Chapter 149
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Chapter 149 Hades, King of the Underworld
Can’t believe it, but the dagger didn’t plunge into Su Rui’s heart as Mata had imagined. Instead, it stopped just two centimeters away from Su Rui’s heart.
A hand seemed to extend from thin air, gripping the blade of the dagger!
The razor-sharp dagger, with the tremendous force Mata applied, had powerful forward momentum, yet at this moment it stopped advancing!
Those two fingers possessed such terrifying strength!
Mata was completely stunned!
He had never seen anyone who could firmly pinch a dagger with just two fingers! This was playing with fire! One slight mistake would mean a heart pierced through and instant death!
Was this reckless nerve or supreme skill with matching confidence?
In this moment, Mata felt his mind completely unraveling.
The East, the East’s China, how could it possess such a master? Why had he never heard of this before?
“Sigh, some people are always so presumptuous.”
Su Rui said leisurely, then tossed the dagger at his feet.
“If you’re still not convinced, you can try throwing your other dagger too, and see if you can kill me,” Su Rui said with slight mockery.
Mata certainly didn’t dare try again. He collapsed on the ground, looking at Su Rui, truly not knowing what to say.
“What a troublemaker. Do you know I’ve been hiding in the air conditioning vent for four solid hours just waiting for you to show up?”
Hearing this, Mata’s expression became even more dejected. He had thought himself so clever, not only disabling the surveillance but also sneaking into the lab after the security personnel had checked it. He thought it was foolproof, but the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind – he was the one who had been outmaneuvered!
Su Rui said irritably, “I guessed correctly. The two people this morning were just a diversion, and you’re the real target.”
“Spare my life, and I’ll give you all my treasures.”
Having been a master thief for so many years, Mata had collected many treasures. Although he had given many to his master, he still kept a large portion for himself.
Trading all his wealth for his life seemed like a good deal. As long as he stayed alive, once he got out, he could easily rebuild his fortune.
For a master thief, this wasn’t a problem at all.
“I originally didn’t want to kill you, but now seeing that you still haven’t recognized the reality and situation, I’ve changed my mind.”
Su Rui said calmly.
“What? You originally didn’t want to kill me? But now you’ve changed your mind?” Mata was stunned when he heard this!
“Yes, I have no reason to lie to you.” Su Rui lightly kicked the dagger on the ground with his toe and said, “But if you cooperate well, I might consider changing my mind again.”
“How should I cooperate? Giving you all my property isn’t cooperation?” Mata said, a glimmer of hope rising in his eyes.
Without a doubt, Su Rui’s words gave him an opportunity, allowing him to see a glimmer of hope for survival. If it came to a direct confrontation, he was no match for this Eastern man. Only a deal would work.
“I don’t care about your property,” Su Rui said coldly.
“Don’t care? Those things are priceless. Any single item would cause a sensation if revealed to the world.” A smile appeared at the corner of Mata’s mouth. He mistakenly believed this was Su Rui’s tactic to raise the price. However, the master thief failed to realize that his life was still in Su Rui’s hands – why would Su Rui need to negotiate?
“Mata, I won’t kill you, but don’t take me for a fool,” Su Rui suddenly said.
“How would I take you for… What? What did you just call me?” Mata suddenly realized what he heard and shouted in shock!
He couldn’t control his volume, his decibels doubling!
How did this Eastern man know his name? Who exactly was he?
“I called you Mata,” Su Rui said.
“You… how do you know my name?”
At this point, Mata felt there was no point in hiding anymore. Since Su Rui could call out his name so directly, it meant he wasn’t just guessing.
“Aren’t you from the Western dark world? So am I.”
Su Rui’s words sent an involuntary shiver down Mata’s spine!
Su Rui reached into his coat and slowly pulled out a golden gleaming medal.
In that instant, Mata’s eyes were pained by the dazzling golden light!
He clearly saw that the medal was in the shape of a sun!
A golden sun medal!
Master thief Mata’s body finally began to tremble uncontrollably! He never would have imagined that in an Eastern Chinese company’s laboratory, he would encounter the sun medal that once illuminated the Western dark world!
“You… you are one of the twelve guardians under the Sun God…”
Pointing at Su Rui with trembling fingers, Mata felt his jaw shaking!
One of the twelve guardians, one of the twelve!
Could it be that the Sun God Apollo was also getting involved in China’s affairs?
The legendary Sun God was said to be no less formidable than his master, one of the twelve Olympian gods!
Even known as the most powerful man among the gods!
His twelve guardians were invincible, considered unmatched among all the guardian corps of the gods! They were even on par with Zeus’s personal guards!
At this moment, Mata truly had the urge to die!
The sun medal couldn’t be fake – no one would be interested in counterfeiting such a thing! And no one would dare impersonate a guardian of the Sun God!
But Su Rui shook his head. He looked at the trembling Mata with a trace of pity in his eyes.
“You’re wrong. I’m not one of Apollo’s twelve guardians,” Su Rui said.
“Wrong? You’re not?”
Hearing this, Mata’s heart suddenly filled with infinite hope! If the person before him wasn’t a Sun Guardian, then there was still room for negotiation!
“If you’re not a Sun Guardian, why do you have the sun medal? This is clearly the symbol of the Sun Guardians!” Mata stared at Su Rui. “Dare to impersonate a Sun Guardian, aren’t you afraid Lord Apollo will send someone to cut you to pieces?”
“The fearless are the ignorant.”
“How am I ignorant?”
Su Rui looked coldly at Mata, his voice chilling: “This is just a misunderstanding. Who told you only Sun Guardians can possess this medal?”
Misunderstanding?
How could it be a misunderstanding? Whenever Sun Guardians appeared, they all wore this golden medal without exception. This was known throughout the entire Western dark world!
Mata looked at Su Rui in disbelief, because he felt Su Rui had no reason to lie: “Besides Sun Guardians, who else would wear this medal?”
“I am not a Sun Guardian.” Su Rui slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at him with flashing brilliance: “I have an English name, called Apollo.”
“Apollo?”
Hearing this name, Mata’s first reaction was disbelief.
Absolutely impossible, how could this be!
Looking at the man before him, so calm as the sea, looking at the maturity that completely mismatched his age, looking at the dignity and nobility that flowed from his very bones, Mata suddenly believed!
If such a person wasn’t one of the twelve Olympian gods, then who could be?
“My lord…”
Mata felt his voice was harsh, his throat dry, as if countless small knives were scraping across it!
He had thought this operation was foolproof, but never imagined he would be caught red-handed by the Sun God Apollo!
His master had long coveted the new synthesis method for trimethylamine, always watching but not acting. After Koscheny’s defeat in China, he finally sent three people as a double insurance, thinking there would absolutely be no problems!
But people’s perspectives are completely incomparable!
The high and mighty Lord Apollo hadn’t sent any of his guardians but had come to China himself!
What’s called foolproof? This is foolproof!
At this moment, Mata suddenly felt his master was pathetically weak!
But since Lord Apollo had already revealed his true identity to him, and he had seen his true face, could he still survive?
Wasn’t this the prelude to silencing him?
Mata didn’t want to die – no one wants to die. But before Apollo, one of the twelve Olympian gods, he didn’t even have the chance to beg for mercy!
And he had even had the audacity to pull out a dagger to ambush him!
If this got out, countless people would call him an idiot! Trying to ambush the Sun God Apollo? Perhaps in the entire Western dark world, few could be certain they could succeed!
Unless a miracle occurred, he was certainly doomed!
“Mata, do you want to live?” Su Rui looked at him, his eyes flashing with electric light.
“Yes, of course I do!”
Mata propped up his limp body and quickly knelt before Su Rui! He knew whether he lived or died depended entirely on a single word from Su Rui!
“I’ve heard your name, said to have stolen from the entire West.”
“I wouldn’t dare claim that, my lord.” Mata quickly knelt down. When Su Rui mentioned he had heard of his name, he suddenly felt a sense of great honor!
It must be said, feeling this way before death was quite unexpected.
Su Rui stood in front of Mata: “If you hadn’t mentioned those antique treasures you possess, I would never have guessed who you were.”
“But fortunately, you did mention them, which has created an opportunity for you to live.” Su Rui said calmly.
Hearing Su Rui speak this way, Mata immediately grabbed at this lifeline and hurriedly said: “I beg my lord to grant me a chance to live!”
“Work for me, what do you think?” Su Rui looked at Mata, his eyes revealing a faint light, completely unreadable in terms of emotion.
“Work for you?” Mata hadn’t expected Su Rui to say this!
At this moment, his eyes revealed an indescribable struggle.
After all, the word “betrayal” is not something everyone is willing to bear.
Following Su Rui meant betraying his current master.
And his current master was one of the twelve Olympian gods of the Western dark world, the Lord of the Underworld – Hades!
