"What's wrong? Is it inconvenient?" Billy asked with a faint smile.
"I apologize, Mr Gardner, but finding someone is not within our business scope." Rainbow Carter responded after some thought.
"Ten billion!" Billy interrupted her. "As long as you can help me find the target, I can offer ten billion. If you think it's too little, we can negotiate."
Upon hearing this, both Rainbow Carter and the woman in cheongsam took a sharp breath of cold air. Although they had dealt with many wealthy clients before, they rarely encountered someone who offered ten billion right off the bat.
"One moment, please." After some consideration, Rainbow Carter stood up. The price of ten billion was beyond her authority and she needed to report it first.
"Thank you for your trouble." Billy said with a faint smile.
Later on, Rainbow Carter and the other woman turned around and left.
"Ink Pavilion is indeed something. This woman is a Grand Elder Battle Master!" Judge spoke as soon as they were gone. "Even the waiter are Warriors."
"Of course, Ink Pavilion is an assassin organization that has been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, not to be underestimated." Casey nodded in response.
As they were talking on the corridor again came sounds of footsteps. Soon enough, only one middle-aged man in his fifties walked inside accompanied by Rainbow Carter.
"Mr Gardner, let me introduce our boss." Rainbow carter spoke up.
"Hello, Mr Gardner, I've been looking forward to meet you. I'm Mason Kemp." The middle-aged man said as he sat down on the nearby couch and turned to Billy.
"Hi, Mr Kemp, it's so nice to finally meet you!" Billy smiled. "Sorry for disturbing you."
"No need to be polite, Mr Gardner," Mason Kemp replied with a smile. "I heard that you wanted us to help find someone?"
"Yes," Billy nodded in response.
"I'm curious about who exactly you're looking for?" Mason Kemp paused briefly before continuing, "Also, how did you know we could definitely find them?"
"We're looking for her!" Billy pulled out a photo from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table.
The photo was of Lady Peony wearing a veil - Judge had retrieved it directly from the SHADOW system.
"Hmm!?"
As soon as they saw the photo, both Mason Kemp and Rainbow Carter's pupils shrank in shock.
"What do you think, Mr Kemp? You should know her, right?" Billy noticed their reactions immediately.
"You must be joking, Mr Gardner!" After taking a deep breath to steady his emotions, Mason Kemp replied, "This woman wears a veil, we can't even see her face, how could I possibly know her?"
"Is that so?" Billy raised an eyebrow slightly, "This woman has a nickname, Lady Peony, I'm sure you've heard of her."
As soon as Billy finished speaking, both Mason Kemp and Rainbow Carter burst out with strong energy at the same time.
Bang!
After the strong wind passed, Mason Kemp slammed into the wall behind him and fell to the ground, spitting out blood.
Rainbow Carter was shivering all over her body with horror on her face.
Based on the way Judge released his chi energy, he should be a Battle General at advanced level at least. One characteristic of a strong Battle General was being able to release the energy of chi. Battle Generals were divided into five levels: Novice, Tier-one, Tier-two, Grand Elder and True Master Battle General; therefore, there was a difference in power when releasing chi energy between them.
Although Novice or Tier-one martial artists could release chi, they didn't have much destructive power. In real combat situations, they still needed physical contact attacks to be effective against their opponents. When it came to a Tier-two Battle General, releasing chi could be quite effective while confronting opponents whose cultivation level was below theirs, as one punch or one kick could cause some degree of injury or damage.
To achieve invisible killing through releasing chi energy required breaking through to status at least. Neither Rainbow nor Mason had expected that their opponent would turn out to be such a powerful one; no wonder they couldn't sense any aura from him!
"Who... who are you guys?" Mason Kemp struggled to get up from the ground, his face full of fear. "Still not willing to talk?" Billy glanced at him and then turned to Judge. "Judge, have SHADOW come and seal off this tea house. Bring all related personnel back for investigation. Anyone with a criminal record will be punished severely!"
"Got it!" Judge responded loudly, then pulled out his phone and sent a message.
"Judge?! SHADOW?!" Mason Kemp couldn't control the shaking of his body anymore as he heard these names.
"You... you're one of SHADOW's five sharp blades, Judge?"
"Do you want me to show you my ID?" Judge put away his phone and asked in a deep voice.
After getting Judge's confirmation, both Mason Kemp and Rainbow Carter fell on the ground at the same time with faces full of fear and cold sweat dripping down their faces.
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