Martial Arts Song

Chapter 380 Found
"Didn't you send someone to call me back?"

Standing in the corridor of the courtyard, Tengchuan Hisao rolled his eyes and said, "Don't make it seem like we're meeting again after a long separation."

Seeing his attitude, Harada Keita was not angry. He smiled and said, "You understand the situation, right? The people I asked you to find this time are very important. Please find them within ten days. Please."

After saying this, he bowed slightly to Hisao Tengchuan.

After hearing this, Tengchuan Hisao finally looked serious. He replied, "I understand your explanation. This incident is a follow-up to Naoto-kun. To be honest, I am also very curious about the target. His methods of stirring up public opinion are something I have never seen or thought of. I really want to talk to him and find out his other strange ideas. So, don't worry, I will find him as soon as possible."

"With your words, I feel relieved."

Hearing this, Keita Harada smiled and bowed again, saying, "Thank you very much. If you are short of manpower or have any questions, please feel free to tell me."

"Ah."

Tengchuan Hisao did not refuse. He nodded slightly and asked, "That's it. I will go down and sort out all the clues and try to figure out the target's psychology."

After saying that, he turned around impatiently and left along the corridor.

After seeing this, Harada Keita smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Okay."

Obviously, he was very satisfied with Tengchuan Hisao's eager attitude to investigate.

……

Harbor bridge area, ferry.

In a small boat anchored near the shore.

In the evening, the street lights are dim.

One after another, figures boarded the ship carrying furniture of varying sizes.

Under the ship, there were official members of the Axe Gang wearing suits, top hats and holding axes in their hands, monitoring the figures moving things.

"Hurry up, what are you dawdling for?"

"Be careful, don't knock anything! The things in your hands can buy half of your life, if you dare to break anything, you will be in trouble!"

In addition to the ground below, there are also official members of the Axe Gang serving as supervisors on the ship.

"Put this over there, put this up there, be careful to handle it with care!"

"You, you, you three, come over here and lift this cabinet."

Under such strict supervision, the figures who were moving things didn't even dare to breathe.

And just when the people on board were busy getting off the boat.

On the deck of the ship.

Wang Chen, wearing a suit and windbreaker with his hair neatly combed back, and Liang Tiansheng, also wearing a black suit, were standing at the bow of the boat, facing the pitch-black Hongjiang River ahead.

The sound of waves crashing would ring in their ears from time to time.

Behind the two men and around the deck stood a group of official members of the Axe Gang, looking around vigilantly.

"Brother Chen, this boat has three floors in total. The bottom floor has enough food and your favorite Xilu wine. The middle floor is a dance hall with various card playing facilities. If you are bored, you can come here to play cards and watch performances. As for the top floor, it is where you and your sisters-in-law rest. The furniture and supplies you are used to in your daily life have been moved onto the boat for you. Now I am asking people to arrange them. Once they are arranged, it should be the same as your home."

Liang Tiansheng stood behind Wang Chen, bowed slightly, and reported.

"Ah."

After listening to the report, Wang Chen nodded, then put the cigar in his right hand into his mouth and took a puff. While blowing out the smoke, he asked, "How is the search for the killer going?"

Liang Tiansheng bowed slightly and replied, "I have issued a five million bounty mission to the three assassin organizations Yun, Feng, and Jie on Hu Hai's side, and explained the situation of the Black-faced Man. Yun's reply to me was that they are contacting and soliciting the opinions of their three ace assassins, and will contact me when there is a result. In addition, they also suggested that we try their new "Group Special Gold-level Mission" method."

"Special gold-level group mission?"

After hearing this, Wang Chen frowned, "What do you mean?"

Liang Tiansheng replied, "While the bounty remains the same, we are asking multiple gold medal killers to work together to complete this mission! After I told them about the new situation of the 'Black-Faced Man' a few days ago, they judged that the strength of this 'Black-Faced Man' was at the 'Double Hua' level, which was higher than that of ordinary gold medal killers. It was not something that ordinary gold medal killers could deal with. So they recommended this 'Special Group Gold Level Mission' to me."

"Can this 'special group gold-level mission' kill that guy?"

Wang Chen continued to frown and asked.

"They don't guarantee success, but as long as we issue the mission, they will definitely send people until the 'Black-Faced Man' is killed successfully!"

Liang Tiansheng replied again.

Wang Chen's face darkened when he heard this. "You mean you're not sure, right? What about the other two assassin organizations?"

After hearing this, Liang Tiansheng continued, "The answer from Feng was that their ace killer wanted eight million to take this mission. As for Jie, they said that their ace killer is not in Hu Hai at the moment and cannot take this mission for the time being."

"Eight million?"

Wang Chen had a gloomy face with a frown on his face.

After a moment, he asked, "Isn't that ace killer from 'Jie' in 'Hu Hai'?"

"It is said that there is only one ace killer in the 'Festival'..."

Liang Tiansheng replied in a low voice.

"..."

Wang Chen was speechless.

He frowned and remained silent for a while before asking, "How long will it take for the ace killer at 'Yun' to respond?"

"I don't know. I didn't say."

Liang Tiansheng shook his head.

"What a crappy organization, they can't even hire anyone!"

Wang Chen cursed in a low voice with a gloomy expression, then turned to look at Liang Tiansheng behind him, took a puff of his cigar, and said, "Alright, eight million is eight million, tell that ace killer of 'Wind' to act quickly! If we don't get out of this, the reputation that our Axe Gang has worked so hard to build will be ruined! By then, the people in East City will only make fun of us, and Adjutant Luo will also look down on us, so the 'Black-Faced Man' must die! Do you hear me!"

"Okay, Brother Chen."

Liang Tiansheng kept his body slightly bent and responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

Seeing his expression, Wang Chen suddenly asked, "Do you think I'm going to run away because I arranged this boat?"

"No! Brother Chen, you misunderstood!"

Liang Tiansheng was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly replied.

He obviously didn't expect that Wang Chen would suddenly ask this question.

Although he did think so in his heart.

"Humph!"

A cold snort came out of Wang Chen's nose, and he continued in a cold voice: "This ship is my backup just in case! Although Liuying's warships have now invaded the waters of 'Huhai', Adjutant Luo has already told me that our 'Huhai' military is currently in contact with the military regions of various southern provinces, including the Jincheng military, and is not afraid of fighting with Liuying at all! It's just that I habitually leave myself a way out, so I asked you to find this ship, do you understand?"

"I see!"

After hearing this, Liang Tiansheng suddenly understood something, and then he flattered and praised: "You are indeed worthy of being Brother Chen! Although I have never doubted that you would run away, I have to say that your preparation is indeed very necessary!"

"Hmph." Wang Chen snorted again, but his tone was no longer cold.

He was also very pleased with Liang Tiansheng's flattery. He waved his hand calmly and said, "Okay, go do your work."

"Okay, Brother Chen."

Liang Tiansheng responded, then turned and left the bow deck to go to work.

……

When Chen Qing returned to his home on Yunshan Road, it was already completely dark.

However, although it was dark, in terms of time, it was actually just after six in the afternoon.

After he came back, he didn't show any other abnormalities, as if he had just gone out for a simple trip.

The only person in the family who knew that he was attending the martial arts gathering was Jiang Ying.

But Jiang Ying naturally wouldn't tell anyone else.

Therefore, the night after I came back today was no different from any other night.

I chatted briefly with the Chen family, then washed up and rested.

Early the next morning.

After getting up early, Chen Qing went to the basement to get some wine and went back to his room to train his kidneys, just like he did in the previous few days.

After finishing his kidney training, he began to think about the issue of "verification".

Inspired by the fact that he had previously increased his [God] stats by catching a bullet with his bare hands, he thought of a series of ways to "confirm" himself to enhance his [God] stats.

That is to "verify" the strength of one's own physique, the peculiarities produced by training the internal organs, and the limits of one's miraculous achievements, so that there is a clear data on all aspects of oneself!

For example, he had previously estimated that after the second round of lung-breaking training, his breath-holding time was close to an hour.

But this is just his estimation, and it has not been "confirmed" whether it is true or not.

There are also other organs' special and extraordinary functions after breaking through their limits, which need to be "verified".

Therefore, after practicing, he began to "verify" the peculiarities of his own organs and the limits of his extraordinary skills.

The first thing he "verified" was the ability to hold breath after breaking the lung limit, which is the easiest to "verify"!

It only took him more than an hour to "verify" this special ability.

One hour, thirteen minutes and thirty-seven seconds.

This is the limit of his breath-holding ability!
After "confirming" this extreme data, he immediately sat down cross-legged and began to "practice mind" in a state of dizziness due to lack of oxygen, to verify whether his guess of "confirmation" to refresh mind was effective.

The result was exactly as he had guessed.

His [God] stats have indeed been improved!

However, the increased value was not as great as the one he experienced after catching the bullet with his bare hands that night.

It just slightly increased from 7.62 to around 7.68.

But this still made Chen Qing feel extremely satisfied, because it proved that his idea was correct, which allowed him to continue to implement many of his subsequent "verification" ideas!
So, in the next few days, Chen Qing began to constantly "verify" the limits of his own strength, speed, endurance, tolerance, resistance to blows, as well as the various special and extraordinary abilities of his five internal organs.

And with each "confirmation" item by item, Chen Qing finally had a clear understanding of his abilities in all aspects.

As he gradually realized his specific limits in various aspects, his [God] value also increased little by little.

However, in just a few days, it has increased from 7.62 to 8.

Just when Chen Qing began to "prove" himself in all aspects and his [God] value steadily increased, chaos finally and gradually appeared in Dongcheng.

The first problem that arose was that all the rice, flour, grain and oil shops had sold out!
After being stunned for a while, the people in the queue started rushing to the grain and oil shops that still had rice and flour to buy them.

During this process, the news of "food shortage" in Dongcheng also spread like wildfire.

Migrant workers living in Dongcheng were shocked when they heard the news. They went to the grain and oil shop to buy rice and flour with doubt. When they found out it was true, panic spread quickly.

As the panic of "food shortage" spread, the number of passengers on ships at major ferry ports skyrocketed!
Among the surging number of passengers, some took the boat to Xicheng to buy rice and flour, but more were families preparing to leave "Hu Hai".

Because along with the spread of the "food shortage" in Dongcheng, there were also rumors that Ryuying was going to declare war on "Hu Hai".

This rumor had actually been circulating when the Ryuying warship appeared in the waters of "Huhai", but not many people believed it at that time.

But with the emergence of "food shortage", the credibility of this rumor has increased significantly!

With the surge in the number of ferry passengers, the prices of boat fares, train tickets, etc. also skyrocketed accordingly!

Moreover, it is not a one-time surge, but a surge in price every day!
This phenomenon directly raised the level of panic.

In just a few days, a large number of workers from all industries throughout Dongcheng resigned from their jobs and collectively went to their bosses to ask for their wages. However, the bosses were caught off guard and had insufficient liquidity reserves, so they were unable to pay the wages.

After the previous demonstrations, workers from various industries spontaneously organized themselves and began blocking doors in protest, which immediately led to the shutdown of many industries in Dongcheng.

For a time, the entire East City was in a semi-paralyzed state.

As a last resort, the police station, the military, and the Axe Gang all took action and began to suppress the striking workers with both soft and hard tactics, forcing them to continue working.

At the same time, the military also urgently transferred a batch of food to Dongcheng to alleviate the urgent problem.

Only with these actions were the chaos finally suppressed temporarily.

But since such chaos has occurred, even if it seems that the problem has been resolved now, the seeds of instability have already been planted in the hearts of many people.

Every day, there are still a steady stream of people taking boats from various ferry terminals in Dongcheng to leave "Huhai".

The ferry fares remain high.

The most important thing is that the troops originally dispatched did not leave, but stayed in Dongcheng and patrolled various districts in the name of preventing riots.

This immediately made the atmosphere in the entire East City tense.

In this tense atmosphere, time has passed from the end of September to October...

On October 3rd, the weather was cloudy.

Inside a real estate agency store in Sanyang District.

The store doors were closed.

A man wearing a plaid suit, a brown windbreaker, a beret and with a pipe in his mouth sat leisurely on the wooden sofa at the door of the store, smoking his pipe and puffing out clouds of smoke.

Next to him was a young man who was also wearing a suit and standing straight.

Inside the store, a man in a cheap suit was sitting behind a desk, looking through the account records.

Suddenly, the man in the shoddy suit pulled out a yellowed piece of paper, looked over here with a smile, and said, "Found it!"

His words immediately attracted the attention of the man sitting on the sofa smoking a pipe and the young man next to him.

Then, the man in the cheap suit stood up, holding the yellowed paper in his hand, and walked around the desk. As he walked, he smiled and said, "Sir, the house that the man in the photo you showed me should be here!"

(End of this chapter)