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Baijiang City.

The city walls are thousands of meters high, and countless giant cannons are located on them, their black barrels inspiring fear.

Clearly, this is a megacity, named after a large river that flows outside the city.

The anomaly ten years ago made aquatic creatures more terrifying than those on land, turning the ocean into a forbidden zone, and even ordinary rivers harbor deadly dangers.

However, Baijiang City is a mega-city with the most outstanding Awakened Ones of Yan Kingdom in charge, and powerful individuals abound. Therefore, there are almost no traces of ferocious beasts in the river, and even some ordinary people dare to approach it.

Inside the city, in a conference room of the Awakened Association.

Several people sat around the desk, each holding a document. On the cover, the three characters "Anshan City" were faintly visible.

At the northernmost point, a middle-aged man held a teacup and quietly drank.

A few minutes later, everyone put down the documents in their hands, their faces showing surprise.

"Is Li Ping from the Anshan City Awakened Association really that powerful? He killed eight B-level Awakened in Kowloon City all by himself?" Someone frowned, expressing doubt.

"Theoretically speaking, mastering the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill combined with the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill can indeed achieve this." A woman nodded.

"How could anyone from a mere small city cultivate an indestructible body? Moreover, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill is twice as difficult at each level. Even in our Awakener Association, there are very few people who can practice this martial art."

"But that's what the information says. Even if you gave the Awakened Ones of Anshan City ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare joke about something like this, would they?"

The group exchanged glances, and finally, their gazes all fell on the middle-aged man to the north.

"Have you finished watching it?"

Ji Huan put down his teacup and smiled slightly at the group.

"I've finished watching it."

They all nodded.

"President, is this story true?"

"The authenticity should be fine," Ji Huan asked. "What do you all think we should do about this? Should we pretend nothing happened, or send someone to investigate?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the people present all showed thoughtful expressions.

"President."

The only woman among them frowned and said, "I think we should still send someone to investigate. At first glance, the whole thing seems to have nothing to do with Li Ping, but the people from Kowloon City still managed to find him because of some details."

Perhaps these details are true, and the person who killed the former city lord of Anshan City was indeed Li Ping. They were simply outmatched; when they went to confront him, they were killed instead.

I agree with Wang Jing.

A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses glanced at the woman and said, "The more meticulous he is in his actions, the more suspicious he seems."

"joke."

A burly man in a shirt said, "Zhang Min, what are you saying? The people from Kowloon City have come to our door and even injured people from the association. Is Li Ping wrong for doing this? If you were in his shoes, would you let your guard down and willingly let others control you?"

Besides, they reported it promptly, is that wrong? If they had reported it a day or two later, wouldn't you have accused them of having a guilty conscience?

"Hao Wanshan, that's not what I meant. Don't talk nonsense."

The man with the gold glasses said unhappily, "I just feel like he's hiding something."

"Which aspect specifically?" Ji Huan asked.

"I'm not entirely sure either." The man with the gold glasses frowned. "This information is all one side of the story from Li Ping and the others. If we want to find out the whole story, we need to ask the people in Kowloon City."

"That's right," Wang Jing said, looking at the documents in her hand. "According to Li Ping and the others, after the people from Kowloon City arrived in Anshan City, they split into two groups. One group went to the Awakeners Association, but they were all wiped out. The other group went to the Martial Arts Association, led by Xiang Long, the city lord of Kowloon City. If we can contact him, we will definitely be able to understand the whole story."

Ji Huan shook his head and said, "It's too late."

"Is it too late?"

The group of people were taken aback.

Could it be that another group of people also died at Li Ping's hands?

If that's the case, then this Li Ping is indeed suspicious.

"What I just showed you was the material submitted by the Anshan City Awakened Association. Here is also a video sent by the Anshan City Martial Arts Association."

"Sent by the Martial Arts Association?"

Soon, a video appeared on the screen.

After reading it, the group of people all showed deep shock on their faces.

"So, President," Wang Jing asked, her eyes wide, "Xiang Long and his group were all killed by Shi Tao?"

"Um."

Ji Huan nodded. "He sent this video over last night. The bodies should arrive this afternoon."

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

Some people were dissatisfied.

Xiang Long and his group are, after all, members of the Awakened Association. If they have done anything wrong, it should be handled by headquarters.

But it's obvious to everyone that Shi Tao did nothing wrong; they just wanted to find fault, but they had no reason to.

"These people from the Martial Arts Association are increasingly disregarding our Awakened Association," the man sighed.

"Forget it, Xiang Long and the others were indeed in the wrong. They probably didn't expect to run into Shi Tao."

"The key point is that they underestimated Shi Tao's strength and ultimately brought about their own demise."

"yes."

Several people nodded.

They harbored some degree of apprehension towards the president of the Jiangnan District Martial Arts Association.

"President, if that's the case, wouldn't there be no way to prove anything?"

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses frowned more and more deeply.

"Zhang Min, that's enough."

The burly man said with dissatisfaction, "I think he did nothing wrong. It was those people from Kowloon City who were being aggressive, and he had no choice but to kill them. Moreover, he reported the matter immediately after the killing. Chairman, I think we should just let this matter go."

"I also think we shouldn't jump to conclusions based on some doubts," another man said. "From every perspective, Li Ping did an impeccable job. Besides, how often do awakened individuals outside kill each other?"

The atmosphere fell silent.

Yes, awakened beings often fight each other to compete for various rare and precious materials.

Even if they wanted to manage this kind of thing, they couldn't. In the end, they stipulated that as long as no one took action within the city or challenged the authority of headquarters, it would be fine.

The group from Kowloon City who took action within the Awakeners Association had already overstepped their bounds.

"Let's vote then, the old rule, the minority obeys the majority."

Ji Huan said, "Raise your hand if you think this matter should end here."

The two burly men immediately raised their hands.

Then, Ji Huan himself raised his hand.

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses and Wang Jing exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat helpless.

If they had known the president would make this choice, they wouldn't have wasted their breath trying to persuade him.

"Three votes to two, let's leave it at that."

Ji Huan lowered his hand and said.

"Yes."

Wang Jing and the other two responded, while the other two looked somewhat smug.

"Now let's move on to the next thing."

Ji Huan glanced at everyone and said, "What do you all think about recruiting Li Ping into headquarters and making him a member of the Hunters? As you all know, the Hunters have suffered quite a few losses recently."

After he finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent.

Both men, including the two burly men, showed expressions of shock.

Yes, large cities are safe, and even ordinary people don't need to worry about being attacked by ferocious beasts. But that doesn't mean there are no dangers here. In some ways, they are more dangerous than the surrounding cities.

Because ferocious beasts don't hide among people, but humans can.

Many Class A and even Class S wanted criminals live in large or mega-cities.

They are adept at concealing their presence, possess formidable strength, and carry various rare artifacts, especially anti-magic weapons designed for Awakened Ones. In fact, some of them are even anti-magic warriors themselves.

Ordinary awakened individuals would suffer a significant drop in strength when facing them, and might even lose their fighting ability instantly!

Only those who are proficient in martial arts and are awakened can be fearless against demon-slaying weapons and fight against them.

It can be said that the hunters are the elite among the awakened.

But isn't it too reckless to recruit Li Ping into the Hunter organization?

"President, I object," Wang Jing was the first to speak. "We don't even know if he was involved in the death of the former city lord of Anshan City. Letting him into headquarters is too risky. Who knows if he might be the next wanted criminal?"

"Yes, President, shouldn't we be more cautious about this?"

The man with the wire-rimmed glasses said worriedly.

After all, most of the wanted criminals today were once members of the Awakened Association!

"And you?"

Ji Huan looked at the other two people.

"President,"

Another man spoke up: "I also think it's too risky to rashly recruit him into headquarters. Of course, it's not impossible to let him join the Hunter organization, but in addition to the tests that must be completed to become a Hunter, he also has to undergo our investigation to prove that he has nothing to do with what happened in Anshan City in the past."

"Isn't that unnecessary?"

Only the burly man scoffed, "I think it would be a good idea to let him join the Hunters organization. With proper training, he might become a decent hunter."

"Let's vote then. Raise your hand if you disagree with him joining."

After the man with the wire-rimmed glasses finished speaking, he raised his hand.

Wang Jing quickly followed.

Another man hesitated for a moment before raising his hand as well.

Three against two.

"President, the result is already quite obvious," the man with gold-rimmed glasses said calmly.

Ji Huan smiled and said, "Alright, let's leave it at that."

"Well, if there's nothing else, we'll be going now."

As soon as they finished speaking, the group disappeared one by one from the conference room.

Only Ji Huan remained.

He looked at Li Ping's file on his desk, hesitated for a moment, and then closed the file.

Indeed, although this person is quite capable, he is an unstable factor, and there are quite a few people in the headquarters who are more capable and talented than him.

Let's just consider this a minor incident.

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(End of this chapter)