Chapter 561: The Saber’s Death
“So, if Su Lun intercepted the information about discovering and privately told Xiong Ying about it before suggesting he should kill ahead of the others, there’s a high chance that Xiong Ying would take the bait, right?” ng Chao said.
“Su Lun could have said that I’m already heavily injured and this is a rare chance. As long as he beheads , he will gain even more favor from Xiong Wei, and his position as the heir will beco even more solid or sothing along those lines.”
“It’s highly possible!” Song Jinbo saw the light, then shuddered. “So that’s how it is. Red Brows Su Lun is the traitor. It’s no wonder why the abnormal beast has such a deep understanding of the lair and managed to set us up to this point. It’s as if it’s monitoring our every movent!
“No! We must expose Red Brows Su Lun’s true colors!
“I’ll bring you to the leaders of the gangs right now. Phantom Bear Xiong Wei is a ruthless person and just lost his beloved son, so he might not listen to us, but Poison Scorpion is supported by Sky Pillar Corporation, and you have a good relationship with Sky Pillar Corporation. With my testimony as well, Poison Scorpion is definitely going to believe us!”
“Hold on.” ng Chao stared at Song Jinbo. “Do you have a grudge against Red Brows Su Lun?”
Song Jinbo’s face turned red. He pondered this and realized that he had no need to lie. Though it was not as if he could deceive ng Chao in the first place. “H-How did you know?” he asked in a stutter.
“You imdiately believed the mont I ntioned these suspicious points and beca really eager to ‘expose Red Brows Su Lun’s true colors’. You don’t seem to like this God of Wealth a lot,” ng Chao said. “Also, if you didn’t have a grudge against him, why would he have tricked you into coming to get killed by ?”
Song Jinbo made a lot of inconsequential noises before he said, “It’s not really a grudge. Before Red Brows Su Lun beca the vice gang leader, the entertainnt industry that earned the most money under Golden Tooth was under . But my old ways of managent were gradually going out of style, and Mr. Jin was getting increasingly displeased, that’s why he hired Su Lun to beco the vice gang leader.
“The revolutionary decisions he took naturally earned a lot of money for the gang, but the more useful he beca, the more useless I appeared to be.
“Now, the business I’m in charge of has shrunken from the entire entertainnt industry to the monster coliseums. I even have to listen to him when it cos to the various asures I want to implent in the monster coliseums, even though this is a territory where I should be able to exercise full freedom and do whatever I want. I might be known as the manager, but I’m really just a superintendent who answers to Red Brows Su Lun!
“But I don’t believe that he’s the traitor because of my personal grudge. It’s just that the points you gave are convincing and I trust you on behalf of Golden Tooth Lair and the entire lair!”
“I believe that, but it’s useless even if I do,” ng Chao said. “If you really do have a conflict of interests with Red Brows Su Lun and your personal grudge is so great that everyone knows about it, then the effect of you accusing him will have no real power. It’s unlikely that the leaders of the gangs will believe you.”
Song Jinbo thought things through and said, “Then, I’ll bring you to the borders of the lair. We can get to the point of contact between the lair and the outside world.”
“If I were Red Brows Su Lun, I’d definitely set up a lot of firing points around the contact point. Once anyone suspicious is noticed, they should be killed without rcy,” ng Chao said. “It doesn’t matter whether they can kill the target or not. The important thing is that the people who listen to Red Brows Su Lun might be innocent people who are deceived, just like you, Xiong Ying, and Rattlesnake Xiang Wei.
“If I slaughter my way out just so that I can break out of the encirclent, I’m going to end up killing dozens of people. At that ti, will it matter whether I really killed Bullet Xue Rui or not?
“Of course, the lair is huge. Even though they say that they perford a full lockdown, it’s impossible for the lockdown to be so tight that not even a single sparrow can escape. There has to be a way for us to sneak out.
“But it all circles back to that one crucial elent—ti.
“If we avoid all the pursuers, bypass all the firing points, search for the secret tunnel to escape from the lair, circumnavigate the many guards, and look for the commander outside, it’ll take at least a few hours.
“And if we leave without any proof, our verbal testimony alone won’t be enough for the commanders outside to imdiately believe us.
“Even if the commander sowhat believes us, he won’t have enough fighting power to send into the lair right away. Yet the depths of the lair are a rampaging volcano that might erupt at any minute!”
“Indeed, the people in the distance can’t save us. We don’t have the ti to escape and explain the situation...”
Song Jinbo sank into contemplative silence for a while before he gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s just take a gamble and sneak into Golden Tooth’s headquarters right under Red Brows Su Lun. I’ll take you to Mr. Jin straightaway!
“No matter what, I’ve been with Mr. Jin for decades, and even if it ans that I’ll have to die in front of him, I’ll make him believe !”
“I don’t doubt your loyalty to Saber Jin Wanhao, and I don’t doubt that he will trust you,” ng Chao said coldly. “But think about it. When was the last ti you saw Saber Jin Wanhao? How was he at that ti?”
“Well... I think it’s last year, during Mr. Jin’s seventieth birthday.” Song Jinbo recalled the event carefully. “At that ti, Mr. Jin was already in a bad condition. Even though he wore an airtight dical suit and had dicine inside the semi-transparent armor-like suit, he still coughed nonstop, which made the dical suit rattle.
“Mr. Jin is a peerless elite known as the Underground Emperor, so when he turned seventy years old, we naturally had to organize a huge party for him.
“But Red Brows Su Lun didn’t invite many guests for Mr. Jin on this occasion. Mr. Jin didn’t stay for long at his own birthday party either. Throughout it all he didn’t say a full sentence before he went back to his secret chamber to heal.
“Many of the guests said that Mr. Jin’s ambitions weren’t as great as in the past. Now that Golden Tooth got itself the God of Wealth, everyone can earn money, so there’s no need for anyone to challenge Golden Tooth’s might.”
“So...” ng Chao narrowed his eyes and said sothing as sharp as a knife. “Do you think that Mr. Jin is still alive?”
Song Jinbo looked like he was struck by lightning and looked at him flabbergasted.
Then, he imdiately started shaking all over. His eyebrows, lips, shoulders, and fingers began to tremble.
“Y-Y-You...” He stuttered as he pointed at ng Chao as if ng Chao had uttered a curse that was utterly blasphemous.
“Don’t jump to conclusions. I’m not trying to curse Saber Jin Wanhao,” ng Chao said. “It’s just that based on my understanding from the outside world, the Underground Emperor is soone domineering and has a penchant for control. Based on your understanding of him, as long as he had at least one breath left, would he really hide while letting Red Brows Su Lun give orders when Golden Tooth Lair is facing a crisis that could potentially destroy it?”
Song Jinbo’s expression beca one of complete devastation. He started hyperventilating, and his expression gradually beca distorted and full of pain.
“Of course, I was just talking about the worst case scenario.”ng Chao did not dare to make it sound as if he was certain. He still tried to be as cordial as possible and comforted Song Jinbo. “Think positively. Perhaps Saber Jin Wanhao still has one breath left, but lost his fighting strength, beca a cripple, and is controlled by Red Brows Su Lun, which made him end up as the Vortex’s puppet.”
Song Jinbo gave a full-body shudder, and his eyes instantly beca bloodshot.
His gaze was so intense that he looked like he wanted to burn two holes into ng Chao’s body.
“Then, tell , what should we do now?” His voice was hoarse, and he looked really fierce.
“We wait,” ng Chao said.
“Wait?” Song Jinbo cried out. “You just said it yourself, we have less than ten hours left.
“And we don’t even know whether Mr. Jin is still alive or not. Red Brows Su Lun has ulterior motives, and the Vortex has plenty of tricks up its sleeves. Leprosy Village might go out of control at any mont too.
“Golden Tooth Lair is about to be destroyed overnight, and you still want to wait?”
“Trust . If we had a 30% chance of winning, I wouldn’t want to wait for another 0.1 second. Unfortunately, I haven’t found any good plan to risk everything. So, even if there were only three minutes left, I’d grit my teeth and continue waiting!”
ng Chao changed his tone and said, “But I have a feeling that we won’t need to wait for long before the enemy shows a fatal weakness.”
Song Jinbo widened his eyes and asked, “Why?”
“Because framing as a murderer isn’t the goal,” ng Chao explained patiently. “Even inciting Leprosy Village and the lair to fight against each other isn’t the enemy’s ultimate goal. After all, even if Leprosy Village and the lair end up all dead, the chaos would be restricted to Golden Tooth Lair. As long as the chaos doesn’t spread to the outside world, Dragon City won’t end up in chaos, and once the pitched battle at the borders ends, it can mobilize forces at ease and solve the problem in the lair.
“At that ti, no matter how much the Vortex changes its plans, it won’t be able to cause a storm.
“That’s why the abnormal beast’s act of framing as a traitor and forcing the villagers to charge out to seek shelter are all just ways for it to shift the gangs’ attention. They’re not its real goal. The crux of its plan is more sinister and fatal to Dragon City compared to anything we’ve already seen. It’s supposed to shift the chaos in Golden Tooth Lair to the whole Dragon City.
“This is a major sche, and now, an accident has appeared—the villagers aren’t moving. This isn’t sothing that the abnormal beast can make up for by just framing as a traitor.
“That’s why we should lurk in the dark and watch as the enemy tries to correct the path and makes more mistakes!
“Of course, to make sure that we can instantly cut the enemy’s throat the mont he makes a fatal mistake, it would be best if we got as close as possible to Red Brows Su Lun...”
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