Chapter 226: No Waiting

"Poor!"

Another egg was tragically destroyed and exploded in Ares' hand, making him feel very distressed. He clearly didn't use much force, but he still accidentally crushed the egg when he grabbed it.

Ares, who has acquired the physique of a super soldier, feels that any object in her hands is as fragile as tofu and can be easily crushed.

She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to go out in the short term.

Otherwise, it is easy to do something that attracts attention and causes unnecessary trouble.

"Pack this up, I'm going to the supermarket downstairs to buy a few boxes of eggs." This was not the first time that Cheng Long taught the enhanced woman how to adapt to the surge in strength.

The egg catch is the most effective of all training programs, allowing people to adapt to their increased strength more accurately.

There is a small supermarket near the apartment building.

A box of eggs contains twelve. Cheng Long bought fifty boxes at once, which is enough for Ares to practice for a long time.

However, when he entered the elevator carrying two large boxes of eggs and went upstairs, a hurried and haggard man caught his attention.

"John Wick?"

Cheng Long looked quite surprised. It seemed that this ace killer was not targeting him.

Even the other party doesn’t recognize me.

After all, the killer who accepted the bounty and came to assassinate him couldn't possibly have no fluctuation in his eyes when he saw him.

Out of the killer's instinct, Wick immediately noticed Cheng Long's scrutinizing gaze, but he just glanced at him and paid no more attention.

Wick pressed the button for the 7th floor, which was the floor where Ares was.

In the past, when John Wick carried out a mission, he would thoroughly investigate every aspect of the target person’s living environment before taking action. But this time, he didn’t even recognize Mr. Long when he saw him, purely because he was too concerned about his seriously ill wife.

After finding out Ares's residence, he hurried over.

Winston said that Mr. Long lived in Ares's house and usually didn't go out in the morning.

He had to reach a deal with the other party before noon.

"Wait, wait a minute..." Just as the elevator was about to start, a middle-aged woman in cleaning clothes suddenly hurried over, dragging a vacuum cleaner.

When Wick saw the other person, his haggard eyes suddenly became sharp.

Cheng Long stepped aside to make way for him and asked, "Auntie, which floor?"

"Seventh floor."

The cleaning lady walked into the elevator and breathed a sigh of relief.

The auntie looked ordinary and didn't like to talk. After entering the elevator, she walked to the back right corner and quietly guarded her vacuum cleaner...

hum!
The elevator slowly rose. John Wick, who was standing next to Cheng Long, suddenly became nervous. The cleaning lady, who didn't say a word, seemed quite calm on the surface, but was extremely panicked inside.

Obviously, she had recognized John Wick, the famous killer, but it would be difficult for her to give up the 20 million US dollar order.

The two people were wary of each other, making the atmosphere in the elevator extremely subtle.

It seemed as if a small, unintentional action would trigger a big war.

Ding!
The elevator quickly reached the seventh floor.

Cheng Long, holding two boxes of eggs, went out first.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the cleaning lady suddenly lifted up the corner of her clothes, pulled out a gun from her bosom, and pointed it at Cheng Long's head.

But just as she was about to pull the trigger and blow up the target's head, a strange scene happened.

The cleaning lady's body began to twist in irregular shapes, and her muscles and bones seemed to have been frozen suddenly by the extremely cold weather.

This naturally includes her right hand holding the gun.

Soon after, flakes of water mist overflowed from her body and condensed into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a blink of an eye, the cleaning lady was frozen into an ice sculpture by the water escaping from her body, emitting a deep chill. John Wick, who had not yet walked out of the elevator, felt as if he was in an extremely cold place in an instant, and he shivered with cold.

Such a weird and terrifying scene made the ace killer shudder with fear.

If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that a living person could suddenly freeze into an ice sculpture in comfortable weather of more than 10 or 20 degrees.

He didn't quite understand the principle behind it, but he was greatly shocked.

There is no doubt that this is another improvement on water arrow technique made by Mr. Cheng using his knowledge of physics.

Since water arrows can absorb water from the enemy's body and transform it into water arrows for attack, and ice is another form of water, it is natural that magic can be used as a medium to transform the water into ice while absorbing the enemy's water.

Cheng Long named this technique the Ice Technique. If he used it with all his strength, it would be no problem to freeze half of New York City.

And there is no need to consider the source of water, because the human body has sufficient water, accounting for 60%-70% of body weight. It is a pretty scary little magic application.

The cleaning lady was lucky.

The first one to experience every second of what it’s like to be frozen to death by your own water.

"Sir~~"

After John Wick recovered, he rushed out of the elevator and stopped Cheng Long who was walking towards Ares's house.

"Plop!" John Wick suddenly knelt on the ground, looked at Cheng Long with awe and fear, and begged: "Mr. Long, please save my wife Helen! She has cancer, and it was already in the late stage when it was discovered. She has missed the best time for treatment. She is only 30 years old and has a long future..."

"Mr. Long, save Helen, save her..."

"As long as you are willing to help, I am willing to pay any price."

Seeing John Wick kneeling in front of him and crying bitterly, Cheng Long was stunned at first, then said expressionlessly: "Come in and talk."

The main cause of the story in the John Wick series is actually that the protagonist's wife died of illness, leaving only a car and a dog as bonds to accompany John Wick.

If Helen was still alive, then the dog was killed and the car was stolen, and John Wick would not have been furious and wiped out an entire gang.

By saving Helen, John Wick can be restrained and many people can be prevented from dying.

Although most of the people killed by Wick deserved to die, the deaths of those in the second and third parts were not so absolute.

"Wick?"

Ares, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise outside the door. He opened the door and saw the ace killer who had retired for many years, kneeling on the ground with red eyes and a stunned expression.

"Here, your egg."

Cheng Long handed two boxes of eggs to Ares and walked straight to the sofa and sat down.

John Wick hurried into the room, hesitating whether to kneel down and beg, when Cheng Long said, "It's not difficult to cure your wife Helen. The question is, what can you give me?"

"Mr. Long, as long as you are willing to help, I can do anything you want me to do."

When John Wick spoke, he bowed slightly, and his words were filled with deep respect.

A man who can freeze a female killer to death deserves everyone's respect.

"Ares can do everything you can do, and she can also warm my bed. I really can't think of any reason to help you..."

Cheng Long's words made John Wick's nervous heart drop to the bottom in an instant.

But he did not give up, and said shamelessly: "Mr. Long, the InterContinental Hotel has a public wanted order for you. You will face various attacks for a long time to come. Maybe these people are just flies that you can easily kill, but too many flies will be annoying."

"And I can help you get rid of these annoying flies, so that you and Miss Ares can enjoy your world quietly."

"If I kill them all for you, wouldn't it be a waste?"

Cheng Long raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a devilish sneer.

John Wick was stunned, not knowing what was going on.

At this time, Ares, who was carrying eggs into the kitchen, said with a smile: "It seems that the information you received is very backward. Didn't anyone tell you that men are demons? Those wealthy and powerful people who have recovered their youth have spent a huge amount of money to 'acquire' 500 death row prisoners for the dragon."

"..."

John Wick was dumbfounded and shocked.

He never imagined that Mr. Long, who looked gentle and polite, could actually be a demon who reaped other people's souls!

For a moment, Wick was too shocked to speak.

After a long time.

He said, "Mr. Long, how many death row prisoners do we need to sacrifice to cure Helen?"

"If you just want to cure the disease, just catch a hundred killers or fugitives for me. Of course, if you have saved a lot of money, you can also buy death row prisoners, but he probably can't compete with those rich people."

Cheng Long was right. Citigroup has at least 45 billionaires, and most of them are over years old and in urgent need of rejuvenation.

These people also have wives and even parents who care about them. Including high-ranking congressmen and incumbent politicians, there are at least 800 people waiting for him to take action.

Today's death row inmates are getting more and more expensive. John Wick has no power, no connections, and not much money. How can he be qualified to compete with capitalists and politicians for sacrifices?

Therefore, Cheng Long did not put too much pressure on John Wick. Capturing a hundred killers or fugitive criminals was not a difficult task for this former ace killer.

"Mr. Long, one hundred people is no problem, but my wife's illness..." John Wick said cautiously: "I hope you can treat my wife first. As an apology, I am willing to triple the one hundred and find three hundred sacrifices for you. Complete this transaction within half a year."

"Okay, ask your friend to send the person over. We won't wait for you after the deadline."

Adhering to the principle of even the smallest detail, Cheng Long decisively accepted John Wick's request to capture 300 sacrifices. Although it was much more difficult than killing 300 people, he believed that Wick would be able to accomplish it within half a year.

"Thank you, Mr. Long. Thank you, Mr. Long..."

John Wick said ecstatically.

Then, he couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and called his good friend Winston, asking him to send someone to bring Helen over.

Every minute of the waiting period is torture.

Especially when Cheng Long was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, and Ares was hiding in the kitchen to practice catching eggs, he was even more tormented, neither standing nor sitting...

"Ares, why are you so careful every time you grab the eggs, but you still often crush them?" Wick, who had been standing in the living room for a long time, couldn't help but walk into the kitchen and asked curiously.

"Because I can't control my strength now, just like this..." As he said that, Ares grabbed the frying pan beside him and tore it into pieces like tearing paper in front of John Wick.

John Wick: “…”

(End of this chapter)