17 Chapter 17: Poor Ghosts and Robbers 

Standing in front of the bookshelf, Marshall turned the switch on, the wooden bookshelf moved to both sides, and the all-metal alloy door hidden behind the bookshelf appeared in front of him.

After scanning his iris, verifying the fingerprint, and completing the two biometric identifications, Marshall's outstretched finger touched the first number key, and a cold hard object pressed against the back of his head.

Marshall planned everything well, he just didn't expect one thing, Levi is a person who does not follow the 'principles of science'.

Like a hurricane, Levi went from the first floor of the building to the top floor where Marshall was in just two seconds.

Pushing open the glass door of Marshall's office, Levi saw Marshall who had just stood in front of the bookshelf.

He did not stop him immediately, but stood quietly behind him, silently watching Marshall complete the double biometric authentication, then he took out the pistol from his pocket and put it on Marshall's head, giving him a 'surprise surprise'.

Man is an animal that is afraid of death, and Marshall is no exception.

After hesitating for a second, he stopped entering the password in his hand, opened his five fingers to indicate that there was no item in his hand, and then slowly raised his hands: "I think, we can talk—talk about it, what do you want? What—"

"I want a lot of things."

Levi glanced at Marshall with great interest, and suddenly asked, "Are you rich?"

Hearing Levi's question, Marshall's heart moved slightly: "Yes, I have a lot of money, do you want one million? Or five million? If you can tell me who asked you to kill me, I can even give you $10 million as compensation."

"It's quite a lot of money when you think about it."

"Yes."

Levi was noncommittal to Marshall's statement. He just sent the muzzle of the gun on the back of Marshall's head: "Don't stop the movement of your hand, continue, and open this door."

Marshall felt nervous and angry when a gun was put on his head, but his long-term experience in the arms business made him remain calm, he reached out and tapped the keyboard a few times.

With the sound of 'correct password', the metal door that's more than ten centimeters thick in front of Marshall opened under the action of the hydraulic system, revealing a very luxuriously decorated safe house inside.

The dream safe house was just around the corner, but Marshall did not dare to act rashly. He knew that when the hydraulic door of the safe house was closed, it was enough for the assassins behind him to hit him with a bullet.

Therefore, he just stood quietly in front of the door and raised his hands high again: "The door has been opened, but this is just a safe house, and there are no other valuables except food and water."

"If you want money, I can ask my secretary to send you money from an overseas account, or I can give you a bearer cheque."

"No need."

Levi chuckled, completely distrusting the financial system: "I want money, but not those meaningless numbers, you know what I mean?"

"Y-Yes, I understand." Marshall's face changed slightly, and then said: "I have some gold and cash in my safe, which should meet your needs."

Hearing that Marshall actually had cash in his hand, Levi's eyes lit up a little: "How much? Where is it?"

"In the safe behind the mural." Marshall pointed to a life-size portrait opposite the safe house: "The total value is about five million."

"Very well, go and take it out. By the way, prepare another bag so that I can take the money with me."

"...Y-Yes."

Levi couldn't let go of this rare opportunity to get money, and compared to money, he felt that there might be something more interesting in Marshall's safe.

After all, he was also a businessman in the arms business. How could Levi believe that there were only some insignificant gold and cash in his safe?

In comparison, he believed that the gold and cash inside were just a cover, hiding other more important things.

If his ability to see through can be stronger, maybe he doesn't need Marshall to be the one to lead since he can see those hidden things himself.

Turning around, Marshall walked to the mural step by step, moving away from the self-portrait of himself which was extremely narcissistic as he pressed something on the wall.

With a click, the mechanical buckle opened, the originally flat wall bounced open, and a custom-made silver three-knob safe with a height of half a person appeared in the eyes of the two of them.

Three knobs, Levi isn't sure how many passwords each knob has. If this safe is treated with some special mute processing, other than Marshall, others can only use violence to get the contents.

But now the situation is much simpler. With Levi pointing a gun at Marshall's forehead, he can only open the safety line obediently.

In fact, Levi's current destructive power has far exceeded the power of a pistol, but most people can't realize how much energy Levi has in his body. The deterrent power of a gun is much greater than that of Levi himself even though it might be far less powerful than Levi's fist.

Pulling open the heavy iron door of the safe, dollars with the scent of ink and gold reflecting golden luster appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, Levi's young mind was greatly shocked.

What does it look like with five million dollars worth of gold neatly stacked?

Levi has never seen it since he was a child, let alone the US dollar, he has never seen the stack of millions of renminbi(1).

At this time, the property worth more than five million US dollars was placed in front of him so quietly, he only needed to stretch out his hand to take it as his own.

Levi had long fantasized about what he would do if he had money, but fantasies were just fantasies after all. All he expected was that his four-digit balance would be slightly more than three or four digits before the decimal point.

Now, the wealth he had only imagined in his mind before was really in front of him, and for a while, Levi's breathing became a little short.

With a lung capacity that was different from ordinary people, Levi's gasping sound was very obvious to Marshall. Inexplicably, he felt relieved.

He had been worried that Levi came here for the invisible things in his hands, but not now.

In Marshall's view, there are only two types of people who get short of breath when they see the money.

The first is a poor ghost(2) who is used to being poor in the past and has never seen so much money. But judging from Levi's skill and action efficiency, Marshall felt that Levi was not such a person.

The second is the people who really come for the money. For example, kidnappers and robbers, their goal is money, and the goal is at their fingertips, so they will naturally be excited and short of breath.

Marshall thought he had seen the truth.

Renminbi - the system of currency of the People's Republic of China.

Poor Ghost - representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way.