Watching the man drop cleanly to the ground, Lin Mo dusted off his hands, feeling absolutely no thrill of victory in his heart.
Are all so-called top-tier professional assassins this sensible?
Aside from that one shot, once the guy realized the gap between their abilities, he didn't resist at all—
just stood there like an idiot and let Lin Mo knock him out.
Then again, it made sense.
Maybe this guy had simply never run into an opponent as "shameless" as Lin Mo before.
If he was a top-class killer, then his mission success rate had to be very high.
Before every job he'd surely drawn up detailed plans and contingencies.
But when it came time to execute, suddenly someone like Lin Mo showed up—
a walking mismatch who completely crushed him in raw ability.
The fact that this assassin could accept that so calmly
was already proof of how steady his mindset was.
Lin Mo pondered it for a moment, then stopped wasting time on the subject.
It was close to nightfall, and the plaza outside the company was still full of people.
Just now he'd used time-slow and smacked the guy out with one blow of the sheathed blade.
With his speed, no one could have seen anything clearly—
but a grown man collapsing out of nowhere was still enough to draw a lot of eyes.
So Lin Mo had no choice but to hoist the guy over his shoulder,
kick Sandevistan on again, and leave the scene—
taking the sniper rifle by the railing with him on the way out.
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Qiante Corporation, first floor.
Dressed in a casual long dress, Xu Wanxue was quietly waiting in the reception lobby.
She sat on the sofa, her expression gentle, lips curved in a slight smile.
In her hand she held a small mirror, which reflected her delicate face and the necklace at her chest.
All around her, the floor was piled into little "hills" of prizes.
Every prize was wrapped in colorful packaging and stickers—
bright, flashy, highly tempting.
Surrounded by so many unopened, pretty boxes,
even though she was only wearing a plain white dress today,
Xu Wanxue faintly gave off the aura of a queen from a fairy tale,
just waiting for the right moment to hand out gifts to some passing child when she felt like it.
Not far away, Liu Ruoying sat on another sofa with a look of defeat and annoyance, her head thrown back like a salted fish.
Compared to Xu Wanxue, she really did look a bit pitiful.
Only a handful of prize boxes were stacked at her side.
To an outsider it might still look like a decent haul,
but compared to Wanxue's pile,
hers looked like whatever leftovers the other woman had tossed her out of charity.
She let out a howl of frustration and grumbled loudly:
"Why the hell?! Why did he only buy you gifts,
and even help you play so many games to win that mountain of prizes,
but when it's my turn I only get this little pile?"
"Because I'm his sister.
Isn't it perfectly natural for a little brother to bring gifts for his big sister?
Besides, if you hadn't insisted on tagging along,
today's trip to the amusement park would've just been the two of us."
Xu Wanxue answered calmly, then the corner of her lips lifted in a pleased smile.
"So I'm just extra baggage, huh."
Liu Ruoying pouted, voice full of resentment,
and secretly vowed in her heart that she'd work twice as hard from now on to raise Lin Mo's affection for her.
Once she 'ascended' someday,
she'd make Xu Wanxue cry her eyes out in front of her!
"Of course, if you really want more, it's not like I can't share.
I already told you: tomorrow I have to fly back to the mainland for a while.
While I'm gone, if Lin Mo runs into any trouble and asks for help,
I'm counting on you to lend him a hand."
Xu Wanxue's smile gradually faded, and she looked at Liu Ruoying with a serious expression.
Liu Ruoying shot her a glance and asked under her breath:
"That soon?"
"Head office sent the order—I don't exactly have grounds to refuse…
And it's not like I'm going back to be punished.
I'm just attending a launch event and reporting on some progress."
Xu Wanxue sounded a little troubled and sighed:
"You know what the atmosphere is like at HQ.
A 'progress report' means meetings, and meetings mean at least one or two days.
When one meeting ends, they just keep stacking on more…
With this trip, I'll probably be gone a week or two."
Liu Ruoying nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. My dad used to complain about that all the time after coming back from HQ."
"So, will you help me or not?
If you say yes, I'll give you this."
Xu Wanxue lifted a massive prize box almost half as tall as a person from beside her pile,
her tone dripping with temptation.
"Relax, relax.
Instead of begging me to help him later,
you'd be better off praying Lin Mo doesn't insist on playing the hero.
The kind of guy he is—
if he ever actually came to me asking for help,
the sun must've started rising in the west."
Liu Ruoying muttered.
If Lin Mo were willing to ask her for help,
how could she possibly pass up such a great chance to boost his opinion of her?
She'd be thrilled if he came to her every day with a new request,
so she could "just happen" to swoop in and save the day.
"It's the one-in-ten-thousand chance you have to worry about.
When I'm not around, I can't shake the feeling he'll cause some kind of trouble…"
A faint trace of worry flashed in Xu Wanxue's beautiful eyes.
Liu Ruoying let out a dry chuckle.
"You two are really something.
Constantly worrying about each other,
and constantly enabling each other at the same time…"
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"You don't have a little brother,
so how would you understand this kind of bond?"
Xu Wanxue shot her a disdainful side-eye.
The corner of Liu Ruoying's eye twitched. Just as she was about to shoot back,
a light breeze suddenly swept through the reception hall.
Xu Wanxue turned her head and saw that at some point,
Lin Mo had come back inside.
He was already seated on an empty sofa, calmly sipping from a small cup of tea on the table.
"Back already?"
Xu Wanxue wasn't surprised, and smiled warmly at him.
"Yeah, I'm back."
"How'd it go?"
"I caught him alive and handed him over to your people.
They should know what to do with him."
Lin Mo replied casually.
Xu Wanxue nodded and asked again,
"Did you have fun today?"
"It was a really relaxing day.
As long as you're happy, I'm happy too."
Lin Mo answered with a faint smile.
Just as the simulator had said,
today really had been a day worth remembering.
He'd finally gotten to cut loose and play the entire day—
and best of all, he didn't have to go to school.
Xu Wanxue nodded gently, the corners of her lips lifting again.
"I had a lot of fun too.
But unfortunately, tomorrow I have to take an AV back to the mainland.
It'll probably be a week or two before I can come back.
If anything comes up, you can talk to Ruoying…
And remember, while I'm gone, you better not cause trouble."
She reminded him again, like a nagging old lady repeating the same farewell speech over and over.
Lin Mo dipped his head slightly, but didn't answer aloud.
He really wasn't the type to go around looking for trouble.
Usually, it was trouble that came looking for him…
And up to now, every single thing he'd done had a clear motive behind it.
None of it had been meaningless chaos.
So he listened to her words very honestly—
and during this period, he indeed wouldn't proactively start anything.
What he would proactively do
was pursue payback.
Moore Technologies had sent people after Xu Wanxue twice in a row.
Even if he'd ruined all their schemes so far,
he had no intention of just letting that slide.
Lin Mo had a feeling that if he didn't bring this grudge to a clean, decisive end,
he'd only get dragged deeper and deeper into it with Moore,
just like the protagonist in the game—
caught in a web of fate,
unable to break free no matter how much he struggled.
He needed to settle this
fast—
within this brief window of time.
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