Winner Takes All novel Chapter 822

Jack laughed awkwardly when he saw their astonished expressions and felt rather silly for even suggesting that. Indeed, even the mysterious man could be injured at this level of assassinations. Jack had also fought the Lord Ninja Iga and understood well the deadly skills of these killers.

Truth be told, even if he were to fight with Iga again, he may not be able to capture Iga alive. The first consideration of all killers was to determine an escape path and thereafter the assassination objective. But once the assassination attempts start, the killer would go all out to attain the objective or die trying.

Just as the case in the hospital. Did Iga even have any opportunity to escape? It was obvious that he was able to. At least at the point when he temporarily blinded Jack, he had that opportunity to escape. It was easy for these highly skilled killers to escape. It was also very easy for them to commit suicide. So it would be extremely difficult for Jack and the rest to prevent the killer from committing suicide!

“Is it really impossible?” Jack persisted.

Brent shook his head while Daisy pursed her lips. The mysterious man shifted his hand from Jack’s forehead to his shoulder and gently patted, “Of course it’s impossible.”

Jack was speechless…

Then Jack said with disappointment, “In this case, wouldn’t that mean that I will never find out who is behind these assassination attempts?”

“So you want to capture the killer to find out the reason for killing you?” The mysterious man asked as he raised his eyebrows.

Jack nodded, “Among all those powers that want me dead, I can only think of the Kool and Hughes family. As for the Bloody Angel, Iga Clan, and the other shadow organizations, I can’t figure out why the hell they are after me.”

“Now that we are amid these assassination attempts, the only means of getting an answer was from the killer’s mouth. Even if I get killed, I want to know for what reasons I am being killed.” He spoke with an intense tone of resignation.

The mysterious man simply waved his hand, “You won’t get an answer even if you capture one of them alive. Those who know the reason won’t come to kill you and those who come to kill you wouldn’t know the reason.” After a pause, the mysterious man said solemnly, “Even when Arrows came to kill you or those two Ninja Lords, they were just the weapons. The masterminds are hiding in the shadows.”

The atmosphere of the courtyard tensed up as the mysterious man spoke. His simple words were like a formless hand that snuffed out Jack’s hopes.

What the mysterious man basically said was it was no use to question those killers. The only way of finding out the truth was to get to the mastermind. But… was it possible to get to the mastermind?

Jack felt hopeless just thinking about it and took a deep breath.

Jack then mumbled, “Then I can only wait for my father to use the might of the Hughes family to suppress this.”

Brent and Daisy looked at each other gloomily. They had discussed this the night before. Although Brent was drunk and his memory about this was hazy, what they concluded caused them to become disillusioned.

“Even if there is no outcome, you only need to wait for another three months.” The mysterious man broke the silence, “So long as you triumph over the rest and secure the position as the head of the Hughes family, all these will come to an end.”

Jack, Brent, and Daisy looked towards the mysterious man. Jack’s eyes lit up like a dying man grasping onto straws. He rubbed his nose and smiled helplessly, “In the end, it’s all about status. Now… I’m a nobody without any status.”

Brent and Daisy’s expressions changed.