Ultimate Firepower

Chapter 80: Colleagues are enemies

Rebuilding a garden is a long process and it cannot be rushed.

However, understanding the reason for the garden's destruction is an urgent matter. It's very simple. If Gao Yi doesn't know why the garden was destroyed, what if he repeats the same mistake?

"Now tell me how much the garden is worth."

"Now tell me why the garden was..."

Gao Yi spoke late and slowly. Before he finished speaking, Luca couldn't wait to ask the question he cared about most.

Gao Yi didn't want to discourage Luca's enthusiasm, but trust was something that could never be rebuilt once lost.

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and placed it in front of Luca. This was the assets that Gao Yi had sorted out over the past two days.

"what is this?"

"Safe house, client contact information."

Luca looked at it for a while, then his eyes widened in surprise. He looked at Gao Yi in astonishment and asked in confusion: "No money?"

Gao Yi said seriously: "I just don't have money. Sean gave me a lot of things, but I don't have money."

There are many safe houses, and many things are hidden in them, but there is no money.

What Luca has to manage are these safe houses, which he is not sure whether they can be considered fixed assets. Gao Yi definitely does not understand and does not want to take care of these things, but he does not know whether Luca is willing to do so.

I don’t know if Luca will ask to withdraw, but what surprised Gao Yi was that Luca actually carefully examined the contents of the catalog.

"There are actually twenty-six safe houses!"

Luca exclaimed in admiration, and then he said sincerely: "I didn't expect there to be so many. Even if these safe houses are just the properties themselves, the total number is a huge number!"

Gao Yi forced a smile and said, "A Category 1 safe house has complete facilities, weapons, and equipment. A Category 2 safe house only has equipment but no weapons. A Category 3 safe house has no equipment at all, only basic living and hiding functions."

"There are eight in the first category, sixteen in the second category, and two in the third category."

Luca nodded continuously and said contentedly: "Very good, very good..."

“All the houses were rented, using all kinds of fake names.”

Luca raised his eyebrows and said, "Rented? Well, that's a problem. I looked and found that all the safe houses are in big cities, but this brings a problem. The rent is very high."

Gao Yi couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you disappointed? You know these houses are just rented, aren't you disappointed?"

"Why be disappointed?"

Luca waved his hand and said, "Whether you are a professional manager or a professional accountant, you are managing other people's wealth and careers. The Garden is a killer organization with a long history and a very good reputation. I feel very honored to be able to manage the Garden's finances and reorganize its asset allocation."

After finishing speaking, Luca said sincerely: "Now, there are only two of us in the garden, so the most important thing is to reorganize the assets as soon as possible. The rent of these safe houses is a huge expense. Since we don't have sufficient funds to continue to maintain the existence and operation of the safe houses, we must cut down these useless safe houses as soon as possible to save costs."

Gao Yi blinked and said, "Okay."

"There are four safe houses in London. This means that the Garden is active in London and needs many safe houses. But now..."

After thinking for a while, Luca looked at Gao Yi and said, "Leave one behind."

"Ah."

"There are two safe houses in Paris. Did you use them this time? We will prioritize the used safe houses because they may be exposed."

"No."

"Then choose one with lower rent and stay there."

Luca looked at the catalog and whispered, "Lyon, Marseille, there are many safe houses in France. This assassin organization was born in Paris, and its foundation is the strongest in France. If you ask me... cut them all off."

"Okay, you decide."

"Rome, Berlin, Frankfurt..."

Luca continued to talk, then he spread his hands and said, "It's all in Europe, all concentrated in Western Europe, but are you familiar with the assassin business in Western Europe?"

"unfamiliar."

"I'm not familiar with it either, so we'll only keep a few level one safe houses and cut off the rest, because level one safe houses have weapons, and weapons are always the hardest to obtain, so these can be retained for the time being." "Okay, you'll be in charge of these things, but don't worry about them now, I have something very important to ask you."

Luca put down the catalog and said seriously, "Ask."

Gao Yi said seriously: "Why does Andek Group want to destroy the Garden?"

Luca showed an embarrassed expression and said, "No one knows this. What I know is that about ten years ago, Huayuan accepted a mission to kill a Russian living in the UK. When Huayuan was carrying out this not-so-difficult mission, he ran into the Andek Group."

"Wait a minute, at that time, has the garden already entered the dark web platform?"

“I got in, but it was another dark web at that time.”

"Another dark web?"

Gao Yi was a little surprised, but he calmed down soon. This dark web has been replaced several times, which is actually normal.

After thinking for a moment, Gao Yi raised his hand and said, "Go on."

"Then the two assassin organizations became rivals, because in that mission, Rose, a very outstanding assassin, died in the Garden, and three people from the Andek Group died, who were probably equally important. After that, the Andek Group bit the Garden like a mad dog."

Luca sighed and said, "Killers shouldn't have such low-level hatred, but since the war has started, it is impossible to stop. Garden tried to find every opportunity to disrupt the Andek Group's mission and kill their killers, and the Andek Group did the same. So, under this circumstance, Garden's efforts to build the European dark web failed."

Gao Yi was stunned and said, "Wait a minute, the European dark web? Huayuan established the European dark web!"

"Failed."

Luca spread his hands and said, "Forget it, I'll start from the beginning. The Garden is a killer organization with a long history. In the past, they always used the contact method, which is to make a few contacts public in a small circle. Whoever needs to find a killer can get in touch with the Garden through these contacts. Everyone did this before."

"Yes, I know."

"However, after the emergence of the dark web, this traditional way of doing business has been greatly impacted, because the traditional way requires the employer to first pay half of the deposit to the contact person, the garden will send out the killer, and then collect the remaining half of the commission after the task is completed. This model takes a long time and is very risky.

But with the dark web, everything is different. Employers can keep absolute confidentiality and do not need to contact the killer organization at all. They can directly place orders on the dark web, deposit money into the dark web account, and wait for the task to be completed and agree to the transfer. "

Luca exhaled and said, "There were several dark webs at the time, and all assassin organizations were registered on each dark web. At that time, the Garden received missions on the European dark web, and the Andek Group did not know where to receive missions. It was very chaotic. The Garden suffered heavy losses after the war with Andek. Although it also killed many Andek assassins, the Andek Group covered everything from high-end to low-end. The Garden only did high-end missions, so the Garden suffered greater losses."

"and then?"

"Then almost all the dark webs in the world were destroyed. The Americans found a backdoor in the dark web system, and several countries joined forces. The three largest dark webs at the time were all destroyed. I don't know the specific timeline, but at that time, no influential dark webs were left."

Luca spread his hands and said, "This is the way it worked before the emergence of BitCoin. After BitCoin was born in 09, BitCoin, which was not controlled by the central bank or any financial institution, was quickly used as currency by the dark web. In 2010, the first dark web that used BitCoin transactions, which is now the dark web, began to develop rapidly. Garden and Andek Group met on a platform again, and Andek Group continued to target Garden, and the result is what is happening now."

Gao Yi frowned and said, "Before the emergence of BitCoin, Huayuan tried to set up a European dark web, but failed in the end."

"They all failed. That batch of dark webs is finished."

Gao Yi waved his hand and said, "No, wait a minute, has Hua Yuan ever thought that he was being hunted down by the Andek Group because he touched the cake of the dark web?"

"Of course I suspected it. It's such an obvious thing. But the problem is, the Garden is also very active on the dark web and has done a lot of tasks. If the dark web really wanted to completely destroy the Garden, they would never have waited until now."

Yes, if it was really the Dark Web that wanted to take down the Garden, then Sean's location would not be a secret, and the Andek Group would have wiped him out long ago.

However, after all, competitors are enemies.

It would be fine if Huayuan was just an enemy of Andek Group, but if Huayuan wanted to set up its own dark web, even if it was not a full platform, but just a dark web for killers, it would also be a competitor of the dark web.

Seeing Gao Yi still in deep thought, Luca said, "Analyze it. If it is really the Dark Web that wants to take down the Garden, then things shouldn't be like this now. It should be..."

Gao Yi shook his head and said, "I don't care about that. I believe that colleagues are enemies, so the dark web is always suspicious."

Luca said nothing.

Gao Yi exhaled and said, "Sean is dead. He left a number on his phone. I called him and the voice sounded like an old man. This person told me how to accept the garden. Do you know who he is?"

"It should be the previous gardener, and Sean is a bee. The previous gardener felt that he could not adapt to the impact of the Internet age, so he gave the gardener to Sean. I have never met the previous gardener, so I am not sure about the specific situation."

The previous gardener must be correct, otherwise the person who can only say "oh oh oh" would not be so familiar with the garden.

Gao Yi pondered for a long time, but finally said to himself: "Competitors are enemies, old gardener, the impact of the Internet age... Luca, our situation is not easy to deal with."

(End of this chapter)