This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 106 - : All 106 Chapters Launch New Business
Chapter 106: All 106 Chapters Launch New Business
Hall decided to spend the night at the gun shop, while Lucina and Priskin were heading back to their own residences. Chen Ke followed the two out of the gun shop.
The sky had darkened, and the air carried a hint of coolness. The three said a simple goodbye and then went their separate ways at the crossroads.
Chen Ke hailed a taxi to return to his rented apartment. He would rest for the night — after all, now that he had enough life span, staying one night wouldn’t kill him.
He planned to first look at the basics of Meyer Swordsmanship instruction, and then practice with a clothes hanger, using it as a fork. Now that he had beginner-level Meyer Swordsmanship skills, Chen Ke hoped he could quickly advance his skills to mastery.
He took out five Holy Relics diamonds from his suit’s inner pocket, trophies he’d gained from killing the female assassin — four white ones and one blue…
Even without appraisal, Chen Ke knew exactly what the four diamonds were: a green short sword that could transform into a chained blade, and four embarrassingly tight female lingerie that were fetish in nature…
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He would never consider wearing those four Holy Relics in this lifetime, but he might take a look at the green short sword.
However, now was not the time. He needed to save his life span to make it through the long night.
Chen Ke leaned back into the taxi’s seat, closing his eyes slightly, pretending to rest his eyes. However, when he closed his eyes, that countdown notification became even clearer and more conspicuous, unknowingly making Chen Ke feel somewhat anxious.
“Damn it.”
He sighed, resettled himself properly, and thought that he shouldn’t rush to squeeze souls in the future. Though squeezing a soul could increase one’s life span limit, it also fully replenished one’s life span.
He had become accustomed to living on a low life span limit. It was better to keep the soul for critical moments, such as when his life span was about to run out and there was no killing intent to sustain it.
Chen Ke put the diamonds back in his pocket, then took out his phone to browse the internet. In this rare moment of leisure, he prepared to learn about the world’s situation — state affairs, news information, entertainment gossip…
Just as he opened the browser, his phone began to vibrate aggressively. Chen Ke muttered a curse and answered the call.
“Chen Ke?” The voice on the other end sounded strange, not like a human’s voice.
“Uh? Who’s this?” Chen Ke didn’t recognize the caller.
“It’s Lester.”
The car passed rows of dim, low-rise apartment buildings, several wild birds taking flight from tree tops.
“That’s not your number… Lester, I have yours stored…” Chen Ke said, puzzled.
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“Be cautious of Prism, Chen Ke. This era is not safe. I’m not even using a phone to call you anymore,” Lester said with a laugh.
“You’re too cautious, Lester.” Chen Ke shook his head. Lester must be using a voice changer.
“You take personal privacy too lightly. One day you will regret it,” Lester said.
“You didn’t call this late just to tell me that, did you?” Chen Ke asked.
“Hmm… Of course not. I want to discuss a mutually beneficial business with you, but it’s not convenient to talk over the phone. Can you come to my Zio suit shop now?” Lester said.
Now, huh…
Chen Ke furrowed his brows, knowing Lester was not someone who played by the rules. Strangely enough, it seemed like all the irregulars of Opportunity City had crossed his path, as if an unseen hand was always pushing him into bizarre situations.
“Alright, I’ll come over, but it had better be worth it,” Chen Ke said.
“You won’t regret it,” Lester replied, and hung up.
Chen Ke sighed, patted the back of the driver’s seat, “Buddy, turn around, I need to go to the Raffi Road District.”
The taxi entered the Raffi Road District and stopped in front of Zio suit shop. Chen Ke got out of the car, the fare for this trip totaling 40 union coins.
At 10 p.m., the bustling commercial street of Raffi Road was still lively, with people bustling from one store to another, and the plaza echoing with pop music.
A few hours earlier, on this street, Chen Ke had clashed with two assassins — one he had killed and left in a pile of garbage in an alley, and the other he had killed on the second floor of a shopping mall.
But there were no police cars blocking off sections of the street. The crowd surged on, everyone pursuing their pleasures. A clown balloon drifted across the sky, as if mocking Chen Ke’s actions in the real world.
“You can only say that Si’s consortium has done their aftermath and wrap-up work too well, their influence in Opportunity City has actually reached such an extent.”
Chen Ke didn’t know if the female assassin’s body on top of the department store had been found, but considering the last sniper had escaped from his hands, he believed they certainly brought people to claim the woman’s body.
It’s just that the Holy Relics diamond vanished without a trace, Si’s consortium must be very angry about it.
The Zio suit shop was already closed, he looked through the glass windows into the shop door inside, a pitch-black sight, not looking like there was anyone inside.
He went up and knocked on the door, waited for a long while without any response.
“Anyone there? Lester?” Chen Ke pressed his hands against the glass on the door, shouting inside.
Chen Ke suddenly felt a numbness in his hips, he took out his cell phone, it was a text from Lester.
“Come to the back door.”
Is there really a need to be this secretive…
He followed the alley beside the shop door to a position closer to the inside, a door suddenly opened, dim yellow light spilled into the dark alleyway, Lester, leaning on a crutch, stood at the door and made a “follow me” gesture.
Chen Ke followed him through the door and found himself in a room behind the suit shop, Lester smiled, asked Chen Ke to sit down, and inquired if he preferred juice or coffee.
“Let’s hear it, what kind of win-win business is it?” Chen Ke took the red mug, the thick black coffee steaming hot, smelling rich and fragrant, but he knew it must be very bitter.
“If you still remember, Chen Ke, you said your trigger has its price,” Lester poured himself a cup of coffee too, smiling as he sat opposite Chen Ke.
“That’s right, everything has a price, only the difference lies in the amount,” Chen Ke said.
There’s no inherent meaning in the world, the rules of human society are all set by people, statements such as irreplaceable, priceless, and cannot be measured in money—they all boil down to: the stakes weren’t enticing enough.
“Then I’ll just get straight to the point, Chen Ke, help me, take out a few people,” Lester said, pushing his glasses up.
Chen Ke’s hand holding the coffee cup trembled slightly.
He was a bit panicked, not because he dared not kill, nor because he was afraid he couldn’t handle the business, but because he didn’t know how an assassin was supposed to set a price.
If there was a chance right now, Chen Ke really wanted to pull out his phone and google the charging details for an assassin.
Besides, he was busy with a big job for the next three days, and it would be problematic if there was a clash in business schedules.
“I don’t know you, Lester. I don’t like to cooperate with people I’m not familiar with,” Chen Ke said.
“But I know you very well, you killed two people under my watch today, and they even had Spiritual Energy,” Lester said with a smile.
Chen Ke’s gaze turned sharp—this guy saw the fight with the Spiritual Ability User?
He looked at Lester with killing intent in his eyes. The secret that he possessed Spiritual Energy himself could not be let out; anyone who saw it must die!
“Don’t be tense, Chen Ke, I mean no harm. I was very impressed with your fight; you took out a Spiritual Ability User with just a gun and you know how to take out targets in a crowd. I think you’re a professional assassin, and you suit that suit well. So why not enter a more intimate partnership?” Lester waved his hand, sensing the killing intent in Chen Ke’s eyes and hastily explained.
“How did you see it? What else did you see?” Chen Ke asked.
“I can hack into most of the surveillance cameras on this street, it’s one of my guilty pleasures… That’s all I saw, unless your targets were more than those two,” Lester said.
“Did you see the County Police clearing the bodies?” Chen Ke asked in a deep voice.
“No, the cameras in those two areas suddenly went dark for half an hour. I guess someone didn’t want anyone to see them cleaning up the bodies…” Lester shook his head.
It must be Si’s consortium, Chen Ke thought to himself, there were no cameras on top of the department store, Lester shouldn’t have seen him using the Holy Relics in battle.
“You’re very professional, Chen Ke, and I need someone like you. I assure you, this will be a good partnership experience for both of us, and certainly, there will be great rewards,” Lester persuaded.
Chen Ke thought about it, though he might not necessarily have the time to deal with it, he could still listen.
“Then talk, Lester, try to keep it brief.”
