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Chapter 161 Qi Heng: I suspect that Lord Eleven is an undercover agent (Sixth update)

"Since you look down on Ruoxue, are you interested in the other courtesans...? Alright, alright, I won't say anymore, sorry." Xu Yao's eyelids twitched a few times, but she ultimately suppressed the urge to continue and reluctantly retreated...

But at the same time, she was grinding her teeth, thinking, "How can someone be so difficult?!"
It doesn't look very big...

Shouldn't young people of this age be full of vigor and vitality? A woman like Ruoxue, with a mere flick of her finger, should, logically speaking,...

Should we send her? But they don't seem interested in her at all...

Soon, only three people remained at the scene.

"...So what's next?" Secretary Zhang composed himself and asked cautiously. He dared not express his opinion in front of Chu Zhu now.

Even before their first meeting, based on the information he had, he deduced that Chu Zhu must be a remarkable young man.

But now, after witnessing Chu Zhu's series of actions... he finally realized! He was still too young.

This isn't just extraordinary skill... this young man is simply amazing!

Chu Zhu didn't answer. She walked directly to the bedside, sat down, reached under the bed into the cat hole hidden by the hanging curtain, and pulled out a Nokia phone.

He turned on the phone expressionlessly and pressed a phone number.

"Seventh Brother, same place! Get over here in half an hour for a meeting." Chu Zhu said succinctly, and hung up the phone without even waiting for a reply.

After closing his eyes and thinking for about three to five seconds, Chu Zhu dialed a new number: "Twelfth Brother. New orders from above! Same place..."

"This isn't a mass! You don't need to come up with any weird pre-massage rituals or collect virgin blood or anything like that. Get over here now... If you take more than an hour, I'll skin you alive! We'll use your blood for the next mass!"

After hanging up, Chu Zhu dialed one last number without hesitation, "Fifth Brother! It's me."

"...Who are you?" The fifth brother's words were tinged with surprise and uncertainty.

"Has Qi Heng arrived?" Chu Zhu's voice changed slightly, becoming exactly the same as when she attended Mass.

"It's you! This... Ah? Then... Captain Qi? This, wasn't he arrested..." Yang Keshu, the fifth brother, said in a shocked voice.

"You..." Chu Zhu was about to question him when she realized that Lao Wu might not be faking it, because the fact that he could use this phone and even call his cell phone directly proved a lot.

This phone doesn't even have a stored number; you have to enter the number from memory and dial it to get through...

Moreover, according to the rules and regulations set by Xue Laosan, the call records need to be cleared afterward.

“Then, he should arrive at your place before 7 PM.” Chu Zhu swallowed her curses as if it were nothing, her expression calm, her voice carrying a sense of strategic planning. “He will want to make a deal with us. We can just entrust him with the task of assassinating Mr. Zhu!”

"Assassination of Bamboo? You... you knew about this?" The fifth brother was immediately shocked, then realized what had happened, his mind reeling, and said, "Indeed... I was foolish! I was wondering why that lord would tell me, it turns out you already knew! Hmm!"

“That lord has already told me that Qi Heng’s asking price will be very high… You can’t afford it.” Chu Zhu snorted coldly, her words filled with contempt and disdain. “You’ve already fallen from grace, yet you’re still so arrogant! What a fool.”

"Sir, I think Captain Qi isn't a fool. It's just that your wisdom is too profound. He's completely manipulated by you. You're in a superior position, which is why you have this perception." The fifth brother started flattering without any scruples.

"That's settled then! Bring him to room 87 at eight o'clock! I'll negotiate with him personally." Chu Zhu's tone was slightly raised, as if she had been pleased by Lao Wu's words, and then she hung up the phone.

Rubbing her face, Chu Zhu deleted the call history on her phone and casually tossed it back into the cat hole.

Quiet fell again in VIP box number 87.

At this moment, Secretary Zhang's eyes were unfocused as he pondered a very serious question... What exactly happened?

Could it be that he was bewitched by some powerful cultivator using illusionary magic?
As for Yang Youqian, he was trembling with fear at this moment.

What do you mean by having that fifth brother bring Qi Heng into this private room and then personally participating in the negotiations with him? What do you mean by discussing the assassination of Mr. Zhu—aren't you Mr. Zhu? You personally participated in negotiations to assassinate yourself?!

Also, how come you're so skilled?

How many times have you done this kind of thing?

Previously, Yang Youqian suspected that Chu Zhu had sent residents from the shantytown redevelopment area to infiltrate the All-Powerful organization, but now it seems... it might be Chu Zhu herself who infiltrated! And judging from her demeanor, she might have directly infiltrated and become a high-ranking official...

"Wait a minute, whoever comes in! Take them down immediately." Chu Zhu sized up the two, her voice as always.

"I know!" Secretary Zhang nodded quickly.

Yang Youqian took a deep breath, suddenly stood up, clenched his fists, flexed his muscles, and struck a few bodybuilding poses, his tone full of confidence.

"Don't worry! Leave the hard and tiring work to me."

Twenty-six minutes later.

The door opened.

A masked man walked in, his voice tinged with respect, "Sir, I'm here... wait, I'm here for a meeting, what do you want?!"

Yang Youqian was standing behind the door when he saw the masked man enter. He immediately swept his leg and pinned Lao Qi to the ground. Then, he delivered a vicious chop to Lao Qi's neck!

Before the seventh brother could even react to what had happened, he fainted.

Yang Youqian clapped his hands and said, "One taken care of!"

At this moment, Chu Zhu sat on the bed with her back against the wall, her eyes slightly lowered, not even glancing at the doorway.

Yang Youqian rubbed his hands together, exchanged a nervous glance with Secretary Zhang, dragged Lao Qi, and threw him in front of Secretary Zhang. Then, he hid behind the door again.

As time passed, Yang Youqian quickly replicated the method and easily made the twelfth brother faint.

"Next, it should be!" Secretary Zhang narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, then clasped his hands together. A faint starlight emanated from his body, spreading across the ground, walls, and ceiling, instantly transforming the room into a starry-sky themed space!

"What kind of supernatural power is this? Is it appropriate to reveal it?" Chu Zhu became interested.

"Of course, anyway, they're all just fake supernatural powers!" Secretary Zhang was no longer like before, deliberately ignoring Chu Zhu's questions about his cultivation level. He put on a smile and even made jokes to try and get closer to her.

"The supernatural power is called Starry Sky Barrier. As the name suggests, it's about creating a barrier to prevent the enemy from escaping and causing trouble when the fight breaks out!"

Secretary Zhang sighed, "My strength is... primarily support! But it's precisely because of my exceptional support abilities that the headquarters valued me and personally recruited me!"

Chu Zhu remained noncommittal. Now he understood the implications; the name of the fake supernatural power was clearly not entirely unrelated to his own supernatural power.

Generally speaking, it is a part of the ability that can be used to develop supernatural powers... or, simply, at a certain level, the core of a certain supernatural power skill tree is developed and used as the name of the supernatural power.

For example, the supernatural power that Secretary Zhang mentioned... the barrier should be real!

It's unclear what kind of supernatural power it is that gave rise to the barrier... So, at this moment, Chu Zhu is pondering a very serious question: "Should I also create a fake supernatural power name?"

So here's the question... why use a fake name for a supernatural power?
Healing magic? Repair magic? These all seem to be related to memory copying...

7:56.

Lao Wu successfully led Qi Heng into the trap room number eighty-seven, which had been protected by a barrier.

Qi Heng reacted incredibly quickly; he had barely stepped in when he kicked Lao Wu in the buttocks, attempting to flee.

"Blockade!" The starlight transformed into chains, binding one of Qi Heng's feet. Qi Heng's pupils contracted, and he suddenly reached out to sever his foot.

But this decision was ultimately too difficult for him, so he hesitated for a moment!
In that instant, the situation changed drastically!
Yang Youqian grabbed the solidified starlight chain and pulled hard, dragging Qi Heng into the starlight barrier room at lightning speed like a cannonball.

“…Hillbilly, and Secretary Zhang! What are you doing?!” Qi Heng was drenched in sweat, his face contorted with rage and despair. He couldn’t understand! Yes, if it was the Omnipotent Clan who betrayed him, he could accept it… After all, he’d been having a run of bad luck these past few days! He couldn’t be more unlucky than anyone else, and he couldn’t expect the Omnipotent Clan to have any integrity.

The problem is... he's the one who approached the Omnipotent Clan! And just looking at the scene, Yang Keshu was apprehended on the spot, which shows... it wasn't his fault! So what's going on? Could it be that the person who summoned him has run into trouble...? That's impossible!

That person has the approval of the Eleventh Lord... Theoretically speaking, he is much more trustworthy than Yang Keshu!

Surely it's not that... Lord Eleven is an undercover agent? Qi Heng knew this idea was so bizarre that he didn't know how to put it, but he felt it was the only reasonable explanation at the moment.

His muscles bulged, attempting to resist. But it was utterly futile! The starlight chains and starlight barrier powerfully restrained his physique!

On his bulging muscles, fine chains were faintly visible, and the more his muscles swelled, the tighter the chains tightened. This not only suppressed his strength, but also caused him excruciating pain with each contraction of the chains!
If given enough time, he could certainly begin to work on deciphering this supernatural power... but the problem is, there is still Yang Youqian who has not been suppressed!
This country bumpkin he looked down on actually rode on his back, his face contorted as he swung his fists wildly.

Qi Heng let out a roar like a wild beast, but it was just a desperate struggle and he couldn't intimidate Yang Youqian at all.

Too fast! Yang Youqian's fists rained down.

Chu Zhu watched in utter astonishment. Anyone watching would have thought Yang Youqian was making handmade beef balls. He even had a voiceover for Yang Youqian automatically playing "Ora Ora Ora Ora!" in his mind!
His actions showed no passion for winning or losing; they were filled with a desire and pleasure to beat up his boss.

"...Alright, alright, stop hitting him!" Finally, Secretary Zhang couldn't stand it anymore and advised, "If you keep hitting him, he'll die! We finally captured him alive... If we really kill him, Chief Huo's evaluation of us will be reduced by at least half."

These words made Yang Youqian stop moving—but at this moment, Qi Heng was already exhaling more than inhaling.

His face looked like it had been dyed, with blood from his nose spreading across his features...

Secretary Zhang stepped forward, examined Qi Heng's eyelids, his brows furrowing more and more deeply. Finally, he took out a pill from his pocket, pried open Qi Heng's mouth, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The next moment, Qi Heng's pupils turned white, and his body convulsed uncontrollably.

"Containment successful." As Secretary Zhang finished speaking, the starlit room returned to normal.

Chu Zhu wasn't surprised at all. She stood up, patted her clothes, and glanced sideways at Secretary Zhang: "Let me emphasize this again! If they get away again this time..."

"Please rest assured... this time, Captain Huo will personally oversee the matter!" Secretary Zhang stood ramrod straight; he didn't refute it... nor could he.

It's true. First, because of Chu Zhu, Qi Heng was sent to jail, and then Qi Heng ran away and even tried to assassinate Chu Zhu...

He was even shocked that Chu Zhu could remain so calm in the face of such a situation.

Secretary Zhang put himself in that shoes... He could curse for three days and three nights!

"Do as you please... Even if you want to have a nightlife here, I don't care." Chu Zhu didn't say anything more and pushed open the door to leave.

“…Okay, no, I really didn’t mean to be here! Official business is more important. It’s true!” Secretary Zhang only managed to say a few words before realizing something was wrong and hurriedly chased after him to speak. However, Chu Zhu simply waved her hand with her back to him, clearly not caring at all.

He suddenly remembered something, paused for a moment, and said, "Oh right, don't forget to give me a copy of the intelligence that's been reviewed!"

"Of course, of course!" Secretary Zhang nodded repeatedly, still staring blankly at Chu Zhu's retreating figure...

Only after Chu Zhu's figure disappeared around the corner did Secretary Zhang stand there for a long time, taking several deep breaths before silently turning back into the room.

Then he saw Yang Youqian sitting on the unconscious Qi Heng, his arms tucked between his temples, looking dazed and lost.

"...What's wrong with you!" Secretary Zhang frowned, bending down to check on Qi Heng and the other unconscious cultists. Finding they weren't dead, he glanced at Yang Youqian with a puzzled look. "If they're not dead, why the long face?"

Yang Youqian said bitterly, "It's nothing... I just suddenly thought that perhaps, perhaps... perhaps really, is more suitable to be the captain of the second district than me!"

Yang Youqian spoke with immense difficulty… He desperately wanted to be the team leader! However, given the stark reality, especially with Chu Zhu, whom he respected, standing opposite him, he simply couldn't go against his conscience…

“You’re wrong.” Yang Youqian was immediately puzzled upon hearing this, but before he could refute it, he heard Secretary Zhang add quietly, “For someone like Mr. Chu, being the captain of District One is already a waste for him!”

Yang Youqian was speechless. He felt utterly speechless!

Secretary Zhang took out a rope from his pocket and tied the demon cultist and Qi Heng together. He sighed, "Now I finally understand why Governor Lu's most frequent comments about Mr. Chu after returning were: 'Hard to say,' 'Indescribable,' and 'Only by actually meeting him can one know what kind of person he is.'"

Secretary Zhang paused briefly, then gave a wry smile. "I initially thought that this was just Lu Zhizheng creating a mystery, or perhaps he wanted to add an air of mystery to Mr. Chu! To better manage things in the future, he decided whether to promote him or do something else... Now I realize!"

Secretary Zhang said from the bottom of his heart, "These are all heartfelt words!"

This Mr. Chu is truly the kind of person... who cannot be described in words!
His entire being exuded an aura of being out of place with normal people... even more sinister than the cultists.

Yang Youqian nodded in deep agreement, then suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead, and his expression changed drastically: "Wait a minute, there's still one thing we haven't finished dealing with?"

Noticing the puzzled look in Secretary Zhang's eyes, he moved his lips and said, "It's about that Hehuan Cult member, the one involved with Miss Xu! Should we... arrest him?"

Secretary Zhang paused in his act of tying the person up, his expression shifting several times before he finally said, "This is very troublesome!"

Although Xu Yao has problems, it was Chu Zhu who exposed this matter—and probably only Chu Zhu has the evidence that Xu Yao is a member of the Hehuan Sect.

Arrest is just because there's no evidence!

Although the Commandery is notorious for its arbitrary actions, granted by imperial authority... Lou Wai Lou is special; it enjoys a high reputation in Jinghai! Under these circumstances, using special privileges would be particularly unwise... It would inevitably lead to pressure from all sides afterward! And thus bring trouble to Commander Huo.

"..." Yang Youqian thought for a while and finally said, "Go back and ask Mr. Zhu what he thinks? Or... consult Captain Huo directly?"

“How can we trouble Chief Huo with this?” Secretary Zhang quickly shook his head. “Let’s ask Mr. Chu again tomorrow! Don’t ask me why we don’t ask now… Mr. Chu must be exhausted after a long day, how can I bother him?”

Of course, the reality is that Secretary Zhang is now somewhat afraid of Chu Zhu. So he deliberately delayed for a day to ease his mind—as for what if the woman escapes after such a long delay? Let her escape! A woman from the Hehuan Sect, frankly speaking, isn't that important.

“I think that guy… doesn’t actually want to target this woman!” Yang Youqian muttered after a moment of thought. “Otherwise, given his previous behavior of planning ahead, he would have definitely told us how to deal with that woman before leaving.”

This time, Secretary Zhang didn't respond. He simply dragged the four people, who were bound together, out of the private room.

(End of this chapter)