Winner Takes All novel Chapter 360

When he left the Hughes residence, his father had already told him. But Jack never expected the cancellation to happen so quickly!

Within a night, all the raging waves calmed down. In the past month, the hit ordered by the Assassin Squad was like a sword next to his neck. He was so affected by it that he constantly worried if he would make it to the next day.

Now the sky had finally cleared. Jack rejoiced and his eyes lit up. He took a deep breath of air which was the first time in a month that he breathed so easily.

Then, he smiled with relief and asked, “How was the order rescinded?”

Just this? Mr. Ward, Brent, and Daisy were equally stunned that Master Hughes’ reaction was so subdued. In the past month, everyone was living in constant fear and their nerves were at the breaking point. Initially, all the three of them expected Jack to jump with joy when he heard of this news. But now…

“What’s wrong?” Jack looked puzzled at the three of them.

“Master, aren’t you happy?” Mr. Ward asked.

“Of course I am.” Jack nodded.

“Then why are you…” Mr. Ward asked.

Jack shrugged his shoulders, “This news is nothing compared to last night when Amber told me that I am going to have a baby.”

Mr. Ward, Brent, and Daisy were speechless.

But they could understand that when one issue was more important than the other, then it would easily overshadow the other issue even if both brought good news. But Mr. Ward, Brent, and Daisy were very excited even when Jack was calm about it.

Brent forcibly suppressed his excitement as he said, “Last night something huge happened in the dark net. The number one killer on the Assassin Squad Azrael list appeared on the Assassin Squad homepage. When “Azrael” logged in to his account, the dark net went berserk.”

“When everyone was still in shock, Azrael used his special authority to bypass the Assassin Squad to make his demands as Azrael.”

On saying this, Brent even took out his cellphone, accessed the dark net, and handed the phone to Jack.

“Master Hughes, have a look. The entire dark net is still talking about Azrael and here is the screen capture of the Assassin Squad homepage.”

Jack took over the phone and started to click his tongue when he saw the screen capture of “Azrael” making his demands on the Assassin Squad.

Even when he was prepared for this, he felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the picture.

A killer simply logged into the Assassin Squad account and caused the entire dark net to erupt. This Azrael could bypass the Assassin Squad and make his demands on their site.

How… how horrifying was this? Jack looked at the blood-red page with that huge Reaper’s Scythe. What was even more eye-catching was the words, “Any violators would be visited by Azrael!”

How brave must one be to be able to make such a statement that oppressed even the Assassin Squad?

“Master Hughes, Azrael’s emergence caused a stir and within five minutes of posting his demands, the Assassin squad rescinded the hit order on you.” Mr. Ward said slowly as he forcibly suppressed his joy.

Brent and Daisy also looked solemn. They were both killers on the Azrael list and understood how deadly the number one killer “Azrael” was. A killer who was ranked number one for over twenty years re-emerged just for Master Hughes.

When Jack returned the phone to Brent, his eyes glimmered. The cancellation of the kill order gave him a huge boost which cannot be described. Then he suddenly remembered what his father said at the Hughes Manor.