I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 32 Cause of Chaos
With a sword in hand, there is nothing to fear.

Pei Ju looked at the waves rolling down, turned sideways, landed on the stake, and raised his sword. The wooden stick was not a real sword, so it could not emit a sword chant. It was not made of metal, so it could not shine brightly, but it did make a whistling sound.

The will deep in his heart, his love for the sword, and the spirit brought by years of sword practice were all swung out with the sword, blending into the whistling sound of the sword.

In the whistling sound, the sword came into contact with the waves.

The power of the waves was unexpectedly great, like a real ocean wave. However, along with the waves came a faint dragon roar, rushing straight into the sea of ​​​​heart.

However, Pei Ju also had a sense of determination in his heart as he went towards the dragon's roar. The two canceled each other out, and the dragon's roar that seemed to be there and not there could not even enter his mind.

As a result, the power of the water dragon dance was immediately reduced by half.

Almost at the same time, he heard a scream. It was Ye Youruo's scream, or even a shriek, which was even sharper than the scream in the classroom before.

There was a distance of more than one meter between her and Pei Ju, and her scream reached Pei Ju's ears, but fortunately, when he swung his sword, it was blocked together with the scream.

But after they canceled out the "dragon roar" sound from the water dragon dance, the water still splashed down on them.

In just a moment, the sound in their ears suddenly disappeared, and their bodies were thrown into the air by the waves, but did not land on the ground.

Pei Ju found himself wrapped in a big bubble, floating in the air.

Looking at other places through the bubble, he found that not only he was wrapped in the bubble, but so were other people.

Moreover, in his eyes, these bubbles continued to shrink. He saw the "shoemaker" general pointing the water bottle at himself and others, and seemed to be muttering something, and each bubble floated into the mouth of the military water bottle.

Pei Ju's heart beat faster, and then he thrust his wooden stick forward fiercely. The bubble did not burst. Instead, it seemed as if it was under internal force and quickly flipped in the air. In just a moment, Pei Ju lost his balance and became dizzy.

At this moment, suddenly a figure appeared on the roof running on all fours. It was a middle-aged woman. She was like a monkey, leaping lightly and quickly, and every landing point was on the edge of extreme danger.

She jumped down from the roof. While she was still in the air, she stretched out her hand and threw a handful of white icicles. They flew out and landed directly on the bubbles. The transparent bubbles turned pale quickly and solidified into ice. Then they quickly cracked and the people inside fell out.

The moment they fell out, they immediately recovered to their original size, but the way they fell out was different.

Three of the special forces members fell to the ground. They were conscious because of the dragon roars from the Water Dragon Dance and were still unconscious. Naturally, they fell heavily. Ye Youruo had never practiced martial arts and was unable to adjust her body balance, so she landed on her butt.

Only Pei Ju adjusted his body at the moment the bubble burst and landed steadily on his feet before he hit the ground.

He also saw that the middle-aged woman was his next-door neighbor, suspected to be Ye Youruo's bodyguard and nanny.

The shoemaker's face flashed with anger, and when he touched his face, he turned into a woman with a heroic look but full of anger. She bared her teeth at the person who came. This was Jiang Mianxia, ​​the deputy director of the Jingling Bureau.

Fine white scales appeared on her face, and her gills opened and closed.

The middle-aged woman who fell from the sky came in front of Ye Youruo in one step and protected her. Ye Youruo covered her butt and struggled to get up.

Pei Ju stood with a stick and sword in his hand, pointing the stick and sword at the man with white fish scales on his face.

However, at this moment, a yellow shadow rushed in from outside at an incredible speed. Before Jiang Mianxia could react, it had already pounced on her.

"Ah!" She only had time to scream.

When Pei Ju saw clearly, the woman had been handcuffed. The yellow shadow that rushed in was a man, a tall and strong man. He directly hooked a fishhook into her mouth and passed it through her jaw, just like hooking a fish.

Her hands were also cuffed.

"Haha, you thought you could turn the world upside down, but it turns out you're just two tricks up your sleeve. You've waited so long for nothing."

Jiang Mianxia was like a fish that was bent over, and could only make a "hehe" sound, unable to utter a complete word.

Pei Ju was shocked when he saw this scene, because he felt that the other party was too strong, as strong as a mountain, simple and unpretentious, and made people look up to him.

He looked at the people at the scene, then nodded to Aunt Wu and took Jiang Mianxia away. Immediately afterwards, there were hurried footsteps outside entering the yard. These were the people from the Criminal Special Forces and the Pure Spirit Bureau.

After that, Pei Ju had nothing to do. This place was not far from his home, and two members of the special forces accompanied him home.

When he returned home, the first thing he saw was four bodies on the ground, then his grandfather standing under the eaves, and teacher Han Yitong.

I can feel a fierce aura coming from my grandfather.

Not long after, people from the police station came to collect the four bodies and register and question them. The questions were very simple and it was just routine.

Later, Pei Ju saw the strong man in a yellow cloak coming to his home again.

He first bowed to Fourth Master Pei and said, "Fourth Master, all is well."

"I can still lift the sword." Master Pei Si replied.

"That's good. Let me take a look at the temple." said the man.

Mr. Pei Si did not answer. The other party walked directly into the training hall. He came to the Eight Immortals Table, walked around the table, then bent down, sniffed at the shrine with his nose, touched the short beard on his chin, and came out.

He came to Master Pei Si and said, "Master Si, the smell in this temple is unpleasant. Can you still calm it down?"

"If I can't control it, I'll call you." The Fourth Master said bluntly.

The other party nodded and said, "Fourth Master, trustworthiness is your most important virtue. I believe your words. The higher-ups feel that this temple carries a high risk of being leaked, so they want to take it over in advance. However, I will speak on Fourth Master's behalf, and we'll discuss this later. After all, the Pei Clan's Ghost-Slaying Hall has been here for so many years, helping the people of the community to eliminate their troubled and sinister thoughts, and their contributions are considerable."

"Okay, thank you Director Huang." said Mr. Pei.

"You're too polite, Fourth Master. Is this Pei Xu's son?" Director Huang looked at Pei Ju and asked. Fourth Master Pei nodded and said, "Juzi, this is Director Huang of the Jingling Bureau."

"Director Huang." Pei Ju shouted immediately.

"Yeah." Director Huang nodded, patted Pei Ju's shoulder, and said, "He has a good figure, long arms and legs, very suitable for sword training. Grow up quickly and take over the responsibility of guarding the temple."

Pei Ju nodded and said, "I will try my best."

Just like that, he left. Pei Ju then asked what Director Huang's full name was. The Fourth Master said, "It's Huang Di."

Pei Ju just felt that this name was too arrogant and overbearing.

Han Yitong left with Director Huang, obviously they had something else to do together.

"Grandpa, does Director Huang know my father?" Pei Ju asked curiously.

"I know him, but they're not close. Huang Di is a domineering and tough guy, while your father is chivalrous and likes to stand up for others. They ran into him once, and they started fighting without saying a word."

"Who won?" Pei Ju asked. He was very concerned about this.

"At the time, they were both rising stars of the younger generation, each with their own reputations. But he won this fight." Fourth Master Pei added, "Your father wasn't satisfied, so he explored the temple further. He believed it must contain advanced sword techniques. He became increasingly drawn in, and ultimately became haunted by ghosts."

Pei Ju felt mixed emotions. At first, he didn't understand why his father, who sounded so powerful and famous, was haunted by ghosts and why he went into the deeper parts of the temple regardless of danger. Now he knew that he had lost to his peers.

Huang Di and Han Yitong both came to the interrogation room. After they sat down, the recorder next to them also sat down.
Huang Di looked at the woman in front of him, with whom he had worked for many years, without saying a word. There was only a look of scrutiny and thought in his eyes, without any other emotion.

The fish hook on Jiang Mianxia's body had been removed, but her whole body was locked up. A layer of particles was spread on the ground here, which was something similar to a desiccant, which completely destroyed her ability to escape by turning into water.

So, I just locked her hands and she just sat there motionless.

She felt strongly insulted. Only fish would have their gills pierced like that, and she was pierced through the gills with a hook, so she felt humiliated, but having reached this point, she could only helplessly accept it.

At this time, Huang Di spoke up and said, "Professor Han, why do you think these fish monsters have been hiding for so many years and suddenly made such a big move?"

Han Yitong pondered silently for a moment before saying, "The conditions for deforming the body in a fixed direction are very stringent, so producing a batch of merfolk requires a lengthy process. For so many years, they have been hiding in the dark. Although you have noticed them, you have never found the key. I believe their leader must be a cautious figure."

"That's right, we have long been aware of the existence of fish monsters in the sewers. We want to find the key to how they create and spread the source of infection, but we have never found it. We almost found it several times, but the connection was cut off. This time, the huge momentum seems to be planned, but I always feel that this is not their style." Huang Di said.

"Yes, the fishmen are transformed from humans into monsters, and their intelligence has not been reduced. Is it really for the purpose of flooding Haishi and occupying this place? Or is it just to obtain that 'Mountain Jun Temple'?" Han Yitong now also feels that this matter is a bit of a joke.

At this time, Huang Di turned his chair, looked at Jiang Mianxia, ​​and said, "What exactly are you thinking? Is this really all about obtaining the 'Tiger Temple'?"

Jiang Mianxia lowered her head, her hair covering her face, and her hands were cuffed. She slowly raised her head, and blood could be seen flowing from her mouth and jaw, obviously a wound left by the hook on her gills.

Huang Di is not a kind-hearted person and will not show mercy to her just because she used to be his subordinate.

She just heard what they said and at first thought that this was just their interrogation method, but after listening more, she felt that something was wrong.

"Isn't it worth it for the king to gain divinity and become a god who can enter and exit the spiritual world?" She thought to herself, but another idea came to her mind.

"But this kind of sacrifice is too heavy. Why is this plan so crude? Why did I agree to this plan at that time?" Jiang Mianxia thought of this and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't place what.

"Have you thought of something?" Huang Di noticed the thought and confusion on Jiang Mianxia's face.

"Did you come into contact with anyone?" Han Yitong said.

Jiang Mianxia thought hard. She felt that there was indeed an outsider attending a meeting, but she couldn't remember it at all. That person was like a shadow, blurry and unclear, but she trusted him so much at that time.

In her memory, that person was very trustworthy.

Who is he?
She was a little panicked. She tried hard to think, but the vague figure seemed to be touched by dust and blown away by the wind brought by her memories. Slowly, she found that she could not remember it at all.

"I don't remember, but I feel like someone attended our meeting." Jiang Mianxia said in a whisper.

The voice was very small, but both Han Yitong and Huang Di had excellent hearing and could hear her tiny voice clearly.

"Can't you remember what the other person looks like? Can't you remember whether they are a man or a woman, old or young?" Han Yitong asked quickly.

"Yes, I don't remember." Jiang Mianxia said.

Huang Di frowned and said, "Are you trying to say that you have been bewitched?"

Jiang Mianxia leaned her head back against the chair. She didn't want to talk anymore. She thought it might be true, but the truth made her feel fear and deeper humiliation.

Huang Di narrowed his eyes, still examining Jiang Mianxia's expression.

At this time, Han Yitong said, "For a long time, there have been organizations outside the country trying to create chaos here. Among them is a man known as the Lord of Deception. Wherever he goes, that country will inevitably be in chaos. Some small countries will even be overthrown by him."

Huang Di pondered this and said, "If it's a foreign force, then that makes sense. They just need us to cause chaos, and they don't lose anything anyway."

"Foreign forces' involvement must have been coordinated by our internal personnel," said Han Yitong.

"I will write a report about this and someone will investigate it later." Huang Di stood up after he finished speaking. His doubts were resolved and he no longer had much interest in Jiang Mianxia.

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