Prologue 1.1: Turmoil and Betrayal
The vast night sky was sprinkled with countless stars as they silently illuminate the dark, yet a faint mist partly veiled the night. As the night lingered on, the tranquility in the Downtown Hospital was disrupted as a series of footsteps echoed through the dimly lit corridor.
"Thud… thud…thud..thud…"
These steps were not rushed, they were steady and gentle.
A pair of well polished black military boots stopped right in front of a VIP ward, the only ward on this level.
The hand that opened the door was slender and the light that shone revealed thin layer of callus on the hands, showing that the person's age was not very old, with a ramrod back, the figure beneath the green military uniform was exquisite.
"Beep…beep…beep..beep…"
In the ward, the sound of the medical instruments were very distinct in the deep of the night.
"Mum."
After Mu Tianyin called out in habit, she then proceeded to switched the lights on.
Suddenly, she froze in place.
There was someone!
She immediately turned to her side,raised her arms and reached behind!
Mu Tianyin accurately grasped an ice cold metallic object from her back and struck out heavily. A loud crack of bones followed by a man's abrupt and shrill scream of agony resounded out.
Her body swiftly slid backwards as she used her elbows to jab out and with a knife in one hand, she slit his neck.
"Ahhh!"
That person screamed out and slammed onto the white wall as he grasped for air in agony.
Lowering her stance, she kicked out immediately and a silhouette that came from the left went flying away.
As she spun around and evaded, she jumped up and gave a clean roundhouse kick.
The figure who came from the front was sent flying back as he slammed back on a few others behind him and they all fell to the ground and rolled about while they groaned in pain.
Glass bottles flew across, the sofa and table were turned over, as various apparatus and instruments covered the floor as the fight ensued.
Then, all was silent as the light through the window illuminated the remaining figure.
"Clap..clap ..clap."
In the darkness, a resounding round of applause echoed through the ward.
"Worthy to be West Point Military School's elite student, good skills." The figure opposite was smiling and the voice clearly belonged to a woman.
"Clap."
The lights immediately came on and revealed the messy ward that had many things broken and scattered all over the floor. There were also six to seven people lying on the floor on their sides. Their faces were contorted in pain as they writhed about in pain while groaning out, several guns were also scattered about.
There was a pale woman lying in the hospital bed, her body had many tubes inserted in and it looked as if she was no longer breathing.
She looked as if all her life had withered away as both of her eyes were shut tight.
Standing at the doorstep was a young lady who looked to be about fifteen to sixteen, with exquisite facial features, donning on a green military uniform that made her look sharp and valiant. Her gaze rested at the person before her as she coldly said, "Mu Chang Ge, what are you doing?"
Mu Chang Ge sat at the edge of the bed as her wavy hair added a touch of charm as she lifted up her chin and looked back arrogantly, "What am I doing? Can't you see it for yourself?"
She held a gun in one hand and a knife in the other.
On both sides of the bed, five bodyguards in black suits stood in a row.
When Mu Tianyin saw the row of bodyguards, her fists tightened as she raspily called out, "Xiao Ye?"
A glint of guilt flashed by Xiao Ye's eyes but it disappeared as quick as it came. "Sorry, Miss."
"Mu Tianyin, what would you say? Do you think that you're faster or my hands are faster? Hmm?" Mu Chang Ge smiled as she lightly traced the knife along the face of the woman in the bed, as beads of crimson blood spilled out as she moved it and she finally traced in down all the way and positioned it above her heart.
Mu Tianyin's heart skipped a beat as she took in a deep breath as she spat out coldy, "Are you crazy, that is your own aunt!"
"Hahaha." Mu Chang Ge seemed to have heard a joke as she giggled, "She's been lying here for over a decade, I think it's better for her to just die by this knife, that may just ease her suffering. For all you know, she might even thank this niece of hers."
"What do you want?" Mu Tianyin stood rooted to the ground as she looked at the knife that was above her mother's heart in trepidation.
Mu Chang Ge said in a faint voice, "Nothing? What can I do?"
She then picked up the newspaper next to her and looked at it. With an envious tone, she said out wistfully as if talking to herself: "A genius has appeared in the Mu Family. Only fifteen year old, she has won the Western League Shooting Championship, the All Asian Sanda Championship…."
"Attained the first in rank for both military and political examinations, broke the precedence and entered the West Point Military School, it is reported that the Mu family has secretly designated Mu Tianyin as the successor."
"Mu Family's successor?" Mu Chang Ge slammed the newspaper on the bed and screamed, "Not me? Ah, it doesn't matter."
Mu Tianyin furrowed her brows, she had already figured out a few things now.
What family successor? She did not really care about it!
"But Mu Tianyin, do you know something? You do not even have the qualifications to be the Mu Family's successor." Mu Chang Ge said in a very sarcastic tone as she suddenly changed her tone and spoke fiercely, "Anyone else in the Mu family can be its successor, only you can't!"
She pointed the knife in her hand at the girl opposite her aggressively.
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