Ultimate Assassin: Start as the sixth floor in the Continental Hotel

"I see."

Grammont hung up the phone and collapsed on the sofa, his eyes dull.

I no longer have any chips in my hand.

Just three minutes ago, the security forces guarding Ye Minya lost contact collectively, and the thugs who went to the place of detention informed him that Mia, Kane's daughter, was missing.

There are still two days until the duel, so this matter must not be leaked.

"A bunch of trash..."

In the luxurious room, Grammont's weak curses could be heard faintly.

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In the dark room, the curtains were drawn, and only the pale yellow light came from the bathroom.

Ye Ken stood in front of the mirror on the sink, his gray pupils "looking" at himself in the mirror, his face full of worry.

Blindness is not a disguise, but he is not completely blind. It's just that his vision has become very weak, so weak that he can only see a blurry appearance.

Back then, these eyes allowed him to clearly see writings thousands of meters away. The "super-sense" in his blood made him easily stand out among the killers. But now...

For many years, he couldn't even see his biological daughter with his own eyes.

The High Table...the Continental Hotel...and even this world were nothing but a cesspool to him.

He just wanted his daughter to stay away from this, but this cesspit was like a black hole, easily sucking in all the things he loved.

His naked upper body was covered with scars. Since he became blind, new wounds would be added to his body every day. But after his eyes became blind, he could perceive everything in the world more clearly, including smell, hearing, touch... …Every sense is amplified to compensate for the lack of sight.

"Super-sense" is still serving him.

Minya, too.

When Minya was young, her music teacher said that she had "absolute pitch." Ye Ken knew that his daughter had the same talent as him, or even better.

But such a talent is not a gift from God, but more like a curse. Ye Ken hoped that Ye Minya would only need to hold the violin in her hands in this life, and those clean hands should not hold a sword.

"..."

Silently "looking" at the blurry figure in front of him, Ye Ken slowly clenched his fists.

"boom!"

A punch hit the mirror. The skin was cut by the broken mirror, and blood gushed out. Ye Ken retracted his fist, and the spiderweb-like lines on the mirror seemed to have broken Ye Ken in the mirror.

"You are an incompetent father, Ken Ye."

Ye Ken said softly, not knowing whether it was to the broken self in the mirror or to the incompetent self in reality.

"My daughter was taken away, but you can only trouble your compatriots to help..."

"Let's have some face."

The broken face in the mirror silently made the same facial expression as Ye Ken outside the mirror, but that was just the person in the mirror, how could he respond to his soliloquy?

Blood dripped down the fist and onto the bathroom floor. The wound was slightly hot, but more so, there was bone-piercing pain. Self-blame almost swallowed him up, and he could only suffer in this bathroom, waiting, waiting... for the news from his compatriots.

Mobile phone vibration.

Ye Ken took out his cell phone blankly and fumbled to press the call button: "It's me."

"Kane, there are two days left for the duel. I hope you can prepare as soon as possible." Gramont's voice came calmly on the phone, "Don't forget why you came back. "

"..." Ye Ken was silent for a moment, and then he said expressionlessly. "I will complete my mission and I hope you won't break your promise."

"Of course, I pay great attention to 'reputation'." Grammont's brisk voice sounded, "To ensure that your daughter is foolproof... don't worry, you can't lose this duel."

"Click."

Phone, hang up.

The hand holding the phone was clutching the phone tightly at the moment. Ye Ken's heart was full of anger, but he had nowhere to vent it.

Grammont is a despicable man. Whether he lets himself hunt down his long-time friend, or he does tricks before the duel, he is full of dirty tricks, but he has the so-called "noble" title.

The so-called "noble" means that they dress more luxuriously than wealthy businessmen and act lower than thieves.

Laugh, laugh, wait until this shit is over...

I would like to ask, Your Excellency, the Marquis de Gramont, how do you want to die?

The phone vibrated again, and Ye Ken had a look of impatience on his face. He answered the call and suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "I said, I will complete my mission, what else do you have to do?!"

"Xiaoye, you are quite angry."

On the other end of the phone, a slightly older voice sounded, making Ye Ken look startled: "Jiao Yue...Mr. Yue? Sorry, I thought it was..."

"I know, I know everything, you don't need to explain..." Yue Xiangyu said softly with relief, "I called you to tell you good news."

"Xiaoya, we have been rescued."

"She has now boarded our special plane, accompanied by the assassin mentor of the Brotherhood. We will place her in the port area first."

"Don't worry, she's safe now."

Ye Ken didn't speak, his gray eyes trembled slightly, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

"Xiaoye?" Yue Xiangyu, who didn't hear Ye Ken's reply, asked in confusion.

"Sorry... I was distracted just now." Ye Ken said with a trembling voice. He gritted his teeth and took a deep breath to calm down. "I'll leave you and everyone in the Brotherhood to worry."

"Many thanks."

"Don't be so polite about your own family's affairs." Yue Xiangyu sighed softly. At this time, he was in his office in Yanguo Kyoto, looking at a photo on the desktop. On it, there were two upright young people, one of whom , whose face is very similar to the current Ye Ken, and behind them is the young Yue Xiangyu, and all three of them are wearing camouflage uniforms. "After so many years, some things need to be let go."

"Yanguo is your home after all, child."

"Huh..." Ye Ken took a long breath and lowered his head slightly, "I know... I know..."

"After this incident, come back, and I will find a way to arrange a stable job for you." Yue Xiangyu's expression at this time was also a little emotional, "I am quite envious of you, you can welcome your retirement life soon."

"I have been fighting for a promise for so many years but I dare not back down..."

"You are very important to the Yan Kingdom. If you retire, I really don't know who can replace you." Ye Ken had a smile on his face at this moment. At this moment, he felt that all the weight on his shoulders disappeared instantly. , he was even in the mood to joke with Yue Xiangyu now, "I still have a daughter to raise, so you have to arrange a good job for me. I don't want to be an assassin mentor to teach those brats."

"You still find it so troublesome." Yue Xiangyu stroked the yellowed photos on the table and smiled helplessly, "Anyway, you have also been a killer in the Continental Hotel and you know so much about cold weapons. I am going to arrange for you to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I work as a bartender at the Continental Hotel over there and sell handicrafts. I can make a lot of money and have a lot of leisure time, what do you think?"

"That's a good feeling." Ye Ken said with a smile. "Maybe I can go to Kyoto to visit you occasionally and see if your skills have deteriorated, haha."

"Then it's settled." Yue Xiangyu stood up slowly and looked at the blue sky outside the window, "You have to work hard, Xiaoye... your daughter is still in my hands."

"Give it to me, come back alive."

"We'll wait for you to come home."

After hanging up the phone, the smile on Ye Ken's face gradually disappeared.

His gray eyes looked at the broken glass again. The mirror was stained red with blood, and on his scarred back was a slightly faded red dragon with ferocious fangs and sharp claws. He yanked the black suit on the side and put it on his body, gently covering the dragon behind him. From his chest pocket, Ye Ken took out a pair of sunglasses and slowly put them on. The dark lenses covered his eyes.

Tears slid down my cheeks silently, maybe just because of the words I haven't heard again for many years, waiting for you to go home.

"Don't worry..." Ye Ken said softly. "I'm very tough."

"When a wanderer comes home... he has to bring some gifts back, right?"