Super Combat Soldier
Chapter 265 - 264: [The Mysterious Puppet Master Behind the Scenes]

Chapter 265: Chapter 264: [The Mysterious Puppet Master Behind the Scenes]

"You..." Bai Wu was startled, falling back onto the sofa with a pale face, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead involuntarily. He could never have dreamed Ye Tianchen to be so powerful, his martial skills were freakishly strong.

Originally, Bai Wu had thought that Ye Tianchen’s success in getting past the armed bodyguards on the third floor was due to luck and some cunning tricks. Otherwise, just with those ten-plus armed bodyguards, it would have been absolutely impossible for Ye Tianchen to make it up here. But now it seemed that wasn’t the case. Ye Tianchen’s strength was beyond his wildest imagination.

"Speak, I don’t want to kill you," Ye Tianchen said indifferently, "but that will depend on your performance."

Everyone else at the scene had just come to their senses, all looking at Ye Tianchen in disbelief. No one had expected Ye Tianchen to be that strong, strong beyond their imagination. No wonder Wang Bo was knocked unconscious with just a few slaps from Ye Tianchen, and Jiang Wei was even worse off, just one kick had sent him sprawling, unable to get up.

"Kill him!"

At this moment, two assassins protecting Bai Wu reacted, each drawing a dagger and charging at Ye Tianchen. To a real master, carrying a gun was already a low-level display; at most, a dagger, or even barehanded, was the mark of a top-notch expert.

Whoosh!

The flash of a knife aimed straight at Ye Tianchen’s back, the speed was fast, but unfortunately, before the dagger of the assassin who charged first could touch Ye Tianchen, the man was sent flying by a surprise kick in the abdomen from Ye Tianchen, crashing into the other assassin.

All of a sudden, Ye Tianchen surged back, grabbed the dagger from the still mid-air assassin with his right hand, and plunged it into that assassin’s heart with a swift motion.

Thump!

Thump!

It was two sounds rather than one. The bodyguard who had taken the initiative to strike at Ye Tianchen had a dagger thrust through his chest, and the other guard who hadn’t made a move yet was also taken down, the dagger piercing his heart as well. With one move he killed two people, two first-rate assassins were taken out by Ye Tianchen in front of all the rich and powerful at the scene, falling into pools of blood, frightening the men into hastily retreating and some heiresses screaming out. They were haughty, they were dictatorial, they could casually order others to kill, but they had rarely witnessed such a bloody scene of murder in person, especially Ye Tianchen taking two lives with one move, his face wearing that innocent smile all along, which was utterly chilling.

This time, everyone witnessed Ye Tianchen killing with his own hands. The violent beatings Wang Bo and Jiang Wei received paled in comparison to this display of lethality because at least Wang Bo and Jiang Wei were left in an uncertain state between life and death, while these two first-rate assassins were thoroughly dead, with blood all over the place making one’s scalp tingle.

Ye Tianchen didn’t say another word. He had already said what needed to be said. In response to the ranting of Wang Bo and Jiang Wei, the two rich scions, he had answered. Even Bai Wu had long lost the brotherly affection of the past towards him, yet he had done everything he could. Since Bai Wu had become ruthless, showing no regard for their past brotherhood, why should Ye Tianchen cling to it? Now, what remained was just to get the information he wanted, of course, if Bai Wu was willing to talk. If not, then he would have to resort to iron-blooded tactics.

Bai Wu himself was also pale, trembling all over as he watched Ye Tianchen. It wasn’t that he had never killed anyone; as the second-in-command of the Young Master Party, Bai Wu had certainly killed countless people, but these were not by his hand, but his subordinates. He had never faced real death before, and now seeing Ye Tianchen mercilessly kill his two bodyguards shocked him. It was Ye Tianchen’s air and audacity in particular that made him feel that Ye Tianchen would be just as decisive in killing him.

"You... you want to kill me?" Bai Wu asked, his voice quivering.

Ye Tianchen did not answer Bai Wu but continued to walk forward.

"You... you still have time to escape now!" Seeing Ye Tianchen remain silent, Bai Wu felt his heart sink and said.

Ye Tianchen continued to smile as he looked at Bai Wu, already nearing him.

"Ye Tianchen, you’re definitely no match for the eldest young master, not only will you die, everyone from the Ye family will die too!" Bai Wu completely broke down, mentally collapsed, shouting at Ye Tianchen.

All the rich scions, the men and women who had been scared silly, were staring dumbfounded at Ye Tianchen. They didn’t know what Ye Tianchen would do to Bai Wu, or how Bai Wu would fight back. What none of them had expected was that Ye Tianchen alone had stunned all of them, the entire Young Master Party, leaving them confused. This man had undergone such a profound transformation that it was simply too incredible, exceeding their imagination to the point of being unattainable.

"Speak, say what you need to say!" Ye Tianchen said with a smile to Bai Wu.

"I, I don’t know what to say..." Bai Wu glared at Ye Tianchen fiercely.

"Really not talking?" Ye Tianchen just asked so indifferently.

"You..." Bai Wu’s heart skipped a beat, he could feel that Ye Tianchen was not joking; if he didn’t reveal what happened back then, he might really lose his life.

"Last chance!" Ye Tianchen interrupted Bai Wu.

Thud, Bai Wu sat down on the ground, gasping for air. Ye Tianchen hadn’t laid a finger on him, yet he had already experienced immense psychological pressure, so great that he could barely bear it. This was more terrifying than being killed outright.

"Let them all leave, I’ll talk to you alone!" Bai Wu said helplessly as he glanced at Ye Tianchen. He knew he wouldn’t be able to leave alive today if he didn’t speak about what happened back then. He had thought that Ye Tianchen was still the same as before, just someone to be trampled on, but who would have known that he had become someone formidable, someone unreachable. His own role as the deputy leader of the Young Master Party was laughably weak in comparison!

Ye Tianchen smiled, turned around to look at the dumbfounded group of heirs and said with a light smile, "Everyone leave. Remember to carry these two idiots out. I don’t want to see them; I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist the urge to kill them!"

Even though there were some among the heirs present who were very dissatisfied with Ye Tianchen, after all, they had been arrogant and unrestrained for so many years and this was the first time someone had overpowered them, one man silencing them all, it was extremely humiliating. They wanted to lash out at Ye Tianchen, but in the end, they all restrained themselves. After all, even Bai Wu dared not talk back or say much, let alone them.

Seeing the men and women of the Young Master Party leave, Ye Tianchen took a seat on the sofa, picked up a cigar from the coffee table, lit it, and took a puff. He also poured himself some red wine. He was ready to listen leisurely to Bai Wu, who likely had plenty of information to share.

"So, let’s talk?" Ye Tianchen asked with a smile.

"The things that happened back then... back then, it was indeed me who drugged your coffee, and then someone controlled you. Arranging for you to see Liu Rumei bathing was all set up deliberately, but I don’t know who the person behind the scenes is. I’ve always been just following orders, doing his work, and then I advanced in rank!" Bai Wu said while looking at Ye Tianchen.

"How do you contact this person behind the scenes? And haven’t you had any suspicions all these years?" Ye Tianchen asked with a smile, he knew Bai Wu fairly well. Although Bai Wu’s family wasn’t powerful, he was still quite clever and someone who was not content with always being in the lower strata of society. To be commanded and controlled like this, Bai Wu knew what it meant someday – it meant that once he was no longer of use, he would be killed off, completely erased.

Bai Wu looked at Ye Tianchen and picked up a cigar from the coffee table as well, lighting it and taking a drag before heaving a deep sigh, "We’ve been brothers for so many years, and still you understand me the best. I indeed had my suspicions, I observed carefully, trying multiple times to meet the person behind the scenes, but I was always blocked. However, I at least confirmed one thing – the person who instructed me to set you up to see Liu Rumei bathing, is the same person who has now become the boss of the Young Master Party!"

Ye Tianchen frowned upon hearing Bai Wu’s words; the same person meant that two years ago, this mastermind behind the scenes wanted to set him and Liu Rumei up, not only wanting to kill him, but also to destroy Liu Rumei’s reputation, or perhaps, he only wanted Ye Tianchen dead. And two years later, this manipulator behind the scenes had eliminated Chen Jiang and become the boss of the Young Master Party. It was swift progress and demonstrated great manipulation.

"The same person, then how do you conduct your contacts with each other every time?" Ye Tianchen asked.

"Video calls on the computer, I can’t see him, only able to hear his voice, but I guess that’s been tampered with too. I’ve had computer experts try to trace it without any success!" Bai Wu shook his head as he said.

"Seems like this person is very well-hidden, it’s becoming more interesting!" Ye Tianchen said as he stood up.

As Bai Wu watched Ye Tianchen finish speaking and then turn to leave without doing anything to him, he felt stunned for a moment. He understood that Ye Tianchen didn’t kill him only out of consideration for their past brotherhood; however, things had changed, and they couldn’t go back to the way things were, but there was at least some sentiment left.

"About what happened back then, I had no choice, I couldn’t go on like that, and I couldn’t let the Bai family go on like that, I’m sorry!" Bai Wu said earnestly as he looked at Ye Tianchen’s retreating figure.

Ye Tianchen paused for a moment and left Heaven and Earth without saying anything. At this point, nothing said would matter, as too much had changed.

When Bai Wu saw Ye Tianchen exit the private room, he got up from the ground. Suddenly, a vicious smile appeared on his lips as he said, "Ye Tianchen, you’d better take down this mastermind; then I’ll be the boss of the Young Master Party. If you die, I’ll help the man behind the scenes completely eradicate the Ye family. Either way, it’s beneficial to me, Bai Wu, haha!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)