You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

Lin Chen's words were like a boulder thrown into an already turbulent lake, creating countless waves.

The entire audience erupted in uproar!

Those guests who had just eaten the Xiao family's "specially supplied" caviar were now all deathly pale, instinctively clutching their stomachs as if they had already sensed the call of death.

Their eyes were filled with fear and anger as they looked at Xiao Zhen.

"Xiao Zhen! You...you have such a cruel heart!"

"To kill someone, they actually gambled with all of our lives!"

"I...I just ate caviar too! Call an ambulance!"

The situation spiraled out of control again, but this time, all the blame was directed at Xiao Zhen.

Xiao Zhen panicked completely.

He never imagined that his meticulously planned trap would be so easily foiled by Lin Chen with just a few words over a video call!

Moreover, he was falsely accused of "sacrificing all the guests in order to kill someone".

He looked at Lin Chen, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

He felt that he was not facing a young man in his twenties, but an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years. All his thoughts and schemes were like the tricks of a three-year-old child in front of this monster, childish and laughable.

Just then, a resolute glint flashed in the eyes of the assassin who had been mingling in the crowd, disguised as a waiter.

He knew that the plan had been completely exposed.

Today, he cannot leave here alive.

Rather than be captured and tortured, it's better to end it all!

He suddenly pulled a poisoned dagger from his lower back, but instead of stabbing Lin Chen, he plunged it fiercely into his own heart!

"Want to die? Did you get my permission?"

A cold, demanding voice rang in the assassin's ears.

The next second, the assassin felt a blur before his eyes, and a dark figure appeared in front of him like a ghost.

Lin Chen activated [God-level Parkour], weaving through the crowded people as if he were teleporting!

He didn't give the assassin a chance to commit suicide.

[Grandmaster-level Combat Mastery] Activated!

His right hand moved with lightning speed, precisely seizing the killer's wrist at an extremely tricky angle.

"Snap!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out, clearly audible to everyone present.

Lin Chen didn't even use much force; with just a gentle twist, he crushed the assassin's wrist, along with the wrist bone, into a comminuted fracture!

"ah--!"

The assassin let out a piercing scream, and the dagger clattered to the ground.

His prized fighting skills couldn't even last a second against Lin Chen's absolute power and technique.

Lin Chen kicked him in the back of the knee, causing him to fall to his knees.

Then, he grabbed the assassin by the collar like a chick and dragged him to the center of the banquet hall.

"Bang!"

Lin Chen stomped the assassin to the ground, the cold sole of his leather shoe grinding against his face, making him intimate contact with the expensive marble floor.

He looked down at his prey from his elevated position, his eyes fixed on the assassin's eyes.

There was no anger, no pity, only a bottomless coldness.

[God-level Hypnosis], activated instantly!

Lin Chen didn't say anything unnecessary; his voice seemed to possess a kind of soul-piercing magic, resonating directly in the assassin's mind.

"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

The assassin's body trembled violently. He had undergone the most rigorous anti-interrogation training, and his willpower far surpassed that of ordinary people.

He gritted his teeth desperately, trying to resist the mysterious force invading his brain.

But it didn't work.

Faced with [god-level hypnosis], his willpower was like a paper dam, instantly breached.

His eyes began to glaze over, his pupils lost focus, and he looked like a puppet whose soul had been taken away.

He opened his mouth blankly and answered Lin Chen's question in a mechanical voice that didn't belong to him.

"It's...it's Sky Dome Group's 'Mandala'."

"Mandala?"

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow slightly; he seemed to have heard that name somewhere before.

"Yes."

The assassin continued.

"She is the CEO of Sky Dome Group in Asia, and also the group's top assassin and poison master."

"She told me to serve the poisoned wine containing Agent B to Lin Chen."

"But she gave me a second instruction."

"What instructions?"

"She said that Lin Chen is extremely cunning, and the plan is likely to fail."

"If I can't kill Lin Chen, then let me activate the backup plan..."

The assassin paused, as if recalling something.

"Kill that CFO."

Why?

Lin Chen pressed for an answer.

"Because...because that CFO is the most crucial link in the Tianqiong Group and the Xiao family's money laundering network in Beijing's underground banks."

"He has access to all the ledgers and transaction records."

"Mandala said that things have been too tense lately, and the group feels the danger. This CFO has become a pawn to be discarded."

"If we can't kill Lin Chen, we'll just eliminate him to silence him and cut off this connection, so that it doesn't get back to the group."

boom!

The assassin's words were even more explosive than the "binary neurotoxin" he had just mentioned!

The entire audience erupted in uproar once again!

If Lin Chen's previous reasoning was just speculation, then now, everything that the hypnotized killer said is irrefutable evidence!

This not only completely cleared Lin Chen of the murder suspicion, but also exposed the dirtiest deal between the Sky Dome Group and the Xiao family to the public in front of all the powerful and influential people in the capital!

Money laundering!

Quit your mouth!

Every word was like a heavy hammer, striking everyone's hearts hard.

All eyes turned to the main table.

Xiao Zhen, the arrogant patriarch of the Xiao family who was just moments ago, was now ashen-faced, slumped in his chair, trembling like a leaf.

It’s over.

It's all over.

He originally intended to set a trap and put Lin Chen to death.

Little did he expect that Lin Chen could see through every single one of his calculations.

Not only did he fail to harm Lin Chen in the slightest, but Lin Chen also used his scheme to remove his most important financial thorn in the side, and also exposed the Xiao family's biggest secret to the public.

He lost.

They suffered a crushing defeat, utterly humiliated.

Lin Chen loosened his grip, letting the assassin, who had become an idiot, slump to the ground.

He slowly walked up to Xiao Zhen, a faint smile on his face.

He bent down, leaned close to Xiao Zhen's ear, and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Patriarch Xiao, are you satisfied with this return gift?"