Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 734: Chapter 238 Insider_3

But Leonard Churchill didn’t pay any attention to the fat lady at all, his target had never been her.

Instead, it was the guard who was now walking in.

The guard came in and closed the door behind him.

Mrs. Merlin looked at him without moving and urged impatiently, “What are you standing there for, move your hands already!”

However, what happened next left everyone flabbergasted.

No sooner had her words fallen than a “clang” of a blade being drawn rang out.

A head rolled to the ground, and blood splattered the wall.

Vera Williams, still in deep grief, failed to comprehend what had just occurred when she saw a headless body spurting blood like a fountain.

But the dead person was not Leonard Churchill.

It was Mrs. Mela!

Leonard Churchill felt no surprise at the bloody scene, only sneering in his heart, “So the insider was this guy…”

The killings in the cellar had been deliberately staged to mimic a left-handed assassin. Were they meant to lead people away from suspecting him, a Black Knight of the Professional Sequence?

Tsk tsk, a professional spy indeed.

No wonder.

….

Vera Williams was completely dumbfounded.

Her mind seemed to have frozen in place, unable to grasp why her own guard would kill her aunt.

Although…

But…

With her thoughts a muddled mess, before she could sort them out, she saw Captain Loki fixing a murderous gaze upon her.

Only then did Vera realize: Captain Loki was the insider!

She had been suspecting who betrayed her and ruled out many suspects, but it never occurred to her that Loki could be the one.

He was not a guard from her father’s side; he had come with her aunt, a guard from her own family.

A commercial spy, or what?!

It never crossed Vera’s mind.

Leonard Churchill, an outsider, naturally wouldn’t have known either.

But he had smelled something.

It was just now, when the fat lady walked in.

Leonard had smelled the scent of the cellar’s onions and smoked meat.

After finding that someone had rescued the bandits from the cellar that afternoon, he had noted the scent.

He clearly remembered that this person had not been in the cellar before.

Of course, the scent was faint and could be inaccurate.

What was important was the timing.

Leonard was certain the insider would appear.

Because this was the perfect opportunity for an assassination.

And moreover, there was no longer any point in hiding.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The involvement of the X Bureau represented the biggest complication.

With two accomplices captured, there was no way they could keep the affair secret given the interrogation methods of these people.

Hence, it was necessary to find a chance to escape before his accomplices revealed his identity.

And of course, if possible, as a professional spy, he would want to do one last thing before escaping.

That was to complete his mission: to kill Vera Williams!

Also, the moment that guard walked through the door, Leonard had caught that the man’s intent was firmly locked onto Vera standing beside him.

As for the others, Leonard felt he and the fat lady were as good as dead in the eyes of Captain Loki.

After all, how could such a cautious professional spy not understand the strength of his opponents?

According to the information he got from other guards just now, this “Sunny” was nothing but a Gunman.

Having been seriously injured and nearly killed by a First Tier “Iron-tailed Scorpion” Leon, his strength was just so-so.

He, an established Second Tier Black Knight, would have more than enough capability to kill such a character.

Without uttering a word, Captain Loki, with his still-bleeding dagger, pushed off the ground forcefully and in a blink, lunged right in front of Vera Williams.

Looking at her face drained of color, a cruel smile of success flickered in his eyes.

At last, the mission was about to be completed.

But before the smile could fully spread across his face, Loki suddenly found his dagger had been immobilized!

Turning his head, he saw a pair of arms, cast as if in golden lacquer, gripping the blade of his short knife with bare hands!

“What the hell!”

Loki’s face turned pale with shock, and when he tried to pull the dagger free, he found it completely stuck.

As a Second Tier Black Knight whose strength had developed, he was astounded to be overpowered by a Gunman?

How terrifying must that strength be?

In an instant, the professional spy’s alertness made him realize something was terribly wrong: this man was not a Gunman!

He realized he might have been led into a trap.

Since the beginning, it was as if the net had been cast, just waiting for him to jump in.

…

Leonardo held the dagger with both hands, breathing heavily.

Catching it had not been easy.

Struggling against a Second Tier, he complained in his heart, “Eh… the recovery isn’t enough, still struggling here.”

In his current state, he was even having difficulty summoning the Curse Seal.

Just barely managing to cover his hands with Tyrant Body, he had almost exhausted his Curse Power.

If the fight were to drag on, it was not certain that he would come out on top.

Loki was an experienced Second Tier, after all, and reacted very quickly.

Unable to withdraw his captured short knife, he only hesitated for a moment before decisively letting go.

Withdrawing another blade from his waist, he swiftly slashed diagonally at Vera Williams again.

The whooshing sound of cutting air “swooshed” as the blade was already nearly touching the delicate neck.

With just an inch to go, her throat would have been slit wide open.

In this critical moment, another astonishing event occurred.

Leonard might have been a bit slower in muscular response than Loki, but he had already anticipated the man’s move.

Slightly bending his knees, he delivered an “Iron Mountain Leaning” technique that resounded with a “thud” against the burly Black Knight.

Though it was just a common striking Martial Skill used by Fighters, at that moment, Loki felt as if his Curse Power had stalled, his soul nearly knocked out of his body.