Chapter 1 Genius Club?

Lin Xian was quite surprised to hear this name.

It didn't sound like a criminal gang, but rather… like a pretentious, self-righteous academic organization.

"What kind of organization is this? What do they do?"

"Don't know." Big Face Cat shook his head.

"Are there many people in their organization? Are the members… really geniuses with high IQs?"

"Don't know." Big Face Cat shook his head like a rattle-drum.

"I really don't know anything, can't find out anything!"

His expression was very sad.

"If it weren't for a lucky chance that allowed me to grasp a few clues, it would be as if this organization didn't exist in the world at all! I really can't imagine how they're so hidden? So much so that they've never left a trace in history!"

"I've been investigating for so many years! But now, I don't know where they are, who they are, or what they plan to do… The only rumor I can find related to them is—"

Big Face Cat turned his head and stared at Lin Xian with a serious expression.

"[Rumor has it that only the top tycoons, the most extreme geniuses, and the most powerful figures… can receive an invitation from this club.]"

…

"I see."

Lin Xian nodded, now he completely understood.

"So that's why you robbed the bank, right? You want to get a lot of money, but your ultimate goal… is to receive an invitation to the Genius Club."

"With this invitation, you can find the club's headquarters, and then use a machine gun to avenge your daughter."

"But forgive me for speaking frankly, Face Cat, if the threshold for this Genius Club is really as high as you say, then I don't think robbing the bank… is enough."

Big Face Cat sighed.

"But… I have no other way. I can only gamble."

"Actually, that rumor isn't even guaranteed to be true, it's just hearsay and虚无缥缈 (xūwú piāomiǎo, vague and缥缈)," but what else can I do?"

"Of course, I know that robbing the bank isn't enough, but with this starting capital, maybe I can do something bigger. It's better than having no hope of revenge, right?"

With that, he glanced at his watch.

00:07

He frowned.

"Bro, is it really still in time at this hour?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, but I still want to go to the warehouse to see if there's really no money inside."

Lin Xian took out the gun from his pocket, ejected the magazine, and checked the number of bullets.

*Click!*

He reinserted the magazine.

"Don't worry, Face Cat, I promised you I'd make up for the wasted time."

"Can you run? Get out of the car with me!"

The two jumped out of the car.

Lin Xian strode forward, and Big Face Cat quickly followed behind.

*Kacha!*

Lin Xian cocked his gun!

He raised his hand and aimed at the little brother at the door—*Bang!*!

"Ahhhh!" Big Face Cat screamed!

"We can't keep guys with dirty hands and feet around."

Big Face Cat was still in shock… but Lin Xian had already strode into the bank!

"Wait… Wait a minute, bro! Why did you kill my little brother!"

*Bang!*!

Another headshot! The distribution box was full of blood!

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!" Big Face Cat screamed, clutching his head!

Lin Xian turned his head, looked at the fallen body, and哼 (hēng, harrumphed).

"Those who seduce one's sister-in-law deserve to die even more."

"Oh my god! How do you know everything! Where did you hear all this!" Big Face Cat was on the verge of collapse!

However, Lin Xian didn't stop and had already disappeared into the end of the passage.

"Not大哥 (dàgē, big brother)! Slow down!!"

Big Face Cat ran forward, his face pale.

"I suddenly don't think we're in such a hurry anymore! Can you slow down!? You're making me feel so insecure!"

*Bang!*!

When Big Face Cat ran out of the tunnel…

He stared blankly at the black-clothed little brother falling in the underground passage!

"Brother, brother, brother, brother, brother!!"

Big Face Cat slid to his knees and grabbed Lin Xian's arm.

"Don't kill,大哥 (dàgē, big brother)! You've killed all my little brothers! You don't need to bother with cleaning up the house… I'll do it myself!"

Lin Xian pulled Big Face Cat up and pointed his chin at the front.

"The warehouse is ahead, we'll be there soon."

Big Face Cat wiped the sweat from his forehead… following behind Lin Xian, still feeling a little scared.

"Bro, one thing I gotta say, your marksmanship is really accurate, just like a sharpshooter!"

"I just saw those three shots, you didn't even aim, just raised your hand and fired! But every shot was a headshot… How many years have you been playing with guns?"

"More than ten years, I guess." Lin Xian said lightly.

"I used to play a lot, basically fighting gun battles with the police every night."

???

Big Face Cat's face was stunned.

"Fighting gun battles with the police!?"

"Sometimes I even sniped against snipers, but I could never beat them. Sniper rifles are still much harder to operate than pistols."

"Sniping!?"

Big Face Cat was completely messed up!

"Hahahaha." He said awkwardly.

"You're talking about games, right? Those shooting games, right? Right?"

…

They soon arrived at the warehouse.

Lin Xian reached behind Big Face Cat's waist, took out C4, and stuck it on the combination lock door.

"Run!"

"Shift————"

*Boom!!!!!!*

*Boom!!!!!!*

The smoke cleared, Lin Xian pulled Big Face Cat to the blown-out hole, and looked at his watch.

00:09

"Did I do okay, Face Cat? I think this is the best route."

"You did great! Just don't do it again!"

With that, Big Face Cat took a stride into the warehouse.

Looking left and right… looking left and right…

"Fuck!"

He cursed.

"Damn it, that password expert dared to lie to me! There's really not a single cent! What do we do now?"

Lin Xian turned around and pointed to the tunnel they came from.

"Let's go to the underground tunnel first and move your little brother's body over. He's about the same build as you."

Then, under Lin Xian's command, the two carried the fat little brother's body into the warehouse.

Then they put Big Face Cat's clothes on him and put the Rhine Cat mask on the body as well.

"That's good."

Lin Xian clapped his hands, very satisfied, the disguise was seamless.

"You're so smart, bro!"

Big Face Cat had now taken off his mask, and there was a round red mark in the middle of his face, like a monkey's butt, which was caused by the Rhine Cat mask.

"Bro, what's my mission next?"

Lin Xian bent down, took a pistol from the body on the ground, and threw it to Big Face Cat.

"You hold the gun, hide behind that safe over there, and come out when I give you the signal."

…

Everything was ready, waiting for the prey to take the bait.

Lin Xian paced beside the fake Big Face Cat corpse, looking at his watch from time to time.

In the previous two dreamscapes, CC appeared around 00:20.

Lin Xian waited until 00:21.

He turned around and shouted into the darkness outside the hole.

"Come out! I know you're there!"

…

…

A dozen seconds later.

A slender figure walked slowly out of the darkness.

She was wearing an Ultraman mask and tilted her head to look at Lin Xian.

"Who are you?"