"Swoosh..."
Torrential rain poured down. In the enclosed casino, bright red raindrops splattered constantly.
Like rubies, they fell on the expensive carpet with a pitter-patter, dyeing the dark red carpet a strange color. At the same time, it exuded a nauseating stench.
A headless body stood in place. Rainwater gushed out of its throat like a fountain, then slowly collapsed.
In front of and behind this headless body, there were corpses all over the ground. What was even more bizarre was that these corpses were all severed limbs. One of them was even split in half from head to toe.
Endless rainwater spread out, forming fresh puddles on the red carpet...
With the death of the last boxer, the rain in the casino stopped.
At this time, within ten meters of Chen Chen, only two people were still standing.
Ryan Foster and Davis Wilson.
In the innermost part of the casino, the passengers trapped there had hidden far away. Many of them were seriously injured and could only lie helplessly on the ground, huddled in a corner, like a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"How is this possible..."
Ryan trembled all over. He stared at the young man who had been dyed red with blood not far away and the strange long saber in his hand.
It was pitch-black all over, without a trace of luster. When it was swung, there was not even a glimmer of light...
However, it was such a saber that could easily cut a human body, like cutting a piece of tofu. With just one slash, each person was cut in half...
At this time, all the pirates who had mixed in with the boxers this time, as well as the crew members who had been bribed, were all dead.
Chen Chen held the long saber and slowly walked toward the two of them.
"Ah!"
Davis trembled all over and ran toward the door, shouting as he ran, "I'm the heir of the Wilson family. If I die, my family won't let this go! They'll... "
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill in his throat. The tip of a saber had pierced through the bottom of his neck.
Suddenly, a large amount of blood sprayed out again.
"Urgh... Urgh..."
Davis' eyes widened and he clutched his throat as if trying to stop the loss of life. However, his body was getting colder and colder. Blood flowed into his lungs through the cut trachea, causing him to suffocate completely.
"Thump!"
Davis' body slowly fell to the ground.
Beads of cold sweat dripped from Leo's forehead. Seeing Davis' death, he came to his senses and asked in a low voice, "Chen Chen, can I buy my life with money?"
Ryan begged in a low voice, "You don't have to do anything. Just return me to my family … I'll tell you the password to a Swiss bank. It contains the two billion US dollars that I've secretly obtained over the years without alerting my family …"
"Speak."
Chen Chen nodded.
"The account number is … The password is …"
"The account and password are not enough. I also need a key, and this key can only let me get off the ship. Only then will I..."
However, before he could finish, Chen Chen made another horizontal stroke. Instantly, Leo's eyes froze.
Then, a large head rolled down from the neck.
Another wave of screams and cries came from behind.
Chen Chen ignored it and said softly to the head that had rolled to his feet, "Unfortunately, I never need a key to withdraw money."
With that, Chen Chen turned to look at the door.
A group of hurried footsteps came from outside the door. Chen Chen flicked his hand and the GS Blade retracted, turning it back into a handle.
In the next second, the door was kicked open by a huge force. A large gust of sea wind accompanied by raindrops blew in. A group of armed crew members who seemed to have been through a battle quickly rushed in.
However, when this group of people saw the extremely bloody scene in the casino, many of them bent over and vomited. Some of them even aimed their weapons at Chen Chen who stood in the middle of the countless severed limbs as if they had seen a ghost.
They looked at Chen Chen as if they were looking at a demon from hell.
"Put down your weapons!"
It was not until Prince Steele's voice came that they slowly put down the guns in their hands. At this time, Cheng Cao also rushed in and quickly came to Chen Chen. "Boss, I've failed in my duty..."
"It's fine. I was the one who asked you to leave and send a message to Prince Steele. Besides, there's no signal on the ship, so it's normal that you can't find me." Chen Chen waved his hand.
"Mr. Chen Chen!"
After ordering the crew to clean up the venue and treat the wounded among the passengers, Prince Steele walked over with a solemn expression. "I didn't expect Leo and his gang to be so deranged as to want to kill everyone on the ship. If not for your reminder, I'm afraid that the pirates who came out of nowhere would've succeeded."
"Your Royal Highness is too humble. With your wisdom, even without my reminder, you wouldn't have fallen for such a trap."
Chen Chen nodded slightly. The two of them chatted for a while more before Chen Chen left the casino and went to the rest area with the excuse that he needed to rest after the fright.
Prince Steele immediately sent a team of bodyguards to escort Chen Chen to the rest area.
As Chen Chen walked out of the cruise ship, the storm outside had lessened significantly. The originally glorious cruise ship now had burn marks in many places. At the same time, the direction toward the cockpit, there were more bullet holes. It was obvious that a fierce firefight had taken place here.
Moreover, below the cruise ship, the wreckage of several hulls could be seen floating on the sea, but these ships had been blown up by RPGs.
Finally, Chen Chen came to the lounge assigned to him by the cruise ship — a presidential suite with two bedrooms and four living rooms on the 16th deck.
As Chen Chen and Cheng Cao walked into the room, the team of bodyguards outside the door stayed behind and guarded the door dutifully.
"Boss!"
Inside the door, Qian Wenhuan, who had disappeared before, quickly sat up from the sofa, his face full of joy. "Boss, are you okay..."
Chen Chen waved his hand and stopped Qian Wenhuan's words. Then, he looked at the door with a gloomy expression.
It had to be said that the old fox, Steele, was indeed cold-blooded and selfish.
Generally speaking, there was no signal on a mobile phone at sea. Only the satellite antenna on the ship could communicate with the outside world.
Therefore, after the cruise ship docked, there would generally be a peak period for the passengers on the cruise ship to use their mobile phones.
It was during this period that Little X discovered that the heirs of the four families, including Leo and Davis, had secretly contacted the pirate forces on the African side, promising the pirates the wealth of the entire "Symphony of the Seas".
The purpose of these four people doing this was to kill the patriarchs of the Alexander and Wilson families on the ship.
After all, with Chen Chen's appearance, the patriarchs of these families almost had a longer lifespan and the time they could hold power was greatly increased.
As a result, some people could not sit still.
During this trip, the patriarchs of these two families had boarded the ship. It was an excellent opportunity. If they could kill the leaders of these two families, then the heirs of the Davis and Alexander families would naturally be able to easily take over.
Therefore, the four of them were trying their best to rope in Chen Chen. If Chen Chen agreed to support the four of them, it would naturally be a happy ending. They could even make a move during the treatment and easily kill the patriarch of the Foster family, allowing Leo to easily take over.
However, if Chen Chen was unwilling to agree, then the four of them would have to kill Chen Chen along with them.
In any case, in the eyes of this group of people, even if Chen Chen died, the operation of the company would not stop because of one person. It was not impossible to obtain various life-extension technologies from Chen Chen's company in the chaos.
This was the wishful thinking of the four of them. In other words, their target was only the two patriarchs on the ship.
However, the purpose of assassinating the patriarchs of these two families alone was too obvious, but what if the entire ship encountered an accident?
When the time came, they would announce that all of this was done by pirates, and that only the four of them had escaped. Everything would be very reasonable.
This was the plan of Leo and the others.
Of course, Chen Chen would not allow all of this to happen. Putting aside the fact that he was on the side of Leo and the others, if he really did as Leo said and secretly killed the patriarch of the Foster family during the treatment, it would be a huge blow to the credibility of the research center.
Chen Chen was not short-sighted. No matter what benefits Leo could promise, it could not compare to the disadvantages of long-term development. Of course, Chen Chen would not do it.
Moreover, once Leo and the old patriarch fought for the position in the future, it was bound to attract attention from many parties. This was not what Chen Chen wanted. For Chen Chen, he wanted these eleven rich people to prosper day by day.
As for using means to annex these financial groups, Chen Chen had not considered it at all. After all, with his own company's business, it would only grow bigger. However, if there was a situation where he annexed other people's companies and families, no matter how well he did it, how neat and clean, it would cause a credibility crisis.
After all, how could the benefits of annexing one or two families in a short period compare to the benefits of annexing the entire Earth Federation a hundred years later?
Chen Chen's eyes flashed with a dark light.
However, he did not expect that even though he had warned Prince Steele after he boarded the ship, the other party only tightened their defenses at sea and still allowed Leo and the others to go on a killing spree on the ship.
All of this was not only because the other party did not trust Chen Chen, but also because Prince Steele did not care about the lives of these guests to begin with.
After all, he could not confirm the authenticity of Chen Chen's information and was afraid of alerting the enemy. Therefore, he simply responded to the situation with inaction and secretly prepared to defend against a sea attack.
If Leo and the others really contacted the pirates, then he would naturally be able to deal a head-on blow to the pirates after he was prepared.
As for the guests on the ship, they could only pray for the best. In any case, Leo and the others did not have any firearms on them. As long as they defeated the pirates at sea, Leo and the others would naturally be turtles in a jar.
This was Prince Steele's idea.
As for the possible casualties on the guests' side, although it would cause him to lose face, what was it compared to their lives?
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