Chapter 77: Excited and Mysterious - [Revised]

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Although Sonia mentioned that to show her sincerity, she could first share her secret and purpose with him. But for Li Yan, this was someone else’s matter! Whether it was her secret or her purpose, it had no impact on him, and naturally, he wasn’t interested. He’s not some young guy who would agree to an obviously unfavorable condition just out of curiosity, who would do that!

However, Sonia didn’t see it that way. She still believed that if Li Yan heard the secret, he would change his mind, so she began to speak slowly: "Listen to my words first before you decide..."

In the profession of an assassin, no matter how carefully the layout is planned, no matter how meticulous the plan is, the purpose is only one: to kill the target! Using the contradictory story from the Yun Country fables, it means being the sharpest spear, able to pierce everything, to kill any target!

The world is always relative, where there is yin, there is yang, where there is a spear, there is a shield. Even if there is the sharpest spear in the world, there will be those who create the strongest shield.

If the assassin is the spear, then the security system is the shield. Whether it’s high-tech electronic security devices or traditional bodyguards, they are all shields, or parts of the shield.

Reckless damage always comes easier than painstaking construction. And because assassins hide in the dark, and security systems are in the open, it’s not a simple contradiction anymore. Moreover, even a simple spear and shield, the shield might not be able to protect someone entirely, you will always have moments when you’re exposed, and as long as they hit your flaw, the shield finds it harder to protect you.

Today’s security equipment can install bulletproof glass in homes and cars, but you can’t always stay behind the glass shield, can you? At that time, a bullet is a deadly spear!

Generally, modern people mainly rely on technology products and excellent bodyguards. However, Roca "Rose" knows of a particular exception!

It is said that a wealthy person in Nisabeno owns an ancient stone from Quin. That ancient stone has mysterious effects that make people feel peaceful and comfortable. The wealthy person owned that mysterious stone for collection, placed in the room, yet it allows people to sleep well, without troubles like insomnia.

Once, "Rose" received an assignment to assassinate this wealthy person in Nisabeno. After detailed planning, she successfully evaded various devices and bodyguards, reaching the wealthy person’s bedroom, preparing to assassinate him. At that moment, something mysterious happened; she found she had lost all intention to kill!

Not only did she lose the intention to kill, her entire being became very peaceful, as if the intent of murder was something she found extremely abhorrent and distressing. This result was very strange, and after staying in the bedroom for a while, she felt sleepy! This surprised her greatly, but relying on extraordinary willpower, she still left the wealthy person’s home.

After leaving, she discovered it was like she suddenly woke up, not able to comprehend why she had felt that way earlier. Later, she tried several more times and found that whenever she approached that wealthy person’s bedroom, all her murderous intent would dissipate, her whole being seemingly purified in spirit.

At that time, she didn’t know the exact situation and could only conclude that there was something strange in that room. After taking risks several times, to test things out, she decided to use an outside chance to kill the wealthy person! Indeed, outside, she wasn’t affected in the least.

This discovery made her believe there was something strange about the wealthy person’s bedroom, possibly some kind of device that interferes with human brainwaves. To understand what exactly was going on, she took great risks, not only investigating all aspects of the situation of the wealthy person but also personally approached the deceased’s family masquerading as an antique collector, getting close to them under the guise of purchasing antiques.

Subsequently, through various validations, she confirmed there were no devices in the room, only some antiques, leading her to suspect that the issue lay within the antiques. But she, after all, was not a wealthy antique collector and could not buy all the antiques. After the wealthy person died, the family started to divide and fight over the estate. Those valuable antiques were hard to divide, and for fairness, they were eventually auctioned to cash out.

"Rose" also attended that auction but ultimately didn’t bid on anything, yet she confirmed that the old mystical stone from Quin had effects on people.

Based on her feelings and analysis, it was as if it had the buoyancy of water, the stronger you were, the stronger it became! Ordinary people merely became calmer, more harmonious, more stable around this stone, resulting in clearer minds and better sleep. And since the collectors were all wealthy individuals who loved antiques, they were already calmer and more stable than the average person, and their bodies were well-regulated. Hence, they didn’t link these effects to the stone. For them, it was simply an ancient stone with collectible value.

But for someone like an assassin, who had accumulated a great amount of hostility, and whose killing intent was fierce when conducting a murder, their state of mind naturally differed from ordinary people. At such moments, the reaction to the stone was particularly intense. It was as if ordinary people were soaking in water with a similar temperature to the body, while she felt like plunging her burning-hot body into ice water, the contrast was extreme.