Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger-Chapter 8 - Respect Contracts

Yue Ziheng watched the unfortunate captive wailing in pain on the ground, hugging his knees in the same position as himself. Just as he was about to inquire about the situation with Blood Fox, he saw Blood Fox shooting the dead bodies and the wounded on the deck...

"Pop, pop, pop, pop..."

In the crisp shots of the AKM, Blood Fox effectively ended this massacre...

Yue Ziheng had anticipated the ferocity of Blood Fox, but the coldness and composure Blood Fox was displaying now made him very uncomfortable.

Yue Ziheng had killed many people in the past month, but he did so in anger, nowhere near as calm and composed as Blood Fox is now...

Looking at Blood Fox, it seemed as if those wailing on the ground were not humans but some kind of animals, or even just a puddle of mud...

A few minutes later, the engine of the boat stopped, and Blood Fox walked the woman in a floral dress from the cabin to the front deck.

Yue Ziheng looked at the screaming woman's lovely face and shook his head, saying, "Is this the beauty that got you locked up?"

Blood Fox tossed a first aid kit at Yue Ziheng's feet, then found a rope to tie the woman's hands and made her sit on the ground...

Seeing Yue Ziheng struggle to start with the first aid kit, Blood Fox lifted a satellite phone, shook it, and said, "Hang in there, my guys will be here soon..."

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Then, Blood Fox grabbed the woman's hair, showed her face to Yue Ziheng, and said, "Meet her, this Lady Luo Mai is the Golden Triangle region head of the Truth Foundation..."

Yue Ziheng looked at the woman named Luo Mai sitting on the ground with a terrified expression, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, he said to Blood Fox, pervaded with the aura of a villain, "Who she is doesn't concern me..."

Blood Fox, watching Yue Ziheng's discomfort, sat beside him with a frown and said, "Your moves don't seem like a rookie's, but your eyes are that of a rookie.

Tell me I'm wrong, otherwise our previous agreement is off."

After hearing that, Yue Ziheng looked grimly at Blood Fox and said sternly, "What do you mean?"

Blood Fox shook his head and said, "Because if you're a soft-hearted rookie, you're definitely going to die in the Golden Triangle."

Yue Ziheng could hear the goodwill in Blood Fox's words and he breathed a slight sigh of relief, saying, "You know why I'm wanted, and you still think I'm a rookie?"

Blood Fox casually picked up three wooden sticks from the deck, measured them next to Yue Ziheng's injured leg, and then threw him a roll of gray cloth-based duct tape...

"Being a rookie isn't about how many people you've killed. Your shooting is good, and you're smart, but you're still using the ordinary people's way of judging strength and morality..."

Saying that, Blood Fox pointed at Luo Mai, who was twisting and pleading on the ground, and said, "You look at her as if she is a little animal that needs care...

But in reality, a month ago, she trapped and killed a team of 12 mercenaries from the International Intermediary Company just because those mercenaries uncovered her deal with Naokan, and protecting the drug trade wasn't included in their agreement.

She could have paid a penalty, added money to amend the contract to resolve the issue, but instead, she chose to save that expense while making sure her secret wouldn't be known, by colluding with Naokan to kill those mercenaries..."

Yue Ziheng didn't quite understand...

In his mind, mercenaries weren't exactly noble professions, and he was somewhat perplexed by the outrage Blood Fox was displaying.

Looking at Blood Fox's serious expression, Yue Ziheng frowned and said, "What exactly are you trying to say?

Tell me that this woman is extremely dangerous? Emphasize that she deserves to die?"

Blood Fox stared into Yue Ziheng's eyes for a few seconds, slightly shook his head, and said, "No, I'm telling you the rules of survival...

If you were an ordinary person, you could freely express your sympathy, even forgive your opponents or enemies.

But if you want to survive in the Black World, you must understand, there is no right or wrong, good or evil here, only rules and positions.

When facing an enemy, whether it is a woman or even a child, you must strive to take the initiative.

If you can't harden your heart, you won't survive long..."

Yue Ziheng is someone who takes advice!

Whether he could do it was one thing, but as long as the advice was well-intentioned, he would listen humbly.

Yue Ziheng nodded, indicating he understood, then he looked at Blood Fox and said, "Thank you, I got it!"

However, there is one thing I don't understand - why are you so angry about the mercenaries being killed?

Why?

Do you know those mercenaries?"

Blood Fox paused, walked over to the blue bucket, and drank a few sips of leaked water from a bullet hole, then looked at Yue Ziheng and smiled, saying, "I don't know those dead mercenaries. Perhaps in the eyes of many ordinary people, those mercenaries deserved to die."

As he spoke, Blood Fox glanced at Luo Mai, then shook his head at Yue Ziheng, saying, "Kid, being a mercenary is a high-risk profession. They get paid to risk their lives; they can die, but they shouldn't be betrayed by their employer.

That's the rule. The International Intermediary Company has grown strong because they've established regulations to protect both parties involved in the employment.

That's why I'm willing to work as an investigator for the International Intermediary Company!

Luo Mai broke the rules, so she deserves to die!

Kid, in this era, everyone wants to take shortcuts, and most people don't care about sacrificing others' interests and lives...

As one of them, if we don't uphold the rules, one day, we might become the victims!

If this world loses its rules, nobody can be spared!

The contract is the last line for people like us!"

Yue Ziheng was stunned for a long time after listening before he realized what Blood Fox was talking about...

The Underworld is a survival-of-the-fittest world, and those involved are not good people. People can fight each other, but they still have to follow a set of 'Jianghu Rules'.

However, Yue Ziheng doubted the enforceability of these rules because in the past month of killing, he saw many disgusting things and never saw anyone from the world stand up for justice.

But if it's just the 'contract', that might indeed be the very bottom line!

But just like many people always justify themselves by saying they haven't broken the law, respecting a contract does not mean both parties are good people...

Perhaps in this so-called Underworld, there are no good people in the traditional sense.

In the Underworld, without the capability to punish others, cooperating or opposing anyone can be dangerous.

This highlights the significance of institutions like this so-called International Intermediary Company and possibly other large organizations, because without rules, the market of the Underworld would gradually shrink.

This is the most basic business principle!

Because even a thoroughly despicable person would want those they hire with their money to help them wholeheartedly, rather than shooting them in the back.

Even this so-called contract of the International Intermediary Company needs 'insurance' and 'investigator' as a safeguard, yet it's still not guaranteed to be enforced.

This shows the danger level of the so-called Underworld!

Yue Ziheng looked at Blood Fox, who spoke sincerely yet profoundly, and said uncertainly, "Why are you telling me all this?

I don't plan to become a mercenary or anything similar, I just want to find a place to get a new identity and start over...

I have a family, and I hope someday I can reunite with them as a normal person."

Blood Fox snickered upon hearing this and said, "You have 76 lives on your hands, oh, actually, now there should be six more.

You were just telling me emphatically a few minutes ago that you want to kill the drug lord Naokan, and now you're telling me you want to be a normal person?

If you want to be a normal person, you should go home, turn yourself in, and get shot!"

As he spoke, Blood Fox looked at Yue Ziheng's complex expression and smiled, saying, "Kid, I really admire you. As an old retiree, I've been finding work a bit challenging lately, so I need an assistant...

Are you interested?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Ziheng frowned and said, "Don't you have a partner?"

Blood Fox spread his hands and said, "You'll know when you meet him..."