Chapter 16 Quick Pass-through

Genius Club?

When he heard the name, Lin Xian was quite surprised.

It didn't sound like a criminal gang; it sounded more like... an academic organization with an inflated sense of self-importance.

"What kind of organization is this? What do they do?"

"I don't know," Big Face Cat shook his head.

"Are there many people in their organization? Are the members... really all highly intelligent geniuses?"

"I don't know," Big Face Cat's head shook like a rattle-drum:

"I really don't know anything, can't find anything out!"

His expression was one of profound sadness:

"If it weren't for a chance that let me catch a clue, it would be as if this organization never existed in this world at all! I can hardly imagine how they could hide so secretly that they never left a single trace in history!"

"I've investigated for so many years! But now, I don't know where they are, I don't know who they are, and I don't know what they are planning... The only rumor I've found related to them is—"

Big Face Cat turned his head and stared at Lin Xian with a serious face:

"Rumors say that only the top wealthiest, the most extreme geniuses, the most powerful big shots... can receive an invitation from this club."

...

"I see."

Lin Xian nodded, now completely understanding:

"So this is why you robbed the bank? You wanted to get a lot of money, but your actual goal... was to get an invitation to the Genius Club."

"With that invitation, you could find the club's headquarters, and then go in guns blazing to avenge your daughter."

"But no offense, Brother Lian, if the threshold to join the Genius Club is really as high as you say, then I doubt that just robbing a bank... will be enough."

Big Face Cat sighed:

"But I… have no other options. All I can do is take a gamble."

"That rumor isn't necessarily reliable either, it's hearsay, ethereal, but what else can I do?"

"I naturally know that just robbing banks wouldn't be enough, but with this startup capital, maybe I can do something bigger. There will always be more hope for revenge than now, right?"

After speaking, he glanced at his watch.

00:07

He frowned:

"Bro, it's getting late. Are you sure we have enough time?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, but I still want to go check the warehouse to see if there really is no money in there."

Lin Xian took out the gun from his pocket, pulled out the magazine, and checked the number of bullets.

Click!

He slid the magazine back in:

"Don't worry, Brother Lian, I promised to make up for the time wasted."

"Can you run? Get out of the car!"

The two jumped out of the car.

Lin Xian strode forward, with Big Face Cat quickly following behind.

Click-clack!

Lin Xian cocked his gun!

Raising his hand toward the doorkeeper—Bang!!

"Aaaah!" Big Face Cat screamed!

"People who can't keep their hands clean, can't be kept around."

Big Face Cat was still stunned on the spot... whereas Lin Xian had already marched into the bank!

"Wait... wait up, bro! Why did you kill my man?"

Bang!!

Another headshot! The electrical box was splattered with blood!

"Ahhhhhhhh!!" Big Face Cat screamed, holding his head!

Lin Xian turned back to look at the fallen body and snorted:

"People who seduce one's sister-in-law, they deserve death even more."

"Mama mia! How do you know everything! Where did you hear all this from!" Big Face Cat was close to collapsing!

However, Lin Xian didn't stop, already disappearing down the hallway.

"Not so fast, bro! Slow down!!"

Big Face Cat, pale as a sheet, ran forward:

"I suddenly feel like we're not in such a rush! Can you slow down? This is making me feel very insecure!"

Bang!!

When Big Face Cat emerged from the corridor...

He looked straight at the black-clad henchman lying on the underpass floor!

"Brother brother brother brother brother brother brother brother!!"

Big Face Cat slid on his knees, clutching Lin Xian's arm:

"Don't kill the big brother! You've killed all my underlings! No need to worry about exterminating my family—that's not your job!"

Lin Xian pulled Big Face Cat to his feet, and pointed his chin forward:

"The warehouse is just ahead, we'll be there soon."

Only then did Big Face Cat wipe the sweat from his forehead... Following behind Lin Xian, he still felt a bit of lingering fear.

"Bro, if I may say so, your shooting is really damn accurate, just like a sharpshooter!"

"Those three shots I just watched you fire, you didn't even aim, just lifted your hand and shot! Yet you still managed headshots with every shot... How many years have you played with guns?"

"Over a decade," Lin Xian said nonchalantly:

"I used to play a lot, pretty much every night involved a shootout with the police."

???

Big Face Cat's face was a picture of shock:

"A shootout with the police!?"

"Sometimes I also took on snipers, but I could never beat them, sniping is a lot harder than operating a handgun."

"Taking on snipers!?"

Big Face Cat felt like he was losing his mind!

"Hahaha." He laughed awkwardly:

"You're talking about a game, right? One of those shooting games, right? Right?"

...

They quickly reached the warehouse.

Lin Xian reached behind Big Face Cat's waist and pulled out C4, sticking it on the coded door.

"Run!"

"Shift————"

Boom!!!!!!

Boom!!!!!!

When the dust settled, Lin Xian led Big Face Cat to the blasted hole, glanced at his watch:

00:09

"How did I do, Brother Lian? I think this is already the best route."

"Good job! Just don't do it again!"

With that, Big Face Cat leaped into the warehouse with a healthy stride.

Looking left and right... Looking left and right...

"Fuck!"

He cursed aloud:

"That damn Code Expert dares to deceive me! There's literally not a single penny! What do we do now?"

Lin Xian turned around and pointed back the way they came:

"Let's first go to the underground passage and move the body of your underling over here, his build is very similar to yours."

Then, under Lin Xian's direction, the two lifted the chubby underling's corpse into the warehouse.

After that, they dressed the corpse in Big Face Cat's clothes and put the Rhine Cat Mask on its face.

"That should do it."

Lin Xian clapped his hands, pleased with the seamless disguise.

"You're so smart, bro!"

Now with the mask off, Big Face Cat's face had a round red mark in the middle, like a monkey's butt, from being squeezed by the Rhine Cat Mask.

"Bro, what's my next task?"

Lin Xian bent down, picked up a handgun from the body on the ground, and tossed it to Big Face Cat:

"Keep the gun ready and hide behind that safe. Wait for my signal before you come out."

...

All was ready; they just waited for the prey to take the bait.

Lin Xian paced beside the fake Big Face Cat's body, glancing at his watch from time to time.

In the previous two dreams, CC appeared around 00:20.

Lin Xian waited until 00:21.

He turned around and shouted into the darkness outside the hole in the wall:

"Come out! I know you're there!"

...

...

After a dozen seconds or so.

A slender figure slowly walked out of the darkness.

Her face was covered with an Ultraman mask, and she tilted her head as she looked at Lin Xian:

"Who are you this time?"