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Chapter 256: Killing
Chapter 256: Killing
Chapter 256: Killing
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"Nike?" A red-haired man spoke to his radio but didn't receive an answer.
While his red hair was quite vibrant, he still wore a black mask over his face to hide his identity.
After not receiving an answer, he frowned, and made his way through the kitchen with the silenced gun in hand.
He arrived in the same hallway, where Nike was supposed to be patrolling, and didn't see anyone.
However, after taking a single step forward, he landed on something wet.
He turned to the ground, and saw some blood spilling from underneath a cleaning closet's door.
After opening the door, to his shock, his close friend of many years, Nike, was lying dead there.
As his eyes widened in shock, he reached out to his radio, but at that moment a silenced gunshot reverberated behind him.
A single bullet tore through his forehead, and he collapsed on top of Nike, also dead.
Adam, holding the silenced gun, narrowed his eyes, and closed the cleaning closet's door before heading to the living room.
He was crouching, moving very stealthily like a ninja.
In the living room, one of the masked men was searching through the cabinets. It looked like he was more of a robber than an assassin.
'They don't give off professional assassin vibes. Being this careless while in the house of their target. Maybe they don't consider me a threat, but since they know about the existence of Hera, I would guess they would be more afraid.'
As Adam was about to make his move, he noticed with his peripheral vision that there was another person standing by the front door.
It looked like he was on guard so that no one could slip out unnoticed.
"Where's the third one?"
[Hera: Garage]
The garage was next to the kitchen. There was only one door leading there, and it was out of sight.
'I must kill these two now before the third one also comes here. I have, what, thirty seconds before they all go upstairs? They would discover that two of them are missing.
'Also, if they group up now, I can't possibly kill all of them without putting Alice in grave danger!'
After making up his mind, Adam jumped out of his hiding spot, and the person by the front door immediately noticed him.
His eyes widened in surprise, but he quickly pulled out his silenced gun to fill Adam with bullet holes.
However, Adam was faster.
He immediately pointed his gun towards the man's face and pulled the trigger.
The bullet crossed the distance and drilled through the man's eye.
The man crashed against the front door, and collapsed on the ground.
Thump!
The other man in the living room heard that clearly, and turned around, just to see Adam running straight at him.
He pulled out his silenced gun, and was about to fire, but Adam grabbed his wrist and twisted it, causing the gun to fall to the ground.
"Argh!" The man groaned and kicked his leg up, but Adam blocked it with his own leg, and swept his legs under him.
As the man fell on the ground, Adam punched him in the face, and stuffed his silenced gun inside his mouth before firing a single bullet.
The brain matter splattered across the ground as the man fell dead.
Adam didn't have time to relax as he heard the garage's door open.
He immediately rushed to the kitchen, and saw the person closing the garage door with his silenced gun on his left hand.
As Adam ran straight to him, the man saw a reflection through the window, and quickly turned around before firing a single bullet.
Adam dove under the bullet, which flew across the kitchen and landed on the counter with a loud clatter.
Before the man could fire another bullet, Adam tackled him through the garage door and tackled him to the ground.
Adam pinned his left arm down so he couldn't use his gun.
"Bo-" He tried to shout for help, but Adam quickly covered his mouth and headbutted him
in the face.
The man's nose broke.
"Who're you with, bastard?" Adam asked and placed his silenced gun against the man's
temple.
"Grr!" The man tried to touch his radio, but Adam took it first, and tossed it far enough away that the man couldn't reach it.
"You have three seconds." Adam said. "Tell me who're you with."
The man hatefully glared at him.
"One, two..." Adam placed his finger on the trigger. "Three."
Bang~
The bullet went through the man's temple.
Adam slickly combed his hair back, and left the garage, went past the kitchen, and arrived at
the steps to the upstairs.
His eyes turned colder, and he then slowly made his way up.
After reaching the top, he saw the masked man holding Alice hostage, his arm wrapped
around her slender throat as she struggled to breathe.
"I thought I heard some news from downstairs," the masked man looked at Adam with a grin. "You're pretty damn good. No wonder this job paid so well."
"A-Adam..." Alice whispered through tears, and then was surprised to see him holding a gun. She was shocked, as she never expected him to be able to kill someone.
'I guess I didn't really know him after all...'
"Alice..." Adam looked at her softly and tried to convince her. "You'll be alright. Give me a
second."
"Ahaha, don't make a move," the masked man laughed and placed his gun against her back. "I won't hesitate to kill her."
"If you kill her, Hera will kill you." Adam snapped his fingers, and from one of the walls, a mounted minigun swiveled around to face the masked man.
It had laser sights, aiming straight at the masked man's forehead.
"..." The masked man gulped, and dryly chuckled.
"I am in control of the situation unless you don't really care about her. You could of course kill
me, which would mean that you would survive to see another day, but this pretty lady will
die."
Adam showed his silenced gun, and then lowered it to the ground.
"You came here to kill me, didn't you?" He slowly approached the two. "Let her go, and you
can take me as hostage instead."
"A-Adam..." Alice bit her lip, tears streaming down her face.
"Alright, move carefully. My finger is itching." The masked man said sinisterly, and as Adam arrived close enough, he shoved Alice away and placed the silenced gun against Adam's chest.
The minigun started swirling, but it didn't fire just yet.
"Adam!" Alice cried out, her voice filled with terror.
"It's alright." Adam laughed and raised his arms in surrender. "You got me. What's your next
plan? Kill me here? If you do so, Hera will riddle you with holes."
"We're going to my van." The masked man said. "I'll take you to your grave."
"Hera, protect Alice!" Adam screamed and suddenly grabbed the silenced gun, but the
masked man expected it, and fired a bullet.
The bullet went straight through Adam's waist, and the blood splattered across the walls.
"No!" Alice screamed, but at that moment, a transparent wall appeared between her and the
two.
It was a bulletproof wall, created by Hera to protect Alice.
"Ngh!" Adam looked at his bleeding wound, and tried to move the silenced gun further away
from him.
While they struggled to get the control of the silenced gun, the minigun swirled, but Hera couldn't shoot as there wasn't a clear line of sight.
At that moment, Adam leaned back, and then slammed his head against the masked man's mask. The mask broke, and half of his face was revealed, covered in scars.