Long Zhen and Huang Shu glared at each other. None of them said anything, but their glares already showed how they wanted to kill each other in 1001 different ways.

James Grind got panicked because of this. Since Long Zhen was currently locking him in his arm, James Grind had no other way except to nudge on Long Zhen slightly. "M—Master Long, why don't we talk first? We can civilly talk about this, right?"

Long Zhen tightened his arm around James Grind's waist and smiled. "Of course, let's talk about this in a civil manner… in the bed, okay?"

CLANK!

James Grind was shocked when Long Zhen deflected a needle shooting straight at him with a small swiss army knife in his pocket. Long Zhen side glanced at Huang Shu with a sneer on his face. "Master Huang, are you angry because James Grind is within me right now? He is now stuck with me, so better get used to it, Master Huang."

Huang Shu gritted his teeth, he yelled at James Grind. "My darling grind, come with me now! I will protect you from this monster!"

[Depends, can you pay at least 20 million? Hehe.]

[Pupa: And you said that you are not a gold digger.]

[When did I say that? I am like… a professional gold digger, in case Han Ye wants to buy me for one night, ehe… ehehehehe.]

James Grind looked confused. He didn't want any bloodbath because of a stupid reason. He tried to break free from Long Zhen. Long Zhen felt the struggle and glared. "Where are you going? You want to go with Huang Shu?"

[Pupa: Alert! Fatemeter decreases to 35%.]

[Phew, I don't care about that stupid meter, as long as the Breakmeter is not decrea—]

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to -5%.]

[…]

[Pupa: Don't jinx yourself, really, you did this often.]

"I—I just want to calm the situation down," James Grind said. "I don't want you two to fight for me! I would rather die!"

[Yes, I said it! Yes!]

[Pupa: So disgusting, you think you are the main character in a novel or something?]

[Honestly? Yes. Don't you see my perfect main character quality?]

[Pupa:… You can be a homo side character at best.]

James Grind broke from Long Zhen's hand dramatically and rushed towards Huang Shu. "JAMES GRIND!" Long Zhen yelled.

James Grind hugged Huang Shu and said, "M—Master Huang, please don't fight, okay? I am just a nobody. I just want to do my job in peace and get money! Please don't fight for my sake!"

[Or we can just share, three of us, ehehe.]

Huang Shu hurriedly engulfed James Grind in his embrace and kissed his cheek. "I told you that you will get stuck with him! You should've waited for me!"

James Grind was dazed when he got a kiss from Huang Shu.

"W—Why did you kiss…"

"What? Of course, because I said that you will be my pretend lover, right? And now we are still a pretend lover! I have an obligation to protect you!" Huang Shu exclaimed. He glared at Long Zhen. "Especially against the devil like him! I will not let you fall into his filthy hands. You are mine, James Grind!"

[Pupa:… so, I know this world is very lenient. Since your mission is just to kill Long Zhen. But what is this? You have escalated your small drama to be a full-blown gang war! What the heck, you spicy chicken host!]

[Don't blame me! I was just trying to find a way to assassinate Long Zhen first!]

Long Zhen saw his James Grind seemed to be more docile when he was with Huang Shu. He came here only to flaunt to Huang Shu that he got this cute spy. This cute spy was a good toy. As long as he was obedient, Long Zhen wouldn't mind keeping him.

But it seemed that James Grind was not just a simple boy toy. He dared to actually shame him like this in front of his archnemesis, Huang Shu.

'I really thought you can be a good boy for me, James Grind,' Long Zhen scoffed. 'It seems that I will have to try harder.'

Huang Shu was proud since James Grind chose him. At first, he wanted to forget about James Grind after the party, but he soon realized that James Grind had a certain charm that made every man and woman in his embrace became boring.

Huang Shu found that everyone paled in comparison with James Grind. So when he reached the Director and found out that James Grind was already with Long Zhen, he was enraged and threatened Long Zhen to block all route they previously had a deal together unless Long Zhen handed James Grind to him.

Long Zhen dramatically took the gun from his suit and pointed it at Huang Shu. "I told you that he is already mine. I don't care if I have to use this method, hand James Grind to me now."

Huang Shu scoffed. "Try to shoot me if you are brave enough, and this will be one hell of a bloodbath."

"Do you think I don't have the gut to shoot your face? Huang Shu, if it's not because I respect your father a lot, I would've stomped you since the start," Long Zhen said.

"No need to play my achievements down. We know very well that your group cannot harm me. We just need more time, and I will dethrone you," Huang Shu taunted. He licked James Grind's neck first and grinned, "James Grind wants to be on the winning side. He knows that I can provide better than you."

Long Zhen was finally enraged. He clicked the trigger and shot straight to Huang Shu's face. Huang Shu predicted it, and he did a quick draw with his own gun. He fired the bullet, and their bullets collided mid-air.

CLANK!

The men in Long Zhen's side attacked first. They hid behind pillars and many places and ready with their gun. Huang Shu's men reacted, and they were prepared in their positions. Huang Shu pushed James Grind to the ground and let him hid behind a pillar. "Stay right here. I will kill that asshole first!"

James Grind watched as Huang Shu and Long Zhen took cover and shot at each other. The sounds of guns, bullets hitting random places, and some groan here and there made James Grind shuddered.

[Okay, this is scary, but my job here is to kill Long Zhen, right? If I let Huang Shu kill Long Zhen, does that mean I don't need to do anything? I think I can consider the job well done here.]

[Pupa: Actually… you do need to kill Long Zhen with your own hand, that is the requirement to fill the Breakmeter.]

[What?! You said to me first, as long as Long Zhen is dead, then the world will be completed!]

[Pupa:… I may have given you false information because I was annoyed by your incompetency in this world. Might as well give you a personal punishment.]

[Pupa, when I said that you are a black-bellied evil system, I didn't mean that you should be one also. That's just a figure of speech, you know that, right?]

[Pupa: I will gladly be a black-bellied evil system, thank you so much.]