Chapter 158

"Cut the crap, do you dare to have a showdown with me?"

Chen Xiaoxiao revealed the butterfly knife in her hand, its sharpness fully displayed.

"Xiaoxiao, don't be impulsive!"

A Wei grabbed the woman who wanted to act directly and pulled her behind him.

Afterward, he stepped forward, looked directly at Medusa, and spoke: "Since you know who is sitting in our car, why do you still want to go against us? Our Tang family seems to have never offended you..."

A flash of mockery crossed Medusa's snake-like golden eyes as she sized A Wei up.

A moment later, her thin lips parted, and she said in an extremely lazy tone:

"You indeed haven't offended us, but do we need a reason to want to kill someone?"

"We are going to kill Tang Bingyan today; what can you do about it?"

"You're courting death!" Chen Xiaoxiao heard the contempt for Tang Bingyan in the other side's words and wished she could go up and tear this woman's mouth apart directly.

A Wei, however, grabbed Chen Xiaoxiao again and spoke calmly:

"You can certainly slaughter at will, but if our Young Lady really has an accident in the Lighthouse Country, have you thought about the consequences?"

"The Young Lady is the person in power of the Tang family; if you make a move against her, you are going against the Tang family."

Tattoo was just an assassin organization and naturally had no way to compete with the Tang family, which had a century-old foundation.

Even if they were lucky enough to kill Tang Bingyan today, they would face the Tang family's crazy revenge afterward.

Even if the Tattoo organization stopped at nothing for money, they wouldn't do a losing business.

That was why A Wei couldn't figure out why Tattoo wanted to surround them regardless of everything, and even wanted to kill them.

Afterward, A Wei continued looking at the Tattoo group and said:

"You Tattoo accept commissions for nothing more than money; the benefits you can get from this operation and the consequences of going against the Tang family are obviously not proportional."

"Whatever your purpose for targeting our Young Lady is, I think you should seriously consider whether doing so is worth it."

After hearing A Wei's words, the faces of the five people led by One-eyed Jack all showed some subtle changes.

Obviously, they also knew the Tang family's power and status.

Seeing this, a glimmer of hope ignited in A Wei's heart.

However, just as he intended to strike while the iron was hot and persuade them to abandon the mission, he saw Medusa suddenly laugh sinisterly.

"What you said is indeed correct, but who told Tang Bingyan to be a beauty?"

"All women more beautiful than me deserve to die, and Tang Bingyan is no exception!"

"And even if the consequences of offending the Tang family are serious, the rewards we get are beyond your imagination; why shouldn't we accept such a challenging mission?"

Vampire George, standing to the left of One-eyed Jack, also sneered and spoke:

"Don't talk reason to us; leave no survivors, disregard the consequences—this is the logic of 'Tattoo'!"

Just as Chen Xiaoxiao and the others were confronting the Tattoo members, Xu Tian had already been sent by the first team to the pier outside the small city.

"Mr. Xu, get on the boat; this boat will send you to the capital of the Lighthouse Country." The captain said coldly to Xu Tian.

"I'm not going to the capital."

Xu Tian sized up the bodyguards closest to him, seemingly frowning and thinking about something.

"Mr. Xu, the situation is urgent; we risked our lives to send you out, so please recognize the situation and don't let down Tang Zong's protection of you!"

The captain urged Xu Tian impatiently; these elites among the bodyguards were supposed to be guarding Tang Zong's side, but now they were arranged to escort a pretty boy to escape.

Originally, they were reluctant and wanted to complete the mission as soon as possible to rush back and rendezvous with Chen Xiaoxiao and the others, but Xu Tian was dawdling and refused to board the boat.

Even though they were wary of Xu Tian's status, their patience was reaching its limit.

Xu Tian didn't care about the sarcasm in the captain's tone but walked to the bodyguard carrying his suitcase, dragged the bulky 28-inch suitcase to an open space in front of everyone, and opened it in front of them.

The next moment, everyone stared at the suitcase Xu Tian opened and froze in unison.

They saw that the 28-inch suitcase was packed full of colorful things that looked like performance costumes from the nineties.

"What is this for?" The first team leader was stunned.

Are you kidding? Is this the time to be doing this kind of flashy dressing up?

Xu Tian didn't enlighten the crowd but found the only black suit among the clothes that looked decent. At the same time, matching this outfit were a huge cowboy hat, a black eyepatch, and a black cape large enough to be a bedsheet.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xu Tian put on this outfit and even hung something that looked like a fencing sword at his waist.

"Holy crap, is this cosplay of Zorro?"

"There's even an eyepatch!"

"Mr. Xu, are you sick? What time is it now, and you're still in the mood to play dress-up?"

The captain glared at Xu Tian with black lines on his forehead; if he weren't Tang Bingyan's man, he probably would have lost his patience long ago and thrown him into the sea to fend for himself.

"What are you standing there for?"

Xu Tian seemed not to notice the angry gazes of the bodyguards and ordered calmly: "Find a size you can wear and change into these clothes."

Bodyguards:...

They looked down at the suitcase; this was simply prepared for a large-scale dance party.

There were Captain America, Spider-Man, Batman, and even Elvis Presley's classic stage costumes.

What time was it? They had no heart to mess around with Xu Tian.

"Mr. Xu..."

The captain resisted the urge to go up and beat Xu Tian up, took a deep breath: "You can't not..."

"Cut the crap; if you want to save Bingyan, put on these clothes immediately and go back with me!"

"What did you say?"

The captain and the other bodyguards of the first team were almost angered to the point of vomiting blood.

They risked their lives to finally send Xu Tian out of the small city, and now this ungrateful man wanted to go back?

Wasn't he bent on fleeing with his valuables?

But the so-called valuable luggage was just some ragged clothes, and he could have run away by boat, yet at the critical moment, he wanted to turn back.

Seeing that these bodyguards refused to act, Xu Tian had to explain to them:

"Have you heard of 'Shadow'?"

Hearing the name "Shadow," a flash of surprise crossed the first team leader's eyes.

Then he nodded and replied: "Isn't that a famous mysterious organization internationally?"

If Tattoo was just an assassin alliance composed of a group of vicious, unscrupulous desperadoes for money, then "Shadow" was a mysterious organization with no rules of conduct and full of fearful, eerie colors, comparable to a religious faith.

Unlike the villains like Tattoo who occupied the International Criminal Police Organization's bounty list all year round, members of Shadow had never been exposed to the outside world's sight; even an ordinary member of the organization had never exposed their identity.

Because any prey targeted by them had no possibility of survival.

"Shadow" was such a mysterious organization, so mysterious that even those who dealt with dark forces might not necessarily know of their existence.

The first team leader also accidentally learned of this organization while executing a mission and knew nothing about the organization's leader and member list.

Xu Tian, this kid, was just an ordinary person; how did he know about the Shadow organization?

And now that he mentioned Shadow, what was he trying to do?