Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Turmoil Arises Again (Requesting Subscription)
A day later, a pale-faced Pei Yan sat in his office, looking at the intelligence records of his whereabouts from the past two days. When he saw himself kissing the woman deeply, he felt goosebumps rising all over his body. It wasn’t because he was a neat freak or thought Yu Meiren was dirty, but because the thought of this woman originally being a man gave him the chills.
Fortunately, after Yu Meiren was taken away, Lin Junzhao didn’t do anything outrageous with his body. She quietly wandered around the small town for a day, ending her time in his body and, as agreed, returned control to Pei Yan.
After this, no matter how Pei Yan called out to Lin Junzhao inside his body, she wouldn’t respond. Helpless, Pei Yan resigned himself to the situation, turning to rigorous training to physically tire himself and numb his mental depression.
Just like that, time passed rapidly without notice, and it had been over two months since the Yu Meiren incident. During this period, Lin Junzhao awoke multiple times as promised. During these days, she traveled to various places nationwide, meeting people, and on the last occasion, she even left the country, with her signal appearing in a small country in Europe. The investigation bureau conducted thorough investigations into what she talked about with these people, but the results were unsatisfactory. Those who met with Pei Yan couldn’t remember what happened or what was said during that time. According to the bureau’s interrogation, they weren’t lying. The only explanation was that these people were likely controlled or possessed, acting merely as conduits for messages.
Pei Yan no longer concerned himself with these issues. From the observation reports, Lin Junzhao hadn’t done anything outrageous with his body again, which was enough for him. Whether she wanted revenge or to destroy the world was a matter for the bureau to fret over.
While Pei Yan was troubled by Lin Junzhao’s possession for two months, the one-armed Shitang Longsi also completed his new special training. Not only did he better master his new abilities, but he also found a way to break Pei Yan’s powers. Driven by a strong desire for revenge, he set foot once again on the land where he had suffered humiliation after receiving a mission from his master.
This mission was simple and straightforward, codenamed "Hunt," with the targets being Su Xiang and Du Guangyuan. Besides Shitang Longsi, five other Divine Desire Apostles infiltrated Huaxia from different directions. Clearly, this mission was not just to eliminate defectors but also a test for the younger generation of Divine Desire.
In a noisy European-style bar in the capital city of a province in the Northeast, a tall and burly Asian man in his thirties, wearing combat gear that outlined his muscular build, sat beside a Russian girl. He turned to ask, "Catherine, how did it feel when you fought with people from the investigation bureau?"
Catherine, who had escaped from Pei Yan’s grasp, sipped the chilled beer ordered by the man in front of her, pursed her lips, placed the glass on the bar, and after a pause, said, "If I were you, I wouldn’t want to mess with that group, Bals. We trained together for four years; I don’t want this to be our last meeting!"
Seeing Catherine’s sincere gaze, Bals knew she wasn’t joking and replied gruffly, "Are they really that formidable? To make you wary to such an extent!"
"Aside from the Pei Family siblings, who forced Shitang Longsi to flee in disarray, even the female investigator I encountered from the bureau was extremely tricky. With your skills, while you might not be defeated miserably against her, winning would be quite challenging. As for the others? I didn’t observe much but remember that Camilo’s opponent was a formidable enemy." Catherine tapped her finger on the glass as she replied.
"The more you tell me, the more I want to encounter them!" After finishing, Bals noticed Catherine’s displeasure and quickly added, "Don’t be upset, I’m just saying. Actually, our infiltration target this time isn’t them, it’s someone else. If unnecessary, I certainly don’t want trouble with the bureau. But if they seek their own demise, I can’t help it."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Su Xiang, Du Guangyuan!"
Upon hearing these names, Catherine frowned slightly and said, "Su Xiang is manageable; I didn’t interact much with him at the base, but with your strength, there shouldn’t be too much problem. As for Du Guangyuan, I advise you to stay away; you’re not his match!"
"Oh?" Hearing this, Bals became interested and pressed, "Is he that strong? Tell me about him!"
Five minutes later, after listening to the beauty’s quiet recount of everything she had witnessed, Bals downed the beer on the bar and said deeply, "Is he really that difficult to deal with? But it doesn’t matter, I’ve been instructed that if I’m truly not his match, I can report this person’s whereabouts to that Prince so-and-so for him to handle personally! But I still want to try; if I can capture him and bring him back to the organization, I’ll surely receive the highest rewards from the master and leader."
Seeing Bals’s zealous expression, Catherine shook her head helplessly. She remembered hearing from Chinese storytelling that it’s hard to persuade someone determined to walk into danger. As a friend, she had done all she could to tell him everything she knew. Next, she intended to return to her hometown, staying away from this future battleground of disputes.
While Bals envisioned the future in the small bar, outside a picturesque Jiangnan Town in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region, a foreign man and woman strolled down a rural cement road.
"Lawrence, are you sure this Du Guangyuan really values this woman so much?" The beautiful girl, with enchanting red hair, fair skin, and a tall and slender figure, rested her head on the man’s shoulder and tilted her head, holding up her phone to look at a picture of a petite girl, puzzled.
Called Lawrence, the man inhaled the fragrance from the beauty’s hair beside him, exhaled long, and smiled, "Mary, rest assured! This is the conclusion drawn from the latest investigation by the organization. Though Du Guangyuan, the old fox, hides this well, and every meeting with this woman is very discreet, we still found traces. Due to these signs, we can basically conclude he values her deeply! To ensure her safety, Du Guangyuan relocates her every so often, even going as far as killing all who know to cover her tracks."
"Oh, this girl looks only about seventeen or eighteen, right? Du Guangyuan, that old man, must have been nearly seventy before transforming, right? It’s really disgusting!" Mary said as she pretended to snap photos with her phone, pointing the lens at a woman just coming out of a roadside shop carrying items.
Noticing her staggering gait and slightly bulging belly, Mary paused, compared it with the previous photo on her phone, and murmured softly, "Is she pregnant?"