Chapter 157

Two black-clad bodyguards stepped forward reluctantly, and one of them picked up the suitcase.

"Be careful not to break it."

Xu Tian gave a word of caution before following them downstairs.

Many vehicles were parked at the hotel entrance; this time of day was exactly when hotel guests were checking out and leaving.

The first team's cars blended in among the other guests' vehicles and left the hotel in a low-profile manner.

Not long after this car departed, three more sedans set off from the hotel.

They were all members of the first team, secretly protecting Xu Tian and sending him safely out of this small city.

Not long after Xu Tian left, Chen Xiaoxiao and the others remaining in the hotel began to arrange the evacuation.

They had to send Tang Bingyan out before the people from "Tattoo" rushed into the hotel.

Soon, the unconscious Tang Bingyan was carried out of the hotel room by Chen Xiaoxiao, placed in a car, and looked after by A Wei.

Chen Xiaoxiao sat in the front with a member of the third team who was driving.

A Wei, sitting in the back row taking care of Tang Bingyan, looked silently at the scenery passing by outside the window, his eyes filled with anxiety and worry.

"Xiaoxiao, have you contacted the investigation bureau in the Lighthouse Country?"

"I contacted them, but the other side used the excuse of insufficient police force and kept delaying sending support."

Chen Xiaoxiao slammed the armrest next to the car seat hard: "I think they just took money from 'Tattoo' and are deliberately turning a blind eye!"

"We have no grudges against the people from 'Tattoo'; who exactly is directing those assassins to deal with us?" Chen Xiaoxiao sneered: "Those people are vicious thugs who kill and loot for money; maybe the person who wants the Young Lady dead hired them with a huge sum of money."

"There are quite a few people eyeing our Young Lady's life!"

Anyone with any understanding of the dark forces knew that since the appearance of the Tattoo organization, their operations had never failed.

At first, A Wei and Chen Xiaoxiao thought the other side came for the patented secrets in their hands, but after learning it was Tattoo, they realized the person behind the scenes wanted their lives.

A Wei sighed, looked back vigilantly at the situation behind the vehicle, and then asked:

"How is the situation with the first team? Did they send Mr. Xu out?"

When Chen Xiaoxiao heard Xu Tian, a flash of disdain crossed her eyes.

"That scumbag should be running away by boat under the escort of the first team by now. He only has himself in his heart; how could he care about our lives?"

A Wei shook his head in disappointment.

He was annoyed at himself for having a high opinion of Xu Tian during this period.

He prided himself on having read countless people, but he hadn't expected to have misjudged someone.

Chen Xiaoxiao and the others left the hotel and sped toward the northwest of the small city.

There was a stretch of barren mountains there suitable for hiding; if the breakout was successful, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the suburbs, the faces of the people in the car became increasingly grave.

Danger was imminent, and everyone's face was clouded with worry.

They didn't know if the Tattoo assassins were certain they couldn't break through their tight defenses, so they hadn't sent anyone to intercept them.

They were like humans standing outside a giant jar, watching with great interest the little white mice scurrying around inside.

"Damn it, if you have the guts, come out and have a fair fight with this lady!"

Chen Xiaoxiao was the most impatient; she opened the car window and shouted loudly at the outside.

"Are the notorious Tattoo members just cowards who only know how to sneak attack?"

No sooner had her voice fallen than a strange laugh rang out from the valley not far away.

Not far ahead of them was the border between the small city and the jungle, connected by a suspension bridge that could only accommodate one car.

However, the area ahead was still empty, with no traces of any ambush.

A Wei's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted at Chen Xiaoxiao:

"Close the window!"

"Stop the car!"

The bodyguard driving instinctively slammed on the brakes. Just as he was dizzy from his forehead hitting the windshield due to the huge inertia, a deafening explosion suddenly came from ahead.

In an instant, fire soared into the sky before A Wei and the others, and a heatwave rushed toward them; even blocked by the car's iron shell, their skin felt the scorching temperature.

The only way out, the suspension bridge, had been blown up.

The next moment, a group of black-clad men arrived quietly and surrounded them tightly.

A Wei looked back and found that the retreat route behind them had been blocked by more than a dozen jeep-like vehicles that were as solid as a copper wall and iron bastion, while the group of people directly in front walked against the firelight, like Asura evil ghosts walking out of hell, slowly approaching them.

When those people walked closer, Chen Xiaoxiao saw their appearance, and deep despair appeared on her frost-covered pretty face.

The five leaders were dressed in black, and each had a distinct six-pointed star tattoo on their right cheek; this was the symbol of the Tattoo organization.

The leader was a tall, thin, and gloomy middle-aged man; he only had one right eye, and his left eye was covered by a black eyepatch.

His name was One-eyed Jack, and he was the leader of Tattoo.

Jack was just an alias; no one knew his real name or background, and he was the tenth-ranked criminal on the current International Criminal Police Organization's bounty list.

Standing next to him were two men and two women, and the man and woman closest to him were the highest-ranking subordinates by Jack's side.

The white man with a pale face and deep facial contours was called Vampire George, and the petite woman wearing a black lace dress with gloomy eyes was called Medusa.

If these two walked in a bustling metropolis, their outstanding looks might lead people to mistake them for movie stars.

But only those who had truly dealt with them would know that although these two had angelic faces, their hearts were more vicious than snakes and scorpions.

Especially Medusa; she was jealous of all blonde white women and black-haired Oriental women who were more charming than herself.

Once anyone became her target, they would have their faces ruined and be tortured to death.

What was even more hair-raising was that Medusa would take photos of the victims' disfigured, ugly states as a souvenir before they died; she was a pervert with an extremely twisted psychology.

Although there was almost no possibility of survival for those who had seen Tattoo, A Wei could still judge their identities from their physical characteristics.

Although A Wei had not seen the other man and woman in the files, judging by the size of the six-pointed star tattoo patterns on their faces, he could also judge that they were definitely high-ranking assassins under One-eyed Jack.

After seeing the Tattoo leader and his subordinates, the last glimmer of hope in A Wei's heart vanished completely.

"It really is them!"

Chen Xiaoxiao cursed while opening the car door to get out: "These scumbags who stop at nothing for money!"

The vicious-minded Medusa saw Chen Xiaoxiao, and a flash of jealousy crossed her cold eyes.

"You must be Chen Xiaoxiao, right?"

"I didn't expect the bodyguards around Tang Bingyan to all be beauties."

She raised her chin high, and despite being half a head shorter than Chen Xiaoxiao, she still maintained a condescending aura:

"But do you know that what I, Medusa, hate most is beauties like you!"