Peerless Martial Expert in the City-Chapter 245 - 248

One was a poor girl from a poor family who hadn’t graduated from high school. She was a girl who ran a street food stand. Although Fatty Tang seemed to have mentioned a while ago that he borrowed some money and partnered with Li Ling to rent a shop to run a snack business, in essence, there was no great difference— at least, in Xiao Yi’s view, there was essentially no difference at all.

The other one, Fatty Tang, was a son of a wealthy family. His parents owned at least millions in assets, and on top of that, he himself was a top student at Z University, the Pride of the Heavens. Provided nothing unexpected happened, with Fatty Tang’s abilities and his family foundation, Xiao Yi could basically foresee that, a decade or two after graduation, he would become the boss of a big company, a wealthy tycoon.

For any parent, such a disparity would not be easy to accept.

Perhaps, it was time to find an opportunity to have a good talk with them.

Xiao Yi habitually extended a finger to touch his nose, then slowly headed toward the school entrance. He didn’t know when exactly he would have to leave, so some things, if he could help Fatty Tang with them, it was better to arrange them sooner rather than later.

Liu Yan was an assassin. Despite being just over twenty years old, he had already taken the lives of people into double digits, consistently completing numerous missions for the organization. In the past two years, he had emerged as a standout newcomer, successfully climbing the ranks to become a frontline assassin. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Last month, he had been successfully rated as an A-level assassin by the organization, a rank only second to S-level. For all the assassins in the organization, this was an immense honor, especially since he reached A-level at such a young age; it left countless people within the organization in awe.

But faced with the amazed looks from within the organization and unmatched praise from within the industry, Liu Yan did not become arrogant or get carried away.

He still maintained his original style: cautious, careful, mature, composed, planning every move thoroughly!

No one knew why at such a young age he could maintain such composure, unsuited to his years. Even his superiors were very curious about it. However, they could not deny that this was a great quality for an assassin to have; thus, their attention toward him grew even more.

The higher-ups within the organization were already contemplating focusing on nurturing him.

However, for Liu Yan, whether it was the praise from colleagues or mentoring from leaders, none of it mattered. He firmly remembered one thing, the most important point for an assassin: always be careful and preserve your life!

He could never forget his first execution mission, the scene at that time. Like all of his peers, he had just gone through the most painful and arduous devilish training. It was his first mission, and his heart was filled with excitement, a slight thrill, and a subtle reverence.

Like everyone else from his training group, he did not qualify for solo missions yet. Instead, a ’senior’ led them on the task. His main responsibilities involved minor support roles like gathering intelligence. The purpose of that mission was mainly for learning, to feel what it was like to carry out a mission firsthand.

The mission wasn’t too complicated. Everything was proceeding smoothly at first. He collected target intelligence as he had been trained, and his ’senior’ planned the action.

He had succeeded that time but at a tremendous cost. His ’senior’, who had led him, paid with his life!

And the reason his ’senior’ died was because Liu Yan forgot a detail while gathering information: the target always wore a ring. The ring was larger than a normal ring and was never removed!

When his senior plunged a sharp knife into the target’s heart, relying on Liu Yan’s intelligence, a silver needle in the target’s ring slit his senior’s throat.

He would never be able to forget the sight of his ’senior’ just before dying!

His eyes wide and rounded, he hadn’t expected to be killed this way. In the last moments, he looked at Liu Yan as if questioning him, "Why didn’t you tell me he had such a thing on his body?"

No one knew it was his mistake. In the end, the organization did not blame him, but after that incident, he changed completely, becoming even more careful. He also started to speak less.

No matter how outsiders commented, praised him, or valued him, he always remained calm, closely guarding his own heart. With every mission, he would be careful again and again, thoroughly understanding the target before making a move. And with each execution mission, he would become even more cautious.

Only by witnessing the passing of life in front of your eyes can you truly understand how fragile life is!

And only then can you truly appreciate how precious life is!

Every time his knife sliced a target’s throat, or his bullet pierced into a target’s heart or forehead, watching them gradually fall, watching the breath of life fade away from their bodies, his feelings would inevitably be gripped by fear and tension. He feared that one day, a bullet might also pierce his throat, heart, forehead, or a sharp knife might cut through his neck in the same way!

Even this time, he knew that the target he was to hit was just an unobtrusive student!

He had no complaints, not feeling that it was a waste for the organization to send him, an A-level assassin, to do a C-level task. He did not act recklessly but instead came to the destination, and after encountering the target, he gave up multiple opportunities, earnestly investigating the target, until he felt that he understood and controlled everything. Only then did he finally decide to make his move.

He chose to strike near the school entrance, on a small path. It was not a big path, but it was densely crowded with people. Every time classes ended, many students would come out from the teaching buildings ahead. Whether they were heading back to the school dormitories, changing classrooms to go to another teaching building in a different area, or going out of the school, they would use this path. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)