In the dark room of the Stormwind Air Fortress.
Black Widow slowly walked in and closed the alloy gate behind her.
Before entering, she had dispersed all personnel except the chanical guards, to prevent anyone from hearing the sounds inside the dark room.
Storm Duke was still wearing his long black robe embroidered with gold thread. He sat on the large sofa; his height of about two ters and two made him look like a sculpture sitting on a throne.
Black Widow's height of 1.7 ters made her look like a defenseless toy in front of him.
Storm Duke picked up the whiskey at hand, swirled the amber liquid, and finished it in one gulp: "Why haven't you found Joker yet?"
Black Widow gently took off her high heels and knelt before him: "He's very cunning. I'm thinking of new ways."
"I have a feeling you're deliberately letting him go." Dim lights shone from above Storm Duke's head, illuminating his forehead, while the deep eye sockets below were shrouded in shadow. "The King has already inquired about this matter. With the Fate Weaver's prophecy, there will be uninvited guests from across the ocean who will bring great misfortune to the kingdom. At that ti, the Roosevelt Kingdom's flag will fall, the sea will overturn, and the sky will collapse. The King has ordered Blackwater City to find the culprit who attacked the church as soon as possible, and I must kill the Joker who has co from afar. Now I ask you, have you been seriously arresting him?"
Black Widow's fingers trembled slightly, and she said with her head down: "Duke, I'm doing my best to arrest him."
"Accept the punishnt," Storm Duke said coldly.
At this ti, Black Widow took off her coat, revealing the still unhealed wounds from the flogging yesterday.
She walked to the wall and let Storm Duke lock her in the shackles on the wall.
The sound of a whip lashing against skin echoed in the dark room; still, there was no cry of pain, as if the woman in the dark room had long since beco accustod to it.
Two hours later, Black Widow said weakly: "I've confird that White Light in the Virtual Realm is Joker. Next, I'll confirm White Light's online ti, and then see who used virtual glasses and virtual cabins at that ti. We can gradually eliminate targets and lock down the final suspect."
Storm Duke put away the whip: "Don't disappoint this ti, or I'll give you to the Giant Dynasty. They'll be very interested in you."
The shackles opened, and Black Widow collapsed to her knees, exhausted.
She slowly got up, put on her clothes again, and walked out.
The mont she walked out of the gate, the woman's expression turned cold again; outsiders couldn't see any difference.
She ca to the eting room and called all the elders of the Arbiters organization: "Re-lock all targets. Once White Light is online, I want to know who else is online!"
After everyone left, Black Widow stood alone in the large eting room, expressionless, wondering what she was thinking.
In the flat apartnt in District Seven.
"You want to open the Key Gate?" Yi sat up on the sofa, curiously asking: "I've heard of the Key Gate. It's said that it will take you to the place you most want to go. So have you decided where you want to go?"
The Key Gate, in the wizard's legacy, is also known as the Trial of Heart gate.
When a Cultivator becos lost, or when they cannot find the direction and destination of their life, the Key Gate will take them to the place they yearn for most.
For other family mbers, Luo Wanya and the others could use exorbitant promises to arouse what they yearned for most, but money, fa, and power couldn't attract Qing Chen, so he didn't know where his Key Gate would lead him.
Qing Chen was silent for a mont: "Actually, I don't know where I want to go most."
If he could, he would choose to return to Prison 18. At that ti, he hadn't experienced all that ca later, he hadn't killed anyone, he hadn't walked the hardest path in the world. There was only a master who was very kind to him.
Or he wanted to return to the apartnt in City 10. As soon as he opened the door, he could sll the scent of Jingshan Tea, and soone would be sitting on the sofa saying welco ho.
His brother hadn't left yet at that ti.
Now, the further he went, the less he knew where he should go. Like a wandering wanderer, he no longer knew his destination.
Yi saw his expression and understood everything. She sat down opposite him and said with a smile: "Try it. Only by trying will you know where you will go. Whether you're tired of fighting and open the Key Gate to a peaceful forest, or you miss soone and open the gate next to him or her, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you can know your heart through the Key Gate."
Even if the Key Gate didn't open in City 5, even if it didn't open on Earth, Yi felt that Qing Chen had suffered too much. After wandering for so long, it was most important to see his heart's destination.
Qing Chen stood up. He held the golden True Sight Eye on the bedroom door and gently turned it clockwise ten tis.
Ripples appeared on the door. After hesitating for a few seconds, he stepped forward.
The next mont, Qing Chen saw the simple little house in City 5. That was the place where he had lived with his brother, sister-in-law, and father in his dreams.
In his dreams, he wasn't the Master of Daybreak, his brother wasn't Shadow, and his father wasn't the Head of the Qingshi Clan. They lived a simple life, ate coarse tea and light rice, and worried about their livelihood tomorrow.
However, what Qing Chen didn't expect was that the dream his brother had left him had gradually beco the anchor of his humanity, his destination.
A Mute servant was wiping the furniture in the room. He picked up the photo of Shadow and Ning Xiu on the dining table, wiping the fra while secretly shedding tears.
When he realized there was soone behind him, the Mute servant was startled!
When the Mute servant saw that it was Qing Chen, he imdiately excitedly spoke in sign language. He took out his phone from his pocket and sent a ssage to Li Kerou, the chief steward of Ginkgo Manor: "The head of the family is back! The head of the family is back!"
In the eting room of Ginkgo Manor, the various factions of the Qing Family were sitting in the eting room, and the head of the family, who had not co down the mountain for more than ten years, was actually sitting in the chief seat.
At this ti, all factions of the Qing Family had beco accustod to this, but when Old Master appeared at the eting so ti ago, everyone was extrely shocked.
They didn't even know what had changed this Old Master, causing him to make such a major change.
At one point, they even recalled Qing Xun from more than ten years ago, the Head of the Qingshi Clan who dared to sign an alliance with the Fire Pit as an ordinary person.
Old Master flipped through the economic report and instructed: "Qing Kun, why haven't 47% of the 171 companies under your command t the standards?"
The so-called standard is that every company must have more than ten Guardians' Union mbers, and 30% of the managent must be Guardians' Union mbers.
This matter also caused a great stir within the Qing Family, because the head of the family doing this wasn't to incorporate the Guardians' Union, but to hand over the Qing Family to the Guardians' Union.
Although the leader of the Guardians' Union is the current head of the Qing Family, Chairman of the Board of Directors, this is a earth-shattering change!
But although everyone had complaints, they didn't dare to say anything. After all, the Qing Family is now a united front, with the army entirely in the hands of the head of the family's faction. If you oppose today, you will die at ho tomorrow. Who can bear that?
Qing Kun responded with a bitter face: "Master..."
Old Master responded lightly: "I'm a professional manager now, a worker, don't call Master."
"Ai...Okay," Qing Kun continued to complain: "There are only so many Guardians' Union mbers within our jurisdiction. They're developing too slowly. The various companies don't have enough to go around. A while ago, two companies fought in the street to grab people. What kind of order is this?"
The Guardians' Union was no longer expanding as rapidly as it was at the beginning. They adhered to the order of half a year of observation and half a year of preparation. In other words, now, an ordinary person, unless there is a major achievent, it is very difficult to join the Guardians' Union. There are many prospective family mbers, though.
So Qing Kun and the others weren't unwilling to implent the policy, but there weren't enough Guardians' Union Ho Families to go around!
It's ridiculous!
Qing Kun muttered: "Old Master, can you loosen up their admission policy a bit? A year is too long."
"No," Old Master shook his head: "I'm not a mber of the Guardians' Union, I can't control that, that's not under my control."
Qing Kun was speechless for a mont. This Old Master is also skilled at shirking responsibility. Whenever he encounters sothing that can be shirked, he directly says that he is not the head of the family, that he is just a worker, hoping that the Qing Family bigwigs will not make things difficult for the workers...
Qing Kun couldn't help but laugh and cry. You've beco a worker, then who isn't a worker? Why do workers make things difficult for workers!
At this ti, Old Master changed the subject and pointed to Li Kerou sitting in the corner of the eting room: "You all know who she is. She is now Chairman Qing Chen's Confidential Secretary and the chief steward of Ginkgo Manor. Don't keep calling her Xiao Li, Xiao Li. Is that how you call her?"
However, when everyone turned their attention to Li Kerou, they found that she was playing with her phone.
Soone frowned. Playing with a phone during a Board of Directors eting? This is not a good habit.
Before they could say anything, Li Kerou, in a white suit, stood up, walked to Old Master's side, bent down, and whispered sothing.
The next second, Old Master slowly stood up: "Dismiss the eting."
The bigwigs were bewildered. What's going on? Why is the eting suddenly dismissed? They suddenly realized that Li Kerou wasn't playing with her phone just now, she must have received very important news, news that even Old Master valued!
So, what news could make Old Master react like this now? It could only be Qing Chen's news...
But Ginkgo Manor was calm and showed no signs of anything unusual.
Ten minutes later, Qing Ji received a notice, directly opened the Shadow Gate and walked into nothingness. After a short while, he carried a security door back, followed by a smiling Qing Chen.
Li Kerou stepped forward and asked: "Boss, have you had dinner? The Mute servants in the kitchen have prepared 36 dishes...Will you be staying at the manor tonight? I'll change the bedding for you and make the bed for you..."
Qing Chen looked past her at the Old Master behind her, and Li Kerou imdiately wisely stepped aside and didn't say another word.
Old Master calmly asked: "Have you settled down? It's pretty quick."
Qing Chen said with a smile: "I haven't settled down yet. I've co back to ask for help. I've learned a bit about the general situation. The West Continent isn't really united. They also have internal and external troubles. I think there's an opportunity."
Old Master didn't seem to care about this. He remained silent. Li Kerou helped to say beside him: "Did you suffer?"
Old Master's expression relaxed a bit. Li Kerou is perceptive. What Old Master isn't convenient to say, she says...
Qing Chen laughed: "Don't worry, I didn't suffer much."
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