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Even Xu Si, who was usually carefree and irresponsible, lost his usual good-for-nothing demeanor when he thought of this.
The ringing of the phone interrupted their thoughts.
Xu Si took the phone, his face darkening.
After hurriedly hanging up the phone, Xu Si's expression turned unusually serious for a moment.
"Interesting!"
What happened to Xu Si?
"Headquarters called."
Xu Si lit the cigarette in his mouth, his voice trembling slightly.
"Breaking news: Dozens of cases of people with supernatural abilities suddenly dying have occurred in various regions across the country. None of the deceased had any wounds or left any traces."
"Preliminary findings suggest commonalities among the deceased individuals: their times of death were almost identical, and..."
Xu Si exhaled a long smoke ring and sighed.
“They all made deals with Shen Chong.”
"Could it really be that Daoist Lu who made the move?"
Xu San fell into deep thought.
"Old Zhao has convened an emergency meeting and asked us to compile the intelligence."
Xu Si threw the cigarette on the ground and crushed it with his foot.
"As for whether it was actually Master Lu who made the move..."
Xu Si scratched his chin and said quite seriously.
"That Taoist priest is not a low-key person either. As long as we find Shen Chong's body, we should be able to verify our conjecture."
Bao'er touched her head.
"What if... we can't find it?"
Xu San and Xu Si suddenly thought of the few Quanxing members in the bar whose bodies had been completely destroyed, leaving not even ashes.
That...it's not impossible!
Early morning, Kyoto, at the headquarters office of Natoto.
A kind-looking, plump man sat quietly at a solid wood desk, his eyes, calm and unwavering, reflected in the mirrors of his glasses.
This is Zhao Fangxu, the chairman of Nadutong.
It is said that beneath his seemingly kind and amiable appearance lies terrifying combat power; his forty-year-old splitting palm strike is unstoppable in the entire world of supernatural beings.
It is said, and it is only said, that even the later Celestial Master was forced to stay away from the mountain by a single palm strike from him.
At this moment, however, he was just an ordinary chairman.
Chairman Zhao glanced at the documents in front of him, then looked at the directors in front of him, exchanging glances with Bi Youlong, Chairman Su, Chairman Fei, and Chairman Huang in turn.
This meeting was convened on short notice, and since the heads of various regions were unable to attend in person, they had to hold the meeting remotely in this way.
Seeing that all the directors had arrived, Chairman Zhao nodded.
"Erzhuang, let's begin the meeting!"
Inside the office, Er Zhuang's voice suddenly rang out.
"Chairman Zhao, everything is ready."
At the conference table, screens lit up as regional leaders joined the meeting remotely.
Every person in charge sat upright, except...
All the strange looks from the crowd converged on Xu Si.
Xu Si was sitting at the entrance of what was clearly a scenic area, with people behind him setting up fortune-telling stalls.
Everyone: "?"
Chapter Twenty: The crux of the problem lies in the crucial question.
Xu Si has always been unreliable, but I never expected him to be this unreliable.
For a meeting with such a high level of confidentiality, you didn't even find a professional isolation area, did you go to a tourist attraction?
Surprisingly, Chairman Zhao, who is usually serious when it comes to business, simply said with a calm expression.
"Xu Si, find a secluded place."
"The other two strong men will set up a signal shielding zone to completely isolate all signals around Xu Si."
"Now grant permissions to block all signals, isolate all electronic devices, and keep the information from this meeting confidential."
Erzhuang: "(＾▽＾)／"
"Okay, Chairman Zhao, is there any other instruction?"
Chairman Zhao thought for a moment and then shook his head.
Then, almost unconsciously, he said, "Don't forget to take meeting minutes."
Everyone: "..."
Sure enough, meeting minutes are required for everything!
While Bi Youlong was still sitting upright, Huang Boren had already quietly taken out his notebook.
"Chairman Zhao, I'm all better now."
Xu Si finally found an empty room and casually placed the sign that was being cleaned outside the door.
Xu Si squatted in the corner, his face serious.
"Ready!"
"Then I'll start!"
Zhao Fangxu gestured to Erzhuang to turn on the equipment.
Dozens of video feeds from surveillance cameras, passersby, or dashcams are displayed uniformly in front of each person.
Each person had a different expression; they had all seen these videos and materials before the meeting.
However, it's truly...shocking every time I watch it!
"Just yesterday, a total of 87 extraordinary individuals across the country died tragically at almost the same time."
As Chairman Zhao spoke, the video continued to play.
The video shows Quanxing being hunted by Nadutong, other people fighting with other people, and surveillance footage from a prison cell.
“These extraordinary individuals differ in their lineage, sects, ages, origins, and places of residence.”
"If we have to say what they have in common, it's that they all died at the same time."
"And the manner of death was exactly the same."
As Chairman Zhao spoke, the video footage all paused at a certain point in time, ending with almost identical frames.
Time: 11:23:15!
The video freezes on the moment they are killed by an almost imperceptible sword strike.
"And they all made deals with Shen Chong."
In the video footage, information about all the deceased is displayed on the secondary screen.
Zhao Fangxu gave a signal, and Erzhuang quickly showed the photos of Shen Chong's body, which had died in a very "artistic" manner.
"Shen Chong's body was also discovered this morning."
"Leave the rest to Xu Si, since it's in his jurisdiction."
Everyone turned to look at Xu Si.
"Baby, I already told you I don't do fortune telling, so you can get in line for me first."
Xu Si was seen leaning against the window and shouting out.
"Just save me a spot."
Everyone: "..."
We're practically a state-owned enterprise, and you went to have your fortune told?
Chairman Zhao coughed twice.
Xu Si quickly squatted back down in the corner and lowered his voice.
Two strong men on the side released the information at the right time.
“During last night’s operation, a total of seven members of the Quanxing gang were killed in a bar, and the killers then left the scene in a peculiar way.”
A special method?
As they watched Lu Xuan disappear into the moonlight on the surveillance footage, everyone present fell silent.
This method... isn't it a bit too unusual?
Xu Si continued speaking.
"Then there was an abandoned coal mine, where eleven members of the Quanxing Society, including Shen Chong, were killed, and one died in an internal power struggle."
"Based on current intelligence, the deaths of all 105 extraordinary individuals are related to this Taoist priest from Wudang."
The video footage showed a horrific scene inside the coal mine, resembling a large-scale massacre.
And Lu Xuan's young face in the surveillance footage, and the file with almost no content.
Name: Lu Xuan.
"Age: 20."
"Background: Adopted by Wudang at a young age, he triggered the simultaneous ringing of ten thousand swords on the day of his birth, and spent twenty years cultivating at Wudang until he left the mountain..."
Bi Youlong couldn't help but speak up.