. Hassan and Victoria. Bibeau, the three Assassins you asked me to take in will end our contract with the Assassin League at 12 midnight, and my organization and I will not shelter them..."

"You should know, Merlin, the three of them have been hunted by a mysterious group of mercenaries, and now that they have broken the rules, they will also be hunted down by the killers of the Continental Hotel in New York, unless you are willing to bring them into the official forces, they will be in a dangerous situation."

At this point, Talia's tone became playful, and she leaned back on the sofa in a amorous manner, with her two perfect long legs resting on the edge of the long table, and said to Merlin, who was sitting opposite her:

"Of course, we are friends, really good friends, so I'm willing to open up for you, and if you need to, I can stop hunting them, and even send assassins to help them fend off strange pursuers..."

As if she were deliberately teasing Merlin, Talia stuck out her tongue, licked her lips, and said in a very ambiguous tone:

"As long as you speak, Merlin, I will do so. You know, I'll never turn you down. ”

"Nope."

Merlin shook his head, he sat in his chair, with his blood-red cane in his hands, and looked at Talia with an admiring gaze, and said:

"They don't need to."

"Huh?"

Talia let out a confused nasal voice, and she said:

"Are you so confident in your apprentice? You know, at 12 o'clock tonight, once they get out of the Continental Hotel, at least 300 people will join them in the hunt, and while I know the numbers aren't a problem for you, I don't think those three young men are as strong as you. ”

"They'll die, Merlin."

Talia accentuated her tone:

"If you don't help, they won't see the sun tomorrow."

"If they die tonight, it proves that they are nothing more than that."

Merlin said indifferently:

"But if they make it to the end, it means they live up to my expectations. Bet you, Talia, if they hold out until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, I need you to revoke their hunt warrants, and withdraw the Assassins who pursued them, if they live to that point. ”

"Good!"

Without hesitation, Talia stretched out her hand, and she said to Merlin:

"But if it's a gamble, you need to bet... Well, I won't take the lives of all three of them, but if any of them are captured or hors combat, I win! ”

"If I win, Merlin, you're going to do something for me!"

Talia blinked, and she said in a hoarse seductive voice:

"I mean anything! You've got to do it! ”

"From what I know about you, you shouldn't be such a superficial woman, so..."

Merlin shrugged his shoulders and said:

"That's it, deal!"

"Huh"

Talia stood up, twisted her slender waist and walked to the wine cabinet, the fairy woman poured two glasses of wine for Merlin and herself, she stood behind Merlin, leaned down, and said in Merlin's ear with a sigh of relief:

"It's 2 hours until 12 o'clock... Why don't you hurry up and relax? ”

"If Damian sees you the way you are..."

Merlin shook the wine glass in his hand, he looked at the swirling liquid in the wine glass, and said:

"He's definitely going to be disappointed in his mom."

"I mean, Talia, be serious, and don't lower your impression in my mind. You must know that not every man is unable to control himself, and your most powerful weapon as a woman is of little use to me. ”

"Hey, it's boring."

Talia snorted, and at this moment quickly changed from a fairy who seduced all beings to a dignified and indifferent noblewoman, who sat down opposite Merlin, put her glass on the table, and said to Merlin:

"Speaking of which, I've heard that Bruce recently had a tricky enemy, a psychotic who called himself 'Joker' who was pestering him in Gotham and almost killed him several times. As a good friend of Bruce, aren't you going to help? ”

"I heard about it too, but he didn't ask me for help."

Merlin glanced at Thalia, he sighed, and said:

"You should know Bruce better than I do, and if I go to Gotham, he's going to be angry. He treats it as his own territory and does not allow anyone else to meddle in it... He's such a stubborn guy. ”

"yes, he's stubborn."

Talia complained dissatisfiedly:

"I went to see him once, and he turned down help from the League of Assassins, but what I was really worried about was Damian. The stupid boy was proud of his father, but he had no idea of the hidden danger around him. ”

"Bruce has a bottom line, but those criminals don't, and they have reached out to my Damian more than once and tried to hit Bruce with him."

There was a hint of murder in Talia's tone, and she said:

"They're looking for death!"

"I thought you were an emotionless killer, Talia."

Merlin took a sip of wine, and he whispered:

"But now it seems that you are barely a good mother."

"What do you mean by barely counting?"

Talia said dissatisfied:

"I've done dozens of thugs for my son, I've done this for the disobedient little cub and the unsuspecting guy with blood on his hands, and those two guys haven't even thanked them... Ah, it's really hard for me. ”

"They probably don't need you to help them get rid of those bastards."

Merlin Says:

Perhaps, what Damian wants is a mom who can be with him every day, and what Bruce needs is a wife who can make him feel relaxed... Do you understand what I mean? Talia, you have to make a choice, between your ambitions and your career, and your loved ones and loved ones. ”

"You can't be the leader of the world's biggest killer organization and be the perfect wife and mother at the same time."

A smile flashed across Merlin's face, and he said:

"Admit it, Talia, old friend, you love them more than anyone else... You just see that love as weakness and have been resisting the warmth they can give you. You're so hard to live! ”

"You know a lot."

Talia glared at Merlin, and she said:

"You don't know me, Merlin, you don't know how happy I am, shut up! I don't want to discuss these damn issues with you anymore. And I'm in a terrible mood! ”

Talia took out her phone and pressed a few keys casually, she showed a strange smile to Merlin, she shook the phone in her hand, and said:

"Because you messed with me, Merlin, the bounty on those three little guys has been raised from 7 million to 15 million, listen, the killers all over New York are starting to sharpen their knives... It's like a wild dog that smells blood, hehe, it's more fun, isn't it? ”

"You've got a really bad personality."

Merlin pursed his lips and said:

"I now know why Bruce doesn't want you... But it doesn't matter. ”

Rubbing the fraternity insignia in his finger, he whispered:

"For a true Assassin, the number of enemies..."

"It's never a problem."

"Be patient, good show... It's about to begin. ”

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"Seven minutes to go."

In the lobby of the Continental Hotel in New York, Layla. Hassan glanced at the wall clock on the wall, said a word to his companion, and then took a piece of gauze and smeared sword oil on his broken spear.

Beside her, Victoria, who closed her eyes and recuperated, also wore the same white straitjacket as Layla and Miles, which did not interfere with her movements, and a hood that covered her head.

Her two swords, one long and one short, rested on her knees, and her belt made of cowhide was filled with sharp throwing knives and various potions in small bottles.

For most of the month, she has been training with Merlin, and she has also been training with Captain America. Rogers trained in actual combat, and the legendary hero passed on his combat experience to Victoria, making her more and more proficient in the use of weapons in her hands.

In front of the two ladies, the male Assassin Desmond . Miles was assembling a black sniper rifle, a pistol and a rifle that had been placed there like a weapons display in front of the parts that filled the table.

Of course, there are also the hand crossbows that come standard with the witchers, in fact, compared to the guns that expose themselves, these cold weapons of silent assassination are the favorite of the assassins.

"They're waiting for us."

In a dazzling way, Miles quickly assembled the disassembled gun, and he pulled the bolt and said in a clattering sound:

"They feel like they've got enough of us, they think we're going to run away from their hunt as we once did."

"Isn't that normal?"

Layla replied:

"We have failed, and we have failed miserably, like rats that have been driven away, and we can only hide in the dark to survive."

"But the darkness gives us new strength."

Victoria's fingers twitched on the hilt of the sword, and she said:

"This power sends a new message to them through the blade..."

The clock on the wall pointed to 12 o'clock in the night, and the three men stood up, and they stretched out their hands and pulled up their hoods, covering their hair and eyes, and then their left hands were stacked together, and Miles whispered to his companion:

"Blood and death will be pronounced to the Templars..."

"The Brotherhood is back..."

"This time..."

"We won't fail again!"

"Smack"

The door to the Continental Hotel is pushed open, and under the watchful eyes of Merlin and Talia, the three of them step out of the final safe zone, where they will face challenges from across the city.

Victoria turned her head to look at Merlin standing by the window on the second floor, and she and her companions bowed to Merlin as if it were a ceremony, like a farewell.

They split into three directions and rushed into the darkness, and the next moment, a piercing gunshot rang out in the darkness.

Represents, hunting... Begin!