The mess in the living room had already been cleaned up by the AI butler but REE was unwilling to return to the live camera no matter what. Even if the live broadcast platform wanted to argue with him about the contract and ask him for compensation, he would accept it.
Just as he made up his mind, a communication wave penetrated through the wind and rain and came in. The one contacting him was the young man that his teacher, Gong Qi, had been nurturing for the past few years, Yuan Fei. This person was very lively and reliable. However, REE didn't like him for no reason. At most, it was because the same sex repels each other.
Yuan Fei had a smooth sailing life under Gong Qi's guidance in the past few years. It was only when he messed up his business in Xia City that he came back dejectedly.
REE was happy for a few minutes because of this. Now that he thought about it, maybe he should give Luo Nan a drumstick first. That would make things more balanced?
It was fine not thinking about Luo Nan, but thinking about that person made his mood sour. For a moment, REE wanted to refuse the call with the reason that he was doing a live broadcast. But when he thought about how his every move could be said to be the center of attention, he couldn't hide the fact that he had temporarily left the table, so he could only answer the call with a toothache expression and said indifferently, "Hello."
"Senior Brother Luo, I wanted to contact you but I was worried that you were doing a live broadcast …."
REE's toothache intensified. What the hell are you staring at me for? Are you trying to snitch on me in the future? And such a hypocritical and respectful form of address. Who knows what the other side is like?
No matter what, it was unlikely that Yuan Fei would open a video call with REE to verify the degree of respect behind the form of address. Of course, REE would do the same. The two of them pretended to communicate using traditional communication methods.
"Senior Brother Luo, Headquarters just held a joint conference. The president, the vice presidents, and the secretaries all participated. But the teacher is still absent …. "
REE furrowed his brows. Calling him teacher so intimately, have you confirmed your relationship? You haven't even offered him tea. Aren't you ashamed to talk about it?
REE was in a bad mood and was in no mood to respond. He said coldly, "The teacher is in seclusion. Of course he doesn't have time. Which Extraordinary-Ranked Almighty did not take months to comprehend absolute arts? He has to leave seclusion after a meeting. What can he do in the end? "
"But this involves Xia City's latest stance. I heard that someone has already proposed to ease the relationship with Xia City. A joint development or something. Once that happens, it will be difficult to make changes. Teacher, he … "
Ree's chest tightened when she heard that. The photo of Jin Tong's headband was still going viral on the internet. Could the people from Headquarters stop their greed for money? Even if you want money, you need to be alive to spend it, right?
Hmm, looking at it from another perspective, the reason why a bunch of old fogies with their necks buried in the soil were working so hard was most likely because they wanted to extend their "life with money to spend" a little longer.
A breakthrough cultivation theory did indeed have the opportunity to achieve this.
That was what he thought, but he would never agree with Yuan Fei's words. He immediately put on the airs of a senior brother and scolded, "You've been working in the association for a long time, and you even have a position. Why are you spreading rumors? What does the association want to do? What does the teacher want to do? Do we need you to report it? You should learn from me and go into seclusion for a few more days. Cultivating and comprehending is the right thing to do! "
It felt much better to have someone to vent his anger on.
No matter how scheming and shrewd Yuan Fei was, he couldn't calm down for a while after being forcefully rebutted by REE. He stiffly replied, "Senior brother, I'm busy with a live broadcast. I won't disturb you any longer." Then he hung up.
The relationship between the two sides would most likely be frozen for a period of time. REE didn't really care. He had his family backing him. His starting point, achievements, and background, including his relationship with his teacher, Gong Qi, and their mutual interests, all of them crushed Yuan Fei. Yuan Fei only had a slight advantage in age and a bit of "potential" that hadn't been realized yet. If they really clashed, Yuan Fei wouldn't amount to shit!
But some people had some words that only disturbed people's hearts. Yuan Fei's reminder caused REE's train of thought to deviate a bit.
He vaguely knew why his teacher had to go into seclusion. Some time ago, he had been ordered to hire professionals to search for the location of Snake Tongue's true body. It seemed that his teacher had set up a trap on Snake Tongue's missing soul body. He could retrieve the face he lost in Xia City.
However, Snake Tongue was cunning and intelligent. She was also cautious and cautious. She had hidden her true body extremely well. He hadn't completed his task. He was originally worried that he would be reprimanded, but he didn't expect that there would be no follow-up.
It seemed that Gong Qi had really gone into seclusion. He hadn't replied for a month. He had even gone to the point of fasting. Only the nourishment cabin responsible for maintaining his life was still operating.
REE was actually a bit worried. After all, Gong Qi had turned his seclusion, which was supposed to be a cover, into a real one. He had turned important matters that involved his face and personal interests into a fake one. It was quite inconsistent with his usual meticulous planning to the point of being cruel and ruthless. He felt that he had encountered some unexpected situation.
So REE had bitten off more than he could chew when it came to the matters of Dripping Sword and Sprinkler Man. He had even continued to expand his influence. He wanted to probe the situation over at Xia City.
The entire inner world knew of his relationship with Gong Qi. If his teacher were to suffer a great loss over there, the other side's response, especially a response from someone like Gao Tianshi, would most likely give some clues.
The problem was that Xia City's response had been normal from the beginning until now. Everyone was tearing at each other, shooting their mouths at each other, greeting each other's parents and relatives. They were also mindful of their bottom lines. They wouldn't truly provoke trouble on the level of Extraordinaries.
Everything was far too normal. In addition, Gong Qi's near-invincible Extraordinariness had brought about far too much inertia. It was to the extent that REE had gradually forgotten his original intentions. He had sunk deep into his favorite profession of shooting his mouth off and spitting his mouth until now.
A person's thoughts were always strung together. The previously forgotten links were only temporarily buried by the dust and sand of emotions. Now Luo Nan had shaken the world with his heaven-bestowed talent and grandeur. He had taken out the picture of the Golden Copper Headband and other stimulating information to show how extraordinary he was. He had contended with Ghosteye in the abyss region. He was calm and unruffled, skillful and at ease.
These circumstances, which he had never thought of before, were strung together and suddenly raised the world. Of course, this included REE's own assessment of Luo Nan's status and ability. Some plots that he would never have thought of before were picked up one after another by the thoughts that blew away the dust and sand. They were like an iron chain that coldly stretched across the front, reminding REE of its existence.
"Motherf * cker. Could it be that Teacher really was tripped by a horse-tripping rope?"
REE still didn't think of the worst case scenario. After all, the data from the life support system wouldn't lie. But he couldn't help but shiver in his heart when he thought of Gong Qi gnashing his teeth in frustration and helplessness.
Oh, he was thinking too much, right?
What if he wasn't?
REE couldn't stay any longer. If it really was a horse-tripping rope situation, then Gong Qi suffering a great loss was secondary. His closed-door training caused him to be cut off from information and then hit the wall again. The consequences were truly unbearable.
Gong Qi couldn't bear it. He and his family couldn't bear it either.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. REE subconsciously reached out his hand and touched the emergency communication device he carried with him. According to Gong Qi, if there really was an urgent matter, he could use this communication device to wake him up from his special state and get in touch with him.
It wasn't that REE had never done this before, but he couldn't find a reason to do so. Now that Jin Tong was killed, the Cage Theory was born, and even the Abyss District wasn't stable … … All of this came from that damned Luo Nan. This should be an urgent matter.
In the end, REE stomped his feet and practically closed his eyes as he walked to the study. He didn't dare to look at the discussions online anymore. He turned off the live broadcast and rushed out of the room like he was fleeing. He went straight out the door, started the car, and drove towards the secret location of Gong Qi's closed-door training.
Emergency communication could be done over a long distance, but some words and some things were better said face to face. This was a matter of attitude.
It was four or five in the morning in Chan City right now. Due to the hurricane passing through, it was raining cats and dogs. It could be said that one couldn't even see their fingers in front of them. REE wasn't in the mood to play the midnight car game. He went straight into autopilot mode. The headlights tore through the darkness on the road as he advanced at high speed along the magnetic track.
But this way, the ten or twenty minutes on the road would be very hard to endure. Did he want to listen to some boring news like 'Guala rapidly upgraded to a category three hurricane? Suspected to be influenced by factors other than meteorological conditions'?
So even though REE screamed madly in his heart, "I don't want to see it," his fingers still opened up the audio and video system honestly. He connected to the live broadcast platform and watched the latest news from the circular conference room in Xia City.
Of course, the bullet screen and whatnot were all blocked!
Then REE saw Luo Nan on the podium. His eyes were half closed, and his eyelids were slightly trembling. This scene wasn't much different from before. It was just that he was a bit more focused.
But it was strange. The instant REE cast his gaze on the podium, Luo Nan also opened his eyes. His gaze was focused on the camera. It was more like he was aiming at REE's eyes.
REE's heart thumped. An inexplicable cold current gushed out along with the blood pumped out from his heart. It soaked half of his chest in a cold and soaked sensation. There was also a prickling sensation of being ground by coarse sand.
What's going on? Has his fear of Luo Nan reached this level?
The car speeding through the wind and rain wasn't affected by REE's mood. It continued to drive strictly according to the established route. The AI butler followed its preset priorities and played the information that was currently most worthy of its owner's attention.
It just so happened that it was news related to Hurricane Guala. The relevant situation was updated: "Guala is predicted to make landfall on the west coast of Nadu Island in twenty minutes. The maximum wind speed at the center is currently 197 kilometers per hour. The giant waves in the early stages are likely to bring along a Class C Surge. A portion of the marine Mutants will attack Nadu, Pala, New Ark, and other coastal defensive lines. We can't rule out the possibility of a Class B or higher Mutant appearing in the wind zone … … "
REE fiercely knocked on the steering wheel. He was a bit irritated. His route just so happened to be within the range of influence of the Surge Tide. If his luck was bad, he would encounter a few Mutants that came ashore. That would truly be disgusting.
However, listening to the unfinished meaning of the news, it seemed that the upgrade of Hurricane Guala this time was caused by the influence of a powerful Mutant within the wind zone. A powerful Vicious Beast that could temporarily affect extreme weather hadn't appeared in the surrounding seas for a long time.
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