Chapter 305 - Stultified Red Sparrow (1/2)

Chapter 305: Stultified Red Sparrow

England, London, at five o’clock in the morning.

Inside an old apartment, a white man wearing a pair of gla.s.ses with a sleepy face walked over to a computer holding a cup of coffee.

He went by Raphael, which, of course, was not his real name. As a member of a large underground organization, Raphael was in charge of collecting and a.n.a.lyzing intelligence all over the world. The group he worked for was called Crimson Wings, and it was a mercenary group particularly renowned in Northern Africa and the Middle East.

However, what made his mercenary band so special was not their martial skills; instead, they operated behind the scenes as master spies and dealt with Overlords in the Dark World very often.

Most of Raphael’s time was spent on collecting information on the illicit groups, or families in the Dark World.

“Another CIA Dark Roll Update.”

Raphael took a sip of coffee to get a pick-me-up.

He was a British citizen of Eastern Indian descent. His pale skin was a telltale sign that he was a member of the high-cla.s.s cast in India. Raphael didn’t have any special supernatural abilities, but he was a talented hacker and served the Crimson Wings in that capacity.

Raphael’s fingers danced over the keyboard as lines of green code cascaded down on the screen.

The web site was hosted on the CIA’s secret server and it was not easy to get in just by typing in URLs. It could only be reached after pa.s.sing a few firewalls. Only those who had a pa.s.sword or a hacker like Raphael could access it.

“Ok, here we go.”

Raphael kept on typing as a window that looked like a BBS bulletin board appeared.

“Let’s see what’s new.” Raphael scrolled down.

CIA’s forum was subdivided into a few topics. Some were used to access task reports, some for publis.h.i.+ng lists of criminals, and some were portals for private bounty hunters. Other than America, many other smaller western countries also used this server in their intelligence services.

These small counties didn’t have the resources to deal with the Overlords within their borders and therefore, they would post a bounty on the bulletin, hopping that mercenary groups or bounty hunters would rise to the challenge.

“Miyamoto Musas.h.i.+, j.a.panese, B cla.s.s Mixed Martial Arts expert. Excelled in Karate, Aikido, Judo. He had killed a tiger with bare hands before. Criminal Details: Murdered the Young Heir of the Mitsui Group. Currently in exile in Europe. Bounty Issued by j.a.pan Law Enforcement Department. Bounty Amount: ten million US dollars.”

“Flamebear Gru, Russian. B cla.s.s awakened Extraordinary One. He trained in Syberia for seven years and is an expert in the art of Physique Refinement. His kicks are able to break a steel pole and was undefeated in all thirty-six matches. Crime Details: Murdered a high position member of the Russia Mafia. Bounty issued by Russia Maffia. Bounty Amount: 15 million US dollars.”

“Kane Greyscale, Middle Eastern, C level Extraordinary One.”

Raphael looked at all the bounties and noticed that half of them were for B or C cla.s.s low-level criminals. Disappointed, he shook his head.

Although he was just an ordinary human, his involvement with the Crimson Wings let him rub shoulders with even S-Level and A-level Overlords.

“Let’s see what’s going on with the S-Level Overlord bounties.”

Raphael opened a new window as he murmured to himself.

“S-Level Overlord was extremely resilient and could not be easily killed unless they were reckless. Last time, Hong Sect had posted the bounty on a Chinese dude named Chen Beixuan, but in the end, the dark world lost a powerful king of a.s.sa.s.sins.”

Raphael said gloatingly.

Even Crimson Wings knew to stay away from suicide missions such as that. No one can predict the exact power of an S-Level Overlord. They could be very destructive once they got all riled up.

Raphael started from the bottom of the list and notice not a lot has changed. Suddenly, something caught his attention.

“Theseus the Phantom, Bavarian, S-Level Overlord. He has the ability to use Shadow Force and was ranked number twenty on Dark Roll. Crime Details: Murdered a great number of rich and powerful men and women in Serbia, Poland, and Italy. Bounty issuer: seventeen nations. Bounty Amount: five billion US dollars. [MISSION CANCELED]”

“So it’s true that Theseus is dead.” Raphael lamented.

Crimson Wings had to deal with Dark Totem a few times. Crimson Wings’s clients were mostly governments so they were theoretically at odds with each other when their paths did cross. Although the Dark Totem was not as powerful of a group as the Crimson Wings, they were feared by a lot of people because of Theseus.

The memory of the news he had heard a few days ago came back to him. Raphael shook his head and lamented.

Two Hong Sect Underground World kings, a Korean Grandmaster, and a Dark Roll member were all laid low at the same time. This had been a new sensation in the Underground World. Even the leaders of the Crimson Wings had hosted a few meetings to discuss the implications. The bosses of Crimson Wings were clearly scared by Chen Beixuan and felt hesitant to accept any bounty on Chen Beixuan should it come up.

“He was besieged by five Overlords, and he was able to kill four of them. Chen Beixuan is scary.”

Raphael marveled in his mind as he continued to scroll through the discussion section of the bulletin.

The news was recent so the bulletin board was filled with heated discussions about what had happened in Jin City of China.

“I think Chen Beixuan should be listed as number four on the Dark Roll, right after the Big Three.”

“Impossible. Chinese Overlords were there while they fought each other. I would be surprised if they didn’t intervene. If Azure Dragon had helped him out, Theseus could be dealt with very swiftly. After all, Azure Dragon was number seven on the Dark Roll.”