Chapter 245: I Feel Like You're Playing Me
Following the tracking signal, the group arrived at a hotel in the central district of Budaya!
Eight modified Toyota pickups were parked at the hotel entrance!
Heavy 12.4mm machine guns were mounted on the truck beds!
Numerous mercenaries, fully armed, guarded the hotel with airtight security!
And they were all ability users of no low level!
Rough estimate, no fewer than a hundred people!
Jiangnan and his four companions grabbed a few plates of curry rice at a roadside stall near the hotel, observing the hotel's movements in real-time!
That hotel happened to be within the sensing range of Ahei Black Garlic!
Even without entering the hotel, the situation inside was clearly projected into their minds!
Mark Brand was in the meeting room on the fourth floor!
Mountain Cat frowned: "The armed forces inside and outside the hotel total 121 people! Most are Silver, and there are even over a dozen Gold!"
"Mark Brand... Platinum rank!"
Bai Qianxun gasped, her scalp tingling!
Looking at their own pitiful group of five blackened coal balls!
"How are we supposed to handle this? This is his turf, and Mark is way too cautious, right?"
Jiangnan also wore a troubled expression; charging in head-on would be suicide!
"Little Bai! Come whisper in my ear!"
Bai Qianxun's pretty face flushed, but she still leaned in: "Guniu guniu~ guniu?"
Jiangnan's breath tickled her ear, making her heart race!
Yet she was also full of shock: "Really?"
Jiangnan grinned widely: "I think it'll work!"
Bai Qianxun's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Let's try!"
Jiangnan nodded, got up to go to the bathroom, but actually kept teleporting towards the steel mill to the west...
Planning to grab something and come back!
Mountain Cat asked curiously: "What did Xiao Nan say just now?"
Bai Qianxun planted her hands on her hips, looking smug: "Don't be too impressed with me later!"
"Pfft, you crazy yandere girl..."
Meanwhile!
Roff Capone's car also arrived!
He carried a delicate little case in his hand!
Behind him, four underlings, their faces flushed with effort, carried an explosion-proof iron case!
They went straight up to the fourth-floor meeting room!
As soon as they entered!
A tall man in a loose floral shirt and cowboy hat sat majestically on the sofa!
A golden chest hair paired with sharply defined muscles was truly an eyesore!
It was Mark Brand!
Unlike his photo, the long scar on his lip was gone!
Now, cigar in mouth, a tattered Black Pearl beauty sat on his lap!
"Haha! Old pal Mark! You've kept me waiting! Glad to finally see you!"
Mark grinned, putting his feet up on the coffee table!
"You came with sincerity, little brother! How could I not see you?"
Roff sat down naturally, his expression turning serious: "Old pal Mark! About the side effects of the Immortal Serum..."
Mark pulled out an aluminum case from under him and opened it!
Inside were fifty vials of Immortal Serum, the liquid in the needles as red as blood!
"This is the latest third-gen serum. One injection! Effects last six months, with an 80% adaptation rate!"
"The ones on the outside are first-gen! Second-gen! You know, this place is basically a testing ground!"
Roff smiled, his eyes glinting!
"And after six months, when the effects wear off?"
Mark chuckled: "You can choose to give it another shot! Maintain the effects!"
"Or... dispose of it! You should know the situation in the Sahara Desert!"
"It's up to you how you use it, little brother!"
Roff licked his lips, a chill running down his spine!
Once you take this Immortal Serum, you have to keep injecting it!
The gradual loss of self-healing ability is secondary!
The key is losing your sanity!
But Roff didn't care! Six months is enough for a man to do a lot!
"Old pal, I didn't come to Budaya just for the serum, but also to make a friend with you!"
"If the effects are as you say, we'll want a lot! A massive amount!"
"Consider today's delivery just a deposit!"
With that, he clapped his hands, and the four underlings placed the huge explosion-proof case on the coffee table!
"Boom!"
The coffee table shattered under the weight!
Mark watched with excitement, rubbing his hands: "Damn! What the hell is this, little brother? So heavy?"
Roff Capone grinned: "This contains the sincerity of my Roff family!"
"Naturally, it's heavy!"
Mark laughed heartily, his eyes full of anticipation!
Without another word, Roff unlocked the combination lock and flipped open the case!
"How about it, old pal? Sincere enough?"
Mark's jaw dropped! His eyes almost popped out!
Inside the case were twenty neatly arranged bricks, still caked with dirt!
Mark's mind went blank!
Roff, seeing Mark's reaction, was smug!
"I said, old pal! Don't overreact! This is just the deposit!"
Mark: !!!
He exploded!
"THIS is your Roff family's sincerity?"
Holy crap!
Bringing a case full of bricks to buy serum from me?!
Go screw yourself!
You sure have confidence!
Twenty bricks can't even buy the case I put the serum in!
Roff was stunned: "Old pal thinks it's too little? I can bring more!"
Mark cursed: "Are you out of your mind?! What the hell am I supposed to do with this junk? Build a toilet?!"
"You must have water in your head!"
He grabbed a brick from the case and smacked Roff right on the skull!
Roff's head was smashed in on one side!
Water droplets splattered everywhere, and the brick shattered!
Mark: ???
What the hell?
Roff's head wasn't full of water!
His entire head was made of water!
Roff exclaimed in shock: "Old pal, why did you hit me?!"
Mark spun the case around and shoved it at Roff: "Look for yourself!"
Roff: ???
What the...
How did it turn into bricks?
Where were the 1,000 pounds of gold I brought from home?!
Damn it!
Gold bricks turned into regular bricks?
But the weight was the same, right?
The case had been in my hands the whole time—how did it become bricks?!
Where's my gold?!
"Th-this..."
Roff looked utterly dumbfounded!
Mark waved his hand, and dozens of gun barrels aimed directly at the heads of Roff and his men!
He snarled: "You've had enough! You're playing me, aren't you?"
Carrying a case of bricks all the way to the Sahara to buy serum from me?
Are these bricks heirlooms?
This guy must be insane!
The atmosphere in the room instantly turned hostile, and cold sweat poured down Roff's face!
Damn it!
He was doomed! If he couldn't clear this up, he was dead meat!
Meanwhile, Mountain Cat and the others, who had been observing the entire transaction through sensing, were stunned!
Was Roff an idiot?
Bringing a case of bricks to a deal?
And treating it so preciously the whole way?
What else could this be but suicide?
"Hehehe~ hehe~"
Jiangnan, who had just returned from the steel mill, couldn't help but laugh at the scene!
The sound gave everyone goosebumps!
They couldn't help but recall the time Jiangnan had snuck into Roff's hotel to plant bugs!
Their eyes went wide!
Could it be that Jiangnan had secretly swapped the contents of the case?
What kind of insane move was that?!
That was just too wicked!
He had directly set Roff up!
Roff must be feeling a million alpacas stampeding through his heart right now!