Chapter 271: The Ultimate Murder King

The fact that five assassins could be captured only proves one thing: there exists a power in the Land of Freedom even stronger than them.

However, there are some things that people of status and reputation cannot do.

The generals of the Ark, whether it be Lei Nuo or Feng Nuoyiman, could never participate in such overt assassinations.

Right now, the situation for these few assassins is deeply concerning.

They were defeated by a more powerful entity and reduced to prisoners; those with family even had their loved ones held hostage—they have truly, in every sense of the word, lost everything.

At this moment, it can be said that they have no choice but to follow Zoe's arrangements.

Cosmos said coldly:

"A Longxia person? Do you think your joke is funny?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Do you have paper? Toilet paper will do."

Cosmos turned his head, no longer paying attention to this lunatic who spoke with zero logic.

Shadow began to check himself.

His invisibility sometimes malfunctions; that is, the person turns invisible, but the clothes do not. This looks quite ridiculous. Sometimes, to ensure the target can be assassinated, Shadow has no choice but to go streaking.

Of course, he hopes to maintain some dignity in front of his peers, so he hopes his ability can run at full power today.

Cannon was checking his weapons.

His infinite ammunition isn't actually summoning ammo; rather, any weapon in his hands will always have bullets. Perhaps the only time he would run out of bullets is when facing Yan Shuangying.

One of the remaining two assassins is named Canon, a Black man from the Black Earth Continent.

He is a cultist, skilled in insect control, casting curses, voodoo, sticking pins in effigies, and so on...

He seems to know a little bit of every kind of witchcraft.

Aside from casting a disdainful glance at Wen Xishu, Canon spent the rest of the time chanting incantations.

The last assassin, codenamed Night Demon.

Once night falls, he becomes exceptionally powerful, as if possessed by some monster.

Night Demon and Cannon share the same style: find the target and charge in head-on.

Night Demon did not look at Wen Xishu with disdain, because his eyes were covered by a cloth strip. This allows him to find the feeling of the night, even if the effect isn't as good as the real thing.

Five assassins, each with their own supernatural powers.

Wen Xishu does not know much about the information on these assassins. But he can see everyone's name, including their codenames.

Even their childhood nicknames.

For example, Cosmos had a nickname as a child: Fake Woman. Because Cosmos wore his hair long.

This ability was bestowed upon Wen Xishu by the Colorful Feather.

Wen Xishu said:

"My feeling is that you all don't really like working for Zoe. I wonder what you all think of the Ark... Anyway, I don't think the Ark is very good."

"The future for us few is quite bleak, isn't it?"

Cosmos finally couldn't hold back:

"Longxia person, you should worry about how you will handle yourself when you encounter that guy codenamed Dragon."

"I highly doubt what qualifies you to be with us? What is your codename in the assassin world?"

"What is your assassin ranking?"

Wen Xishu smiled:

"Forgot, forgot, my oversight, I actually forgot to introduce myself. My nickname is Ultimate Murder King. In the underworld, I am known as Fire Cloud Evil God."

Such flamboyant nicknames, aside from being awkward and laughable, have no meaning; none of the assassins would take them seriously.

However, Canon suddenly stopped chanting and said to Wen Xishu:

"What is your ability?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Killing."

"How do you kill?" Canon asked irritably.

Wen Xishu laughed:

"That depends on how you want Zoe to die."

"In any case, I am certain of one thing: my working with you all is fate. Since it is fate, I will perform my killing art for you. I guarantee you will be very satisfied."

After thinking about it, Wen Xishu decided not to use paper and instead used the Colorful Feather pen to write a message on his own hand.

"The first victim has appeared. He will appear within a minute, tell you all some information he knows, and then commit suicide with a smile."

Utterly absurd.

Although everyone saw Wen Xishu scribble a few times on his hand, writing a crooked line of text...

But to say this could kill someone is far too ridiculous; do you think you are the Grim Reaper?

The next few dozen seconds were extremely awkward.

Everyone was professional enough not to wait to see Wen Xishu make a fool of himself; Cannon said:

"I am a weapons expert. If anyone needs to tune their weapons... you can let me help now."

"Those big shots are all saviors of their respective countries. I'm thinking... since we've been pushed to a dead end, we might as well enjoy the mission and try to kill the strongest existences in the world."

Wen Xishu could see it now; this is indeed a world of obsessions.

Just like his first mission, Jack's obsession was the desire for Jennifer to stay, and Jennifer's obsession was the desire to survive.

His final approach was to understand Jack and also rescue Jennifer.

But in reality, nothing changed, and there were still crises awaiting Jack.

The Tower of Deception only satisfies obsessions; the Tower of Desire is what changes reality.

So now, what he must do is satisfy the obsessions of these assassins.

As for after they are satisfied, perhaps he can obtain an invitation to go to the Tower of Desire and change their current situation.

Cosmos intended to throw his weapon to Cannon to have him inspect it.

But at this very moment, the few assassins subconsciously became alert.

The door to the weapons room was opened.

Not long ago, the elite from the Land of Freedom Investigation Bureau responsible for escorting and guarding Wen Xishu and the others—the bodyguard who was usually by Zoe's side—suddenly walked in.

His expression was very serious:

"Zoe's identity is one of the people in charge of the Ark Eternal Plan, directly under the Captain. Zoe is 47 years old this year, has no children, no husband, but it is said she is the President's mistress."

"Zoe cannot eat peanut butter and especially likes seafood. Although Zoe has no husband, she has kept some celebrities as lovers."

"Zoe likes a honeycomb-style division of labor, where everyone does their own part, and no one knows what others are doing; they just need to do their own job well."

"Zoe promises that all her subordinates can enter the Ark."

"Zoe will not let you live, because even if the saviors of various countries die, the doomsday response plans of those countries will not completely fail because of it, and the strength of those countries could still cause damage to the Ark."

"Zoe's mission is to ensure the Ark plan becomes the world's only doomsday response plan, the final correct answer."

"And after you complete the mission, you will all die, because your very existence is incriminating evidence. Every country has powerful intelligence investigators; if your existence is exposed, it will trigger hostility from various countries toward the Land of Freedom."

Everyone was stunned.

The assassins did not know what this Investigation Bureau personnel was doing.

But they did indeed glean quite a bit of secret information from these words.

Even Zoe's sexual preferences were dug up; presumably... this person who could work by Zoe's side had also done some indescribable things with this old woman.

Wen Xishu did not expect the power of this pen to be so astonishing.

This isn't just killing; this is practically making the target do whatever he wants them to do.

Of course, the price is that the target will definitely die.

Sure enough, after blurting out a pile of intelligence, this elite from the Investigation Bureau revealed an ugly smile—

And slit his own throat.

Blood splattered onto Cannon's weapon, and after the dull sound of the corpse hitting the ground echoed...

The group had not yet reacted to what was going on.

But after a long while, Cosmos, Cannon, Shadow, Canon, Night Demon... all looked at Wen Xishu with incredulous eyes. It was still incredulous, still hard to believe... but the difference between the two gazes before and after was vast.

Night Demon even took off his eye-covering cloth strip just to confirm he hadn't perceived it wrong.

At this very moment, Wen Xishu had already written down the next name for death.

The first to speak was Shadow.

Shadow said:

"You... how did you do that?"

Cannon narrowed his eyes:

"When did you hypnotize him? Is your ability hypnosis?"

How could there exist in this world a killing method where one can write a line of text with a pen and make the words come true?

This is the authority of the Grim Reaper; how could a mortal master it?

Although Cannon's killing style is that explosion is art, and he likes to use heavy firepower to blow up the target and all living things around them, to the point where employers often complain he is too... explosive.

But Cannon is actually very meticulous; he immediately realized something was wrong...

The fact that this man used the pen without avoiding them just now must have been to divert their attention.

If there really were such an ability comparable to the Grim Reaper, this world would have been unified by him long ago.

Cosmos also realized:

"During the process of being escorted... you hypnotized him?"

"I didn't expect your ability to be so powerful and your technique so exquisite. I'm sorry, I underestimated you just now."

Cosmos was not the type to bully the weak and fear the strong; he had killed people with strength superior to his own, but he did indeed show respect to the strong.

Wen Xishu said:

"Believe whatever you want, but my ability cannot be exposed. Fine, my ability is actually killing with a pen. Whatever I write, that person will do as I write, and then die."

"I am the Grim Reaper, you know."

Cannon said:

"Your ability... is indeed breathtaking, but why tease us like this? If you were truly the Grim Reaper, how could you have been captured?"

"But I also retract my previous words; your hypnosis is indeed the strongest I have ever seen, bar none."

"I don't even remember when you made your move."

Night Demon was the same; he could not sense the timing of Wen Xishu's hypnosis.

Wen Xishu was very satisfied with this effect. In any case, he had indeed told the truth, but whether the other party believed it was another matter.

For killers, an ability like Wen Xishu's was too much of a dream, because this was not just killing; it even had the ability to write a script.

To the point that when they actually saw this ability... everyone found it hard to believe.

Cannon then said:

"He is dead. Once Zoe finds out... I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to explain."

Cosmos also realized this point:

"Yes, your method of killing is very impressive, but now we are in a dangerous situation."

Wen Xishu laughed:

"You don't need to worry about Zoe. As the great Ultimate Killer King, I can responsibly tell you all that Zoe will next kneel before you, arrange for people to deactivate the bombs on your bodies, and arrange for everyone to evacuate the vicinity."

"You can choose to escape on your own, or you can choose to go to the scene behind the door... and test your skills against those most powerful targets in the world."

"But no matter what, there is no need to worry about the aftermath, because no one will come to arrest you; Zoe will cover up the lies for you all."

"Finally, Zoe's bizarre death will be blamed on 'God'."

Although Wen Xishu displayed the level of the Ultimate Killer King... everyone still felt that this statement was too absurd.

Putting it this way, Zoe didn't seem like a capable official of the Free State, but rather like an undercover agent for a killer organization, especially a fanatical fan of Wen Xishu and the others.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Zoe would do such an outrageous thing.

If it weren't for the fact that Wen Xishu had displayed powerful strength and won everyone's respect, they would have already thought Wen Xishu was crazy...

Otherwise, they were the ones who were crazy.

Hmm... they soon suspected that they were indeed the ones who were crazy.

Because what happened next was too magical.

Magical to the point of being somewhat insane.

Zoe led a group of people into the weapons room, and when she saw the corpse of her personal guard on the floor, her expression was somewhat dazed.

Several killers held their breath.

They knew that Zoe could not be killed; at least until the bombs were deactivated, Zoe could not die.

Otherwise, Zoe's heartbeat would be linked to their lives.

But if Zoe were to detonate the bombs prematurely out of anger, they also planned to force a desperate fight.

But then, Zoe said:

"Clean this place up. Next, I am going to deactivate the bombs for them. You are not allowed to say anything without my orders; this is a state secret, understand?"

Several Investigation Bureau personnel nodded immediately.

In fact, their names had also been seen by Wen Xishu.

These few people, naturally, would not survive either.

The magical events continued; Zoe actually used her highest authority to start deactivating the restraints for the killers one by one.

This was no different from letting wild beasts out of their cages.

Because the situation was too absurd, every killer at this moment looked at Wen Xishu, unable to believe this was real.

Wen Xishu had already figured out the rules for using the quill.

Unfortunately, this quill had a range limit; he could not kill targets who were not in the same obsession scene.

But what was certain was that as long as they met this killing standard, then Wen Xishu was the god who ruled over them.

The true Grim Reaper.

The gold content of the Ultimate Killer King was shining brightly at this moment, shining so brightly it blinded the crowd of killers.

Zoe even said after deactivating everyone's bombs:

"Please wait a moment, I still have some finishing work to do; I must ensure that your bounty records and criminal records are all erased."

After saying this, Zoe went to get busy.

In the weapons room, Wen Xishu looked at the killers who were looking at each other in stunned silence...

He knew that these people were too shocked and needed some time to buffer.

After a good while, Cannon said:

"You... were you captured on purpose?"

Wen Xishu said:

"More or less, I suppose."

Cosmos, from his initial arrogance, was now completely convinced:

"You were captured on purpose just to have the opportunity to challenge those top-tier people? You wanted to use them to test your hypnosis ability?"

Sure enough, there are always great scholars to interpret the scriptures for me.

He didn't need to hide anything at all.

Wen Xishu could be certain that these killers were the main reason for the formation of this obsession world.

He thought for a moment and said:

"Not exactly. In any case, we are teammates from now on. Rest assured, I have no malice toward you."

"If you want to challenge the strongest saviors in the world, count me in."

"If you want to slaughter your way through this Free State's Investigation Bureau... I would also be very happy to."

"I, the Ultimate Killer King, am very happy to learn some killing techniques with you all."

"Anyway, you are all safe and free. Whether you want to retreat while you're ahead or play a big game, I'll accompany you."

(Wishing everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival)

(End of this chapter)