The Crow.
That was not his real name. He was born Wen Xiang, but he no longer used that name since he became part of the Black Lotus, a dark organization led by someone with many subordinates. That someone was the boss of the assassins.
Yes, Black Lotus was a dark assassin organization that had been around for more than two decades. It was an illegal organization and was only known to a limited number of people, so most people surely didn't know the existence of Black Lotus.
Those who knew the organization were not good people either. They hired assassins from the Black Lotus to kill people, so they couldn't be seen as good people anymore, could they?
The Crow just finished his task perfectly tonight. He was the best assassin in Black Lotus, known as someone cruel and heartless. Instead of using his real name, he chose 'The Crow' as his alias.
He used the name 'The Crow' for several reasons. The first reason was because of his black hair that was as dark as a crow, and the second reason was because of his ability to 'invite' several crows right after he had completed his mission to kill someone.
It wasn't an actual invitation, but the scene of several crows flying in circles while 'singing' their death song always appeared right after he managed to inflict death on his target.
The target tonight was called Mr. Hong. The Crow didn't even know the fat man's real name, nor did he bother to find out his real name. He was a 56-year-old man who had been working in the 'darkness' since many years ago.
The fatty started his career on the dark path under the drug dealer Zhong Hu, but suddenly the fat man betrayed the boss, and the boss finally contacted Black Lotus to ask for the best assassin to kill the traitor.
It was a common thing in the business, and no one would question it if they knew how illicit businesses worked.
The Crow was the best assassin in Black Lotus, and the boss of Black Lotus did not hesitate to choose the black-haired man as tonight's executioner. As expected, The Crow managed to kill Mr. Hong without needing to soak his hands in blood.
The best assassin had several methods of killing people, and using his weapons was only one of many methods. For some reason, he chose to use that method to complete his target tonight.
The car arrived at the dark area that looked dangerous and scary, but the driver didn't look terrified at all. Instead of feeling scared by the creepy atmosphere, a pair of brown orbs challenged the blackness with certainty.
He finally arrived in front of the iron gate, and he didn't have to slow down the car because the gate automatically opened after the guard recognized the car. He was the most elite assassin in Black Lotus, and everyone in the organization would know about him.
Stopping the car in front of the building, one would think that the building was nothing special. It was only a one-story building with old walls and old doors, and people wouldn't care about the building at a glance.
Normal people wouldn't think that the building was Black Lotus' quarter.
Turning off the car engine, The Crow immediately removed his seat belt before yanking the glove from his right hand. Taking a deep breath, he then opened the car door and got out of the black sedan.
The Crow was like Adonis in real life. He had an appearance that would probably catch Aphrodite's attention. A pair of long legs, a muscular body, and a handsome face. At 187 cm tall, he could probably become a professional model if he wanted to.
However, The Crow never wanted to be a model or a celebrity. Instead of dreaming of standing in the spotlight, he had avoided even the slightest light in the last 20 years. Now he was 26 years old, but he still avoided the bright sunlight and chose to continue living in darkness.
He wasn't a vampire or any other nocturnal creature, but he rarely went out in broad daylight. He always did his work at night, and he was like a nocturnal animal that would sleep during the day.
His daily life was far from normal for a normal human, but it didn't matter to him because he knew that he wasn't normal.
Arriving at the door, a small iris scanner immediately scanned his irises, and the old door automatically opened from the inside. It looked like an ordinary wooden door from the outside, but it had a metal door lining behind the wooden surface. The iron door was also opened after the scanner managed to recognize the brown irises.
The outside of the building looked like it was in decline, but the inside was in stark contrast to the outside. Outside the building was dim as there was only one lamp illuminating the atmosphere, but the inside of the building was as bright as day.
Not only that, but the interior of the building also looked luxurious with lots of expensive furniture.
The crow didn't waste any time admiring the interior and immediately headed for the only staircase in the building. From the outside, the building looked like an old one-story building, but it actually had an underground area where the quarter was actually located.
The underground area was the real quarter of Black Lotus.
When The Crow arrived at the underground area, he was greeted by someone so familiar to his eyes. An older person was sitting in a wheelchair holding a pipe in his right hand, and another person was standing right behind the old man's wheelchair.
"Hair as black as the night, eyes as sharp as a knife, life as dark as a crow. Welcome back home, my son," the old man in the wheelchair greeted him with a smile that looked as sweet as honey, but to The Crow's eyes, that smile was like poison.