The night was cold.
The moon was partially obscured by the clouds.
The protruded cliff stone was faintly visible through the bamboo grove.
But Jack could not see clearly what was on top of it.
“You, are you still there?”
Jack muttered confusedly.
Mengpo was able to kill him in one shot just now, but she was shooting the arrow to deliver her words to him.
That revealed the extreme confidence of her assassination skills.
The content of the note, in other words, was to tell him that Mengpo could kill him even if securities were set up on the cliff stone.
The only difference was that the difficulty had increased.
As if she was saying, only the difficulty of multiple security system suited her identity as the top assassin.
The arrow shot out just now was a fluke.
But Jack could not laugh at it, a strong sense of frustration rose in him instead.
He did not like that feeling, so he pushed open the window.
As his voice fell.
Whoosh!
There was another faint break of wind in the darkness.
Vaguely, Jack could feel something coming to him at a great speed.
But this time, he did not dodge.
Duang!
The arrow trembled as it nailed against the outer wall by the window.
And on top, there was also a note.
There was only a word written on it.
“Gutsy!”
He smiled. His smile was bitter and helpless.
He was assured that Mengpo would not kill him that night when he pushed open the window.
Otherwise, the reminder notes from her just now would be meaningless.
That was how the strong play along.
They wouldn’t bother to lower the difficulty to kill someone like an ant.
Jack had the same thoughts, so he was sure that Mengpo thought the same.
Next time, though, may not be the same case.
Jack shook his head and crumpled the note. He threw it out of the window and closed the window.
A silent night.
The next morning.
Jack woke up. He called out for Mr. Ward and Lone Wolf to tell them what happened last night.
Mr. Ward and Lone Wolf were shocked when they heard that.
It was known that when they entered the Four impression Club.
The Four Impression Club’s security system was upgraded to the highest.
Lone Wolf also took the security team and cleared the bamboo grove while placing the security devices.
And, there was still a loophole with such security precaution?
“I’m sorry, Mr. Hughes. The back hill is steep and dangerous. So, when we checked in yesterday, my team and I assumed that no one would come down from there, but we did not expect…”
Lone Wolf felt guilty and regretful. If Mengpo did not let go of Jack on purpose last night, it would be his corpse laying in that room waiting for them that morning because of the loophole.
“Don’t blame yourself. Not just you, even I thought it was not possible to come in through there.”
Jack shook his hand and interrupted Lone Wolf. The steep on the back of the hill had no foothold at a glance. The only place to stand was the protruded cliff stones. But to come down from the top of the hill to the cliff stone was a matter of near-death peril.
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