In the early hours of the morning, at darkest.

Naples, Vittorio Bruno's mansion, in a reception room.

"So...... Now it's up to you to decide? Vittorio said to his guests as he sat at a small table and ate his supper.

"Yes." Olivia sat on a sofa chair a few meters away from the other party, and replied in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Huh...... I really didn't expect that Gallo would be planted in the hands of such a little girl as you. Vittorio didn't show any sadness when he heard the news of the death of his "house dog", on the contrary, he smiled with interest, "If you have the chance, I'd like to know how you did it." ”

"It doesn't matter what I do." Olivia replied, "It's important to ...... I did it. ”

"Ah...... Yes...... Understood, understood. Vittorio said in a long voice, "Say, Miss Chief, if you have any new conditions, you can open them as long as they are not too excessive." ”

Although Vittorio has always regarded the organization as a dog in his heart, on the table, he is still more polite to the leader of the Underworld; After all, there are many high-level federal officials who need to do things in the dark, and he, as an intermediary, can get a lot of benefits from it; On the other hand, most of the foundation is in Europe, and it also needs a powerful umbrella like Vittorio Bruno.

Over the past few years, under the operation of Gallo, the two sides have formed a mutually beneficial win-win model; Tearing your face for some face-saving problems or petty profits is something that no one wants to see.

"Rest assured, Mr. Bruno, I am a man of measure." Olivia continued, "The Bruno family is an example for me to follow, and I hope that the Dujo family will continue to grow the foundation of the Dead like your family...... Maintain for a hundred years, or even a thousand years. ”

Bang –

Just as she was about to start negotiating the terms, suddenly, the door to the reception room was pushed open.

A tall bodyguard in a suit and headphones rushed in and said in a panic: "The county is the first to be born!" Something went wrong at the front door......"

"Can't you even knock on the door?" Vittorio turned his head when he heard this, and he glared at the bodyguard and interrupted, "Don't you see that I'm talking to a guest?" Who allowed you in? ”

"Right...... I'm sorry, but the county was born first. The bodyguard quickly bowed his head and apologized, "But this is an emergency right now, I hope you will evacuate with us as soon as possible." ”

As he said the word "we", two more bodyguards in suits also happened to be hurrying from the corridor behind him and appeared in the doorway.

"Huh?" Vittorio was also a person who had seen big scenes, and although he was suspicious at the moment, he was not frightened by the situation, but asked calmly, "What's going on?" A popular uprising? Or an organized bomb attack? ”

The two assumptions he spoke of were the most serious things he could think of; And...... Even if it was really a state of affairs of this level, he was not afraid.

Because the mansion of the Bruno family is the most heavily defended place in the entire county of Crown; It covers an area larger than the federal government's offices, and Vittorio's private forces are stronger than the local garrison...... Both the weaponry and the individual combat ability of the bodyguards are outstanding, and the various defensive facilities in this complex are also impregnable.

"There is a personal ...... He...... He said he was going to come in and kill you......" The bodyguard said this, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Olivia on the side, "...... and Miss Dojo. ”

"What...... Is it? When Vittorio heard this, he really wanted to stand up and slap the bodyguard, "Are you guys all idiots?" "That's why you rushed into my reception room, interrupted my conversation with the guests, and fucking told me to take refuge?" Is that the next time a stinky person comes to my door to take shelter from the rain, you all have to come and inform me? He pointed at the bodyguard, "You give the order now, let the guy standing guard at the front door kill me that guy who is clamoring to kill me!" Also, you're going to show me the gate for a month starting tomorrow! ”

"Wait." At this time, Olivia suddenly spoke, "Something is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Vittorio still has to listen to the words of the leader of the underworld.

"It's not surprising that someone comes to your door and shouts to kill you, but ......," Olivia said, "why would they know I'm here?" ”

With that, Vittorio immediately spotted this blind spot as well.

Anyway, the leader of the Shadow quietly visited the head of Guanzhi County in the middle of the night...... It is certainly confidential; The only people who know about this are their respective subordinates; How could an ordinary citizen clamoring to kill the county chief know that Olivia Ducho was a guest at Bruno's house at this moment?

"The guy you're talking about...... What does it look like? Where are you now? Olivia had a faint sense of foreboding in her heart, and she quickly asked the bodyguard.

…………

Forty minutes ago, White Dove Bar.

The bell rang for a moment, and Jack walked in.

When the bartender heard the voice, he glanced towards the door, and then ...... And the cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.

The White Dove Bar has been in business for so many years, and no one has ever seen a bartender break something, but today...... It's kind of seen.

All eyes quickly moved to Jack and the bartender.

Everyone's conversation stopped, everyone's expressions froze, and there was no noise in the bar except for the noise and distortion of the old-fashioned record player.

"I'd like to talk to Charles alone." As Jack walked down the stairs, he said this.

Within five seconds, the guests in the bar got up and walked out; In less than thirty seconds, only Jack and the bartender were left in the entire bar, and even the waitress put down the tray and left.

"Alas......" When the room was empty, the bartender sighed and said, "I advised you...... And more than once. ”

Jack looked at him and didn't speak.

"Are you going to kill me?" Seconds later, the bartender asked.

"Why do you think so?" Jack continued, "You're just saying how old Olivia is, because of that...... Do you think you deserve to die? ”

Indeed, most of what the bartender said to Jack was true, and the advice was genuine; The only point of lying is to cover for the real Olivia.

"Huh...... Oh, yes. When the bartender heard this, he also laughed dryly, "Why do I have such thoughts?" ”

"I'll tell you why." Jack said, "Because in your heart, you feel guilty." ”

"Guilt...... "I've been in this business for so many years, will there ever be anything like that?" ”

"Of course there is." Jack said, "Everybody is guilty, sooner or later...... We will all be devoured by it. ”

"What about you?" The bartender asked.

Jack was silent again, and, with a faint smile of sadness.

"......No," said Jack, "tell me where Olivia and her men are." ”

In other words, the bartender would reply with a remark, "How can you be sure I know their whereabouts?" Or, "What if you find them?" Something like that.

But at this moment, looking at the Jack Anderson in front of him, who even he felt "unfamiliar", he couldn't muster the courage to say those words at all.

The bartender quietly took out a piece of paper, wrote down several strongholds used by Olivia's centaurs, and handed it to Jack.

…………

"Jack Anderson?"

The moment they heard the name, Vittorio and Olivia repeated it in surprise at the same time.

The bodyguard thought he hadn't made it clear, so he said, "Yes, he called himself Jack Anderson, and he said he was going to come in and kill you...... He said it to the monitor at the gate, and after saying that, he shot and exploded the monitor. ”

"Impossible." Olivia said firmly, "Jack Anderson is dead. ”

"What? He's dead? Vittorio obviously knew Jack too, but he didn't know what had happened in the previous days.

"Yes." "Just about twenty hours ago, I blew him up with my own hands. ”

"Are you sure?" Vittorio seemed to be very jealous of Jack, and his expression became very nervous after hearing the name, "Is it possible, just a serious blow up or something?" ”

"A liquid bomb that can blow up a factory explodes directly in his arms, how do you want me to be sure?" Olivia replied impatiently.

"Is that so......" Vittorio nodded, but was still skeptical.

"The head of the county, Miss Ducho...... In any case, the man who calls himself Jack has infiltrated the ...... at the moment No...... It was 'killed' into the mansion and nearly a third of the surveillance equipment had been destroyed, and by the time I came, a large number of our men had lost contact......" The bodyguard continued, "To be on the safe side, I'd better ask you two ......"

"Okay, okay! Don't be verbose! Vittorio interrupted the bodyguard again, but this time, his line was, "Don't waste time, lead the way, I'm going into the bunker!" ”

I was too nervous to scold people at the beginning, but now the suspect is running slowly, and he is talking about Vittorio's behavior.

"Go and take refuge first, Mr. Bruno." Olivia, on the other hand, was grim-faced, for she still firmly believed that Jack was dead and that he was just an impostor, "I'm going to meet the intruder and see who he really is." ”

"You ......" Vittorio had already run out of the door with the bodyguard at this time, and when he heard this, he glanced back at Olivia, "...... Then be careful yourself. ”

He has no need or time to ask the other party to follow him to take refuge, anyway, whoever will be the leader of the underworld, it is the same for him, people take the initiative to take risks, what does it have to do with him?

So Olivia stayed in the mansion and cautiously groped in the direction of the front door.

Vittorio, escorted by three bodyguards, trotted all the way into a safe passage and arrived at the entrance to the "bunker" located under the mansion in two minutes.

Many high-ranking federal officials will prepare for emergency shelters like this; After all, this is the twenty-third century, and the more advanced science and technology are, the more means there are to bring about the extinction of all mankind in a short period of time...... No one can say whether there will be some super AI to take over the world's nuclear warheads tomorrow, or some kind of mutant virus with a 100% mortality rate coming out of a certain lab. Anyway, rich people have so much money that they can't use it, and it's also good to build a bunker that can dogs for a while in the end of the world. Even if humanity eventually ushered in an inevitable demise, these people hiding in bunkers could at least choose a relatively decent way to die.

[All identification has passed, and the safety door is opened.] 】

After a series of scans such as fingerprints, voiceprints, pupils, and passwords, the door to the bunker finally opened.

Vittorio also knew that it was not realistic to leave the three bodyguards outside at this time...... Anyway, he just went in to avoid the assassination, not to avoid the end of the world, at most he stayed for a moment and a half, so he asked the bodyguards to follow him in.

Watching the security door of the bunker gradually close, Vittorio's suspenseful calculations slowly fell; As long as the door in front of him is closed, he is absolutely safe, even if all the bodyguards and mediocre people in the mansion die, and even if the house is attacked by missiles, he will be unharmed here.

And the three bodyguards who followed him also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at least today, they didn't have to fight with their lives anymore.

Whew——

With the sound of the air valve deflating, the door was completely closed.

Vittorio let out a sigh of relief, turned around, and sat down on the couch.

Unexpectedly.

"Ahh As soon as he turned around, he exclaimed, because he saw that there was already a person sitting on the couch.

It was a man in an expensive black suit with a scar that stretched across his face.

Hearing the shouts of their masters, the three bodyguards also hurriedly turned around, their guns had already been pulled out of their holsters and held them in their hands, so they almost instinctively raised their guns and aimed at them at this moment.

Correct......

Bang bang bang –

A gun, three shots, sounded almost in the same second.

A second later, the heads of the three bodyguards bloomed with three pulp flowers.

At this moment, the gun in Jack's hand is the weapon that Gallo has hidden in the "coffin", which is a very sophisticated specialty, and the rate of fire and power are not comparable to the standard guns on the market.

"Do you know why I didn't come to kill you back then?" Looking at Vittorio, who was stunned and sitting on the ground, Jack slowly stood up and asked himself, "Because I was a very timid and selfish person at that time...... he paused, and continued, "I can kill some not-so-bad politicians for money, so that scum like you can be re-elected as the head of the county; Even though you tried to kill me afterwards, I only killed the commandos who came to me, and I didn't come to kill you...... Because I don't want to get into more trouble because of this. ”

Jack said as he pushed out the magazine, adding three rounds one after the other.

"I'm a scumbag, Mr. Bruno." Jack continued, "I've spent the first half of my life in the service of people like you, and I told myself that it was just a job—a job I didn't like, but I was good at.

"Over the years, I have given power to many people like you, and you have made countless people ...... Living in purgatory.

"But what am I doing all this for? Just so that he can live a comfortable and prosperous life for the rest of his life. ”

As he said this, Vittorio gradually recovered from his panic, and after he calmed down a little, he hurriedly said, "Jack, listen to me...... It was all a misunderstanding, and I didn't leak the news to the police ......."

Bang –

In the next second, a bullet hit Vittorio's knee, and judging by the pig-killing howl that followed, it really hurt......

"Why take up each other's time with meaningless lies." Jack said, "You and I both know in our hearts that no matter what you say today, I won't let you get out alive." ”

"Ahh......h Boom-" Vittorio clutched his knees, screaming.

"I'm telling you this just to make you die a little more clearly......," Jack said, leaning closer, "just to let you know...... Today you will die, not because of money, not because of any personal vendetta......" He paused for half a second, "You die because you deserve to die, that's all." ”

"Hmph......" Vittorio, who knew that his fate was near, glared at Jack with a vicious look, suppressed the desire to shout, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Then who should be damned...... Who deserves to live...... And who should decide? God? Or are you? Don't you deserve to die? ”

"I will find a decider, but that person is by no means God." Jack's tone of voice when he responded was very calm, "God can't save people, and he can't change the world, but people can." He looked at Vittorio with condescending eyes and aimed his gun at the latter's face, "As for me...... Naturally, I'm going to die, I'm going to die in ...... Kill people like you on the way. ”

As soon as the words fell, Jack pulled the trigger.