81: Chapter 71: Following the Sixth Sense 81: Chapter 71: Following the Sixth Sense The night turned to dawn, and from Paris, we raced back to London, but the evidence still couldn’t be confird, and the mission remained incomplete.
Now, not only was Gao Yi anxious, but even Sean began to panic.
They looked at each other in silence, the only thing present was worry.
“Do you think the task could have been snatched by ‘Revenge Blade’?
That our evidence isn’t as sufficient as theirs?”
Gao Yi didn’t understand, so he definitely had to ask Sean, but although Sean was experienced, he didn’t know the internal processes of the Dark Web.
“Impossible, the lethal blow was done by you, and you’ve also confird the identity of ‘Garden’…”
Despite saying it was impossible, Sean took out his phone again, logged onto the Dark Web, and after checking the status of the task, he suddenly said, “There’s news!”
Gao Yi quickly leaned over, excitedly asking, “Did it go through?”
“No, it’s just a ssage…”
Sean opened the ssage, glanced at it, then said in astonishnt, “The evidence is approved, but the reason the task can’t be completed is…
there’s not enough Bitcoin?”
Gao Yi was clueless and confused; after Sean looked at the ssage again, he said in a low voice, “This is strange.
I can understand if there’s not enough cash, but how can there not be enough Bitcoin?”
Gao Yi’s voice beca even more anxious as he asked in a whisper, “What’s going on?”
“The ssage from the Dark Web says they’ve confird the evidence is valid, but now with the Bitcoin price surge to ward off financial risks, they’ve sold a large amount of Bitcoins.
Now, with more buyers than sellers on the market, it’s not possible to imdiately pay in Bitcoin worth twenty million dollars.
If I choose to receive paynt in Bitcoin, they will gather enough Bitcoins within twenty-four hours to mark the task as complete and then imdiately make the paynt.”
Gao Yi said in surprise, “Can’t you just buy Bitcoin with cash anyti?”
Sean shook his head, saying softly, “You can, but it’s not that fast, and you might need to gather the Bitcoins from many sellers for twenty million dollars’ worth.
People are going crazy entering the market, gambling that Bitcoin will continue to skyrocket, so it’s normal that it’s hard to buy on the market, right?”
“Normal?”
“Let’s try and see.”
Sean was even more cautious than Gao Yi; he decisively took out another phone, then unlocked it with his fingerprint, deliberately using the middle finger of his right hand.
After logging onto the Bitcoin trading platform and seeing the price, Sean visibly got startled, then with a tone filled with surprise, he said, “The price of a Bitcoin is now fourteen thousand dollars?”
The first ti Gao Yi received Bitcoin as compensation, the price was two thousand dollars each.
Now, in such a short period, Bitcoin had skyrocketed to fourteen thousand.
What’s the need for work?
Just play the market.
Sean said, excitedly, “I kept two hundred thousand dollars’ worth of Bitcoin bought at six thousand each.
Now that’s turned into over four hundred thousand dollars.
I’ll try buying with cash now.”
There’s no need to try.
With the price skyrocketing like this, the vast majority of those with Bitcoin would opt to keep them for further value increases rather than sell.
So, about an hour after Sean started buying, he had only managed to purchase Bitcoins worth just over 40,000 dollars.
“It seems to be true then.”
“Yeah, it should be no problem.”
The two looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh.
Gao Yi said earnestly, “Why can’t the Dark Web announce the mission as successful first and then pay slowly?”
“It’s simple, the rule is to pay imdiately upon completion of a task, a rule they cannot break.
So the Dark Web would rather delay, announcing the completion later, rather than not being able to pay once a task has been successfully completed.”
Both of them finally felt at ease, and by that ti, it was already noon—the perfect ti for lunch.
Without the burden of worry, hunger pangs hit them simultaneously.
Sean said cheerfully, “I need to keep an eye on the Dark Web for any ntion of the Garden.
I’m starving.
What do you feel like eating?”
“I’m not sure.
What’s good to eat around here?”
“If it’s local cuisine, then it’s fish and chips.
If you don’t mind sothing non-local, we’ve got the whole world’s cuisine to choose from—it depends on what you’re in the mood for.”
“Let’s just walk around and see what we co across.”
They started to stroll aimlessly down the street.
After a few steps, Sean suddenly asked, “The mission is over, what’s your plan next?”
“I’m going to visit Teacher Chen for a while.
He still has a lot to teach .
Besides, I’ve already paid for it.
After I’ve learned enough, I’ll go to the United States to find that Li Jie and buy a gun.”
Sean shrugged and smiled, “Didn’t you say you’d retire and go ho once you got the money?”
“We’ll see how it goes.
I need to figure out if I can safely return ho, especially with the money.
But whether I go ho isn’t very significant, so I’ll just travel around and have so fun first.”
After saying this, Gao Yi looked forward with anticipation, “Now that I have more money than I can spend and I’m still so young, I should definitely enjoy myself.
As long as I don’t invest it, this money should be enough for a lifeti, right?”
“What an enviable life…”
Half-jokingly, Sean pointed at a sign for a restaurant and said, “Japanese cuisine, how about it?”
“I don’t like it, let’s not.”
Gao Yi pointed towards a nearby steakhouse and suggested, “How about steak, then?”
“Sounds good.”
Sean readily agreed, and they both entered the restaurant.
The steakhouse wasn’t too crowded.
Sean glanced around and headed straight to the most secluded table at the back of the restaurant, near the window.
The spot offered a view of the outside, had a wall to their back, and allowed them to see anyone entering the restaurant imdiately—it was an excellent position.
Once seated, Gao Yi casually asked Sean while holding the nu, “What will you be doing next?”
“I’ll be busy.
Now that this mission is completed, the Andic Group will know that people are still active in the Garden.
Hmm, I need to keep looking for suitable people to join the Garden.
For now, we might operate in a cooperative manner, but nurturing the flowers remains the main task.”
After speaking, Sean suddenly smiled at Gao Yi, “The gates of the Garden will always be open to you.”
Gao Yi nodded but didn’t respond.
The waiter ca, they ordered as usual, and as they waited for the steaks to arrive, they chatted idly.
Sean still occasionally glanced at his phone.
He had said the mission could be completed within twenty-four hours, and even though only dozens of minutes had passed, Sean couldn’t help but keep checking.
“Stop looking.
Check it again after we eat.”
Sean nodded with a smile.
Then, glancing unintentionally outside the window, he smiled at Gao Yi and said, “I think there might be a problem.
Six pedestrians just walked by, and three of them were scoping out my position.”
Gao Yi was slightly startled and said, “What?”
Sean lowered his head, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered, “I’m not certain, but I’m feeling uneasy.
We need to leave.
There’s no way out in here.
Let’s go outside, turn right, then suddenly cut across the road, using the traffic as cover to split up and get away.
Be careful not to get hit by a car.”
Gao Yi whispered in understanding, “Got it.
But what’s going on?
Is it serious?”
Sean’s face remained relaxed as he said, “Just relax, don’t be tense.
I don’t know what’s going on, and I’m not sure if there’s danger, but rember this: it’s better to be wrong than dead.
Follow your instincts.”
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