Chapter 39: Killer Gold Coins
Lin Cheng didn't expect the fox to follow behind him, he thought that with himself by Wesley's side, the Assassin League would not ask them where they were going and what they were doing, he thought that he had successfully coaxed Sloane's old fox.
Therefore, the old fox of Long did not trust himself, so he let the fox follow him and monitor his movements.
Looking at the woman who had fallen into a coma on his bed, Lin Cheng began to think about how he would explain all this when she woke up, how to make her believe in himself, if he could, he didn't want her to get involved in this dispute.
Because he knows that the fox is the one who really carries out the killer's oath.
Her growth trajectory is complex.
The fox is father is an upright judge, and at that time, her father was working on a fraud case involving a huge amount of money, and the defendant wanted to change a soft-hearted judge, a judge who could be bribed, so he hired a psychopathic villain.
The pervert tied up the ten-year-old fox to her father, forced the fox to watch her father burn to death, and then burned red with wire, branding her father's name on the fox.
It wasn't until Fox entered the League of Assassins that she found the pervert's name on the list of Looms of Fate.
The other party had already been on the list of the Destiny Loom a few weeks before the fox's father was killed, but the killer who was on the mission at that time failed, not only failed, but was also killed by the other party first, and the corpse became a target for the fox to practice marksmanship.
From then on, the fox swore that she would kill every wicked person who made the list of the looms of fate.
Getting her hands dirty, just to protect more people like her.
After thinking about it, Lin Cheng had already left the room, came to the front desk of the hotel, and found the manager of the hotel, the killer senior John.
"John, I need you to help me find something."
"Wait a minute, Lin - I happen to have a job shortage here, I don't know if you want to do it."
Old John did not refuse Lin Cheng, but threw out a topic that interested Lin Cheng.
"What job?"
"I need you to go to Rome to help me protect someone, and the reward is ten killer gold coins, which is a deposit."
As he spoke, Old John took out a small coin box from the table at the front desk of the hotel, and inside the box was ten golden coins.
Old John took out a coin from it and handed it to Lin Cheng, Lin Cheng took the coin in his palm, looked at it carefully, and found that there were exquisite patterns on both sides of the coin, one side was the goddess of fate, and the other side was the bones of the deceased.
"What kind of gold is this?"
"Well, don't you kid know the origin of this gold coin, do you mean that this kind of gold coin is no longer in circulation in the United States, no, this is impossible, the Continental Hotel in New York is still operating, how can they abolish their own gold coins?"
Hearing Lin Cheng's question, Old John frowned slightly, but Lin Cheng keenly captured the two key words in the other party's words.
Killer Gold, Continental Hotel.
"Wait, John, who made this order, and who do you want me to protect?"
Lin Cheng asked urgently.
"Our tailor's shop, the target is Gianna Antonio, the eldest daughter of the Antonio family of the Italian mafia, one of the future members of the High Table, and her succession ceremony is coming soon, as one of the members of the High Table, we must have someone to come forward, didn't Sloan tell you?"
High Table, Killer Gold, Continental Hotel ...... Isn't this tm the setting in John Wick's trilogy, listen to old John, the textile mill is also one of the members of the high table, this is too pompous, how many inexplicable things are stitched in this world?!
The expression on Lin Cheng's face suddenly became exciting.
"Maybe Sloane decided to cut it off over there, so newcomers like you probably don't know very well."
"The existence of the High Table is almost the same as that of the Brotherhood of the League of Assassins, they are a unique organization founded by the heirs of the Hassan sect in the Middle East, and they are the rulers of the entire underground world."
"Under the rule of the High Table, they have established Continental hotels in capitals and key cities around the world, which are not only the biggest strongholds and intelligence markets for local killers, but also shelters, where any killer can register as a member."
"Killer gold coins are the currency they issue, each gold coin is worth 100,000 US dollars, and the rules for the use of gold coins are that members of the Continental Hotel can ask anyone for services if they hold gold coins, and the other party cannot refuse, but they must give enough gold coins as a reward."
"However, in the underworld, there are also three inviolable laws set up by the High Table."
"First, the will of the high table is above all else, secondly, no murder is allowed within the hotel of the continent, and third, the blood contract cannot be refused, and anyone who violates these three laws will be rewarded with a bonus, and then they will have to face assassins from all over the world to assassinate one after another, until the violator is dead."
With Old John's narration, Lin Cheng extracted some information from the language.
The existence of the high table is very mysterious and noble in this world, their minions are all over the world, from ordinary people to high-ranking government officials, anyone can be a member of the Continental Hotel, because the membership of the Continental Hotel does not limit the need to be a killer to apply, anyone can.
However, what really surprised Lin Cheng was that the League of Assassins was also a member of the High Table, and the League of Assassins continued to produce this bulletproof high-end suit from Lin Cheng in textile factories around the world for the killers in the underworld.
In addition to the clothing associations represented by textile mills, there are also firearms associations composed of firearms companies from various countries, medical associations composed of doctors from major hospitals, extremely secretive intelligence associations, etc., all of which are closely related to the killer industry, occupy a place at the high table.
The reason why Lin Cheng received this order was because he was the only one of the strongest assassins that the Assassin League could dispatch in Europe, and each force had to send people to participate in the succession ceremony of the High Table, so Lin Cheng was selected to be the representative of the textile factory to participate in this succession ceremony.
Not only as a representative, but also in charge of defending the successor, the eldest daughter of the Italian mafia Antonio family, Gianna A. D. Antonio's safety, that is to say, Lin Cheng will face off with John Walker, who came to assassinate Gianna Antonio, and go toe-to-toe.
"Well, fighting with your idol sounds really exciting."
Lin Cheng has always been a fan of Keanu Reeves, from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077, he likes it all, but he didn't expect that he would play against John Walker, played by the other party in the plot of the rapid attack, so he was naturally a little excited.
Old John handed over the killer gold coin in Lin Cheng's hand to Lin Cheng as a deposit, and after the matter was completed, there was still the balance of nine killer gold coins, considering that the value of one gold coin was equivalent to 100,000 US dollars, which was a huge sum of one million US dollars, Lin Cheng naturally would not let it go.
So he said sorry in his heart....... Because he has to do his best to prevent his idol from completing the content of the blood pact.