East Continent, Yinghai District.
Yinghai and Dadu District face each other across the river, very close in proximity. In recent years, due to the end of the Jiangnan internal conflict, Dadu’s leading influence began to spread outward, leading to a flourishing developnt in the whole Jiangnan Region, and the biggest beneficiary is "Yinghai."
Thirty years ago, Yinghai District was still quite barren, jokingly referred to as the "Tundra" of Jiangnan.
This large district is located in the southeastern part of East Continent. Because the inland area connecting the vast East Sea Area is called "Yinghai," it earned its na from this. The inland area of Yinghai is not large, but overall, it ranks first in size among the Jiangnan Four Districts.
Because at the easternmost part of East Continent, there are dozens of scattered fringe islands, all divided within Yinghai District.
As night falls, Yinghai District remains brightly lit.
The prosperity along the river bank radiates here, and Yinghai District’s riverbank also has countless nightclubs and bars.
A rather understated and luxurious clubhouse night venue, lights flashing, music blaring.
Song Ci, wearing a floral shirt, sat at the bar counter, concealing all his aura, seeming no different from the patrons here. Lately, his sharp features and stern buzz-cut look attracted quite a few gazes.
Song Ci smiled at Shen Li beside him: "First ti in a place like this, huh? Why so uptight?"
"If I knew it was such a place, I would have preferred waiting outside for you."
Shen Li grumbled softly. He dressed quite conservatively, in a black tracksuit, wearing a baseball cap. Yet, the innocence exuding from him attracted many won who tried to chat him up.
He was not good at conversing.
Moreover, he had been cultivating in a dojo since childhood.
Changye’s "entertainnt venues" were no less than Dadu’s. His older senior brothers often went out together to indulge, while he would go to the dojo at night to practice boxing until he broke a sandbag again.
Shen Li hadn’t taken a sip of alcohol.
Sitting at the bar, he frowned and asked, "Why did you have to bring to a place like this?"
Song Ci raised an eyebrow, smiling: "To execute a mission."
"But Gu Shen asked us to investigate the ’Donglai family’..."
Shen Li said, "The family he set his eyes on must be a famous and prestigious family in Yinghai. Is our mission really related to a place like this?"
Song Ci laughed: "Rest assured, I’ve already reported the plan to Gu Shen. He said no problem, just follow my lead."
"As for prestigious families..."
Song Ci rubbed his chin, calmly saying: "In Yinghai, Donglai indeed has so influence. But it’s far from the so-called ’prestigious family,’ co on... You’re a big figure from Changye, at least now a prominent leader, does such a case require being so on edge?"
"I don’t understand what you’re saying..."
Shen Li said in a stiff tone: "I only know this is a mission arranged by Gu Shen, and it cannot afford any mistakes."
In this place, he really felt restless.
Seeing Shen Li about to leave his seat, Song Ci helplessly sighed, extending a hand to hold him down, "Donglai family has a councilor in Yinghai, the scale of their industries is quite big, also in charge of so underground forces, this is the surface information of the family that can be investigated... You and I both have high enough [Deep Sea] clearance, it’s a breeze to check these things."
Shen Li looked at Song Ci, asking: "Then what?"
"But what Gu Shen wants to investigate is... Donglai family’s betrayal of Yinghai, selling out East Continent."
Song Ci slowly spoke, "Think carefully, is this kind of deal sothing one person can pull off? Just ’Donglai family,’ even given ten guts, would they dare do this?"
The big five at the top.
In this whole East Continent, who dares to claim to be a prestigious family?
Jiangbei District develops with family unity, whereas Jiangnan Region, it’s interest groups cooperating with each other.
The most famous and powerful being Huazhi, South Bay.
Yinghai Region is no exception.
"..."
Shen Li looked at Song Ci. In recent days on the long journey, the two traveled together, he felt this guy surnad Song, his words and deeds seed very candid.
But now he suddenly realized this guy isn’t as "dumb" as he imagined.
Specialized in different fields.
Mingling underground for twenty odd years, learning from the lady closely, Song Ci understands too well the operational modes of these "big forces" in Jiangnan Region.
Song Ci being called "Crow" is because before he spoke, nobody knew this guy brought bad luck all over.
"This matter, absolutely cannot be handled with fanfare, to investigate with great clamor."
"You and I have the strength to sweep across Yinghai, but once we act, disrupt the venue, the backing owner might be alerted early and go into hiding."
Song Ci placed a hand on Shen Li’s shoulder: "So, don’t rush to alert others. What we need to do is ’fishing,’ first find a bait, then wait for the fish to bite."
Little Iron Man tried moving... then failed.
In terms of strength.
He is now at the Fourth Order Peak.
But compared with Song Ci... he is far behind.
"I didn’t plan to alert others, I also know this case needs patience and slow secret investigation." Little Iron Man said, aggrieved: "But I always feel deceived by you, do you often co to this place?"
"Of course... of course not!"
Song Ci almost spat out a mouthful of drink, quickly saying: "What are you questioning? I sacrificed the ti for my date with Xiao Jin!"
"Xiao Jin, Lu Nanjin?" This cheesy nickna made Shen Li’s skin crawl.
He looked at Song Ci, strangely saying: "Are you sure what you call a ’date’ is not just a regular eting? Fooling your brothers is one thing, but fooling yourself is..."
"Target’s here!"
Song Ci said solemnly: "See the guy who just entered the private room?"
Shen Li’s expression imdiately turned serious.
"Tosazai, the illegitimate son of the Donglai family’s patriarch, this guy is a hedonistic slacker, usually likes to frequent places like this..."
"Illegitimate son? Why didn’t I know?"
"Great Judge Shen, not all information is recorded by [Deep Sea] in the files..." Song Ci laughed, "Do you think I’ve been going to more than ten clubs these past few days just to ask about trivial matters?"
"The Donglai family wants to leave the Yinghai Region and has already started secretly transferring the family’s assets and key mbers."
Song Ci stood up, stretched a bit, and said indifferently, "At such a critical ti, apprehending ’core mbers’ will likely yield no valuable intelligence. They’re bound to the family’s interests, perhaps even their Spirit Sea is locked. But if we find the Donglai family head’s ’illegitimate child’ who thinks he’s well-hidden, it’s a different story."
...
...
Tosazai and his underlings were singing joyfully when suddenly the private room door was pushed open, but the sight wasn’t what he expected.
Instead, it was two strange n, one tall and one short.
One had a buzz cut and floral shirt, hands in pockets, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looking like the "delinquents" common in the Yinghai District.
The other wore a low-key black tracksuit and had his baseball cap pulled down low, resembling a recent graduate who hadn’t been working long.
"Who’s subordinate are you? Don’t you know to knock before entering?"
Initially, Tosazai didn’t care much since he was always accompanied by a group of followers, making his outings lively, encountering unfamiliar faces each ti.
But after asking, he noticed everyone in the room looked confused, exchanging glances, with no one recognizing them.
Tosazai instantly realized sothing was wrong.
Shen Li conscientiously closed the door and used his hand to lt the tal and lock the private room.
Song Ci then sat down politely, affectionately wrapped his arm around Tosazai’s shoulder, raised a bottle of wine, and wanted to toast, "Living the life, drinking and hanging with girls... By the way, I’ve canceled those girls you ordered, hope you don’t mind, saving your father so money."
"Who might you be?"
Tosazai signaled the two guards with his eyes not to act hastily.
"You’ve got good eyes."
Song Ci gave a slightly tipsy smile and said, "Who I am doesn’t matter. I’d like to invite you to take a walk with ."
Tosazai took a deep breath and asked again, "Do you know who I am?"
"...Illegitimate son of the Donglai family head, what, should I call you Young Master Donglai?"
Song Ci chuckled, "But your cheap old man holds you in high regard. Even in a place as small as the Yinghai District, finding two Third-Order Transcendents is quite a feat. Back in Zhao Qi’s day, even he didn’t do this much."
"???"
Tosazai’s pupils contracted.
The na Zhao Qi might be unknown to others, but it wasn’t unfamiliar to him.
Years ago, in the Jiangnan Region, and even the entire East Continent, it was well known... who was truly the number one playboy.
The once famous Zhao Family’s infamous young master has been missing for many years now.
Looking at the buzz-cut man in front of him, he suddenly thought of another guy who’s been missing for many years...
"Bang Bang!"
Just as Tosazai was about to say sothing, it was already too late.
There was the crisp sound of gun bolts colliding in the private room, and Tosazai’s hired underlings seized the mont of distraction to draw their guns and shoot at the target. They were all Transcendents with certain awakened talents and weren’t worried about accidentally missing.
At the sa ti, the two Third-Order Transcendents also activated their Domain Embryos, preparing to launch a close-range ambush and complete the rescue.
The blaring music drowned out everything.
Boom!
In an instant, the chaos in the private room seed to last only a mont.
A mont later, it was as if nothing had ever happened here.
"..."
Tosazai appeared pale, feeling that the arm draped over his shoulder had never moved.
But the heads of those two Third-Order Transcendents were already pressed into the opposite wall.
As for the other henchn... they were the sa, ssy and askew, their heads embedded in the walls.
"Heh heh."
Song Ci laughed derisively, extending a palm and slowly releasing it. The bullets gathered in his hand and were crushed to powder.
The powder fell like dust.
He sighed lightly, "These people should be grateful. If this were six years ago, their heads and bodies would have already been separated..."
"Alright, it’s settled, stop guarding the door. There’s no backup here."
Song Ci glanced towards the door, mumbling through voice transmission, "Welding the door shut, was that necessary, like sothing out of a movie."
He shook his head helplessly.
If it weren’t for Gu Shen,
he wouldn’t have co to Yinghai to undertake such a dull task, fighting a bunch of low-level rookies while kidnapping the local bigwig Young Master Donglai.
Only soone straightforward like Shen Li would think this mission requires caution.
"You’re... Song..."
Tosazai had already guessed the identity of the intruder. Just as he spoke, he imdiately stopped.
Song Ci put a finger to his lips and shushed softly.
"Don’t say my na; if you do, these people will have to die."
He calmly said through voice transmission, "Now co with , Young Master Donglai."
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(Third update, there will be another update tonight, might be late, if you can’t wait, you can sleep first!)
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