In the luxurious villa, seeing Mike bring back another girl, the expressions on Lina and the others' faces froze for a moment.
However, having witnessed Mike's philandering nature, their moods quickly adjusted.
"Mike, aren't you going to introduce us?" Lina asked proactively, giving Mike an out.
"Needy, she's currently my... 'colleague'." Mike observed Needy's reaction while introducing her.
Should she show any unusual behavior, Mike would not hesitate to "subdue" her.
What was surprising, however, was that Needy's gaze was cold when looking at Mike, but she appeared very calm when facing the other girls in the villa.
While her aloof attitude wasn't exactly friendly, she didn't display any malice either.
"So your name is Needy, you look really cool," Lina stepped forward to greet Needy.
With her Gothic dark style and aloof demeanor, Needy was indeed very cool to girls like Lina, who hadn't seen much of the world.
And because of her connection to Mike, the girls, who had misunderstood something, were quite "friendly" towards Needy.
"Oh, by the way, my name is Lina. That one in the maid outfit is Carly, and next to her is Jessie... From now on, we're friends." Later, Lina even tried to help Needy integrate into the "group."
Such a harmonious scene was not what Mike wanted to see.
He had already decided to find an opportunity later to reveal some information about Needy to Lina and the others, at least to give them some necessary caution.
"Alright, Lina," Mike stopped the overly enthusiastic girl, then turned to the little maid and said, "Carly, go to the first floor later and prepare a room for Needy..."
"Also, Jessie and Collins, you two will move to the third floor from now on."
Seeing Mike's serious expression, Lina and the other girls also realized that the relationship between Mike and his female colleague was not as "intimate" as they had imagined.
After dinner.
After personally escorting Needy to the first floor, Mike returned to the third-floor living room and explained Needy's situation to the girls:
Emotional deficiency, violent tendencies...
Finally, Mike did not forget to remind the girls never to be alone with Needy at any time.
Next, to celebrate Jessie and Collins moving into the third floor, Mike generously rewarded them, and also included Lina and the little maid.
The battle lasted for more than two hours. Afterwards, Mike, who had washed up, pushed open Paige's door.
The small room, besides plush toys, was filled with professional books from various subjects.
At this moment, the little girl was wearing large headphones and hunched over the computer, seemingly studying.
As Mike entered, Paige was startled at first. Then, seeing him in his state of undress, the little girl seemed to have misunderstood something again.
Her legs beneath the desk unconsciously tightened, and a hint of expectation appeared in her eyes.
"Did I interrupt your studying?" Looking at the little girl's flushed face, Mike said awkwardly, "I want to ask you to help me look up some information..."
Yes, besides the trouble with Needy, Mike was preparing to recruit several reliable members for his X Squad.
Originally, due to his unique characteristics, Mike had considered recruiting Scott, the werewolf studying at Columbia University, and Mark, who had the buff of returning to youth.
However, he thought of the two: one was still a child, and the other was an ordinary person who had returned to youth.
So, Mike quickly dismissed this idea.
After all, dealing with a professional assassin organization required some professional "talent."
"Dog lover John Wick, retired employee Liam Neeson, mechanic Arthur, courier Frank Martin..." Mike rattled off a list of names.
These people all shared a common characteristic: they were all "ruthless individuals," perfectly fitting the recruitment requirements for X Squad.
On the other side, the little girl Paige, for the convenience of her studies, had taught herself a bit of computer technology, including firewall intrusion techniques.
Originally, as Mike approached, the little girl, smelling his pleasant scent, felt a little dizzy.
But soon, seeing the information displayed on the computer, Paige's mind cleared.
Connecting this to the strange woman who had moved in on the first floor, Paige easily realized that the job Mike was applying for this time was not so simple.
"These people don't look like good people, what do you want them for?" Paige asked tentatively.
"I have something I want to collaborate with them on..." Mike explained, then, seeing the worry in the little girl's eyes, he comforted her, "Don't worry, the nature of my work is very safe. Besides, I'm not as 'weak' as I look."
As he spoke, he even smiled and made a bodybuilding pose, indicating his strength.
Before long, he had diverted the little girl's attention.
Then, looking at the information he needed on the computer, Mike chose the dog lover, John Wick, from among this group of "desperadoes."
Compared to the others, Wick, who had just been expelled from the Continental Hotel, was currently unemployed, his wife had not yet died, and his dog was still alive.
This made him easy to control.
"Alright, you should go to bed early too! Staying up late to study for a long time, be careful not to grow tall—" After memorizing the information on the computer, Mike reached out and ruffled the little girl Paige's head, then left her room.
"What the heck!?" Paige, being treated like a child again, protested discontentedly.
After he left, the little girl stood up uncertainly and measured her height:
At 1.65 meters, she wasn't short!
But inadvertently seeing her underdeveloped chest, the little girl Paige found the problem.
Time came to noon the next day. Mike, specifically dressed in his Men in Black suit, got into the passenger seat of Needy's car and headed towards the Bronx.
The Bronx is one of New York's three major impoverished areas.
The information showed that the assassin gentleman, who had been expelled from the Continental Hotel, was living in seclusion there with his Japanese wife.
The old Ford car drove through the dirty, messy, and homeless-filled main road of the Bronx, then continued to a more remote suburb.
Finally, the super car stopped in front of a detached wooden cabin.
At this moment, John Wick and his wife, who was in a wheelchair, were sunbathing in the yard, with a playful Beagle at their feet.
If one disregarded the surrounding environment, this scene could be considered very heartwarming.
"Who are you looking for?" Seeing the newcomers, John Wick stepped forward to inquire, subtly shielding his wife behind him.
Out of an assassin's intuition, he sensed a "dangerous" aura from Mike and Needy.
"John Wick?" Mike observed the man in front of him.
Perhaps because he hadn't yet experienced the pain of losing his wife and dog, the man in front of him wasn't as decadent as imagined.
Although he still had long hair and looked a bit unkempt, his sharp eyes couldn't deceive anyone.
This was a fierce wolf.
On the opposite side, the man whose identity had been called out immediately tensed up, as if ready to lash out at any moment.
"We mean no harm, in fact, I have some business to discuss with you..." After stating his good intentions, Mike asked, "Are you sure we want to talk here?"
John, who had been living a normal life for a while, had originally decided not to interfere in the matters of the "underworld."
And Mike and Needy, by their appearance, clearly weren't ordinary people. Contacting them meant trouble.
However, considering his wife's illness, which required a large amount of money for treatment, John thought for a moment and said, "Follow me—"
Then, he pushed his wife in the wheelchair and led Mike and Needy into the wooden cabin.