789: Chapter 778: Lone Ranger!
789: Chapter 778: Lone Ranger!
“Demon?
That’s quite an apt description!”
Ning Fan sneered, comfortably accepting the other party’s characterization.
In the next second, his expression changed to one of icy coldness, the chill in his eyes so intense it could make one shiver without being cold.
“Then I’ll let you experience what a real demon is like!”
Ning Fan grabbed the woman’s hair, his hand holding three silver needles, ready to stab down towards her crown.
“This will be triple the pain you felt just now, savor it well!”
He spoke with feigned bravado, but to the woman who had endured torment worse than death and an experience akin to walking through Ghost Gate Pass, she had no doubt at this moment.
She now believed that the man before her would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
If she continued to be tortured like this, she would go mad.
Rather than endure such torment, she would prefer a swift end!
“Don’t, just kill me if you dare!”
Compared to the agony she had previously endured, she was not afraid of death.
If forced to choose, she would rather have Ning Fan end it quickly and directly.
“Give you a swift end?” Ning Fan scoffed, “What makes you think you’re worthy of me granting you such mercy?”
“Bastard, demon!!!”
The woman cursed through gritted teeth.
Now, filled with both anger and fear towards Ning Fan, she was angry at his inhumane cruelty and also feared the cruel methods he used to torture people.
Rather than live a fate worse than death, it would be better to die quickly, but Ning Fan would not let her die easily before he got what he wanted.
“Thanks for the compliment, I am a demon, are you ready?
The demon is about to start tormenting your soul!”
Ning Fan spoke in a deep tone, like a terrifying whisper from a demon, sending chills throughout the woman’s body.
With her martial prowess sealed by Ning Fan, she had no more ability than an ordinary person.
Even if she wished to take her own life, she had no opportunity under Ning Fan’s watchful eye.
“No, no, no!!!”
The woman grabbed Ning Fan’s hand, pleading with him, her expression collapsing as she was thoroughly frightened by him.
“I really don’t know, I’m just a minor figure under the umbrella, I have no idea if there are other umbrella operatives in Zhonghai, you might as well kill me, I truly don’t know!”
Although this mission was personally issued by Tengyun Geshang, her status within the umbrella organization wasn’t high, nor was it possible for her to know such secretive information.
While there was contact between umbrella operatives, neither side knew the other’s details.
Now being questioned by Ning Fan about other umbrella operatives in Zhonghai, she genuinely had no clue.
Ning Fan furrowed his brow and shouted fiercely, “You’re lying!”
With that, he was about to drive the silver needles into the woman’s crown, to have her truly experience a fate worse than death.
“I’m not lying to you, how could I dare deceive you?
If I do, may I fall into Hell and never be reborn!”
The woman spoke in desperation.
She genuinely didn’t have the information Ning Fan sought; she was merely ordered to kill him.
Seeing that she didn’t seem to be lying, Ning Fan furrowed his brow.
If that were the case, then continuing to interrogate her seemed pointless.
However, Ning Fan was not satisfied with this situation, if things were like this, wouldn’t he still be blind?
The Umbrella remained in the shadows, while he was out in the open, which seemed too passive no matter how you looked at it.
“So do you know someone who is really good at the Face-changing Technique?”
Ning Fan asked again, although not holding out much hope this time, but when he asked, the woman’s eyes clearly showed some changes.
Noticing this, Ning Fan raised his eyebrows and asked with a cold face, “Speak, do you know or not?!”
The woman subconsciously shivered, looking at Ning Fan fearfully, her eyes struggling for a moment before she replied, “I don’t know his real name, everyone just calls him Thousand Faces!”
Thousand Faces was somewhat of a celebrity within the Umbrella, his divine Face-changing Technique piqued the curiosity of the people within the Umbrella about this man’s true appearance.
There were even rumors that Thousand Faces was actually a woman, but she didn’t know what the truth was.
“Is that all?”
“That’s all, Thousand Faces keeps a low profile on a regular basis, he rarely interacts with others in the organization, he’s a loner!”
She explained; about this person Thousand Faces, she truly didn’t know much, he was too mysterious.
In just a few words, Ning Fan could tell that this man was indeed very cautious, even people within the same organization knew little about him, and what his true appearance was, perhaps only very few in the world knew.
After not gaining any useful information from the woman skilled in Bewitching Technique, Ning Fan said somewhat angrily, “Then you can go die!”
A glint of relief flashed in the woman’s eyes; it was good that Ning Fan killed her, as it was impossible for her to return anyway.
The Umbrella had no use for failures, and as long as she didn’t have to endure the living hell anymore, it was enough for her.
“Wait a minute!”
Just as Ning Fan was about to deliver a fatal Palm Wind to the woman, Ouyang Feifei stopped Ning Fan.
Ning Fan’s hand paused in mid-air, the Palm Wind still brushing against the woman’s face.
He looked at Ouyang Feifei, puzzled as to why she would stop him at this moment; this woman seemed to have no further use to Ning Fan, was he supposed to keep her for the New Year or something?
“Can you still contact Thousand Faces?”
Ouyang Feifei squatted down and asked the woman, her voice was very calm, quite gentle, to the point that even the female assassin felt somewhat comforted.
The woman lifted her head, looking at Ouyang Feifei with bewilderment, and suddenly a surge of panic throbbed in her heart as she bit her lip hard.
“No, I can’t do that, you might as well kill me!”
She shook her head, screaming.
If she did such a thing, the Umbrella would never forgive her, and if she were captured and sent back, the Umbrella’s way of dealing with traitors would be the same as Ning Fan’s ruthless methods; she couldn’t bear to endure such agony that felt worse than death ever again.
Seeing her fear, Ouyang Feifei actually smiled, because without saying there was no way to contact Thousand Faces, this woman might still have a way to reach him.
Since Ning Fan was so eager to find Thousand Faces, Ouyang Feifei naturally wanted to lend a hand, so as long there still was hope, that meant there was still a chance, this woman still had value at the moment.
Ning Fan stood to the side, watching Ouyang Feifei with some surprise, then he let out a wry smile.
He had been too impulsive, his judgment clouded by matters of the Umbrella.
Since Ouyang Feifei was willing, why not let her handle it?