Chapter 214 - 5.24 Please Stop!
Cw: torture. There isn’t a drop of blood spilled but it’s still kinda disgusting so I will have you warned lol
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When the President woke up, his body abruptly jerked as he recalled what had happened that led him to the current situation, namely being bound to his office chair with his mouth taped. His eyes widened in alarm as he struggled to free himself to no avail, his throat sounding ’mm-mm!’ sound. W—What had happened?! Who was the fucker that dared to do this to him in his own house?!
He wiggled his fingers, unheeding of the rope that dug into his flesh, desperately trying to press the button he knew was hidden beneath his chair. It would instantly alert his guards downstairs and lock the house down, preventing the culprit from escaping.
"You’re awake." The voice behind him caused his entire body to freeze. Sweat beaded on his forehead as chills suddenly ran down his spine. He didn’t even dare to breathe too loud. H—Had that man been here this whole time?! Why didn’t he notice it?! Merrick was an unusual sentinel with sight and taste senses. No matter how lousy this body had become, there was definitely no way he would have missed noticing another’s presence so close to him!
Suddenly, his chair rotated one hundred and eighty degrees and Merrick’s face went ghastly pale when he finally saw not only one— there were three people in the room! And... And he even knew every single one of them! The voice that had just spoken as well as the one who had definitely knocked him out earlier, was none other than General Kai whose assassination he had just arranged a few days ago! Moreover, the two other people with him were whom Merrick recognized as his secret hitman and the informant inside the hospital!
Both of them were in an unusual condition. Their eyes were murky and they were standing in the corner of the room like puppets. Mind manipulation, Merrick realized with dread. General Kai must have detained them alive and extorted all information he needed to track his way here—
No, it wasn’t right either! For starters, nobody knew the location of Merrick’s private residence except for a handful of people and he had also made sure to keep it a tight secret from the public. More importantly, how... how had General Kai zoomed in on him? The hitman had been trained not to divulge any confidential information about their boss even until they breathed their last and the informant had been hired through many secondary middlemen. The man didn’t even know that he was working for the President so how could General Kai find out about it?!
Lu Yizhou enjoyed the confusion, apprehension, dread and alarm that flashed through the President’s face. He gave it five more seconds before he stepped aside and showed what he was coming for.
In an instant, Merrick’s eyes became as wide as saucers, bloodshot and he thrashed around with new vigor. It was no use, Lu Yizhou had triple-checked that the chair would be destroyed first before Merrick could escape and if 666’s information was accurate — which was always — that meant Merrick’s body had been weakened enough for the King to seek another vessel. And that was where the main protagonist Joshua came in.