Master Bai! This Celestial Fox Spirit Is Asking For Divorce
Chapter 36: Episode 5.1 The Assassin

Chapter 36: Episode 5.1 The Assassin

Light footsteps echoed inside a vacant industrial building that was formerly used for assembling cars. It was located on the suburban edge of B City, where very few people could be seen going to and fro.

This thumping sound created by a group of people coincided with a clear, baritone voice. Its voice sounded like it was explaining to whoever it was intended to. Only that, there is a thin sheen of nervousness in his voice— almost enough for anyone to think that the other was being threatened to speak.

"Gu Jinpeng is a twenty-four-year-old alpha and a presumed A-Class awakener. Currently unemployed—legally. He is more known in his dark web persona, the top assassin-for-hire Phantom One Shot. He mostly gets his kill orders from the illegal website Reapers.com, where anonymous people could hire awakener assassins, and that is where the death threat request addressed to you was posted." Su Yifan said their target’s background to his boss’ spouse. His words were carefully spoken like he was disarming some explosives.

Well, with Shen Yuan’s all-black outfit, visually comparing him to a bomb does not make much comparison.

"They are the same personality-wise too!" Assistant Su silently told himself. His eyes didn’t stray away from the fair omega, whose looks were at the level of the most attractive gem in the world, watching the beautifully blank expression if there were any changes.

"We interrogated him earlier and used quite some force and a few doses of truth potions, but he was adamant that he doesn’t know the mastermind’s identity. This makes sense since all users of that illegal website are using aliases. For now, we forwarded the information to the guild’s tech team to see if we can crack the system and locate at least the IP address of the requester."

"Oh," the lone omega reacted. Shen Yuan was riding solo today because Bai Tingfeng was on babysitting duty. It was a pity he couldn’t give him a live demonstration of his methods, but that is still okay. There will be countless opportunities in the future.

"So, we only got the arm but not the head, huh?" Shen Yuan nonchalantly noted.

Su Yifan was silently sweating internally. He isn’t sure if that is sarcastic or a passive-aggressive attack from Master Shen for failing to give him a definitive answer for the incident. But to his surprise, the omega flashed a smile towards him.

"You managed to catch him despite the police knew nothing about his crimes yet? For first-timers in hunting people, you guys are pretty good—good job capturing someone with a powerful stealth skill," Shen Yuan genuinely complimented. This mysterious assassin managed to go under his sharp senses, and that says a lot because his guard has always been up since he found out that formidable opponents targeted the original Shen Yuan.

This Gu Jinpeng piqued his interest— unfortunately for the other, it is not a good thing.

"Th-thank you, Master Shen," Assistant Su took almost a minute before he got over the unexpected praise from Shen Yuan. But deep inside, he is silently praying this would be the last.

"Lead me the way where this Phantom One Shot is now, and please know that I could smell the metallic smell of your blood. Have that wound properly treated as soon as possible. I don’t want Bai Tingfeng to think I am exploiting his dear employees."

"Understood, Master Shen! Thank you for your kindness!"

After that, Shen Yuan walked like his feet grew wings, and Assistant Su had no choice but to make his steps bigger and quicker to catch up. They entered a cluttered production area where the old tools and platforms used for assembling the cars were still present. The building’s power is on so that he can see every nook and cranny of the factory. They walked past the winding paths obscured by massive metal machinery until they reached a room with dented office desks— probably a former office for production admins.

"This is a very villain-y lair. I must say," Shen Yuan said to Assistant Su. "Watching some over-the-top drama pays off, huh?"

Assistant Su scratched his head with a guilty smile.

There, two of Baihu Guild’s administration staff, who are left to guard their captive, welcomed him. One was a male beta named Shao Muchen, a B-Class awakener who has the power to read the head registers of living beings restricted by physical and magical limitations, and the other was Xiao Rong, a female alpha, an unawakened.

He took time to inspect their work and realized that they really went to great lengths to interrogate him— by human standards, that is. There were drums of water surrounding the sitting alpha male. Both of his wrists are tightly tied up to the swivel chairs, with his entire face hanging low, completely drenched in water.

It seems like they used drowning to force the information out of the assassin. Very simple but effective.

Slowly, Shen Yuan approached Gu Jinpeng, intending to see the real face of the man capable enough to escape his radar. Su Yifan and the others are silently on guard. They are ready to jump to Shen Yuan’s protection if he is attacked.

Silence and dread occupied the atmosphere. Shen Yuan’s hand was about to touch the man’s head when suddenly, the seemingly unconscious and tied captive moved and tried to pounce at the unsuspecting omega.

"Arghhh!" Gu Jinpeng roared, startling the three human beings in the room.

Pak!

A loud clapping sound cut the beastly roar of the alpha male.

Gu Jinpeng felt a searing pain in his cheeks. It was coupled with an indescribable feeling of nausea that he never felt before. If he were to describe it, it felt like his head was juggled around like balls, and his vision doubled! He feels like something more potent than a truth potion was administered in his system.

"Where am I? Why am I here? Who are- urk?" he asked in a daze, only to be cut off by something falling out from the inside his mouth.

He felt a strong hand grabbing his hair and forcibly bowing his head.

"If you don’t want to die choking on your teeth, then cough it out," Shen Yuan said, his eyes lazily looking down at the assassin.

On the other hand, Su Yifan and his little group were staring at their boss’ omega, their jaws almost literally falling to the ground.

Wait- it shouldn’t be them, but instead, it’s the assassin who dared to launch a surprise attack on their boss’ badass omega!

They almost broke into cold sweats when they witnessed how that simple face slap distorted the entire face of the man. It was packed with force. No wonder his teeth are falling off after a single hit.

That is the kind of slap that will make everyone forget their name!

"We will be doing personal interaction. Guys," Shen Yuan looked at the petrified employees of Bai Tingfeng. "Can you give us some privacy?"

This time, Su Yifan knows it is best to follow Master Shen’s instructions. With such an effortless and literal killer move, there’s no way their Master Shen will overpowered by the man.

"Then, we will be waiting outside the room."

After the three left, Shen Yuan shoved the assassin back to the swivel chair. He saw one wooden table, dragged it towards the front of the man, and used it as his chair. Shen Yuan smirked while looking at the man, who was still groggy because of his slap.

"You know, I have a heaven-high pride, and I don’t really like it when someone underestimates whatever aspect of my persona. That’s why when someone dared to fire one shot at me to scare the shit out of me, I am fuming mad. Like, what the hell? Am I not relevant enough or threatening enough to receive a death threat?"

"I know that sounds crazy and unreasonable, and I don’t care because I know that behind that order, someone is looking at me like I am shit. And I do not like any of it."

Bam!

Shen Yuan heavily stepped in between the spread-out legs of the alpha man. This single move snapped the man from his daze. Gu Jingpeng slowly looked up and met the icy blue eyes of the omega. His entire body involuntarily shivered.

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