"I have a question," Yang Yu said. "Hamlin has so many skilled n under his command, so why were all the bodyguards by his son’s side killed by Lu Ah? If any of his capable n had been with his son, his son wouldn’t have died, right?"
"Heh, Mr. Yang is indeed very ticulous," Sang Yue said with a faint smile. "Actually, that ti I deliberately lied to the young master, saying there were lots of pretty girls on the cruise ship. Hamlin didn’t want the young master to indulge in pleasures of the flesh, so the young master dared not tell Mr. Hamlin and instead sneaked off with a few bodyguards."
"And then?" Yang Yu’s face gradually turned icy. "Did you intentionally cause a conflict between Lu Ah and Hamlin’s son to drag into the mix?"
"Mr. Yang, you have misunderstood ," Sang Yue continued. "I did indeed set up a fallback plan, but I’m not so clever and crafty as to predict their clash."
"Actually, I just ambushed so sisters from the Sea Moon Association on the way, intending to capture the young master. I didn’t expect to hear of his death before eting him."
"You also know what happened next. After I found out that Lu Ah was your man, Mr. Yang, I started to consider cooperating with you. That’s not scheming against you, right?"
"That doesn’t count." Hearing Sang Yue’s reasonable explanation, Yang Yu finally nodded. "I don’t like partners who even calculate against their own people. If I find out that you are deliberately setting up, our cooperation can end at any ti."
"Definitely not," Sang Yue said earnestly. "If you really don’t trust , then you can sleep with , and I’ll be completely devoted and have no other thoughts."
Yang Yu: "......"
With Hamlin issuing a bounty, Mangu City was in utter chaos.
All the underground forces were on the move, and even many rcenaries from the vicinity had been drawn in.
Although everyone knew that those marked by Hamlin’s bounty were not easy to kill, the money offered was simply too much.
The Sea Moon Association’s ordinary won had a million US Dollar bounty on their heads, the four squad leaders had ten million, Sang Yue and Yue Qiulan a hundred million, Yang Yu a billion!
By their estimates, if they killed everyone on the bounty list, they could earn at least 1.2 billion US Dollar.
With such a sum, who wouldn’t go mad?
Of course, these people weren’t fools; acting alone would spell certain doom, so they ford several temporary alliances.
They recruited forces and rcenaries they deed strong and cooperative, planning to share the money earned equally amongst themselves.
Money might be good, but you have to be alive to spend it, so this type of cooperation was relatively safer.
Among these forces, there was one particularly formidable group.
Each mber of this group wore a hat, apparently not wanting people to see their hair.
Whether it was their stern aura or physical prowess, these individuals were far stronger than those in the usual temporary alliances.
Many wanted to join them, but all were refused.
In their words, a wolf pack wouldn’t team up with cats and dogs.
Those rejected were infuriated, yet no one dared to lay a hand on them.
Just one glance from them could send a shiver down anyone’s spine!
Although Sang Yue was in dire straits, her intelligence network was still intact, so she was well-inford about the outside world.
Seeing the photos of the group wearing hats, Sang Yue couldn’t help but reveal a trace of scorn: "The monks from your Xia Country never seem to engage in such matters."
"That’s a given," Yang Yu said, "The monks of Xia Country can live comfortably on the incense money alone from their followers; there’s no need for them to engage in such deeds. But the monks from Thunder Cloud Temple, they don’t seem to be benevolent at all!"
"What monks? They’re all a bunch of desperados," Sang Yue sneered. "Hamlin arranged for them to be at Thunder Cloud Temple, where their identities were whitewashed, and they were taught many thods to counter Evil Magic."
"Usually, these people wouldn’t make a move, since each one of them has a criminal record that could get them shot. But this ti, Hamlin has really put all his eggs in one basket."
"How amusing, hehe," Yang Yu laughed. "Since Hamlin thinks money can solve the problem, then I’ll join him in his little ga. He has money, but is it that I don’t?"
Sang Yue imdiately understood Yang Yu’s intention and showed a smile, "Indeed, fighting poison with poison is not a bad strategy."
Less than three hours had passed since Hamlin issued his assassination order when another bounty was released.
The target of this bounty was precisely those hat-wearing individuals, offering a reward of two million US Dollars for anyone who could take out just one of them!
The entire underworld of Mangu City instantly boiled with excitent. This was much easier than hunting down a group of people whose whereabouts were unknown, and the price was much higher too.
A standard Sea Moon Association woman was worth one million US Dollars, while one of those hat-wearing fellas was worth two million US Dollars—that’s double!
It wasn’t just about the money. Previously, so had been rejected and humiliated by this group of hat-wearers, and they had been holding a grudge.
Now that there was a bounty on their heads, those who had been rejected could take this opportunity to vent their spleen!
Of course, it didn’t take long for so to question whether the new bounty could actually pay out in cold, hard cash.
After all, Hamlin’s bounty was guaranteed by his status as the wealthiest man, but as for the backer of that bounty...
"Sang Yue? Haha, that’ll do!"
"So, it was issued by Miss Sang Yue, it’s trustworthy, very trustworthy!"
Now everyone realized what was happening: Sang Yue was engaged in an internal struggle with Hamlin!
Compared to Hamlin, actually, many would rather trust Sang Yue.
Many of Hamlin’s past dealings were handled by Sang Yue, and her credibility was sothing they believed in.
Moreover, Sang Yue was polite to people and never let her business partners take losses, which was many tis better than Hamlin.
Whether or not one could get money from Hamlin was uncertain, but surely from Sang Yue, one definitely could.
Sang Yue’s bounty stated that as long as soone could record a video of the corpses of those hat-wearers and leave an account number, she would make the paynt imdiately.
As for credibility, why not give it a try and see for yourself?
"Why not directly issue a bounty for Hamlin’s life?" Yue Qiulan asked, sowhat puzzled. "Wouldn’t offering a hefty sum be more enticing?"
"They are still sowhat fearful of Hamlin, so it has to be done step by step," Sang Yue said with a smile. "Let them first take out Hamlin’s henchn and make so money. Only then will they grow bolder."
"And once they take out Hamlin’s henchn, Hamlin naturally wouldn’t let them off. At that point, it would be much easier for us to issue a bounty."
"I really don’t know how you co up with so many cunning plans," Yue Qiulan huffed. "Keeping you by his side, Hamlin really is nurturing a tiger that seeks to trouble him!"
"What can I do?" Sang Yue spread her hands, "Who else is better suited to be the secretary of Mangu City’s richest man? Haha!"
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