"Wiped out? All of them?"

"Yes... Chapter Master."

"Then the boy knew everything?"

"...It seems so."

Lee Zhangchang was genuinely shocked by the report that had just come in.

Every one of the Human Chapter's assassins sent to Korea had been found half-paralyzed.

Unable to open their mouths or use their hands, they'd been disposed of.

Not only that, about ten lower-level intelligence operatives had been taken care of along with them.

In an instant, the network of informants they'd spread out had vanished.

Had Jang Tae-san known everything?

Lee Zhangchang's scowl wouldn't lift.

"And..."

"There's more?"

"The boy left a message for you, Chapter Master."

"What? What message?"

"He said he'd repay you, Chapter Master, a hundred times over for the welcome he received in Hong Kong."

Zhuge Youliang carefully passed along the words exactly as he'd heard them.

"Hmm..."

Lee Zhangchang let out a deep groan.

For now, he had to give the boy credit: his abilities were uncanny.

Not just internal energy—his wealth and his political reach were formidable too.

He'd slipped out of a locked-down Hong Kong like a ghost, gone back to Korea without a soul knowing and cut off Lee Zhangchang's hands and feet.

Jang Tae-san's warning, and a hot one.

"How did he get back to Korea?"

"From what we've learned, he left by way of Hungary."

"Hungary... Russia?"

It was independent, but Russia still had a strong hand in that Eastern Bloc country.

But it was also a member of the European Union, so they couldn't say for sure.

"They're not fools. He seems to have connections in Europe. If not, he'd have had help from America."

"This has gotten big..."

"Chapter Master... I'll request first-class assassins from the Human Chapter."

Zhuge Youliang recommended hitting back hard too.

Their pride wouldn't let them tuck their tails between their legs and leave it at that.

"You said it was a misunderstanding? The reason Jang Tae-san showed up?"

"...Our information is that he'd met the Grand Master's daughter in France."

"So Vivian invited him?"

"Yes."

"Haaah..."

Lee Zhangchang let out a long sigh.

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