Just as Old Zheng had said, after the report was completed, the bodyguards surrounding their masters began to change their formation.

"Respected Sir, please leave this place first!"

However, neither Sleepless Sky Huo Le's side, nor Sheng Lan Kui and Sleepless Sky Huo Shu's side, showed any intention of leaving.

"You fool, didn't you hear? The main target this time is my steward, Barry... We haven't even confirmed where Barry is now, why would I leave!"

Sheng Lan Kui said coldly.

"Prioritize Barry's safety. I don't believe anyone has the guts to assassinate me at this moment... The direct bloodline of a Peerage Noble, even Sheng Lan Lai wouldn't dare have that audacity!"

"We will not withdraw until Barry appears."

Sheng Lan Kui stood firm as a mountain, displaying the extraordinary resolve befitting an heir of a Peerage Noble.

Sleepless Sky Huo Shu also issued orders to the people he brought: "Do as Brother Kui says."

And Sleepless Sky Huo Le did not leave either.

"Furbollo has gone off to do who knows what, we will stay put and await orders—I believe he must have his reasons for doing this."

Under normal circumstances, Sleepless Sky Huo Le might not have trusted Furbollo so much.

But today's "Furbollo" had truly given her too many surprises.

Therefore, Sleepless Sky Huo Le chose to give him her belief!

"Furbollo, whatever you plan to do, go ahead and do it!"

And although Sleepless Sky Huo Le gave Lin Yu immense support and the freedom to act, as Sheng Lan Kui's steward, Barry certainly did not have the right to keep his master waiting.

After all, even if Sleepless Sky Huo Le just walked away, Lin Yu wouldn't care.

But no matter how much trust Barry gained, he was ultimately still just a steward, a servant, attached to Sheng Lan Kui.

He had a very strong personal dependency relationship with the Sheng Lan family.

Coupled with the fact that Barry had previously defected and betrayed the eldest son, Sheng Lan Lai, switching sides to join Sheng Lan Kui's camp...

This kind of traitor, in fact, a portion of them would instead show utmost loyalty to their new master.

Especially when his master had already made a full show of "waiting" for him, it was even more impossible for Barry to continue hiding in the ceiling and not come down.

So...

In the darkness, Lin Yu observed the strange, folded seam on that "ceiling" open.

Steward Barry, wearing a slightly higher-grade servant uniform and no mask, descended rapidly from above, holding a grappling hook gun.

Lin Yu identified him in the dark; the other man looked to be in his early fifties—considering that the powerful and wealthy of Sleepless City had access to various surgeries, his actual age was likely even older.

"Young Master Kui, I am here."

Seeing Barry descend, Sheng Lan Kui breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good that you're safe. I thought something might have happened to you."

"Let's leave this place first."

It must be said, as a Peerage Noble, Sheng Lan Kui was quite caring towards his subordinates.

It's just a pity...

Sheng Lan Kui's actions were somewhat a case of good intentions leading to bad outcomes.

If he hadn't been so considerate and concerned about his subordinate, then the trap set for Barry at this moment wouldn't have worked!

The moment the group began to move, all the bodyguards naturally had to shift into a formation more suitable for protecting Sheng Lan Kui while on the move.

And it was precisely during this gap in the formation change, that brief moment when all the bodyguards were running quickly.

The two hidden assassins made their move!

In the dark restaurant, a sharp buzzing sound rang out.

"Bzzzz—"

Even while hiding within the [Corner of the Gloomy], Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a stinging pain in his eardrums, his mind going blank and disoriented.

Outside, the bodyguards, nobles, and other guests couldn't help but clutch their heads in unison, their faces showing expressions of pain.

Amidst this sharp, explosive ringing, only two people moved as normal.

Among the Sheng Lan family's bodyguards, the two men Old Zheng had pointed out as problematic suddenly accelerated, deviating from their posts.

They were like two screws suddenly snapping off and shooting out from a high-speed operating machine!

"Swish—"

One after the other, they drew two sharp and very rugged short blades from behind their backs, fiercely pouncing towards the steward from two different sides.

"Screech!"

The routes they chose happened to be gaps in the defense.

"Great coordination, truly top-notch operatives... If you want to save someone, you better hurry!"

Old Zheng's voice sounded.

Yet Lin Yu did not move, he only stared intently at the two men.

"Wait a little longer."

The elite bodyguards among the bodyguards of the Sleepless Sky and Sheng Lan families were not just for show.

Although the buzzing sound had left those with weaker resistance almost fainting, these bodyguards, upon noticing the abnormal movement, still rushed towards the two assassins despite the dizziness, blurred vision, and disorienting pain in their ears.

"The enemy is among us!"

The commander among the bodyguards shouted loudly, drawing equipment from his waist that was completely different in style from the two assassins!

The Sleepless Sky family's bodyguards wielded short batons glowing with a clear light, which Lin Yu had seen Truth Corporation Security Department members use before.

The Sheng Lan family's side, however, used some kind of blunt weapon resembling a flail with a spherical weight at the end—except the connection point had no chain, seemingly connected by magnetism.

But regardless of the type, they were both full of technological and futuristic flair!

A portion of the bodyguards charged towards the two assassins, but more of the bodyguards...

Instead, clustered even more tightly around the three Peerage Nobles, deploying shield barriers while simultaneously verifying each other's identities.

"State today's passcode! 239651!"

"077597!"

Rapid-fire calls of numbers rang out—clearly, although having assassins infiltrate the bodyguards was a low-probability event, these bodyguards still had a set of countermeasures!

It's just a pity, the core of this set of countermeasures was still ensuring the safety of the nobles.

And the target of this assassination was the steward!

Admittedly, such measures ensured that no matter what, these future heirs of the Five Great Noble Families would not suffer any mishap, reducing even the one percent risk possibility to a minimum, but it also greatly dispersed their strength!

Sheng Lan Kui urgently roared, "Why are you protecting me?! You fools! They aren't coming for me!"

But the bodyguards remained unmoved—after all, in Sleepless City's history, there had been assassins who targeted Peerage Nobles.

Those assassins had naturally used diversionary tactics—since then, the rule that maximum force must be used to protect the safety of Peerage Nobles had been written into the family regulations.

If Sheng Lan Kui were already the Head of the Sheng Lan family, he might have been able to break the rule.

Unfortunately, he was not!

The small group of bodyguards that rushed forward were clearly no match for the two well-prepared assassins. Before they could get close, one assassin pulled a black sphere from his chest and crushed it. An invisible force field blasted them back a distance.

This sphere device clearly had no actual killing power, but the repulsion bought enough time for the two assassins to reach the steward!

A cold light flashed as those two short blades, wrapped with cloth strips at the hilt and curved like crescent moons, slashed out in a crisscross pattern, one high and one low!

Judging from the trajectory of the blades, this was meant to disembowel and shred the internal organs with one slash, and directly sever the neck and behead with the other—an absolutely lethal move!

No matter what modification surgeries one had undergone, it was impossible for anyone to survive under such circumstances!

"Still not making your move? It's a certain death situation now."

Old Zheng reminded again. Lin Yu let out a breath.

"Wait a little longer!"

As his words fell, a metallic sheen lit up on Steward Barry's arm.

"Clang!"

"Thud!"

This old steward used his own arm to forcefully block and parry the two curved blades!