Chapter 345

Li Xiao did not want to speak.

But there was really nothing he could do.

These guys were too good at torturing people.

It was as if they knew he possessed foresight.

They insisted on questioning him thoroughly.

After having several of his fingers cut off, he compromised.

"Master…"

Bai Ling led Xu Hao into the secret chamber.

The assault of the bloody stench made him frown.

The Assassins in the secret chamber knelt on one knee in salute, their eyes filled with fanaticism.

Li Xiao, who had been tortured to the brink of death, mustered a shred of Spirit.

He was too weak; even moving a finger took immense effort.

But he still struggled to lift his head.

In an attempt to see, the moment they removed his hood,

who it was that wanted to harm him.

Li Xiao had finally figured it out.

Someone was definitely targeting him on purpose.

Otherwise, even if he made five million from the stock market,

it wouldn't even make a splash in the stock market and would absolutely not attract any attention.

Unless someone had specifically investigated him.

In that case…

Who exactly was deliberately targeting him? Capturing and torturing him?

Was it the protagonist, Zheng Feifan?

Or was it Xu Hao, who had snatched his sister away?

Or perhaps his eldest brother, Chu Xiong?

The next moment, he didn't need to guess anymore.

He had already recognized who it was from the voice.

"Rise."

Xu Hao spoke indifferently.

To capture and interrogate Li Xiao, he had used Assassins.

He hadn't called upon his trusted subordinate, Old Mo.

Li Xiao was a transmigrator.

It would inevitably be shocking if it were revealed.

These Assassins were different.

Even if they knew, they would never speak of it without his command.

"Xu Hao…"

Li Xiao's voice was weak and feeble.

Yet the sheer fury in his tone was unmistakable.

He felt a deep, secret hatred in his heart.

He should have realized it sooner.

His eldest brother, Chu Xiong, trusted him completely.

The mercenary group in the protagonist's hands was completely wiped out.

The only one who could have so many experts under his command was Xu Hao.

"Xiao, hope you have been well since we last met."

Xu Hao was completely unmoved by Li Xiao's miserable state.

In fact, he had been too lazy to even come.

He only came to hold down the fort to prevent the Protagonist Halo from activating and triggering some unexpected event.

Xu Hao did not want to see the protagonist get rescued or escape.

Only to return for revenge in the future.

He would only feel at ease once he saw with his own eyes that the protagonist was completely dead.

He glanced at the top of Li Xiao's head.

After a day and a night of torture, his already fragmented Luck halo had become extremely dim.

Flickering faintly, as if it would disappear at any moment.

[Ding… Li Xiao is furious, Emotion Points +888…]

"Cough, cough…"

Overcome with rage, Li Xiao coughed up several mouthfuls of blood.

Dammit.

What kind of pathetic state was he in right now?

"Hope you have been well"?

Go to hell!

"Wh… why are you doing this to me?"

Li Xiao weakly asked the question that had troubled him for a long time.

He had no grudges or enmity with Xu Hao.

It was clearly Xu Hao who threatened his eldest sister-in-law, forcing him to cover for him and deceive his sister and family.

Not only did Xu Hao constantly target him, but he also captured and tortured him.

He was truly trying to torment him to death.

"Listen to yourself."

Xu Hao chuckled.

"You're unhappy with me and speak ill of me behind my back. Is that reason enough?"

Li Xiao was dumbfounded, unable to speak.

Gradually, his weak breathing grew heavier.

He was clearly fuming with rage.

You threatened my eldest sister-in-law and deceived My sister, and just because I said a few bad things about you, you want to torment me to death?

Isn't that way too overbearing?

"Of course,"

Xu Hao suddenly added.

"Those are just trivial reasons. The main reason is… because you are a protagonist."

What the hell?

Li Xiao was filled with questions.

Wasn't the protagonist Zheng Feifan?

Then, his heart shuddered.

How did Xu Hao know the term "protagonist"?

Only because he had transmigrated into a novel would he occasionally mention the "protagonist."

Could it be… Xu Hao was also a transmigrator?

Yes, he remembered that the first time he noticed a shift in the plot's direction was because of Xu Hao's appearance.

Why was there no mention of Xu Hao's name in the novel he had read?

Xu Hao said he was a protagonist, and indeed, he had transmigrated into the book and obtained a Golden Finger.

He was also a protagonist.

Albeit just a villain's lackey protagonist.

"C-could it be… you are also a transmigrator?"