People are scared in America, my uncle is Dante

Chapter 165 Intelligence

Suren looked at Ada, who was looking wary, and his figure gradually solidified.

"I saved your life twice, and this is how you treat your savior?"

Ada stared at him coldly, her eyes filled with disgust.

Suren glanced at her with that look in her eyes, then at her disheveled clothes, and pursed her lips: "Don't look at me like I'm a pervert. I don't know anything about your clothes."

He pulled up a stool and sat down: "If I really wanted to do something to you, you wouldn't even have a chance to wake up."

Heaven and earth bear witness, Suren only had Alessa search Ida and take a few things. Who knows where her white coat went? She was clearly wearing it when she was thrown into Silent Hill—

I guess Alessa disposed of it as trash?

Ida didn't say anything.

She kept sensing whether anything was wrong with her.

However, apart from being somewhat weak, no substantial signs of violation were found.

More importantly, she recalled how this man, facing numerous monsters alone, still had the leisure to talk to himself.

With such strength, there's really no need to fabricate lies to deceive oneself.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ada took a deep breath, lowered the gun slightly, and asked again, "Who exactly are you?"

Suren took in her every move and smiled, "I'm just a mercenary who does what I'm paid to do."

Ada's expression remained unchanged: "An ordinary mercenary can easily deal with a large group of monsters? And even escape from—an underground environment?"

The image of herself before she fainted flashed through her mind.

She lost consciousness after only noticing a dark shadow, and when she woke up, she was already lying in this small house.

The other person was able to save themselves from that situation and leave.

This level of danger far exceeds any biological weapon she has ever encountered.

Seeing her so wary demeanor, Suren sighed and stopped joking: "Since you prefer to be straightforward, let's get down to business. How much do you know about that underground base hidden deep in the mountains? What exactly were you after, going to such lengths to infiltrate the core area—Ada Wong?"

The moment the name came out of Suren's mouth, Ida's expression changed slightly.

She stared intently at Suren: "You investigated me?"

"Does this require an investigation?"

Suren shook his head, revealing a meaningful smile.

"I also know that the name you are using now is just one of your many disguises that you are more comfortable using."

Ida fell silent.

The man before her possessed unfathomable strength and seemed to know everything about her.

In this completely unfamiliar place, confronting him head-on would be the most foolish choice.

After a long while, she slowly lowered her arm, put the pistol back into its holster, and said, "I've received a job assignment."

"They asked me to infiltrate that base, investigate what they were researching there, and collect relevant experimental evidence."

Suren nodded slightly: "I'm all ears."

"The ownership of this base belongs to a family called Armitage. Moreover, the construction of this base was backed by government funding."

"The Armitage family? Official involvement?"

Suren frowned slightly.

It's not surprising that the government got involved. Capitalists can even make peace with their father's killer if there's profit to be made, let alone an uncontrollable weapon like Valrid.

As for Armitage—the name sounded very familiar to him; he seemed to have heard someone mention it before.

He noted down these questions and looked at Ada: "That's all? If it's just this simple investigation, the information from the upper levels would be enough for you to report back."

Suren looked at Ada with a half-smile: "But you deliberately let the soldiers capture you back then, so you could use them to get things done, right?"

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Ada's pupils contracted upon hearing this.

Where did this person come from? How can they know her thoughts so clearly?

She hesitated for a moment, then decided not to hide it anymore: "A few months ago, the head of a multinational giant seemed to become a completely different person after attending a dinner party in the United States."

"He began to completely overturn the company's previous strategies and even frantically transferred funds to some shell companies of dubious origin."

"After the other boards of directors took control of him, they suspected that the real person in charge had been replaced, but they couldn't find any surgical traces or solid evidence, so they hired me to investigate."

"And the organizer of that dinner was the Armitage family."

After listening, Suren nodded and asked, "In a typical employment mission, it's usually impossible to know the employer's information, right?"

"It's just some necessary investigation."

Ada said calmly, "Understanding why the client is paying will help me avoid many fatal traps."

That's how it is in their line of work; sometimes employers will deliberately hide things because of some unspeakable reasons.

These kinds of things can often leave a mercenary with nothing but bones.

Moreover, today's employer may be tomorrow's enemy, and intelligence is very valuable on the black market.

Suren curled her lip. "You're paying your employer and then you just open it up for them?"

"So, you went down there to investigate this thing?"

"right."

Ada's voice was low and tinged with apprehension: "From the information I've gathered, the Armitage family has already used this method to control a portion of the higher-ups, and they even have people in the government."

"But none of these are the most important things."

"What they were experimenting with at the bottom level was how to forcibly insert demons into the bodies of ordinary people."

"Furthermore, this technology is already quite mature, and it's highly likely that successful demon containers have already entered human society."

Suren nodded; he was well aware of this.

Miles, Leatherface, and many other products of this technology.

He looked at Ada, and her exquisite face, which combined Eastern gentleness with Western coldness, couldn't help but arouse a wicked sense of amusement.

Suren suddenly spoke up: "But when you first met me, didn't you tell me that they were researching a spiritual construct called Valrid?"

Ida's expression froze slightly.

Damn it, I completely forgot about that.

She was about to explain when Suren stood up, and this sudden movement made her instinctively reach for her pistol.

Suren, seeing her tense demeanor, didn't mind: "Just stay here for a while. I'll let you go once we're in a safe place."

After saying that, his figure disappeared into the room.

Ida sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the spot where Suren had disappeared, her eyes gleaming.

She glanced at the eerie forest and town outside the window, and ultimately gave up the idea of ​​exploring the area.

As the car drove smoothly along the road, Su Lun's consciousness returned to reality.

He had learned almost everything about Valrid from Nailhead, so it didn't matter if he missed anything.

Moreover————

He opened his palm, revealing a small, exquisite USB flash drive.

Just then, the black kitten that had been sleeping nearby woke up with a yawn.

She stretched her paws slightly forward, sticked her buttocks out, stretched, and then her body quickly lengthened in a whirlwind.

Bayonetta leaned back in the back seat, crossed her legs, and reached out to tidy her slightly messy hair.

Apshe, who was focused on driving in the front seat, inadvertently caught a glimpse of this sudden transformation and his hand on the steering wheel trembled violently.

What kind of monsters are these people?!

He secretly vowed that once he returned alive this time, he would retire from crime and never risk his life again for any exclusive scoops.

From now on, I'll find a column at a newspaper to write about good deeds and good people, and live out the rest of my life peacefully and quietly. A simple and ordinary life is the best.