Chapter 226 Don’t wait until the due date
"Porphyrin!"
Another egg was killed by a poisonous hand and exploded in Ares' hand, which made him feel very distressed. Even though he didn't use much force, he still accidentally crushed the egg when he grabbed it.
Ares, who has acquired the physique of a super soldier, feels that any object in her hands is as fragile as a piece of tofu and can be easily crushed.
In a short period of time, she might not be able to go out.
Otherwise, it is easy to do things that attract attention and cause unnecessary trouble.
"Take care of this. I'll go to the supermarket downstairs to buy some boxes of eggs." This was not the first time that Cheng Long taught the enhanced woman how to adapt to the surge in strength.
Egg grabbing is the most effective of all training programs, allowing people to more accurately adapt to their increased strength.
There is a small supermarket near the apartment building.
Cheng Long bought fifty boxes of twelve eggs in one go, which was enough for Ares to practice for a long time.
However, when he entered the elevator and went upstairs with two large boxes of eggs, a hurried and haggard man caught his attention.
"John Wick?"
Cheng Long's expression was quite surprised. This ace killer didn't seem to be here for him.
The other person doesn't even know him/herself.
After all, the killer who accepted the reward and came to assassinate him, after seeing him, his eyes couldn't be shaken at all.
Out of the killer's intuition, Wick immediately noticed Cheng Long's scrutinizing gaze, but he just glanced at him and stopped paying attention.
Wick pressed the button for the 7th floor, which was the floor where Ares was.
In the past, when John Wick carried out missions, he would thoroughly investigate the target person's living environment and other aspects before taking action. But this time, he didn't even recognize Mr. Long when he saw him. It was purely because he missed his seriously ill wife too much.
After simply finding out Ares' residence, he hurried over.
Winston said that Mr. Long lived at Ares's house and usually didn't go out much in the morning.
He had to reach a deal with the other party before noon.
"Wait, wait for me..." Just as the elevator was about to start, a middle-aged woman wearing cleaning clothes suddenly rushed over dragging a vacuum cleaner.
When Wick saw the other party, his haggard eyes suddenly became sharp.
Cheng Long stepped aside to make way and asked, "Auntie, which floor is this?"
"Seventh floor."
The cleaning lady walked into the elevator and breathed a sigh of relief.
The aunt was very average-looking and taciturn. After entering the elevator, she walked to the right corner at the back and quietly guarded her vacuum cleaner...
Buzz!
The elevator rose slowly, and John Wick, who was standing next to Cheng Long, suddenly became tense; the silent cleaning lady looked calm on the outside, but panicked inside.
Obviously, she has recognized John Wick, who is famous in the world of killers, but it is difficult for her to give up the $20 million contract.
The two people were wary of each other, making the atmosphere in the elevator extremely delicate.
It was as if a small and unintentional action would trigger a big fight.
bite!
The elevator soon reached the seventh floor.
Cheng Long, holding two boxes of eggs, was the first to go out.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the cleaning lady suddenly lifted the corner of her clothes, pulled out a gun from her arms, and pointed it at Cheng Long's head.
But just when she was about to pull the trigger and blow up the target's head, a strange scene happened.
The body of the cleaning lady began to twist in irregular shapes, and the muscles and bones in her body seemed to have suddenly been frozen by the extremely cold temperature.
Naturally, this also includes her right hand holding a gun.
Immediately afterwards, sheets of water mist overflowed from her body and condensed into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, the cleaning lady was frozen into an ice sculpture by the water escaping from her body, exuding a deep cold air, and had not yet When John Wick stepped out of the elevator, he felt like he was in an extremely cold place for a moment, making him shiver with cold.
Such a weird and terrifying scene made the ace killer tremble with fear.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that a living person could suddenly freeze into an ice sculpture in a comfortable weather of ten or twenty degrees.
He didn't understand the principle, but he was shocked.
There is no doubt that this is another improvement of water archery made by Mr. Cheng through his knowledge of physics.
Since water arrows can collect water from the enemy's body and transform it into water arrows for attack, and ice is another form of water, it is natural to use magic as a medium to absorb the enemy's water and convert the water into ice at the same time.
This technique was named the Ice-Sealing Technique by Cheng Long. If used with all his strength, it would be no problem to freeze half of New York City.
And there is no need to consider the water source, because the human body is quite hydrated, accounting for 60%-70% of the body weight, which is a very scary little magic application.
The cleaning lady is lucky.
The first person to experience the feeling of being frozen to death by his own water every second.
"Sir~~"
After John Wick regained consciousness, he rushed out of the elevator and called to stop Cheng Long, who was walking towards Ares' home.
"Plop!" John Wick suddenly knelt down on the ground, looked at Cheng Long with awe and a hint of fear, and begged: "Mr. Long, please save my wife Helen! She has cancer. When she was found out, She is already in the advanced stage and has missed the best time for treatment. She is only thirty years old and has a long future ahead..."
"Mr. Long, save Helen, save her..."
"As long as you are willing to take action, I am willing to pay any price."
Seeing John Wick kneeling in front of him, crying bitterly, Cheng Long was stunned for a moment, and then said expressionlessly: "We'll talk after we come in."
The main reason for the story of the John Wick series is actually that the hero's wife died of illness, leaving only a car and a dog as fetters to accompany John Wick.
If Helen was still alive, then the dog was killed and the car was stolen, there was no way John Wick would go into a rage and wipe out an entire gang.
Saving Helen would restrain John Wick and prevent many deaths.
Although most of the people killed by Wick deserved their death, those who died in the second and third films later are not so absolute.
"Wick?"
Ares in the kitchen heard the movement outside the door. When he opened the door, he saw the ace assassin who had retired for many years, kneeling on the ground with red eyes and a stunned expression.
"Here, your eggs."
Cheng Long handed two boxes of eggs to Ares and walked straight to the sofa to sit down.
John Wick followed the room with hurried steps, hesitating whether to continue kneeling down to plead, when Cheng Long said: "It is not difficult to cure your wife Helen, the question is, what can you give me?"
"Mr. Long, as long as you are willing to take action, you can do anything you want me to do."
When John Wick spoke, his body bowed slightly, and his words were mixed with deep respect.
A man who can freeze a female killer to death is worthy of everyone's awe.
"Ares can do everything you can do, and she can also help me warm my bed. I really can't think of a reason to help you..."
Cheng Long's words made John Wick's nervous heart drop to the bottom in an instant.
But he did not give up, but said shamelessly: "Mr. Long, the InterContinental Hotel has an open wanted order for you. You will face various attacks and killings for a long time. Maybe these people are nothing more to you. You can easily scare flies, but if there are too many flies, they will become annoying.”
"And I can help you get rid of these annoying flies, so that you and Miss Ares can enjoy your world quietly."
"If I kill them all for you, wouldn't it be all wasted?"
Cheng Long raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a devilish sneer.
John Wick was stunned and didn't know why.
At this time, Ares, who moved the eggs into the kitchen, said with a smile: "It seems that the news you received is very backward. No one told me that men are devils? Those rich and powerful people who have regained their youth have spent a lot of money." With a huge amount of money, he 'acquired' five hundred death row prisoners for Long."
"..."
John Wick was stunned and shocked.
He never expected that Mr. Long, who seemed so gentle and gentle, could actually be a demon who harvested other people's souls!
For a moment, Wick was too shocked to speak.
After a long time.
He said: "Mr. Long, how many death row prisoners need to be sacrificed to heal Helen?"
"If it's just for medical treatment, just capture a hundred killers or fugitive criminals and give them to me. Of course, if you save a lot of money, you can also buy death row prisoners, but he shouldn't be able to rob those rich people."
Cheng Long is right. There are at least 600 billionaires in Citigroup, and the majority are over 45 years old and in urgent need of rejuvenation.
These people also have wives and even parents they care about. Counting high-ranking congressmen and sitting politicians, there are at least 800 people waiting for him to take action.
Today's death row is getting more expensive day by day. John Wick wants power but no one to persuade him, no one to ask for people, and he doesn't have a lot of money. How can he be qualified to snatch sacrifices from capitalists and politicians?
Therefore, Cheng Long did not put too much pressure on John Wick. Catching a hundred killers or fugitive criminals was not a difficult task for the former ace killer.
"Mr. Long, one hundred people is no problem, but my wife's illness..." John Wick said cautiously: "I hope you will cure my wife first. To express my apology, I am willing to triple the amount of one hundred. We will collect three hundred sacrifices for you and complete this transaction within half a year.”
"Okay, ask your friend to send the person over, and we won't wait for him after the deadline."
Adhering to the principle that mosquito legs are also meat, Cheng Long decisively accepted John Wick's request to arrest 300 sacrifices. Although it was much more difficult than killing 300 people, he believed that Wick would be able to complete it within half a year.
"Thank you, Mr. Long, thank you, Mr. Long..."
John Wick said ecstatically.
Then, he couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and called his good friend Winston and asked him to send someone to deliver Helen.
During the waiting period, every minute was suffering.
Especially when Cheng Long was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed and concentrating, and Ares hid in the kitchen to practice catching eggs, he was even more tormented by himself, neither standing nor sitting...
"Ares, why are you so careful every time you catch eggs, but you still keep crushing them?" Wick, who had been standing in the living room for a long time, couldn't help but walk into the kitchen and asked with curiosity on his face.
"Because I can't control my strength now, just like this..." As he said that, Ares grabbed the pan on the side and tore the pan into pieces like tearing paper in front of John Wick. .
John Wick: "..."
(End of chapter)