Ultimate Firepower
Chapter 436 - 416: Add Zero

Chapter 436: Chapter 416: Add Zero

How should Sith be accommodated? First off, bringing him into the Warhammer Mercenary Group won’t do, as it’s clear Sith isn’t here to serve as a Mercenary. Besides, he’s responsible for protecting Gao Yi and doubling as an Assassin.

So the Garden is the best place for Sith.

As for salary, an annual pay of three hundred and sixty thousand Euros is hardly dismissive.

Upon boarding the plane, Sith naturally and assertively took the seat next to Gao Yi.

This was a private plane, a business jet—a small fuselage with pairs of seats in a row, carrying no more than twelve people.

Usually, when Gao Yi sat there, Lucy would be next to him, recently it’s been Green, but now Sith sat next to Gao Yi and showed no intention of moving.

Subtle hints were of no use, so it had to be made clear.

"Sith, this seat..."

Sith politely said to Gao Yi, "No need to say it. I can sit anywhere in a secure environment, but now we are in an insecure environment, soon to reach an insecure airport, so I must stay by your side to protect."

Having spoken, Sith opened the large bag at his feet and calmly said, "Look, I’ve prepared two parachutes. Even if the plane crashes, I’ll have time to strap a parachute on you and take you skydiving."

Is that possible?

Can one really skydive that way?

Gao Yi looked back and sought help with his eyes from Green, then saw him shift his gaze to the side, meaning that you should just listen to him; I have nothing to say.

Gao Yi turned his gaze towards Luca, who nodded at him.

Gao Yi turned back and let out a breath, saying, "What flower do you like?"

"Flowers?"

"Yes, do you have a favorite flower?"

Sith pondered for a moment, hesitated, and said, "My understanding of flowers is that they are things to please women and decorations for some formalities. But what flower I like... None. If I must say, roses, at least they are quite familiar."

Gao Yi was about to speak when suddenly Green interjected from behind, "Roses won’t do. The UK rose is a fixed and very famous codename."

Of course, Green knew what Gao Yi was up to.

Gao Yi shrugged and said to Sith, "What about other flowers?"

"Other flowers? What else? Lilies, tulips... Lilies then, at least they stand out visually in a bouquet."

"Alright, Lily it is. Your codename will be Lily. Welcome to the Garden; from now on, you’ll be called Lily."

Sith paused for a second and then graciously accepted.

He spread his hands and shrugged, very indifferently said, "I never thought I’d be using Lily as my own codename one day. Alright, call me Lily."

It felt a bit strange, but then, it was just a codename.

The common name Lily also has its advantages. Whether it’s in French, English, or any Spanish, it’s memorable. For a Latin language system that deals with a single name or word, picking a flower name that most people don’t recognize would indeed be a bit troublesome.

Gao Yi waved his hand at Luca and gestured with a finger.

Luca had a card case, a large one, now filled with hundreds of bank cards. Those accounts with large amounts of money certainly weren’t in this case, but it was stocked with cards filled with petty cash readily available for use.

Luca opened the card case and started scanning the edges of the cards, based on the alphabetical order of their labels, contemplating for a moment before pulling out a bank card with a one million dollar limit.

Having a unique password for each card is impractical, and Luca can’t remember them all, but by using a base number and slight adjustments for each card, the passwords become easy to remember.

Luca took out a card, pulled out a pen from the case, and began writing on the back of the card. After writing, he immediately held up the card, intending to stretch his hand from behind Gao Yi’s ear.

This was an act of passing objects from behind one’s head—too common among acquaintances and didn’t require a heads-up.

But as Luca stretched out his hand to signal Gao Yi, Sith, who hadn’t moved an inch while sitting by Gao Yi’s side, suddenly reached out with lightning-fast speed and grabbed Luca’s wrist.

Then Sith turned halfway in his seat, staring at Luca with an emotionless gaze.

Luca was startled and exclaimed, "What are you doing!"

"I know you guys must be very close, that’s why your hand is still attached. In another setting, I can’t guarantee your hand would remain. So, don’t do this again; speak in front of my protection target or give a vocal reminder from behind first, understood?"

After finishing with an emotionless tone, Luca gave a faint smile and said, "Thanks for cooperating."

Gao Yi opened his mouth and said, "Uh, let go of his hand and take the card."

Sith took the bank card with his left hand from Luca’s hand and released Luca’s wrist with his right.

Luca withdrew his hand and couldn’t help but touch his wrist, thinking of something to say but unsure what that would be.

Gao Yi was also somewhat at a loss for words, his deliberate show-off had been interrupted.

Sith held the bank card, but with a flip of his hand, he covered it, as if he had never been holding anything.

This move excited Gao Yi a bit.

Truth be told, no matter how good Sith’s sleight of hand was, it was unlikely to surpass Gao Yi. Gao Yi, the protected individual, was unbeatable at close range—a nightmare for all bodyguards due to the complete lack of opportunity to demonstrate their worth or find any sense of value.

But this feat of making something in hand vanish in a twist—Gao Yi couldn’t do that.

Then Sith placed his hand in front of Gao Yi, flicked his wrist, and the bank card appeared between his fingers, just within Gao Yi’s view.

Only a bit of the edge was showing; others definitely couldn’t tell what device Sith was holding, but if Gao Yi wanted to take it, the full view of the card would certainly appear before him.

This move was slick, something never seen before.

Gao Yi nodded and said, "Take this, keep it safe."

Sith’s hand shook, and with a snap, the bank card landed on the back of his hand. Then Sith looked at the back of the bank card for the first time, and as he saw the numbers, he immediately said, "Is this my salary account?"

The moment to show off has arrived!

Gao Yi took a deep breath, turned to Sith, and said, "We have our own understanding of compensation, and you need to have a completely new perception of it. We don’t pay based on a fixed annual salary, nor do we pay per single mission."

Sith frowned slightly and said, "That’s very irregular."

Luca chimed in from behind, "Yes, that’s not good. A fixed annual salary is the best choice."

Luca certainly prefers a fixed annual salary; bonuses on top are fine too. Calculating is secondary; primarily, the pain of paying out large amounts of money each time is what bothers him.

Gao Yi smiled and then said lightly, "You like fixed annual salaries, so consider it as if I’ve paid in advance. There’s ten million dollars on the card, and for each future..."

"Wait!"

Luca’s face didn’t look good. He quickly opened his card holder, pulled out a card, swiftly wrote a line of numbers on the back, then held the card, and whispered, "Continue."

Luca was certainly smart, and he wasn’t stubborn. After receiving a warning from such an inhumanly professional like Sith, he knew what to do.

If he needed to provide a vocal cue, he should speak up first.

Luca’s face was slightly flushed as he extended a bank card towards Sith and whispered, "This card is yours."

Gao Yi looked puzzled at Luca, who, feeling his professionalism was compromised, burst out in frustration, "Next time, don’t just extend one finger. If you’ve changed the amount, you at least have to tell me! How am I supposed to know whether your one finger represents ten million or one million!"

It seemed to make sense; Gao Yi helplessly spread his hands and said, "Sorry, my fault."

Sith took the card from Luca’s hand, and Luca immediately said, "Give me the other one back."

Sith returned the card to Luca’s hand.

Then, Sith uncertainly said, "Ten million?"

"Yes, ten million. Welcome to the Garden."

"No, no, no, I merely accepted the codename Lily, but it doesn’t mean I’ve joined the Garden. But ten million... what does that mean?"

"No particular meaning, just that there’s too much money."

Really, Gao Yi was truly, truly, truly speaking from the heart.

Feng Biao, Lin Xianghua, they are now worth over a hundred million.

Gao Yi, realizing that he had money but didn’t know how to spend it, especially with no opportunity to spend it, of course decided to share the wealth decisively.

There’s no reason to be generous to strangers while mistreating the good brothers who face life and death with him.

Whenever Gao Yi thought about how to spend money, he would get a headache, so he simply let everyone share in the headache with him.

After all, there was still so much money in Saudi that Gao Yi couldn’t squander it in ten lifetimes as a professional prodigal, so why save it for anyone else?

This kind of person responsible for protecting his security, if the money didn’t smother him into oblivion from the human world, then Gao Yi wouldn’t have earned the money for nothing.

It must be remembered that now Gao Yi only has the opportunity to spend money lavishly when he finds talent.

Sith indeed experienced a brief moment of stupefaction, then he took a deep breath, and with an uncertain gaze at Gao Yi, he said, "I... didn’t... I didn’t mean for you to buy me out, nor do I plan to do so. I will do my utmost to protect your safety, but I didn’t think... I didn’t think of trading my life for yours... "

Struck to the core.

Just like that, Sith became inarticulate.

Others add money, Gao Yi adds zeros, doubles, scales up the units.

How satisfying it is, the money finally has a chance to buy happiness.

Gao Yi smiled at Sith and said, "It’s okay, however you think, you have your principles, I have my habits, just remember, we simply have too much money."

Luca timely added from behind, "Welcome to the Garden! He is the Gardener, I’m the Bee; for any financial issues in the future, I’ll handle them."

Sith was still in a daze.

He’d never been frozen stiff for such a long time in his life; for the first time, Sith felt an overpowering sensation.

Green sighed softly.

Green didn’t say that Sith had a national treasure-level hidden identity, hoping that Sith would leave on his own after completing the mission.

But now, Green knew that it was unlikely, his hope had been dashed.

It was inescapable, utterly beyond stirring.