Chapter 517

Chapter 517 Surrounding the Point to Strike the Relief Force!

The scorching Victoria merely glanced at the burlap sack and paid it no further attention, keeping her eyes fixed entirely on Su Rui. “Why do you always give me tasks every time you come?”

　　Ever since she had last visited Huaxia in her capacity as the head of the military-industrial group, she had decided to start changing the nature of her relationship with Su Rui.

　　She neither wanted nor was willing for the two of them to remain in a superior-subordinate dynamic forever.

　　”Because you are my Platinum Mask warrior.”

　　Su Rui looked at Victoria’s pretty face and couldn’t help finding it a little amusing. He was a man of experience — how could he fail to notice Victoria’s little bout of emotions?

　　”Is that all?” Victoria gazed at Su Rui with burning eyes, the heat in her expression seemingly enough to melt a person.

　　”Of course not.”

　　Su Rui reached out and placed his hand on Victoria’s snow-white shoulder, his tone sincere. “We’re going to fight side by side for the rest of our lives.”

　　”Fine then, I’ll grudgingly consider your answer acceptable.”

　　Victoria shrugged, looking somewhat resigned.

　　Su Rui felt even more resigned — he was her boss, after all. How had it come to this, where asking for her help felt like he was practically begging?

　　”Who’s this?”

　　Victoria prodded the burlap sack with her toe.

　　”An Eastern warrior.”

　　”Another one from the East?”

　　The reason Victoria said this was because she also knew about Su Rui flying a plane and ramming it straight through the headquarters tower of the Yamamoto group. When news of the incident reached the western dark world, it had sent almost everyone into a frenzy.

　　Although the vast majority of people had no idea who was behind such a spectacular deed, many had pointed their suspicions at the Temple of the Sun.

　　After all, word had already spread that Apollo was in the East, and only that madman would dare to pull off something so spectacular without any regard for the consequences.

　　”Indeed, they must have been coming after me.” Su Rui kept one foot resting on the burlap sack. “You have to hand it to them — a major crime syndicate that has entrenched itself in the East for a century, and they managed to track down my information in such a short time.”

　　”What do you need me to do?” Victoria’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of coldness crept into her voice.

　　As Su Rui’s most loyal guard and most sincere partner, seeing him come under attack naturally put her in a foul mood.

　　”Two things.”

　　Su Rui held up two fingers. “First, find out where these Eastern people are based in Huaxia and send them a warning.”

　　”Three days. It will be done.” Victoria’s tone was flat, but carried an unmistakable thread of resolve.

　　”Second, get a message to that old bastard Yamamoto Taichiro. Tell him that Yamamoto Kisen is still in my hands, and if he doesn’t want his bastard son to be crippled, he’d better behave himself — otherwise I can’t guarantee his son will stay alive.”

　　”Understood.” Victoria nodded. Though her arms didn’t look particularly powerful, she simply reached out one hand, lifted the burlap sack, and tossed it into the trunk without a second thought.

　　The trunk of the Volkswagen Tharu was on the smaller side, and it was lucky the Eastern man wasn’t particularly tall — otherwise he really wouldn’t have fit.

　　”Alright then, I’ll leave things here mainly in your hands. I need to make a trip out of Ninghai.” With that, Su Rui had already settled into the driver’s seat.

　　Victoria said with a hint of grievance, “Where are you going? You’re not even going to give me a goodbye hug?”

　　”I’m going to find Danielle Sharp. That disobedient woman has suffered enough.” Su Rui said with a light smile, and at the same time stuck his head out the car window to give Victoria a farewell cheek-to-cheek kiss.

　　A faint, feminine scent drifted into his nostrils and genuinely stirred something in him.

　　”You’re going off to see another woman.” Victoria pursed her lips. “Watch out — that violent woman might fall for you, and then you’ll really be done for. She’d absolutely kill every single woman who has any sort of romantic connection with you.”

　　”She’d fall for me?” Su Rui looked as though he had just heard the biggest joke in the world and burst out laughing. “Give me a break — that woman probably wants to cut me into a thousand pieces right now!”

　　Victoria put on an expression that said “I don’t believe you for a second” and said, “You never know how things will turn out. A lot of things can’t be predicted in advance. She might want to kill you right now, but she could just as easily fall for you in the next moment.”

　　”In that case, I’d rather die.”

　　With those words, Su Rui waved his hand and drove off in Lin Aoxue’s BMW, disappearing into the deepening night.

　　Watching the direction Su Rui had gone, Victoria crossed her arms over her chest, her expression cool, and murmured to herself, “Am I really not as sexy and beautiful as Danielle Sharp?”

　　With that, a fighting spirit blazed in her eyes. “Oh great beauty of the Palace of Hades, shall we see who comes out on top?”

　　…………

　　”Apollo, I’m going to kill you.”

　　Su Rui’s guess was right — over the past few days, the miserable Comrade Danielle Sharp had lost count of how many times she had muttered those words.

　　Jin Taizhu had led a group of divine guards in relentless pursuit from behind, leaving her no choice but to flee for her life. For days on end she had gone without sleep, jumping into any vehicle she could find and bolting down any road she came across, completely losing all sense of direction. Like a headless fly, she had been wandering aimlessly across the vast territory of Huaxia.

　　The ever-lofty and supremely noble Danielle Sharp — when had she ever been subjected to such humiliating misery?

　　She was running alone, while several groups of pursuers took turns chasing her from behind.

　　She couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t bathe, and even trips to the bathroom were a rushed affair, while the hunters behind her could take turns eating and drinking their fill before leisurely catching up.

　　Even a person of iron would eventually break, let alone someone who was only human.

　　What frustrated Danielle Sharp the most wasn’t even all of that. Each successive confrontation had further worsened her injuries, and her exhausted body was increasingly failing her. If things continued like this, she would sooner or later be captured by the divine guards of the Sun Temple. So she had no choice but to send out a signal, calling on the Palace of Hades members embedded in Huaxia for help.

　　But the divine guards of the Sun Temple had anticipated this. Every time support from the Palace of Hades showed up, they countered with several times the manpower to neutralize the threat.

　　Moreover, the quality of these undercover Palace of Hades operatives was nowhere near comparable to that of the Twelve Divine Guards. The two sides simply weren’t in the same league — at most, they could only buy Danielle Sharp a little extra time to escape.

　　No matter how far she ran over these past days, Danielle Sharp had been unable to fully shake off the pursuit of the Sun Temple. More than half of the Palace of Hades operatives embedded in Huaxia had already been wiped out.

　　In the midst of all this frantic fleeing, she, who had only a limited grasp of the Huaxia language, didn’t even know how to reach out overseas to call for reinforcements.

　　Danielle Sharp had come to regret it — regret ever coming to Huaxia to capture Apollo. After all, he was one of the Twelve Gods of the entire dark world, and someone who had made it this far starting from nothing couldn’t possibly be defeated so easily.

　　Danielle Sharp genuinely felt she was on the verge of a breakdown. Two hours earlier, she had finally made contact with Portillo, the overall commander of all the Palace of Hades operatives embedded in Huaxia.

　　Portillo was also one of the Dark Knights of the Palace of Hades, ranking among Hades’ top-tier combatants. With several Dark Knights already taken out by Su Rui, their overall strength could no longer match up against the Twelve Divine Guards of the Sun Temple.

　　Danielle Sharp wasn’t counting on Portillo and his subordinates to stop the Sun Temple’s pursuit. She also understood that Su Rui had absolutely been using her as bait to lure out Palace of Hades operatives in Huaxia, picking them off one by one.

　　What she needed was for Portillo to proactively call on the Palace of Hades for backup. If Hades could personally bring the Dark Knights to Huaxia, then as long as she could hold on a little longer, who could say which side would come out on top?

　　Thinking of this, Danielle Sharp managed to recover a sliver of confidence.

　　She glanced in the rearview mirror at the pursuers behind her, took a swig of mineral water, and could barely keep her eyes open. To force herself back to alertness, she threw all dignity aside and poured the remaining half bottle of mineral water over her own head.

　　Only Su Rui could be so completely without tenderness, turning a perfectly beautiful woman into this sorry state — how could she possibly not hate him?

　　…………

　　The western dark world.

　　Amid a vast expanse of snow and ice, a dark figure stood with unyielding pride. He stood motionless at the summit, gazing out over the silver-clad mountains, his eyes seemingly capable of piercing through countless distances to see the scenes of a faraway place clearly.

　　He was one of the Twelve Gods of the western dark world — the God of the Underworld, Hades.

　　”My lord, word has come from Huaxia. Portillo is requesting reinforcements.”

　　At that moment, a woman with a fiery figure came striding over quickly. Despite the bitter cold of the season, she still wore a low-cut top and a short skirt — both made of wool, but with a wide expanse of snow-white skin still exposed at the chest, the pronounced curves enough to make anyone’s pulse quicken.

　　This woman’s eyes always carried an involuntary trace of seductive charm, as though she had stepped straight out of a game. She was one of the Dark Knights, the cold-blooded vixen — Stephanie. She had once accompanied Hades to the Sun Temple.

　　”Portillo is requesting reinforcements?” Hades raised his thick brows. “I was just about to head to Huaxia, and now he’s calling for backup? He’s been embedded in Huaxia for so long — has he been exposed?”

　　”Miss Danielle Sharp is being pursued by the Twelve Divine Guards of the Sun Temple. She reached out on her own to the operatives in Huaxia for assistance, and they ended up being used as bait to lure out and eliminate the reinforcements one by one. She knows that Portillo is no match for them either, which is why she had him call on headquarters for help.”

　　”Using reinforcements as bait?” Hades furrowed his thick brows and let out a cold laugh. “How interesting — that’s Apollo’s favorite move. That man is always full of schemes.”

　　”Yes, you’re right. Every single operative in Huaxia that Miss Danielle Sharp called upon for help was swept up without exception by the divine guards.” At this point, a trace of heaviness crept into Stephanie’s voice. “Not one… survived.”

　　”All dead?”

　　Hearing this, even Hades — unflappable as he was — felt a sharp pang of pain and a surge of burning fury.

　　These were all operatives he had invested enormous effort into placing in Huaxia, and now they had been cut down in droves. How could he feel anything but terrible?

　　”Apollo, you’ve gone too far this time.” Staring into the distance, Hades’ eyes filled with an endless, icy glint.

　　”My lord, are you planning to send reinforcements to Huaxia?”

　　”We must go! This grudge cannot go unanswered, and Danielle Sharp cannot be left behind!” It was rare for Hades to show this kind of anger.

　　”However, my lord, I suggest you watch the following video before making your decision.”

　　With that, Stephanie opened the laptop she was holding.