"Right, do you know about Jindai Tongwu, who was in charge of assassinating Li Changqing in City 18?" the Shadow asked.
"I do," Qing Chen nodded.
The Shadow chuckled, "He didn't flee City 18. The Li Family found his substitute in the Outer World's Island Country and sent him to your Outer World's Los Angeles City. Now, he has been replaced. I was wondering why Li Changqing didn't go after him; turns out she was waiting here. This woman is so interesting; she seemed to have guessed that Jindai Tongwu would continue hiding in City 18."
Qing Chen was stunned; he had previously thought that whoever was substituting for the Jindai family had to be sent to the Island Country, but he had not expected Li Changqing to be so clever as to send the substitute inland.
This time, the Li Family's counterattack seemed to be even more fierce than those of Jindai and Deer Island.
However, the fact that the Shadow had investigated these matters so thoroughly also meant that Qing's Family's information system was strong enough!
The Shadow and Qing Chen, during their conversation, had always avoided mentioning the identity of Qing's Shadow. Li Ke and Hu Xiaoniu could only be completely baffled, not even knowing the identity of this uninvited guest.
Qing's Shadow: "Hey, you two kids on the side, go play with mud for a while. I have something to discuss with Qing Chen."
This Mr. Shadow seemed not ready to let anyone know about Qing Chen being the Shadow Candidate yet.
At that moment, Hu Xiaoniu and Li Ke intuitively looked towards Qing Chen, and only after he nodded did they obediently walk away.
Qing Chen pondered, "No matter how well-prepared you are, it's always a bit surprising to focus on me instead of more significant matters at such a crucial time."
"Who said I was here for you?" Shadow said with a smile, "I am here to see if the members of Freemasonry can safely reach the location where Spade is. This is a very important part of my future plan, and as it is my first time cooperating with Spade, naturally, I want to come and see."
Qing Chen did not argue, but he was very certain that the Shadow was there for him.
Silently, the Shadow sat on the cliff edge of the verdant mountain, "Do you think the sunrise here is really that beautiful, that even a person like Li Xiurui would want to have one last look before leaving? Do you know what Li Xiurui has done in his life? When he took over the Li Family, there were already signs of decline, having lost a significant round to the Chen Clan in the mineral energy sector, teetering on the edge of decay. Yet, this man, once he came to power, forcibly turned the situation around, driving the Chen Clan out of City 18. What irony that such a person was a forced Family Head."
"By the way, the Jindai family's expert is dead. I underestimated Li Yunjing, and so did Li Xiurui, who even arranged for two A-Class assassins to kill Jindai Yunsong, when in fact Li Yunjing alone was enough. Fortunately, he will soon leave the Li Family; otherwise, it would be quite troublesome. This is someone who has the chance to aim for the position of a Demigod."
The Shadow just sat there in the mountain breeze, his legs dangling over the cliff, as leisurely as if he was merging with the wind itself.
Not at all like someone with great authority in his hands.
Qing Chen thought for a moment and then sat down beside him.
The Shadow glanced at him and said, "Sometimes I really feel like killing you, like right now, pushing you off this 600-meter-high verdant mountain cliff. You'd undoubtedly die."
"Why would you want to kill me?" Qing Chen asked.
"If you died, certain people would be very angry. Just the thought of making that person angry makes me very happy," said the Shadow indifferently.
Qing Chen paused for a moment; he had not expected that Qing's Shadow harbored a killing intent towards him.
When the other party talked about killing, his expression was as calm as if he were asking, 'Have you had dinner?' It seemed that for him, such matters were more routine than eating.
Qing Chen thought for a moment: "If I die now, many people will be angry, but I wonder which individual Mr. Shadow is referring to?"
"It's definitely not Uncle Li Dong or Li Changqing," Qing's Shadow said with a smile.
"Is it 'Qing Chen's' original blood relatives in the Inner World?" Qing Chen asked.
Qing's Shadow glanced at him, "You're quite calm about it, knowing you can't hide it, so you just revealed your identity as a Time Traveler."
"Yes," Qing Chen nodded, "How could the one in charge of Qing's vast information system not know about my Time Traveler identity? I'm just a bit curious, what is your relationship with the original Qing Chen?"
Qing's Shadow smiled, "The plot should be revealed bit by bit to be interesting. How could I possibly do something as boring as spoiling it? Don't worry, you'll know everything one day. Don't be in a hurry, don't rush to flip to the last page of the book."
Once, Qing Chen speculated that Qing's Shadow might be 'Qing Chen's' father, but now he felt that wasn't the case.
Still, he was unclear about what his relationship was with the Shadow; if they had been close, then the Shadow should have killed him to avenge 'Qing Chen.'
The Shadow indeed had a moment of murderous intent towards him, but it was not for that reason.
This was very strange, like a mathematical conjecture that couldn't yet be proven.
Qing Chen didn't ask any more about it but brought up other matters instead: "Is Freemasonry under your control? The other Time Travelers controlled by Qing, they're under your command too, right?"
Qing's Shadow nodded, "Correct, there's only one person in Qing who can dispatch Time Travelers, and that is me."
Qing Chen nodded, then it must be that Huan Yu was someone from the Chen Clan.