Chapter 1383 - 412: [Wu’s Secret]_4

Chapter 1383: Chapter 412: [Wu’s Secret]_4

But I’m yellow-skinned, so the promotion channels within that system rarely apply to someone like me."

Chen Yan listened to Wu say this and couldn’t help but ask, "Why did you choose to join the military back then, stay in M Country, joining a gang would also mean fighting and killing, wouldn’t it?"

Wu shook his head, "When I was in school, I was bullied by those people, because I had yellow skin. I was interested in a girl at school, but after stringing me along for a few months, that bitch turned around and got involved with a Brother Ni thug at school.

Where I lived at the time, the Black gang’s influence was huge, and there were no Chinese gangs. Damn, I wasn’t about to go work under those Brothers Ni."

After working as an international mercenary in foreign corps for a few years, Wu, not yet thirty, encountered another turning point in his life.

An old comrade from the international mercenary corps suddenly contacted him after leaving for a few years and recruited him into an organization.

Wu became an assassin.

From then on, Wu felt as if he had extra luck in his life.

His battlefield sharp instincts and excellent military skills, combined with the careful and reserved personality shaped by the impoverished street life of his youth.

Plus, perhaps, some actual talent.

So, in the assassin profession, he thrived impressively.

In the years before he left, he was already one of the few in that assassin organization with the best reputation, highest task completion rate, and highest fee tier.

Then, Wu encountered the biggest turning point in his life.

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An international jewel trader suffered significant losses in Myanmar.

The area was chaotic, with the jade mines occupied by various armed factions large and small.

The situation was roughly that an international jewel trader had deeply cooperated with a certain armed faction, regularly sourcing from the jade mine area occupied by the faction.

Then, that armed faction was defeated by another armed faction, losing the territory, and fled in disarray, eventually disappearing.

The new faction didn’t recognize the previous cooperation agreements at all; the international jewel trader sent people to negotiate several times, but the new faction’s leader was either too greedy or anxious after just fighting a war, eager to recoup the military expenses spent on the battlefield quickly.

So, they drove a hard bargain.

The international jewel trader was very displeased – because back when they cooperated with the former faction, they had already invested a lot of money in developing the mine area, with equipment, surveys, personnel – all heavily invested.

If they couldn’t reach an agreement and had to withdraw at this point, they’d incur significant losses.

Unwilling and enraged, the international jewel trader decided to employ dirty tactics.

Intending to find someone to kill the faction leader.

This task wasn’t easy.

The faction leader must be surrounded by armed soldiers for protection, with familiar faces all around, making it very difficult for a stranger to get close.

Moreover, even if the assassination succeeds, escaping then would mean facing a pursuit by an armed force.

Other assassins weren’t willing to take on such a low success rate task.

Wu took it on.

His biggest advantage is that he is yellow-skinned.

Wu accepted this task, received an extremely valuable deposit, and agreed to complete it within three months.

Then he ventured solo into that area in Myanmar.

First, he spent money to buy a piece of land and a house from a local farmer, then lived there for a month, spending his days farming, doing chores, occasionally buying supplies at the market.

As time passed, locals gradually got used to what was originally a strange face.

He fabricated an identity for himself, as the son of the farmer who originally owned the house, who fled due to war a few years ago but couldn’t make it outside and had returned.

A month and a half later, the faction leader ordered recruitment—essentially conscription.

Wu, a strong young farmer, was honored to be chosen, dragged into the army, issued a set of ragged military uniforms and a gun.

Over another half month, Wu started to stand out in the faction’s army – he only exerted limited effort two or three times to gain recognition — a person who mixed within the US army for seven or eight years, then worked as an international mercenary for years. Rising in a faction’s ragged army due to his military skills is really easy.

Plus, he already had a "local" identity, so it was easy for him to make some progress.

Of course, becoming the faction leader’s confidant is impossible, but with his upgrade, he was a low-level officer in the faction’s army with significant operational space.

He even had the opportunity to get close to the faction leader — being fundamentally a local armed force, the team wasn’t sophisticated, how stringent could it be?

Thus, Wu succeeded in one fell swoop, shooting the faction leader dead.

However, he encountered trouble while retreating.

The faction leader had two adopted sons, and before dying, he fiercely uttered, "Whoever catches the assassin will be the next commander!"

So, the two adopted sons, as if pumped up by drugs, crazily led the chase for Wu, relentlessly pursuing him, chasing him into the mountains, never giving up!

After all, Wu wasn’t a local, even though his wilderness survival skills were nearly Level 100, unfamiliar terrain still gave him trouble.

He was caught up by the pursuing forces several times in the mountains, nearly dying in those vast ranges.

At this point, Wu’s tone shifted to being somewhat bizarre and unpredictable.

He paused, then lit a cigarette for himself, inhaling deeply before exhaling the smoke while saying:

"In those mountains, I encountered an Immortal."

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[There’s been something going on at home recently causing a delay in updates; apologies to everyone!

I stayed up late tonight to squeeze out time to write this Chapter. I have to go out tomorrow to keep busy.

The matter isn’t resolved yet; I need until Wednesday to resume updates.]

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