"Lord Li Baizhen."
Fang Yu paid his respects.
Upon leaving the prison, he headed straight here. As soon as he entered, he saw Li Baizhen practicing in the morning.
Bare-chested, there were several striking scars across his chest and back.
The most severe one was an irregular wound that seemed torn, extending from the left shoulder to the right waist.
Fang Yu didn’t quite understand what could have caused such wounds.
They didn’t seem like the cuts from a sword or the like, not matching most of the weapons he knew of.
If he had to guess, it might have been some bizarre form of demon attack strategy.
The indigenous martial artists in this game were different from Fang Yu.
When they were injured, they had to genuinely seek medical treatment and had trouble recovering from serious injuries.
Fang Yu, with his data-based body and the ability to fully recover from injuries after regaining full health, could just lie down, breathe, and regain his blood to be in full condition again.
So, was Li Baizhen even more formidable before he was wounded?
Fang Yu thought to himself.
By this time, Li Baizhen had finished a set of fist techniques and was adjusting his breathing after ending the practice.
A servant went to wipe his sweat and draped a coat over him, while Li Baizhen turned around and smiled at Fang Yu.
"Diao Deyi, such dedication? Couldn’t stand a single day off and came looking for work at my place?"
While you’re here practicing peacefully, I have already scoured the prison.
Fang Yu inwardly rolled his eyes but respectfully replied.
"Reporting to Lord Li Baizhen, before I came here, I visited the prison and discovered a demon spy lurking inside, which I killed on the spot."
Li Baizhen’s smile froze, slightly bewildered.
The news of Fang Yu causing trouble in the prison hadn’t reached him yet.
With a slight frown, he motioned the servants to leave, then lowered his voice.
"What’s going on? Are demons starting to move again? Is their target still the prison?"
Li Baizhen was puzzled.
Indeed, the prison was still holding about a dozen monster-level entities.
But since the structural breach that day, those dozen cells were thoroughly sealed off. Only a very few within Tianyuan Town could open them. Why would demons go through the trouble there?
Unless... There are their people above.
This speculation caused Li Baizhen to shiver in fear.
"It’s not certain yet, I’m still probing. If anyone asks, cover for me by saying it was your instructions."
"Don’t worry, I know what to do."
For such matters, the two were in tacit understanding.
After a pause, Li Baizhen asked, "Since you discovered a demon, why didn’t you capture him alive? Was there any other discovery during your prison visit?"
Li Baizhen was quite pleased with Diao Deyi.
His other subordinates, upon arriving, would only ask what to do and await orders, without a shred of initiative or thought.
But look at Diao Deyi: he brought significant news on his second day back from rest.
Everyone was busy following leads surrounding the Ronghua Dyeing Factory, apprehending suspects and investigating cases.
None had thought that a demon would intentionally get captured to infiltrate the prison again. Just this thinking was a step ahead from the demon side.
If it weren’t for Diao Deyi as a hidden piece in play, who could have thought of this layer?
So, it’s indeed necessary to plant a mole on the demon’s side.
"I couldn’t be sure who the demon was, I could only suspect and check. Who knew the demon couldn’t withstand interrogation; a few strikes and he died. As for other gains, there were some."
Fang Yu leaned in and whispered, "The demon I killed used the human skin of Qianlin Pavilion’s Hospital Guardian Neng Yanwen. When I was about to breach his disguise, a prison guard reported that someone wanted to spare his life."
Qianlin Pavilion!
Hospital Guardian!
Someone protected him!
Li Baizhen’s eyes lit up.
Good grief, that really is catching a big fish.
"Who protected him?"
"Han Mengyu."
"..."
Li Baizhen was taken aback, looking at Fang Yu in astonishment.
"You... are you certain it’s her?"
Although Li Baizhen disliked Han Mengyu, and his subordinate Kun Shanhai even defected to her side,
being fellow hundred-men commanders, after so many years of contact, Li Baizhen never found any issue with Han Mengyu, just as he never suspected Shi Chengxin, who had been a brother for years, of being a demon.
These demons are too well hidden!
And... even a hundred-men commander has fallen victim!
Li Baizhen’s heart sank.
He was stronger than Han Mengyu, but not by much.
If Han Mengyu could be replaced by a demon, he, Li Baizhen, when facing the same predicament, would likely find it difficult to avoid a deadly trap as well.
It’s time... to seek help from higher up.
"There’s no mistake. As I was about to kill the demon, she sent someone to intervene. Qian Guxing knows about this, the prison guards know, even some prisoners in the B-level cells heard it," Fang Yu said solemnly.
That’s irrefutable evidence.
Li Baizhen slightly furrowed his brow.
"Could it be a misunderstanding? Her protection was so adamant, it seems rather imprudent, not like a demon."
Fang Yu shrugged. "Maybe that’s their counter-intuitive thinking. Anyway, I’m just relaying the message, how to judge it is something for you, Lord Li Baizhen, to consider."
A subordinate must have the awareness of a subordinate, can’t arrange everything for the boss, otherwise, they’re the ones to take the blame.
Li Baizhen chuckled.
Whether it’s Qianlin Pavilion or Han Mengyu, he would investigate them thoroughly.
"Any other discoveries?"
"Nothing for now, but I’ll probably visit the prison from time to time. Please provide me with cover."
"Isn’t that a bit too high-profile?"
"It’s okay, already having outed a demon, my continued patrols at the prison are a show for the other side. In reality, I have other plans."
Yes! My plan includes raiding the Blood Bank!