Chapter 85 Shadow Clan
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When Xia Tian arrived at Qiao Feng'er's room, she was already asleep, while Qiao Huang'er sat by the bedside, her face filled with concern as she watched Feng'er's somewhat pale complexion.
Although they seemed like blood-related sisters from their names, in reality, they were orphans who had grown up together under the Qiáo family. A group of children had been trained since childhood to become bodyguards for important figures in the Qiáo clan when they grew up. Qiao Feng'er and Qiao Huang'er were two among them, also the ones with the best skills, which is why they were chosen as personal protectors for Jiao Xiaoqiao, who was of utmost importance within the Qiáo family.
Qiao Feng'er had taken a bullet for Jiao Xiaoqiao, but fortunately, it only hit her right arm and timely medical treatment meant there wasn't any danger to her life. However, recuperation would be inevitable in this case.
Xia Tian held the cleaned bullet head between his fingers, closely examining it. When he noticed a tiny engraving on its surface, his expression finally turned serious.
"Xia Tian, there's really a mark on it" Qiao Donghai noticed Xia Tian’s unusual demeanor and asked him.
"To encounter them so soon." Xia Tian muttered to himself. "Those bastards dared to kill my wife; this time I'll take care of all of them and help Second Master vent his anger too."
“A group of people” Qiao Donghai’s expression changed, “Xia Tian, wasn’t the assassin just one person”
"An assassin can be seen as a single individual or even a dozen or more. It's an assassination organization that has been around for at least fifty years, called the Shadow Group," Xia Tian explained slowly. "All bullets used by the members of this hit squad are self-made and bear a unique engraving - their hallmark which no one dares to imitate."
"Shadow Group" Qiao Donghai frowned slightly, "I don't think I've ever heard of such a killer organization!"
Xia Tian didn't answer Qiao Donghai's question; the power of the Shadow Group was something that ordinary people wouldn't know about. However, his Second Master had once told him that at least five out of the top ten killers in the world twenty years ago belonged to the Shadow Group. Just this statistic alone was enough to illustrate how powerful the Shadow Group was within the killer community.
According to what his second master said, the Shadow Group wasn't just a simple killer group but a massive killer empire. They had targeted only one person who managed to survive until now, and that was his second master.
The reason why his second master could escape unscathed was also due to his third master's intervention; if it weren't for the fact that his third master was hunting down his second master at that time and ended up saving his life by accident, the Shadow Group would still maintain a record of never failing.
His second master had been ranked first as the world's top killer back then. However, because he enjoyed working alone and didn't want to join the Shadow Group, he became their target for assassination. Of course, his second master wasn't someone to be messed with either; in the pursuit, the Shadow Group suffered significant losses, losing dozens of elite killers, but this was enough to demonstrate how terrifying the Shadow Group was.
"Honey, is something serious happening" Seeing Xia Tian's silence, Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't help asking.
"It's fine; no one can hurt you as long as I'm around." Xia Tian shook his head. He wasn't afraid of the Shadow Group because his current strength was far beyond what even his second master could compare to. With his innate ice and fire spiritual body, mastering the Heaven-defying Eight Needles technique, along with the special guidance from Sister Fairy, he had already surpassed all three of his masters in terms of power.
"Xia Tian, can you tell me more about the Shadow Group" Qiao Donghai couldn't help but interject.
"All you need to know is that the Shadow Group is the most powerful killer organization in this world," Xia Tian said indifferently. "As long as their target isn't dead, they will continue attempting assassinations. In other words, from now on, killers from the Shadow Group will keep appearing."
"Then how can we completely remove Xiaoqiao from danger" Qiao Donghai's expression changed slightly, his intuition telling him that Xia Tian was not overstating the situation.
"Generally speaking, there are only two methods." Xia Tian said calmly, "Firstly, get the employer to cancel the commission. However, even if they do cancel it, the Shadow Team won’t refund any money, so unless we find the employer and force them to cancel, they wouldn't voluntarily do so."
"What’s the second method" Qiao Donghai couldn’t help but ask.
"The second method is to eliminate all of the Shadow Team's assassins," Xia Tian glanced at Qiao Donghai, "I suggest you take on finding that hidden employer, while I’ll deal with eliminating them."
"I will definitely look for that employer, but there are too few clues, making it hard to find him," Qiao Donghai felt somewhat helpless. "Is there any other way"
"Actually, there’s one more option: hiding in a place completely cut off from the world and never coming out." Xia Tian said lazily, “Though I know of such a place, Xiaoqiao doesn't like staying there, nor does my wife need to hide; therefore, I choose to eliminate those guys."
Qiao Xiaoqiao naturally knew that place referred to was the mountain. But as Xia Tian had said, she didn’t enjoy living on the mountain, which lacked internet and phone signals.
Qiao Donghai also did not have any intention of making Qiao Xiaoqiao hide away somewhere. On one hand, he still doubted whether the Shadow Team was really that powerful; on the other hand, it was because the Qiaos needed her—should she isolate herself from the world, Qiao Xiaoqiao would lose her value.
"Alright then," said Qiao Donghai decisively. "I will look into who wants to deal with our family. Xia Tian, I entrust Xiaoqiao's safety to you. I believe that you won’t let anything happen to her." Previously, Xia Tian was someone the entire Qiao family would rather avoid, but everyone knew how much he cared about Xiaoqiao’s safety, making him undoubtedly the best choice for protecting her.
Qiao Donghai also didn't stay any longer. In fact, he knew that Qiao Xiaoqiao wasn't willing to have him around for long; this was her personal space, and in her eyes, he, as an older brother, was actually still considered an outsider.
"Husband, can you make Feng'er recover faster" Right after Qiao Donghai left, Qiao Xiaoqiao asked Xia Tian.
"Sure. After I treat her with acupuncture, she should be back to normal by tomorrow," Xia Tian replied.
Qiao Huang'er couldn't help but glance at Xia Tian; this lecher sure knew how to exaggerate.
"Then you can give Feng'er acupuncture now," Qiao Xiaoqiao said hurriedly.
Xia Tian nodded, took out his silver needles, and continuously inserted them around the injured area of Qiao Feng'er's body. Using the Icefire Spirit Qi to stimulate her wound would accelerate its healing process.
Although Qiao Huang'er didn't quite believe Xia Tian, since Qiao Xiaoqiao had asked him for acupuncture treatment, she naturally couldn't say anything either, just thinking that if Feng'er wasn't back to normal by tomorrow, she could tell Qiao Xiaoqiao that her husband was a big liar.
After giving Qiao Feng'er the acupuncture treatment, Qiao Xiaoqiao led Xia Tian back to her bedroom. This time, her room had become tidier; there were no more bras and panties scattered everywhere along with socks and shoes all over the floor.
"Wife, do you know who wanted to kill you" Xia Tian held Qiao Xiaoqiao in his arms and asked.
"I don't know." Qiao Xiaoqiao shook her head. "Over the years, although I've been attacked before, this is my first encounter with a professional assassin."
Summer muttered to himself, "How come there are so many professional assassins in Jianghai City all of a sudden" He had just apprehended an assassin at the police station earlier, and now Xiaoqiao has encountered another one. Could today be some kind of celebration day for assassins
Actually, Summer wasn't against killers because his second master was one himself. If these killers wanted to celebrate something in Jianghai City, he wouldn't necessarily oppose it, as long as they didn't provoke him. But now that the殺手居然對他老婆下手，他便決定，要把今天變成殺手們的受難日。
killer had dared to target his wife, he decided that today would be a day of suffering for them.
"Wife, let's go out and take a walk." Summer made up his mind and told Qiao Xiaoqiao.
"Sure! We haven't gone shopping together yet!" Qiao Xiaoqiao readily agreed.
Despite the assassination attempt she just experienced, Qiao Xiaoqiao wasn't afraid at all because she knew that Summer had the ability to protect her. No one in Jianghai City was more aware of Summer's capabilities than she was.
However, when they walked out of the elevator hand in hand, it startled Qiu Donghai who hadn't yet left the Qiao Group Building.
"Xiaoqiao, Summer, where are you going" Qiu Donghai hurried over.
"We're going shopping," said Qiao Xiaoqiao nonchalantly.
"Xiaoqiao, it's just happened and you still want to go shopping" Qiao Donghai was anxious. He turned around to look at Xia Tian, "I'm telling you, Xia Tian, why don't you stop her"
"It's my idea to go shopping," Xia Tian smiled faintly, "Because something just happened, that's why I want to go."
"You want..." Qiao Donghai wasn't stupid; he immediately understood Xia Tian's intentions, but he still shook his head vigorously, "No, no way, it's too dangerous!"
"As long as I'm here, no place is dangerous." Xia Tian didn't take Qiao Donghai's objections seriously. His words had no effect on him. As they spoke, he was already pulling Qiao Xiaoqiao out of the Qiao Corporation building.
"Husband, where are we going to go" asked Qiao Xiaoqiao.
"Let’s go see Xie first at Jianghai University," Xia Tian said casually. "We can take a taxi."
"Okay." Qiao Xiaoqiao didn't oppose it.
Seeing that his attempts to dissuade them were in vain, Qiao Donghai could only helplessly watch as Xia Tian and Qiao Xiaoqiao got into a taxi. Just as he was about to send someone after them, Xia Tian seemed to understand his thoughts and suddenly leaned out of the car window: "Don’t follow me or I’ll beat you up!"
Qiao Donghai could only watch helplessly as the taxi drove off with the two people in it. After a moment's thought, he finally picked up his phone and dialed someone, "Uncle Er, it's Donghai.ok like a monkey and it irritates me. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me! If you don't want me to treat you, neither do I!""You— you actually said that I resemble a monkey... When I was...