The Death List Novel - Chapter 148

Chapter 148 Dark Battle
Grant secretly sized up Joey, who was walking in front of him. He didn’t feel any shame at his concession just now.

Even murderers sometimes had to know how to advance or retreat. Otherwise, the clown would have died in the capture operation of the Earth Federation. How could he be as alive as he is now?

There were a total of more than a thousand people in the Alliance’s 91 experimental bases, including more than a hundred death row inmates. In the end, there were only 12 survivors who entered the shattered starry sky. Apart from Xiaolian and Lin Feng, the rest of the twelve were prisoners of death and serial killers.

Apart from Joey the Decomposer, the other four serial killers had different life trajectories, but they all had a normal social life. In other words, although their world outlook and values are different from those of normal people, they all have their own rules of conduct.

Even Fireworks Rand, who was anti-social, had his own code of conduct. Fireworks Rand was a fatal threat to any human city. Its power was equivalent to a human-shaped nuclear bomb, but such a murderer was a staunch animal protector.

Amongst the five great murderers, only Joey the Decomposer had a completely different trajectory from the others. Joey or Qin Lun had never lived a normal human life since he was eight years old. He had been tossing and turning between a psychiatric hospital and a prison.

Although Qin Lun had read extensively in prison and taught himself, he had no goals in life, no emotional restraints, and no code of conduct.

Grant once thought that although Joey was cruel and violent, he should be easier to deal with than the unpredictable Qin Lun. But when he really saw Joey, the clown was shocked that the Decomposer was moody, unable to communicate at all.

Without a code of conduct, it might be dangerous, but at least Qin Lun wouldn’t hurt people innocently. Unlike Joey, the legendary “Decomposer” Joey was a self-preserving personality born out of Qin Lun’s subconscious, specifically responsible for slaughter. He had almost completely unleashed the dark side of Qin Lun’s personality, and even created a cruel act like “Skeletal Angel” that made the other murderers gasp in admiration.

Grant was different from Lin Feng and the others. He wasn’t afraid of Joey. However, he was seriously injured, and Joey was a freak who didn’t care about life or death. In front of a mad dog, even a murderer had to avoid the edge if he wanted to escape unscathed.

Grant greedily glanced at the package in Joey’s hand and sighed as he shifted his gaze away. He wasn’t in a hurry. It didn’t matter if Joey couldn’t communicate. He still had a chance to discuss buying this “souvenir” with Qin Lun.

“Clown, where’s Weidenberg’s little bat?” Joey, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and asked with a strange smile on his face.

“Bat?” Grant was slightly stunned. He frowned and asked, “Is it appropriate to gather them here now?”

Grant asked for a reason. He had already discussed it with Qin Lun. If they followed the clues provided by Xiaolian and Lily and received the hidden branch of the main plot, they would immediately leave the Gentlemen’s Alliance and shift the strategy of the temporary guild to the hidden branch. After all, the main mission of assassinating the leaders of the three Allied Powers was simply too difficult for them to accomplish with their strength.

‘”Oh, I see” asked Joey, ignoring Grant. He had already seen the vampire bat hiding in a corner of the tunnel. With a wave of his hand, a small bat flapped its wings and stopped on his shoulder.

Joey’s eyes flashed red as he smiled sinisterly and grabbed the little bat on his shoulder. With a squeak of his right hand, the little bat turned into a pool of blood. After the bat turned into blood mud, it still seemed to be alive. It stirred a few times and slowly turned into ashes, falling from between Joey’s fingers.

The vampire bats were created from Baron Weidenbaylor’s flesh and blood. Every death would cause a certain amount of damage to the baron. If all the vampire bats died, Weidenbaylor would no longer exist.

These little bats have no intelligence, they can only send some simple messages to the baron through ultrasound. For example, as long as the vampire bat hadn’t returned to Weidenbaylor during the battle between Qin Lun and Jones and Catalen, he could only roughly understand the battle between Qin Lun and Weidenbaylor. However, he didn’t know the exact target and details of the battle.

Before the Gentlemen’s Alliance dispersed, Weidenbaille had told everyone to release the bats when they encountered strong enemies. After that, he would combine the intelligence of everyone and deduce the hiding place of the leaders of the three kingdoms before gathering everyone to attack.

However, this idea was basically shattered before it could be implemented, because all the members of the Gentlemen’s Alliance encountered strong enemies along the way and were unable to escape.

Of course, the Gentlemen’s Alliance had considered this point, so they agreed to kill the little bat beside them once someone broke through the enemy’s interception and found valuable targets or information about unconventional warfare forces.

Weidenbaylor gave all the little bats a signal. Once one of his men killed the little bat, the other little bats would receive a specific signal and use their cries to remind their men that one of their members had found an important target. There was no need to wait for the little bat to fly back and forth, wasting time.

This was the most important gathering signal. If others were not trapped in a situation where they were unable to escape, they would have to immediately gather in this direction. The Gentlemen’s Union will either concentrate on killing important targets or start breaking through and sending intelligence back to German headquarters.

Grant hesitated when he saw Joey’s actions. Although he didn’t object, his eyes were filled with doubt. He didn’t quite understand what the Decomposer was thinking.

Although the passage was guarded by two superpowers, Jones and Catelyn, Grant estimated that there shouldn’t be a major target for the three heads of state in front of them, not even important scientists from the Alliance Army.

The reason was very simple. Dr. Jones was not considered a strong combat profession. As a superpower who mainly focused on melee combat, Catherine had lost all her equipment and her combat strength had dropped by more than half. If it weren’t for that, Joey would never have won her.

Logically speaking, no matter if the two of them had harvested anything in front of them, they should not gather the rest of the Gentlemen’s Alliance. Instead, he wanted to use the other members of the Gentlemen’s Alliance to restrain the Justice Alliance and leave the Gentlemen’s Alliance to send the information back to Berlin.

After all, they had only stayed in this world for about two weeks, and now, more than ten days had passed. If they took the Hidden Branch quest and didn’t add any extra time to stay, they wouldn’t have enough time to complete the other quests.

In this case, they would first complete a hidden branch of the main storyline, at least they would not be punished for failing the mission.

“Hehe, don’t worry, the hidden branch will definitely have extra time to stay!” Joey seemed to know what Grant was worried about. He turned around with a strange smile and said, “If the main mission fails, I will compensate you for the 55 Longevity Points you lost!”

“I don’t need anyone else to make a decision for me!” Grant’s expression darkened as he slowly said, “Forget it this time. However, I hope that you can give me an explanation next time before taking action!”

“I don’t like to explain anything to idiots!” Joey gritted his teeth and said coldly.

Grant’s face darkened and he gradually slowed down. His eyes revealed a fierce glint as he reached into his arms and grabbed the human skin mask. Although the two of them were still running through the passageway, the atmosphere around them gradually solidified. A cold killing intent flowed between them.

Joey, who was leading the Mercedes-Benz, began to tighten his body. The white bandage on his waist once again oozed out fresh blood. Grant’s eyes narrowed. He suddenly noticed that Joey had blood stains not only on the front of his abdomen, but also on his back and waist.

“His abdominal wound is a penetrating wound! The woman named Catherine pierced through his lower abdomen before she died!” Grant’s pupils constricted into pinholes, and his expression was somewhat gloomy. “He actually dared to provoke me with such a serious injury to his back. Is he really going to fight here?”

The atmosphere between the two of them became more and more stiff, but there was a faint voice coming from the front of the passageway. Immediately, it attracted the attention of the two murderers, and the atmosphere gradually eased.

…

The underground shelter, Laboratory 3, was currently in a state of chaos. Research equipment was scattered all over the laboratory. In the middle of the field, there was a huge cylindrical tempered glass cabin. More than a dozen researchers in white coats were hurriedly burning the laboratory’s data.

Dr Indiana Jones, one of the two superpowers responsible for covering them, sent them a warning a few minutes ago, asking researchers to evacuate the area immediately and move from the secret passageway to another location.

The researchers here did not have any important people, and they were a little panicked after receiving the police call. Some scientists, following Dr Jones’ advice, have left the secret passage.

However, there were more than ten people who were not pure scientists. They were subordinate to the military and could be considered half a soldier. Normally, these people could only fight for scientists, but their willpower to fight was stronger than scientists’. They still wanted to destroy the laboratory’s data first, and then retreat.

Of course, they didn’t want to die. At this moment, a superpower had arrived at the laboratory from the ground.

This superpower wore a black dovetail skirt, a black gold crown, black hair, and black pupils. He was as proud and gorgeous as a petite and cute girl’s queen.

Behind the black-haired girl was a rectangular broadsword with a very thick blade. Actually, this saber was made of Tibetan-Burmese steel. It was a comprehensive magical weapon with a steel whip and a straight saber. Its hilt was hollow, and after folding, it had the function of a firearm.

The girl frowned as she looked at the military researchers, her expression somewhat displeased. She was only here to find her teacher, not to cover them up. The researchers used her kindness to drag her here so that they could destroy the research materials that weren’t of the utmost importance.

“Bang!” With a loud explosion, the iron door of the laboratory exploded into the room with gravel. In the confused dust, two figures appeared at the entrance of the laboratory.