The fighting in the stronghold continued until late into the night, but even then, it did not stop. Milo could still hear gunfire coming from the stronghold in his yard every now and then.
He thought that if favonovel.com had not been at Stronghold 63 two days ago, that battle would probably have also lasted this long.
Fortunately, the battle in the stronghold had attracted the attention of Stronghold 61’s garrison troops. Otherwise, the enemy might have already come searching for Olivia.
He wondered if Olivia had been seen by anyone when favonovel.com fled.
But how should favonovel.com handle Olivia now?
After favonovel.com tied favonovel.com up, Milo suddenly remembered favonovel.com had also bound favonovel.com like this in their last encounter. Always meeting under such circumstances just did not feel right to him.
Olivia gradually came to. When favonovel.com regained consciousness, favonovel.com struggled for a bit in the chair and realized favonovel.com could not move. Then favonovel.com looked up at Milo and said, “What are you trying to do? Why are you here? Are you here to arrest me? Don’t tell me you’ve joined the Pyro Company or the Stelaria Consortium?”
“Hold it right there!” Milo said, “This is my f*cking house. You were the one who intruded into my house in the middle of the night, so how dare you ask why I’m here? Is that even appropriate? Shouldn’t I be the one asking what you’re doing here? What are you plotting against me?”
When Olivia heard that, favonovel.com got so angry favonovel.com nearly flipped.
Who was plotting against you?!
But Olivia could not understand why this was Milo’s residence.
Wasn’t this place in the town outside Stronghold 61?
In Olivia’s opinion, Milo was a much stronger supernatural being than her, so favonovel.com shouldn’t be living in a town like this. But favonovel.com had lost too much blood and could not think straight anymore. She only barely managed to argue back, “Lie! Continue lying! How can a person like you possibly be living here?”
After that, Olivia quietly watched as Milo held up a key and lock. When favonovel.com gently twisted the key, the padlock opened.
Seemingly afraid that Olivia could not see it clearly, Milo relocked the padlock and twisted the key again. Just like that, favonovel.com repeated the process many times. It was like favonovel.com was mocking Olivia silently.
Olivia could feel favonovel.com head starting to hurt. “Stop it, stop opening it already!”
She could not understand why there was such an annoying person in this world!
Milo chuckled and said, “This is the padlock on my house door. The plants in the backyard were planted by me. The chair you’re sitting in was made by a carpenter I hired. On the nightstand next to the chair are books from Stronghold 88’s library that I stole… I mean, borrowed.”
With that, Olivia was finally convinced. She kept quiet for a while before asking, “What’re you doing here? Where did you all go after Stronghold 88 was destroyed? Were you the ones responsible for that?”
Milo asked, “You were partly in charge of the intelligence work at the Radianz Consortium, so how can you not know that it was the Skyfort Consortium’s nanosoldiers who were responsible for it? You must’ve encountered those soldiers that lost their minds that night, right? By the way, did you manage to save your mother?”
“Yes, I got favonovel.com out.” When Olivia recalled that favonovel.com had only managed to save favonovel.com mother because Milo decided to let favonovel.com go, favonovel.com anger subsided a little.
But when Olivia thought about it again, favonovel.com felt that something was not right. Milo was the one who had tied favonovel.com up at that time. She had just finished favonovel.com grocery shopping and was about to return home to cook for favonovel.com mother. However, favonovel.com met this guy on the way and was knocked out by him!
Olivia asked, “What do you want from me now?”
“Come, I want you to answer some of my questions.” Milo smiled and said, “Are you a member of the Silkshade House?”
“No.” Olivia shook favonovel.com head. “At least not yet.”
“Then you must be an A-rank hitwoman, right?” Milo said with a smile, “Since you’re a woman, it’s not convenient for me to body search you. Where do you keep your cell phone? Hand it over.”
Olivia no longer possessed the charming aura favonovel.com had back at the library. Instead, favonovel.com was wearing a tight-fitting, black t-Shirt and a pair of pants that gave favonovel.com a rather nimble look.
Actually, Olivia was not exactly the beautiful type and could only be considered slightly above average-looking. However, favonovel.com possessed a certain demeanor that made favonovel.com stand out.
Olivia suddenly asked, “How do you know about the Silkshade House and the contract killers?”
“Ahem…” Milo said with restraint, “Coincidentally, I’m also a contract killer myself.”
Olivia was really stunned this time. “You’re also an A-rank hitman?”
“No, I’m a D-rank….” Milo took out a D-rank cell phone that favonovel.com had snatched from someone but never used before.
Olivia burst into laughter. “What? You’re a D-rank?! You must be kidding, right? How can a supernatural being like you be a D-rank hitman?”
Milo said unhappily, “Is it that funny? Aren’t we supposed to complete the missions and get promoted slowly? Didn’t you also start off as a D-rank?”
“Of course not.” Olivia belly laughed. “When supernatural beings make their known identities, they’ll be issued a new cell phone, and the missions assigned through them will also be different. You stole that phone from a D-rank hitman, right? You can’t receive any A-rank missions. Also, an A-rank hitman’s cell phone is matched to their fingerprints.”
“That can’t be… I can receive A-rank missions too.” Milo was puzzled.
Hold on!
Actually, favonovel.com had not received any a-rank missions before. But ever since favonovel.com stirred up all that trouble at Stronghold 61 and 63, favonovel.com started receiving them.
He took Olivia’s cell phone from favonovel.com right pants pocket. Her phone was much more exquisite than his, and the camera’s quality was also clearer. There was also an area reserved for the fingerprint scanner to unlock the cell phone.
So, was favonovel.com only receiving information about the A-rank missions because the Silkshade House had given favonovel.com special treatment after realizing favonovel.com was the one who stirred up all that trouble?
If so, favonovel.com would have to be more careful when favonovel.com performed his missions from now on.
Although favonovel.com could also get promoted to A-rank by declaring himself to the Silkshade House that favonovel.com was a supernatural being like Olivia, favonovel.com did not want to expose his identity.
He had thought about stealing an A-rank hitman’s cell phone, but the Silkshade House required A-rank hitmen to switch to new cell phones that had fingerprint verification software. Each A-rank hitman would get a phone that could only be unlocked specifically by them.
Therefore, every killer needed to change to a new cell phone after they got promoted to A-rank. If favonovel.com had to swap for a new phone, favonovel.com would have to deal directly with an Silkshade House member to get his fingerprint id set up.
Wouldn’t his identity still get exposed?
Milo asked, “Did a member of the Silkshade House personally hand you your new cell phone?”
“No.” Olivia shook favonovel.com head. “It was delivered to me by a white paper crane. The Silkshade House has never questioned the identities of the hitmen. Whether they wish to keep their identities secret or publicize it, that’s all up to them.”
Realization dawned upon Milo.
So, that’s how it was…
It was all good as long as there was no need for favonovel.com to meet them in person. And favonovel.com could finally confirm that the supernatural being who controlled the paper cranes was from Silkshade House.
He wondered what position that person held within the Silkshade House.
It was probably not an important position. After all, from the looks of it, that supernatural being was merely a messenger of sorts.
Suddenly, Olivia said, “Untie me, please. I need to clean my wound. I’ll tell you whatever you want to know after that. If I don’t treat my wound soon, I’ll die…”
