Chapter 22 Chapter 21

The next day, the devil really called me. "I have obtained the certification you mentioned. According to the agreement, you will answer all my questions." I looked at Cicada Castle and smelled the smell it emitted: "Cicada Castle, what is that?" "That's the extra reward that every killer will get." The devil had already prepared the answer. "Who paid for it?" "Nobody knows." "Did you lock my phone and give my location to the messenger who delivered Cicada Castle?" "You don't know how to hide yourself at all, so of course I know where you are, but unfortunately I'm not the man behind the Cicada Castle. In fact, your question is the question of all professional killers, but no one has ever been answered. If you receive the Cicada Castle a few more times, maybe you will gradually not care who gave the Cicada Castle to you."

"……I do not understand what you mean." "Every killer will receive Cicada Castle after successfully completing the mission, but no one has ever seen the messenger who sent Cicada Castle." "No one has seen it?" I couldn't believe it. "Some killers suspect that the Messenger is a demon, and some suspect that Cicada Castle is a collective hallucination, but most of the time, no killer cares who the Messenger is, and no killer seriously guesses who the author of Cicada Castle is. They only know that Cicada Castle can be used as a The confirmation of the success or failure of the mission, and this confirmation can be said to be the most fair standard of achievement."

"I have also been a killer before, and I have killed many people. Why have I never taken this kind of thing?" "I don't know. Probably because you weren't a professional killer at all before." "Damn it, I've killed a lot of people before!" "I do not know then." "..." "...Listen well, usually what I tell you now should be told by the person who brought you into the industry, but your situation is special, so I have to do part of it for you. First of all, you killers certainly don't have a union, and there is no recognized organization, but because of your special occupation, in order to survive, you assassins have had some collective understanding for a long time, that is, the three major rules, and the three major professional ethics. Do you have a pen? I suggest you copy it down verbatim .”

"I will listen." "One of the three laws, you can't fall in love with the target, and you can't fall in love with the client." "Idiots are so sentimental." "The second of the three rules, never disclose the client's identity, unless the client wants to kill himself." "The client wants to kill me, so I'll kill him." I sneered. "The third rule of the three is that you are not a killer after work. Even when you are drunk, asleep, or having sex, you must keep this in mind. The above are the three major rules of a professional killer."

"Tsk tsk, so you can't kill people after work? It doesn't make sense at all. Doesn't the chef need to cook when he comes home from work? When the teacher comes home from get out of class, if he sees that his child can't do his homework, won't he teach him? Why can't killers kill people when they're not performing their mission?" "Do you want to be a professional killer or a murderer who can't control himself? I don't care. I'm only responsible for conveying. Then there are three major professional ethics. Are you sure you don't use pen and paper?"

"First?" "First, never grab business. Killing people is not that fun, and making money is not this way of making money." "I agree. But if you dare to steal my business, I will shoot him... No, I will kill him with several shots!" I paused and said, "By the way, I can't get a gun for the time being. You should have a plumber to help you." Can I get two? Of course you won't do it for nothing, I'll give you money." "Listen, I'm not your agent, but I can introduce one to you. Your agent may be willing to help you with the things you need. The second of the three major professional ethics is that if relatives and friends are killed Do not seek revenge from your peers, nor force your peers to reveal the identity of your employer."

"nonsense." "The third of the three major work ethic, keep a good mood, never say 'this is the last time.'" "...The nonsense of the nonsense, as long as killing people starts, it's so exciting that I can't stop. I want to kill people now, please tell me where else I can kill. By the way, if someone wants to kill Elena, I could just charge for a dozen beers. Hello? Are you listening?" "There seems to be something that I can't communicate with you. I will arrange an agent to approach you as soon as possible. As for how you cooperate, I don't care. If you don't want to cooperate with him, ask him to recommend another agent to work with you. Cooperation, in short, I am only responsible for the part of the action cover, as for enduring you and educating you, that is your agent's responsibility."

"... how do I usually contact you?" I looked out the window. "I will contact you if there is anything to do." The devil's voice was very indifferent: "I will give you my contact information when the cooperation is stable. Of course, with that number, it is impossible to track me." Smug. "By the way, do you know many killers? There is a killer who uses two guns, um, it should be two guns..." I suddenly thought of the one who sneaked into the military camp on the Thai-Myanmar border and dragged his feet to kill a Burmese government army. General's killer.Of course I don't mean to trouble him, but I always want to know who the hell has that kind of skill.

"According to the devil's professional ethics, I can't disclose information about other killers to you. They, and you, are my employers. I will take my cover fee from your salary. Of course, the amount of the fee is up to me and you." The price quoted by the broker depends on the difficulty of the operation. If it is just to simply turn off and clean the monitor screen, the cost is average, but if it involves hacking the data of a specific organization, the cost will be increased. In short, devils have their own rules. " "So if I kill Elena and only charge you a dozen beers, you'll drink three cans, is that what you mean?"

"If your total payout is a dozen beers, you'll have to fix the monitors and all the electronic security yourself, or you can ask your future agent if there's any other devils willing to work with you at a reduced price just to make a fool of yourself .” "Humph." "As a layman, I guess you didn't think about the restriction before you killed Neil yesterday. You don't need to tell me about the content of the restriction, and I don't need to know." Before I could ask, The devil continued: "The so-called restriction is that each killer will make a specific promise to himself to end his career as a killer before completing the first mission, for example, starting from the day when he has killed a hundred people. , I am no longer a killer. Or the day when I woke up and saw a cobra in the window, or the day that my favorite toothpaste was no longer produced, or the day when I found out that my mission was my dearest relatives, or the day when I was constipated for more than a week , no matter how strange or not strange the restriction is, once the conditions are met suddenly, you can no longer be a killer."

"..." My head was a little confused for a moment. "Of course a killer is not a white man, but he is not a gangster either. If you are not a killer, there is no mysterious organization that will bother to chase you down. You just need to disappear automatically, or tell your manager that you quit. No one can force you in this business." Another person to kill, or have to take an order." "Why is there a restriction on this regulation?" "Constraints are not regulations, but a contract tool to convince oneself. Killing is to let another life disappear from this world. Many people think this is an unlucky job, so you can't just use money to calculate everything. Killing The business of committing crimes is very evil, and it is very particular about luck. I believe that as long as you continue to do it, you will gradually understand why your predecessors have passed on the habit of restraint, and your annoying and bad personality will also be corrected. Sometimes Killers will not abide by the three major rules and the three major professional ethics. After all, those are the rules set by the seniors to make things easier for everyone to use, but the constraints are set by themselves, and almost no killer will break the agreement with themselves , some people say that it is a contract with the god of death as a witness." "How about not customizing a date?" I sneered. "You can be the first professional killer who does not set restrictions, and I will be able to answer the questions of other novices based on your end in the future." "Pooh!" "That's it. I'll refer you to an agent within two days. Let's take a look at each other." The call ends. My life as a killer begins.