Midnight Hotel

[Surprise! I had some extra time so I thought I would translate a third chapter]

Judley heard from Zod about what happened and not only is he still alive but he also "politely asked" for 10 million dollars. It feels like an outrageous story even though he saw the 10 million dollars.

After all, he knows how dangerous those gangs are.

"Well, these are my food expenses. You can also use it to buy some beef cattle in your farm." Zod said.

"Does this count as buying my farm?"

Judley was speechless.

Truthfully, his broken farm is actually not very valuable.

The total land area of this farm is 1,253 acres, of which there are 32 acres of orchards mainly citrus, 45 acres of vegetable gardens, and all kinds of vegetables. The rest is just ordinary corn and soybeans.

Before, Judley had thought about selling this farm and fought hard to get a good price, but the other party only offered him 3 million. [TL: That's a fair estimate for land without crops. With crops it should be higher. I live in east Texas and not southwest Texas and land price is higher here at least 3,000 USD per acre. My family has a ranch/farm that I grew up on.]

Zod asked Judley to convert the farm into a ranch. Judley had already regarded Zod as the buyer of the farm. He is now…probably an employee.

"Boss, we are understaffed."

Judley said directly.

The previous farm can barely be maintained. After all there are machines, but the pasture is different.

Plus it's close to the desert…it's still unknown how good beef cattle can be raised.

"If there is a shortage of manpower, can't I just hire people?"

"I can ask around in town to try and find some."

Judley nodded.

"Then find them."

Zod doesn't care about the process, as long as it gets done.

Two days later, a large truck stopped at the gate of the farm, and the beef cattle ordered by Judley arrived.

The farm at this time has been completely renewed. The corn and soybeans originally planted have been cleaned up, and even the land has been leveled for construction or farming.

The orchard that was neglected has become lush again, with rows of vegetables of various colors neatly planted in the vegetable garden.

Judley bought more than one hundred strong Angus cattle from the local farmers he visited. These cattle are of high quality and are served as dishes in many high-end restaurants in big cities like New York City, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.

It's just that they don't know if they can be raised here.

Judley asked the new employees to manage the cattle. The original pasture was intended to be directly used for raising cattle. Furthermore, the flattened corn and soybeans were also used as feed for the Angus cattle.

He has been basking in the sun these few days and found that his progress is still too slow. The fully developed Kryptonians naturally do not grow as fast as General Zod, but the steel body is the most important thing currently.

Zod knew that he was now laying the foundation, so although he was anxious, there was no other way currently.

Kryptonians don't need to exercise like Saiyans, and the don't need a gravity chamber. Just sit back and go sunbathing.

When he can fly in the future, he will make sure to fly to a high altitude and absorb more solar energy.

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After regrouping with the rest of the gang and learning the story from Jin, the leader started plotting how to take their money back. After all, it's 10 million dollars and if you can't take it back personally then hire someone to do so.

The leader kept in mind what Jin said, and felt that Zod should be some kind of world-famous assassin or secret super soldier from a country, so he grit his teeth and hired an assassin for the job.

This evening, Zod was basking in the moonlight outside. After all, the moonlight is also refracted sunlight, although the amount is very faint.

There are many mosquitoes in the ranch, but Zod's skin defenses far exceed their mouths. At most, it is an annoying buzzing, but there is no way to feast.

The five killers sneaked in, but didn't know that they were very obvious in front of Zod's super senses.

Through the x-ray vision, Zod saw that they were all carrying guns and heavy weapons. After confirming they are enemies, Zod passed by them with super speed and knocked them unconscious.

The five killers didn't even react to his presence, showing that Zod's speed is getting faster and more mysterious.

After knocking them out, Zod took them into the basement of the house to torture information out of them. After a bit of torture and beating, this group of assassins weren't hard-headed after the initial outburst.

They told him they were hired to assassinate him.

When they said that, Zod knew who the employer was. Putting the Scorpion Gang to the back of his mind for later, he was more interested in the killer.

"How do I become an assassin?"

Zod asked very excitedly since he was short of money and wanted to get rich as quickly as possible.

The killers looked at each other confused. It was probably the first time they encountered such a situation. The target wants to join?

But with the opponent's ability to solve them so easily, it's not surprising that he wants to be an assassin.

"If you want to be a killer, you can only go to the Midnight Hotel under the Black List organization."

The killers said quickly.

"Black List?"

It was the first time that Zod learned about the assassin industry, so he was very curious.

Then after talking with the five killers he found out what the Black List was.

The largest hitman organization in the world, compared with the Black List, other types of organization are just some private groups and organizations. Because behind the Black List it is suspected that there are senior leaders from the five major countries. The senior leaders can see the other organizations, so they invest in Black List to dominate the assassin underground afraid of being mopped up some day.

The Black List has existed for nearly seventy years, and no one knows how it appeared.

Midnight Hotel is the place where the Black List manages and greets the hitmen. If you want to register as an assassin, you can only go to the Midnight Hotel. [Continental from John Wick anyone?]

Zod accompanied the killers who had no choice to the Midnight Hotel in Washington D.C. Although there are many Midnight Hotels in New York, most of them are newly established with new recruits.

And don't look at the five killers who don't seem to be very savvy, they have all passed the test of Black List before they became professional hitmen.

In their case one man can destroy five with proper weapons.

"We are willing to give you a referral, and then we'll each go our separate ways?"

The hitman leader said to Zod.