The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Chapter 22, Mainland Hotel Registration Membership

(The book title has been changed, and I'm posting an extra chapter today. The new title is: The Great Demon Lord of the American Comic Book World)

Forest hill, Victor's house.

In the study on the second floor, Li Xingzhou opened a thick collection of classical literature and found the "Continental Hotel" business card that had been casually tucked into the book as a bookmark.

Leonardo Victor is certainly not a registration killer for "Continental Hotels," nor is he a hotel customer, and has no business dealings with Continental Hotels.

The reason he had this business card was that two years ago, when he had just taken over the nightclub, an old friend of Kingpin's father secretly gave him this business card, telling him that if things didn't go smoothly and he encountered any tricky troubles, he could try calling this number.

Leonardo thanked him with a smile, then casually slipped the business card into the book without ever making a phone call.

He was just a nightclub manager; even with plenty of competition, he believed he could secure the position his father had left him through his own abilities.

The facts have proven that Leonardo DiCaprio's confidence was not arrogance.

For two years, he has firmly held onto his position as the owner of the Dream Bar, while his competitors have either surrendered or met their demise.

Oh, by the way, Iliana said that when ordinary people die, they just die; they neither go to heaven nor hell.

No matter how devout and fanatical a believer is, they cannot go to the heavenly dimension after death; their souls will simply dissipate on the spot.

Therefore, God was not seen either.

Li Xingzhou recalled his past before his awakening, shook his head and smiled, took out his phone, and dialed the number on the business card.

The call connected quickly, and a deep, mellow male voice answered:

"Hello, this is the Continental Hotel, New York. How can I help you?"

"Hello," Li Xingzhou said politely, "Does the Mainland Hotel accept custom weapon orders?"

This number is an internal phone number for hotels in mainland China.

Those who can get through to this number are either hotel members or hotel customers, so there's no need for back-and-forth probing; just get straight to the point.

"I'm sorry, sir, this hotel only offers this service to registered members."

The term "registered member" naturally refers to those registration killers in mainland hotels.

"Is this so..."

Li Xingzhou thought for a moment and then asked:
"How can I become a registered member of a mainland hotel?"

He certainly didn't want to be an assassin; he was just interested in the mainland hotels and the "high table" behind them.

A tightly organized and strictly disciplined underground organization comprised of twelve large criminal groups, with influence extending across the globe, whose potential power is arguably even greater than that of Kingpin…

It is said that Li Xingzhou, who was a nine-times great demon, was the mastermind behind similar organizations in three of his lifetimes before entering the cultivation world...

Even after entering the world of cultivation, during the period when his cultivation was still weak and he was lying low, he tried to create a similar organization to help him scavenge cultivation resources.

Therefore, he would instinctively be interested in such an organization.

In particular, there are still some resources in this world that can be plundered.

For example, various magical metals are excellent materials for refining weapons.

Various dark creatures are also good resources for cultivating demonic techniques.

However, it would be too time-consuming and laborious for him to search the world all by himself.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were an organization that could help him run errands, do odd jobs, and gather resources? That's why Li Xingzhou decided to order weapons from a mainland hotel.

Otherwise, the Kingpin Group is full of talented people and has its share of skilled craftsmen. Kingpin even has a cane that combines the functions of multiple weapons. Li Xingzhou could easily have the Kingpin Group help him forge weapons, so why bother with the Continental Hotel?

He just wanted to turn the mainland hotels into his own tools.

If one had the connections, it wouldn't be impossible to secure a "snakehead" position within Hydra.

While I was pondering this.

A deep male voice on the phone answered his question:
"To become a registered member of our hotel, you will first need to provide your personal identification information. The hotel will verify the authenticity of this information to confirm that you are indeed a member of our 'world.' Rest assured, your personal information will only be used for verification by the hotel and will be destroyed immediately after verification, and will never be leaked. After that, you will need to complete three bounty tasks issued by the hotel. Once you have met these two conditions, you can become a hotel member and enjoy the services of all hotels in mainland China around the world."

“Very good.” Li Xingzhou nodded with pleasure. In fact, he really didn’t care about revealing his name, address and other personal privacy to mainland hotels. These days, even registering for a mobile app requires providing all sorts of detailed personal information, let alone something as serious as registering as a member of an underground assassin organization.

Mainland hotels are also worried about hiring an undercover detective.

"I can't wait to become a registered member. So, how do I provide you with my personal information?"

"You only need to give us your real name and current address. We will reply to you as soon as possible, within three days at the latest and one day at the earliest, once the information is verified."

"OK."

Li Xingzhou readily gave his name and address, and then made a small request:

"Look, I've already given you all my personal information, which is enough to prove my sincerity in becoming a hotel member. So, before I become a full member, could I get a small perk in advance? For example, could you order me a weapon? This is also related to my success rate in completing bounty missions later. Hmm, or you could treat me as just an ordinary customer and treat my request as a regular mission? I can pay for it."

In mainland China, hotels use a special type of gold coin, but whether it's a client placing an order or an assassin accepting a job, the reward is always in US dollars.

After all, assassins also live in the real world; they need to support their families and enjoy life. And the gold coins inside the mainland hotel can't be used outside.

"This……"

The clients of the Mainland Hotel have always commissioned assassinations, never the creation of private weapons. The Mainland Hotel has a complex background, with twelve large international criminal organizations behind it. These criminal organizations do deal in arms, but that's their own business. The Mainland Hotel only accepts assassination bounties, and private customization is only available to registered assassins.

However, Li Xingzhou was indeed very sincere, and besides, ordering a weapon wouldn't cause any harm to the mainland hotel. Therefore, the deep male voice only hesitated for a moment before saying:
"This matter falls within my jurisdiction. So... what are your specific requirements for this custom-made weapon?"

"I have a design drawing. Do you have a fax machine? I'll organize the drawing and send it over in ten minutes."

In this age of smartphones, fax machines are practically obsolete, but Li Xingzhou knows that the mainland hotel is very retro, still using old-fashioned computers and typewriters—of course, this is also for security reasons. Modern high-tech electronic devices have too many backdoors, and for a secret organization like the mainland hotel, old machines are really not as safe.

"Okay. Our hotel's fax number is..."

After noting down the fax number, Li Xingzhou hung up the phone, found paper and pen, and began to draw up the design on the spot—he had lived for nine lifetimes and had mastered countless skills, especially in weapon crafting and formations, which required skills such as drawing and carving.

With Li Xingzhou's skill, even now that he has lost all his cultivation, he can still draw blueprints by hand that are comparable to computer-printed standards.

In just a few minutes, he had completed the design of the umbrella-shaped weapon in one go, and marked the dimensions and material requirements of each component in detail.

After reviewing the drawings one last time, Li Xingzhou nodded in satisfaction and then wrote three Chinese characters next to them:
The Thousand-Machine Umbrella.

Well, his naming problem has flared up again, so he has no choice but to use an existing name.

I had just sent the design drawings when my phone rang. Looking at the caller ID, it was James Wesley's number.

Are they here to question him about his nephew's matter?
Li Xingzhou muttered to himself as he answered the phone.

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