On the Ark.

"Are you here to avenge Mephisto?" Lin Ye asked coldly.

“Mephisto? Oh, so you really did kill him.” W shrugged and said, “Although I’m here to kill you, I’m not here to avenge Mephisto. To be honest, Mephisto and I weren’t that close, or rather, we weren’t close at all. He was that woman’s loyal henchman, and I was just working for her to earn a living. After all, we all need to eat.”

That woman?

"You mean Talulah?" Lin Ye asked. "You're not one of Talulah's people, just a mercenary? A Sarkaz mercenary?"

“Yeah… what else could it be?” W said. “Alright, you’ve asked all your questions, right? I think I’ve wasted a lot of time talking to you. It’ll be troublesome if we wait for your people to come back… but it won’t make much of a difference. I originally didn’t want to cause too much of a commotion in Laterano, thinking that if I could solve things with a knife, I should try not to use a gun, but…”

Lin Ye suddenly felt something was wrong. He saw W take off his backpack, open it, and take out a short gun that looked like a grenade launcher.

This crazy woman, is she trying to blow up the whole hotel?!

Lin Ye recalled the scene of his first meeting with W, who had almost blown up an entire floor of the building; he was a complete bomb maniac!

So he abandoned his defense and charged straight at W, wanting to finish him off before W could pull the trigger.

But W was clearly an expert with a gun; her movements were much faster than with a knife. She easily dodged Lin Ye's slash, then prepared herself, pointed the gun at Lin Ye's body, and smiled, softly uttering, "Goodbye."

He was about to pull the trigger.

But the next second, someone grabbed her head and shoved it into the floor.

"Hmph, it's not good for little kids to play with fire."

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, looking at the person who had suddenly appeared and was already sitting on W's body.

It is the year.

Chapter 651 Good luck on the college entrance exam!

Nian's sudden appearance startled Lin Ye, causing him to tremble and almost drop his bath towel, but luckily he caught it quickly.

"Nian? What are you doing here!" Lin Ye glanced at the door of the room subconsciously, only to find it was still closed. "How did you get in?"

Nian pointed to the window: "Isn't that open?"

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly.

This is the tenth floor!

However, considering Nian's identity, he wisely refrained from asking any further questions.

But W was even more shocked than Lin Ye.

She had absolutely no idea when Nian had gotten behind her, and she hadn't even felt a thing. Logically, this was absolutely impossible. As a seasoned assassin, W was extremely sensitive to her back; she would never allow anyone to stand behind her, not even a partner… no, she had no partners.

“I must say, you really have a lot of enemies.” Nian said, glancing at Lin Ye’s bath towel, then raising an eyebrow. “But are they really enemies? I won’t ruin your plans, will I?”

"Don't joke around at a time like this." Lin Ye said irritably. Although he really wanted to settle accounts with W immediately, he felt that just wearing a bath towel was too lewd. So he could only glare at W fiercely first, and then turn around and go into the bathroom. "Let me change my clothes first."

"What's the point of changing it? It's not like we haven't seen it before."

Lin Ye stopped and turned to look at Nian: "What did you say?"

Nian turned her head away, avoiding Lin Ye's gaze: "It's nothing."

Lin Ye stared silently at Nian, then realized he was completely helpless against her, so he could only pretend he hadn't heard and "swallow his anger" as he went into the bathroom. At that moment, he felt like an innocent girl who had been violated but dared not speak out because of the other party's domineering nature... Damn it, why did he have such a brainless thought?

Lin Ye was disgusted by his own wild imagination and had to shake his head several times to get rid of the filth in his mind.

As for W, he was still thinking about how to escape.

Although Nian seemed indifferent and unconcerned, W could clearly sense the power within his body. After all, he had subdued her with a single strike, even when she was completely unprepared. W was certain that even Talulah wouldn't have been able to do that so easily.

How could Rhodes Island have someone so powerful? I've never heard of them before.

Isn't she from Rhodes Island?

Thinking of this, W couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"

Nian replied, "I am someone Lin Ye is keeping."

"Kept...kept?" W paused, then said somewhat uncertainly, "You mean, you're a thug he hired?"

“I’m not a thug.” Nian curled his lip and said, “I have no interest in being anyone’s thug.”

"then you……"

“I already told you,” Nian shrugged. “I’m being kept by him.”

As she spoke, Nian raised her hands, which were controlling W. For W, this should have been the best chance to escape. But she still dared not move, because the pressure Nian exerted on her was simply too great. This pressure was almost innate, making W feel like a powerless little insect in front of Nian, the kind that could be crushed at any moment. She had never felt this way before.

A short while later, Lin Ye, who was dressed, came out of the bathroom.

Because of the fight, his clothes in the bathroom were soaked through, and Lin Ye forced himself to wear them. He was too embarrassed to go back to his room to get new clothes; at that moment, he looked like a drowned rooster.

Even so, he absolutely could not lose his imposing manner, after all, he was now the Doctor of Rhodes Island!

He coughed twice, then walked up to W and said in as contemptuous a tone as possible, "You miscalculated. Killing me won't be that easy."

W was wary of Nian, but that didn't mean she was wary of Lin Ye. So she coldly replied, "You really miscalculated. I didn't expect your mistress to be so good at fighting."

Lin Ye nodded rather smugly, and subconsciously said, "Of course, the mistress I keep is definitely... um?"

He was stunned for a moment, then he became angry.

"What do you mean I'm keeping a mistress?" he glared at W. "Don't talk nonsense."

W sneered, then turned his head away, looking at Lin Ye with disdain.

This infuriated Lin Ye, and then, as if remembering something, he turned and glanced at Nian.

Although Nian looked innocent, Lin Ye still guessed what had happened. He gritted his teeth, thinking that he wasn't afraid of god-like opponents, but rather of pig-like... well, no, strictly speaking, Nian was the "god-like" teammate. She was a god, even if she was a little dim-witted.

Thinking about this, Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a little tired. Why were there so few normal people around him?

“She just likes to joke around…” Lin Ye started to say, then realized why he should explain so much to someone who wanted to kill him. So he quickly steered the conversation back on track, “But none of that matters, it’s you…”

“Just ask me whatever you want to know,” W said frankly. “As long as you don’t kill me, I’ll tell you anything.”

Lin Ye was taken aback: "So straightforward?"

“Of course,” W said. “I’m just working for Talulah. She pays me, I do the work, and that’s about it. There’s no special relationship between us, so there’s no need for me to risk my life for her.”

W's attitude surprised Lin Ye. He had assumed that a villain like W, who seemed so formidable, would be the kind who was very stubborn. He thought that to get anything out of W, he would have to subject him to severe torture. He had already been thinking about how to interrogate W, but now it seemed that he wouldn't need to do that anymore?

But Lin Ye was still somewhat suspicious: "How do I know if what you're saying is true?"

“That’s your problem,” W said with a smile. “I can tell you what I know, but I won’t make things up about what I don’t know. Whether you believe me or not is up to your judgment.”

Lin Ye frowned slightly, just as he was about to say something, there was a sudden knock on the door.

It was Ying Li's voice.

He hurriedly ran to open the door.

Upon seeing Lin Ye, Ying Li was about to ask him if he wanted to go eat, but her eyes quickly caught sight of W, who was pinned to the ground, and she was taken aback: "What are you doing?"

Before Lin Ye could explain, W suddenly found an opportunity and immediately detonated the bomb on his waist.

Chapter 652 Escape

W's movements were incredibly fast.

No one expected that she, who had seemed resigned just a minute ago, would seize the opportunity the moment everyone's attention was slightly diverted and decisively detonate the bomb on her body. This was undoubtedly a lose-lose situation... no, a mutual destruction, but apart from that, W really couldn't think of any other way to escape from Nian's clutches.

The moment Lin Ye noticed W detonating the bomb, he instinctively tackled Ying Li to the ground and pressed his body against hers, trying to protect her with his own.

Then, a deafening roar.

At that moment, Lin Ye, whose mind was in complete chaos, seemed to see Ying Li crying at his funeral.

But... nothing happened.

"What was that sound?!"

"There's an explosion!"

"Protect His Highness!"

A series of hurried footsteps sounded, and in less than five seconds, Lin Ye was surrounded by several people—the Imperial Guards who had been accompanying Ying Li. If Lin Ye hadn't looked like he wasn't trying to harm Ying Li, or if Ying Li hadn't given them prior instructions, Lin Ye suspected he would have been torn to shreds by these guards in an instant.

"Cough cough, I'm fine." Ying Li's muffled voice came from beneath Lin Ye. "What happened?"

Lin Ye quickly stood up, and then saw a little blood on the ground. He was immediately shocked: "You're injured?"

Ying Li sat up, covering her nose while glaring at Lin Ye, and said irritably, "Guess how I got hurt?"

Lin Ye: "..."

Although Lin Ye tackled her to the ground and nearly disfigured her, Ying Li knew he was doing it to protect her, so she couldn't bring herself to say anything blaming him. After calming the tense Imperial Guards down, she looked at Lin Ye again: "What exactly happened..."

Before she could finish speaking, the scene before her made her involuntarily open her mouth slightly.

The house was a complete mess, with the floor riddled with spiderweb-like cracks, clearly caused by the explosion... but that was all. After all, even Ying Li and Lin Ye, who were just outside, were unharmed. There was only one reason: Nian, who was at the epicenter of the explosion.

And the "shield" in Nian's hand, which resembled the striking of an ancient temple bell.

Clearly, Nian used the "shield" that appeared out of nowhere to block the explosive force.

But... is this really something a human can do?!

Ying Li was shocked.

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

Thankfully, there was this great player, Nian, otherwise we might have been wiped out by W in one fell swoop.

He immediately walked towards Nian and asked, "How did it go?"

Nian pursed her lips and said, "I was careless. I didn't expect her to be so courageous."

"I wasn't talking about her, I was talking about you," Lin Ye said. "Are you alright?"

Nian tilted her head: "Do you think I could get hurt?"

Lin Ye thought for a moment and felt that W's bomb was unlikely to hurt Nian, who was a master of playing with fire, so he was relieved: "It's good that you're not hurt."

Witnessing this scene, Ying Li couldn't help but think to herself, "No wonder Lin Ye is so popular with women, he really has something special about him."

"And what about this woman?" Lin Ye looked down at the shield Nian had conjured out of thin air. "Is she already dead?"

"What do you think?" Nian asked Lin Ye in return.