Chapter 11: The Death of the Rose
Bullet casings hit the ground, and blood rained.
The gunshots were finally drowned out in the rumbling mechanical sound.
Dozens of lives just withered in the morning sun.
The reason why killing a god is killing a god is not because of how strong his ability is, nor because of how strong his body is.
It's just because of his understanding of "killing", as well as his concentration and execution of the activity of "killing...... They have all reached a realm beyond the reach of "people".
Strength, speed, fighting skills, abilities, super five senses, marksmanship, etc., these are just the conditions and preparations that Jack made up in order to kill people; These factors, casually put it out and say, there are people in the world who are stronger than him.
But those people can't be the gods of killing.
Only Jack Anderson...... That is, the man who defines the "killer" criterion of this era can bear this name.
Knock –
When the last of the Assassins in the factory was headshot, Jack stopped shooting.
Even he had to deal with so many heavily armed killers at the same time, and there were several combat-oriented people among them...... That's pretty strenuous, too.
When Jack walked back to the first floor, a chill suddenly irritated the skin on his lips, and he instinctively raised his hand to touch it, and saw a touch of red.
At this moment, at the railing on the second floor, a woman's voice suddenly sounded: "Sure enough...... An ability like 'Time Stop' should not be used repeatedly in a short period of time. ”
This voice, Jack has heard.
He looked back, looked up, and saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.
The girl was very clean-looking, and she had neither a fat nor a bookish atmosphere.
The last time Jack saw her, she was dressed in an ordinary long-sleeved shirt with a basket of flowers in her hand, and her eyes showed deep exhaustion and sadness.
But this time, she was dressed in slim black, with a strange mechanism on her wrist, and her face ...... Hanging is smug and cold.
"Who are you?" Jack asked because he could sense that the other party was not Gallo's man.
"Olivia Dojo." She replied.
When the words fell, Jack frowned slightly, and his mind buzzed.
Some of the things that bothered him became clear, but many things that were clear became chaotic.
"It's a little weird, isn't it?" Olivia saw his doubts and smiled and continued, "Huh...... After all, according to Charles, Olivia should be at least twenty-four or five. ”
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"I'm just an intermediary, what can I do if the world changes?"
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At this moment, the image of the bartender smoking a cigarette and smiling wryly flashed quickly in front of Jack's eyes.
"Charles is your man?" Jack continued.
"Huh...... You're quick-witted, Mr. Anderson. "But you're not exact......," she paused, "Charles isn't my subordinate, he's just having to do my bidding for some reason." ”
"But he doesn't have any relatives." Jack's words sound a bit out-of-the-box, but they're actually quite right.
"yes, everybody thinks he doesn't." Olivia replied, "But I still found out somehow...... Charles has an illegitimate child who grew up in an adoptive family and is currently attending university in Golden Lion. ”
"He did it for you for a bastard child whom he had barely met, and who probably didn't even know he existed?" Jack asked.
"Heh......" Olivia laughed, "didn't you run to take down the headquarters of the Dead for the sake of a bitch who had only seen two sides?" ”
By the time she said this, Jack had already noticed the anomaly around her through her hearing......
A few seconds later, dozens of figures appeared on the second floor; There is no doubt that these people are also "Immortals", but they owe allegiance not to Gallo, but to Ducho.
At the same time, a female killer, escorting Angel, whose hands were tied behind her back and her mouth was gagged, came to Olivia's side.
Although it was still nearly ten meters away, Jack could clearly see some blood stains oozing from Angel's ribs, and there were still some strange noises on her body.
Angel, on the other hand, shouted excitedly when she saw Jack, but because her mouth was sealed with duct tape, she could only let out a muffled snort.
Smack-
"Be quiet." Olivia didn't even look at Angel before backhanding the latter.
Angel's shout was instantly suppressed by the slap, and she also knelt on the ground, sobbing weakly.
"Before you do anything you'll regret, I'll say hello to you." Olivia then said to Jack, "I've embedded an explosive device in Angel's ribs that will never be removed in a short time......," and she raised her left hand to show the thing on her wrist, "The one on my hand is the detonator." She paused for half a second before adding, "If my pulse stops, or drops to a certain level, the bomb will explode; If I press the detonation switch directly...... Explode; If the time is up, the bomb has not been properly removed...... Or an explosion. ”
"Understood." Jack understood the other man's intentions almost instantly, "Say whatever you want......" He put away the two guns in his hand, "I'm not going to stop time and shoot you while you're talking." ”
Seeing this, Olivia smiled with satisfaction, and then said, "First of all, I have to thank you, Mr. Anderson...... You've helped me solve Gallo's big problem. ”
At this moment, Olivia was able to show up with his men, which means that Gallo had set up a secret post near the textile factory, and that he had not come to encircle Jack...... They have been purged out; And when these core members are gone, those who obey Gallo in other branches around the world will not be a problem.
"You're welcome." Jack's response was quite self-deprecating.
"And secondly, I have to say......" Olivia paused, then added, "you have become too merciful and weak compared to what you used to be......
"What was I like in the past?" Jack asked.
"In the past, when you heard me talk about the 'pulse', I was afraid that you had already shot me out." Olivia replied, "The explosion that followed was just enough to cover for your next round of slaughter." ”
"You seem to know me well?" Jack Road.
"Heh......" Olivia smiled, "I used to hear my father tell you stories, and even though you were not his subordinate and refused to join any organization, he still appreciated you very much...... Today, however, after I have personally 'tested', I have come to the conclusion that ......," she shrugged, "either the legends are false, or you have changed." ”
"Testing?" Jack asked tentatively.
"What do you think?" Olivia said, suddenly pulling something out of her pocket—a rose wrapped in plastic paper.
This is undoubtedly the one Angel took from Jack's room that day and kept at home.
"Do you think what you bought from me that day was just a basket of ordinary flowers?" Olivia ripped the plastic paper open, sneered and grabbed Angel's hair, and roughly interspersed the flower between the latter's hair, "This is a wireless monitor that can avoid all the non-military-grade scanners on the market, and even Jack Anderson's hearing can't detect it." ”
"So...... Everything that happened that night was under your watch...... Jack continued, "and the person who gave Marino the order was none other than you. ”
"Of course." Olivia replied, "But don't get me wrong, that ridiculous assassination plan wasn't set up by me with the intention of 'trying to kill you'...... I'm not that bad, and I never thought you'd die under that kind of plan.
"Send a high-end bitch who has taken 'Praying Mantis' to your door, and send Marino and a few of them to kill you, the focus is not on success or not, but on 'watching your reaction'.
"In the initial stage of the layout, it is most important to roughly understand your behavior pattern and moral bottom line."
"For this ......," Jack said coldly, "you're ready to send three loyal men and an innocent man to their deaths?" ”
"Listen to yourself, Mr. Anderson." Olivia shook her head and said, "What have you become?"
"In the past, in order to succeed in the operation, you could not hesitate to kill everyone who stood in front of you...... Bodyguards, peers, federal agents, civilians......
"And now?
"You gave the precious antidote to a bitch you had just met, and instead of killing her, you let her go.
"You left Marino's life to track him down, but you only warned them when you met Gallo's men.
"You're provoked by a guy at a bar who doesn't know how to live or die, but you only teach him a lesson.
"You even ...... Will buy all the flowers in a girl's hand on the side of the road, just so that she can go home early.
"I don't admit that you are the man who is called the 'God Killer', you are just an uncle who is not far from death, full of guilt and weakness in his heart."
"It's really hard for you to spend so much time for an uncle." Jack listened to the other party's words, still expressionless, and responded in a decadent tone.
"Hmph...... It's not as hard as you think. Olivia sneered, "The 'fake Olivia' you see today is actually not just a 'person', but a whole set of plans - that is, a 'Shield Organization' established by my father himself." ”
As he spoke, Olivia moved her hands behind her back, seemingly casually making a move to prevent Jack from observing.
"My father...... It is the last blood of the Du Qiao family, and more than ten years ago, when his skills began to decline with age, he realized the potential danger - the inheritance of the dark may fall into the hands of people outside the Du Qiao family.
"I was still an infant at the time, and he feared that before I could be on my own, he would be out of the position of chief, or even dead.
Thankfully, he kept his private life a secretive – no one knew if he had a woman, or how many women, let alone children.
"So, from that time on, my father fabricated a false daughter, ten years older than me, and pushed it into the light, claiming to raise her; That man...... It's the fake Olivia you see today.
"Father transferred all the mediocre talents in the organization that he regarded as chicken ribs and discarded them to Fake Olivia as henchmen......
"People think he's old and confused, but it's ...... My father was deliberately 'showing weakness,' and he knew that if he pushed me into the light, those who awaited the position of leader would feel threatened, and they would probably turn against us before I was full-fledged.
"As long as my father keeps doing this kind of 'stupid thing,' someone like Gallo ...... You will feel at ease; He will keep his father alive and is not in a hurry to do anything, anyway, as long as his father dies, the fake Olivia and his men are not his opponents at all, and Gallo just needs to take advantage of the situation.
And things turned out exactly as my father had predicted......
"Everyone thought that the stand-in was the real Olivia, including Gallo.
"But actually...... She, and the driver beside her, Marino, and many other trash fish you've seen or haven't seen...... These people are just 'shields' that can be discarded at any time.
"After this operation, their value has already been exhausted, and even if they are not dead, they are not qualified to occupy a place in the 'Darkness I lead'."
At this point, Olivia glanced around the room and said, "These people here today are my true followers, my real elites...... We will regenerate the Soul in the scorched earth left behind by Gallo, and regain its former glory. ”
She changed her words and looked at Jack again: "And you...... Mr. Anderson, as an obsolete element of instability that is only a threat to me but of no value, is undoubtedly an eyesore. ”
Jack didn't respond to this, just thinking about a strategy to break the game; But...... From just now to now, he has been thinking, but he has never been able to think of a way to save both his and Angel's lives at the same time.
"But...... I'm not that cold-blooded. After a few seconds, Olivia suddenly smiled slyly, "I can give you a chance." As she said this, she grabbed Angel's hair again and pulled her closer, "I know you care about this bitch...... Personally, I don't have any preconceptions about her; There are many women in the county of Guanzhi, like her, who have been forced into prostitution by the Bruno family because of the debts of their deceased relatives, which is nothing new...... Anyway, if you like it. ”
She paused, looked down at Angel, who was struggling, and said, "As long as you are willing to disappear like you did a few years ago, then I don't have any reason to stop you from flying away with a bitch...... Of course, this time, I hope you don't come back. ”
"Okay." Jack didn't think about it, and immediately gave the answer, "If you let her go, I will promise you that I will never appear in front of you again." ”
"Line ~ a word is a certainty." Olivia single-handedly lifted Angel to her feet. "Oh...... That's right. But in the next second, she seemed to think of something again, leaned sideways into Angel's ear, and said, "Miss Angel, there is something I think it would be better for you to know......," she said, and glanced at Jack, "Back then, it was you, Mr. Rose, who completed an impossible task, and made your creditor Vittorio Bruno re-elected as the head of the county." So, in a sense, both of you are Bruno's bitch...... Scold...... Looking at it this way, you still have a lot in common. ”
With that, she pushed Angel out of the railing and let her fall from the second floor.
This is a factory, not a private house, and the height between the first and second floors is very high, and a person with his hands tied upside down can easily break his neck or shatter his skull.
Jack's eyes are quick, and he leaps forward with a "time stop" and catches the falling Angel in mid-air.
Tutu Tutu –
Almost as soon as he hugged Angel, a dense burst of gunfire rang out.
Obviously, this was premeditated; The killers present all knew about Jack's abilities and knew that Angel would be pushed off the railing, so when this scene happened, they were all prepared in advance; Once Jack "teleports" in their line of sight, it means that he has entered the gap where the "Time Stop" ability is activated, at this moment, he cannot activate the ability again, and ...... If he wanted to protect the person in his arms, he couldn't even dodge.
Puff puff......
Soon, the sound of bullets hitting the human body was accompanied by splashes of blood.
Despite the inevitable avoidance, Jack protected Angel with his body to the fullest extent possible, and he himself was not mortally injured.
After a breath, he took Aqil to the inside of the huge loom on the first floor, where Olivia's men were all standing on the second floor, and there was a dead end for shooting.
"Hmm...... Hmmm......" After being put down, Angel let out a muffled grunt through the tape, as if she wanted to speak.
As soon as Jack raised his hand, he ripped the tape off her mouth and tore her blouse with great speed.
At this moment, there are four fixed rods inserted into each of Angel's ribs like embedded steel nails, and a metal test tube-like thing is attached to each of the four fixed rods; The area around her wound appeared to have been treated with fire, and the bleeding had long since stopped, but by the time the bomb was "planted", she had apparently shed a considerable amount of blood and suffered unimaginable pain.
"Don't be afraid, you'll be fine." As Jack examined, he was already thinking about how to remove the bomb with minimal damage.
"You're hurt......" Angel, whose face was full of tears, didn't feel any pain at this time, but she looked at the bleeding Jack with distressed eyes, and said in a weak voice.
"I'll be fine." Jack's expression and voice really didn't change, as if the bullets that had just hit him didn't exist.
"You ......" Suddenly, Angel didn't know what she was thinking, and another burst of tears burst out of her eyes, "Jack, your name is Jack, right?" ”
"Yes." As Jack replied, the killers on the second floor began shooting again, a steady stream of bullets hitting the loom, and the old machinery shattered and shattered in the rain of bullets.
"Jack, I'm not called Angel." She reached out and touched Jack's cheek, revealing a gentle look, weeping and laughing, and said, "My name is ......"
Bang –
She couldn't finish her sentence because...... The liquid bomb on her body exploded at this moment.
In the end, she failed to tell him her real name.
The bomb was so powerful that it was impossible to escape from it by stopping for two seconds, and of course, this must have been calculated by Olivia......
Olivia didn't set out to keep Jack alive, never.
After pushing Angel down, she waited a little, and when the two were far enough away from her to be sure they were still together, she pressed the detonator.
The bomb not only destroyed the huge loom, but also blew up the entire wall of the factory, causing the roof of the factory to collapse from this side.
"Withdraw."
When Olivia saw that the Killer God was gone, she removed the device from her wrist and threw it away. As she turned to leave, she gave a brief order to her men.
The killers got the order, and they all quickly put away their guns and ran out with the leader...... They don't want to be crushed to death in this factory.
In less than a minute, Olivia and his men had all evacuated the textile factory, and the old factory barely held up for a while...... It completely collapsed and collapsed, becoming a ruin full of bones.