Chapter 838 - 782: Madmen's Meeting
San Salvador...
Within a spacious French mansion...
As Matthias walked down the corridor, he passed a mosaic window and caught a glimpse of his reflection in a hand-sized mirror. Noticing some gray hairs at his temples, he paused, then let out a slight sigh...
What's it like to be surrounded by a gang of perverse serial killers?
Matthias found it hard to describe the thrill of walking on thin ice. He thought he should write a book, perhaps titled 'One Hundred Days with Serial Killers'...
He was actually aware that he wasn't a normal person, but when he became the temporary manager of these lunatics, he felt as if he could no longer suppress his own abnormal side.
The news from Alaska excited Matthias, not because Mountain Eagle won, but because he could finally be rid of these maniacs.
Matthias couldn't quite figure it out, but ever since he met Mountain Eagle, his career began to falter. Even when he wanted to retire, Mountain Eagle dragged him onto a different track...
Unqualified political broker!
Unqualified manager!
Matthias even felt he could no longer be considered a qualified assassin because his mind was cluttered with too much trivial nonsense to worry about.
"Ah..."
Lost in thought by the sudden appearance of gray hair, Matthias heard an angry shout from the courtyard. He sighed, quickening his pace to the grassy lawn at the mansion's back.
This French mansion was located atop a cliff by the sea in San Salvador. The backyard was an oversized lawn planted with tropical plants. Standing at the edge offered a view of the fierce ocean waves below and a breathtaking sunset.
A simple iron staircase had been installed at the cliff's edge, leading straight down to the shore below. Escapee Seal Depp now stood at the staircase edge, roaring furiously at the sea...
"I don't want to hear anything from you. If you, you son of a bitch, keep talking that inexplicable bullshit to me, I'll kill you, I'll kill you...
Did you fucking hear me?"
Depp, a man raised in the traditional Rust Belt of the United States, was now exhibiting extreme agitation.
When Matthias saw an old man in linen leisurewear, holding a little girl's hand, slowly walking up from the stairs, this steadfast assassin could only sigh helplessly...
Albert Skinner, an old man who had been confined in Elizabeth Mental Hospital for over twenty years.
Ever since this old man arrived in El Salvador, Matthias' work had become exponentially more difficult...
Because this old man was very interested in those perverted madmen. He could use professional conversational techniques to stir their emotions and even control their 'episode timing' to some extent.
In the past week, several shocking murders had occurred in San Salvador...
A small leader of the infamous MS-13 gang was turned into a banquet at his home...
His subordinates were drugged and kidnapped, then injected with muscle relaxants, castrated, and turned into puppets.
They were dressed in the costumes from the famous 'The Last Supper' painting and arranged around a long dining table, forced to watch their boss being dismembered by a smiling-masked chef and turned into a lavish meal...
This was the 'chef' Julian, the 'soup maker' Carlos, and the 'bomb man' Gonzalez, three genuine serial killers, who, under Albert's provocation, collaborated on this 'masterpiece'!
The crime scene was discovered three days later, leading to many confessing policemen and gang members in San Salvador's church. Both police and gang members tacitly wanted to block the news, but many photos of the scene leaked online.
Matthias knew that Albert dressed as a priest every day to wander around San Salvador, conducting some sort of psychological experiment...
What the experiment specifically entailed, Matthias didn't know and didn't want to ask...
He only sneaked into the old man's room at night, putting a gun to his head and forcing him to write a pledge not to use his professional skills on those lunatics again.
Each serial killer was of high intelligence, and people like chef Julian were very aware of Albert stimulating their killing desires through behavioral cues, but they didn't care at all, because Albert provided 'stimulants' or 'accelerants'...
The exhilarating feeling triggered by that ignited desire gave these guys immense pleasure!
The social turmoil and induced fear created by 'The Last Supper' delighted them greatly.
Matthias didn't care about the lives of those gang members, as they had killed more people than these serial killers combined; they deserved whatever end they met...
What Matthias cared about was his own peace, so he cut off Albert as a 'source of emotion,' hoping they could settle down for a while.
Unexpectedly, the old man did stop provoking the serial killers, but instead turned his focus to a few fugitive Seals...
The sniper partners Roland and Javier, along with Charlie Team's Sam, Rondo, Depp…
This group of Seals is extremely proud because they've all undergone professional and detailed training, making them highly resistant to psychological intervention.
When Albert turned to them, they didn't take him seriously at all. They were far more wary of a few psychopaths than this old man.
But the result was obvious, just two days in, and Depp was already starting to break down!
Perhaps because Matthias grew up near an American military base in Eastern Germany, he felt indifferent toward the profession and experiences of these Seals and was even occasionally annoyed by the soldiers' rudeness.
So when he found out it was Depp who was breaking down, he paused, slowing his pace as he passed a bright flowerbed, stopped for a moment, then took a step back to sit on a bench…
After sitting down, Matthias turned his head to look at a skinny young Mexican at the other end of the bench…
This guy's clothing color and posture, along with his relatively small stature, made it easy for him to be overlooked by people's senses, giving an impression that he might disappear in front of you at any moment.
From the first day this guy arrived, Matthias was filled with curiosity about him because he sensed a true peer's aura from him.
When he saw this guy's 'Mechanic' dossier, he had even more admiration.
Watching this guy stare blankly at the flowerbed in front of him, Matthias frowned and said, "Kane, what are you thinking about?"
Mechanic Kane's seemingly unfocused eyes turned to Matthias, and in an unremarkable tone, he said, "I was thinking, if I kill that old man, will it cause trouble?
That old man has the ability to see through people's hearts. I don't like his eyes, always trying to pry into one's mind.
If your boss wants to form an assassination squad with madmen, then this old thing is an unstable element.
I see the shadow of an old-fashioned Stasi in you. If you've really been trained by the Stasi system, then you should be clearer than me about how that old man is an unstable factor…"
Matthias was stunned for a moment, shaking his head as he said, "The fact that Albert is an unstable element can be seen without professional skills.
Your display of fear is baffling to me…
And one more thing, let me reiterate, that guy named Mountain Eagle is your boss, not mine…
We're merely in a temporary collaboration. I'll be returning to Germany soon…"
Kane nodded expressionlessly, saying, "Most people think they're just fooling around when they start a relationship, but after accumulating too much sunk cost, they realize they can't leave it."
Matthias was taken aback for a moment, shaking his head and saying, "I'm just here doing a paid job. You guys are the ones who can't leave it…"
Kane's unfocused eyes swept over Matthias's face, and he shook his head, saying, "If you say so!"
With that, Kane looked toward Seal Sam, who was loudly calling out to the crowd not far away, and a Slavic bald middle-aged man who seemed to have a high-class demeanor…
"They look more like bosses than you, but I don't like them, especially that Mikhailovich…
He's the real madman, yet you all pretend not to know anything!"
Matthias stood up, brushed off non-existent dust from his clothes, made an inviting gesture to Kane, and said, "Come on, your boss won a war in Alaska, and your internship mission has arrived.
I remind you, take the internship mission seriously; if you fail, you'll have to return to living in the gutter."
With that, Matthias strode to the barbecue area in the backyard. He sat a seat down from the main position, leaving the main seat for the leader Great White Shark Sophia had chosen for the team, 'Hunter' Mikhailovich…
Mikhailovich was a bit surprised by Matthias's sudden display of humility or organization, but he was used to being in a superior role. Faced with Matthias's concession, he sat in the main seat without hesitation and waited for everyone to take their seats…
The long table had a clear division between the two sides: on one side were the five-member fleeing Seal group, snipers Roland and Javier, along with Charlie Team's Sam, Rondo, and Depp.
On the other side were Albert, Chef Julian, soup maker Carlos, Bomb Man Gonzalez, and Mechanic Kane…
Matthias sat on the Seal's side, facing Julian's sister Aiper, who had accompanied Albert to the beach…
Aiper is a genius with an exceptional memory. She's not inherently perverse like her brother Julian, but she was once kidnapped and humiliated by a gang…
Her incredible memory makes her unable to forget the details of her ordeal. This is a genius girl driven mad by hatred, to such an extent that her brother Julian became a madman under her influence,
Until Albert appeared, improving her condition.
When everyone had taken their seats, Mikhailovich glanced at Matthias with an inquisitive look and, after receiving a response, began passing the documents in his hands…
"These are our targets. You can choose them yourselves…"