"Young Master, he's dining at the restaurant up ahead. The red car that just pulled up by the roadside is his, and the driver is his chauffeur, named…"
On a bustling street in Sokovia, Little Six pointed to a restaurant ahead and gave Li Chuan a general overview of the situation.
Li Chuan nodded, pushed open the car door, and got out, saying:
"Alright, you and the others should withdraw first. I'll handle the rest."
"Yes, My Lord!"
Little Six didn't ask Li Chuan how he would solve it, nor did he ask Li Chuan what his plan was. He just nodded and used his communicator to have all the nearby brothers withdraw, including himself.
In their hearts, Li Chuan was their boss, their master, and the benefactor who had led them out of despair three years ago.
Therefore, perfectly executing any of Li Chuan's orders was what they should do most.
"Transformation Technique!"
After getting out of the car, Li Chuan didn't go straight ahead. Instead, he circled the area, entered an empty alley, activated his Transformation Technique, and transformed into the appearance of a traffic policeman he had just seen on the street.
Then, when there were fewer people, he slowly walked to the red car and knocked on the driver's side window.
"Get out, your car is illegally parked!"
"Illegally parked? Are you kidding me, sir?"
The window rolled down, and a young man in his twenties looked at Li Chuan with an impatient expression.
"Of course not!"
Li Chuan smirked, pulled a small bottle from his pocket, and, with lightning speed, reached through the car window. He sprayed it directly onto the face of the young man, who hadn't reacted yet. The young man's eyes rolled back, and he immediately fainted.
Sometimes, appropriately using technological products is much easier than relying on brute force.
In the three years since his rebirth, he hadn't just been practicing martial arts; he had also spent a lot of money hiring professional mercenaries to learn various firearms.
And it's true, with his body and reaction speed, coupled with various firearms, his lethality has indeed increased significantly.
At least, when clearing out those hostile forces, efficiency greatly improved.
He reached out and pressed the button to open the car door, threw the unconscious driver into the passenger seat, drove into the alley next to it, and skillfully put him into the trunk. Li Chuan then activated his Transformation Technique again, transforming into the young driver's appearance, and drove back to the original spot.
Ten minutes later, a pot-bellied middle-aged man, protected by several bodyguards, walked out of the restaurant and got into Li Chuan's car.
"To the company!"
"Yes."
Li Chuan pretended to agree but quickly turned around, again took out the small bottle filled with knockout drops, and accurately sprayed it onto the middle-aged man's face.
"Transformation Technique!"
Transforming into the middle-aged man's appearance, he got out of the car, sent away the bodyguards in the two cars behind, and Li Chuan drove the unconscious middle-aged man out of Sokovia and into the sparsely populated mountains.
This middle-aged man was named Hades, the owner of a food group in Sokovia. He wasn't very famous, at most a third-rate figure in the entire Sokovia business world.
However, according to Uncle Li's investigation, this person actually had a collaboration with the HYDRA Base in the mountains. Every month, he would send his company's trucks, box after box, to transport supplies to the Base, and this had been going on for over a decade.
If this guy said he had no connection with HYDRA, even a ghost wouldn't believe it.
Of course, just to be safe, it was still necessary to trick him.
...
He pulled Hades out of the car and threw him onto the ground, then took out a bottle of mineral water and poured it on his face.
"What's going on?"
Hades abruptly sat up from the ground, wiped the water from his face, and a confused expression appeared in his eyes.
"Hail HYDRA, Hades! Your secret is out! How dare you betray the organization? Baron My Lord sent me to deal with you!"
Li Chuan pulled out a gun and pressed it against Hades's Sun temple, scaring him instantly awake.
"Hail HYDRA, Mike, listen to me, this is a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding! I haven't betrayed My Lord, nor have I betrayed the organization. I want to contact My Lord directly!"
He hadn't expected that his driver, who had been with him for many years, was actually someone My Lord had sent to monitor him.
Even more, he hadn't expected that he, who was so loyal to the organization, would be framed and branded a traitor, to be executed here.
Who? Who framed him!
"My Lord ordered your immediate execution!"
Li Chuan shook his head, cocked the handgun, and looked ruthless.
Hearing the handgun being cocked, Hades became flustered and incoherently pleaded:
"Mike, Mike, you have to believe me, I really didn't betray. Have you forgotten, last time you killed a female university student, I was the one who helped you deal with it? I haven't mistreated you all these years, just let me make a call and explain to My Lord myself…"
"It seems you're not the kind of person with firm beliefs, so that makes things easier."
Seeing Hades so scared he was almost wetting himself, Li Chuan's face revealed a hint of cruel amusement.
After a simple test, it was fully confirmed that this guy in front of him was indeed a HYDRA member, and not one of those brainwashed Agents who would commit suicide to keep secrets.
"Mike, you… what do you mean?"
Looking at Li Chuan's expression and listening to Li Chuan's words, Hades finally realized that something seemed off.
However, it was too late. Li Chuan didn't answer him. Instead, he directly stepped forward and crushed his hand bone, then said coldly:
"Now, you answer whatever I ask. If there's even a slight hesitation, or if I feel you're lying, then I'll let you experience how excruciatingly 'refreshing' it is to have every bone in your body crushed one by one!"
"I'll tell you… I'll tell you everything…"
Hades let out cries of pain, nodding frantically with a face full of terror.
At this moment, he already understood that Li Chuan might not be a HYDRA member, and he might not even be his driver, Mike.
However, he didn't want to die, nor did he want to suffer so much, so he could only honestly confess.
Twenty minutes later, Li Chuan, who had crushed all of Hades's bones, twisted his neck and stood up, dusting off his hands.
Actually, when Hades's bones were crushed by a third, his answers no longer varied, and it was basically certain that he was no longer lying.
However, to be absolutely certain, he kept crushing Hades's bones, repeating all the questions over and over again.
There was no other way. Soon, he would be entering the HYDRA Base alone. If Hades had even a slight concealment, or a tiny intention to trick him, his identity might be discovered, and he could fall into the danger of being besieged by a large group of elite HYDRA Agents.
"You're not a good person either."
After twisting Hades's neck, Li Chuan then pulled out the unconscious driver, Mike, from the trunk and, without hesitation, also twisted his neck.
"Earth Release—Earth Burial!"
He formed hand seals and pressed them onto the ground. The bodies of Hades and Mike were swallowed by the automatically parting earth.
Earth Burial, an E-rank Earth Release Ninjutsu, has no offensive power and is merely an auxiliary Ninjutsu used for burying bodies.
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