Chapter 168: A Stranger

"So what you’re saying is," the reaper said, "you couldn’t find her?"He currently stood in an office with floor to ceiling glass, looking at the city below him with a displeased expression on his face.hat would tell whoever was controlling the systems, exactly where the person accessing it was from.

It was an obvious trick, but it worked.

It worked so well, that the two didn’t realize a thing until it was too late and Lillian was gone.

Jian hated how much he had been fooled, he hated that his instincts had been right, yet he chose to ignore them, because of greed.

OmniTech had made a fool of him and he wasn’t going to let it go.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The sound of tapping was heard just behind him causing him to quickly turn around. He was supposed to be completely alone right now, but when he turned around he realized he wasn’t.

He couldn’t quite make out the figure ’s features but he was sure someone was there, judging by the outline.

And also the fact that the person was still tapping. The person was currently seated in his office chair, calmly tapping the armrest.

Not even one of his guards could have breached his office without triggering something.

This entire floor was only accessible if he permitted it, and yet, the person before him didn’t seem to have any trouble getting in.

His hand slowly moved towards his gun’s holster.

"Relax," the stranger said, voice was completely calm, educated even, yet oddly clinical. "If I wanted you dead, we wouldn’t be talking."

Jian squinted, letting his eyes adjust. The figure leaned forward in his chair, a brief flash of light revealed his head full of silver hair, before darkness swallowed him again, drowning him in shadow again.

"Who the hell are you?" Jian demanded, though, the man in the chair didn’t miss the caution in his tone. "How did you get in here?"

The figure ignored the question. Instead, he turned the chair slightly, facing the panoramic window that Jian was standing.

The lack of answer annoyed him so he said again with narrowed eyes. "You have five seconds to tell me what you want before—"

"Before what?" the man interrupted, the faintest hint of amusement could be heard in his tone. "You’ll shoot me?"

"Hmm, how do they say it in those cultivation novels?" The man seemed to be seriously thinking about it, "that’s right, you might think you’re at the top of the world because you have connections in China’s underworld, but you’re just a frog in a well Reaper."

With his annoyance rising, Jian finally pulled his gun out and pointed it at the man, "I won’t ask again."

"Sigh," the man let out in disappointment before adding, "before you pull that trigger, go ahead and turn around."

It sounded ridiculous.

Who would ever seriously turn around if the person they held at gunpoint told them to, that was the oldest trick in the book and honestly just stupid.

"Turn," the stranger said again, calmly.

Jian laughed let out an amused chuckle before he froze, because every instinct in his body suddenly screamed that the laugh was stupid.

Just past his shoulders and towards the far wall was a small red dot, it almost looked like a laser pointer or some kind of toys for cats, but Jian knew it was anything but.

Slowly, he followed the stranger’s words and turned around only to realize that the red dot had moved from the wall to his chest.

"I thought I’d have to make him shoot you before you finally turned around," the man said with a chuckle, "I’m glad it didn’t come to that."

The red dot told Jian one thing, there was a sniper currently trained on him and a single wrong move, a bullet would find its way through that glass and then his head.

"Sit," the stranger added. This time, It wasn’t a request.

Slowly Jian followed the order and took a seat opposite the stranger, his work desk between them.

"Are you OmniTech?" Was the first thing he asked.

After all, there was only one person who could have infiltrated his office this effortlessly and might currently want him dead.

"OmniTech?" The repeated sounding almost amused. "No. Though I find it unflattering you’d put me in the same league, I’m a lot worse than the man behind a company that’s still in its infancy... but I guess you wouldn’t know that."

He leaned forward slightly, folding his hands atop the desk looking directly at Jian, though the shadows didn’t allow the expression on his face to be revealed.

"Though you could say I’m here for your war with OmniTech," the man continued. "The truth is, I’m here for you, Reaper....or should I say, Wang Jia or Jian Long ?"

"Honestly, you have so many names that it sometimes gets confusing."

Jian frowned as the stranger just started listing names he had used before, even if only just once in his life.

"How do you know this?" He asked.

"I know a great many things about you." The stranger said, "but how I do is not important right now, what’s important is your answer to my question."

"Do you want to be saved from your coming demise?"