Later, Wen Wu's enemies came knocking, killing Yingli. Wen Wu was enraged, putting on the Ten Rings once more, and the terrorist organization, the Ten Rings Gang, reappeared. To exact revenge, the Ten Rings Gang began to expand its influence with increasing ferocity.
Raza Hamidmi, who had previously kidnapped Tony, was a minor leader within the Ten Rings Gang. His desire for Stark Industries' missiles was also to strengthen the Ten Rings Gang's power.
After completing his Iron Man Suit, Tony frequently traveled the World to combat the Ten Rings Gang's forces.
Li Chuan initially didn't pay much attention to the Ten Rings Gang because he had no dealings with them, and the people of the Ten Rings didn't know that he was the one who saved Tony and killed that minor leader.
Furthermore, with his strength at the time, if he truly went to trouble Wen Wu, he might not have been his opponent; the power of the Ten Rings was quite strong.
Secondly, he himself wasn't particularly concerned about the Ten Rings. Although the Ten Rings could grant immortality, the prerequisite was that you had to wear them constantly.
Moreover, the origin of the Ten Rings was quite mysterious, constantly emitting signals to the outside World, and it might even be connected to something troublesome.
But since the other party had now targeted him and sent an assassin, he naturally wouldn't ignore it any longer, especially with the one-month Small World time reward.
"Have Li San lead people to eliminate those who hired the Ten Rings, and then we'll meet this Mr. Assassin."
After handing the interrogation results to Li San, Li Chuan entered the interrogation room.
At this point, the assassin had been tortured beyond recognition, with more air going in than out. Without medical treatment, he probably wouldn't live much longer.
"You are too impolite to Mr. Assassin. Come, let me help you."
Li Chuan took out the elder wand and cast a healing spell on the blood-soaked assassin.
A moment later, the assassin, whose consciousness was already blurry, felt the pain in his body gradually disappear and some strength return. He said hoarsely, trembling:
"I've told you everything I know. Please, just kill me!"
"Kill you? Am I such a cruel person? Call your superior and tell him I want to meet the leader of your Ten Rings Gang."
Li Chuan gestured, and Li San handed the phone to the assassin.
The assassin didn't dare to take the phone, shaking his head in terror:
"No, I can't do that. You'd better kill me!"
If he died here today, he would just be dead, and it wouldn't matter even if he revealed some information about the Ten Rings Gang. But if he dared to make that call, it would be a blatant betrayal.
At that time, none of his family living in the Ten Rings Gang headquarters would survive.
"Forget it, this way is simpler."
Li Chuan had no time to waste and immediately cast an Imperius Curse on the assassin:
"Soul Eject!"
Hit by the Imperius Curse, the assassin's expression instantly changed from terror to bliss, and then he picked up the phone and started dialing.
However, just as he was halfway through dialing, he suddenly woke up from the Imperius Curse state, threw the phone away, and his expression turned terrified again:
"No, I can't do this. He'll kill them, I can't!"
This situation surprised Li Chuan a bit, but he quickly understood.
Although the Imperius Curse can control a person's mind, it also has its corresponding weakness: if the controlled person has strong enough mental power or a firm enough will, they can break free from the Imperius Curse's control on their own.
Moreover, if the Imperius Curse is used multiple times on the same person, a certain resistance will develop, significantly reducing the curse's effectiveness.
This assassin from the Ten Rings Gang clearly belonged to the type with a relatively firm will. Because he was too worried about his family's safety, he broke free from the Imperius Curse's control on his own.
But Li Chuan had no sympathy for an assassin who tried to assassinate him yesterday, so he raised his hand and cast a Cruciatus Curse:
"Crucio!"
"Ah!!!"
The assassin, struck by the Cruciatus Curse, immediately let out a miserable howl.
The Cruciatus Curse targets the soul, not the body, and the pain in the soul is far more excruciating than physical pain.
After a few rounds, he once again cast the Imperius Curse on the assassin. This time, the assassin did not struggle against the Imperius Curse and cooperated by dialing the phone.
It doesn't matter if the will is strong; a few more uses of the Cruciatus Curse to torture will naturally wear down the will.
"Sidewinder, why didn't you contact me on time last night? How did the mission go?"
After the phone connected, a stern voice of a middle-aged man came from the other end.
Li Chuan took the phone from the assassin's hand:
"Oh, I'm sorry, he was with me yesterday, so he couldn't contact you."
Hearing Li Chuan's voice, the middle-aged man paused for two seconds, then calmly spoke:
"Who are you?"
"I'm Li Chuan, the target you wanted to assassinate. Don't you recognize me?"
Li Chuan replied with a smile.
The middle-aged man probably already had an inkling and didn't show too much surprise:
"It seems Sidewinder not only failed the mission but also betrayed us. He will receive the organization's harshest punishment. And you, Mr. Li Chuan, the news of your death will be in the papers tomorrow."
"It seems you're quite confident. But putting that aside, please tell your leader, Xu Wenwu, that I have a way to revive his wife, Yingli. We can arrange a time to meet when he's free. He can choose the location."
After Li Chuan finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
He knew Wen Wu was a devoted person, someone who could abandon the power of the Ten Rings and immortality for his beloved. As long as he said he could revive Wen Wu's wife, even if Wen Wu didn't believe it, he surely wouldn't let go of this sliver of an opportunity.
Of course, he wasn't entirely deceiving Wen Wu, because he had recently been studying the forbidden Ninjutsu, Edo Tensei. If it could be used in this World, then it would truly be a unique form of resurrection.
Edo Tensei, a forbidden Ninjutsu invented by the Second Hokage that desecrates the dead, allows for a unique form of resurrection using the deceased's tissues and cells as a medium and a living person as a vessel.
Although those resurrected cannot retain their full strength from when they were alive, they possess infinite Chakra and an immortal body.
And as long as the caster does not actively release the Ninjutsu, the Edo Tensei person can continue to exist in the World without consuming the caster's Chakra, making it a very overpowered Ninjutsu.
Yakushi Kabuto, relying on his improved Edo Tensei, resurrected dozens of powerful Ninja at once, and with this Ninjutsu, he single-handedly held back most of the Ninja Allied Forces.
If this Ninjutsu could be used in the Main World, he wouldn't mind exchanging the Ten Rings and control of the Ten Rings organization peacefully from Wen Wu, on the condition of resurrecting Wen Wu's wife.
Indeed, since he had made his move, he was certainly going to obtain the Ten Rings and seize control of the Ten Rings Gang, this ancient gang with a thousand-year history.
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