Despair

The leader looked Heller up and down. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "Heller Nicholson? Here I was, wondering who was being so boastful! As it turns out, it's Heller the good-for-nothing! You actually have the guts to come back? Have you really come back to die, you loser?"

Even though it had already been five years, Heller could nevertheless recognize at a glance that the one who had broken into the morgue was Jack's butler, William Zoff. He was the one who had pushed his daughter off the rooftop!

William used the name of the Zoffs in Los Angeles to do whatever he wanted. He abetted the enemy and was a pretentious hypocrite.

"Don't you know that there are countless people in L.A. who want to kill you? Little did I expect that you would actually bring yourself right up to my doorstep!"

"This is a chance to claim huge credit!"

"Get him!"

"Cut off his head and we won't have to worry for the rest of our lives! Endless glory and wealth will be ours!"

With a grand wave from William, the large group of suited bodyguards behind him rushed straight toward Heller.

An overwhelming chill entered Heller's eyes.

It had been five years.

On the night of Heller's wedding five years ago, it was none other than these animals from the Zoffs who had so cruelly killed the Nicholsons and destroyed his family!

Even though Heller had been fortunate enough to escape, the Zoffs had chased after him relentlessly and intercepted him.

In his desperation, Heller had jumped into the river to escape.

After that, a woman had rescued the seriously injured and unconscious Heller at the riverbank and saved his life.

Her name was Ruby Lincoln. She had taken good care of Heller during his darkest days back then, and it was her devoted care and nursing that had brought Heller back to life.

In the end, because Heller was worried that he would implicate Ruby, he had left without saying goodbye and gone straight to the north to enlist in the army.

A down and out man lived a life worse than a dog's.

But once he returns to his former glory, he would surely dye the sky red!

During those five years, Heller had furiously tried to become stronger.

He killed countless enemies on the battlefield and saved innumerable allies, making his name well-known everywhere.

During those five years, countless people from rich and prominent backgrounds had offered huge sums of money and begged for Heller's help, but he was indifferent to them all.

However, if it were the American soldiers who were in trouble, Heller was willing to brandish his Hades Swords to save them, no matter how far away they were!

In Heller's eyes, loyalty to the country was something right and justified!

Heller had originally planned to return after the war. He wanted to avenge the country first before avenging his family.

But now, these beasts were refusing to spare even his daughter! They were the ones who had thrown Nelly off the building, and now, they even wanted to take her corneas and her kidneys?!

She wasn't even four!

They wore suits and leather shoes, and looked like decent human beings, yet they had driven a child to her end so brutally. They were worse than animals!

With a clang, a pair of short blades suddenly appeared in Heller's hands.

One black and one white, they were the Hades Swords!

"All of you should die!"

The next moment, Heller sprang into action!

He turned into an afterimage as he raised the Hades Swords high and rushed straight toward the bodyguards.

Hands up, swords down!

Heller weaved right through the Zoff bodyguards and came to an abrupt stop.

At the same time—

The eight Zoff bodyguards also froze. Then, their bodies instantly fell apart like broken glass.

They had said that they wanted to dissect Nelly and remove her corneas and her kidneys, but now, they were the ones cut into pieces by Heller instead!

Blood, as if it had come to life, wandered up and down continuously on the Hades Swords' blades and shone with a peculiar blood-red gleam.

Heller turned and looked at William.

William's expression changed drastically.

Director Scott even fell onto his bottom on the ground with his face full of horror.

Drip! Drip! Drip!

With a pair of bloodstained swords in hand, Heller slowly took step after step toward William.

The terrified William immediately tried to flee.

With a flash, Heller suddenly appeared beside William, raised his left hand, and sent William flying with the back of his sword.

Right on the heels of it, Heller pressed William to the ground with one hand and held the blade against his neck!

"So, you're the one who pushed my daughter off the building?"

"So, you're the one who wants to take my daughter's corneas and kidneys?"

"How dare you?!"

The blade slowly penetrated through his skin and blood gushed out.

The terrified William screamed, "It wasn't me! I didn't do it! Mr. Jack was the one who did all of those things! I only heard that your daughter hasn't completely died yet and came to make a fortune off a dead person!"

"Heller, you can't kill me!"

"Your woman is still in Mr. Jack's hands!"

"If you kill me, Ruby will definitely die!"

Heller's movements suddenly stopped.

A feminine figure flashed into his mind.

Back then, if it weren't for her, Heller would have died long ago. At that time, he had shouldered deep hatred and a great feud. Burning with a high fever, he had been in a daze. However, he vaguely remembered that something seemed to have happened between him and Ruby one night.

But…

When he woke up the next day and asked about it, Ruby had merely shaken her head in silence.

Come to think of it, it must have been that night when Ruby became pregnant with Heller's child and gave him a daughter.

But…

In the past five years, Ruby had never mentioned this to Heller.

During the past five years, his enemies had never once given up on hunting him down. Although they didn't find him, they found Ruby!

However, perhaps because she knew that Heller would definitely die if he returned to Los Angeles, from beginning till the end, she never asked him for help.

During these five years, that woman had silently shouldered everything for his sake.

Heller couldn't even begin to imagine how Ruby had pushed through by herself with their daughter and how she had managed to survive.

"Tell me!"

Heller slowly tightened his grip on the Hades Swords and asked coldly, "Where is Ruby?"

Under the threat of death, William chose to betray Jack without hesitation. "Mr. Jack took Ruby to his villa south of the city!"

"Heller, don't kill me!"

"If you keep me alive, you can trade me for Ruby!"

That wasn't what William was really thinking, though.

There were countless bodyguards from the Zoffs at the villa. He believed that as long as Heller went, he would definitely die!

When that happened, he would definitely return the humiliation he was currently suffering to Heller by a thousandfold!

But…

Heller did not give him the opportunity to!

He held William's head down with his left hand and raised his right arm high into the air. The Hades Sword in his hand slashed down and plunged into William's temple with pinpoint accuracy and penetrated through his head.

William's eyes widened suddenly. With his eyes bulging from their sockets, he died on the spot, full of regrets.

As Director Scott stared at William's tragic way of passing, he became so scared that he wet his trousers.

At the same time.

A young woman suddenly walked in.

She wore a long white dress. Her visage was incredibly beautiful but expressionless. On the thin spotless tulle of her dress were a few fresh and inconspicuous bloodstains.

Her name was Lindsey Leigh. She was Heller's assistant and his number one trusted subordinate.

"Mr. Nicholson."

Lindsey bowed slightly at Heller and said respectfully, "The Zoff bodyguards standing guard outside have all been dealt with."

Since she said that they had all been dealt with, then that meant that all of them had been killed!

When she finished, Lindsey glanced at Nelly who was covered in blood. Her expression couldn't help but darken, and she said murderously, "Mr. Ning, we've verified that Jack is indeed in the south of the city. Do we immediately mobilize the troops and wipe out all of the Zoffs?!"

Heller plucked out the Hades Sword and ordered dispassionately, "Take care of my daughter. No one is allowed to touch her without my permission!"

"I'm going to personally make a trip to the south of the city and cut Jack into a million pieces!"

...

The villa complex in the south of the city was beautiful and scenic.

In Villa No. 3.

Jack, the eldest son of the Zoffs, held a glass of red wine as he sized up Ruby's beautiful and attractive figure. He said with relish, "Ruby, if you tell me where Heller is hiding and then sleep with me for seven days, I'll ensure your survival. How does that sound?"

Ruby replied, "Don't even think about it! Even if I die, I won't let you have your way!"

"Heh!"

Jack chuckled and said, "Ruby, allow me to remind you that rejecting me will result in serious consequences! Even if you aren't afraid to die, aren't you worried about your daughter?"

Ruby's expression suddenly changed. "You—! What did you do to Nelly?!"

Jack shrugged and went up to Ruby. He said teasingly, "I was originally planning to tell you the truth after having some fun with you, but now, I've changed my mind!"

"Let me tell you a secret—the daughter you had with Heller is already dead!"

"I pushed her down from the sixth floor, so she's already fallen and broken into pieces on the spot!"

Jack laughed wildly and added, "Also, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, but I've also sent people to remove your daughter's corneas and kidneys!"

"I want you and Heller's daughter to die without a whole corpse!"

"Are you pleasantly surprised?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Ruby's face was deathly pale. She said, "That's impossible! Nelly won't die! It's impossible! Nelly! Give me back my Nelly!"

Jack smacked his head lightly and said wickedly, "Would you look at that memory of mine? I almost forgot that I've also prepared a gift for you!"

"Guys, play the video!"

"Yes, sir!"

Jack's bodyguard took out a video recording and started to play it on a projector.

"Aaah! Bad guys! You're all bad guys!"

"Don't hit Nelly!"

"Mommy! Where are you, Mommy?!"

"It hurts! Nelly hurts!"

"Ahh!!"

In the video, the Zoff bodyguards, a group of adult men, punched and kicked Nelly who wasn't even four years old yet, making her scream again and again.

In the end, Jack dialed Heller's number, and then, he pushed Nelly down from the top of the building with his own two hands!

"Nooo!!"

Ruby cried out and wailed, "You bastard! Jack, you animal! Nelly is just a child! She's not even four yet! Why do you refuse to spare even my child?! Why are you doing such a cruel thing to a child?!"

Jack sneered and said, "How dare you ask me why? Because she's Heller's daughter! Five years ago, you were the one who saved Heller! Helping Heller means you're going against the Zoffs! This is the price you should pay for doing that!"

Ruby glared at Jack hatefully. She didn't even have the strength to scream at him anymore.

Her daughter had been killed by Jack. No words could express her pain!

"Ruby, do you think I won't be able to find Heller just because you're keeping quiet?"

"How childish!"

"I've already retrieved your call records and called Heller. I'm just waiting for him to come back and send himself to death's door now!"

"But before that, I'll have to show you a good time first!"

With a wicked look, Jack went on and said, "Ruby, to be honest, even I have to admit that you're really a very beautiful woman! Your figure… Tsk, tsk. It must be ecstasy! It's a pity that Heller lucked out instead. Tonight, I shall have a taste of you! When I get tired of you, I'll give you to my men. They're also very interested in you!"

"Do you see those four video recorders? I specially prepared them for you! They will record the entire process in high-definition from all angles, and ensure that nothing is left out!"

"After that, I will get someone to post the video on the Internet and ruin you! I want everyone to know that Heller's woman is a slut that anyone can bed!"

Ruby screamed hysterically, "Kill me! Just kill me! Let me die with Nelly!"

Now that her daughter was dead, Ruby didn't want to live anymore, either. If death was what it was, then death was what it would be!

But…

Jack waved and said indifferently, "No, no, no. I won't kill you. I haven't had enough fun yet, so how would I be willing to let you die so easily?"

"I want you to be in so much pain that you wish you were dead! I want you to fully understand what true despair is!"

"When Heller returns, he'll definitely be very pleasantly surprised! Hahahaha!"

"To be honest, Ruby, you can actually try putting up a fight. The more you do, the more excited I'll be!"

"Of course, if you want your daughter to be able to rest in peace after her death, then you'd best do everything you can to make me happy and satisfied!"

"If not, my men will immediately remove your daughter's corneas and kidneys and let her die without even a whole corpse!"

"Do you understand me?"

Ruby looked stupefied as she trembled all over. She had a blank look in her eyes and she felt as if her heart was already still.

"Are you in despair yet?"

"Because you should be!"

"This is exactly what happens if you go against the Zoffs!"

Jack downed the wine in his glass in one gulp. Then, he stood up, let out a sinister laugh, and said, "The projector will keep on playing. I will turn you into my, Jack Zoff's, plaything amidst your daughter's cries!"

"You should understand that for secondhand goods like you, it's the greatest honor you could ever have to be favored by me."

"Enjoy being in despair!"

"Hahahahaha!"

As he spoke, Jack dived straight toward Ruby.

Ruby trembled all over. Hysterical despair quickly filled her!

She used all the strength she had and screamed, "Heller! Where are you?!"

The next moment…

Boom!

Heller kicked open the door of the villa and broke in!