The moon tonight was as round and bright as ever.
The few stars, lazily blinking their eyes, gazed down upon the human world.
As spring relentlessly advanced, the night breeze had also grown much warmer.
It wouldn't be long now before the chirping of insects could be heard from the grass.
A full moon.
A gentle breeze and night stars; a scene of warmth and peace.
Yet, a subtle scent of blood seemed to permeate the air, making this ordinary night, for many, no longer so.
Someone had died tonight.
And not just one, but many!
Most of the deceased were strong young men who could shatter red bricks with a single punch!
"Let's go."
Li Wujiang's cold gaze swept across the three corpses in the room one last time. He spoke softly to Yaoyao, who was wiping a smear of blood from her cheek, and turned to leave the room quickly.
Yaoyao followed closely, but just as she was about to exit, she turned back like a small black leopard and pounced towards the table in the guest room.
The moment her toes touched the ground, her left hand swiftly scooped up a wallet from beneath the table and tucked it into her pocket.
Li Wujiang, catching a glimpse of this out of the corner of his eye as he stood outside, was utterly speechless.
Ever since the "wooden sprout" incident, Li Wujiang had grown to like Yaoyao more and more.
However, she had also heard that Yaoyao was gradually becoming a little money-grubber.
Li Wujiang still didn't believe it.
The daughter-in-law she liked might be spoiled and willful, drawing her sword at the slightest disagreement.
But she would never stoop so low for the sake of mere lucre.
And yet now—
"That wallet had at most a few thousand yuan in cash. Yaoyao didn't even let go of this small sum. Hmph, she's truly embarrassing me."
Li Wujiang snorted inwardly and hurried downstairs.
She still had to take Yaoyao to another hotel within ten minutes to see off several masters from Dongyang, who were going to visit their grandmother.
Seven top masters, divided into five groups.
Li Wujiang and Yaoyao;
Li Xiusi and Xue Zhantian;
Heidong, Su Rina, and Grey Ghost were all acting alone.
After Su Nanin's Ink Jade Pendant operation was activated, Li Wujiang and the others, according to their assigned "territories," began their utterly brutal and bloody massacre of the already locked-on targets.
Kill without mercy, miss none!
This was the tone Li Wujiang had set for the operation before it began.
The three people who had just died were the fourth group Li Wujiang and Yaoyao had eliminated.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, working in powerful synergy, broke through the door and gave their opponents no chance to speak, disdaining any pleasantries, and immediately unleashed their most ruthless killing moves.
Swish swish swish.
Li Wujiang descended the stairs much faster than any elevator.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, one after the other, quickly descended from the 12th floor to the second-floor landing.
Yaoyao suddenly spoke, "Mom."
Since the "wooden sprout" incident, she no longer called Li Wujiang "Auntie" but directly "Mom."
Li Wujiang also adored Yaoyao, with her cool little face, calling her Mom.
"What is it?"
Li Wujiang stopped and looked back.
With a *clatter*, a black wallet fell from Yaoyao's pocket onto the floor.
Yaoyao said, "Mom, there are too many wallets. They won't fit in my pockets. Please give me some time to sort them out."
What?
Li Wujiang was stunned.
Then.
She saw her daughter-in-law, Yaoyao, take out more than ten wallets from her pants, her top, and even her chest!
Li Wujiang was shocked—
She had only seen Yaoyao stealthily pounce back to the table to retrieve one wallet, thinking she wasn't paying attention.
But she never dreamed that Yaoyao had collected the wallets of all fourteen people they had killed in the four groups since the operation began.
"When did this child collect so many wallets? I didn't even notice!"
As Li Wujiang marveled inwardly, Yaoyao, who was squatting on the ground, had already taken out all the cash from every wallet at lightning speed.
Whoosh—
Even the least full wallet contained at least three to four thousand yuan; the most full one had a little over ten thousand.
Fourteen wallets, totaling at least sixty to seventy thousand yuan.
Yaoyao, of course, didn't have time to count precisely. She just smoothed the banknotes, then divided them in half and handed them to Li Wujiang, "Mom, this is for you."
For me?
Heh heh, would I, Li Wujiang, be greedy for a paltry few tens of thousands of yuan?
Preposterous—
Li Wujiang sneered inwardly, but her hand honestly reached out, took the banknotes, and skillfully stuffed them into her pocket.
Then.
With their hands in their pockets, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked side-by-side, heads held high and chests out.
Ignoring the guests entering and leaving the lobby, they walked out and departed swaggeringly.
Hurrying at top speed to the next point of enrichment.
The Ink Jade Pendant Plan!
Two hours after its commencement, it was precisely midnight in Dongyang.
In a small park.
Jiao Meibiao, dressed in a black trench coat, looked around. Seeing no unusual activity, she lowered her head and quickly walked towards the southernmost part of the small park.
The southernmost part of the small park was a river that ran through the entire city of Kobe.
The river was not too wide, but not narrow either, about seventy to eighty meters across.
However, the water was very deep. It was said that the deepest part in the middle of the river reached over four meters.
The water quality was decent, reportedly potable.
After all, Dongyang was the only country in the world that possessed the world's top-tier "nuclear water purification technology."
Upon reaching the riverbank, Jiao Meibiao took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and flashed it several times towards the west, where the light flickered intermittently.
Dozens of seconds later, a shadow, like a ghost, emerged before her, using the cover of the trees.
Looking at the shadow, Jiao Meibiao whispered a phone number.
This phone number was their code for meeting.
"Ms. Jiao."
After hearing Jiao Meibiao speak the phone number, the shadow replied, "We are delighted that you have made the most correct choice. We will secretly escort your son from Tian Dong Provincial Capital to a certain location within a month. When you arrive at that place, you will see your son. We also promise to clone a new son for you within a year."
Jiao Meibiao looked at the shadow and after a long silence, slowly said, "I don't care about my own life or death. But I hope you will keep your promise."
"That is not a problem. The citizens of our Great Dongyang are inherently the most trustworthy people in the world."
As the shadow spoke, he bent down and presented a card with both hands, "Ms. Jiao, this is five million US dollars. It is a token of our appreciation for your cooperation. Please accept it."
Jiao Meibiao did not hesitate for long before reaching out, taking the card, and turning to leave, "When is the departure? Please notify me at least 36 hours in advance."
"Understood."
The shadow nodded and watched Jiao Meibiao's slender back. His Adam's apple bobbed several times.
This woman with a slender waist, long legs, large hips, and a particularly seductive face was simply too alluring.
If her role wasn't so important, the shadow would have pounced on her by the river.
After watching Jiao Meibiao's figure disappear from sight, the shadow looked around again and then hurried westward.
Gurgle.
Just as the shadow had walked a few dozen meters, a few bubbles appeared on the surface of the otherwise calm river.
Ripples quickly appeared on the previously placid water.
A person emerged from the water, ashore as quietly as possible, and then, crouching low, used the cover of the trees to quickly move west.
Half an hour later.
The shadow who had met with Jiao Meibiao appeared before a seemingly ordinary courtyard gate.
He looked around again, then pushed open the gate and entered the courtyard.
In the living room.
Toriki Hachimanagi knelt before the table, accompanied by two disciples, dialing his junior brother, who was traveling to Dongtu, for the ninth time.
Still no answer.
He had no idea that his junior brother had already been fed to the fishes more than an hour ago.
"Could it be that Matsushita and the others encountered some accident?"
As Toriki Hachimanagi frowned, the door opened.
The disciple responsible for contacting Jiao Meibiao had returned.
The disciple knelt before Toriki Hachimanagi and reported with his head bowed.
"Good. You did well."
After listening, Toriki Hachimanagi nodded and was about to say something else when his right eyelid suddenly began to throb violently.
Left eye for fortune, right eye for disaster!
This saying originated from the Xuanmen of Dongtu. Toriki Hachimanagi could not possibly not know it, nor could he not believe it.
Shortly after midnight, his right eyelid began to twitch uncontrollably. What did this signify?
Toriki Hachimanagi's expression changed slightly, and he began to rapidly calculate with his left hand.
His sudden movement made the three disciples realize something immediately.
They exchanged quick glances and held their breath, fearing they would disturb their teacher's calculations of "strategizing within a command center and winning battles a thousand miles away."
"Tonight, I face a bloody disaster!"
Toriki Hachimanagi, after calculating to a certain point, suddenly looked up.
"Teacher—"
Seeing this, his disciples were startled.
"Go!"
Toriki Hachimanagi interrupted them, stood up abruptly, "This place is extremely ominous, we must evacuate immediately!"
This place is extremely ominous?
The disciples were momentarily stunned, then scrambled to their feet and hurried towards the door, surrounding Toriki Hachimanagi.
But the door opened.
Two young men in black blocked the entrance.
Outside in the courtyard and at the gate, there were several more people.
One disciple exclaimed in alarm, "Who are you?"
The young man on the left blocking the door smiled and replied, "My name is Qin Zhou, and his is Tie Yuan."
Qin Zhou?
Tie Yuan?
He didn't recognize them—
Toriki Hachimanagi thought this subconsciously when the disciple who had run errands and contacted Jiao Meibiao suddenly pointed into the courtyard and shouted, "Jiao Meibiao!?"
Yes.
In the bright moonlight, he recognized the woman being embraced by a man as she walked into the courtyard as Jiao Meibiao, whom he had met just half an hour ago.
Jiao Meibiao, also with her arm around the man's waist, looked at this disciple and chuckled, "Tianci, this is the one who contacted me and just gave me five million."
"Five million US dollars, and you expect my wife and I to risk our lives for you with our son (still in her belly)? Heh heh, utterly ridiculous."
The one named Tianci chuckled a few times. In front of so many people, he cupped his wife's face with both hands and kissed her passionately.
"Damn it, always showing off their affection, I've had enough of you guys," Qin Zhou cursed, lunging towards Toriki Hachimanagi, and instructed Tie Yuan in a low voice, "Attack! Don't let any of them escape!"
Du Tianci continued to kiss his beloved woman with extreme devotion.
He didn't look up for a long time.
When he was almost suffocating, Du Tianci finally lifted his head, and together with Jiao Meibiao, like drowning people finally surfacing, they gasped for air with wide mouths.
Ugh—
Jiao Meibiao suddenly covered her mouth with her hand, then bent over and gagged.
The strong smell of blood coming from inside the house triggered an uncontrollable pregnancy reaction.
That night!
Mr. Toriki Hachimanagi, Dongyang's most famous Xuanmen master, along with his three disciples, were brutally murdered in a certain courtyard.
One AM.
This is the Demon Capital of Dongtu!
"Li Qianfan, Jiao Yin. You two, take your people and follow me to the Ma family."
Four and a half hours after the Ink Jade Pendant operation began, Su Nanin, who had been coordinating from the command center and constantly making calls, finally stood up from the sofa and walked briskly towards the door.
Jiao Yin, standing at the door, hurried out first.
Li Qianfan picked up his windbreaker and draped it over Su, the Deputy Steward, who was wearing a white suit.