Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Assassination

Even so, Shen Lu bought over a dozen outfits, along with matching shoes and accessories, spending a total of eighty thousand Star Coins.

While trying on clothes, the salesclerk kept complimenting the beautiful ring on her hand.

"Miss, your pink diamond ring is gorgeous. It must have cost tens of thousands of Star Coins, right?"

Shen Lu paused for a moment and raised her hand to look at the ring.

’Tens of thousands of Star Coins?’

’Probably more than that. With this pink diamond’s carat weight and color, it’s easily in the hundreds of thousands of Star Coins.’

’The salesclerk probably thought that someone wearing a ring worth hundreds of thousands of Star Coins wouldn’t be shopping here, which is why she only said tens of thousands.’

Shen Lu didn’t explain, just smiled.

She had bought too many things to carry by herself, so she tipped a mall employee to have them delivered, then took a car home on her own.

She had also thought things through.

Even if Fu Cheng really did like her, it wasn’t a big deal.

’Isn’t that perfectly normal?’

’She was a beautiful young woman who had saved his life when he was on the brink of death. After being cared for by her for so many days, it was only natural for feelings to develop over time.’

Shen Lu just didn’t know how long this affection from Fu Cheng would last.

Just as she didn’t know how far the plot she had disrupted would deviate from its original course.

Based on the current situation, Fu Cheng was heading down a path completely different from the original story.

She remembered that when Fu Cheng appeared in the book, he had an evil organization under his command, bent on destroying the world and everything in it.

But now, Fu Cheng’s mindset was still relatively normal; he didn’t have an antisocial personality.

Shen Lu pursed her lips. ’In the original book, who was it that took Fu Cheng away after the original owner of this body abandoned him?’

DING!

The elevator arrived at the underground parking garage. Shen Lu snapped back to reality, but just as she was about to step out, a blade of light flew toward her.

It was so fast that Shen Lu had no chance to dodge.

Fortunately, her 100% damage reflection privilege triggered. Shen Lu was completely unharmed. Instead, the hidden assailant was decapitated by their own blade of light, and they collapsed dead as blood spurted out.

"Kill!"

Following a cold, harsh shout, three men in black suddenly appeared before Shen Lu, lunging at her with long blades in their hands.

This time, Shen Lu reacted, frantically mashing the close button for the elevator door. But it took time to close, and one of the men in black still managed to get inside.

The elevator continued its descent to a lower level of the parking garage. The other two men who hadn’t made it in exchanged a glance and immediately took the emergency stairs in pursuit.

Wu Jun sensed the energy fluctuations and came over to investigate out of curiosity. He frowned when he saw a headless corpse lying on the ground.

"Who’s killing people here, and with such a cruel method? I can’t let Boss Shen come this way. She’ll see it as soon as she gets out of the elevator. I can’t let her get scared."

As he muttered this, Wu Jun sent a message to Shen Lu, telling her he had moved the car to a new spot.

The two men in black reached the elevator doors on the next level down with inhuman speed. They gripped their long blades, waiting only for the doors to open to turn Shen Lu into a pincushion.

DING!

The elevator chimed again. The doors slowly opened to reveal a blood-red interior. The man in black who had squeezed in earlier was on the ground in a strange position. Bizarrely, Shen Lu was gone.

’How is that possible?’

The two men in black didn’t bother checking if their companion was dead or alive; they rushed into the elevator to search for any trace of Shen Lu.

They searched it inside and out but couldn’t find Shen Lu at all.

"Where is she?" one of the men bent down and patted his barely-breathing companion.

The companion opened his mouth, and blood poured out as if it were free. He couldn’t get a single word out. Then, his head lolled to the side, and he died.

"Useless." The man in black cursed under his breath, stepped out of the elevator, and made a call to report the situation.

"What?" Ma Tao, who had been resting his feet on his desk, couldn’t help but put them down and sit up straight after hearing the report. "What do you mean, ’gone’? Explain it to me! How does a living, breathing person just disappear from an elevator?"

"Boss, is there a problem with the intel you gave us? Our initial ambush failed. She seems to be a Superpower User."

"Superpower User my ass! I had someone check her out. She’s just a normal person with no energy fluctuations whatsoever. Don’t try to shift the blame just because you couldn’t complete the mission!"

"Boss, you know the rules of our Shadow Organization. We never fake results or lie. If you want to continue with this job, it will need to be re-evaluated."

"You mean you want more money?"

"Two of our brothers are dead, and that was when the target was alone. Both of them were Level 4 Superpower Users. Killing a normal person should have been as easy as flipping a hand. Given what’s happened, you’re lucky we’re not asking you for compensation."

"Fuck you!" Ma Tao furiously hung up the phone and kicked over two chairs. Still not satisfied, he grabbed his car keys and stormed out.

He had received news that Shen Lu was out and had immediately contacted assassins from the Shadow Organization to kill her.

The Shadow Organization was an underground group active across the four major survival bases, specializing in murder and robbery.

Their missions were divided into three levels, with the lowest level being the cheapest.

Ma Tao figured Shen Lu was just an ordinary person, so he placed the cheapest order, thinking it would be an easy win. But now they were telling him his intel was wrong, that they had lost men without even killing the target, and that they wouldn’t proceed without more money.

Ma Tao was furious. He was going to see for himself just what kind of monster Shen Lu really was!

Having perfectly used her 100% damage reflection privilege to kill the assassin and her Any Door to escape home, Shen Lu was now slumped on the floor, unable to snap out of her daze for a long time.

’I was just the target of an assassination attempt, right?’

’The aura of those men in black was different from a mercenary’s. When they stared at me, it was like being watched by a venomous snake, its tongue flicking, ready to lunge and tear out my throat at any moment!’

’So scary!’

Shen Lu was drenched in a cold sweat. Her face and body were splattered with someone else’s blood, making her feel cold, wet, and sticky. A chill shot up from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, and she shuddered violently.

She forced herself to get up and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

The warm water washed away much of the chill inside her. By the time she stepped out of the bathroom, she had mostly calmed down.

She got a floor cleaning machine to wipe up the bloodstains, made herself a cup of hot tea, and replied to Wu Jun’s message, telling him to come back to the shop.

Wu Jun: Boss? You’re already back?

Shen Lu: Yeah.

Wu Jun found it strange. Logically, he was the boss’s personal driver for the day; it was impossible that she would go back without calling him.

When Wu Jun returned, Shen Lu pulled him and Xue Can into a video conference and told them about the attack.

"Assassins? You were attacked?" Xue Can’s expression darkened instantly. "Wait, I’m coming to your shop. We’ll talk there."

Without waiting for Shen Lu to reply, Xue Can left the video conference and rushed over.

The first thing Xue Can did upon seeing Shen Lu was to pull her close and look her up and down, even wanting to strip off her clothes to check for any specific injuries.

Shen Lu quickly slapped his hands away. "What are you doing? I’m fine."

"You..." Xue Can suddenly remembered when they had first met. He had tried to test her two or three times, and Shen Lu had always been fine, while he was the one who kept getting hurt. He let out a sigh of relief.

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