Chu He was startled at first.
Then, like a cat that had slled fish, he eagerly scrambled over from the other end of the sofa, using both his hands and feet.
His eyes widened, and he looked at Chen Lanxin with a bright, piercing gaze: "What do you an by that?"
"What have you figured out?"
Chen Lanxin pinched her nose and moved back in disgust, then slowly said: "I already started to suspect Gandalf when he was still at the Imperial Capital Academy."
"In the Body Tempering experint, a 2.5-level intensity is simply not sothing a normal Professional can withstand."
"But he not only endured it perfectly, but he also showed no discomfort whatsoever."
"Coupled with the fact that Zuo Daolin once told that this Gandalf had no Soul at all."
"I suspected that he was most likely a Puppet."
Chu He listened, nodding repeatedly, like a curious child.
Chen Lanxin looked at him, and the corners of her mouth curved up almost imperceptibly as she continued to drop bombshells.
"Next, I discovered the most interesting thing..."
"What?"
Chu He pressed eagerly, leaning forward another half-step.
Chen Lanxin no longer kept him in suspense, turning the laptop in front of her and pushing it towards Chu He.
"The intelligence just received states that Donghai City, as the core of this beast tide in Dongning Province, was successfully defended. And Gandalf, who was originally supposed to be on a mission abroad, suddenly appeared in Donghai City and beca the hero who saved Donghai City."
Chu He looked at the report, completely confused.
"So? Is that what you find interesting?"
"Isn't that normal? The country is in danger, and as a Genius of the Great Xia Country, shouldn't he co back to help?"
Chen Lanxin shook her head, a hint of 'this child is beyond teaching' helplessness in her eyes.
"What truly interests isn't Gandalf."
"It's Donghai City."
She extended a slender finger and lightly tapped the touchpad, opening an image and then zooming in on it.
"It's a guild called Eternal Night Guild."
In the image, a man dressed as a wanderer was leaning on a long, narrow katana, standing atop a collapsed ruin.
Behind him were broken walls, above him was a dim sky, his untad long hair was blown wildly by the wind, and his eyes were weathered yet sharp, revealing an indescribable solitude and defiance.
"The intelligence says this person is the Vice Guild Master of the Eternal Night Guild."
Chen Lanxin's voice sounded again.
"His na is Yaso."
"I rember a few months ago, you ntioned sothing to once."
"You said that in Donghai City, you t a promising student, also nad Yaso."
"You wanted to take him with you, but he actually committed suicide right in front of you."
She paused, her gaze falling on Chu He's gradually changing face.
"Look, is it him?"
Chu He's gaze was fixed on the image displayed on the computer screen.
His eyes widened little by little.
"Huh???"
"How could it be... him?"
Although several months had passed, and he had only t Yaso once.
But Yaso's iconic weathered beard and those deep eyes that seed to see through people had left an indelible impression on Chu He.
Most importantly, this Yaso, in order to avoid joining the Dawn, had committed suicide in front of him without hesitation, causing Chu He to experience a huge sense of frustration in his professional Domain for the first ti.
So he had always held a grudge against this Yaso.
Now, not only was the person alive and well, but he had beco the Vice Guild Master of so Eternal Night Guild and a hero who saved an entire city?
Chu He's mind buzzed, and he instantly realized.
"So... I was actually tricked by him back then???"
He slamd his fist on the sofa, his face filled with indignation.
"Damn it! I told you HR isn't easy, it's easy to encounter scamrs!"
Chen Lanxin rubbed her forehead with a slight headache, reached out, pulled the laptop back, and corrected: "You seem to be missing the point. The key isn't that this Yaso tricked you."
"The key is this Eternal Night Guild!"
"The intelligence says that Donghai City was able to be successfully defended this ti entirely because of this Eternal Night Guild. In the guild, several suspected SS-Class Professionals appeared."
"Don't you find it strange? How can such a powerful guild appear out of nowhere in a small Donghai City?"
Hearing this, Chu He finally cald down, his brows tightly furrowed.
Yes, this was too abnormal.
What was the concept of an SS-Class Professional? They were existences that could guard the country!
How many were there openly in the entire Great Xia Country?
How could several just pop up in a small Donghai City?
Chen Lanxin's voice sounded again, carrying a calm that saw through everything.
"I now have reason to suspect that both the suddenly appearing Gandalf and this resurrected Yaso might just be soone's Puppets. It is he who has been manipulating these powerful Professionals from behind the scenes."
"And this person is likely in Donghai City, or even within the Eternal Night Guild. Instead of trying to persuade Gandalf, you might as well go to Donghai City again."
"This ti, I will arrange for Mo Hen to go with you."
Upon hearing the na "Mo Hen," Chu He's face instantly fell, filled with disdain.
"That neither male nor female one? Can't you find soone else for ? What does that guy do all day besides cry, cry, cry?"
Chen Lanxin ignored him, expressionlessly uttering a few words: "You have no choice."
She picked up the coffee on the table and took a light sip.
"Otherwise, your HR position will be canceled."
"That won't do!"
Chu He, like a fox whose tail had been stepped on, imdiately jumped up from the sofa and shouted loudly.
He gritted his teeth, a hint of determination flashing across his face.
"Mo Hen it is then! I'll leave tomorrow!"
...And so, the night passed without a word.
Until the next morning, a piece of news, like a bombshell, instantly exploded throughout the entire Central Military Departnt.
Just last night.
At the border where the Great Xia Country and Sakura Country t.
The SS-Class Professional of Sakura Country, 【Spirit Painter】 Soma Kousuke, suddenly attacked.
He used only one painting to slaughter nearly a hundred Great Xia soldiers at the border, and a major general guarding the border was severely wounded and unconscious.
This was no longer a simple border skirmish.
This was a naked provocation, an undisguised signal to go to war with the Great Xia Country!
In the past, border skirmishes involving Professionals of this level were always quelled by Principal Lin Zhu of the Imperial Capital Academy.
Now that Principal Lin Zhu had died, the Great Xia Country's open SS-Class combat power was left with only Marshal Marshal Zhao.
He was duty-bound.
The mont he received the news, Marshal Zhao had already taken a special plane and rushed to Chaohan City on the border... Donghai City, Ye Family Manor.
When Zhou Huai received this news, he was half-sitting on the bed, his gaze passing through the window, looking at the distant horizon.
His gaze was deep and unmoving.
This was clearly an action taken by the Sakura Country to cooperate with the traitors within the Great Xia Country.
The purpose was to lure Marshal Zhao out of ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) the Imperial Capital.
Without the protection of the great Buddha, Marshal Zhao, Gandalf, who was imprisoned in the military prison, would truly beco a fish on the chopping block, at the rcy of others.
Thinking of this, the corner of Zhou Huai's mouth slowly curved into a cold arc.
However.
Who was the chopping block and who was the fish, remained to be seen.
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