bookrebus Chapter 698 Life and death crisis, help!
Chapter 698 Life and death crisis, help!
The black-robed figure seemed to be frozen in place, and did not immediately respond to Youlan's plan. Time slowly flowed in the silent warehouse, with only the slight breathing sounds of the crowd and the occasional suppressed groans of the injured.
After a long time, she finally emerged from her deep thoughts. She opened her lips slightly, her voice a little dry: "The two of them... have left the organization..."
These brief words were like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing a thousand waves.
The killers all looked shocked and looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes.
Gardenia and Blood Rose are of the same generation as them. They are in the golden age of their killer careers and are far from retirement age. How could they possibly leave the organization?
And according to the rules of the organization, if someone leaves the organization without permission before reaching retirement age, they will be hunted down by the entire organization until the target is dead. Even shadow assassins are no exception.
But what puzzled them was that they had not received any orders from beginning to end. Even if someone had not suddenly remembered these two today, they would still be kept in the dark.
Hanmei couldn't help but take a step forward and asked anxiously, "Chief, what is going on?"
The black-robed figure raised his head slightly upon hearing this, as if recalling something. After a moment, he slowly said:
"You don't need to ask too much about this matter. You just need to know that a very important person found me and took them both away." Her tone was calm, but it could not hide the helplessness and awe in it.
When everyone heard this, they were filled with shock and confusion.
As companions who have trained together since childhood, they are well aware of their leader's cold arrogance and powerful strength. What kind of person is it that the leader dare not stop him and forcibly takes away the organization's shadow assassin?
The forces and secrets hidden behind this are like an endless dark abyss, bottomless and terrifying.
At this moment, Xueying's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had caught a ray of light in the darkness, and she said anxiously: "Since Gardenia and Blood Rose have been taken away by the big shots, then we can try to contact them and use the big shots behind them to escape danger."
As soon as these words were spoken, the other killers nodded in agreement with the plan.
The originally solemn atmosphere was now filled with a bit of anticipation and restlessness.
After all, the power behind a big shot who can force a strong man like the leader to bow his head must be terrifying, and maybe he can help Scarlet Rose overcome this difficulty.
Upon hearing this plan, the black-robed figure stood quietly, his black robe swaying gently in the dim light, like a bottomless pool. However, beneath his calm appearance, his heart was in turmoil.
Her face was completely shrouded in the shadow of the black robe, and only her slightly trembling fingers could be seen, as if silently telling of her inner entanglement and struggle.
As the leader, she knew better than anyone that taking the initiative to contact those who had left the organization and trying to use the forces behind them to resolve the current crisis was undoubtedly a blatant violation of the iron law that the Scarlet Rose had adhered to for hundreds of years.
For hundreds of years, these rules have been like inscriptions engraved deep in the soul, and are the foundation for the organization to maintain and develop. Once they are loosened, what will the organization rely on to establish its authority and unite the people in the future?
Xueying looked at the hesitant leader with great anxiety. For the lives of many sisters, she ignored her injuries and staggered to her knees in front of the black-robed figure.
"Chief, I understand you're concerned about those rules, but look at the situation now. It's a matter of a thousand hairs on the neck. Our Scarlet Rose, an organization that has weathered centuries of trials and tribulations, its fate hangs like a fragile spider's thread, completely in the balance of your will."
"Can you really be so cruel as to watch our years of hard work, hundreds of years of glory and heritage, be so easily destroyed by the Black Crows organization from Japan?"
Xueying's voice trembled slightly and was a bit hoarse, but it was full of moving power. Every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart.
The black-robed figure couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard Xueying's words which were full of affection and urgency.
The cold air rushed into her lungs, but it could not cool the burning sense of mission and responsibility in her heart.
As the leader of the Scarlet Rose, she carries not only her own destiny, but also the rise and fall, honor and disgrace of the entire organization.
Every decision is like walking on a sharp blade. If you take a wrong step, you will be doomed.
But looking at the sisters around her, a tragic picture seemed to open in her mind. The sisters fell one by one. The organization's headquarters, which was once bustling and feared by the enemy, was now reduced to ruins. The flag symbolizing the bloody rose was ruthlessly torn apart in the war.
These nightmare-like scenes made her heart tighten.
Finally, her hand hidden in the black robe slowly moved, and she slowly took out a device from her arms.
This device looks like a satellite phone and emits a cold metallic luster. It looks inconspicuous, but it is as important as the heart of an organization.
Because what is stored in it is the precise location information and highly confidential personal information of all the killers in the entire Scarlet Rose. It is the core secret that enables the organization to stand firm in the complex and dangerous world. But now, it is regarded as the slim but precious hope of survival in despair.
"Well, today, when the Scarlet Rose organization faces life and death, I, the current leader of the Scarlet Rose organization, have no choice but to break the rules left by our ancestors in order to preserve the organization's strength. I beg for your forgiveness, ancestors."
Rose, dressed in a black robe, took the instrument and took off the mask on her face and the hood on her head.
As the black robe slowly faded away, Rose's stunning face was revealed.
Her long, inky hair fell like a waterfall, emitting a cold luster in the dim light.
Her forehead was smooth and full, her eyebrows were like distant black ink, slanting into her temples, her eyes were deep and bright, twinkling like cold stars, revealing a coldness that kept people at a distance.
Under the high nose bridge is a pair of red lips without any rouge. The slightly upturned corners of the mouth have a subtle arc, but it is not a smile, but an innate coldness and arrogance.
The lines of her face were delicate and hard, like a work of art meticulously crafted by the finest craftsmen, so perfect that it was breathtaking.
Her skin was whiter than snow, and in this dark and bloody environment, it seemed to emit a faint halo, holy and inviolable. Her slender neck was as graceful as a swan, adding a touch of noble and cold temperament.
The whole person standing there looked like a fairy walking out from the glacier in the cold night, no, more like the queen who dominated the dark night.