Volume 1: Gathering Winds Chapter 1: Codename Nemesis

  In the black night, in the second-floor living room of a luxurious villa, on an expensive and luxurious carpet, a naked couple was entwined together.

  The man's slightly plump waist was dotted with beads of sweat the size of beans, falling onto the carpet, and the atmosphere in the room was sultry and ambiguous.

  On the balcony outside the floor-to-ceiling window, a woman used a large potted plant to block her body, slightly lifting the thick curtains with her hand. Her narrow and long phoenix eyes stared at the two people who were making crazy movements with great interest, beating a rhythm in her heart, "Hmmm haha, one-two-one, two-two-one, three-two-one."

  The woman's interest was at its peak when the man lay motionless on her soft body, panting slightly with rough breath.

  The woman outside the window is a bit disappointed, it's only been a few minutes, and it's already over. It seems that in recent years, she has only been focused on researching medicine and making money.

  The woman under the man's body cooed, "Professor, you're getting more and more awesome, I really admire you, can I find you again next time?" The woman outside the window twitched at the corner of her mouth. A three-minute pseudo-husband made her admire him so much? No wonder she was the country's top female star, acting out a perfect performance.

  The man's voice was a little hoarse after the cloud and rain, he raised his head to look at the beautiful woman under him, pinched her young face with his hand, and smiled lewdly, saying, "You're really good at talking, since you admire me so much, I'll do it with you again."

  The woman's delicate eyebrows and eyes smiled even more charmingly, and if she came once more, it would mean she could earn another 10 million.

  The woman outside the window yawned, somewhat bored, she didn't want to wait a few more minutes. She took out a piece of paper from her bosom, lifted the curtain and threw it out with internal force, landing right on the man's head.

  The woman outside the window summoned her inner strength, lightly tapped her toes, and floated down from the balcony, disappearing instantly without a trace.

  The man who was about to indulge in another pleasure felt something fall on his head, and with a face full of desire, he couldn't help but feel impatient. He raised his hand to scratch at it, and when he brought it down in front of his eyes, he saw: "Name: Zhang Tianlin. Occupation: Professor at the top research institute of Country Z. Crime: Selling confidential medical data to an enemy nation, betraying one's country. Execution scheduled for three days later. Executioner: Nemesis."

  Zhang Tianlin's desire in his eyes retreated instantly when he saw the content of the paper, his pupils constricted, his face turned pale, and big drops of sweat dripped from his forehead, his hand holding the paper trembled slightly.

  The woman felt the man's weakness, her slender body swaying like a snake, and said in a soft voice, "Professor, you're like this, come quickly."

  Zhang Tianlin couldn't care less about the woman's teasing, his eyes were fixed on the paper in front of him with an unbelievable stare. As a national secret research professor, he knew that Country Z had a secret department responsible for investigating officials and internal personnel who controlled the country's lifeline. If some officials or internal personnel betrayed the country, intentionally leaked or directly revealed internal information to enemy countries, they would be executed for treason. And this Nemesis was the leader of this secret department.

  It is said that there are no unfinished tasks in her hands, and it is said that many seemingly impossible tasks in the eyes of others can be done effortlessly by her. She has never lost a hand, and there are too many legends about her, but except for a few people, most people do not know whether "he" is male or female, beautiful or ugly.

  Zhang Tianlin's eyes flickered with uncertainty, unsure why his every move was being discovered by Nemesis. Was he really going to sit back and wait for death? No way, he absolutely couldn't die. He had to find a place to hide immediately and also find someone to protect himself. As Zhang Tianlin quickly planned everything in his mind, he got up from the woman's body, picked up the pants that were scattered on the ground, and put them on.

  The woman was somewhat astonished, just now still passionate like fire, how suddenly lost interest?

  "Professor? Aren't you coming?" The woman looked at the man who was putting on his pants and asked.

  "You go back first, the 1 million will be transferred to your card as usual." Zhang Tianlin said with his head down, busy buttoning up his white shirt.

  The woman was a sensible person, picked up the clothes on the ground and quickly put them on, then left the villa.

  Zhang Tianlin sat on the leather sofa, holding his head in his hands, feeling a bit at a loss. He thought to himself that he must not panic. Nemesis was someone who kept his promises, and since it said on paper that there were still three days before the execution, that meant he had three more days to escape. Three days were enough for him to flee far away, so far that she wouldn't be able to find him. After all, legends were just legends, and people always liked to exaggerate things out of proportion. Nemesis was probably just an ordinary person, not as omniscient and omnipotent as imagined.

  He composed himself, and Zhang Tianlin took out his phone from his pocket, deftly dialing one number after another. After several transfers, a somewhat impatient Zhang Tianlin finally heard the voice he wanted to hear. "Hello, is this Mr. C? I'm Zhang Tianlin. Nemesis has found out that I sold the information to you. Yes, that's right. I can go to your side, but first, you have to guarantee my safety. Alright, alright, it's settled then."

  Zhang Tianlin let out a sigh of relief, his panicked heart finally calming down a bit. He believed that with that person's methods, nemesis would not be able to find him.

  Packing up his things, Zhang Tianlin directly rushed to the airport and flew to where that man said.

  Three days later.

  In a secret research base in the country, Zhang Tianlin hid in one of the small secret rooms, drinking red wine calmly. He firmly believed that unless Nemesis could fly and escape, she would never find this place.

  Suddenly, the password door in front of him slowly opened under his terrified expression. A beautiful woman in a neat black night suit was playing with a small bead in her hand, smiling but not quite smiling at him.

  "You should know, you can't escape." The woman said with narrowed eyes, her pleasant voice was like heavenly music, but to Zhang Tianlin's ears it sounded like the call of a soul-stealing demon.

  Zhang Tianlin was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and the red wine glass in his hand slipped to the ground, making a crisp shattering sound.

  "Very well, it ends here, Professor Zhang. For treason and betrayal of the country, you are sentenced to death." The woman announced expressionlessly, pointing at Zhang Tianlin with her finger, a white airflow shot silently towards his neck.

  Zhang Tianlin's eyes gradually dimmed, and the woman waited until he stopped breathing. She went forward to check his nose for breath and confirmed his death before leaving calmly.

  Alarms sounded all around, the woman frowned and had to leave in a hurry. It has to be said that the security measures of this research base in Country M are still very good. Although her internal strength is not bad and she uses hidden weapons quite well, after all, she is also flesh and blood and cannot withstand the powerful bullets.

  She lightly tapped her toes, crossing a corridor with infrared scanning, and the woman was somewhat suspicious. The person who should have responded had arrived, but why hadn't any of her teammates arrived until now? The woman had a bad premonition, increased her internal strength, and her body shape became even faster, passing through the maze-like corridor, carefully avoiding security pursuits one after another.

  Just go around this room and walk through the two corridors, it's the exit. The woman let out a mouthful of turbid air, even if there was someone lurking outside the door, she could still leave safely with her skills.

  As they got closer to the entrance, it turned out that there were indeed guards at the door. The woman's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and she was about to knock out the few guards when suddenly a large number of guards emerged from both sides of the entrance, led by Mr. C, who was on Z country's list of people to be killed.

  Mr. C clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "What a nemesis! But I don't know whether to call you Nemesis or Miss An Xin."

  "A name is just a code, Mr. C, please feel free." Her calm and peaceful expression remained unchanged, without any sign of panic. She had already confirmed that there was a spy within the organization, because her real name was only known to her direct superiors and teammates, and no one else.

  "Miss Anxin's courage is indeed extraordinary, still calm and composed at this critical moment," Mr. C said with a smile. "Eda, Agnes, come out quickly to see your old friend."

  A man and a woman walked out from behind the guard, who were exactly the members that An Xin had been with day and night, companions who had lived together for nearly ten years, but unexpectedly they were M country's elite spies.

  She watched them in silence, before the great righteousness of the nation, any personal feelings were insignificant, so she didn't question them, everyone just went their separate ways.

  "Do you think we really care about Zhang Tianlin that much? The information he provided was indeed very good, but not enough to make me spend so much effort. All of this is just to lure you in, only by killing you will more people from Country Z come to surrender to us, and also solve the problem of having you as a thorn in our side." Mr. C continued to say.

  Still calm and silent, just subconsciously turning the beads in his palm.

  "Miss Anxin, although your martial arts skills are unparalleled and your hidden weapons are formidable, the people here were specifically chosen by me to deal with you. You won't be able to escape." Mr. C said with a confident smile.

  An Xin's calm and serene gaze, accompanied by a faint smile, said, "Is that so? Then let us perish together." After speaking, An Xin infused her internal energy into the orb in her hand. Unbeknownst to anyone, the ordinary-looking orb that An Xin often played with was actually a miniature bomb. Unlike regular bombs, this one required an infusion of internal energy to detonate, but its power far surpassed that of conventional explosives.

  Under the gaze of everyone's wide eyes, he smiled peacefully as the orb in his hand burst out with dazzling white light, and a loud explosion sounded, reducing the research institute to ruins.

  If there is an afterlife, then being at peace is just being at peace

  If there is an afterlife, I would live for myself alone.

  If there is an afterlife, does it really exist?

  Digression

  I've deleted and reduced that part so many times, but it's still not what I want...