Chapter 272 - Chapter 272: Drawing a Ground as a Prison
Chapter 272: Drawing a Ground as a Prison
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“If it’s an assassination, and every time there’s no harm done, this show would be too fake!”
“That’s your boyfriend.” Qin Wan reminded her.
Gu Ci smiled, “No, you’re wrong, he’s my husband.”
Qin Wan chuckled and said, “Why do 1 feel like… you want to teach third master a lesson for not killing Pei Qiuying?”
Gu Ci mischievously blinked, and the lingering gloom in her eyes disappeared in an instant. “See through, don’t speak it out loud!”
“You and Ji Chi are both lunatics!”
“Thanks for the compliment!” Gu Ci muttered to herself. “Maybe one day, 1 can also try Ji Chi’s happiness!”
Qin Wan looked at her curiously.
At the Global Center, Lu Zhiyuan listened to Li Jiang’s report with a cold, raised eyebrow. “The people from the Underground Dark Web?”
“Yes, we’ve had dealings with this person before, they came to assassinate!” Li Jiang showed Lu Zhiyuan a video of the assassin leaving the scene, taken five minutes after the incident at an intersection.
“Has this surveillance footage been tampered with?”
“I checked, there are no signs of tampering!” Li Jiang asked hesitantly as he saw Lu Zhiyuan frown, “Third Master, is there something wrong?”
“The person who shot and killed Pei Qiuying tonight must be from the Underground Dark Web. Would they send two groups of people? One of the bullets was fired from Block C towards Block A, was that just a feint? A performance?” Lu Zhiyuan sneered. The surveillance in Block A of the Global Center has few blind spots, yet she still managed to escape. It’s clear they came prepared, specifically for Pei Qiuying.
“Third Master, could it be an illusion array?”
“My shot was the one that seemed like a performance!” Lu Zhiyuan was inside the building and his judgment was very clear. “Pei Qiuying’s shot was the real one.”
Tonight’s events involved multiple forces in a struggle, with too many smoke bombs, obscuring much of the real information. But Lu Zhiyuan firmly believed in his judgment.
His shot was an act.
Pei Qiuying wouldn’t dare to make a move; the Underground Dark Web had already sent people to deal with her. It would be redundant to attempt to assassinate him as well.
So, who could it be?
Li Jiang suggested, “Could it be Pei Qiuying trying to take you down with her?”
“Given her personality, it’s possible. But she must have an ace up her sleeve, so she won’t.” Lu Zhiyuan said indifferently, “Speaking of which, it’s strange. My identity has been exposed for so long, and the Dark Web Master has been in office for over a month. Why haven’t they come after me?”
Li Jiang was also puzzled. In the past, when Third Master was recovering from his injuries, they were all at the Global Center, and they had no opportunity to strike. It made sense.
The Global Center was impregnable to ordinary people, but Third Master’s weakness was clear: Miss Gu Ci. And Miss Gu Ci remained unharmed.
The day Third Master went to see Miss Gu Ci, Li Jiang was fully prepared, even expecting the Underground Dark Web’s people to come and assassinate Third Master. They could have caught him off guard, but there was no movement at all.
“This is very strange!” Lu Zhiyuan said.
“It could be that he wants to find Jiang Junlin as soon as possible. I see that the people from the Underground Dark Web are all deployed in Paris, all searching for Jiang Junlin. Jiang Junlin is crucial to them!”
“Jiang Junlin is indeed important, being someone who has been in the Underground Dark Web for ten years. But this new master… his actions and style are contradictory in every way, don’t you think?” Lu Zhiyuan was for the first time unable to fathom his opponent’s strategy. “He’s been searching for Jiang Junlin sincerely, which shows he doesn’t want to take Jiang Junlin’s position. If that’s the case, he should send someone to assassinate me, to put pressure on me and warn me to release Jiang Junlin. But he hasn’t! He’s solely focused on engaging me in a financial battle, and his methods are ruthless and precise. He’s a person who operates very systematically. But then, you say he’s systematic, yet tonight, he took a risk by having someone hurt Pei Qiuying. She could have been ambushed anywhere, but he chose the Global Center!”
There are too many contradictions in this new master’s behavior, and Lu Zhiyuan couldn’t quite figure it out!
What Lu Zhiyuan couldn’t discern, Li Jiang had even less of a clue about.
“Continue the investigation. No matter how secretive, we must uncover this person for me. I refuse to believe that there are no traces left!”
“I’ve already instructed the technical department to investigate the people who entered the building today. We’re checking both buildings one by one. It’ll take some time.”
Lu Zhiyuan had an uncomfortable feeling in his heart. He would rather face a formidable opponent like Jiang Junlin than deal with someone who seemed to have no rhyme or reason, someone so contradictory.
The new master hidden in the Underground Dark Web… was undeniably powerful, but his actions were… sinister!
In Paris, Ji Chi’s residence!
Ji Chi was holding Jiang Junlin captive, and the Underground Dark Web and Black Hawk were engaged in intense battles across Europe, all orchestrated by him and Rong Li. To avoid being discovered, Ji Chi rarely deployed personnel near the villa. The fewer people there were, the less attention it would attract.
Dr. North, however, was cleverly conducting a carpet search around the exposed castle location. This area was filled with old houses dating back centuries, belonging to the nobility. Some of the castles were very large, with extensive grounds, making it easy to hide a person.
Having too few people in the castle would raise suspicion, while having too many would also arouse suspicion. Nick suggested, “Master, we can move Jiang Junlin with us. There’s a secret passage we can take, and our people can divert their attention, leading the trouble away to the east.”
Ji Chi sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the snow fall, a glass of red wine in hand, his gaze dark. Two teams from the Underground Dark Web were conducting searches in the vicinity, and they had been hovering around this area for some time now.
This whole area consisted of noble properties, and almost every villa and castle had more than thirty people. The flowers, plants, and trees were all meticulously maintained, and even Ji Chi’s castle was no exception. The property was registered in the name of a young noblewoman, so Ji Chi kept a low profile. The young woman had a dedicated chauffeur who picked her up and dropped her off every day, whether she was going shopping or to work, and she was accompanied by two teams of bodyguards. It was a clever ruse that had so far eluded Dr. North’s spies.
“They are forcing us to move Jiang Junlin, to wait and observe,” Ji Chi carefully considered the situation. The carpet search was intended to pressure him into taking Jiang Junlin out, but he refused to play into their hands!
“But they have been searching here for three days, and they even conducted three searches inside the house at night. Have they noticed anything unusual?” Nick was also concerned about Ji Chi’s safety.
To maintain the illusion that the castle was owned by a noblewoman, the security system had been replaced with a regular one, making it vulnerable to intrusion. Nick’s team of guards had disguised themselves as the girl’s security personnel, and they had to go out every day. The people from the Underground Dark Web were not fools; they needed to verify the number of occupants. In the castle, there were only Ji Chi, Jiang Junlin, and Nick, who never showed himself.
“Keep an eye on their movements, and if necessary, take action!” Ji Chi sneered. “They don’t mind a firefight, so you shouldn’t hold back either.”
Nick couldn’t help but think that if Ji Chi truly had no qualms, he wouldn’t have staged an explosive scene to provoke Jiang Junlin.
“I’ll go check on him.” Ji Chi got up and headed for the hidden chamber.
Old castles often had hidden chambers, and the one Ji Chi had modified was much better than the first one where Jiang Junlin had been confined. It was warm, and Jiang Junlin was still in shackles, with a two-meter radius for movement, confined to a specific area..