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Chapter 168
Eileen crossed paths with NightKing the day after her 20th birthday in her previous life.
On that day, she had just collected the inheritance she was entitled to and left the lawyer’s office.
Little did she know, she was about to get kidnapped.
Eileen had been secretly training in boxing for the military academy exams.
Yet, when faced with gun-toting kidnappers, her boxing skills were of no use.
She was dumped in a dimly lit, abandoned factory in the suburbs at night.
After attempting to fight back, she was severely beaten and tossed into a sewer infested with dead rats.
In her dazed state, she heard some kidnappers arguing outside.
Suddenly, a gunshot.
Eileen was shocked.
Then, a few more gunshots.
Eileen didn’t understand what was happening, but she heard slow footsteps approaching her.
Soon, someone yanked her hair and said, “There’s one more here, still alive.”
Under the dim, worn-out bulb overhead, the light was blinding.
With her injured eyes barely open, she struggled to see the people in front of her.
She had no clue who they were, why they were here, or what had happened to the kidnappers outside.
Suddenly, she heard a cold male voice.
The man’s voice was like a python licking a person’s throat, instilling a suffocating fear, “Kill her and
bury her with the others.”
Eileen’s pupils constricted instantly.
She didn’t want to die!
She had to fight back!
She grabbed a brick and hurled it at the man holding her hair.
Caught off guard, the man was hit in the shin.
Enraged, the man savagely kicked her in the head.
Eileen was sent rolling back, hitting her head on a steel plate.
She spat out blood, struggled to her feet, and with her last ounce of strength, fought back fiercely.
She sustained serious injuries in the fight. In the end, she had four broken ribs, her head was covered
in blood, and her hands and feet were dislocated.’
As for that man, she bit off his ear.
The man cruelly stepped on her head, pointing a gun at her forehead, ready to pull the trigger at any
moment.
With no energy left, Eileen lay on the ground, realizing she might be on the verge of death.
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But then, the man with the cold voice spoke up again, “Wait.”
After a while, the foot on her head was lifted.
Her hair was yanked again. A man whose features she couldn’t make out studied her face and
suddenly chuckled, “Interesting.”
Interesting?
What was interesting about this!
Finishing her flashback, Eileen realized that she was facing NightKing and launched an attack on his
lower abdomen.
When NightKing was twenty, he had a part of his internal organs removed due to a surgery following an
injury.
His lower abdomen has always been his weak spot. If you want to hit him, aim there.
Eileen’s attacks were fierce and ruthless, aiming directly at NightKing’s weakness.
After a few rounds, Eileen could tell NightKing was struggling.
Eileen pressed her advantage. She knew NightKing’s combat habits well, being his disciple after all.
Her attacks became more intense, eventually forcing NightKing to retreat.
Eileen wasn’t about to let him get away and chased after him.
When she got to the platform behind the hospital building, she lunged forward, stepped on his shoulder,
flipped over and landed in front of him.
The stern man in the gray coat came to a halt.
The cool night breeze felt somewhat piercing.
He squinted at the footprint on his shoulder.
Gently brushing off the footprint with the back of his hand, he fixated his gaze on the girl in front of him.
Standing her ground, Eileen told NightKing loudly, “If you have a problem with me, come at me directly.
Don’t involve others!”
NightKing responded coldly, “I don’t know who you are.”
Eileen snorted, “You don’t know me, then why did you send someone to assassinate me last time!”
A hint of confusion flashed in NightKing’s eyes, causing a crease in his brow.
Eileen paused, observing NightKing’s expression.
She knew NightKing well and could easily read his facial expressions.
Seeing that NightKing genuinely seemed not to know her, she was a bit puzzled, “You’re not the one
who sent someone to assassinate me? If you don’t know me, then why…”
Suddenly, it dawned on Eileen that Egbert was also present the day of the assassination.
Could it be…
Eileen’s face turned beet red, she reached up to touch her head and said awkwardly, “Did I
misunderstand?”
NightKing turned to leave.
Eileen quickly spoke up again, “And you can’t do anything to Egbert either! No one can hurt him!”
Finished speaking, Eileen charged once more, attacking NightKing fiercely.
Feeling extremely embarrassed and angry, she thought since he wasn’t the one who tried to
assassinate her, why didn’t he say it earlier?
The brooding man was forced to fight her a bit longer. Spotting hospital security coming their way, he
decided to leave. As Eileen backed off to dodge his moves, he turned and vanished into the bushes.
Eileen rushed to follow him, but he was nowhere to be seen behind the bushes.
Cursing under her breath, she remembered Egbert was still alone in the ward and hurried back.
Back in the ward, Egbert was awake.
Running in, Eileen grabbed his shoulders and asked, “Are you alright?”:
Egbert looked at her for a moment, shook his head and asked softly, “What happened?”
Eileen went to close the door to the ward, then came back and told him about the incident with
NightKing.
She didn’t mention knowing NightKing, just said she found him suspicious, so she followed him and
ended up in a fight.
Then she asked, “Should we call the police?”
Egbert was silent for a moment, looked at Eileen for a while, then said, “No need.”
Seeing that Egbert’s father was a marshal and could handle such matters, Eileen didn’t say anything
else.
After that, nothing else happened in the ward.
A few hours later, dawn broke and the show’s crew came to pick her up.
Eileen reluctantly left first.
Once Eileen was gone, Egbert sat up and took out a piece of paper under the pillow.
The paper, left for him the night before, had a phone number written on it.
An hour later.
The gloomy guy in the gray coat showed up in the ward again.
Egbert silently gazed at NightKing across the room, picked up the water cup next to him, and took a
sip.
NightKing closed the door, sat down on the sofa across the bed, and smiled slightly, I came alone.
Pretty sincere, huh?”
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NightKing continued, “I hope we can cooperate happily.”
Egbert put down the water cup, his deep eyes shifting towards NightKing, “Crestonia won’t cooperate
with foreign terrorist organizations.”
NightKing’s gray pupils slightly shrank, “Silent Wing, I don’t want to be your enemy. Plus, I’ve handed
Rock over to you.”
Rock, the guy who tried to assassinate Egbert last time.
If NightKing really wanted to kill Silent Wing, he wouldn’t just send one guy.
Rock was just a gift he gave to the Crestonia military.
Rock once raped and murdered a Crestonia official’s daughter. Crestonia always wanted to catch him,
and this time NightKing directly handed him over to the Crestonia military, hoping to cooperate with
them.
The government gave the Bloodbane Shadowsociety a bounty to capture an economic smuggler called
Michael, who’s now in Crestonia. NightKing personally came to Crestonia for this deal.
Including this time, he came alone to find Egbert for negotiations.
He believed he had shown enough sincerity.
Egbert stayed silent.
NightKing suddenly said, “Is that girl from last night important to you?”
Egbert was taken aback, his deep eyes sweeping towards NightKing.
NightKing sneered, ‘Important people should be protected well, otherwise, accidents happen easily…”
“Egbert, I brought you some soup!”
Before NightKing could finish, a girl’s voice suddenly came from outside the ward.
Eileen, who sneaked out of the camp, excitedly carried a thermos, planning to give Egbert some soup.
But the moment she opened the door, she saw someone else in the ward.
The instant she saw NightKing, Eileen immediately put down the thermos.
Like seeing an enemy, she reflexively attacked him!
She was agile, aiming straight for NightKing’s post-surgery stomach.
NightKing tried to get up and dodge, but Eileen stopped him with a kick, grabbed ashtray from the small
table, and smashed it towards his nose.
NightKing’s face turned extremely ugly. He tried to dodge several times, but found out that she seems
to anticipate his every move.
Just like last night!
“Who the hell is this girl?” He thought.
After avoiding her attack, NightKing’s gray eyes fiercely glared at the man on the bed behind him and
shouted out, “Can’t you control your woman? She’s a complete lunatic!”
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