I Can Contract Beauties-Chapter 219: Another Dead End

Speaking of the mastermind, Miguel finally asked the question that he wanted to ask the most, "Right, who ordered the assassination the previous time? I mean the last major commission that you speak of."

Without any second thought, Liam answered, "It was a servant. A very ordinary servant of the Red Family with the token of a Red Family’s elder."

Upon recalling that matter, a trace of lingering confusion also appeared in Liam’s face.

He just recalled how that servant approached them.

Normally, anyone who wanted to hire them would post a notice in the mercenary guild with a code. If one of his slaves noticed the post, they would accept the commission if they deemed it accomplishable.

However, the servant came to the entertainment district directly.

The servant came before his show and approached him with clear intention.

At that point, he also realized that their location and ’secret base’ had been discovered.

However, as he did not sense any danger, he did not think too much about it and just casually put the matter at the back of his hand as they accepted the commission worth ten thousand gold coins.

As they needed to assassinate and dispose of the members of the Red Family and some bandits, this amount was only appropriate.

During that time, when he realized that their location was exposed, he actually planned on moving away.

However, since the Red Family knew of their location and still did not make a move, he thought that he was being silently consented to operate in Blazing City.

As long as he did not decline their request, he did not think that he would be in any kind of danger.

Besides, his intuition did not tell him of any danger as well so he did not bother about escaping anymore.

Seeing the flash of confusion in his eyes, Miguel decided to inquire.

"What’s the name of that servant? And where are they now?"

Liam shook his head, "It’s no use. That servant has already died of illness after our operation failed."

"Right, he died after our operation failed," Liam repeated and clarified.

"We also investigated and I sent a person to tail that servant back. He was monitored twenty-four-seven."

"Due to our losses, we at least want some more compensation after most of our members were killed in that operation. However, the clue ended there. As I said, the servant was only a very ordinary servant in the Red Family. There was no known period that he had come into contact with any elder as well. As for the elder token in his hands, it has disappeared without a trace," Liam continued with certainty.

’So, it’s a dead end again, huh. How cautious,’ Miguel thought after hearing Liam’s words.

At the same time, it also made Miguel confirm that there were indeed eyes and ears everywhere in Blazing City.

He knew for himself that the Red Family did not know of the Dark Snake Assassin’s location the previous time. It can be seen and confirmed from Damian’s word and Cardino’s action the previous time.

However, for the servant to arrive and request a commision to Liam directly, it could only mean that the mastermind was the one who knew and not the Red Family.

As for how the mastermind obtained the information, Miguel guessed that if it was not with a powerful detection skill, then it should be through the ordinary servants as well.

Miguel imagined that one of those ’ordinary servants’ might have stumbled upon one of the assassins in the entertainment district during their normal endeavors.

It seemed that he must observe the ordinary servants carefully from now on as well. Who knew if any of them could lead him to the mastermind directly.

’Well, that would be too good to be true,’ Miguel thought deprecatingly.

After asking some more questions and obtaining truthful answers from Liam, Miguel thought that it was already time to bid farewell.

From the start, he had no intention of sparing his life.

Knowing this fact, Liam wanted to plead for his life but ultimately decided to keep his silence.

Aaliyah and Edith made and moved and casually killed the five slaves of Liam.

As for Liam, Miguel decided to finish him himself.

Before his last breath, a mocking and maniacal smile surfaced in Liam’s face.

"You won’t have a good end-"

His words were cut off along with his life.

Recalling his last expression, Miguel could not help but shake his head in amusement.

"Those words... Don’t tell me your father and grandfather will come next for revenge?" Miguel laughed to himself as he recalled some of his experiences from his previous world.

Thinking about it, it was indeed mentioned that the Dark Snake Assassin group was active in Blazing City.

This meant that they still have some other branches in different cities as well.

What Miguel did not know was that his guess was indeed spot on.

...

In a certain bustling city of the Meven Empire.

In a dark hall full of crawling snakes of various sizes and colors.

A commotion broke out as the snakes parted to reveal a dead purple-colored snake lying in the ground.

A figure wearing tight black and purple bandage-like clothing suddenly stepped forward and picked up a dead snake lying in the ground.

"Isn’t this Liam’s birth snake?"

The figure waved his hands and stated in the air, "Inform the leader of this matter."

"Understood!"

A voice echoed in the air not far away from the figure wearing the tight-clothing. However, no person appeared as the hall went back to it’s previous calm state.

...

Miguel shook his head in amusement as he stored all of their bodies and grimoires inside his grimoire, neatly piled in each corner depending on the ’category’.

After he was done, Miguel traced back his steps and eventually emerged in an area devoid of any crowd.

The commotion and the shouts in the distance allowed him to confirm that the competition was still on going.

And hearing the degree of commotion, he knew that the competition had reached the peak of excitement.