The first thing Zhang Jie did upon returning was to inspect all the facilities in the apartment. No one had touched them, but a thick layer of dust had accumulated, so Zhang Jie had no choice but to roll up his sleeves and start cleaning. If Mrs. Schneider were to come back and see it, she would surely kill him.
Ding-dong~
The doorbell rang when he was almost halfway through cleaning.
Zhang Jie hadn't even ordered takeout, so why would anyone be at his door?
He cautiously approached the door, holding a Pistol.
Through the reflection in a mirror on the other side, he saw the scene outside the door: a man in a suit.
Because he was wearing sunglasses, his face was unclear, and Zhang Jie didn't know who he was.
Out of caution, he didn't answer but stood silently behind the door. However, the doorbell rang again after a while, as if confirming he was home.
To avoid exposing his whereabouts, Zhang Jie always parked his car in a nearby parking space, not the one in front of the apartment.
However, since the other party was so certain, did Zhang Jie have no choice but to open the door?
Zhang Jie opened the door a crack. "Who is it?"
The man silently maintained a distance of three steps from the door. Seeing the door open a crack, he smiled. "Hello, my name is Charles."
"Oh, Charles, nice to meet you." Although he said this, Zhang Jie did not extend his hand. His right hand was still holding a Pistol.
Charles could also determine that the guy hiding behind the door was holding a Pistol, so he also had a Pistol hidden under his clothes. They confronted each other like this.
As a top sniper, his judgment of the situation was extremely accurate.
And as a Killer who had already reached a professional level, his judgment of the temperament of the person in front of him was also extremely accurate.
See, this is called professionalism.
Both sides could sense something was off about the other. Even though Zhang Jie had never seen him before, the aura emanating from the other party was too strong.
"OK, alright, let's not keep this up. Tell me, what is your purpose in coming to find me?"
Zhang Jie was getting a bit fed up; this stalemate was tiring, and an accidental misfire wouldn't be good.
Charles nodded; he agreed with Zhang Jie.
"Indeed." With that, Charles took off his large sunglasses.
The moment the glasses were removed, Charles keenly noticed a change in Zhang Jie's facial expression.
"W-what? What's going on? Why does this guy look so much like the little freckled guy?" Zhang Jie didn't know who this person was, but he knew very clearly that this guy was definitely the 'little freckled guy' he knew.
It was the person he had encountered on the way back to New York from Detroit, who bore a striking resemblance to Eddie Redmayne. Although he had only overtaken him at the time, Zhang Jie had noticed him and thought he was just a passerby who looked like a certain fantastic zoologist.
Charles took in Zhang Jie's expression but showed no unusual look. Instead, he said to Zhang Jie, "You seem to know me?"
Yes, Zhang Jie's facial expression change told Charles that he was definitely familiar with him; otherwise, he wouldn't have shown such an expression.
But he himself was also very puzzled, after all, this was their first official meeting.
"Uh... not exactly acquainted." Zhang Jie was honest about this. "It's just that you look a lot like someone I know."
"Is that so? Perhaps I am that person?" Charles tilted his head slightly.
Zhang Jie, however, opened the door and waved his hand. "That's absolutely impossible. Hello, my name is Zhang Jie."
Although he didn't know why the other party had come to find him, since the other party had introduced himself, he didn't mind being friendly.
"May I come in for a cup of tea?"
Charles smiled.
"Oh, of course!"
Charles followed Zhang Jie into the living room. Zhang Jie casually took a bottle of soda from the refrigerator and tossed it to Charles, who caught it smoothly.
"Thank you!"
After opening the canned soda and taking a sip, the taste was good.
"I'm very curious, why are you living here?"
Charles asked his question.
In his opinion, this place was not somewhere just anyone could live, because he had discovered that special symbol at the door.
This symbol originated from a powerful organization called Killer's Home.
Although the name was very ordinary and old-fashioned, seemingly an archaic name, in fact, it contained terrifying power behind it.
No one knew who the real boss behind Killer's Home was, and no one even knew who the members of Killer's Home were.
But the only thing known was that the controller of Killer's Home was an Old Lady, and once she was angered, a single word from her could mobilize a top Killer from a random top Killer organization to serve her!
Moreover, this Old Lady was once a legendary existence, even more legendary than a legend!
To live in Killer's Home meant that the Old Lady had accepted him, which also meant that he and other Killers who had lived in Killer's Home would become companions?
That was roughly the meaning. In Charles's Killer career, he had some understanding of Killer's Home, but he hadn't delved into it deeply. After all, this organization was too mysterious, and he didn't want to have too much interaction with them.
He had originally thought Zhang Jie was just an ordinary Killer, but now it seemed more complicated than he had imagined.
He recalled the woman who had asked him to save him that night.
Now that he thought about it, it was a bit funny; perhaps he wouldn't have needed to intervene, and this guy would have been safe and sound.
"Why do I live here? That's because the Old Lady and I knew each other before."
Zhang Jie shrugged, naturally unable to tell the other party about his experiences with the Old Lady.
Seeing this, Charles knew he wouldn't get any more information by asking further, so he directly said, "I can help you with something, worth 500,000 usd."
"Huh? What?"
The sudden remark made Zhang Jie's mind freeze for a moment, then he reacted, "Help, 500,000 usd?"
"You don't know?"
Charles was a little curious. The other party had urgently asked him to come and save him, but hadn't told him?
Charles had no idea that Ye Xiaoxiao's uncle had taken Ye Xiaoxiao back after saving Zhang Jie, so Zhang Jie and Ye Xiaoxiao hadn't met. How could he know?
Looking at Zhang Jie's confused expression, Charles exhaled softly. He really was an oddball.
"May 9, 2014, 12:07 AM, at Brooklyn Marine Terminal."
Charles directly stated the exact time and place.
The moment Zhang Jie heard it, he immediately pulled out his Pistol and pointed it at Charles.
He had thought that the squad had come again, but that shouldn't be the case. Veronica had clearly told him that the KH Alliance had withdrawn their pursuit of him.
"Relax, I'm not the one chasing you. On the contrary, I'm the one who saved you."
"Saved me?" Zhang Jie looked disbelieving.
"You think you could have jumped into the sea so easily? Was it just your good luck? It's because someone from the Ye family asked someone to find me and have me save you." Charles looked relaxed, as if talking about an unimportant matter.
"500,000 usd was the price offered by the Ye family, and in fact, that night I only fired one shot, which was to blow up the drone."
Only then did Zhang Jie understand that it was Ye Xiaoxiao who had saved him, and this man in front of him was the reinforcement Ye Xiaoxiao had brought.
He could naturally imagine how much the squad's combat power would be reduced with a sniper providing long-range suppression.
Afterward, Charles stood up and left a business card with only a string of numbers on it.
"Remember, you have one opportunity for me to act, but the value is limited to within 500,000 usd."
With that, Charles walked towards the door. As he reached the doorway, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Jie out of the corner of his eye.
"Oh, you can call me Jackal."
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