The Almighty Martial Arts System - Chapter 305

Jiang Fei felt no unease after cleanly eliminating one of the men.

These kidnappers and killers were people who deserved death a thousand times over, their hands stained with who knows how much innocent blood. Even if Jiang Fei hadn’t killed them, and let Ye Yuanyuan take them away, these men would undoubtedly have faced death in the end regardless.

Therefore, when Jiang Fei killed this killer, it was just like when he had killed the assassins who ambushed him at the hunting grounds earlier – there was nothing about them worthy of his sympathy.

His only worry had been that these killers might be like the legendary types who would choose death over dishonor, always prepared to sacrifice themselves for their organization. He feared they might have lethal poison hidden in their mouths or teeth, ready to bite down and commit suicide without him needing to lift a finger.

Fortunately, these guys didn’t seem that foolish or fearless, willing to sacrifice themselves utterly for their cause.

So, faced with Jiang Fei’s threat, they didn’t march heroically to their deaths or compete to kill themselves first.

Although no one had actively begged for mercy yet, they were clearly all badly frightened, their eyes filled with terror and a desire to live.

Now, by killing one, Jiang Fei had made an example of him, roughly yanking on the already taut nerves of the other two, making them understand what choice they should make.

“I told you, my time is limited. I’m not really going to torture you for information because, frankly, while you have a sliver of use, your value isn’t that great. It wouldn’t be unjust to just kill you all,” Jiang Fei said, twirling the pistols in his hands on his index fingers before pointing the muzzle at the killer in the black T-shirt. “I’ve already decided Du Ziliang must die. Whether I get your information or not changes little. So, I’m not even that interested in interrogating you! Speak if you want; if not, then die…”

“Stop looking around. Stop swallowing. You’re next. You have ten seconds to decide,” Jiang Fei said with utter seriousness.

Gulp!

The black T-shirt killer, who had previously felt nothing but contempt for Jiang Fei, even thinking he wasn’t that scary and entertaining the idea of fighting him if given the chance, was now on the verge of tears from fright.

Seeing Jiang Fei aim the gun at him, he broke out not only in a full sweat but also had veins bulging on his forehead. His Adam’s apple bobbed incessantly, and his face was a mask of pure terror.

He was used to being the one pointing a gun at others’ heads. Now he finally understood what it felt like to be on the receiving end – this kind of fear truly tested the limits of one’s nerves!

The man in the black T-shirt really felt like crying. He desperately wanted to ask Jiang Fei, Why aren’t you aiming at the foreigner first?!

I mean, we’re both Chinese, right? Black hair, yellow skin – five hundred years ago we might have been one family! Why are you in such a hurry to turn on your own? Wouldn’t it be better to kill the foreigner first, then the Chinese?

“Five… Four… Three… Two…” Jiang Fei remained unmoved, seemingly oblivious to the black T-shirt man’s terror. His gun hand didn’t tremble in the slightest as he calmly counted down.

With every number Jiang Fei uttered, the muscles in the black T-shirt man’s face and the veins on his head twitched. Despite his years as a killer, he truly couldn’t withstand the pressure of this life-or-death situation. The terror between life and death was immense!

His eyes were wide, straining as if about to split, staring unblinkingly at Jiang Fei’s every move.

Finally, just as Jiang Fei was about to say ‘One’ and his finger began to slowly squeeze the trigger, the black T-shirt man’s nerves, unable to bear the immense pressure and the overwhelming terror of impending death, snapped. He yelled out, “As long as you don’t kill me, I’ll tell you whatever you want to know! I can tell you many things you wouldn’t expect, very useful things!”

A slight curve turned up the corners of Jiang Fei’s mouth into a faint smile. This method was quite effective.

“What unexpected things?” Jiang Fei stopped the countdown but didn’t lower the gun, keeping it aimed at the black T-shirt man’s head.

His mind almost blank, the black T-shirt man didn’t even think about negotiating terms or whether Jiang Fei would actually spare him after he talked. His only thought was that he couldn’t die now; he had to preserve his life!

The more eccentric or cruel a person is, it doesn’t necessarily mean their nerves are numb to the point of fearing no death.

On the contrary, they might be even more afraid of death than the average person, just like the man in the black T-shirt before him. Because they knew all too well how terrifying death truly was.

With his nerves shattered, the black T-shirt man spilled everything: “We killers all belong to ‘Celestial Net’. Even Du Ziliang is a member of our assassin organization! The mission we received for coming to China wasn’t just to destroy Traditional Chinese Medicine, but also to kill you!”

These few short sentences caused Jiang Fei, who had just moments ago thought he wouldn’t hear anything useful, to change his expression dramatically.

“Du Ziliang is also a member of your assassin organization?” Jiang Fei was shocked.

He had considered many possibilities, but they mostly revolved around Du Ziliang, as the future successor of the Du family, seeking revenge against the TCM Association and wanting to destroy it. So, he had assumed these killers were just professionals Du Ziliang had hired through special means.

But Jiang Fei never imagined that this Du Ziliang, the future successor of the Du family, was actually originally a member of the killer organization himself! His scheme against the TCM Association wasn’t even about avenging his family, but simply about completing a mission assigned by his superiors to destroy TCM!

No wonder he used such a ruthless trick like the ‘medical accident’, which not only slandered the TCM Association but also damaged the entire TCM field. He didn’t just disregard TCM’s reputation – his goal from the start was to eradicate TCM!

But how could someone like him, whose status was almost equivalent to Cui Xuping’s, the future successor of a prominent TCM family and a talented doctor himself, join an assassin organization and care so little about TCM?

Even with Jiang Fei’s strong ability to adapt, he found this hard to process immediately.

Furthermore, this organization’s goal was specifically to destroy TCM and to kill him.

That meant this so-called ‘Celestial Net’ organization was undoubtedly the same mysterious group that Ye Yuanyuan and the others had been unable to track down, the one they had no leads on.

The muscular man Tian Fei from before, his boss Hua Handong, certain members of the Western medical exchange team, and the assassination attempt at the hunting grounds – they all definitely belonged to this ‘Celestial Net’ organization!

Confirming this, many pieces suddenly fell into place in Jiang Fei’s mind, connecting the causes and effects clearly.

Although he didn’t understand the specifics – how the Du family’s future successor became a traitorous killer – Jiang Fei could roughly infer that what the black T-shirt killer said wasn’t false; it was true.

“What are the specifics of ‘Celestial Net’? Where is its headquarters? How large is it? Give me a general idea!” Numerous thoughts flashed through Jiang Fei’s mind before he urgently asked in a cold voice.

He had long wanted to destroy this ‘Celestial Net’ organization that kept causing him trouble, but he had never known the specific details about it.

The terror on the black T-shirt man’s face hadn’t lessened much. He continued answering honestly: “We A-rank killers aren’t qualified to know the location of the Celestial Net’s headquarters. We only belong to the Asian branch. We receive missions when headquarters notifies us. Celestial Net is very large, I don’t know exactly how many members there are…”

“A-rank killers? What does that mean?”

“A-rank killers are considered quite good having a certain status in the assassin world. But within the Celestial Net organization, we A-rank killers are the most basic. Above us are the S-rank killers!”

Jiang Fei frowned upon hearing this and said, “You are indeed quite weak… Since you are A-rank, then the ones who ambushed me at the hunting grounds must have been S-rank killers, right?”

The black T-shirt man wasn’t aware of the hunting ground incident, so he didn’t know how to answer.

It was the blond foreign killer beside him who answered this time: “Yes.”

Now that his companion had confessed everything, stubbornly resisting further had no value. It was better to be straightforward.

Jiang Fei now had a clearer understanding of the killers’ strength hierarchy. These A-rank killers posed no threat whatsoever, and even S-rank killers were easily wiped out by him. It seemed his current strength truly meant he didn’t need to fear assassins coming for him.

“Are there ranks above S-rank?” Jiang Fei asked another question.

“There are Ace-level killers!”

The black T-shirt man rushed to answer, like it was a quiz show, afraid his teammate would steal the chance. Answering more questions and performing well might increase his chances of survival!

“But Ace-level killers are legendary figures in the entire assassin world. Although Celestial Net can contact a few, their strength is so great that they aren’t bound by Celestial Net’s rules. It’s generally difficult to assign them assassination missions under normal circumstances.”

“Ace-level?” Jiang Fei filed this information away.

However, he still didn’t take it too seriously. If S-rank killers posed no threat to him, then even if Ace-level were stronger, they probably wouldn’t be that much more formidable.

Setting that question aside for the moment, Jiang Fei narrowed his eyes and asked the question he most wanted the answer to: “Why does your ‘Celestial Net’ organization want to destroy Traditional Chinese Medicine? Why do you want to kill me? And Du Ziliang – how did he end up joining the ‘Celestial Net’ organization?”