Chapter 644
Author: Blanco Burn
A middle-aged man on the other end of the line chuckled menacingly. “How much are you willing to pay, Mr. Ethan?”

"Twenty grand!"

Simultaneously, a few men were busy typing on keyboards or answering calls in a particular residential building. The room was smoky and dimly lit.

A middle-aged man with a scruffy beard opened a webpage with a dark and bloody theme. He clicked on a button to post a task, entered the requirements, and set the amount to twenty thousand dollars.

Afterward, the man smiled and said, “That gig should make a ten-grand profit.”

“Penn, we got another job,” said a guy nearby, smiling.

“Good work. I’ll treat you all to dinner tonight,” Penn replied.

"Penn, you're amazing!"

"Penn, I love you!"

The others chimed in with praises. Penn had just brewed a cup of coffee when he received a notification of someone accepting the task. Soon, a ten-thousand-dollar commission entered his account.

Afterward, Penn leisurely watched an episode of an anime.

It was dark ou
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