He leaned forward slightly, maintaining a vigilant stance, yet unable to gauge the strength of the enemy before him who had also crossed the threshold.
"Are you the one who was tailing me at the base entrance before? I gave you a chance to retreat, so why do you persist?" The hook-nosed man naturally thought of Ma Yi, because Ma Yi had been full of hostility toward him in that corridor.
Asia was slightly stunned; due to the damage to the surveillance, he wasn't sure who the hook-nosed man specifically referred to. However, he quickly deduced that it might be the man who had entered the base earlier.
"I'm not the person you think I am." Asia shook his head with a smile, his eyes revealing a dismissive look towards the hook-nosed man. Despite his serious injuries, he remained calm and composed.
The hook-nosed man glared at Asia in anger: "What kind of attitude is that? How dare you look down on me?"
Asia lazily stretched his body and said leisurely, "Stop testing me, I've come today to take your life."
"I had other things to do, but since I'm injured, I've decided to deal with you first and then head back." Asia's words were full of intent, and the anger on the hook-nosed man's face gradually faded, replaced by solemnity and vigilance.
"I don't understand why you must put me to death." The hook-nosed man asked cautiously.
However, Asia wasn't willing to waste more words with him.
Because this secret was too important, he couldn't let anyone else know it, not even Siphet, his classmate who had spared him once.
He was willing to give some seemingly valuable intelligence to Siphet—because when he saw Siphet, he understood that the victory of this battle had nothing to do with him or his people. He wanted to seize some benefits and then retreat safely. However, for the hook-nosed man, it was already too late.
Asia's bullet was too fast; no matter how he anticipated it, he couldn't dodge. A bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he finally understood that he, who was supposed to be rare in this world, a person who had crossed the threshold, was just an insignificant pawn here. He wasn't qualified to take part in this struggle at all.
Looking at the fallen hook-nosed man, the smile on Asia's face grew more defiant.
"An organization that can only cultivate someone of your caliber is probably already starting to get eliminated." He said calmly, as if he was just stating a simple fact.
However, at that moment, a figure slowly walked in from outside the door.
Upon seeing this person, Asia's pupils contracted. In this place, he didn't want to see anyone.
But the appearance of this person, whom he was at a loss of how to deal with, brought him an inexplicable sense of relief.
"You're that person's first bodyguard, aren't you?" Asia asked cautiously, looking at Ma Yi in front of him.
"Bodyguard?" Ma Yi scoffed, "That person has probably been dead for a long time, so I'm no longer a bodyguard." After all, it had been a long time since that person last gave him any assignments.
In the past, that person used to give him a task every fifteen minutes.
Because he was really afraid of him.
"I don't understand what you're saying, how could the master behind you die so easily?" Asia's expression stiffened slightly. Because he could sense that Ma Yi was telling the truth. But how could someone of that level die so easily?
Ma Yi had some guesses of his own about this matter. He always suspected that it was Eleven who killed the master in the house.
"You certainly understand what I'm saying, and in your heart, you've already believed it, haven't you?" Ma Yi stepped closer to Asia.
This guy who had killed his prey made him feel a long-forgotten sense of crisis.
He realized that if he engaged in a life-and-death struggle with this person, he might die. This feeling made him somewhat enamored.
Asia watched Ma Yi warily, his mind racing. He felt that Ma Yi must know something that ordinary people didn't. Otherwise, no matter how strong Ma Yi was, or how broad his vision, he wouldn't easily believe his master's death.
"Ma Yi." Asia suddenly called out this name, known by very few people in the world, "There's no reason for us to fight, is there?" Ma Yi stopped and looked at Asia curiously.
He didn't think that Asia, with his status, could know such confidential information.
"Did you hear my name by coincidence or..." Ma Yi's eyes carried a chilling coldness that was hard to behold—because behind this name was a past he didn't want to recall.
His surname was a story of how he became a subordinate of the master.
He had reason to suspect that the seemingly harmless person in front of him mentioned it on purpose.
"It actually took me quite a bit of effort to find out this name of yours." Asia said with a bitter smile, "But fortunately, I did find some results."
"After all, I'm one of the world's top hackers." Asia's last sentence carried a clear sense of pride, and Ma Yi nodded slightly, indicating for him to continue. "Because your sudden appearance looks so familiar to me."
Asia stopped speaking at this point.
Ma Yi felt a bit impatient, eager to know more.