Chapter 12 It is a good time to die in the evening

Luca saw the target's car coming again, and under Gao Yi's urging, he hurriedly took out his phone.

"What are you trying to do? What are you trying to do?"

Luca was somewhat flustered, but Gao Yi calmly said, "The car coming means either picking up the target to leave or bringing someone else here. Either way, we might as well get ready."

Luca wanted to say something, but he felt that Gao Yi's words did indeed make sense.

Gao Yi urgently whispered, "Hurry, the car has already passed the intersection. No, I have to go there!"

"Wait a moment, hey! You..."

Gao Yi had already stood up, taken out his phone, and walked out of the restaurant.

Watching the progress of the three cars, adjusting his pace and speed, Gao Yi who had just left the restaurant dialed Luca's number.

Without shouting, they could only communicate via phone.

Luca answered the phone, his voice low and urgent, "What are you doing? What are you trying to do, come back!"

Gao Yi put the phone to his ear, bowed his head, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'm just going to check it out, start taking on the task."

Luca had two phones; he was holding one to his ear talking to Gao Yi, and hurriedly opened the Dark Web on the other, then frantically entered the page for receiving assignments.

Getting onto the Dark Web wasn't so quick; it required identity verification. Luca had just entered the open tasks page but already saw three cars parked in front of the Casino.

Gao Yi stood on one side of the Casino's entrance, not rushing closer but still talking on the phone with Luca.

"Where are the cars, did anyone get picked up?"

Gao Yi meant to ask if Luca had taken on the task yet.

If Luca hadn't taken on the task yet, they definitely couldn't make a move.

"I'm on it, I'm on it! What are you doing? Don't be impulsive, damn it…"

"I'm not being impulsive, I've never been impulsive…"

While Gao Yi was speaking quietly, he saw the door of the Alphard open.

A common sense, a door opens, and obviously someone's getting in or out.

But since no one was coming out of the car, it clearly meant someone was about to get in.

At that moment, Gao Yi turned his head to look inside the Casino door and, sure enough, he saw the target already at the entrance.

He would get in the car right after stepping out, a mere five meters at most.

The target's two bodyguards were following behind him, one on each side, their eyes looking rather watchful, but they were not prepared to strike immediately; they were seemingly not ready for immediate action.

There's only a thief for a thousand days, not a guard against a thief for a thousand days; even if the target knew about his bounty and had hired two competent bodyguards, it had been over three years now, and even if he was tense, he couldn't always maintain a high level of vigilance.

The target had grown accustomed to life with a bounty on his head, and so had his bodyguards. Though their eyes looked fierce and vigilant, it was only a deliberate act due to their job requirements.

With just a glance, Gao Yi could discern many things, so the moment he saw the target appear, he made a decision without hesitation.

Not much thought was needed, as he felt the timing was right.

Gao Yi walked toward the target, but not directly.

The target walked out right from the middle of the Casino's main entrance, while Gao Yi took a path along the edge. The paths of the two would not meet, staying separated by at least three meters.

The bodyguards just glanced at Gao Yi, then did nothing to guard against him. This was the Casino; they couldn't just stop a guest from entering.

Gao Yi kept holding the phone and said, "Did you get it? I'm there!"

It was something that couldn't be explicitly stated, yet couldn't go unsaid.

Gao Yi didn't receive a response from Luca, and as the target bent to get into the car, one bodyguard was eyeing Gao Yi, while the other made a head-protecting motion inviting the boss to enter the car.

Just then, as he walked past, now standing sideways to the target, Gao Yi didn't turn around but made a swift, unexpected sidelong movement towards the target.

Moving with the agility of a monkey and the swirl of a millstone, using the step technique of the Eight Trigram Wandering Palm, Gao Yi had indeed acquired its true essence.

Still holding his phone, stepping sideways and launching a punch, the three-meter distance was closed in a single stride.

Then, in the startled and perplexed gaze of that bodyguard, Gao Yi lowered his body when he was almost face-to-face with the bodyguard, leaned his shoulder in, and with a shake, the bodyguard swooshed out.

The Eight Trigram Wandering Palm moving into a Hsing Yi Stick Mountain Lean, short power transferring into long power, the short power injured the person, while the long power shot the person out, clearing the space as not to cause trouble.

The target, who had actually put one foot in the car, hadn't even realized what was happening.

Gao Yi grabbed the target's hair with one hand, pulled hard with his right hand, forcibly tilting the target's head backward out of control, then squeezed past between the target and the car body, and with a raise of his left arm holding the phone, abruptly rested it on the heart of the bodyguard propped against the car door.

Tai Chi deceit, Eight Trigram slide, nothing more poisonous than the Heart Connect Technique.

Flowing Eight Trigram Steps moving into a Hsing Yi Stick Mountain Lean, followed by the Drilling Heart Elbow with the Heart Connect Technique.

A series of smooth, connected moves, and the two intimidating-looking bodyguards couldn't even make a sound.

After dealing with the two bodyguards, Gao Yi now faced the target.

Ideally, it would just be a quick end to the target now that he was exposed, all his vital points laid bare before Gao Yi's eyes.

There were too many techniques to choose from, so many that Gao Yi wasn't rushing to strike. He grabbed the target's neck with his right hand and said into the phone with his left, "Did you get it?"

Luca had finally taken on the assignment. Just as he accepted the task, he heard Gao Yi's question.

"I got it! But I need to provide proof, wait a second…"

Luca selected to submit evidence, and in his rush, he opened the video mode, yet he couldn't see the target and Gao Yi.

"I can't see you guys, the car is blocking…"

Luca, holding his phone, rushed out of the restaurant and moved to one side, trying to capture the scene of Gao Yi finishing off the target.

Gao Yi, holding the target's neck, pushed the target forward, causing him to stumble backward. Soon, the two were by the side of the car.

At this moment, the Casino entrance's staff finally started to react.

"What are you doing?"

"Let him go…"

"Security! Security!"

Gao Yi hadn't forgotten that the vehicles on either side had armed bodyguards. Now he finally pocketed his phone, maneuvered to the target's back, locked the target's neck with one arm, and, pointing at nearby staff, yelled, "Back off!"

The target was choked, unable to speak and completely unable to move, his feet instinctively kicking wildly.

At this time, the people from the two vehicles finally got out, four small-built locals, each brandishing a gun as they stepped down from the cars, and promptly aimed at Gao Yi.

Having a gun pointed at him.

Gao Yi suddenly tightened his grip, then released the target, and fiercely said, "Tell them to put down the guns, otherwise…"

Otherwise what, Gao Yi didn't specify; he merely said it to disturb the bodyguards' mindset.

Earlier, the bodyguards had stayed inside the cars without emerging, and the car windows were very dark, so even though he knew it, he wasn't too scared.

But now, with the gun pointed at him, Gao Yi realized the fear.

However...

Gao Yi didn't believe that these bodyguards had bullets chambered and safety off the whole time.

The bodyguards came from the vehicles both in front and behind, surrounding Gao Yi in a fan shape.

But Gao Yi could see that the safety on the AKMs held by two bodyguards on his right side was off.

A bodyguard on his left side, as Gao Yi yelled, flipped the rifle around, his left hand moving to the right side of the gun to pull the bolt.

In the moment before the bolt was released, Gao Yi suddenly released the target and charged towards the bodyguard, who was only three meters away. Just as the bodyguard pulled up the bolt, let go, and the bolt snapped back into place with a click, Gao Yi was already in front of him.

Seven steps away, a gun is fast.

Within seven steps, a gun is both accurate and fast.

But within three steps, it was Gao Yi's unbeatable domain.

As Gao Yi reached the gunman, the man hadn't even managed to flip the rifle back around.

Gao Yi grabbed the gun and pushed it aside. His left hand swung in a strike at the gunman's ear.

A Single Wind Piercing Ear, this strike landed, and the gunman instantly fell, no wobble, no sound, just a slight twitch afterward and no more movement.

Faced with a gun, Gao Yi's instinctual fear made him use a lethal move uncontrollably.

He twisted the hand holding the barrel, flipping the gun in the air, and Gao Yi grabbed the rifle's handle and then pushed the gun backward, securing it under his right arm.

He had just learned it yesterday, and now it was proving useful already. Gao Yi knew he needed to at least know how to handle a gun, even if he couldn't master using it yet.

Releasing the target and seizing the gun, then immediately spinning back to the target's side, as the target instinctively tried to get up and run, Gao Yi once again grabbed his neck in one smooth motion, and bellowed, "Put the guns down!"

Facing an expert.

The three gunmen hesitated.

But Gao Yi was resolute. Holding the gun in one hand, he fired at a gunman on his left.

The left-hand gunman was difficult to manage, so he had to be dealt with first, and with the close distance, Gao Yi's one-handed shooting was still accurate.

The shot bodyguard fell, and the remaining two gunmen quickly set their guns on the ground as Gao Yi fiercely shouted, "Scram!"

The two gunmen turned and fled, while the Casino entrance staff also dispersed.

Luca came over, holding his phone towards Gao Yi, his voice trembling, "Now... please make him face me, get a clear shot of his face…"

Gao Yi turned the target so Luca could clearly capture the target's face. Then with a sudden pull of his left arm, the still-struggling target immediately ceased his struggles, his eyes bulging out.

"His neck is broken!"

Gao Yi was exceedingly confident, but Luca anxiously said, "Wait, wait! It's... not clear enough, we can't confirm decisively that the target is dead!"

Was it that troublesome? But it was manageable. Gao Yi let go, leaving the now lifeless target to lie on the ground, then quietly said, "Got it."

Having a gun in hand, Gao Yi aligned the gun muzzle against the target's head, and with a bang, a splatter of blood, the bullet blew up the target's head.

"You're crazy!"

Luca, jumping up and down, exclaimed, "This is very dangerous!"

Luca was carrying a backpack, wearing another, and holding his phone, dancing around on his feet in a comical manner.

"Let's go! Let's go! Get in the car!"

There was already a car ready here, no need to look for one.

Gao Yi quickly picked up the gun from the ground and tossed it into the car, worried that someone might pick it up and shoot at him after he left.

Gao Yi jumped into the car and aimed the gun at the driver's head, sternly said, "Go, or I'll kill you!"

The driver started the car, while the Land Cruiser that had been occupied by the bodyguards didn't move. Gao Yi looked back through the car window and saw the Casino entrance wasn't bustling because no one had come out to check yet.

Luca in the car submitted the evidence, and then, the evidence was almost instantly approved.

Stunned for a moment, Luca suddenly said, "We took the job, provided evidence in just two seconds, live from the scene, and completed the mission in only sixteen seconds. Uh... we... seem to have... set a record…"