While Lin Chen was feeling dejected, suddenly the voice of the popularity system echoed in his mind.
"Xu Jiayi is not dead."
Lin Chen was startled for a moment and thought about what had happened today, a hint of joy immediately appeared on his face.
When you care too much, you tend to overlook many details. He had been so intent on saving Xu Jiayi that he missed a lot of important clues.
If Emon had wanted to kill Xu Jiayi, why would he wait until the car was past the tunnel before making a move? He obviously could have blown her up right at the prison gate.
The reason he had chosen to wait until Xu Jiayi's car emerged from the tunnel was that it gave him the opportunity to create a greater deception inside the tunnel.
In the military, getting hold of a corpse isn't difficult; dress it in a military uniform, then secure it inside the car. Meanwhile, Xu Jiayi would have already escaped to a large truck inside the tunnel. Once the military vehicle burst out of the tunnel, Emon would destroy it with a rocket launcher. By the time the military personnel arrived, the body would have already been charred.
Emon, that guy, had actually played a trick on Lin Chen, duping him thoroughly.
Seeing Lin Chen's face shift from grief to sudden laughter, Wei Ling said worriedly, "Lin Chen, don't be too heartbroken. I know you did everything you could, Sister Ling doesn't blame you."
After thinking it over, Lin Chen decided not to tell Wei Ling that Xu Jiayi was still alive, because if the information leaked out, Emon would be finished.
The next day, in the military conference room, the incident was reported, and Emon received commendation for killing Xu Jiayi.
In the corridor, Lin Chen confronted Emon, who was about to leave.
"Why? Why did you kill Jiayi without a proper investigation?" Lin Chen demanded angrily, glaring at Emon.
Emon's gaze was icy, "Investigate? Hasn't the matter already been thoroughly investigated? Xu Jiayi is the murderer. Killing one's enemy feels really good."
Listening to their tense exchange, everyone nearby whispered among themselves.
"Feels really good, does it?" Lin Chen suddenly rushed over, swinging a punch straight at Emon's face.
Emon staggered from the punch, but quickly engaged in a scuffle with Lin Chen.
The officers watching the excitement rushed forward to separate the two.
Lin Chen pointed at Emon and said, "You just wait."
After saying that, Lin Chen stormed out of the military department, fuming.
Just after leaving the military department, Lin Chen looked at the note in his hand and smiled faintly.
In General Luo De's office, an officer walked in.
However, once the officer entered the office, he transformed into a punk-styled character.
"Lin Chen just had a fight with Emon in the hallway. It seems your worries were superfluous, Xu Jiayi is indeed dead," he said.
Luo De nodded, "You handled this matter very well, effectively eliminating all of Emon's right-hand men. I'm curious to see how he continues his investigation now."
"Our plan is about to be put into action. The Sect Hierarch has asked you to be extra careful in the coming days," Baro said.
"Alright, I'll have someone keep an eye on Lin Chen and Emon. However, I am so annoyed with those Dark Alliance people, I've decided to mobilize the military to suppress them," Luo De said coldly.
"Don't worry. The Dark Alliance won't be able to achieve much. The creation of the Stone of Life is nearing its end, and we have an invincible army. On the night of the full moon, the whole T nation will be within our control," Baro said with a cold laugh.
Lin Chen arrived in the red-light district, following the address on the note.
This was the favorite haunt of T nation's men.
No sooner had Lin Chen walked into the street of the red-light district than several scantily clad women came over to chat him up.
However, Lin Chen glanced at them and was evidently not impressed.
Lin Chen paused to tie his shoelaces, sweeping his gaze behind him as he did.
He noticed two casually dressed men smoking cigarettes about four or five meters away, their gaze focused elsewhere.
Lin Chen couldn't help but chuckle. Men who came here were looking for beauties. Were they here to smoke and chat, or were they up to something else?
Continuing a few steps more, Lin Chen arrived at a small cottage called Moon Full House.
As soon as he entered, a middle-aged woman clad in revealing clothes came up to greet him.
"Boss, what kind of service would you like? We have a lot of beauties here, from Vietnam, from China, and even local ones, we even have ladyboys if that's what you're into!"
Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Do you have any with a husky build?"
The middle-aged woman opened the door to a room, where more than twenty girls were sitting.
Among them, indeed, there were quite a few very beautiful women. However, Lin Chen did not even glance at them and instead picked six who were both old and ugly.
Lin Chen smiled at the middle-aged woman and said, "I'll take them."
The middle-aged woman looked at Lin Chen with a puzzled expression and a smirk appeared on her face, "Young fellow, you look so refined, but you have some heavy tastes."
Lin Chen chuckled awkwardly, "It's not me, but my two bosses. They like to play with something more thrilling, take good care of them when they come in later, and by the way, it would be best if you could tie them up and rough them up a bit. If they don't behave, use this drug to knock them out. This is the plot we have designed, and you must perform it well."
As he spoke, Lin Chen pulled out a stack of cash from his pocket and handed it to the middle-aged woman.
Seeing the money, the middle-aged woman immediately beamed with joy, "Don't worry, boss, we will take good care of them."
Lin Chen nodded and left through the side door.
Two agents, seeing that Lin Chen had not emerged for a long time, walked into the little cottage filled with an ambiguous atmosphere.
"Excuse me, where did that young man who just walked in go?" one of the agents asked the same middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman glanced at the agent and slapped him without hesitation.
A resounding slap echoed.
The agent was instantly knocked out. Why are you hitting me?
The middle-aged woman snorted, "Hit you? I'm going to take special care of you today! Girls, get him."
At her command, the six husky women charged at them with their nails bared and teeth showing.
The two agents, being well-trained, moved swiftly and knocked down two of them right away.
The middle-aged woman, seeing the situation turning sour, suddenly remembered what Lin Chen had said and pulled out the drug powder Lin Chen had given her, sprinkling it towards the two men.
Sure enough, the two agents collapsed to the ground.
The middle-aged woman scoffed, "Take them inside. I'm going to give them a good time."
The two unfortunate agents were carried into the room.
When they woke up, they found themselves tied up in knots on the bed, stripped of all their clothes. The two tried to speak but found their mouths gagged shut.
The six middle-aged women looked at them with vicious smiles and then brandished their whips.
At that moment, Lin Chen had already arrived at the meeting place he had agreed upon with Emon, which was another pleasure house but much more upscale than the previous one.
Emon looked at Lin Chen and smiled, "Did you shake off the tails behind you?"
Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Of course, I'm very generous. I treated them to a big feast."
Emon nodded and said, "You must have guessed about Xu Jiayi's business by now."
Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Of course, where is she?"
Just then, the door opened, and a woman dressed as a maid walked in.
Seeing Xu Jiayi entering, Lin Chen suddenly felt his hormones boiling.