"You killed Zou Yuan?"
Zhao Longfei's voice suddenly rose, filled with disbelief. He stared at Qin Siyang as if wondering whether he'd heard him correctly.
"Which Zou Yuan?"
"He said he was from North Glory University and asked me to spare him for North Glory's sake," Qin Siyang snorted, his voice full of disdain, "Do I look like I'd fall for that?"
The corner of Zhao Longfei's mouth twitched. He was about to say something when Qin Siyang suddenly reached out and jabbed a finger right at his nose, nearly making him sneeze.
"I fought two Sequence Level Six monsters by myself just to help you. I'm pissed enough already! I killed them like you asked, so don't give me any crap about how I 'shouldn't have killed them'!"
Zhao Longfei swallowed the words he had been about to say and sighed miserably.
"Fine, fine. I won't say it."
"You shouldn't have said it in the first place!"
Zhao Longfei shook his head and took out a cigar. Just as he was about to light it, Qin Siyang snatched it away.
"Smoke, smoke, smoke. That's all you ever do!", Qin Siyang held up the cigar and tossed it onto the ground, nearly stomping on it too, "I put up with you smoking in your office. But in a train compartment this tiny, where even a fart takes five minutes to clear out, you're still going to smoke? Am I supposed to spend every day purifying your secondhand smoke?"
Zhao Longfei was left speechless after the scolding. All he could do was scratch the scar on his head, glare at Qin Siyang resentfully, and mutter, "You don't even look hurt. Why are you so worked up?"
"That's because those two got scared by my overwhelming presence and didn't dare fight back! If they'd actually worked together seriously, who knows how it would've turned out!"
"Next time something like this happens, you stay in the car and guard the door while I go after the... people. Happy?"
"You're still calling them lackeys?"
"Alright, alright, my mistake. Not lackeys. They were cadres."
"Cadres? They were the main force!"
"Right, right. The main force."
"Don't act so reluctant! Kafu and the others swept through the clothing mall. Black smoke was rising everywhere, they made a huge commotion, and they didn't catch a single follower who'd stepped onto the Path of the Believer. Weren't the two I killed the main force?"
Kafu had led personnel from the District 7 United Government in a raid on Xuanxuan Clothing Mall, arresting dozens of Samsara Church members.
There was plenty of evidence and many witnesses, making it a highly successful operation, and they had already withdrawn.
Among those arrested, the strongest was only Sequence Level Five.
So the real leaders of this branch had most likely been the two Qin Siyang had killed.
Zhao Longfei frowned, "That's enough. Watch your mouth. You're still wet behind the ears, and you're calling yourself 'your father' in front of me?"
Then he changed the subject, "The Zou Yuan you killed was a lecturer at North Glory University. He disappeared four years ago. I'd thought he was dead. I never expected he'd joined the Samsara Church."
Qin Siyang's anger eased a little.
"He disappeared four years ago? Isn't that basically the same as being dead?"
"If it involves North Glory, it's a very different story."
As Zhao Longfei spoke, he instinctively reached into his coat for a cigar. He had just pulled one halfway out when he noticed Qin Siyang's unfriendly stare.
The corner of Zhao Longfei's mouth twitched again.
He awkwardly put his hand back, pretending nothing had happened, brushed off his sleeve, and shifted into a more comfortable position.
"Four years ago, North Glory was shut down for resisting the United Government."
He paused, his tone turning serious. That massive conflict remained vivid in his memory, "That clash devastated over half of District 4's economy. It still hasn't fully recovered."
"The United Government won completely, of course. But aside from the president and several professors who died on the spot, almost all the other faculty members disappeared. The kind of disappearance where there were neither living people nor bodies."
Qin Siyang frowned, "So many people disappeared? How could there be no clues at all?"
"That's why I always assumed those so-called 'disappearances' were just a polite way of saying they'd all been secretly executed somewhere."
He looked deeply at Qin Siyang, "But Zou Yuan is still alive. That means... things aren't that simple."
"Zou Yuan wasn't well known at North Glory. He was just a lecturer with no real influence. If North Glory hadn't caused such a huge incident, I wouldn't even remember him," Zhao Longfei lightly patted his knee, "But that's exactly the problem. If even he managed to survive, then I have to wonder whether the other missing North Glory staff are also living in secret under assumed identities."
Zhao Longfei continued analyzing aloud, "If they're really alive, then where are they? Many North Glory faculty members were atheists. They couldn't all have joined the Samsara Church. But then again, over all these years, I haven't found a single trace of anyone from North Glory... It seems only those two churches in Sigma District could have hidden them that completely."
Qin Siyang asked, "Could it just be that Zou Yuan got lucky and escaped by chance?"
"You're too young. You don't understand how strong North Glory was," Zhao Longfei said, "Back in the Tiger Rankings four years ago, North Glory stood far above everyone else. One Joker, two Aces, and two Kings. Zhu Haifeng was only the Ace of Clubs. Li Tianming was the King of Diamonds. As for Zou Yuan, he was nobody."
Then he raised an eyebrow, "Can you imagine a siege where I, Li Tianming, Zhang Kuang, Harrison, and Lister all die, whether openly or in secret, and only Li Hua escapes?"
Qin Siyang looked confused, "Who's Li Hua?"
"I just made him up. A nobody. About the same level as Zou Yuan."
"..."
"By the way, you said you killed two people. The short one was Zou Yuan. Who was the tall one?"
"See for yourself."
Qin Siyang opened his storage box and pulled out half of the tall man's body.
"There. That's him. You... Principal Zhao, why did your expression change? You know him?"
"Know him?", Zhao Longfei repeated quietly.
Then he let out a cold laugh through gritted teeth.
"I'd recognize him even if he were reduced to ashes! I've been looking for him for years. I searched the entire Safe Zone and never found him. I thought he was with the Jiang family. I never imagined he'd been hiding in the Samsara Church."
"Who is he?"
"A nobody."
"But one who's very important to me."
The words were simple, but Qin Siyang could clearly hear the hatred in Zhao Longfei's voice.
Without another word, Zhao Longfei reached into Qin Siyang's storage box, grabbed the tall man's corpse, and put it into his own storage box.
"Principal Zhao, you..."
Zhao Longfei's face remained dark.
Under Qin Siyang's gaze, he silently took out a cigar, lit it, and blew out a ring of smoke.
His voice was low and left no room for argument, "I'm taking the body. Name your price."
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