Ark Heroine Development Plan

"But the sword in Miss Xingxiong's hand may be different. Even if she wields the same sword skills as you, there must be something different. I think so."

Guan Yueli was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter and said, "Not bad, Acha, you can now talk about kendo in front of me. Even your great-grandfather doesn't have the courage to do so."

"But, now that I think about it, I really didn't give her a chance to draw her sword."

The woman scratched her head awkwardly: "It seems that Xiao Xingbai got beaten."

Yasha smiled and said, "Ms. Hoshiguma won't mind."

"I would mind. It seems I have to find a way to compensate her. Then I'll be leaving first, Acha. I'll leave the gym repair work to you."

Guan Yueli put on wooden clogs and ran out in a hurry, while Yasha looked back into the gym and laughed.

"My Lord really likes Miss Xingxiong..."

Guan Yueli has never been reluctant to impart his sword skills. The Killing School once wreaked havoc in the Eastern Kingdom for many eras, but in the end it would eventually return to nothingness, like a... curse.

Yaksha had witnessed how Guan Yueli taught sword skills to his disciples. That scene... it would not be an exaggeration to call it Shura Purgatory.

The only people alive who know the techniques of the Killing Style are probably the founder Guan Yueli and her sister Xingxiong. Xingxiong is the only one who is almost never injured when being guided by Guan Yueli.

——Even if Xingxiong is not keen on kendo, Guan Yueli's attitude towards her own martial arts determines that it will not be easy for those who learn her techniques.

But before that, Xingxiong was hit by a sword and was not hurt at all.

But the majority of the gym behind her...

It has already been completely reduced to dust.

Chapter 18 - Miss Chen is gradually in danger

Chen sat in the office, tapping his head with a pen, his face solemn.

For four days, a full four days, she and her team members did not make any progress on this task.

It’s true, there is no progress.

"Mr. Chen, have you offended someone?" Her colleague said, leaning over to her with a wry smile. "The previous assignments were excessive and troublesome, and this time they just threw a completely unsolvable problem at you. That's too much."

Chen stared at the dense handwriting on the paper and muttered to himself: "There is always a way."

Her colleague shook his head and left, while Chen was still struggling with the case.

Although there was no progress in four days, Chen had already analyzed the case thoroughly.

The victim, Li Youliang, a 25-year-old male, is still in critical condition and is clinging to life in the intensive care unit.

The doctor's report said that this guy's body was like porcelain that would break at the slightest touch. Unless the top doctors used extraordinary medical skills to treat him, the best case scenario would be that he would have to lie in bed for the rest of his life with several tubes inserted into his body.

But Chen did not sympathize with this person. Although the clear files showed that Li Youliang was indeed a "good citizen", Chen himself found out that at least three deaths were related to this rich second-generation man: two girls committed suicide and a middle-aged man died in a car accident.

Chen could almost conclude that this guy named Li Youliang just looked like a "victim".

But this is just her personal opinion, which has no help or significance to the case. The key lies in... the clues.

At the intersection where the car accident occurred, a total of six cameras could be retrieved, including existing traffic cameras and cameras at the gates of three large companies, but Chen found nothing.

It was deleted...completely. There is no backup and file restoration doesn't work.

What’s even more horrifying is that there were no witnesses.

This is such a huge joke. It was noon, a weekday, and there were so many cars and people coming and going that it was impossible to count them, but there were no witnesses!

When the police car and ambulance arrived, there were people everywhere. The police officers from the Royal Guard Bureau must have asked someone to record a statement, but when Chen took over the case, everything related to the statement, including the content of the statement, the person who provided the statement and his information, and the video recording of the statement, had all disappeared!

In the end, what Chen faced was such an absurd and ridiculous fact - there were no witnesses.

Without records from the Guard Bureau, she had no way to find witnesses; all surveillance footage had been deleted, and she hadn't used any clumsy methods to investigate. This mission was just as her colleague had said, a complete misunderstanding and dead end designed to make things difficult for her.

There was no doubt that the other side had people in the Guards Bureau, but Chen's questioning was of no use. The police officers who managed the files and surveillance were all on duty, and none of them had been fired. Those police officers who had been involved in the car accident refused to tell Chen the contents of their confessions.

Isolated.

Even if he wanted to ask Xingxiong for help, he would get nothing because he could not get any information from the Guard Bureau.

Either the guys above were really making things difficult for him, or the Guard Bureau was completely rotten. Either of these two situations made Chen unhappy from the bottom of his heart.

"I just hope it's the former."

She took a sip of her coffee expressionlessly.

It seems that we have to start from other aspects. Looking for clues in the Guard Bureau is a pure waste of time.

"Exterior...external..."

She drummed her knuckles on the table unconsciously.

"Li Group..."

How about starting from the victim's perspective?

If the Guard Bureau was reliable, Chen wouldn't have to go through so much trouble, but now it seems... this is the only way she can go.

"The criminal's power can interfere with the Imperial Guard Bureau, making it inconvenient to find the victim directly."

Chen, his thoughts gradually becoming clearer, stood up and paced back and forth in the office: "Capital Group... a capital group similar to the Li Group, the kind that is connected."

She immediately thought of a wealthy colleague of hers.

"…She should just forget it."

It’s not that I hate the weird “ho ho ho” laugh on that guy’s face when I asked her for help, but... in front of that woman’s family, the Li Group is not much different from an ant, so there’s no point in looking for her.

"I know a capital group of the same size, someone I can help with, someone I trust..."

Chen screened the few candidates in his mind and found that he didn't seem to know any of these guys at all.

"……etc."

The image of a person she had only seen a few times suddenly flashed through her mind.

"If it's her, maybe..."

……

"I didn't expect Officer Chen to visit. Please take a seat."

In Sixteen's office, Luo Anran smiled and gestured for Chen to sit across from her: "Excuse me...what can I do for you?"

Chen himself was also surprised why he thought of this woman.

——This psychopathic woman who made a false alarm and let the Guards use her as a tool to find Guan Yueli.

Chen had only paid attention to her personal information. She was the absolute ruler of Tianran Group and had the final say over the entire company from top to bottom.

Tianran Group and Li's Group were equally influential, and their business areas overlapped. Luo Anran had probably worked with Li's Group before, which was a good thing for Chen, except...

She looked at the woman and felt a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong, Officer Chen?" Looking at Chen's subtle expression, Luo Anran narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm quite free now, would you like a drink?"

"...No need."

"Don't say that."

The shrewd and capable woman intertwined her fingers and said, "Officer Chen has done me a great favor. I'm ashamed that Officer Chen has spent so much energy and time on me. It's well deserved."

"Can--"

"If you won't let me buy you a drink, then you'll have to let me do something small for you—of course, it won't violate your code of conduct as a member of the Imperial Guard."

"so……"

She blinked: "Do you have anything to ask me?"

Watertight.

Chen, a newbie, had never seen the world before. She moved her mouth and was silent for a long time before she managed to utter a word:

"How did someone like you get involved with her?"

She didn't know why she said this.

"……she?"

Luo Anran was slightly stunned, then smiled even more brightly.

"You mean... Li?"

Chen nodded somewhat stiffly.

After she nodded, the atmosphere in the spacious office suddenly changed.

Luo Anran stood up and stared at Chen with an aura and attitude that was completely different from before.

"I say...Miss Chen."

"……What's wrong?"

"I don't mean to humiliate you, nor do I want to shatter your fantasy, but..."

The strong woman held her chin with one hand and shook her head worriedly: "A girl like you will be eaten by her until not even a bone is left."

"It really is... I don't even have any bones left. I can only lie limply in bed, unable to move a single finger."

Chen's face immediately darkened: "Please respect me, Ms. Luo!"

Luo Anran immediately saw that Chen's mood change was real. She was a little surprised at first, then immediately bowed her head and apologized:

"I'm sorry, Officer Chen. I made a slip of the tongue."

In the final analysis, the young police officer Chen was no match for these sinister people in society. He had no place to vent his frustration and could only mumble "hmm".

"I came to you to ask you something."

"What is your relationship with the Li Group?"

Chen went straight to the point.

"Li Group...Li Chengjia? I have cooperated with him several times, what's wrong?" Luo Anran obviously didn't expect Chen to ask this question.

"Has he made any mortal enemies in business, or has he gotten involved in areas that... he shouldn't be involved in?"

"Your questions..." Luo Anran looked at Chen with a very meaningful look in his eyes, "Are you planning to take action against the Li Group?"

This time she did not choose to be subtle in her approach, but spoke directly like Chen.

"No, I was investigating a car accident involving the son of the person in charge of the Li Group..."

Chen briefly explained the peculiarities of the case.

"I see. So Officer Chen thought of asking me for help?"

She smiled and clapped her hands. "What a brilliant move! To be able to find a way out of such an isolated and desperate situation, Officer Chen truly is... exceptionally gifted."

"I want answers." Chen frowned. She didn't need such meaningless flattery.

"As for the answer, I'm sorry, you may be disappointed."

Luo Anran shook his head: "Li Chengjia has always been known for his steady actions. The Li Group has been developing in Longmen for sixteen years and is now very stable. He doesn't have any obvious enemies who would need to go to such extremes."

"As for areas we shouldn't get involved in..." the woman smiled gently. "I'm not in a position to disclose that. After all, this is the unspoken rule we businessmen abide by."

"Also, Officer Chen, based on your description... can you really solve this case just by having this clue?"

Luo Anran asked meaningfully.

Chen rubbed his temples and took deep breaths.

In fact, she had already understood this. These four days were enough for her to figure out the fundamental issues of this case.

Guard Bureau.

The Guards could have easily found the culprit, and they could have found him on the day of the car accident, but they deleted everything, all clues that could be traced back to the culprit.

This was done on the initiative of the Guards, because no one could possibly be powerful enough to force the Guards to do such a thing.

In other words, they took the initiative to cover up the guilt of the criminals.

But... how is this possible?