mijobooks Chapter 66 Global Arrest!
Chapter 66 Global Arrest!
Titus intends to choose sides between the Antonio siblings.
The siblings came from a top-tier assassin family, and he absolutely refused to believe that either of them was innocent.
He preferred Jaina to Santino.
In the original story, Santino assassinated his own sister Jaina for the sake of power. His reason for hiring an assassin was that he knew it was a dirty trick.
Because the act was so dishonorable, after the assassination was successful, Santino immediately sent an assassin to pick up John with a burst of 9mm bullets.
The saying goes, "When the birds are all gone, the bow is put away; when the rabbit is dead, the dog is cooked." Such ruthlessness makes the heroes of this world as numerous as carp crossing a river!
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The fresco room at Antonio Manor at noon.
In 0.01 seconds, Titus slammed Santino tomato juice onto the still-shattering Horatii.
The painting depicts a weeping woman amidst radiating splattered tomato juice.
In the second 0.01 seconds, Titus drew a dagger and, in eight 0.01 seconds, slit the necks of eight bodyguards in black.
At 0.09 seconds, watermelon juice, full of seeds and mixed with foreign matter, slowly gushed out from her neck like a fountain, as if it were the opening of a grand ceremony.
Titus spent several 0.01-second intervals watching the ceremony.
At 0.5 seconds, Titus first heard a sound, and then saw a lead bullet shot toward him at a speed of 3.3m/0.01s.
A bodyguard whose throat had been slit fired his gun in half a second. In that half second, he didn't even realize that his life was slipping away; he just instinctively pulled the trigger.
That was an alien Laugo Lien pistol, the bodyguard's sidearm, known for its "uninterrupted fire and maximum accuracy," firing 9mm bullets.
In 0.01 seconds, Titus flicked his finger at the lead bullet, and the bullet broke off instantly, exploding from within!
The sound of the lead bullet exploding was traveling at 340 m/s (the speed of sound is 340 m/s).
Titus estimated that it would take about 5 0.01 seconds before all the bodyguards around him could catch the sound of the lead bullet exploding.
It would take about 30 0.01 seconds for these "well-trained" bodyguards to hear the noise and react.
Alas, mortals...
Titus sighed and dodged the two newly fired bullets.
They were two bodyguards who would only realize they were about to die a full 0.5 seconds later.
Titus picked up Santino's dislodged head and walked out of the mural hall.
Because Santino's torso crashed into the mural, his head barely resembles a human head.
By the time Titus walked out of the mural hall, a full second had passed since he made his move.
Titus then spent another 0.07 seconds throwing the head into the central square of the estate, a blatant insult to the Antonio family.
At this point, Titus was freed from this state that was almost like a "half-time stop".
As a minor Proto-Forged Space Marine, blessed by Khorne, his controllable reaction time limit is 0.01 seconds.
But this doesn't mean he can maintain a reaction time of 0.01 seconds indefinitely. This is like not being able to sprint at full speed indefinitely, and a reaction time of 0.01 seconds requires more energy and stamina than sprinting at full speed.
That short 1.07-second "half-time stop" alone exhausted Titus.
He slowly left the manor. Beside Santino's head was a Renaissance sculpture—the head of Perseus and Medusa.
Under the dazzling sunlight, the grey-white sculpture of Perseus, holding a scimitar in his left hand and Medusa's head in his right, coldly gazes in the direction where Titus has left.
It symbolizes the elimination of threats and the violent seizure of power.
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The underground private bath at Antonio Manor, Kafka, the time goes back to that evening.
Titus recounted the whole story, offering an excellent explanation for the "half-time stop" ability:
"I unleashed the Hellish Instant Kill Array in the Mural Hall with the aura of a god, and in the blink of an eye, I wiped out Santino and his party."
John asked:
"Are you serious? You really let Santino leave the bloodstain?"
Titus nodded in reply:
"I pressed it down with his severed limb, and I still have photos on my phone."
John looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Titus showed the photo:
He carefully pressed a severed hand onto the blood pact with his left hand, while holding Santino's head in his right hand to prove his identity.
John was startled and quickly noticed something amiss:
The more Jack looks at his phone screen, the more it resembles Facebook!
The photo also showed 666 likes! John swiped down, and a dense array of comments in various languages appeared before his eyes.
One of them:
"The Antonio family of the High Table has given a serious thumbs up."
John realized that this was a killer version of Facebook, called "The Hunter Website".
The Hunter website is used for information exchange among assassins who are contracted with hotels in mainland China.
The website was created by the High Table and is managed by a dedicated global management department. Major wanted notices are also sent to hitmen worldwide through this website.
Jaina, standing to the side, shook her head and explained:
"You don't really think it's me, do you—"
"Wait, that's not the point. The point is, you slept with Santino, broke the blood pact, and even posted the photos on the hunter website?"
Titus nodded in reply:
"I never intended to hide it, so why not let the fire burn even more fiercely?"
Gianna steadied her heaving, wheat-colored breasts, water droplets seeping into her mounds, and asked:
"What are you planning to do?"
Titus replied:
"One mission: to overthrow the High Table."
Jaina looked at Titus as if he were a madman and immediately denied it:
"This is an impossible task."
After a moment of silence, or rather, a moment of blankness, John reminded him:
"Jaina, it would be in your best interest for Santino to die—everyone knows of Santino's ambitions."
"And Jack and I are also inextricably linked..."
Jaina's chest heaved, and she said:
"I am still the heir to the Camorra family seat. Even if I accept this infamy, I will only face moral condemnation and some internal troubles."
"The Camorra family needs someone to inherit the position..."
Titus said:
"I saved you, and I want you to know—if I hadn't killed Santino, you would have died tonight."
Jaina crossed her arms over her chest, supporting her full, fleshy peach:
"Jack, have you misunderstood something?"
"As long as I'm alive, Santino's blood pact will not disappear; the handprint is just a formality."
"The High Table will keep a close eye on John, and if they discover that he has given up in any way, he will be the one to die."
Titus smiled gently:
"If we absolutely must protect you tonight, subduing John won't be difficult."
Jaina frowned and said:
"Are you interested in my sister... or are you determined to fight against the High Table?"
Titus replied:
"Isn't this the obvious answer?"
Jaina smiled and said:
"Then I must make my stance clear in advance—if you go to war with the High Table, I will absolutely not stand by your side."
"You saved me, but I'm not the only one in my family. I have to consider my family. In short, I can't help you openly."
"If I can't accept it, I'll just die right now, don't bother."
Titus said:
"All I need is for you to nod in the appropriate place, not to publicly support me, but at least to provide inside information about the twelve families."
"I mean—we're practically one of us now, right?"
Jaina's expression changed repeatedly, and after a moment, she nodded heavily.
The phone next to the bathtub suddenly vibrated. Jaina glanced at it, her eyes widening in shock.
She received an email from the hunter website and unconsciously read it aloud:
"High Table Global Bounty: Jack Vizra (real name: Titus Gallagher)!"
"Criminal Charge: Defilement of the Blood Pact, Disruption of Order!"
"A bounty of 2000 million US dollars!"
The sound of hurried footsteps approaching from the stairwell echoed.
John and Gianna shouted at the same time:
"Jack, run!"
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