Aphrodite's Origin

  Jian Chen finished a bottle and Vasily smiled and opened another one for him, then opened one for himself as well.

  Then, he gently patted Chen Chen's shoulder: "It's not that easy to be friends with the Armenian Avenger. Chen not only saved Aphrodite but also killed the enemy that the Armenian Avenger wanted to kill the most, God's Blade is more powerful than Chil!"

  "Bravo!" The rest of the people cheered excitedly, and one after another handed wine bottles to Chen Chen.

  Chen Chen smiled and bumped each of them with his glass before tilting his head back and downing half a bottle.

  "Hurrah!" Vassilis exclaimed, raising his fist with a smile: "Brother, from now on wherever our Armenian Avengers are needed, just give the word and we will defend our friendship with blood."

  Chen Chen nodded and stretched out his fist to lightly bump against the other person's.

  Afterwards, everyone was free to drink and eat meat, chatting in twos and threes.

  Vasilis tore off a juicy roasted hind leg and handed it to Chen Chen, then pulled some meat for Aphrodite on the other side, asking casually: "Brother, how did you get involved with the God's Knife gang?"

  "I'm here to kill Zhao Xuandragon." Seeing that the other party had already figured everything out, Chen Chen didn't have anything worth hiding anymore. He tore off a piece of meat and started chewing on it while slowly explaining: "Before, I didn't know about the things going on behind Zhao's back either, but I wasn't interested. Whoever blocks my way will be eliminated."

  "Awesome!" Vasilis couldn't help but exclaim, patting Chen Chen's shoulder: "Your strength is impressive, daring to charge into Bichir's hospital alone and start a massacre. You know, we've been preparing for months just to launch an attack on him."

  "You're not much better, a dozen or so people daring to confront such a large organization. Chen Chen smiled faintly and glanced at the other party: "Do you know, when you made your move in the hospital, they had already identified your identities and immediately tracked you down through your intrusion signal, which is how they found out where you were hiding and sent someone to find you. You almost dragged Aphrodite down with you."

  "I knew, so thank you." Vasilis threw a grateful glance, honestly nodding: "This time we came to Switzerland, mainly to assassinate Becher, and Becher is Aphrodite's enemy. She didn't want to stay behind, insisted on following us, unexpectedly getting her involved in danger. If it wasn't for you tracing the signal to find us, the consequences would be unimaginable."

  "Is Beecher an enemy of Aphrodite?" Upon hearing this, Chen Chen was taken aback and glanced sideways at the girl beside him.

  "You must find it very strange." Vasilis stroked Aphrodite's shoulder with his hand and sighed softly: "All of this, has to start from Aphrodite's origin."

  Then, he told Chen Chen all about what had happened.

  Aphrodite's father is Armenian, and her mother is Ukrainian. Both were taken in by the Russian Security Bureau at a young age and secretly trained, showing exceptional talent, before joining the bureau as officers with outstanding achievements.

  The two eventually fell in love and had Aphrodite, making her a mixed Eastern European.

  And Vasilis' group was also a group of Armenian orphans taken in by the Security Bureau, who after rigorous training were selected as an elite security squad, with their direct superior being Aphrodite's father.

  Later, in a mission to attack the rebels, they were surrounded by the rebels and suffered heavy casualties. At that time, the high-level officials of the Security Bureau intended to abandon them and let them fend for themselves. As a result, Aphrodite's father risked disobeying orders and took people to rescue them. Although many people died, they eventually succeeded in rescuing the remaining ones. When faced with questioning, her father only said one sentence: If we don't save them, it will chill the hearts of brave warriors, how can we lead these people in the future?

  From then on, Vasily's group of people were no longer loyal to the Security Bureau, but to him!

  Originally, this matter would have incurred the wrath of the higher-ups, but at a time when the Commonwealth was in turmoil and some member states had announced their withdrawal, the Security Bureau was also facing downsizing and purging. Unfortunately, Aphrodite's parents were among those being purged, and Vasily and his group simply chose to leave with them.

  However, these people have no identity in the world and therefore no social insurance, cannot take out loans, and cannot handle any procedures or licenses. Leaving the security bureau, they can do nothing.

  Helpless, for survival, finally can only become a mercenary, drifting around constantly.

  That period was dark for each of them, during which they not only had to go through all kinds of hardships and dangers but also had to be constantly on guard against the surveillance of the security bureau, fearing that if they were careless for a moment, they would be mistaken for having rebellious actions and pursued.

  They traveled to every corner of the world, enduring all kinds of hardships. Originally several hundred people, they were reduced to just over a hundred in the end. They managed to make a name for themselves and their rewards gradually became more generous. They slowly began to live better days. It was also during this time that they earned the reputation as Armenian avengers.

  Those were the happiest days of their lives, counting banknotes after completing tasks, drinking and eating meat, talking about women from different places, and yearning for a life of retirement with enough money.

  Just as things were getting better day by day, a man came to Aphrodite's father.

  Vasilis paused, took a big swig of wine from the bottle, and wiped his mouth: "To this day I still think that if she hadn't gone to see that person back then, maybe there wouldn't have been so many things afterwards."

  That person wasn't going to hire them, but directly proposed to recruit them, incorporating these Eastern European mercenaries into his own security team, responsible for the safety of some laboratories.

  Aphrodite's parents were originally hesitant, but inadvertently learned about some things in this organization. Those laboratories are developing a certain genetic agent, and among them, there is actually live experimentation.

  Upon learning of this, Aphrodite's parents refused, although they had become mercenaries, they had not lost their bottom line, they knew what kind of disaster this would bring, and they were unwilling to aid in the calamity.

  Moreover, Aphrodite had grown up by then and they didn't want to lead a vagabond life anymore.

  The consequence of refusal is to invite mortal danger!

  When Vasilis and his family rushed over, Aphrodite's mother had already passed away, and her father was on his last breath. With his final gasp, he entrusted Aphrodite to Vasilis, begging him to raise her into adulthood.

  This goes without saying, Vasilis would have done the same thing anyway.

  Another thing was that Vasilis had told the other party's identity, the one who killed them was God's Knife Bichir, on the surface a doctor, but in reality a member of that organization.

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