Li Qiang brought in a basin of burning charcoal from outside, with a fire tong placed inside that had been heated until it glowed red. Holding the tongs, Li Qiang sneered, "I see you have a tough mouth, but these tongs are tougher."

The man clearly still showed disdain, coldly saying, "You won't get any information from me."

"Damn it!" Li Qiang cursed, "A refusal of a toast only leads to a forfeit of a drink."

Sizzling...

Li Qiang grabbed the tongs and ruthlessly thrust them onto the man's chest. Instantly, the smell of roasting meat began to fill the warehouse.

"Ahh!!" The man couldn't hold back anymore and screamed in agony.

"Will you talk now!" Li Qiang roared angrily.

"I won't talk!!" The man raged and screamed simultaneously.

After a long struggle, and draining themselves, they still couldn't extract any information from him. Zhou Kai and Li Qiang were both extremely frustrated.

Zhou Kai helplessly said, "Brother Chuan, this guy is tough. We can't handle it!"

"These guys are professionally trained!" Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Ordinary methods obviously won't work on him; we need to try something special."

"What tactics?" everyone asked eagerly.

"Let him down," Lin Chuan smirked. He then whispered something to Liu Cheng, who hurriedly ran out.

Zhou Kai and Li Qiang hurriedly lowered the guy from mid-air, as Lin Chuan stripped the man of his clothes. The man still wore a defiant expression. Lin Chuan stuffed a piece of wood into the man's mouth, securing it tightly with wire.

"Brother Chuan, what's this for?" Li Qiang asked curiously.

"To prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide," Lin Chuan replied.

At this moment, Liu Cheng hurriedly brought a jar of something inside. While running, he said, "Chuan, the honey is here."

"Place it here," Lin Chuan smiled.

Zhou Kai was even more puzzled, "Brother Chuan, you're not planning to feed him honey, are you?"

"Of course not!" Lin Chuan shook his head and chuckled, "This is to make him talk."

"But, his mouth is stuffed," Zhou Kai didn't understand.

"You'll understand soon," Lin Chuan smiled wickedly.

At that moment, Lin Chuan grabbed a brush and kept brushing honey on the man's wounds, filling the warehouse with the strong scent of honey. Soon, that aroma began to spread rapidly. The man was thrown onto the ground.

It didn't take long before ants, lured by the scent, began arriving in succession.

At first, there was a group; later, they swarmed densely. An hour later, the man's body was almost entirely covered with ants, which tore at the wounds soaked with honey. Initially, the man was indifferent, but later, he began to feel the pain, his face contorting in agony, which nearly drove him to the breaking point. He began to scream, "Ah! Ah!"

With his mouth blocked, and his body fixed to the ground, masses of ants continued to swarm over him. These ants heartily relished the delicious taste of honey mixed with fresh blood.

The man screamed continuously.

Lin Chuan inquired, "Ready to talk now?"

"You... You wish!" The man still resisted.

"It seems, we need to think of some ultimate techniques," Lin Chuan smirked.

"There are more methods?" Zhou Kai asked in astonishment.

In fact, the scene before him already stunned Zhou Kai. Brother Chuan was truly evil, thinking of using these insignificant forces to aid himself. Actually, these ants seem trivial, but when tens of thousands of them gathered together, they immediately formed an overwhelming power. What is called a swarm devouring the body. This pain was definitely not something ordinary pain could compare to.

"Of course!" Lin Chuan nodded, saying, "There's a type of ant called the Big-headed ant. This ant is very powerful, and its bite is much more severe than those of the smaller Huang family ants. We could try to attract some Big-headed ants!"

"You madman, you devil!" The man continued to scream in agony.

The stick in his mouth was finally dislodged, and the corners of his mouth torn by the wire still bled. The man frantically struggled while being bitten by thousands of ants at his wounds, unable to bear such pain.

"It's still not too late to speak," Lin Chuan laughed, "I heard that Big-headed ants' bites are more painful, and there are Black Ants as well. Hehe, if you don't speak, you won't have another chance."

"Madman, you maniac!" The man screamed continuously.

Lin Chuan's lips curled up in a smile, saying, "I'm already being quite gentle; otherwise, I'd use all the severe tortures of the Qing Dynasty on you, making you suffer incessantly."

"I'll talk, I'll talk!" The man finally gave in.

"Speak, who sent you?" Lin Chuan asked.

"It's... it's Qin Dalei, Qin Dalei sent me to kill you!" the man cried out.

"Very good," Lin Chuan sneered coldly.

Splash...

With a swift motion, Lin Chuan's dagger pierced through the man's throat, his eyes widening. Soon, his face broke into a smile, seemingly thanking Lin Chuan for granting him relief, otherwise enduring such pain would be the real torture.

After a bout of convulsions, the other party finally took their last breath.

Lin Chuan's lips curved into a smile as he said, "Alright, work's done."

"Brother Chuan, you... why did you kill him?" Zhou Kai asked.

"Even if I didn't kill him, he would have killed himself!" Lin Chuan replied.

"Why?" Zhou Kai asked, puzzled.

"Because he was an assassin," Lin Chuan answered. "For any assassin, failing to complete a mission is a disgrace. Especially after revealing the mastermind behind it all, he would have basically lost an assassin's dignity. For an assassin, dignity is more important than life. If one loses their dignity, what significance does life hold?"

"Uh..." Zhou Kai was dumbfounded.

In their view, life is above all else. With life comes everything; without it, everything is lost. If life is gone, what significance do money, wealth, power, and even so-called dignity have?

"Dispose of him," Lin Chuan said with a clap of his hands.

"Yes!" Zhou Kai immediately nodded.

Subsequently, they began the cleanup operation, which simply meant disposing of the body. Zhou Kai and a few followers got a chemical drum, threw the body inside, and filled it with cement. After briefly heating it over a fire for half an hour, the cement hardened instantly. They then threw the drum into the East River. This is a river that will never run dry. Once sunk to the riverbed, there will never be an opportunity for it to resurface.

Having disposed of the body, it was already past midnight.

"Brother Chuan, when are we going to deal with that old ghost, Qin Dalei?" Zhou Kai asked.

"Don't worry, there will be an opportunity," Lin Chuan said with a cold laugh, "but not now."

"Then when?" Zhou Kai was somewhat puzzled.

"Obviously, when the time is right," Lin Chuan chuckled and said, "It's getting late, let's go home and sleep."

Everyone watched Lin Chuan's retreating figure with puzzled expressions.

"Brother Chuan's heart is really broad," Li Qiang commented blinking, "being targeted for assassination, and he still has the mood to go home and sleep. If it were me, I'd be scared to death."

"That's the difference between you and Brother Chuan," Zhou Kai glanced at Li Qiang.

Li Qiang chuckled and replied, "That's true, that's true."

Qin Han Restaurant.

In Qin Dalei's office, a group of people were anxiously waiting.

Off to the side, Xiao Hei silently finished a pack of cigarettes. Qin Dalei leaned on the sofa, occasionally glancing at his Patek Philippe on his wrist and muttering, "What time is it now, why is there still no news?"

"Big brother, should I go and scout a bit?" Xiao Hei suggested.

"Never mind," Qin Dalei shook his head and said, "Let's wait a bit longer. We should trust Xiao Jun in his work. He's one of the strongest mercenaries."

"But, I always feel something isn't right!" Xiao Hei said awkwardly, "but I just can't pinpoint what's wrong!"

"Stop being overly anxious," Qin Dalei laughed and then said, "Let's just wait here for news from Xiao Jun."

Time ticked away, second by second.

Until three o'clock in the morning.

Xiao Hei finally couldn't sit still any longer, he stood up: "Big brother, I must go check the situation."

"Go ahead," Qin Dalei also felt uneasy, but he trusted Xiao Jun deeply. Now, after seven or eight hours, and still no word from him even though he was supposed to report back before midnight.

Xiao Hei immediately rushed out.

Qin Dalei sat in his office, while a man in a black suit frowned and said, "Big brother, this mission has most likely failed."

"Where is he?" Qin Dalei asked.

"Probably dead," the man in the black suit replied, "Given Xiao Jun's character, that's most likely the case."

Qin Dalei was slightly stunned, then suddenly exhaled a sigh.

"If Lin Chuan can survive this ordeal, then it must be his fate," Qin Dalei gritted his teeth and then said, "Even if he doesn't die this time, next time he will undoubtedly die!"

At this moment, the man in the black suit smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, everyone says this Lin Chuan is unfathomable and highly skilled. Instead of us taking action, why not use someone else to kill him?"

"Whose hand?" Qin Dalei suddenly asked.

"Use Bai Yifan's hand," the man in the black suit revealed a sinister smile.

Qin Dalei was slightly taken aback, said, "Bai Yifan?"

"Yes!" the man in the suit immediately nodded, "Lin Chuan has always been occupying Tang Yumeng, Bai Yifan has long harbored resentment towards him, wanting to eliminate him multiple times but never succeeding. This time, I think it's an opportunity, we can make good use of this pawn. What do you think, Mr. Qin?"

[Two more chapters this afternoon.]

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