Chapter 1 The Vitalia Hotel

The Vitalia Hotel, a high-class hotel with forty-three floors, had chain branches in various major cities of the Six Nations. Its owner was the Dark Net organization, and it only accepted members of the organization. It used "rooms are full" to perfunctorily answer ordinary people, which was a safe house in nature and a trading hall for people from all walks of life. Fighting was not allowed here, and those who violated the rules would be endlessly hunted down.

After getting the voucher, Han Xiao came to the Vitalia Hotel. The interior was very elegant, with classic wooden furniture and a bar, all in dark brown, with a glaze-like smooth luster, and a quiet atmosphere floating in every corner.

Han Xiao came to the front desk and showed the Blood Pact Society gold coin. A waiter took Han Xiao to the twenty-third floor by elevator.

The twenty-second, twenty-third, and twenty-fourth floors were the areas of the Blood Pact Society. The twenty-third floor was the assassin's lounge and trading hall, where they accepted employment, received rewards, and so on. There were also many entertainment facilities, such as bars, cafes, and restaurants.

Handing the dark gold coin to the front desk on the twenty-third floor, a waiter wearing white gloves received Han Xiao. The two sat down in a semi-private booth. The waiter held a black leather notebook and used a fountain pen to record the information of the new member.

"Please choose a code name."

Han Xiao thought about it and decided to choose a flamboyant name, which might be conducive to Legend Rating.

"Apostle-level observer No. 9527 of the Red Empire stationed in the Colton Star Cluster."

The waiter looked at him with an expression of "I don't understand but feel it's awesome."

The list of assassins was full of aesthetically tiring code names such as "Silver Fox," "Venomous Snake," and "Specter." This alternative, chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) name would definitely make the employer's eyes light up and make people feel excited just looking at it... but it was too long.

"Can you shorten the length a little?" The waiter coughed lightly.

"Hmm? I've only heard of people complaining about things being too short, not too long."

Han Xiao thought for a while, "Black."

The waiter was speechless. You're being too short. A one-character code name was allowed, but single-character code names in this color series already had owners. The red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple rainbow teams were basically old generation meritorious assassins who had died. The organization would not cancel their code names.

Han Xiao clicked his tongue. He secretly thought that naming was a troublesome thing no matter where you were. He thought for a while and said, "Then call me Mr. Black."

"Mr. Black... okay."

This title was normal, the waiter quickly recorded it.

"You are now a preliminary-level assassin, with a blank resume. You can only be promoted to Scorpion-level after completing one mission. The employer will select from the list of assassins. If someone chooses you, we will contact you. Or you can accept public commissions and bounties. Of course, you can also take on private work. The Society does not have any mandatory requirements for contract assassins, but we will extract 5% of the bounty as an intermediary fee. If you have any questions in the future, you can call the Vitalia Hotel front desk to inquire."

"Very reasonable," Han Xiao nodded.

He joined the Blood Pact Society for two purposes. The first was for the high bounties accumulated on the Dark Net. He knew that each of these bounties could trigger a rewarding assassination mission. The second goal was that as long as he ranked in the top ten on the Dark Net assassin list, he could get a bit of regional Legend Rating.

With only a little more than three months left before the public beta, he wanted to accumulate a large amount of capital during the last period of time.

"These are all bounty missions."

The waiter took out a tablet, called up the Dark Net's bounty interface, and handed it to Han Xiao.

Han Xiao's first glance saw the Germination bounty with the highest popularity. The target was himself.

"Zero, dead or alive, bounty of five million, coordinates in the Western Capital of Star Dragon... Hehe, good luck to you."

If he returned to the Western Capital, he would definitely be restrained. Fortunately, he slipped away. Han Xiao laughed inwardly, wondering how long it would take for Germination to realize they had wasted their efforts.

His bounty was the most popular during this period of time. Germination was hunting him down extensively, but his bounty was not the highest. Some accumulated bounties were higher, with sky-high prices of tens of millions. Almost all of them were impossible to complete, such as a bounty to steal the highest-level confidential information of a certain country. According to the strict defense of the Thirteenth Bureau's underground mainframe, the success rate of this mission was less than one in a thousand, and the fatality rate was as high as ninety-nine percent. No one would do it, so it was just there for show.

Scanning the bounties below, he took a fancy to a mission. The bounty target was an entire mercenary organization called the Rose Armed Forces, which was active in the Somar Desert in the Southern Continent.

The Southern Continent was the continent where Star Dragon's Hai Xia was located, also known as South Continent. The terrain was vast and the climate was hot. In contrast, there were also the North Continent, the West Continent, and the Andea Continent located in the center of these three.

He chose this mission because it was relatively close. Han Xiao was about to accept when the waiter suddenly paused, took out another computer, took a look, and said, "Mr. Black, you have a commission."

Han Xiao was surprised. The information was only uploaded to the assassin list five minutes ago, and he already had business?

"You guys have good business." Han Xiao sincerely sighed.

The waiter was also confused, "This is a special case."

"What is the commission?"

"The employer wants to talk to you in person." The waiter looked at the computer and said, "He will arrive in about ten minutes. Please sit for a while."

Han Xiao had no objection.

After waiting for ten minutes, a middle-aged man walked over quickly, his hair was gray, prematurely aging, but his face was filled with sorrow. He walked into the hall, looked around, came to Han Xiao, and said in a deep voice, "My name is Cheng Shanshui."

Before accepting the commission, the real name of the target could not be revealed, only basic information could be asked. So Han Xiao asked, "What is your commission fee, and what are the enemy's defenses and location?"

"Twelve to twenty bodyguards, located in Morning Wind City, the reward is 100,000."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Only 100,000?"

This price could not hire an assassin.

Cheng Shanshui nodded uneasily. Other assassins refused immediately after hearing his reward. He chose a new assassin with the idea of trying his luck because he had no money, so he approached Han Xiao.

"I accept," Han Xiao nodded.

Cheng Shanshui was overjoyed. He took out a stack of information from his briefcase, placed it on the table, and slid it in front of Han Xiao with his fingers, "Yue Youzhu, located in Morning Wind City."

Yue Youzhu was a gangster figure in Hai Xia. He was always accompanied by twelve to sixteen bodyguards, all of whom were retired scouts. Not long ago, he expanded his forces to the area of Morning Wind City. Cheng Shanshui was the local gang leader in Morning Wind City. He could not withstand Yue Youzhu's invasion, and his forces disintegrated. He became a lone wolf, so he decided to spend money to hire an assassin to take revenge.

After Han Xiao finished reading the information, he signed the contract, and a notification appeared on the panel.

[You triggered E-level mission [Assassination Commission (Cheng Shanshui)]!]

There was no need to look at the mission requirements, Han Xiao already knew them. He looked directly at the rewards, not much, only 25,000 experience points.

"I'm leaving," Han Xiao stood up and turned to leave.

Cheng Shanshui hurriedly stopped Han Xiao and asked, "How long will it take you to complete the mission?"

Han Xiao paused, turned his head to look out the window. It was noon, so he said, "Haven't you had lunch yet?"

Cheng Shanshui was stunned, not understanding what Han Xiao meant.

Han Xiao turned his head and glanced at him, and said lightly, "By the time you finish eating, he will be dead."

Cheng Shanshui's heart skipped a beat.

In his impression, an assassin had to do preliminary preparations before assassinating a target, such as gathering intelligence, planning an escape route, and so on.

Was this Mr. Black arrogant or powerful?