Chapter 159 The Secrets of the Ghost Nes (1/2)

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”Where are we going?” questioned Zhan Hongyan. Xiao Bing found another security suit in a room and asked her to put it on. The suit was for someone whose height was 170cm, but Zhan Hongyan was a tall woman at 172cm. Hence, the suit was stretched tightly as she put it on, which revealed her perfect body shape.

Xiao Bing swallowed and Zhan Hongyan did nor seem to care about it. She snorted and asked again, ”Where are we going?” The sullenness was still on her face.

”I'm recruiting members for my own organization. Have you ever heard of the Long family?”

”Let's just be honest with each other. I know you offended Long Xiaoyun before he died. His family will definitely blame it on you and Master Hou. This Long family has many powerful martial artists. I'm sure your death is certain.”

”Then why did you choose to follow me?” asked Xiao Bing while laughing.

”Sometimes you have to be humble when you've gotten stuck in a bad situation.”

”That's practical, though.” Xiao Bing laughed. ”Why didn't you say something nice about me, like you're attracted by my charm... Emm, since you already know, then I'm not gonna lie to you. The martial artists around me are all stronger than you. No offense.”

”None taken,” said Zhan Hongyan icily.

Since submitting to Xiao Bing, she seemed to be at ease and restored her usual aloofness.

”Lastly, I want to know where the base of the Ghost Nest is,” said Xiao Bing while looking at Zhan Hongyan.

Frowning, Zhan Hongyan asked, ”What are you up to?”

”Hehe!” Xiao Bing snorted, ”I turned you against the Ghost Nest and captured three of your kind. I'm pretty sure they will pay a price for my head and that's not a good thing for me. I'd rather eliminate this bane first before they start striking.”

Zhan Hongyan became tense and shouted in disbelief, ”Are you insane? Who the hell do you think you are? Even though the Ghost Nest isn't the top organization of assassins in the country, there's no way that you can root them out easily! You are seeking your own death.”

”You don't have another choice.” Xiao Bing stared at her. ”Have you ever heard the story of the Warlord? You must do things which are against your conscience to prove the loyalty you have sworn to me. Besides, you think you can still sleep well while being a traitor of the Ghost Nest?”

Zhan Hongyan hesitated. In fact, she did not particularly like the place. There was only interest among assassins. But she was deeply in awe of it. That was why she did not dare to tell him. Besides, keeping secrets was also a fundamental quality of being an assassin.

But she had already betrayed them!

Just as Xiao Bing had told her, she was not the assassin she used to be. Since she had sworn her fealty to Xiao Bing, she was supposed to give him a present to prove it. Otherwise, he would not trust her completely because she had two conflicts with him.

Zhan Hongyan finally stopped hesitating. ”To earn your trust, I can tell you. But the Ghost Nest is not that simple, as you may have imagined. Defeating me doesn't mean that you are able to eliminate the Ghost Nest. There are many assassins there more powerful than me.”

”So tell me how many assassins are there and how many of them are better than you?”

Xiao Bing sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette, ”Tell me everything and tell me the truth. Take your time.”

Zhan Hongyan sat on the bed and sighed. ”I don't know how I fell into this trap you set. There are 20 assassins in total in the Ghost Nest. Five of them are carrying out missions outside. Among the rest of them, the two leaders are at the Transforming Strength Stage, and there are four martial artists at the Concealing Strength Stage. And four of the last 10 are at the Clear-strength Stage and the rest are at the Bone-refining Stage.

Xiao Bing pondered for a moment. ”The number of martial artists at the Transforming Strength Stage in Jiang City could not be over 10 and most of them are at Master Hou's service. And the Ghost Nest has two. It seems that I should not underestimate it anymore.”

”Our leaders are brothers. The fat one is called Starving and the slim one is called Hungry.”

Xiao Bing almost choked on his saliva. ”What kind of names are those?”

Zhan Hongyan's face was overwhelmed with terror. ”Starving uses a knife as his weapon and every time he kills a person, he will chop off that person's ears, chew them up, and swallow them down. Sometimes he will even cook the body and feast on it.”

Xiao Bing felt it was disgusting.

”That Hungry is even more terrifying. His weapon is a Three Diamond Sword. Whenever he's killing his enemy, he will thrust the sword into the person's belly and spin the sword until his enemy's guts are cut into pieces. According to his theory, a man can never be hungry if he has no guts.”

”What a psycho,” Xiao Bing cursed. ”I'm sure any normal man would want the two bastards dead. How can you work for men like them?”