âYou seem to have something to say?â Charlotte looked at the hesitant assistant and asked straightforwardly.
The underground marketâs bossâs assistant was named Asher. He furrowed his brow and said, âThis person committed a crime three months ago and has been pursued by our boss all this time. We didnât expect him to fall into your hands.â
Charlotte and Joe exchanged a glance.
Joe stared coldly at Asher and said, âThis person committed a crime that ended up in my hands, but he claims that it was Selina who ordered him to do it. Now youâre saying he had already defected. I donât know who to believe.â
Asher said with a wry smile, âSeeing you two come here like this, I know there must be something wrong. Let my boss explain it to you in person.â
Seeing his calm demeanor, Charlotte and Joe glanced back at the stubblebearded man, who had been acting strangely since entering the underground market and began to have their own suspicions.
Asher didnât explain any further and led Joe and Charlotte upstairs. Selina, the marketâs boss, remained as enchanting as ever.
Stubble-bearded Man shrank back as soon as they entered, quietly hiding behind Sharon.
However, Selina didnât let him off easily. She walked quickly to him, giving him two resounding slaps on the face.
Her strength was formidable, and two bright red handprints quickly appeared on Stubble-bearded Manâs face.
She also deftly pulled out a dagger from her thigh and thrust it into Stubblebearded Manâs shoulder blade with precision.
Stubble-bearded Man screamed in pain, looking at Selina in disbelief.
âSelina, you donât want to leave me any room to survive?â Stubble-bearded Man, in agony, said through gritted teeth.
âSurvival?â Selina sneered, lit a cigarette from the table, and blew out puffs of smoke.
âFrom the moment you betrayed me, thereâs been no room for survival.â
Stubble-bearded Man turned incredibly pale in an instant. He didnât care about his shoulder injury and knelt down, fiercely kowtowing to Selina several times, âIâm willing to offer all the traitors to you. Just please spare my life.â
Selina remained non-committal and bent down, exhaling a puff of smoke onto Stubble-bearded Manâs face, âDo you think that without you, I canât catchthose people?â
Seeing Selinaâs determination, Stubble-bearded Man fell into utter despair.
He crazily cursed Selina with bloodshot eyes, using the vilest words he could recall, directed at her.
Selina, however, remained unfazed, quietly watching Stubble-bearded Man as he continued his tirade.
It wasnât until Stubble-bearded Man had exhausted himself from cursing that Selina casually pressed the smoldering cigarette onto his wound.
Stubble-bearded Man let out an excruciating scream, but Selina remained calm and composed.
âYou should know that when you fall into my hands, death is not the most painful option,â Selinaâs voice was calm, yet it sent shivers down Stubblebearded Manâs spine.
He lay exhausted on the floor, gasping for air like a suffocating fish, realizing that death was approaching.
âIâll tell you.â
Stubble-bearded Man sobbed as he revealed the whole truth.
When the government began cracking down on the black market, Stubblebearded Man sensed something was amiss.
He feared that he would be implicated in the crackdown, so he decided to take preemptive action and carve out a new territory for himself.
He remembered the rumors he had heard and quickly located his former subordinates to start searching.