Chapter 42: Investigate! Dig Up Everything!
“Brother Su, thank you…” Du Yu said with lingering fear.
“Let’s go.” Yuan Chenyang gathered the team and left, calling Su Chen along at the same time.
Following Yuan Chenyang, Su Chen got into his luxury car that looked extremely prestigious, with a steady black and blue color scheme, like a seemingly calm sea surface hiding raging waves.
The two sat in the back row, the car windows turned black, and they could hardly feel any running noise.
“Someone actually tried to assassinate you.”
Yuan Chenyang finally spoke, his eyes revealing contemplation.
Su Chen seemed not to hear, touching the armrest between the two of them, “Isn’t there a mini refrigerator back here?”
Yuan Chenyang’s face turned pitch black, “This is just a means of transportation.”
Su Chen then sat up straight, filled with righteous indignation: “These people openly made their move, simply not taking you seriously at all.”
“There are plenty of people who don’t take me seriously.” Yuan Chenyang said casually.
Su Chen acted as if he hadn’t heard, continuing to ask: “Can we find clues by following these attackers?”
“We can definitely find some.” Yuan Chenyang seemed a bit distracted, “The leader was a Second Order Professional, and he looked vaguely familiar, probably someone from South Wind City.”
“But you don’t seem to have done anything, why target you?”
Yuan Chenyang seemed to be talking to himself, yet also questioning Su Chen; using Su Chen as bait was just casual, but the harvest surprised him.
Su Chen naturally knew why in his heart—it should be those two swallowed space crystals—but on the surface he also looked puzzled: “I intercepted the Holy Word Stone, and Zhou Xian has always thought I killed his son; isn’t that enough?”
“Zhou Xian is just a suspect, and he’s being watched closely.” Yuan Chenyang murmured, “Retaliating against you for intercepting the Holy Word Stone—is that thing that important?”
Su Chen scratched his head, asking curiously: “So what exactly does the Holy Word Stone do?”
Yuan Chenyang explained: “Its main function is to record profession information; its secondary function is to serve as a carrier to communicate with the Strange God.”
“What exactly is the Strange God?” Su Chen pressed.
“The Strange God…” Yuan Chenyang faltered, rubbing his bald head as if thinking for a long time before saying: “The Strange God is the Strange God; it makes people worship it and drives them mad.”
Yuan Chenyang couldn’t explain the essence of the Strange God either; feeling like it was embarrassing, he waved his hand impatiently: “The potion you had Old Sun get for you, I added a bit more to it, and he’s already sending it to you.”
This was the benefit; Su Chen immediately said: “Thank you, Teacher.”
“What’s wrong?” Seeing his hesitant expression, Yuan Chenyang asked.
Su Chen hesitated: “Then, can I not go out anymore in the future?”
“Not that serious.” Yuan Chenyang shook his head, “South Wind City isn’t riddled with Strange God informants yet; this banquet was prepared for a long time, and the invite list could easily leak, making it a good opportunity for an ambush assassination.”
“Under normal circumstances, no one can predict when you’ll go out or where.”
“That’s good.” Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
………
The banquet gradually dispersed as well; before leaving, everyone was still discussing what had just happened, and Zhang Hengyu followed Zhang Yunqing to see off everyone.
“What’s wrong?” Zhang Yunqing was still pondering whether Su Chen was really a Swift Walker and about that cyan gauntlet when she glanced at her younger brother with furrowed brows.
“Su Chen is stronger than me; he is more qualified to go to Ying Feng.” Zhang Hengyu said in a low voice; the earlier combat had been over in a flash.
He thought carefully; if it had been him, it would have been hard to escape unscathed.
“What has Father been doing lately.” Zhang Yunqing was slightly stunned, saying helplessly: “Giving him this quota wouldn’t help; refugees face implicit exclusion.”
“But Father can modify his information for him this year; no need to wait another year.” Zhang Hengyu still felt uncomfortable inside.
“Why?” Zhang Yunqing’s gentle smile faded, her voice gradually turning cold as she looked coldly at Zhang Hengyu, “Power is also a form of strength; who made his life so unfortunate.”
“This isn’t just about you; if you don’t have that resolve, then this quota can indeed be given to someone else.”
Zhang Hengyu looked at her in astonishment, only to find his sister already turning to leave, vaguely hearing words like “foolish little brother.”
………
After returning to the Inspection Department, Su Chen obediently went upstairs, while Yuan Chenyang took the corpses and the only survivor to the Interrogation Room, though he wasn’t very enthusiastic—these guys were all lunatics, probably wouldn’t yield anything.
Someone was already waiting in the corridor, not very tall and with an unpleasant expression: “Minister, we’ve identified that Second Order Professional— he’s from the Exploration Department—Chen Wu.”
“Exploration Department!?”
Yuan Chenyang’s expression changed drastically, and he ordered in a deep voice, “Old Du, seal this news; whoever dares leak it, don’t blame me for turning hostile.”
Old Du nodded solemnly; the two arrived in the small room next to the Interrogation Room, where Old Du looked at the survivor on the other side, who had a ferocious expression and was shouting fanatically.
He said in a low voice: “Minister, what do we do?”
“You’ve really dumped a mess on me.” Yuan Chenyang’s face was ashen, “First there were ghosts in the Patrol Department, then someone from the Inspection Department sneaked into Su Chen’s room, and now the assassins are from the Exploration Department.”
“South Wind City has become a sieve! Ying Feng’s people are right around the corner; if they find out, we’re all done for!”
“How about… we pause for now?” Old Du hesitated: “The City Lord took the Patrol Department Minister out; if we wait for them to return and they find out we’re investigating their internal moles, this…”
What if they actually uncover something—what then?
“Clever move…” Yuan Chenyang’s brows twitched as he paced back and forth, “But what’s the purpose of doing it this way? They’re exposed anyway—how long can they stall?”
“No!” Yuan Chenyang suddenly stopped, his eyes flashing with insight, “Their goal might just be to stall!”
“We don’t know the situation on the City Lord’s side; if we wait for them to return to discuss, who knows how far things will have gone!”
“Investigate—we must investigate!” Yuan Chenyang almost roared from his throat, “Start with these guys’ relatives and friends; monitor everyone suspicious!”
“And Zhou Xian—keep him under dead watch!”
Old Du’s spirits lifted, and he hurriedly responded: “Understood!”
With two of the three major enforcement institutions’ heads absent, there really wasn’t anyone in South Wind City daring to challenge Yuan Chenyang.
But this behavior was like a backstab; whether they found something or not.
Those two would be furious when they returned.
………
Su Chen, who had gone upstairs, had no idea a storm was about to unfold; he only saw Old Sun standing at his room door with a beaming smile.
“Brother Sun, why are you waiting at my room door again.” Su Chen said, his gaze involuntarily glancing at the metal box in the other’s hand.
“If there’s something, just send a message; I can come find you.”
“Staying in the office is boring anyway.” Sun Fatty chuckled, following Su Chen into the room; after a few words of small talk, he placed the metal box on the table.
He opened the box latches, and white icy mist surged out; inside were three rows of potions total, with ten tubes of Black Flame Potion on top.
The middle row was a rich bright blue, also ten tubes.
And the bottom row of pink potion had only three tubes, ones Su Chen had never even seen before.
