When Tony opened his eyes again, his senses told him that less than fifteen minutes had passed.
Beside him, on the other side of the river, the originally huge warehouse was already enveloped in flames. It burned fiercely and lit up the night sky. The sharp sound of a fire engine could be heard in the distance.
“FU@K!”
Tony cursed subconsciously and got up from the ground.
Then, he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"You're so lucky."
"Huh?"
Tony turned around and saw Ai Qing standing on the shore. She was holding her phone and quietly filming the burning scene in front of her. After a long time, she looked back and glanced at his wound. She understood and said, "Only your right hand is injured. You seem to have a good relationship with him."
"We've only been on a few missions together. I have nothing to do with that kind of monster."
Tony's horse face twitched in annoyance. Then, he reacted. "Others were also attacked?"
"Yes, according to the news from the other branches, he broke the legs of two investigators, and a detective was sent to the hospital because of a concussion. Other than that, there were four car accidents, two accidents. The most tragic one was dragged by the subway for three stations and almost lost his life."
Ai Qing shrugged. "Compared to that, I'm more surprised that you were able to escape unscathed after finding so many clues."
Tony's horse face seemed to stiffen. Then, he scratched his horse's mane and laughed awkwardly. "I was in a hurry. I just found a clue and was about to catch a hot one. I forgot to report it …"
"No, you're lucky. If you reported it to me and a whole team came today, I'm afraid he wouldn't have shown mercy."
Ai Qing stared at the fire on the other side of the river and suddenly said, "He doesn't plan to hide anymore."
"Huh?" Tony didn't understand.
"Just today, all the investigators who entered Danbo's inner circle were attacked. Although their injuries weren't serious, I'm afraid they won't be able to move in a short period of time. He doesn't want us to interfere in this matter. He's even preventing us from understanding the situation. "
Ai Qing muttered and suddenly said, "The Astronomy Society is no longer trustworthy to him."
"Huh? Why? " Tony didn't understand. "If he wants to stop the future of Divine City, we're on his side, right?"
"Who knows? But you can take a guess. "
Ai Qing pondered for a moment and laughed softly, "Perhaps, it's because he concluded that once we know what happened in the Danbo Inner Circle, we will become his enemy."
Tony was stunned.
"Then what is he afraid of doing to us?"
Ai Qing whispered, "Stop him? No, that's not right. A person who can freely jump through time regardless of the consequences wants to do something. Unless an equivalent number of Doomsday Sentinels are dispatched, no one can stop him. "
Under the illumination of the fire, she suddenly revealed a mocking smile. "Then what will we do? Unless things get really bad, the Astronomical Society can't do anything. So that's how it is … In other words, it will cause the Astronomical Society to disregard the country's sovereignty and act ruthlessly? "
"What?"
Tony was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why Ai Qing's thoughts were so jumpy.
"Why don't you think in another direction? What problem can't be solved even after jumping through time seventeen times … No, eighteen times?"
Ai Qing said to herself, "The most likely result is that Green Sun wants to tear up the tacit agreement and contract with the Astronomical Society. Taking advantage of the opening of the War of Worlds, it will trigger a conflict between the Present Realm and the border through hybridization, and then complete the full-scale war that couldn't be started more than a decade ago.
Perron wants to use this to continue the final ritual and push the Present Realm to the brink of collapse. Through this war, he will become a complete 'natural enemy.'
But this is the most unlikely, because if Perron doesn't care about the stability of the Present Realm, then he wouldn't have needed to compromise with the Astronomical Society more than a decade ago.
Green Sun is a rebel organization, but it's not a destructive element. "
"Then, there's only one possibility left. In the near future, even without Green Sun, the Danbo Inner Circle will become a threat to the Present Realm.
But what can a group of pitiful creatures living between the cracks of the Gong and Wu families do?
The most likely scenario was that God City had completed the law of single-stranded negative-strand RNA virus in the future. Perhaps it had already been completed long ago. Before everyone, including Miyamoto Genichiro, had discovered it, the irreversible consequences of the time jump had already been planted.
Or even … "
In the dead silence, Ai Qing slowly raised her head and looked indifferently into the distance. "Do you need me to continue speculating, Yoo Dong-ri? How long are you going to hide behind that pair of binoculars? What are you hiding? "
No one responded.
Only a red laser spot appeared on her forehead, exposed from her long hair flying in the wind. It was a murderous intent that couldn't be hidden even by the dancing flames.
Tony suddenly stood up and searched his body. Finally, he pinched a small black spot under his trousers.
It was a bug.
"Are you angry?"
Ai Qing lowered her head and lit the cigarette at the corner of her mouth. She smiled mockingly. "You've always been a coward, Yoo Dong-ri. Even if you have the power, you're afraid of hurting others and never do anything.
You always look like you're smiling, but in fact, you're always indifferent. You never trust others. Have you ever thought that it's because of your self-righteous and weak appearance that you're suffering today? Even your girlfriend has become your 'ex'. Don't you plan to reflect on yourself? "
"Miss Ai Qing, who also holds the role of an 'ex', did you go to London to attend a course to learn how to use a poisonous tongue?"
A noisy voice came from the small bug. "After all, we're colleagues. I've been your tool for so long in Xin Hai. Even if I didn't do anything, I've worked hard. Why do you have to provoke me?"
"Are you referring to the incident where you pretended to be my subordinate during the day and then secretly went in and out of Sorcery City at night?" Ai Qing flicked the ash from the cigarette. "Why don't you be honest with me and tell me what you took away from Sorcery City?"
A blurry and frivolous laughter came. "As a tool, there are times when you can't do what you want. It's just a little scandal in the past. Why do you have to harp on it? As a man, I have to remind you — a woman who's always too serious is not likable. "
Ai Qing's eyes became colder. "Do I have to be a fool like Ji Kuang?"
"Ha, if you want to fight, I'm not sleepy anymore."
Through the static of the bug, Yoo Dong-ri seemed to laugh. "Why are we sisters so stiff?"
"Tranquilizer bullets won't work, Yoo Dong-ri."
As if she could see that the trigger was about to be pulled, Ai Qing reminded him coldly, "I always carry a recording pen with me. It's turned on twenty-four hours a day, and all the records will be transferred to my email in real time. If I don't authenticate myself every twelve hours, the email will be sent out.
If you want me to shut up, you'd better come up with some other excuse, okay? "
"There's something wrong with you …"
Yoo Dong-ri sighed helplessly. "What kind of person would develop this kind of habit?"
"As long as you have a good friend, all good habits can be developed." Ai Qing tilted her head and smoked the cigarette. She stared at the fire on the other side of the river and laughed coldly. "Now, give me a reason to remain silent."
After a short silence, the person on the other side was silent for a long time. Then, his tone became full of expectation and trust. "Can you help me?"
"No, f * ck off." Ai Qing replied, "Why don't you put the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger? Then you'll see your beautiful wish come true."
Yoo Dong-ri sighed. "What if it's not just helping me?"
In the long silence, Ai Qing lowered her head and smoked. After a long time, she put out the cigarette in her hand.
"Yoo Dong-ri —"
"Hmm?"
"I can finally be sure that you did it on purpose …"
When she raised her head, her eyes became calm. There was no anger or hatred in them.
She only said softly, "Once this matter is over, no matter how much value you have left to the Astronomy Society, no matter whether your adoptive father is Perron or Tyr, no matter whether you're hiding in the lunar fortress or in the trench prison — — don't worry, I will personally pour your brains down the toilet."
"Wow, why is this treatment even worse than last time?" Yoo Dong-ri was stunned. "I have to say, I really didn't …"
Bang!
The sudden explosion caused Tony, who had been listening intently, to almost jump in fright.
A burst of anger condensed into a crystallized Origin Substance that exploded in his hand, turning the listening device into dust.
In the silence, Tony stared at Ai Qing in a daze. Ai Qing was also staring at him.
"Is this … … cough cough … … a bad idea?" he asked awkwardly.
Ai Qing looked at him in confusion. "Are you talking about how you went around me and tried to negotiate with Yoo Dong-ri? Or are you saying that you think I made some kind of shady deal with him? "
"Cough cough … … What? Sorry, I'm deaf. I didn't hear anything just now. Aiya, the aftereffects of this anesthesia are really bad … … "
Tony patted his head and looked around. Then, he clutched his hand and yelled exaggeratedly, "Aiya, I'm injured. My blood is all over the ground … … For the next few days, I can only eat sashimi, sushi, hot springs, and a piece of trash. What am I going to do? I'm so pitiful!"
Ai Qing retracted her gaze. She stared coldly at the darkness in the distance that the light from the fire couldn't illuminate, then turned around and left.
.
.
Six kilometers away, on the rooftop of a tall building, there was no heavy sniper rifle.
Yoo Dong-ri held up his binoculars and stared at the figure gradually disappearing into the distance. He raised his hand and turned off the laser rangefinder on the shelf next to him.
"What the hell? The more we move, the more we reveal. Which one of us is the one with the cheat code?" Yoo Dong-ri tilted his head and lit a cigarette. He took a deep breath and couldn't help but sigh. "In this world, it's getting harder and harder to fool women."
A choking cough suddenly sounded.
Dark blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, causing the cigarette to quickly rot and turn into cotton wool.
Yoo Dong-ri hurriedly pulled out a bag and caught all the blood that he spat out. After carefully putting it away, he wiped his mouth.
"Damn it, I can't even smoke. This is ridiculous … …"
He cursed in a low voice. He pulled out a medicine bottle from his pocket and stuffed a metallic pill into his mouth. Then, he screwed the cap back on.
Inside the medicine bottle, the sound of the pills colliding with each other burst forth.
Yoo Dong-ri picked it up and shook it. Then, he shook it again. Due to the dizziness and suffocation that emerged from the medicine, he closed his eyes.
There were still eight pills left … …
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The next day, there was a constant knock on the door.
Huai Shi opened his eyes from his hangover and subconsciously picked up his phone.
The news pop-up window appeared. In the news of a warehouse fire somewhere in Danbo Inner Circle, he saw the time.
Only five o 'clock?
Who the hell is coming so early?
When he opened the door, he saw old man Sheng Tianmu standing outside the door.
He raised his head and looked at Huai Shi's sleepy face. "Yo, Huai Shiki-kun, you look energetic. Are you interested in accompanying me for a visit?"
"Visit?" Huai Shi was confused. "Where are we going to visit?"
"Bakufu."
Sheng Tianmu said, "To see the general."
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