Chapter 413: Asking for Death
HUFF... HUFF... HUFF... Hank gasped for breath, but he didn't dare linger in the alley. He quickly made his way to the side of a crowded road.
"Thank you."
The man looked at him. "Don't mention it. The fighting style of those two was familiar. They're from the Angel Association. For your own safety, you should come back with me for now."
News of the incident quickly reached Xiao Ye.
'He'd guessed the Angel Association would make a move, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon!'
'I just warned them, and they still made a move. They're completely disregarding me!'
Xiao Ye had someone take care of Hank, then immediately took Zhu Chen and drove to the United Group.
The moment he entered, he headed straight for the top floor.
The president's office.
BANG!
The door was kicked open!
The person inside jumped in fright and roared angrily, "Who is it?"
The next moment, Xiao Ye walked in.
Without any hesitation, Xiao Ye grabbed the man by his collar and lifted him up. "It seems the Angel Association still doesn't understand my temperament."
"I can work for you, but on one condition: you don't interfere with me, and you certainly don't touch my people!"
"You've done both, and even tried to kill one of my men! You've crossed my bottom line."
"I—" The man tried to speak, but Xiao Ye threw him to the floor. "I know you're just a puppet."
"Get your higher-ups to talk to me!"
Every time Xiao Ye stirred up trouble, it was because he wanted to meet the Angel Association's top brass. But all this time, he'd only ever met spokespeople or messengers.
The most formidable person he'd met was the one who had cut off Uriel's arm, but that individual acted more like a negotiator and an enforcer.
'Without orders from above, he has no authority to act!'
"I'm going to have a proper talk with you about what my demands actually are, so you'll stop treating me like one of your lackeys!"
"You need to get one thing straight. My relationship with the Angel Association is more of a partnership. The fact that I was willing to join you at all was me doing you a favor!"
The man started to say something, but Xiao Ye kicked him toward the door. "Go, now. I'm only giving you ten minutes."
"If you haven't contacted someone in ten minutes, you can get the hell out of here. Got it?"
The man scrambled away.
The news quickly reached the Angel Association.
BANG!
A palm slammed down on the table, making a huge noise!
"This Xiao Ye is just too arrogant!"
"Talks about 'partnering' with the Angel Association... he should take a good look at himself and see if he's even worthy!"
"But this isn't the time for that. Xiao Ye is only this arrogant because he knows we need him to enter the Dragon Country market."
"We can either listen to him and maintain a superficial partnership, or we can discard him. Or... we could find a way to control him completely!"
"Enough. Quiet down," a cool, clear voice said.
The two men who had been talking instantly fell silent.
"Actually, I think it's perfectly normal for Xiao Ye to be dissatisfied."
The two exchanged a look of disbelief. 'Why is the Grand Archangel siding with an outsider?' they thought.
However, they didn't dare to question him. After all, his status and position were undeniable.
The Grand Archangel continued, "It's because we've given Xiao Ye far too little. Have you forgotten? When Xiao Ye first agreed to join us, it wasn't for money."
"He is a man with a very strong sense of right and wrong, which is why he opposed us in the first place. He's a true patriot. Everything he does is for the good of Dragon Country."
"Put yourselves in his shoes. If I were him, I'd do the same. The only difference is that he's more brazen and quick to use force, which is why things escalated like this."
Seeing him fall silent, one of the men couldn't help but ask, "Grand Archangel, then what you mean is..."
"My meaning is, we satisfy him. He wants to push Dragon Country's culture? Fine. Dragon Country will be ours sooner or later anyway."
"Everything he's doing now is just laying the groundwork for us."
The two men exchanged a look and then smiled. "The Grand Archangel is right. That's exactly it!"
"Then make the arrangements. Cooperate with his actions. Tell our people that we are partners, and then help him with his promotions. Show him our sincerity."
"Have Cesia go this time."
Cesia, known in Western angel lore as a Charming Angel, was also in the ranks of the Angel Leaders, on the same level as Uriel.
「An hour later.」
「United Group.」
Xiao Ye looked toward the door.
A woman walked in gracefully. Her face looked extremely stiff, not from plastic surgery, but because she was wearing a lifelike mask that covered her entire head.
The technology for such things was quite mature now, capable of creating a perfectly realistic illusion, but it couldn't replicate the natural, varied expressions of a human face.
"I am Chester, an Angel Leader of the Angel Association. I've come on orders."
"I've been fully briefed on your demands, and we agree to your terms."
Xiao Ye stared at her and let out a cold laugh. "So you can't even show your own face? Is this your 'sincerity'? Sending some masked person to deal with me?"
"Insolent!" the woman snapped. "I am Angel Leader Chester!"
As a Charming Angel, her rank was very high.
Moreover, she had gotten her position through connections, so most people were very deferential toward her.
Even new recruits, upon learning she was an Angel Leader, would treat her with the utmost respect. Who would dare to question her from the very start, like Xiao Ye was doing?
"Heh. So you came here to throw your weight around?" Xiao Ye stood up and walked over to the woman.
He raised his hand, reaching directly for the mask. "In Dragon Country, not showing your true face is an insult!"
"And today, that mask is coming off, whether you like it or not!"
The woman reacted quickly and dodged, but Xiao Ye pressed his attack!
In the end, he still managed to rip the mask off, revealing a face that was both brazen and bewitching!
Xiao Ye tossed the mask aside. 'See? Isn't that better?' he thought.
"You're courting death!" Chester drew a pistol. "No one dares to take off my mask! No one!"
'My identity is extremely sensitive. It absolutely cannot be exposed!'
'If the higher-ups didn't place so much importance on Xiao Ye, they wouldn't have sent me. They would have sent some third-rate Angel Leader like Uriel.'
"Die!"
She went to pull the trigger, but the next second, the gun was sent flying from her hand!
Xiao Ye seized her by her slender neck. "Do you know what happened to the last person who pointed a gun at me?"
"Let me go! If you dare to harm me, I guarantee you won't leave Country A alive. You'll be a dead man!"
Xiao Ye looked at her. "So the Angel Association sent you here just to make things worse between us?"
Chester stared at him hatefully. Of course the higher-ups had told her to treat Xiao Ye as a partner and agree to his demands.
'But this guy was completely lawless! He actually dared to question me, and even had the audacity to rip off my mask!'