Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 151: Chapter 149: Plotting an Assassination

Trust requires no reason.

Although Lin Yuan couldn’t understand what required Yang Dingguo to personally establish alliances.

But, in any case, he wasn’t doing it for personal gain.

If Yang Dingguo were to seek personal gain, Lin Yuan felt that there might be no decent people left in this world.

From Peng City to Emperor Dragon City, there would also be meetings along the way through other cities.

Lin Yuan estimated that the journey would take at least two or three days!

Once out of Peng City, it becomes someone else’s territory.

A frontal attack is easier to dodge than a clandestine one.

How to ensure Yang Dingguo’s safety is indeed a troubling issue.

No doubt, the Deceitful King Faction will not miss the chance to strike at Yang Dingguo in such a territory.

During his time in Peng City, Yang Dingguo spends ninety percent of his time in an underground fortress.

Even when he occasionally appears, the security measures leave no gaps.

The Deceitful King Faction has inserted and bribed some informants in Peng City, but this is the extent of their capabilities.

To speak of assassinating Yang Dingguo in Peng City, they don’t have that ability.

Therefore, Yang Dingguo’s departure from Peng City to Emperor Dragon City is an excellent opportunity for the Deceitful King Faction.

No doubt, Yang Dingguo’s journey to Emperor Dragon City will be fraught with upheaval.

However, since Yang Dingguo has decided to go, Lin Yuan will naturally do his utmost to support him with security work.

Lin Yuan feels confident about his capabilities.

In protecting Yang Dingguo’s safety, he is confident there will be no problems.

Ultimately, it’s just about responding to threats as they come.

Whatever moves the Deceitful King Faction makes, he’ll handle them one by one.

”No problem?”

”When will we set off? I need to prepare,” Lin Yuan asked.

Yang Dingguo glanced at the document in his hand, then slowly said, ”The conference in Emperor Dragon City starts in a week; let’s depart the day after tomorrow.”

”Alright!”

”If there’s nothing else, I’ll go prepare!” Lin Yuan responded.

Seeing Lin Yuan not asking about his trip to Emperor Dragon City, Yang Dingguo looked up and asked, ”Don’t you want to know the reason for my trip to Emperor Dragon City?”

Did Lin Yuan want to know?

Truthfully, he was a bit curious.

But Lin Yuan didn’t ask further.

This is the adult world; if it’s something you’re allowed to know, you’ll be told without asking; if not, asking is pointless.

For example, now.

”If you want to tell me, you’ll surely say it yourself, right?”

”If you don’t say it, I think it’s best I don’t know?”

”The more you know, the greater the responsibility. I, for one, dread too much responsibility,” Lin Yuan shrugged.

Yang Dingguo gave Lin Yuan a look and said to himself, ”The Emperor Dragon City’s conference is highly significant; it’s related to the fate of humanity.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan quickly interrupted Yang Dingguo, saying: ”Alright, alright! You don’t have to say; I really don’t want to know.”

”I must tell you!” Yang Dingguo declared solemnly.

”There’s really no need,” Lin Yuan shook his hand repeatedly.

”Secretary Wang, close the door!” Yang Dingguo instructed Secretary Wang to close the door, trapping Lin Yuan in the office.

He then revealed the matter concerning humanity’s fate to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan expressed that he truly didn’t want to know! Closing the door on him really felt like being caught in an outhouse jump—way too much!

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Lin’an City.

Deceitful King Faction headquarters.

The heads of the nine families gathered here, with the ghostly leader looking much like an alien sitting at the top.

The nine family heads controlled nine assassination squads, which were the Deceitful King Faction’s most formidable strike forces.

However, the Zhang Family and Li Family’s assassination squads had been dismantled by Lin Yuan. Now, their squads were being rebuilt and lacked combat capability.

”Everyone should know about the Emperor Dragon City conference, right?” Ghost Leader started the conversation.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Yuandong angrily complained: ”This time, no one bothered to inform us about Lin’an City; it’s clear they’re trying to exclude us completely.”

”They used to maintain some semblance of protocol, but now even that is gone.”

Though Lin’an City is a city in Dragon Country, previous similar conferences would still send notification to Lin’an City.

This time, they didn’t even bother with a participation notice, directly excluding Lin’an City from attending.

”The upper echelons aren’t fools; they know Lin’an City well.”

”On several occasions they sent people to seize control, but those sent were just for show; everything in Lin’an City is under our control.”

”Unable to wrest control of Lin’an City from us, they simply abandoned it,” Ghost Leader said slowly.

Whether or not to attend the meeting doesn’t really matter.

Because in Emperor Dragon City, these tycoons have no leading authority. Attending the conference is actually somewhat dangerous for them.

Even if they were allowed to attend, they’d only send someone unimportant to go through the motions.

In any case, these nine family heads definitely don’t dare to participate in person.

If anyone dares to go, they’ll certainly be left behind.

Many people attending the meeting, and many mouths.

The moguls have many ears and eyes, their sources are very keen, even if they don’t go, they can still know the content of the meeting.

”The Emperor Dragon City meeting is not important to us.”

”Our immediate priority is still to capture Peng City.”

”Yang Dingguo and Lin Yuan, one with brains and one with brawn, are the two stumbling blocks standing in our way!” The Ghost Leader paused, took a breath, and continued, ”Yang Dingguo will definitely attend this meeting.”

”There aren’t many opportunities to get Yang Dingguo to leave Peng City, and this time is a perfect opportunity for us.”

”I plan to take advantage of this opportunity to assassinate Yang Dingguo on the way.”

Peng City is Yang Dingguo’s stronghold. When Yang Dingguo leaves his stronghold, the difficulty of assassinating him will definitely be reduced.

However, reduced difficulty doesn’t mean no difficulty.

Yang Dingguo surely knows they will attempt an assassination on the way.

Therefore, as Yang Dingguo goes to Emperor Dragon City, Lin Yuan will definitely accompany him for protection.

Lin Yuan!

This name is like a thorn in the hearts of the family heads!

First the Zhang Family, then the Li Family.

And then Yang Jing.

The losses suffered by the Deceitful King Faction families under Lin Yuan are not few!

”Assassination?”

”If we can’t handle Lin Yuan, this won’t be easy!” said the Patriarch Li, pulling a long face.

Now, mentioning Lin Yuan, no one present can avoid a headache.

Zhang Yuandong is the only one among those present who knows about the Ghost Leader’s modification of Yang Jing.

Zhang Yuandong looked at him and asked, ”Ghost Leader, can you use that card?”

To assassinate Yang Dingguo, they first need an expert of the same caliber as Lin Yuan.

Not to say this person must defeat Lin Yuan, but at least they must be able to hold him off.

Considering the current situation, this person can only be Yang Jing.

Yang Jing has already endured the rejection of the implant of the Evil Spirits organ, and he has already awoken.

Moreover, after implanting these Evil Spirits organs, Yang Jing’s strength has greatly increased.

The current Yang Jing is at least twice as strong as the previous Yang Jing.

However, the power gained through such means comes with a price.

Yang Jing’s personality has changed drastically; he has become very irritable and easily angered.

Besides personality, there are other side effects.

The Ghost Leader doesn’t beat around the bush and directly says, ”The demonized Yang Jing is more powerful, but whether he is Lin Yuan’s match, I can’t be sure.”

Currently, Lin Yuan’s strength is a question mark for the Deceitful King Faction.

Because, according to Yang Jing himself, last time, even with all tricks used, he could not even touch Lin Yuan’s hem.

So, even though Yang Jing’s strength has greatly increased, the Ghost Leader is still not sure if he can match Lin Yuan.

”Lure the tiger away from the mountain?”

”Could we use this tactic to move Lin Yuan aside and then target Yang Dingguo?” proposed the Family Head of the Huang Family.

”Luring the tiger away, this tactic is too clumsy, isn’t it?”

”Given Yang Dingguo’s importance, Lin Yuan will never leave his side!” Zhang Yuandong retorted.

The Deceitful King Faction planning to assassinate Yang Dingguo on his way to Emperor Dragon City is a clear move.

Forget a clumsy tactic like luring the tiger away, no matter how brilliant a strategy, as long as Lin Yuan doesn’t leave Yang Dingguo’s side, it cannot be implemented.

At this point, using strategies is useless.

”It’s not easy to kill Yang Dingguo, but some compromise is acceptable.”

”This time, our Ma Family’s hunting team will lead, and each of you must send at least two Tier Six Life Pattern Masters for coordination,” the Ghost Leader directly assigned tasks.

Everyone present exchanged glances; except for Zhang Yuandong and Li Hongyan, others had no comments.

The Ma Family is deploying a whole hunting team along with the demonized Yang Jing as a trump card.

Each family providing two Tier Six Life Pattern Masters for coordination is quite reasonable.

Zhang Yuandong and Li Hongyan felt a bit troubled, the Zhang Family’s hunting team only had two members left, the Li Family’s hunting team was all gone.

Sending two Tier Six Life Pattern Masters might leave them a bit stretched.

Li Hongyan was slightly better off, as his family’s overall strength is somewhat stronger than the Zhang Family.

Grinding his teeth, he can still send two Tier Six Life Pattern Masters for cooperation.

Zhang Yuandong felt quite troubled; the Zhang Family is ranked at the bottom among the nine families.

Having suffered in Peng City, their strength has indeed somewhat diminished.

Being the Ghost Leader’s loyal supporter, seeing Zhang Yuandong in difficulty, the Ghost Leader proactively asked, ”Yuandong, is there anything troubling you?”

Zhang Yuandong nodded and, in a negotiating tone, said, ”Ghost Leader, how about I send my third son Zhang Peng for coordination, along with Day Traveler and Poison Lord?”

”Day Traveler and Poison Lord are Tier Seven Life Pattern Masters and have been active around Peng City for a long time. Not only are they familiar with the terrain, but also quite familiar with Lin Yuan and Yang Dingguo.”

”Alright.” The Ghost Leader thought for a moment and agreed.

Zhang Yuandong’s maneuver effectively inserts Day Traveler, the internal spy, into the team.