Chapter 47

As the gamblers left, the once bustling place quickly became deserted, leaving only the trembling front desk staff and the staggering main gate security guards who had just walked in.

As a casino operated by the Dark Organization, there were actually quite a few security guards to deal with various sudden incidents of troublemaking. At the same time the gamblers were leaving, security guards with electric batons and guns also came down from the upper floors, and nearly twenty people surrounded them at once.

But Boss Sun, the person in charge who should have been the one to take control of the situation, was nowhere to be seen.

The person who seemed to be the captain among the security guards fired a shot at Bai Xuechao's shoulder first. This was to intimidate the "troublemakers," but unexpectedly, the bullet froze in mid-air in full view of everyone, and fell to the ground with a distinct metallic clank.

Ji Chuanze raised his sword and pointed it at the security captain who had fired the shot, asking in a cold voice, "Are you looking to die?"

Everyone was stunned, staring at them blankly, and fell silent.

This was Bai Xuechao's first time here, and no one here had ever seen him before. They didn't know he was a cadre of the Dark Organization, otherwise they wouldn't have pointed a gun at him and dared to shoot.

After a long while, the security captain's voice trembled as he spoke, "A special ability user...?"

After all, he was someone from the underworld. The security captain had heard rumors about special ability users. It was only now that he understood. No wonder Boss Sun didn't show up; he must have known that the troublemakers were special ability users! They had all been used as cannon fodder and abandoned by Boss Sun!

"Put down all your weapons!" he commanded all the security guards loudly.

He knew very well that they couldn't win even if they resisted. It was better to be sensible.

They were just security guards; they hadn't sold their lives to this casino.

Hearing his words, the other security guards seemed to come back to their senses and quickly put down their electric batons and guns, looking at Bai Xuechao and Ji Chuanze with wary and fearful eyes.

A conflict between special ability users had once occurred in A Port, resulting in countless casualties, but the news was eventually suppressed by the officials and was known to very few, disguised as an electrical box explosion incident. Only people like them, who had some connection to the underworld, could vaguely know the truth of the matter, and thus held a fear of special ability users in their hearts.

When powerful strength is in the hands of a few, the few will become the object of everyone's fear.

Bai Xuechao had no interest in making things difficult for these working-class people.

Fortunately, the security captain was very sensible and didn't let this group of people come up to die, although dealing with them was really, really simple.

He patted Ji Chuanze's shoulder, "Let's find him."

"I know, you don't have to tell me," Ji Chuanze sheathed his sword with a clean and neat movement, muttering in a dissatisfied tone.

The Dark Organization had two people who were very good at finding things: one was Duan Xingzhi, and the other was Ji Chuanze.

Don't get the wrong idea; it wasn't because they were meticulous, but because of their special abilities.

Duan Xingzhi's special ability was electricity. As everyone knows, electricity generates magnetism. After evolving past level 6, Duan Xingzhi's control over electromagnetism was even better than before. He could easily use electromagnetic waves, and X-rays, as a type of electromagnetic wave, were naturally included—X-rays were often used for security checks and medical examinations, which was why Bai Xuechao had asked Duan Xingzhi to find the documents at the Marine amusement park.

As for Ji Chuanze, his eyes that could see weaknesses gained the ability of X-ray vision after evolving past level 6. His gaze could penetrate all objects, and he could see internal organs and bones through a person's skin—this X-ray vision was probably developed to make it easier for Ji Chuanze to attack a person's internal weak points.

In short, finding things was a piece of cake for these two people.

Ji Chuanze stood in the center of the hall, holding his Tang Hengdao in one hand, his posture upright. Wisps of mist filled his gray eyes, like a gray sky with faint floating clouds.

Unlike before, this time the white mist also covered his black pupils, making the pair of gray eyes seem like a piece of translucent gray crystal.

Ji Chuanze looked at the office diagonally above him, then moved his gaze away after a few seconds. He then swept his eyes over every private room on the upper floor, finally frowning and looking down at his feet.

After seeing the ground, his gaze paused for a moment, as if he was moving his eyes along something. A pleasant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his deep, slightly hoarse voice, which was quite magnetic, said, "Ah, found it. They really know how to dig holes like rats."

The answer was obvious.

Bai Xuechao had seen the floor plan of this casino before and knew the layout like the back of his hand, but that plan didn't show any underground space.

What else was there not to understand?

Boss Sun had long harbored rebellious intentions. Besides embezzling money and secretly cultivating his own forces, he had also secretly renovated the casino, adding an unknown underground space.

"Bring him up," Bai Xuechao said in a calm tone, which made him seem a bit nonchalant.

"I'm not going down."

"Tsk, got it," Ji Chuanze said.

After speaking, he drew the straight-bladed Tang Hengdao in his hand and slashed at a certain spot on the ground. The speed was so fast that the trajectory of the blade in the air was invisible; only the sound of it breaking the air could be heard.

A sound even louder than the main doors being split open rang out. The solid cement floor collapsed, revealing a tunnel underneath that looked like a mouse hole. Panicked shouts could still be heard from deep inside.

Ji Chuanze jumped down directly. Gunshots immediately came from the tunnel, accompanied by shouts of "Kill him, quick, kill him."

In less than a minute, the gunshots below stopped.

Ji Chuanze came back up, carrying a slightly overweight middle-aged man. He was completely unharmed, with a drop of someone else's blood slowly trickling down his cheek.

Inside his open trench coat, his white shirt was also stained with splattered blood.

He threw the terrified man to the ground and casually wiped the blood from his face with his hand.

The man, also known as Boss Sun, cowered on the ground, trembling violently, and buried his head, not daring to look at Bai Xuechao.

He knew that the person who came for inspection today was the famously sickly cadre of the organization—Bai Xuechao.

He had been running the casino in A Port since joining the organization and knew very little about Bai Xuech-ao. He only knew that the other party was a special ability user of an unknown level, had been raised in the organization since childhood, seemed to be quite good at business, had an exceptionally poor constitution, and was often hospitalized. Every time he went to headquarters, the other party was sick. Besides that, it was said that he also had some connection with his direct superior, Jiang Yunyi.

He didn't know anything more.

He had learned late today that Bai Xuechao had brought several accountants to check the books on this trip, but when he found out that the other party had only brought one bodyguard, he was panicked and restless. He decided to kill the other party and disguise it as an enemy attack to buy himself time.

He took a gamble, thinking that fortune is found in danger, but he never expected this sickly fellow to actually survive the assassins' attack.

Just now, when he saw the familiar gray-haired young man underground, he understood that Bai Xuechao's visit this time was instructed by Jiang Yunyi. Every time he saw Jiang Yunyi, this gray-haired young man would stand behind Jiang Yunyi; he was Jiang Yunyi's man.

No wonder that sickly fellow survived. It was all because of this gray-haired young man. Just now, the gray-haired young man had easily killed all of his bodyguards.

The gray-haired young man's presence with Bai Xuechao in A Port must have been Jiang Yunyi's order.

At this moment, the thought that filled his mind was a single sentence: I'm finished, Mr. Jiang has found me out.

—Even now, he didn't think Bai Xuechao was any threat. What he feared was Jiang Yunyi, whom Bai Xuechao represented.

Bai Xuechao walked towards Boss Sun step by step, his attitude as if he was just chatting with someone, "Boss Sun, care to share your thoughts with me?"

"I, I..." Boss Sun buried his head deeper and deeper, his mind racing. Suddenly, he thought of something and hurriedly shouted, "It wasn't me who wanted to do it, it was Old Kong and Brother Liu who wanted to do it, I had no choice!"

The casino operated by the Dark Organization had one person in charge, Boss Sun, and three senior members as his deputies. However, one of the senior members had died suddenly in March of this year. The Old Kong and Brother Liu he mentioned were the remaining two senior members.

Two of the three senior members were involved. The one who died suddenly probably discovered their conspiracy and was silenced.

"Oh?" Bai Xuechao stood in front of the prostrate Boss Sun, casually and slowly knelt down on one knee, reached out to lift Boss Sun's chin, and looked down at him.

Under the gaze of those clear and beautiful blood-red eyes, Boss Sun's pupils couldn't help but tremble. At a certain moment, he felt a thrilling sensation of being peeled open and having his soul seen, and his breathing became a little difficult.

What's going on...?

Why did he find this kid's eyes so terrifying?

Boss Sun had originally thought that Bai Xuechao was young and that he had become a cadre because he was good at business, a special ability user, and had been raised by the organization and was loyal to it. That was why he was given a position during the promotion of cadres. But now, the contempt he had for Bai Xuechao in his heart dissipated a lot at once.

However, the next second, Bai Xuechao gave him a gentle smile, as if even ice and snow would melt into spring water under such a smile, and the contempt in his heart returned.

Because Bai Xuechao's smile was too gentle, coupled with his overly beautiful face and his overly young age, it was easy for people in the underworld to look down on him.

What's this, was the terrifying look just now an illusion...

Boss Sun was a little distracted, wondering if Jiang Yunyi really just wanted Bai Xuechao to inspect, and that Bai Xuechao had acted on his own to bring the accountants?

Bai Xuechao smiled and asked him, "How many years have you been in the organization?"

"Five, five years," Boss Sun came back to his senses and answered with a stammer.

He thought, whatever, let's see if I can deceive him for a while. As long as a little more time passes, Old Kong and Brother Liu will bring people back to save him.

Bai Xuechao continued to ask, "And those two?"

Boss Sun thought for a moment, as if calculating, and answered, "One for two years, and one for six years."

In fact, Bai Xuechao had already read the materials before coming and knew the answers to these two questions.

And Boss Sun had no reason to lie about such questions. After all, he would know with just a little inquiry, so he told the truth.

Bai Xuechao asked these two questions to establish a baseline.

Bai Xuechao lifted Boss Sun's face a little higher and looked at him with a half-smile, asking, "In all these years, has the organization treated you unfairly?"

"No!" Boss Sun's expression looked very remorseful, and he was on the verge of crying for Bai Xuechao to see. "It's all my... no, it's Old Kong and Brother Liu who were possessed by ghosts and instigated me! Actually, I didn't want to do it, but if I didn't, they would kill me. I didn't want to either! It's great that you're here, you can stand up for me! I absolutely did not participate, I just, I just didn't stop them!"

He thought his appearance was sincere and pitiful enough.

Bai Xuechao seemed to find his answer very interesting and smiled with pursed lips, "Really?"

"Yes, yes!" Boss Sun was extremely excited, but he felt that something was not right in his heart.

"Then why didn't you report it to Jiang Yunyi? Isn't he your superior?" Bai Xuechao asked slowly and methodically. When Boss Sun wanted to say something, his pale-skinned fingers covered the other's mouth and he said slowly, "Let me guess, you want to say that they controlled you and threatened you with your family, not letting you report it?"

Boss Sun stared at Bai Xuechao with wide eyes, a hint of shock hidden in the depths of his eyes.

Bai Xuechao chuckled and asked, "No way? Are you going to tell me such a clumsy lie?"

Boss Sun looked at the blood-red eyes in front of him. They were as beautiful as magnificent pigeon blood rubies, yet they made him shudder, like some kind of cold and sharp instrument.

It was only then that he realized that everything Bai Xuechao had done just now was a lie detection test.

Bai Xuechao was like a precise lie detector; his lies had nowhere to hide. And he had vainly thought that because the other was young, he could deceive him.

How could a person who could become a cadre at such a young age be as simple as he thought? How could he dare?!

"Let me ask you a few questions. It doesn't matter if you answer or not." Bai Xuechao smiled again, a smile with a somewhat creepy gentleness. His pleasant, spring-like voice sounded slowly, "Since you think I'm here to stand up for you, why did you hire someone to assassinate me? Do you want to say that those two hired them? They've all run away, haven't they? Why are you still hiding? Why did you say that no one from headquarters was coming today when the security guard asked for your instructions just now?"

Finally, Bai Xuechao's hand that was covering Boss Sun's mouth moved down and gently gripped his throat.

His voice was very soft, like a feather gently brushing against the skin, gentle yet inexplicably giving people goosebumps, "Your lies are full of holes. Why don't you tell me the truth? Maybe if I'm happy, I'll let you go."

Boss Sun's body trembled violently. He had a strong premonition—

If he didn't tell the truth, he would die immediately.

"I..." As soon as Boss Sun opened his mouth, he found that his voice was trembling badly.

He composed himself and tried to speak more clearly, "In February of this year, I got in touch with uh—!"

His words came to an abrupt end.

Boss Sun's eyes widened in astonishment. He seemed to have remembered something, and a deep fear appeared in his eyes.

He struggled with all his might, so much so that Bai Xuechao couldn't hold him at all. He simply let go and stood up to see what he was going to do.

Boss Sun fell to the ground, his expression full of pain, his eyes wide with anger, as if he couldn't breathe. His face quickly turned red, the veins on his forehead bulged, and his face gradually turned purple. His nails scratched at his neck, scratching constantly. It was unclear whether he felt itchy or wanted to tear open his own windpipe.

Even in such pain, he couldn't utter a single word or make a single sound.

His miserable state was terrifying. The surrounding security guards subconsciously retreated. Only Bai Xuechao watched him with great interest, while Ji Chuanze was expressionless.

Boss Sun opened his mouth, as if he wanted to call for help.

Then, his mouth was pried open by a black ball full of sharp spikes. Blood dripped, and the bright red, eye-catching blood flowed down the corners of his lips. And his stomach seemed to be filled with an expanding sea urchin. Black spikes pierced through his fat belly, trailing blood.

A miserable wail finally came from his throat, but it was his last sound in this world.

Boss Sun died just like that in front of them.

Xiao 6 shivered in fear, "Oh my god, what a horrible death! Who did it!"

"It's a special ability," Bai Xuechao took a step forward and squatted down beside Boss Sun again. His cold fingertips touched Boss Sun's forehead, and he smiled, "Unfortunately for me, even the dead can't keep secrets."

Or rather, it was just as well that he didn't have to do it himself.

He could only read the memories of the dead.

Because what Bai Xuechao wanted to know most right now was who killed Boss Sun, so the first thing he saw was the cause of Boss Sun's death.

From Boss Sun's first-person perspective, he saw a black-haired man sitting opposite "him," sipping tea.

"Then it's settled," the black-haired man put down his teacup, revealing a classical face that perfectly matched Eastern aesthetics.

His face was handsome and clear, and the most outstanding feature on his face was the pair of dark, narrow, double-lidded phoenix eyes. The corners of his eyes were slightly upturned, full of a strong classical Eastern charm, as if he were a handsome young man who had walked out of an ancient painting. His black, medium-length hair was tied in a half-bun at the back of his head, with half of his soft hair cascading down, adding a touch of femininity to his face.

The man said with a smile, "If you dare to betray the Apocalypse Society, you will die."

Bai Xuechao heard "him" say, "I won't!"

The man said, "You swear."

A hand with three fingers raised was held up in front of Bai Xuechao. It was Boss Sun's hand, making the gesture of an oath, saying, "I swear, I will not betray the Apocalypse Society!"

"Very good, you will do it."

The man smiled meaningfully, extended his tongue and slowly licked his lower lip, the black pattern on his tongue exposed to Bai Xuechao's eyes.

He was a special ability user.

Bai Xuechao stared at his tongue.

The pattern on the man's tongue was somewhat abstract, but it also gave a very slight sense of familiarity. Bai Xuechao re-read this segment and finally recognized it.

It was a deformed clerical script character for "promise."

—Boss Sun had broken his oath.

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