Zhao Jinhai could only nod with a wry smile, "Alright, from now on, all our members are disbanded. I am no longer your boss."
When they heard this, no one responded.
Their eyes held disbelief. They never expected their boss to compromise so easily.
Looking at their expressions, so many of them had been defeated by a single intruder who came to challenge them. That person's strength was terrifying, driving them to despair.
Facing such a master, they were helpless. That sense of powerlessness and frustration weighed heavily on their hearts. But as soon as they met Lin Xiaotian's gaze, all their anger was extinguished as if doused by a bucket of cold water.
"Let's go. Don't stay here now. Everyone, leave."
"From today onwards, I will no longer see you. I have always wanted to live a normal life and no longer carry this burden."
"From now on, no one should look for me." Zhao Jinhai finished speaking, turned his back to his subordinates, and looked at Lin Xiaotian.
His eyes held helplessness and bitterness, "I know you won't let me off easily. After all, I am aware of what I've done."
"I have become one of them, which is equivalent to being your enemy."
"Xiao Dao will follow you from now on. I only hope you will treat her well. She is a person of unparalleled loyalty and righteousness, unlike me. I have already gone down the wrong path and there is no turning back."
"Even if you don't let me go, the people behind them will definitely not let me off easily."
"They care most about the Jinhai Association, wanting to rely on this gray force to control information sources."
"But I know what kind of people they are. They don't treat my brothers as humans at all, so I never agreed. I have always outwardly obeyed but inwardly resisted them."
"Many times I was helpless, but what's done is done. I have provided them with a lot of information. These things are unavoidable for me."
"Lin Xiaotian, just do it. I have no fear. I am a man who stands tall."
After speaking, he closed his eyes. At this moment, his heart was already prepared.
Death, sometimes, could be the beginning of release.
Having become a tool in their hands, he never thought he could escape unscathed.
As he said, even if Lin Xiaotian let him go today, the people behind them might make his life worse than death. It was better to die on the spot. Then those people would stop looking for him, and his family would be spared trouble.
Lin Xiaotian showed a brilliant smile, "Old Zhao, this isn't the first time we've met."
"You know very well what kind of people those guys are. Don't you have any idea?"
"Even if something happens to you now, they will absolutely not let your friends and family go, especially your subordinates. They might even round them up and use them specifically against me."
"Don't think I'm trying to trick you. You know this better than I do."
Zhao Jinhai said bitterly, "But what can I do?"
"Even if I live, it's useless. Without the support of my brothers, I'm just an ordinary person."
"My strength is slightly better than theirs, but only limited. I can't compare to you. You are the true masters."
"And I didn't genuinely want to join them, but I couldn't bear the pain."
Lin Xiaotian showed a brilliant smile, "Did they put a worm on you?"
"How did you know?"
Zhao Jinhai blurted out subconsciously, then realized he had made a slip. He shook his head with a wry smile, "It doesn't matter even if you know."
"Since I'm already a dead man, it doesn't matter if I tell you this information."
"I only ask you to give me a quick end later. Because when I say certain things, the little worm inside my body will receive a command."
"It will undoubtedly eat away at my internal organs."
"I don't want to endure this pain anymore. Seeing that I haven't committed any heinous crimes, give me a swift release."
He took a few deep breaths before suppressing the trace of anger that rose in his heart.
If one could live, who would want to die?
Death was true annihilation, the disappearance of everything. After a few years, who would remember Zhao Jinhai?
But he had no choice now.
Lin Xiaotian smiled and said, "Let your subordinates go. I have some things I want to talk to you about. But you are definitely going to die today, and it will be Xiao Dao who does it personally."
After saying that, he turned and walked upstairs.
This was where Zhao Jinhai had come down from.
It was also Zhao Jinhai's office.
Zhao Jinhai looked at Xiao Dao, seeing her hesitant and struggling expression, and smiled, "Based on the information I've gathered, since Lin Xiaotian has taken you in, he definitely won't treat you as cannon fodder."
"That's not his character, nor would he do such a thing."
"As for me, I am fully deserving of my fate."
"One must pay the price for one's mistakes. Now, my price is my life. It is a great fortune that everyone present can leave."
"If it were my backers who came, they would probably kill everyone to silence them, never allowing you to reveal even a shred of information. We should be grateful that we are facing Lin Xiaotian and not those demons."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the brothers who didn't want to leave and smiled with a sense of release, "Having you brothers is enough for me. Don't seek revenge for me."
"Lin Xiaotian is not like those people. He will only go after me, the culprit. But if you make a move, he will not let you go either."
"Escape this sea of suffering sooner, otherwise, you will have to pay sooner or later."
He shook his head and walked upstairs.
Tears welled up in the eyes of those men.
One of them stumbled forward, "Master Jin, we won't leave."
"Whether alive or dead, we will face this together with you."
"Sharing blessings and hardships was what we agreed to when we joined. Now that you are in such great difficulty, even if you die, we will accompany you to the Yellow Springs."
"We will have each other's company."
The number of people who dared to say these words did not exceed ten.
The remaining many lowered their heads in shame. At this moment, they dared not say another word and slowly walked out of the club's entrance.
They had only one thought in their hearts, and some were even smiling.
Finally, they could leave. From now on, they would no longer have to worry about facing Lin Xiaotian, that god of destruction.
It was a pity that some stubborn individuals insisted on staying to die with him. Wasn't living better?