At midnight, inside the villa of his estate.
Kevin Snod was in dreamland, sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, a frantic knocking came from outside the bedroom, waking Kevin Snod from his deep sleep.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
His wife, Martha, was also disturbed by the knocking and complained unhappily while half-asleep.
"I'll go check!"
Kevin Snod had quite a temper when woken up, especially since it was the middle of the night.
Irritably, he sat up in bed, hearing the knocking outside becoming increasingly urgent.
Kevin Snod, who had quite a temper when woken up, was furious. He stomped out of bed and threw open the bedroom door.
As a super-rich man with a net worth of over a billion, Kevin Snod was naturally not stingy with his money.
The decoration of his villa was, of course, the height of luxury!
In addition, many of the rooms had been soundproofed.
Kevin Snod's bedroom was, naturally, no exception.
Angrily pulling open the bedroom door, Kevin Snod was just about to lose his temper.
As a result, he saw a bodyguard in a black suit looking at him with a nervous expression.
In the corridor not far away, another bodyguard was holding a gun, staying alert and cautious.
The anger in Kevin Snod's heart vanished instantly upon seeing this scene.
He hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
"Sir, you and the Madam must get to the Safe House immediately."
The bodyguard who had come to knock on the door replied uneasily, "Unidentified individuals have broken into the estate."
"Among the bodyguards on night patrol, some can no longer be contacted."
Hearing this, Kevin Snod's face turned pale instantly.
In California, he was considered quite a prominent figure.
Although the Snowd Family only rose to prominence during his father's generation by seizing opportunities during World War II.
His father had studied to be a military doctor back then, and after the war ended, he opened a private clinic.
In the decades that followed, he caught the golden age of explosive growth in the American medical industry.
By the time the family business was passed to Kevin Snod, his father had already accumulated a reputable private hospital and a net worth of hundreds of millions.
Although Kevin Snod was not good at managing a business and knew nothing about medicine,
He was very good at making friends. Relying on the influence brought by his family's wealth, he approached and befriended many powerful figures, billionaires, and celebrities in Los Angeles and even throughout California.
And as long as one is alive, one cannot escape birth, aging, illness, and death.
The same was true for those powerful figures, billionaires, and celebrities. When facing illness and death, they naturally and inevitably thought of their good friend, Kevin Snod.
It was precisely by relying on the popularity brought by these powerful figures, billionaires, and celebrities that, even under the hands of Kevin Snod who was not good at management,
The private hospitals and other medical industries controlled by their family all achieved significant development.
However, although Kevin Snod was good at socializing, he was not without enemies.
In his mind, information about the enemies he had offended in the past quickly surfaced.
For a moment, Kevin Snod couldn't be sure exactly who wanted his life.
But in any case, he couldn't just sit and wait for death.
Immediately, he hurriedly asked, "Have you contacted the security company for backup?"
The bodyguards Kevin Snod employed came from a security company.
Every month, he needed to provide over two hundred thousand us dollars in salary for the eight bodyguards he hired, as well as a hundred thousand us dollars in additional consultant fees.
Over a year, the security costs exceeded three million us dollars.
This amount of money, although truly negligible for Kevin Snod with his net worth of over a billion us dollars,
Was a major contract that many security companies would strive for—a stable, long-term deal.
Therefore, since Kevin Snod began cooperating with that security company, he had always been their VIP client.
The bodyguards dispatched to him were, at the very least, combat-hardened veterans.
Hearing this, the bodyguard immediately replied, "Sir, we have already informed the company."
"Reinforcements from the security company will arrive within twenty minutes at the earliest."
"Until then, let us first escort you and the Madam to the Safe House."
Upon hearing that the security company had already dispatched reinforcements,
The panic in Kevin Snod's heart faded slightly.
He nodded quickly, "Wait for me."
He immediately turned back into the bedroom and grabbed his wife, Martha, who had fallen back asleep on the bed.
"Honey, get up quickly, someone has invaded the estate, we have to get to the Safe House right away."
The Safe House was also a special room specifically designed and built for Kevin Snod within the villa by that security company.
It was constructed entirely of concrete and steel plates, and inside were drinking water, food, medical supplies, as well as a communication system, and independent life-support systems such as oxygen supply and ventilation.
As long as the door was closed, even with bombs, it wasn't something that just any homemade explosives could blow open.
As long as they entered the Safe House and held out until the security company's reinforcements arrived, they would be safe.
Kevin Snod's wife, Martha, still didn't seem very awake after he shook her a few times.
Just as she was about to ask, she suddenly heard the sound of gunfire from outside.
The bodyguard guarding the bedroom door suddenly spoke up in an urgent warning: "Sir, the opposition has already broken into the villa."
"It's not yet clear how many of them there are, but we've already lost contact with four of our brothers."
"If we don't leave now, it'll be too late."
Kevin Snod reached out to grab his wife, but unfortunately, years of wine and women had hollowed out his body, and he actually failed to pull her up.
Seeing this, he gritted his teeth and could no longer worry about his still-drowsy wife.
He hurriedly turned around and ran out of the bedroom.
Leaving his wife in the bedroom, still rubbing her eyes and looking at them in confusion.
"Let's go!"
Kevin Snod was also a ruthless man. Hearing that the intruders might have already entered the villa, he quickly ran out himself, letting the bodyguards take him away first.
The bodyguard nodded and said nothing more.
The two bodyguards, one in front and one behind, shielded Kevin Snod as they headed toward the elevator.
They prepared to take the villa's elevator down to the Safe House located in the basement.
As a result, as the three of them were walking forward cautiously,
Suddenly, something was seen flying through the air toward them.
"Not good, it's a Flashbang!"
One bodyguard instinctively glanced at it and recognized the thing.
He only had time to shout a warning before the Flashbang exploded in the next instant.
Amidst screams of pain, Kevin Snod and the two bodyguards quickly lost their sight and hearing.
And while they were firing blindly in panic and shouting loudly for help from their companions,
Several gunshots rang out, followed by the sound of several heavy objects falling and hitting the floor.
Inside the villa, everything soon fell back into a dead silence...
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