"Your situation is truly not good." Lance stared at the bloodstains all over the Smith family, and his gaze swept over the old man and the woman holding the baby. Lance's expression was a little strange, "Mr. John Smith and Mrs. Jane Smith met Mr. Smith. You are truly fated!"
Lance's tone was light, but there was a hint of irony that cut like a razor.
Speaking of which, Mr. Smith, nicknamed "Carrot Killer," was relatively unfamiliar to Lance, but he had deep memories of the charming and curvaceous Donna Quintano.
After all, Monica Bellucci, the actress who played Donna Quintano, was a legendary beauty in Italy, and her figure had become a figure idolized by men.
But how did these people get together?
John didn't understand Lance's meaning and asked in surprise, "Mr. White, how did you show up so quickly? Are you in Los Angeles?"
"I came quickly, so I have my own way of arriving quickly." Lance tilted his head, and Lance wiped his hand on his body. A dagger appeared in Lance's palm, and Lance waved it in front of John's eyes. "Does this look familiar?"
John: "Of course it looks familiar, it used to be mine."
"It's mine now." Lance held the dagger and gently drew it before John's eyes.
Huh~~
A blazing fire ignited the dagger.
The tip of the dagger blazed with a blue-orange flame, and the air around it vibrated as if struck by a heat wave. The dagger now looked like an otherworldly artifact—sharp, sacred, and deadly.
Under the inexplicable gazes of several people, Lance swung his dagger, and a burst of flames shot out, instantly devouring four people... and a baby.
In an instant, the world turned crimson. The flames blazed like a dragon unleashing its fury, illuminating the stunned faces of the stunned.
"Damn it!" The cautious Smith, the Carrot Killer, thought Lance was going to attack them, and Smith raised his hand to pull the trigger.
However, as soon as Smith's wrist was raised, it felt as if it had been paralyzed by a bullet—when it came to gunplay, the legendary assassin of the Fraternity could defeat enemies with one hand.
"Why are you all so nervous?" Lance asked in a calm, almost mocking tone. Lance raised one hand, his strike seemingly weightless, then turned to the Smiths, who seemed frozen in confusion and shock. "Do you feel any pain?"
Several people around them glanced at each other in panic, their eyes wide, and their bodies trembling slightly. But the pain they expected to burn their skin didn't come. They looked down, seeing partially scorched clothing, and skin that should have blistered… but didn't.
On the contrary—a gentle warmth crept from their wounds, spreading through their veins and flesh, like spring sunlight touching cold skin after a storm. It spread slowly, not painfully… but pleasantly, even refreshingly. Their wounds—which had been bleeding, torn, or bruised—began to close, their skin drawing together, as if time had been rewound just for them.
In fact… it felt incredible. It was as if their bodies had become lighter, more whole. As if they were being healed by something beyond this world.
Lance, still with that small smile that never seemed entirely serious, said lightly, his voice clear and almost like a wise old wizard in a fairy tale: "This is the fire of the Phoenix. The fire of life, which will make your wounds heal quickly."
The twin daggers of Kris Knives were still with Maxie. But Lance… had copied them in his own way.
Without warning, a pair of identical daggers appeared in Lance's hands—glow with a soft light, and pulsed as if alive. And their healing effects… were as powerful as the White Lantern Ring's—if not better.
John, still at attention, spoke evenly. His tone wasn't surprised, just bitter, like someone who knew he was doomed from the start: "Is this why you had to get those daggers?"
"Okay." Lance laughed softly, in that typical Lance way of never really taking the world too seriously. "Do you feel like you've lost a hundred million?"
John let out a long sigh. His gaze blanked for a moment, before he finally nodded resignedly: "It is, but it feels worth it… in exchange for a chance to survive."
Lance nodded slowly, his smile widening but never reaching his eyes. Lance stared at the pair of daggers in his hands, then glanced at John with a look of superiority—not insulting, but like someone showing off their work of art to a museum visitor.
"These daggers are indeed treasures," Lance said quietly, his voice lower, more personal. "But that also depends on who owns them. In your hands… they can only be decoration forever. But in mine…"
Lance raised the daggers slowly, and the light from the weapons reflected off Lance's sly yet handsome face, "… these daggers could become legendary. They could heal the wounds of war, or annihilate enemies in an instant. They could be a treasure even the gods would covet."
Suddenly, a deep, sarcastic voice cut through the air, like an axe slash in the middle of a long conversation.
Carrot Killer warned: "Can you talk later? Those guys are about to attack!"
Lance glanced at him unhurriedly, and Lance pursed his lips slightly, playfully, before winking teasingly. "Why bother?" Lance said lightly, like someone telling his servant to get his morning coffee.
At which point, Lance turned and looked at the three men standing firmly on the other side of the room—they looked like shadows of darkness, but their auras burned like embers. "Nobu, X, Cross," Lance said in a deadly, casual tone. "I'll leave you to it. Handle them!"
"Yes, sir!" they replied in unison. Their voices were like the sound of a steel wall moving. A short, concise, and deadly response.
And the air around them… began to vibrate. It was as if the stage for chaos had been set.
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PS: Clive Owen as Smith "The Carrot Killer", Monica Bellucci as Donna Quintano, from the movie "Shoot 'Em Up".
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