At the dining table in Wu Mian's residence, Xiang Long, who had a blue nose and swollen face, had two tissues blocked on his nose to prevent nosebleeds, gnawed two mouthfuls of pig's trotters, and suddenly spit out a tooth, looking at Ah Lu who was sweeping the floor in the living room, with a helpless face: "How can I say that I am also one of the best masters in Kyoto, why after I met you, I was either injured or beaten?" ”

"Ah Lu has a bad temper, it has been somewhat restrained in the past few years, and in the past few years, I'm afraid you should go to the rescue now."

Wu Mian looked at Xiang Long's appearance and explained with a smile: "Although Ah Lu is an intelligent butler, her body has received the implantation of a combat module, and when converted, it is equivalent to a fully synthetic person equipped with a five-level system for the whole body, and in the case of fighting alone, no natural person can be her opponent." ”

"You should have told me about this earlier! Who would have thought that she would look soft and weak, and she would have such explosive power! Ever since I met you, I've had strong doubts about my own prowess. ”

Xiang Long gnawed the pig's trotters in his hand angrily: "Who would have thought that my famous Xiang Monkey would be beaten like this by a woman!" ”

Wu Mian picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth: "You used to be a killer, and you borrowed all the commissions of the mainstream society, and the people you dealt with were ordinary people, and these times you have dealt with robots and synths, and the data of human beings can no longer be compared, so you were beaten by A Lu, which is not ashamed." ”

"Come on, if you lose, you lose, you don't have to comfort me!" Xiang Long rubbed his swollen cheeks: "Brother Mian, didn't you bring me to the house specifically to let Ah Lu beat me, right?" ”

Wu Mian smiled: "Of course not, eat first, and I'll talk to you after eating." ”

Xiang Long spit out a bone: "Forget it, if you have anything to say, let's talk at the dinner table, I'm a person with a lot of curiosity, if I can't get an answer, I won't be able to eat this meal at all." ”

"Okay, let's talk about it now. Ah Lu, bring me a bottle of my treasured red wine. ”

Wu Mian poured a glass of red wine and asked Xiang Long: "Before we talk about business, I need you to answer me a few questions first, why are you a killer?" ”

Xiang Long looked at Wu Mian: "If I say it's to kill someone, do you believe it?" ”

Wu Mian looked at Xiang Long, whose eyes were completely different from Lin Hanshu, and shook his head: "I have seen people who are addicted to killing, you are not different from them, your eyes are very clear, and your blood is not cold." ”

"I don't kill for the sake of killing, but for the sake of meeting the stronger."

Xiang Long raised his eyebrows and said: "I told you, I was born in a martial arts family, I know that in this era of highly developed science and technology, the word martial arts seems out of place, but my family is the inheritor of martial arts, it was like this thousands of years ago, no matter what kind of changes this world has undergone, we all guard what our ancestors left behind." ”

Ah Lu seemed to have been alone at home for a long time, and when he heard Xiang Long tell his story, he also stopped his movements and listened.

"I am a person with a great talent for martial arts, and even the elders of my family have praised my roots and bones for a hundred years, saying that if I had not been born in this era when technology is king, I would definitely have achieved something. Unfortunately, we can't change this era, but I can change myself. I've beaten countless formidable opponents until the year before the Battle for Freedom, when I lost to a semi-synth in a league. ”

Xiang Long gnawed on the pig's trotter in his hand, and his eyes became sharp: "From that day on, I began to train desperately, for a year, I soaked in the training ground like crazy, and when I finally felt that I could fight against synths, the battle for freedom broke out." ”

Wu Mian responded realistically: "You are very lucky, a naturally person with strict training may be able to defeat a synth, but it can only be a low-level beginner like the worker bee organization, once you meet a master, you will die in the ring." ”

"Perhaps, but that doesn't matter anymore, because after the Battle for Freedom, all the synths disappeared, and they became rats that everyone shouted at, and no one dared to show their faces, and I never saw the synths again during the game."

Xiang Long shrugged his shoulders with some regret: "Since then, I have become an invincible existence among opponents of the same level, and even have no opponents in cross-level competitions, but I don't know why, the defeat in that game against adults is like an imprint in my heart, so that I no longer desire victory, but desire defeat." ”

Ah Lu glanced at Xiang Long: "You shouldn't have been beaten out of the psychological shadow and have masochism, right?" ”

"Yes, looking back now, I think this statement is really true, at that time, I was numb to the victory or defeat of the game, and I began to pursue more exciting things, but killing people is to pay for my life, if I kill my opponent in the game, I will inevitably be sent to prison, so I made a decision to become a killer."

Xiang Long smiled: "I am a killer, and I have a very special rule, that is, I don't attack ordinary people, only for those big people who have bodyguards, because they are so rich, the bodyguards around me must also be masters." It was from that day that I officially embarked on this path, because the success rate of the mission was high and the honoraria was getting higher and higher. ”

"So, when you choose an assassination target, it's just for the sake of a challenge." Wu Mian smiled: "Including the ninth brother who is looking for the Hidden Dragon Organization this time?" ”

"Yes, this mission is the one I have received the highest reward in recent years, because there have been countless investigations and assassinations against this ninth brother before, but without exception, all of them have failed, so I want to take this opportunity to carry out a new challenge."

Wu Mian put down the bowl in his hand: "In other words, if you find that ninth brother now, you are still ready to kill him, right?" ”

Xiang Long responded without hesitation: "Of course, I think the name Monkey is a golden sign in the killer world, and I have already checked the details of that Ninth Brother, I believe it won't be long before I can ......."

Wu Mian didn't wait for Xiang Long to finish speaking, and then interrupted him: "What if I tell you, that ninth brother is me?" ”

Xiang Long waved his hand: "What are you kidding, I have investigated the Hidden Dragon Organization for so long, and I know them like farmers understand dung, I have intercepted their call recordings, and that ninth brother is clearly a woman." ”

Wu Mian picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the red wine in the glass: "I'm not joking with you, I'm really the ninth brother." The owner of the female voice you heard before is called Lin Hanshu, she is also a member of the Hidden Dragon Organization, and all my orders are given through her, the purpose is to confuse the public, and make people think that the leader of the Hidden Dragon Organization is actually a woman. ”