Chapter 362 Why Is Your Health Bar Redder?
Gao Ming was able to become the leader of a small team in the Main God Space, so he was certainly no fool.
When he heard the Tianhong boss's offer, he instinctively felt something was off.
"Reject him!"
Gao Ming spoke without hesitation.
The others in the office were all stunned by his words.
"Gao, why? That's forty million!" a young man quickly asked.
Gao Ming frowned. "Have you ever seen anyone spend forty million just to hire a temporary bodyguard? Does he have so much money he can't spend it all? How big of a deal must he be working on to not care about forty million?"
"Gao, you mean... there's a problem?"
"I don't know if there is or not, but in any case, caution is best."
After hearing Gao Ming say this, everyone stopped insisting. If they kept pushing, it would start to look suspicious.
The young man who had been in charge of contacting the Tianhong boss said, "I'll go and turn him down later."
Gao Ming glanced at him, nodded, and didn't say anything more.
...
Unexpectedly,
The next morning, the boss of Tianhong personally showed up.
In the chairman's office, the Tianhong boss met Gao Ming.
"Oh! President Gao, you really are young and capable!"
Upon seeing Gao Ming, the Tianhong boss was extremely enthusiastic and actively humbled himself, showering him with praise.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Gao Ming couldn't help but take the lead and ask, "I wonder what brings President Song here today?"
President Song laughed. "I heard you turned down our cooperation, so I came in person to ask why… Was I not sincere enough?"
Gao Ming shook his head and answered truthfully, "President Song, you must be joking. Offering forty million for a single protection job is absolutely unprecedented. I know myself well—I'm not worth that price yet."
His overall strength was still a distance away from a "B" rating; within the Main God Space, he was in the middle-lower ranks and could only get by in smaller places.
President Song looked as if he suddenly understood. "So, President Gao, you suspect I have other motives?"
Gao Ming said nothing, just looked at President Song with a faint smile.
Unexpectedly, after thinking for a moment, President Song nodded and said, "Looks like I really can't hide anything from your discerning eyes! You're right, this trip abroad has another purpose. Besides business, I want to bring my daughter home…"
According to Song's story, his daughter had gone to study abroad three years ago and had been overseas ever since. Now, with the turmoil abroad, she wanted to come home but had run into trouble.
In short, Song's daughter was very beautiful and had caught the eye of a Chinese gang leader there.
Supposedly, that boss was also a reincarnator, and even the local police didn't dare provoke him.
At the moment, Song's daughter was hiding in her school and was still relatively safe. The gang didn't dare break into the school because there were even stronger reincarnators on campus...
But she couldn't leave the campus.
After explaining, Song immediately added, "President Gao, please help me this time. As long as you can bring my daughter back safely, I will offer another generous reward!"
Gao Ming thought for a moment but still didn't agree, and said, "President Song, you could ask the Hyena Team for this."
Song shook his head. "President Gao, you must have heard about President Wang's (Hyena's) reputation. If I go to him, I'm afraid it would be like sending my daughter into a tiger's den…"
Gao Ming smiled at this.
He did indeed know that Hyena was a notorious womanizer, and the reason he was so obsessed with shady business was to make it easier to fool around with women.
It was said that the guy already owned seven or eight nightclubs, and the pretty girls in the neighboring city were almost all ruined by him…
Although, with President Song's wealth and status, most reincarnators wouldn't dare do anything reckless, if it was Hyena, once his lust took over, he really could do something stupid.
Gao Ming thought it over and didn't give a firm answer. He said, "President Song, something like this, I need some time to consider."
President Song nodded. "Time is of the essence, President Gao. My daughter's school is going on break in half a month…"
"I'll give you a definite answer within three days!"
After President Song from Tianhong left,
Gao Ming sat in his office, deep in thought.
To be honest, forty million was very tempting for him as well…
But things overseas were far too chaotic now, and traveling abroad gave him a lot of concerns.
With his level of strength, if he encountered a powerful reincarnator, he could be taken out at any moment.
'A reincarnator mixed up with a gang probably isn't a real powerhouse, right?'
Gao Ming muttered to himself.
At this moment,
his phone suddenly rang.
Gao Ming glanced at the screen. The caller was his teammate—also one of the company's shareholders.
As soon as the call connected, a young man's voice came through:
"Gao, are you at the company?"
"I am! What's wrong?"
"Something happened! One of our female employees was killed last night. The killer's method is exactly the same as the 8·22 case. It's very likely the 'Lone Wolf' did it!"
Lone Wolf!
That referred to a reincarnator in the Main God Space who didn't like teamwork and chose to go it alone.
Such reincarnators were often quite powerful!
"Damn!!"
Gao Ming cursed loudly when he heard this. "That bastard is still in Rong City and hasn't left?"
For the past two months, there had been no sign of the murderer, and Gao Ming had thought the culprit had already fled—he'd actually breathed a sigh of relief.
After cursing, Gao Ming instructed, "Taozi, go visit the victim's family on behalf of the company and give them some money."
"I got it, Gao."
After hanging up, Gao Ming felt increasingly agitated.
Because he knew that since the deranged killer hadn't left, as the local boss, the higher-ups would definitely demand that he help catch the murderer!
But Lone Wolf wasn't someone so easy to catch.
Dealing with such a dangerous person, one misstep could cost him his life…
At this moment,
his phone rang again.
Seeing the caller ID, Gao Ming's expression immediately changed:
"Damn! Speak of the devil…"
...
When Chen Ye arrived at work today, he heard that a female clerk from the mailroom had been murdered.
It was said to be a brutal death!
Many of the female employees at the company were feeling uneasy.
After work, the female staff all went home in groups.
Chen Ye bought a large doll and was preparing to have dinner at his older brother's house.
On the bus, he spotted an unremarkable middle-aged man, but there was a red mark above his head!
Another reincarnator!
It seemed this small city really had quite a few reincarnators!
Chen Ye wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but the red mark above the middle-aged man's head seemed even deeper in color—almost blood red.
Acting casually, he sat down in an empty seat behind the man and pulled out his phone, pretending to look down at it.
In reality, his attention was focused entirely on the middle-aged reincarnator.
By coincidence,
the two of them got off at the same bus stop!
(The end of this chapter)
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