Chapter 273: Chapter 273 Killing and Saving
Lu Zheng didn’t intend for Lin Wan to act.
But Lin Wan didn’t just obediently watch when Tony’s security team fired at them; that’s when she erupted.
Her movements were like lightning, with a swift flicker she was beside a gun-wielding bodyguard, delivering a punch to his temple that sent him to meet God of this world, if there is one.
...
On this private island, apart from Tony’s eight bodyguards, there was also a stationed private security team of Tony, numbering over thirty people, armed with various light weapons. The four carrying micro submachine guns earlier were part of the security team.
When Lu Zheng was killing upon sight in the castle, the security team also received the message and came fully armed.
And then...
Lin Wan found that her speed could completely dodge the not-too-dense bullets, and with obstacles, annihilating a team of armed men was as simple as eating and drinking.
With the speed of the two, in just ten minutes, they circled the island, slaughtering nearly a hundred service team members.
The last old steward, Anthony, was preparing to escape by boat at the dock when Lu Zheng shredded his True Spirit with a Spiritual Attack, causing him to fall straight into the sea.
...
"Ugh!" Lin Wan felt nauseated.
Lu Zheng patted her back gently, speaking lightly, "What’s up, are you pregnant?"
"Shut up!" Lin Wan glared at Lu Zheng with complex emotions, "You had no reaction at all?"
Lu Zheng shrugged, changing the subject, "I just found something in the surveillance room, want to see it?"
Lin Wan’s spirit lifted, "Underground palace?"
Lu Zheng nodded, "That’s right."
"Let’s go, take a look!"
They went to the surveillance room together, discovering that beyond viewing key positions on the island, there were some screens showing the lifestyle of some women.
Unexpectedly, there were not only seven or eight women but rather over a dozen.
Apart from Tony’s exclusive slaves, there were also women specially for the island’s security and service personnel to vent their desires.
The images on some screens made Lin Wan’s eyes redden with anger.
"Feeling less guilty now?"
Lin Wan bit her silver teeth, angrily saying, "They all deserve to die!"
...
Jessica had already lost hope.
She lay numbly on the bed, her whole naked and delicate body still bearing some unhealed bruises and whip marks, her eyes hollow, staring at the dim light above, recalling her happy life before being trafficked.
"Why hasn’t anyone come today?"
She suddenly felt a bit puzzled, as by this time the shift-changing resting service personnel should have come to enjoy!
"Clack!"
With a light click, Jessica suddenly realized her room’s electronic lock was opened.
"What’s going on? Is the door broken?" Jessica looked puzzled, tried it with her hand, and indeed opened the door.
No one?
Jessica peeked out, looking around, exchanging glances with other women.
Chance to escape?
This thought immediately appeared in her mind but... reportedly this is an isolated island, full of Tony’s men, how to run? If the escape fails...
Jessica already dared not imagine the consequences of a failed escape.
"The control system is broken, maybe someone will come down soon." A woman said.
Several women nearby nodded, and two even shrank back into the room, worried that those coming down later would suspect or get angry.
"Did your doors open too?" Several delicate-looking women cautiously walked out from further inside, their suite doors also open, "What’s going on?"
"Buzz—"
A sharp electric sound buzzed as the broadcast system in the underground palace was turned on.
"Found it, there really is." An unintelligible voice came from within, soon changing to English, "Ahem, hello, let me share some good news, you are free."
A dozen women stared at each other.
"Please get dressed, take your belongings, come out on your own, a yacht at the island’s east dock awaits for you to leave and return home." The broadcast shifted to a woman’s voice, fluent in English.
...
Watching as a dozen women screamed their way past some corpses and onto a yacht to leave at the dock, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan began their follow-up actions.
As a professional with computing expertise and upgraded skills, Lu Zheng deleted all evidence of them being on the island and scattered explosives, gasoline, etc., throughout the castle and manor.
This certainly included Tony’s bedroom.
That’s where they found some things in his safe, such as cash, jewelry, watches, and... evidence of crimes.
"Scum! Deserves to die!"
Lin Wan squinted, seeing Tony’s ledger with slave and organ trafficking groups.
"Beneath the glamorous surface is pure filth; don’t let it get to you." Lu Zheng comforted Lin Wan.
Lin Wan cast Lu Zheng a glance, sighed, "I’ve only heard of it before, never actually seen it."
"Alright, almost done here, let’s go." Lu Zheng said, watching Lin Wan pack up those ledgers.
"What are you planning to do?" Lu Zheng couldn’t help but ask.
"Send them to the Italian government." Lin Wan replied.
Lu Zheng blinked, not saying anything.
...
A blaze, an island.
The raging fire and thick smoke engulfed the island, while Lu Zheng and Lin Wan sped away in a speedboat.
As for Tony?
Of course, he was reduced to ashes along with his private castle.
Before lighting the fire, Lu Zheng made a point to visit the restaurant, not placing explosives but encircling it with gasoline, pouring the rest over Tony.
Lu Zheng had never seen so many expressions in someone’s eyes.
"Tony, congratulations, your acting has reached a new level!"
As he tossed the empty gasoline canister aside, Lu Zheng gracefully stepped to the restaurant entrance, once again bowing ceremoniously to Tony.
...
Three hours later, on a deserted beach, Lu Zheng sank the speedboat into the sea and stealthily merged into Rome with Lin Wan.
Finding a hotel and dropping off their luggage, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan strolled hand in hand down the bustling commercial street.
"The news is out! Really fast!"
Lin Wan gestured to Lu Zheng, who followed her lead to see the television broadcasting a small island ablaze.
"It’s from a helicopter view, seems they reacted quite quickly."
On the TV, many police boats had surrounded the island, with firefighting vessels pumping sea water to quell the flames.
Of course, they didn’t understand the Italian on the TV.
Next, the TV flashed to images of several women—those who escaped Tony’s private island—now taken by the Roman police.
But upon disembarking, they shouted the whole story to gathered reporters and cameras, with such scenes replayed on the television.
So, the TV showed live island footage, those women’s images, and various photos of Tony.
With themes like millionaire, crime, victims, "Nameless Hero," it was highly topical, broadcast repeatedly by all TV stations.
Thus, they found a suitable spot in a restaurant with a TV, ordered two seafood fried rice and drinks, chatting while watching.
Lu Zheng took a spoonful of rice, "Where do you plan to send those documents?"
Lin Wan sipped her juice, "Of course, to the Rome police station, unless you think I should send them to our embassy?"
Lu Zheng watched the TV, "Guess they’ll be quite busy tonight, so we might as well not wait until tomorrow and send them over tonight."