Chapter 6 Three Tasks

He was somewhat excited; finally, he could see the public assignments on the Dark Web.

The page was very clean, without the tiered assignments Gao Yi had imagined, but at the top of the assignment interface, there was a regional option.

Gao Yi found out the region was Asia, Thailand.

The first title at the forefront of the assignments was "Public Assignments," and the only title of the assignment was just an amount.

The top-ranked assignment in Thailand was for US$ 100,000, an amount that immediately enticed Gao Yi, so he clicked on it without hesitation.

After clicking in, there was a very detailed assignment description. After all, as a public assignment, all the information about the target to be assassinated was there, including photos, names, addresses, occupations, and so on.

In short, if you want to kill the target as quickly as possible, you should provide as much detailed information as possible. Gao Yi felt that the Dark Web must also play a very important role in this, such as the authenticity of the information, which should be the responsibility of the Dark Web.

The most lucrative assignment, worth US$ 100,000, but Gao Yi just glanced at the target's information and immediately chose to give up.

The reason was none other than that the target was a major general.

A towering figure like a general, and the price for his life is only US$ 100,000?

That must be a joke!

Gao Yi would not assassinate a general for US$ 100,000, no matter which country's general it was. This was not about wanting to make money, this was about whether one could stay alive or not.

Luca also saw the page Gao Yi was browsing, and with a somewhat helpless chuckle, he said, "Let's skip this one. Nobody is really foolish enough to spend US$ 100,000 on a general's life, nor is anyone foolish enough to take only US$ 100,000 to knock off a general. So, this assignment is actually a warning from a competitor. Look at the date; the bounty expires in twenty more days."

Gao Yi exited that page without taking a closer look.

The second-ranked task was for 50,000 USD, and Gao Yi clicked on it to find that this time the target was a woman.

A very beautiful woman with an incredible figure.

There were photos from all angles and detailed information, including name, address, and even her license plate number.

Gao Yi was curious, for this woman didn't look old, and he wondered why she would have a bounty on the Dark Web.

The information was very detailed and the task requirement was very clear: the woman must die in an accident and must not show any signs of being murdered. The benchmark for judging success was if the police declared the woman's death an accident, then the task would be considered successful.

If the police declared the cause of her death to be murder, then the task would fail.

Gao Yi looked at Luca, puzzled, and said, "What's with this woman? Can you explain?"

Without hesitation, Luca said, "It's simple. This woman is some rich man's mistress, and now this mistress has become a trouble. The simplest and most convenient way to get rid of the trouble quickly is to spend some money to get rid of her. Of course, for a rich man, it's a small amount of money. Yet, the person who issued this assignment should have some money but is just new to the Dark Web, that kind of nouveau riche."

"How do you figure?"

"To get rid of a mistress, why should a real wealthy mogul bother going to the Dark Web to hire someone? Just send any person to deal with it."

Luca seemed very experienced, and indifferently said, "Then 50,000 USD isn't really a small amount either. Look at this woman's car, the luxury items she wears; they are brands that the middle class can't afford and the moguls wouldn't bother to buy.

Consider the amount of the task, 50,000 USD, it's already quite a lot in Thailand, and that the issuer is willing to pay 50,000 USD for her life instead of giving her the money, it means this woman's appetite far exceeds 50,000 USD."

Luca spoke with authority, and Gao Yi couldn't help asking, "Do you know her? Or know some rich person?"

"I don't know her, but looking at the timing of the task, it's a one-month deadline, which means the issuer is in a hurry. Then the task has been up on the Dark Web for eleven days now. Eleven days without anyone taking on the task, what does that tell you?"

"What?"

"It means the task is a bit troublesome. The real registered assassins think the input is not worth the output, so I think this woman's identity isn't so simple. Hmm, she's not a celebrity, but she must have certain fame; the kind that would cause trouble if killed, most likely an online celebrity with about one hundred to three hundred thousand followers. And this point wasn't mentioned in the information provided by the client. This client isn't being honest."

Gao Yi looked at Luca, surprised, as Luca confidently said, "Just look it up and you'll know. Hold on."

Luca then took out another phone, searched online for a moment, and soon said, "Yes, she's an online celebrity, with one hundred and forty thousand followers on Facebook."

"Wow! How did you figure out the number of followers?"

"The method is simple. If she had enough followers, she wouldn't need to be a mistress to a not particularly wealthy man. But if the number of followers is too small, not enough to be called an online celebrity, then she would have been killed already."

Gao Yi really began to admire Luca.

Luca proudly smiled and said, "This task is doable; just arrange a car accident. It's just that figuring out the target's movement pattern will take time, and we'll also need to avoid others' eyes, which is a bit troublesome."

"I won't do this task."

Gao Yi spoke very seriously and earnestly.

Luca shrugged and said, "50,000 USD, indeed, does not seem to be much worth it, plus there's your health..."

"It's not about whether it's worth it or my health; I've said it before, I will only kill the bad guys, otherwise I can't get past my own moral threshold."

Luca was taken aback, then said, "Does this woman count as a good person?"

"Well, she's not really a bad person either. Anyway, I won't kill her. It goes against my principles."

Luca scratched his head and said, "Alright, I respect your choice, and the underworld is never short of scum, you have plenty of targets to choose from."

Gao Yi exited the page of that woman's task, and then he saw another task for twenty thousand and three hundred dollars.

Upon clicking in and just seeing the photo, Luca sighed and said, "This task isn't suitable; it's only a twenty thousand-dollar commission, but the target is a very dangerous one, so it's not worth it."

This target suited Gao Yi's tastes, as the information showed that the target was the boss of a human trafficking and telephone scam group.

In all of Thailand, there were only three assignments.

If this twenty thousand-dollar assignment was also unsuitable, then there would be no assignments.

Gao Yi curiously asked, "Why is it unsuitable?"

"Because the risk is high and the reward is low; this task has been hanging for at least three years, and the target is still alive because twenty thousand and three hundred dollars is simply too little."

Gao Yi asked, quite curious, "You know about this task?"

"Of course, all the assassins in Southeast Asia know about it. Hmm, the client is a father who lost his daughter; he offered all of his wealth as a reward to kill the bastard who caused his daughter's death. But the problem is, only twenty thousand dollars is too little. So, when the one-year deadline came, the client added one hundred dollars to the bounty to maintain this public assignment. This task is quite famous, but nobody takes it."

After Luca finished speaking, he planned to take back his phone, saying, "There's nothing in Thailand. Let's take a look at nearby regions. There are always suitable tasks for us."

"No, no."

Gao Yi avoided Luca's hand and looked at the phone, delighted, "To start my assassin career with a task that acts in the name of heaven, this is perfect. Never mind the money, I'll take this task."