Chapter 372 - The Guild Is Shook Up
( land of illusions )
Rudra tried to focus on the golden light , however all he could see at the moment was a mass of golden light , nothing more .... Hence he decided to activate the eyes of truth!
The moment he activated the eyes of truth , there were small texts appearing on the golden light. It was like he could focus into the mass of golden light and see the hidden patterns within it.
It was not like the text was golden , it was like , between that blinding light , there was a small area of unshining texts .
However Rudra could not read it. He could not make out if what he was seeing was an A or a K , as the stone was vibrating fast , it was impossible to see it clearly.
Within minutes Rudra started to have a headache trying to focus on such a text . He would have quit , if a system notification did not change his perception.
System notification : Your mind and body are being tempered , the quality of your mana circuit is improoving.
Rudra did not understand what this meant , however he was sure it was something good. Now that the greed set in , Rudra suddenly felt the pain to be much more bearable. As he refocussed on trying to decipher the text.
Unaware of what was transpiring in the real world , Rudra was currently enjoying his improvement session within the lake. If he had known what was going on in the real world , he would have logged out immediately , and not even cared if this opportunity to improove was wasted , as the real world was currently a mess.
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( Real world , the upside medical facility )
Bo was currently admitted inside the hospital , as the Assassin was under police custody. Being restrained and prepped for information extraction.
Bo's short spur of fighting the assassin and trying to prevent him from dying , had cost a lot of blood loss for the man . His life was hanging by a delicate thread currently as his pulse was at a threatening low.
Noone had been informed of the incidence as of yet , as everyone was awaiting Ethan Grey's orders. However Ethan Grey was inside a very important auction currently and could not be disturbed.
Hence upon Bo's last request, before he lost consciousness , Jhonny English was informed about the incident.
Currently he was sitting in the waiting area of the hospital , as dark thoughts clouded his mind.
Jhonny was not always this happy go lucky person. In the mercenary academy he was the number one genius to have ever stepped a foot inside the academy.
Just like Bo. He was sharp and someone who did things by the book , however that made him always live on the edge. He was never at peace and his mind kept recalling his missions.
He abandoned that style of life when he took to the mountains alongside Yume and the monks. Finding peace in letting god decide the path of life.
Yet , meeting Bo , he saw a spitting image of himself in his twenties , and for the first time in a decade had the feeling of actually taking a mission seriously , to try and teach the youngster.
He wanted to call it a day after he passed the torch to Bo , putting aside his days as an assassin. Yet now Bo was inside the emergency room , battling for his life and the sharpness of Jhonny English 's gaze was slowly returning to his eyes.
He was pissed off , he was angry , and he wanted revenge. At that moment Jhonny swore , that whoever was behind this incident , he would make them pay.
Jhonny English was back in buisness! Not the happy go lucky Jhonny , the true number one assassin of the world Jhonny English .
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( Meanwhile at the auction )
Hao Mi placed her final bid at 7 trillion dollars , it was the limit as to where she was willing to pay for the shares. Any more than this and she would let it go.
However 7 trillion was the magic number , spending more than this made no economic sense at all for even Ethan Grey . Spending such a large amount of funds on getting shares of Ambani corporation , meant that he would be cash strapped for the rest of the year.
He had much more important avenues to invest in to get much better returns , the price for revenge was too steep here. Ethan was hesitant in bidding any further.
It was at this moment , that the head of security for Grey international stormed into the council room , with 5 other guards , a the blinds of the room were quickly fallen , as a protective formation was set around Ethan Grey.
Ethan was flabbergasted , as he shouted in anger " What is this nonsense Marcus , I'm in an important buisness right now! ".
At this moment Marcus the head of security said something that Ethan Grey would be shocked to hear ... Marcus said " There has been a murder in the upside sir , The mercenary Bo is in the emergency room , while mrs Jenny , the aunt of Elite player duo of Neatwit and Naomi is dead! ".
Lost for words for a moment , the ramifications of this event scared Ethan. He was angry at the assassination attempt , but scared of facing Rudra and Naman after this.
Ethan said " what about the assassin.... "
Marcus said " In our custody , alive thanx to mr Bo ".
Ethan sighed , as he banged his hands on the glass table shattering it into a million pieces.
He said " MAKE THE BASTARD SQUEAL , SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THIS".
Marcus had never seen Ethan Grey soo angry , it sent chills down his spine as he softly said " yes sir ".
Ethans own hand was bleeding now because of smashing glass , however he did not care one bit about it. He even left the auction , as he said " Who all know about this? ".
Marcus said " not many yet , Jhonny English is waiting outside the ER for Bo , and some residents heard the gunshots , except for that there are no civillain witnesses to the event".
Ethan said " Alright , change the time of the incident to 2 hours later than it actually happened , within the next one and a half hour I want the name of the culprits and what we will do next Marcus , I cannot face Rudra and Naman without some information in my hand ".
This was a slap in the face for Ethan Grey , he was confident in his ability and the safety of upside. Called it the safest place on earth. Gathered the world's best geniuses here. And yet , there was a murder here in broad daylight by an outside assassin. This was unacceptable to his reputation .
If the news of the event came out , will everyone still live in peace within the upsdie? He was sure it could not be completely contained , and that he had to take responsibility. However it was not going to be smooth. Today was a black spot in the glorious history of the rise of Ethan Grey.
//// Bonus chapter for the Super gift given by Kheoms , I am sorry it took such a delay , however I have exams till 1st January , soo I was very busy.
Thankyou for your patronage and support! Hope you enjoy the chapter. ///