Tao Pai Pai contemplated for a moment and said with a serious expression, "I've watched this Neo's match. His strength is astonishing, and he's an extremely challenging figure. The difficulty of wanting to kill him is very high. Therefore, 500 million, non-negotiable."
"500 million?!" Upon hearing this, Dr. Gero furrowed his brow slightly. Although he had substantial savings, the destruction of the Red Ribbon Army had resulted in all assets under his name being completely frozen, causing him massive losses. If he were to cough up this huge sum of money on top of that, his research would be delayed.
Tao Pai Pai seemed to notice Dr. Gero's dilemma and said expressionlessly, "If it's half price, that's 250 million. This is already a special discount, no bargaining."
"250 million..." Dr. Gero hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes. However, for the sake of revenge and to acquire more intelligence data regarding Neo, he hardened his heart and nodded heavily, "Alright! It's a deal!"
As he spoke, he picked up a stack of pre-prepared documents from the hands of the cyborg beside him and handed them to Tao Pai Pai, "These are some materials and the address for Neo. He is currently living in Capital City at Capsule Corporation, in the home of the world's richest man, Dr. Brieff. Don't let it look lax in security; there are surveillance cameras everywhere, and a squad of armed forces is stationed to protect it. Be careful yourself."
"This is my business, so you don't need to trouble yourself with it." Tao Pai Pai couldn't even be bothered to take those documents, waving the photograph in his hand instead, and said indifferently, "I only need this one photo. Also, purely out of personal curiosity, what is his relationship with the world's richest man?"
"It seems he is his prospective son-in-law."
"A prospective son-in-law? Then it looks like he's about to lose this prospective son-in-law." Saying this, Tao Pai Pai turned and left, the corners of his mouth curving slightly upward to reveal a confident smile, "Just wait quietly for good news!"
With that, he kicked down a pillar in front of him with one foot, then kicked the broken pillar soaring up into the sky with another kick. Immediately afterward, he leaped up, jumped onto the pillar that was cleaving through the air into the distance, and performed a cool flight riding a pillar...
Tao Pai Pai's classic show-off scene reappeared...
"This guy... actually seems to have some tricks up his sleeve!" Watching Tao Pai Pai's figure disappear into the horizon, Dr. Gero was visibly shaken. Even the cyborgs he manufactured couldn't pull off a trick like this. A trace of inexplicable gleam instantly flashed in his eyes, and his heart grew somewhat expectant, "Maybe this guy really has a chance of taking down that Neo after all!"
Meanwhile, it was already the second day since Neo returned from Kame House. Just as he finished breakfast, he was strolling with Bulma in a courtyard that resembled a primeval forest—well, Bulma's family courtyard was just that exaggerated.
Suddenly, Neo sensed a cold, intensely murderous ki hurtling toward his direction. He immediately raised his head with some curiosity and looked toward the horizon. There were hardly anyone on Earth nowadays who could possess a ki of this intensity.
"What's wrong?" Bulma asked, looking at Neo with some curiosity.
"An expert is flying this way, and they don't come with good intentions."
"An expert?" Bulma knitted her eyebrows and looked along Neo's gaze. Sure enough, at the edge of the horizon, she spotted a tiny black dot. That black dot was flying at an extremely fast speed, and soon his full appearance became clear. Bulma immediately cried out in bewilderment with an expression of utter shock, "Th-That is... a person flying while standing on a pillar?!!"
"So it's him!" Seeing this classic scene, Neo guessed the other party's identity at a glance.
"Who?" Bulma asked with some curiosity.
"The world's number one assassin, Tao Pai Pai!" Neo narrowed his eyes slightly, "It seems his target is me."
"The world's number one assassin? Can you beat him?" Bulma said with a nervous expression.
"Trash."
Hearing Neo's words, a smile immediately bloomed on Bulma's face, "Then let's watch a show!"
Just as her voice fell, with a loud 'bang', that pillar flying through the air smashed into the courtyard amidst a roar, burying half of itself into the Earth and causing the ground to tremble. Meanwhile, Tao Pai Pai, who had leaped up in advance from the pillar, landed steadily and gracefully with his hands behind his back, looking quite handsome and elegant.
"What happened?" Mrs. Brief, who had been playing with a kitten, hurried over upon hearing the commotion. Seeing the stranger in the courtyard, she asked curiously, "Who is this? Linzhou, is this a friend of yours?"
Bulma hurried over and pulled her mother aside, "He's an assassin! He's here to cause trouble for Linzhou!"
Mrs. Brief was startled, "Ah? Then quickly notify the guards!"
Bulma, however, waved her hand casually, "No need, Linzhou can settle this in two or three moves."
"That's right! He is the champion of the World Martial Arts Tournament after all!" Mrs. Brief instantly became completely calm.
After landing, Tao Pai Pai ignored Bulma and her mother, instead taking out a photograph to compare it with Neo before nodding, "How lucky. It seems the person I'm looking for is you. You are Neo, right?"
"Tao Pai Pai?" Neo asked tentatively.
Hearing this, Tao Pai Pai nodded solemnly, "Correct! It seems my publicity is still useful after all! Even the champion of the World Martial Arts Tournament already recognizes me!"
"Who hired you?" Neo looked at Tao Pai Pai with a calm expression.
Tao Pai Pai also replied with a calm expression, "Don't ask such a foolish question. As the world's number one assassin, do you think I would do something like betraying my employer?"
"Even if you don't tell me, I know. Aside from Dr. Gero, there's no one else who holds a grudge against me." As Neo spoke, his eyes swept around, as if searching for something.
Seeing this, Tao Pai Pai narrowed his eyes, and his expression instantly turned cold, "Facing me, Tao Pai Pai, you still dare to look around absent-mindedly. You really aren't taking me, Tao Pai Pai, seriously at all!"
Neo ignored him. He genuinely didn't take Tao Pai Pai seriously; what he cared about most right now was Dr. Gero's detector. Since Tao Pai Pai was hired by Dr. Gero, he must have dispatched a reconnaissance detector to follow along.
Sure enough, after searching for a short while, Neo spotted a tiny scouting drone behind a large tree less than a hundred meters away. If not for his astonishing eyesight, it probably would have been truly difficult to discover.
Neo decisively pointed a finger, and a Ki Blast instantly turned into a beam of light that blasted that tiny scouting drone into smithereens, leaving not even a scrap of residue behind.
Far away in his secret laboratory, Dr. Gero watched the screen that suddenly went black, and his expression instantly turned ugly, "Dammit! He actually discovered it! How is this possible! How did he do it?!"
Having dealt with the scouting drone, Neo fixed his gaze once again on Tao Pai Pai, "I'll give you a chance. Abandon the mission and leave now, and you can still keep your life."
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